UtahRatt wrote:SportsCenter @SportsCenter
Go Cubs Go! Aroldis Chapman records a perfect 4-out save to give Cubs a 3-1 victory over White Sox!
Seriously?
Just link ESPN, MLB and all sports sites to the CUBS home page and throw the WS parade already. Click over the main page and it's littered with shit, chapman headlines, interviews, videos too Mulling over a new translator all because of 4-SO's...Oh and....Ichrio doubles for 2,998. I almost miss the Yankees and Red Sox's dominating news. GO CUBS GO!
Of course it was topped by CUBS beat Sale's in his return.....And Aroldis Chapman closed the door!
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Gordon apologizes before rejoining Marlins! Good luck with that Dee.
If Dee ever comes close to being a good hitter OFF PED's I'll eat my shoe, he looked like Max Scherzer swinging the bat till his last year in LA when he started Roids and was traded. He'll still have the speed but in the Box he looked afraid or like a chick with a bat until he started juicing and won the BA Title in 2 seasons. It clearly showed in his more aggressive defense, base stealing and muscle definition. I totally rooted for the guy but it shows what PED's can do. Up and down from the farm to a title in 2 years.
It will be interesting to see if he ends up like Brady Anderson 16HR to 50HR to 18HR or makes Jason Giambi's after effects look like a HOFer. "I'm a totally believer Anderson was on PED's in 96 regardless of the argument"
Giambi may have admitted but down playing it by saying he really didn't notice a "huge difference" was a joke, almost as much as Giambi and his brother both got their PED's from Bond's trainer Greg Anderson yet Bonds will never come clean like ARoid.
In the end it sucks, I really liked and rooted for Dee Gordon but if the MLB was serious they'd impose life time bans while they continue to hold players like Pete Rose accountable for their actions. After all the damage, PED's should be just as big of a sin as betting on baseball. More so IMO.
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Giants acquire All-Star infielder Eduardo Nunez from Twins for a minor league pitcher.
Nunez was batting .296 with 12 home runs and 47 RBIs this season for the Twins and was leading the American League with 27 steals at the time of the trade.
Dodgers closes the gap down to 2 games back now! I'm guessing that's the closest they'll get. There's no one to pick up that would make a difference.
Meh. It's Cubs right now. It's normally Lebron or Curry or whomever is the star of that fake ass sport. It happens. It's ESPN. I don't watch it. With the exception of the post season with the baseball channel. I barely have to watch Fox and Joe Buck.
We'll see what Gordon does. I highly believe Bret Boone used. 50 HRs, dawg? You? Get the fuck out of here. If Gordon stays confident I think he might still have some pop. Miami believes they're still in the hunt.
Barry admitted to using. Except he did it unknowingly. I call bullshit on that one. If my large nuts shrank to the size of a bb and my head grew mongoloid size in a couple of weeks? I would ask my trainer/doc what the hell is going on.
SF has been in a fall for a bit, but they were without a quarter of their lineup ( Pence, Duff, and Panik ) for a while. In SF land there is panic, but it's too early for that. They should be fine-ish. This is the norm now. That coaching staff and "team" continue to blow my mind.
The team that really needed to upgrade at closer ( Washington ) so they could protect a lead for hairflip boy, didn't. It amuses me to hear analysts drone on that "that's what the Nats are missing." They've apparently forgotten that Dusty Baker is the manager. IF they make it that far, he'll fuck it up.
I hate to get all ESPN, but the Cubs got really scary.
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Marlins to acquire Andrew Cashner and Colin Rea from SD.
