BCB After Dark: Chicago Cubs’ Missed opportunities?
BCB After Dark is the place for you to talk about anything. Last week, the vote was between the Cubs and the Phillies for a free-agent pitcher. 79 percent of you voted for the Chicago Cubs. Rita Hayworth and Ava Gardner are playing pin-up girls in the movie The Killers. Laura won the BCB Winter Noir Classic. The Hitch-Hiker won with 68 percent. The winner will be announced tomorrow. It's the season for holiday jazz. Jon Batiste performed "Winter Wonderland" on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He's a pianist. Gilda is a 1946 film starring Rita and Glenn Ford.
The Killers (1946) is a film that made Ava Gardner and Burt Lancaster stars. It was based on a short story by Ernest Hemingway. Edmond O'Brien plays Jim, an insurance investigator who needs to find the beneficiary of a policy taken out by “The Swede” (Lancaster) a boxer who was murdered by two hitmen. The next noir contest is between Alexander Mackendrick’s Sweet Smell of Success and Robert Wise's 1959‘s classic heist film Odds Against Tomorrow.
The Twins signed Christian Vázquez to a three-year, $30 million deal with the Cubs. Chris Bassitt signed a 3-years, £63 million contract with Blue Jays. BCB After Dark will discuss the Chicago Cubs' missed opportunities tonight. It will also discuss Sean Murphy's trade.
BCB After Dark is looking at the Chicago Cubs' missed opportunities. They let go of two players, but Bassitt declined a qualifying offer, so they lost a draft pick.
The Chicago Cubs have missed opportunities. Christian Vázquez’s 3 year/$30m offer and Chris Bassitt”s three year/63m offers were both rejected.
Christian Vázquez’s 3 year/$30m offer and Chris Bassitt”s three year/63m offers were both rejected.
