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Who's The one who got away for your favorite team? Growing up a Cubs fan it eas Greg Maddux. The Cubs always stated it was a missed phone call. If you watch The Greg Maddux documentary on MLB Network, Greg Maddux wanted to win & The Cubs didn't really have a plan so he signed with The Braves. Hated it as a kid, but understood. Currently, it's Kyle Schwarber. I understand Cubs were rebuilding, but man it would have been nice for him to remain a Cub..Who's yours?

Are torpedo bats still a thing, the first two weeks last year it was going to ruin baseball but haven't heard an announcer even mention them by the end of last year and this year

Doc Rivers is an NBA head coach. He was labeled one of the 15 Greatest Coaches because of his 1 World Series title he won back in 2008. On top of that, he also happens to be almost always coaching elite teams so he has a winning record. However, his playoff resume is poor outside of 2008. His teams would constantly choke in the playoffs despite being superior to their opponent.

What are some MLB examples of Doc Rivers? What is one MLB manager that looks great on paper but is horrible come playoff time?

By disappointing, I don't mean like a heartbreaker such as 2025 Dodgers vs Blue Jays. I mean something like an NBA example: 2022 Mavs @ Suns in Semi-Finals (see CP3's huge 3). Or just recently, the Pistons vs Cavs where they were getting destroyed.

What are some MLB examples of this?

I don’t necessarily mean rivalries that are just due to historical or geographic reasons alone, I mean rivalries where the fans are genuinely mean to each other, trash talk the opposing city or state, troll the game day threads