#YuDarvish

[ichirokazu]

#yudarvish he is happy now. 🙌👍🏼

[wosocomix]

Waaaaaaaaaake up! We're in the final! We won! 🥳 🍰 🥂 🇮🇹

Yassssss!!!!!!!! 🎆

[blkwag]

'Light skin kings' your fcking tags kill me, help 😭 😂

loll, they did the pose and everything i couldn’t help myself 😭

[elitecam72]

shoutout to my boy @darvishsefat11 for keeping his word and hooking it up at the field. video dropping soon but i missed the part where he came over and goes oh hey its you whats up! padres were a tough signing team but did get some of the guys i wanted. obviously no nino or manny but whatever…#yudarvish #sandiegopadres #autographs #topps #allenandginter #stadiumclub #citifield #chrome #rookie #rookiecards #exclusive #elitecam #elitecollectiblesautographsandmemorabilia https://www.instagram.com/p/ChVF_T6uCOqDGImElX7VQEws95mOGFctW6XTLQ0/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[mc-cards]

⚾️ #cigsaturday #latenight 🌠 2014 Topps N°TM-48 ‘89 Yu Darvish (mini, die-cut) @rangers . . . . . . . . . . . . . #baseball #baseballcards #sportscards #cards #throwback #insert #variation #minidiecut #minicard #dodgers #diecut #padres #rangers #yudarvish #darvish #yu #mccards #mlb #toppsbaseball #topps #hof #rookie #japanesebaseball #thehobby #whodoyoucollect #cardsofinstagram #tradingcards @topps @mlb @padres (at Osaka, Japan) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRKzWPHsNSZ/?utm_medium=tumblr

[andrewdegraff]

Had a long weekend (but a fun one) creating this digital cover for @sportsillustrated about the new great rivalry in baseball: Dods v Pads! Big thanks to AD Stephen Skalocky!! #dodgers #padres #dodgerstadium #petcopark #mlb #baseball #sportsillustrated #illustration #fernandotatisjr #blakesnell #mookiebetts #claytonkershaw #yudarvish #trevorbauer https://www.instagram.com/p/CLXFTv9DvNQ/?igshid=ltv50z4ys2d5

[conlasbasesllenas]

Padres de San Diego se FORTALECEN en la TEMPORADA muerta

[3sportsguns]

Cubs are a $inking $hip

The direction of the Chicago Cubs was already in question when Yu Darvish was shipped to San Diego for no top end prospects and none of them pitching. If you aren't a Cubs fan the one area they've struggled with is pitching, with the brain trust never able to develop a starter. With Jed Hoyer at the lead of the front office it makes no sense to see the team purge pitching.

The Darvish trade was already a head scratcher and that was followed up with Jose Quintana going to the Angels and Jon Lester signing a five million dollar deal with the Nationals. Lester strongly implied he wanted to retire a Cub and instead signed for peanuts in the National League. It's an embarrassment for the team to treat the guy that was a pillar in changing the Cubs in to regular contenders that way.

Pitching was a big need for the team but the offense was far from set with Chicago having 'stars' that were under performing. Hence, Cubs fans find themselves in an off season where Kris Bryant, Wilson Contreras and Javier Baez are all on the trade block, and that's after Kyle Schwarber and Albert Almora non-tendered. Young catcher Victor Caritini was also sent to the Padres as Darvish's personal catcher.

The Cubs haven't vocally established their direction. If you squint you could maybe say it's a rebuild but if more trades look like the Darvish one then it's going to be a rough one, and there's no damn way they can say they're competing. This has owner Tom Rickett's fingerprints all over it as Chicago just looks like they want to dump money.

Chicago Cub fans heard more than their fair share of jokes about the long World Series drought before arriving at the top of the MLB starting with the 2015 NLCS sweep against the New York Mets. Finally fans saw a World Series win and it looked like the start of a dominant run for a very young team and instead five years later management, and especially ownership, has quickly run this team back to those teams of laughingstock status.

I would take it a step further, the Chicago Cubs are an embarrassment. They are part of a bigger MLB problem with the cheapness for major markets across the board, but the Cubs are a crown jewel franchise and are acting like the Tampa Bay Rays. The direction, if there really is one, is to go on the cheap while probably gouging fans who decide to get suckered in to traveling to Wrigley Field.

If you're a Chicago fan then franchise ineptitude is nothing new for your fandom. In fact, Chicago franchise history is tantalizing fans with teams that look to be on long runs only to fall flat in rapid decline. The Cubs were swept back-to-back times in 07 and 08, the 1985 Bears were one of the youngest teams in the NFL on their dominant Super Bowl run and flamed out, Jerry Krause forced out everyone part of the second three-peat during the third championship run, Derrick Rose's knees tanked the Bulls team that challenged the Heat's big three. The Blackhawks won the two Stanley Cups in three years and then went out in back-to-back first rounds before hitting the tank. The Bears won the division two seasons ago and then missed the playoffs and backed in this season, where they didn't deserve to be.

Don't get me wrong, there are way worse cities to be fans in but is it really better to have and lost than to not have at all? Chicago gets to the pinnacle and then finds a way to quickly fall back in to a middling franchise. For one of the most historic cities in all the sports leagues to regularly be this bad is what Chicago fans have to deal with and the Cubs are just continuing their normal historic trend, as an embarrassment.

[gsmcpodcastnetwork]

GSMC Baseball Podcast Episode 409: Are the Cubs Rebuilding?

[2coolgq]

#Astros beat #Dodgers in #WorldSeries #YuDarvish cost the Dodgers in this game!

