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Rob Backus

@robbackus.bsky.social

Chicago native. I draw boxes and fill them with things. #Cubs #Bears #LFC

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Oh, man. A small smile says so much.

28.10.2025 20:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Buh-buh-buh-buh-buh-basketball, gimme, gimme, gimme the ball because I'm gonna ... DUNK IT!

21.10.2025 21:26 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

He's going to be 32 all next season, and he's a Boras client. Pass.

15.10.2025 19:41 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

How is Dansby not a finalist?

15.10.2025 15:34 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

And if so …

09.10.2025 00:33 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

OK, I laughed.

09.10.2025 00:09 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

They did it! The Cubs scored more than 3 runs in a postseason game!

08.10.2025 21:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It's almost like pitching a guy who looked absolutely gassed his last handful of regular season starts on short rest was a bad idea.

04.10.2025 18:33 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If Ben Brown is pitching, something has already gone wrong in the game. Or it's the 16th inning.

04.10.2025 16:49 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I guess Brown's copious ability to give up home runs doesn't concern Craig.

04.10.2025 15:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What's your problem with rostering someone with an ERA over 5?

04.10.2025 15:37 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Any time you can put a guy with a 5+ ERA on your playoff roster, you have to do it.

04.10.2025 15:24 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I don't know what it is, but ever since you sold the site, it crashes my desktop browser. I can only visit on my phone.

03.10.2025 14:13 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Welp ...

01.10.2025 21:29 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Let me add, I very much hope I'm wrong.

01.10.2025 16:25 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Congrats. You've set yourself up to be right no matter what. If Happ hits today, you win. If he doesn't, you can still claim small sample size.

01.10.2025 16:21 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0

So does batting a guy third with no record of success off a pitcher.

01.10.2025 16:03 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Happ is 1-for-his-career against Cease, but sure, bat him 3rd. Good lord.

01.10.2025 15:50 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

At least the Cubs won ...

30.09.2025 21:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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30.09.2025 21:44 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

So Pomeranz-Kitteridge-Keller?

30.09.2025 20:45 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Same predicament with the same two teams. Luckily, I work remotely.

30.09.2025 18:15 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Post image 27.09.2025 21:01 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

#Cubs just clinched home field for the Wild Card round. #FlyTheW

27.09.2025 20:59 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

What sucks is Nico didn't make them pay.

27.09.2025 20:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

They intentionally walked him in the eighth. Weak.

27.09.2025 20:42 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Is that bad? That seems bad.

26.09.2025 20:57 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Seeing a bunch of Liverpool fans lamenting the sale of Lucho. Liverpool have won every competitive match they've played this year. Y'all are a terminally unhappy lot. You sure you're not Everton fans? #LFC #Redsky

26.09.2025 20:55 — 👍 11    🔁 0    💬 4    📌 0

I'll be shocked if Horton pitches again this year.

25.09.2025 18:41 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Horton's MRI is not going to be good. Cubs are massively screwed.

25.09.2025 16:52 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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