No way to prevent this?
The Cubs are saddling a pitch to contact pitching staff with too much lousy defense
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Can anybody hit?
The pitching's hurt, but the offense has been just, plain bad
Our pitchers' arms are falling off
At least they have that potent offense to help them weather this
It's one thing to have depth, it's another to have to use it
Cade's gone and Seiya can't get back fast enough
Baseball hangover stories never get old
And it turns out, the 2016 Cubs have a lot of them
Podcast: Batting orders don't count until April
But it'll all sort itself out when Seiya comes back. Right?
"This whole lineup is out of order!"
There's a functional batting order to be made out of the Cubs starters, but Craig's not using it
The Cubs are keeping their good players
This might take some getting used to
Cubs lose opener, keep their second baseman
A dismal loss turned into an afterthought with a bit of good business
Half-assed predictions
The season is upon us. Here are spoilers for the whole thing.
Podcast: Baseball preview
How many people are too many on one podcast? Let's find out!
Scouting reports on all 15 AL teams
The scouts have thoughts on all of the teams in the AL, even the White Sox
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Scouting reports on all 15 NL teams
Our baseball preview week kicks off with some inside info from drunk scouts
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Podcast: Petecrow deserved more fun teammates
And more than you ever wanted to know about our little league careers and our orthodonture
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That was really cool
Team USA had their big moment, ruined it, and then lost, which was fine.
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I really don't want to think about Seiya being out a long time
The Cubs' outfield depth is mostly five deep in "guy you don't want in the lineup"
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A great game spoiled
USA-DR turned out to be a classic, right until it ended on a terribly blown call
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Team USA has a Mark DeRosa problem
You can either manage them like an all-star team or you try to win. Not both.
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The Cubs are dominating the WBC
The tournament is fun, despite Fox Sports' best efforts to ruin it
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Podcast: World Baseball Classic preview
There are some incredible names on these teams
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Rossy's back? Well, sort of.
Plus, Craig yells, Seiya hits a bomb, Jeff Agrest agrees with me, and the Cubs lose to Italy?
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Not everybody can be expected to count all the way to two
The Cubs sign an old guy to play in the low minors, and some fans are just so dumb
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Steele's ahead of schedule, Shōta's throwing harder
These things have to mean something, right? Right?
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An obvious waste of time
He doesn't solve any Cubs problem. He would make them worse.