Chicago Bears Chairman George McCaskey did interviews with 670 The Score and ESPN 1000 in Chicago on Thursday afternoon. And while I plan on diving deeper into both of those chats later on, I did want to address something that stuck in my craw in both radio hits first.
McCaskey ended both interviews saying “Go Rams!”
An obvious nod to the Packers’ opponent this weekend wasn’t unexpected. The enemy of my enemy is my friend. So in this case, Bears fans are Rams fans this weekend. Heck, I, myself, have stated our Twitter account is a Rams fan account for the second time in three weeks. Who woulda saw that coming in 2017?
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Stop me if you’ve heard this stuff before:
And what are the cheap bastards who own the team doing? Giving away their best players and signing mediocre journeymen so that they can save a bunch of money.
“The league itself does not make a lot of cash. I think there is a perception that we hoard cash and we take money out and it’s all sitting in a pile we’ve collected over the years. Well, it isn’t. Because no one anticipated a pandemic. No one expects to have to draw down on the reserves from the past. Every team has to figure out a way to plug the hole.”
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Yankees History. The New Year is upon us, and the winter hot stove continues to percolate. That being said, there has not been much movement on the Yankees’ front as of yet, so in the meantime let’s dig into the history books. These daily posts will highlight a handful of key moments in Yankees history on a given date, as well as recognize players born on the day. Hope you enjoy this trip down memory lane with us!
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108 Years Ago
In an effort to finally earn the New York Highlanders some respectability, co-owner Frank Farrell negotiated a deal to bring aboard one of baseball’s highest-profile names as their new manager: Frank Chance. The Hall of Fame first baseman had been the Cubs’ player-manager during their dominant run from 1906-10 that saw them capture four NL pennants and two World Series titles. However, as his playing career wound down, Chance found himself in a payment dispute with the Cubs in 1912 and animosity only rose when he
Yu Darvish Doesn t Understand Why the Cubs Traded Him
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Yu Darvish held a press conference on Thursday to discuss his trade from the Chicago Cubs to the San Diego Padres. While Darvish seemed excited to be heading to San Diego, he was puzzled as to why the Cubs traded him away and are cutting payroll instead of trying to compete.
ESPN s Jesse Rogers found this Darvish quote particularly interesting:
Yu Darvish: “With what’s happening with the coronavirus and the money the Cubs have, I wasn’t thinking about being traded. And also, they are a winning team and I thought we would be able to compete.” Jesse Rogers (@JesseRogersESPN) December 31, 2020
Darvish’s Emotional Farewell, the Lack of a GM Search, Kim’s Deal, and Other Cubs Bullets
There is not necessarily anything magical about today versus yesterday. We’re on the course we’re on with respect to the pandemic, and just one more day has passed. That said, I’m right there with everyone: I hope there comes a time when we can look back and see that 2021 was just the straight damn opposite of 2020.
• Yu Darvish spoke to the media about his trade to the Padres, and he got emotional, so I got emotional:
Cool unscripted moment on Darvish Zoom: @MLBBruceLevine thanks Darvish for being a class act in Chicago, and enjoyable to deal with, and Darvish chokes up and gets emotional about his time in Chicago, can t speak, says he will address that topic later.