The Chicago "Dirty Hose" Played Their First Split-Squad Game of the Spring - and. . .

@MsAnnThropy

LaRussa should have stayed retired.

I think he's one of only two managers to retire after winning the World Series.

@beckyromero Blah blah blah... I can’t wait for you to admit that they will finish last.

@MsAnnThropy

The Dirty Hose won't finish last.

Not with DETROIT in their division.

@beckyromero Of course. But you guys will get overconfident at the start and then slowly fade into obscurity. Then by the end of the season you will say “they finished last and that I was right”. Chi sox > cubs every time. 😁

@MsAnnThropy

Birds will be difficult to beat. But we'll battle for the wild card.

Reds 4th, Bucs in the cellar.

@beckyromero Nah. Won’t happen. The cubs will be last.

@MsAnnThropy

Just remember...

The Cubs are [b][u]the only team in baseball history[/u][/b] to have a [b][u]cumulative winning record[/u][/b] since [b][u]DAY ONE[/u][/b] in franchise history.

@beckyromero Kind of easy when they didn’t have the amount of teams they have now. Too bad that “winning” didnt translate into more world series titles huh? 😝

@MsAnnThropy [quote]Too bad that “winning” didnt translate into more world series titles huh?[/quote]

Got more than you!

WAY more pennants, too!

@beckyromero Uh no... we [b][i][u]both[/u][/i][/b] have the grand total of... drumroll please... 3 titles. One of them was against the cubs too. That in itself just proves we are better. 😝

@MsAnnThropy

We're awaiting some replays for 1906 to prove you guys cheated. 😉

@beckyromero [image deleted] 🙂

@MsAnnThropy

And two of the teams we lost to in the Series had Babe Ruth on them.

Another was a great Connie Mack team.

Another had the G Men.

You guys lost to the '59 Dodgers. 😂

@beckyromero Excuses.

@MsAnnThropy

See? 16 runs in two games.

Corked bats!

@beckyromero Bahahahaha!!!!!

@MsAnnThropy

If it wasn't for Bill Veeck, you guys would be playing in... [b][u]Seattle[/u][/b].

@beckyromero But we are not so that’s a moot point.

@MsAnnThropy

But the funny thing is he was the only prospective buyer willing to keep the Hose in town.

They should have named the new stadium after Veeck, not Commy.

@beckyromero Most stadiums get corporate naming anyway.

@MsAnnThropy

Now. But in 1991, they could have named the new park for Veeck.

@beckyromero But they didn’t so...

@MsAnnThropy

How can you not like an owner who sits in the stands with the fans and gives fans a light for cigarettes and put an ashtray in his wooden leg?