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A liberal Twitter refugee. Looking for good politics talk along with talking about the cubs and other sports. Friends and family have told me I should start a podcast. Trying to figure out how to get a following here. I’m happy to interact with people

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Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 1m

Mo Baller, looking good
Wiggins, also looking like a good draft pick.
Apart from not going after Harper, 7 years ago, I can’t really point to a miss that the cubs could have realistically had.

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 2m

But what deals did hoyer either not make, or make that were obviously bad?
PCA, great trade
Busch, great trade
Tucker, very good trade, bad performance to end the season.
Swanson, good signing
Seiya, good, borderline great signing.
Boyd, good signing
Taillon, good signing.
Horton, great draft pick

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 30m

We need armed military at every entrance to schools and outside of every public place where people gather.
Orrrr we could actually do something about the proliferation of guns in this country.

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 43m

The difference in the game was PCA’s warning track ball with 2 on and Seiya’s warning track ball with 2 on. Sometimes baseball just baseball’s, a millimeter different on either of those swings and it’s a 7-3 win.
The cubs didn’t lose game 5, they just didn’t win it. They lost game 1 and 2

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Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 47m

Orrr, Dems need to find a Trump. Trump 200% took over the Republican Party. There wasn’t a single Republican in 2013 who was backing Trump. Hell there weren’t even a handful backing him in 2016 until he won the nomination.
Party leadership needs to stay out of the primary process until it’s over

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 56m

Yet another mass shooting, that isn’t headline news.

apnews.com/article/sout...

4 people were killed and 20 more were injured in a shooting at a bar in South Carolina, sheriff says

A mass shooting at a crowded bar on the idyllic South Carolina island of St. Helena left four people dead and at least 20 injured.

apnews.com

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Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 1h

Soooo, was this supposed to be a DM to Kash?

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 1h

And Comey didn’t take the dossier to do anything.
The FBI got a tip that Trump was in contact with Russia and investigated it.
Also Trump said on camera that he wanted Russia to hack Hillary’s emails

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Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 1h

But again, other than right and 3rd, where do they need to add? And 3rd is a question mark because Shaw has a high upside.
PCA is in center, Busch is at 1st.
Happ is Left, Dansby at short.
Kelly, Amaya, Ballesteros are catcher. Seiya is right or DH.

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 1h

It’s a tough one too, because other than right and maybe 3rd, there’s no where to add offensively.
And pitching is tough too.
Steele and Horton at 1-2, Boyd and Tailloj 3-4, Shota 5, Assad, Wiggins, others. I could see the cubs adding a starter though. But who?

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 1h

I am in the don’t resign Tucker camp.
Unless the pirates decide to make Skenes available this offseason and a package of Caissie, Alcantara and one other top ten prospect can get him, you can start Seiya in right, Mo baller at DH, and let Caissie and Alcantara share time as backups.

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 13h

Well, it was a fun season.
Only one team wins it all and we got to see the cubs do that 9 years ago. There’s a whole lot of teams that have had to wait a lot longer between championships.
Horton being out really hurt the cubs. He likely would have started game one or at worst game two.

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Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 13h

That can kinda be said about his entire season

Chicago Ls @dstrickland621.bsky.social · 13h

He won’t get it from anyone. He will get a bellinger like contract for 30-35 a year for 3 years with opt outs each year.

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The Tennessee Holler @thetnholler.bsky.social · 13h

The cruelty is the point

Joshua Reed Eakle 🗽 @joshuaeakle.com · 21h

In Chicago, four vehicles descended and eight ICE agents moved in to kidnap a child.

She screams, “I’m 15,” as ICE yanks her from the car and kneels on her neck.

This is not about immigration enforcement.

It's about terrorizing Americans.