Written in 1939 by Jimmy Van Heusen and Eddie DeLange, “Darn That Dream” is one of those “Great American Songbook” tunes that has been recorded by dozens of jazz artists. But for the end of the season and for every team but the Atlanta Braves, it just seemed like the jazz standard “Darn That Dream” fit the mood perfectly. I was searching for a jazz track on YouTube earlier tonight and I listened to several pieces of music that would have fit here well. Feel free to skip to the baseball question at the end if you wish. Here’s the part where I talk about jazz and movies. Of course, the same could be said for Kyle Hendricks and he’s still got an extra year to go on his contract. If he signs an extension this winter or spring, then he’s likely a Cub for life. I generally don’t vote in my own polls, but I probably would have voted for Contreras.

In second place was Jason Heyward with 25% and Willson Contreras finished in third place with 19%. Kyle Hendricks won the vote easily with 56% of the vote. Last time I asked you who you thought would be the final member of the 2016 Cubs still on the team. The late-nighters are encouraged to get the party started, but everyone else is invited to join in as you wake up the next morning and into the afternoon.

There’s no more baseball until spring.īCB After Dark is the place for you to talk baseball, music, movies, or anything else you need to get off your chest, as long as it is within the rules of the site. There’s no off-season here as the jazz is still cool and waiting for you. So glad to see you on the first night of the off-season. Sure sounds like a winning mentality.Welcome back to BCB After Dark: the meeting spot for cool cats, night-owls, early-risers, new parents and Cubs fans abroad. The Giants? Content with coping with something that wasn't meant to be, for whatever reason. They take chances and ensure they're minimizing as much risk as possible, but almost always go all in when it's a move they feel they need to make. They constantly make blockbuster deals to bring in new talent that's almost always excited to be there. They managed to keep Clayton Kershaw at bargain prices despite his value remaining exponentially higher from a market perspective. They swiped Freddie Freeman after 12 seasons with the Braves. The Dodgers moved mountains to acquire Mookie Betts. Did they really think Judge would give them a hometown discount? If the Giants never really believed he was going to sign with them, they why didn't they do anything of significance to potentially convince him otherwise?Īaron Judge gave the Giants a slimmer of hope, but the Giants knew it wasn't meant to be. That much was proven when it was reported the San Diego Padres offered Judge $415 million (Judge ended up staying in New York for $360 million).īut the Giants comfortably (per reports) stayed in the ballpark of what the Yankees ended up paying, which, of course, was never going to move the needle. Judge always felt destined to remain a Yankee, given all he had accomplished in New York to begin his MLB career, so had Hal Steinbrenner came close to any other competitive offer out there, the slugger likely wasn't leaving. In reality, Zaidi technically isn't wrong. But president of baseball operations Farhan Zaidi recently admitted the team never felt that deal was going to materialize.įarhan Zaidi shared some new insight on the Giants’ pursuit of Aaron Judge last winter - SF Giants on NBCS JDodgers fans will love Giants admitting defeat in Aaron Judge free agency That was supposed to be the move for San Francisco. Aaron Judge, who kicked off his free agency tour with the Giants, ended up re-signing with the Yankees. The other would've been a generational move. One in Carlos Correa was perhaps a blessing in disguise, because they were on the verge of signing him to a $350 million contract, while right now he's hitting. And the trend continued for SF this past offseason when they whiffed on two of the game's biggest talents. It's probably Madison Bumgarner back in 2017, honestly. Neither does Carlos Rodón hanging out there for one season as he worked to build back his value in free agency. The Giants? Can you name their last modern day star? And renaissance seasons from Buster Posey, Brandon Crawford and Brandon Belt back in 2021 don't count. Though the San Francisco Giants might be laughing now because they're ahead of the Los Angeles Dodgers in the standings, there's no denying LA has the upper hand in so many more ways, especially in regard to future endeavors.

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