[apollo-glove-repair-blog]

Gurriel's homerun celebration stirs controversy. Was it racist? Should he be suspended? #SoundOff 📣 .. @astrosbaseball #houstonastros #astros #houston #stros #yurigurriel #gurriel #⚾️ #mlb #playoffs #playoffs2017 #offended #postseason #postseason2017 #darvish #worldseries #ws2017 #yudarvish

[official-sports]

. . . . #YuDarvish #MLB2019 #NBA #MLB #NFL #NHL #UAAP #NCAA #PBA #PSL #PVL #WNBA #Tennis #sport #sports #sportsday #lifeinism #sportsday #sportscenter #sportsillustrated #sportlife #sportday #sportsbar #sportsspecialties #sportive https://www.instagram.com/p/ByxleHZFuU8/?igshid=304ytzsqnia9

[baseballsisco]

Can't say the Dodgers are willing to stand pat in the hunt for their first World Series since their last win 29 years ago in 1988. Its their longest stretch since moving to L.A. Let's see how those move pay off for Los Doyers. How you feeling now @dbojorquez66 #YuDarvish # TonyWatson #TonyCingrani #LosAngelesDodgers #LosDoyers #NLWest #Baseball #Beisbol #BaseballSisco

[mc-cards]

⚾️ #wednesdayvariant ❇️ 2017 Topps Gallery Heritage N°6 ‘51 Yu Darvish (green) -65/250- @dodgers . . . . . . . . . . . . . #baseball #baseballcards #sportscards #throwback #whodoyoucollect #tradingcard #pic #rangers #dodgers #darvish #yu #yudarvish #padres #ladodgers #green #sandiegopadres #variation #galleryheritage #cubs #chicago #japanesebaseball #nofilter #tradingcards #mccards #mlb #topps #thehobby #instagood @topps @mlb @padres (at Dodger Stadium) https://www.instagram.com/p/CQxJSrgspX0/?utm_medium=tumblr

[zibaldone-di-pensieri]

Put your favorite playlist on shuffle and list the first ten songs then tag ten people

Tagged by @happygirl327 ❤️

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I tag: @latuaamicaimmaginaria, @daylightisfadingaway, @hope-now-and-live, @basically-im-a-clown, @io-e-la-mia-cherofobia, @justafangirlaroundthisapp, @unanottedinvernounalettrice, @unafotoricordo, @painbubble, @yudarvish, @tetrachlorobenzene, @viceprezofmurrica, @gingervivilou, @dreamers-queen

They're not ten but I would like to tag them all ^^

[3sportsguns]

Off the Ship Chicago

This off season has watched hockey and baseball cornerstone franchises sputter in inconsistency and try and pull one over on fans. Both are in Chicago and the 'leadership' tried to deny what was really happening, though that's if you believe Stan Bowman and Jed Hoyer know what they're doing to begin with.

This isn't condemning the choice to rebuild because that is a legitimate option on the table for the Blackhawks and Cubs, but if you're going to trade your top trade piece it ought to fuel that option and help build to the next competitive team. Instead Brandon Saad was traded for no young players or draft picks and Yu Darvish went to San Diego for some young players, but none of the Padres top 10 prospects and none of them pitchers. How does that even make sense?

Stan Bowman had some legitimate cap issues to deal with and the nuclear option of shipping off Toews or Kane was never going to be the option, but the goal was to open up some space on the blue line and find some money. Instead he saved almost no money while doing nothing at goalie and adding another defensive player. Every move since has been a vet as the team tries to cmpete in the murder's row of a new division; Carolina, Columbus, Dallas, Detroit, Florida, Nashville and Tampa.

As a fan I was happy to see them upset Edmonton in the extended playoffs and that was as one of the youngest teams in the 24 team playoff field. However, it did cost them the possible number one overall pick and clearly myself, and Bowman, got excited about the future of the team. Now this team won't have Kirby Dach for a few months and Toews will miss the start with an illness. If the team went the course with kids then you could build on what you did last year, but Bowman won't do that as he feigns contention.

Speaking of the farm system, how frustrating is it to see the Padres get Darvish and Blake Snell and trade only one of their top seven prospects? They're joining the Dodgers as the team in on every big trade yet still has a top farm system. The brain trust for the Cubs tore it down and built a championship contender and then, like the Hawks, traded a bunch of their kids and depleted the farm system. If Epstein, Hoyer and McLeod could draft pitching where would this team be?

The nuclear option is on the table for the Cubs as everyone is on the table to be moved with Davish now gone, Jon Lester bought out, Schwarber non-tendered and Kris Bryant, Wilson Contreras, Javier Baez, Anthony Rizzo all possible to be moved. If they're gonna tear it down they need to target pitching, pitching and more pitching. Instead they salary dumped their biggest trade chip for boom or bust prospects with very little minor league experience. Two big trades in Chicago and two big 'What the heck are they doing?!'

The Cubs are not alone in this as they're just the most recent team to demonstrate their cheapness, and of course no fan is going to know the inner workings of what's really happening, but fans are not idiots. Bowman alluded towards a rebuild and every move has suggested otherwise. Meanwhile every time Cubs owner Tom Ricketts talks it's normally an excuse as to why the team isn't going to improve and usually pisses off fans. It's like watching Jerry Reinsdorf with the Bulls while GarPax ran them despite needing to go MANY years before they were finally let go. Does the owner even care about winning?

The Bulls may finally have the right staff in place but they're still a non-story, the Bears may have to bring back Mitch Trubisky and yet the embarrassments of the fandom is the Cubs and Blackhawks, teams that won championships in the last decade. There will be enough talent for the Cubs and Hawks to be competitive as they muddle around in no man's land all to justify the price gouging they'll do on tickets instead of doing what's best for the teams. It's time to jump off the ship Chicago fans.