Kyle Hendricks Low Velocity Assassin Splooge Thread

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Also that was 17 straight quality starts by Kyle, the longest streak by any pitcher in baseball that year. That's the kind of thing that should earn a guy a nickname or something.

"Quality" Kyle Hendricks?

Kyle "The Beginner Who Tends To Do Pretty Well By Certain Standards" Hendranzobeanz.

"Dependable, and semi-durable hurling automaton"

You left out "banzobeanz" but I think we're getting somewhere. 

[Quality Start Machine]

I will never not enjoy the fact that the Cubs' most vanilla and emotionless pitcher takes the mound to "Sweet Emotion".

[WTB...A RING FFS!!]

Definitely deserves a bump for another fine performance.

[Shooter]

Definitely deserves a bump for another fine performance.

I assume you're on board until he gives up a run or two.

[Quality Start Machine]

JD brought up an interesting point the other night - where last year we'd all start sweating Hendricks' seeing a lineup for the third time, this year he's been changing his pitching mix each time through the order.

Dartmouth gave him some smarts.

[Saul Goodman]

So close. Jeremy Hazelbaker still sucks.

[flannj]

Damn that was a gut punch

[Armchair_QB]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

[Saul Goodman]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

Kerry Wood has been retweeting Joe West hate, so there's our silver lining.

[Wheezer]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

I of course was just listening to the radio, so I didn't see what happened. Then I went to buy cat litter. Then I thought I'd look to see if there was a description. Instead, I found something much weirder:

I don't know if you can overdo it or underdo it. You just do it. It's almost like there's no such thing as good yoga or bad yoga. It's yoga. There's no such thing as good meditation or bad meditation. It's meditation. There's no such thing as good celebration of bad celebration. It's just celebration.

I'm leaning toward confusion over the notion that there's no such thing as "good karma," but it's a (possibly metaphysical) head-scratcher.

[Tonker]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

I have very little problem with what West did there.  Maddon was stalling for time, West knew it, he tried to stop it and so Joe had no choice but to get himself into an argument and get tossed.  God knows I hate me some Cowboy Joe, but on this occasion he really was just umpiring the game.

[Yeti]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

I have very little problem with what West did there.  Maddon was stalling for time, West knew it, he tried to stop it and so Joe had no choice but to get himself into an argument and get tossed.  God knows I hate me some Cowboy Joe, but on this occasion he really was just umpiring the game.

Measured thoughts are not appreciated, Tonk. You must maintain the groupthink that Cowboy Joe is the worst and perpetrated something awful against the Cubs.

[Tonker]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

I have very little problem with what West did there.  Maddon was stalling for time, West knew it, he tried to stop it and so Joe had no choice but to get himself into an argument and get tossed.  God knows I hate me some Cowboy Joe, but on this occasion he really was just umpiring the game.

Measured thoughts are not appreciated, Tonk. You must maintain the groupthink that Cowboy Joe is the worst and perpetrated something awful against the Cubs.

Yeah.  After I wrote this, I went on Twitter and HOLY SHIT you'd have thought Joe West hit the home run himself.

[SKO]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

I have very little problem with what West did there.  Maddon was stalling for time, West knew it, he tried to stop it and so Joe had no choice but to get himself into an argument and get tossed.  God knows I hate me some Cowboy Joe, but on this occasion he really was just umpiring the game.

He was within his right as an umpire to do it, but like Joe said, most umpires would have been more understanding of the moment and that for all that is stupid about baseball tradition it's still considered bad luck to warm up the bullpen while a guy has a no hitter going, and they'd have allowed the stupid pointless mound visit to give Chapman a bit longer to warm up. It was a violation of the "unwritten rules" while following the written rules. I don't know that people overreacted so much as we just like dumping heaps of shit on Joe West because he deserves it always.

[Yeti]

Good to know Joe West is still a fucking piece of shit.

I have very little problem with what West did there.  Maddon was stalling for time, West knew it, he tried to stop it and so Joe had no choice but to get himself into an argument and get tossed.  God knows I hate me some Cowboy Joe, but on this occasion he really was just umpiring the game.

Measured thoughts are not appreciated, Tonk. You must maintain the groupthink that Cowboy Joe is the worst and perpetrated something awful against the Cubs.

Yeah.  After I wrote this, I went on Twitter and HOLY SHIT you'd have thought Joe West hit the home run himself.

I get what SKO says above, but West let Miggy know Maddon was calling for him and then when Maddon apparently did something he wasn't supposed to do, he called him out for it.....

....

Conspiracy time: Maddon knew West would say no and he would argue it to give Chapman time. And the world would continue to hate Joe West