By Jim Coffman and Steve Rhodes
Epic PR fail reminiscent of bad old days. Plus: Tommy Boy LaStella To Sell His Brake Pads In Des Moines; The Adam Warren Commission; Chris The Tank Engine; The Bears Are Already Grinding Coach Coffman’s Gears; and Olympic Gamesmanship.
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SHOW NOTES
* 113.
:24: Tommy Boy LaStella To Sell His Brake Pads In Des Moines.
I don’t understand the world anymore. https://t.co/YZxYeavTJW
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 29, 2016
Why? Why Coghlan? https://t.co/KgAsrFph9X
— marty gangler (@beachwoodmarty) July 29, 2016
* A Bitter Betty.
* Perhaps this has something to do with it:
#MLBFantasy Cubs manager Joe Maddon said Friday that Dexter Fowler is “not 100 percent over the soreness.”
— dailyMLBfantasy (@dailyMLBfantasy) July 29, 2016
* A numbers game.
* The Cubs are carrying three catchers and 13 pitchers, which shortens their bench considerably, though one catcher is also a left fielder, which, just makes this move all the more perplexing.
* Rhodes: “The contract’s in the belly, it’s eaten, it’s now coming out the other end.”
5:20: Aroldis Chapman Already Putting The K Back In The Kubs.
* Gangler: The lovable losers are gone. So are the lovable winners. Now it’s just about winning.
* Cubs Screw Up Chapman Introduction.
* To wit:
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 26, 2016
Out of respect for his family, Chapman will not take questions about his domestic violence suspension. https://t.co/WddFO8II0U
— Beachwood Reporter (@BeachwoodReport) July 25, 2016
Even when Cubs PR interjects to help Chapman, he says he just woke up & was “trying to remember” expectation talk: pic.twitter.com/ZJ3bzqXyOK
— Dan Werly (@WerlySportsLaw) July 27, 2016
My heart goes out to the PR person tasked with writing a statement for Aroldis Chapman in two languages only to have him go ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
— (((Jesse Spector))) (@jessespector) July 26, 2016
* Just two months ago: Chapman Still Says He Did Nothing Wrong.
* Chapman Open To Reunion With The Yankees: ‘God Willing, Yes.’
* Rhodes vs. Haugh:
If #Cubs trade for Chapman, I get it. But I’ll want Tom Ricketts to explain compromise in integrity anyway. Column https://t.co/7SpLvYh0B0
— David Haugh (@DavidHaugh) July 25, 2016
@BeachwoodReport Yeah, that’s the real problem.
— David Haugh (@DavidHaugh) July 25, 2016
He said no. He took a shower. Then said yes with some nudging from Cubs PR and his buddy https://t.co/74r5vrlwwu
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) July 28, 2016
Let’s face it that phone call wasn’t likely going to change anything. For PR more than anything but hey they have to cross the T’s etc.
— Jesse Rogers (@ESPNChiCubs) July 26, 2016
So it was just to fool the public, and as a reporter covering the team I’m fine with that.
* He’s always thrown in triple digits – in public!
28:23: The Adam Warren Commission.
* Unable to adjust to the way Maddon used him here.
35:05 Chris The Tank Engine.
* Trade Sale, Quintana, Robertson, Cabrera and whoever else for position player prospects who are major-league ready, or close to it, then sign a couple big-time free agent pitchers in the offseason and you’re good to go!
* It was the Phillies:
Teams talking to Phillies about Jeremy Hellickson say they want “one of your top 5 prospects” – or they’ll keep him & take the draft pick
— Jayson Stark (@jaysonst) July 27, 2016
* Sale sucks.
47:17: The Bears Are Already Grinding Coach Coffman’s Gears.
* Pup McPhee.
* Fluish Floyd.
* Kyle Long Gets The Boot.
* Khari Lee (sprained shoulder).
* T-Ball Journal.
* The Matt Slauson Mystery.
* Bears’ Teenage GM Violates Child Labor Laws.
* O’Shea: Ex-Bears Abound On Fantasy Top 20.
58:26: Olympic Gamesmanship.
* How Does Simone Biles Have Such Incredible Balance?
* A Plea: Make Jousting An Olympic Sport.
* HBO’s Real Sports: The Real (And Human) Cost Of The Olympics.
Trailer:
* Tribune: Chicago’s Bid For 2016 Olympics Leaves Pricey Legacy 7 Years Later.
* Rio 2016: Athletes Warned To Keep Mouths Closed While In Feces-Infested Water.
* Russia Decision Muddies Legacy Of IOC President Thomas Bach.
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STOPPAGE: 3:16
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Posted on July 29, 2016