Holy crap the story this girl is telling to her friend, rather loudly, at Starbucks across the way from me: some guy hacked her other friend’s Instagram while the two girls were hanging out (at a college, I think), they ended up communicating with him to try to get the account back, that communication in turn mentioned how one of the friends does hair, he asked them to come over to his place and do his hair (they lived in the same area … assuredly not by coincidence) … and the girls went over and did this stranger’s hair. “He seemed really nice, though!” I know I’m an old dad at this point, but that is the start of a horror movie, girls!
Anyway … Bullets:
https://twitter.com/CubsCentral08/status/1210197278591504386
Even if it looks like the Cubs are stuck this winter, David Ross is going full speed ahead in his new job: “They see through the people that are fake or BS. I don’t think that will be a problem for me.” https://t.co/CHH7LPtjUO
— Patrick Mooney (@PJ_Mooney) December 24, 2019
If you had to guess the NL regular who netted the most WAR *without* posting an above-average wRC+, would you guess … Victor Robles, at 2.5 WAR? Correct! You're incredible!
Robles (91 wRC+) wound up just 0.1 WAR behind, among others, Kyle Schwarber (120 wRC+).
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) December 24, 2019
Jason Heyward also posted a 101 wRC+ in 2019, better than regulars Andrew Benintendi, Paul DeJong, Brandon Belt, Cesar Hernandez, Jean Segura, Eric Hosmer, David Fletcher, Miguel Cabrera, Josh Reddick, and Lorenzo Cain, among many others.
— Bleacher Nation (@BleacherNation) December 24, 2019
“After twelve years in the Major Leagues. I do not feel that I am a piece of property to be bought and sold irrespective of my wishes.”
An annotated guide of Curt Flood’s letter to Bowie Kuhn, the founding document of free agency, sent 50 years ago todayhttps://t.co/8LoKmxXKv6 pic.twitter.com/IKuUfTeXMG
— Marc Carig (@MarcCarig) December 24, 2019