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He needs a bad ass nickname.

Quote from: Eli on June 29, 2016, 09:47:07 AM
Edwards did look pretty fantastic last night. He got a generous call or two that helped him out, but he's tough to hit when he has command of his stuff.*

* Just like 95% of relievers.

The 96 on the black was particularly nice.

Quote from: Tonker on June 25, 2016, 05:17:12 AM
How the fuck has this thread ended up on Page 3?

Never again

Quote from: Eli on June 22, 2016, 07:54:39 PM

Quote from: Shooter on June 22, 2016, 07:17:01 PM
He's walked four guys in a game five times this year. Last year, he only walked more than three in a game once (six vs. the Indians). 2016 walk rate: 8.8% (ML average: 7.6%), 2015 walk rate: 5.3% (ML average: 7.1%).

Should I start worrying?

His stuff is so good that he's getting away with it. And most of his other peripherals are a tick better than last year (K rate, ground ball rate, soft contact rate). But the prospect of him racking up 85 pitches through 4 innings of a playoff start isn't something anyone wants to see, so sure; I think you can worry a tiny bit.

Yeah, I was at an outing yesterday and when I first saw the score at 7-0 in the 7th I figured Arrieta must have pitched terribly. Turns out he was fine but couldn't stay in the game long enough to keep the Cubs in it. The pitch count stuff is a concern for sure.

Quote from: Canadouche on June 20, 2016, 08:18:48 PM

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Quote from: SKO on June 20, 2016, 07:45:19 AM
They've allowed 193 runs and have a +171 run differential. Jebus.

They might double up their runs allowed before this weekend ends.

If they sweep, they'll be 30 games over .500, and 15 games ahead of St. Louis in the standings.

All before July.

And you ruined it.

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Quote from: SKO on June 20, 2016, 09:30:32 AM
I'm an awful person who likes to laugh at other people's pain so I browsed the game threads/recaps on the Bucs SB Nation site and basically every other response boils down to:

1)Just start beaning every Cub, including Maddon
2)McCutchen is old and washed up and needs to be traded, also should have been benched for not running as hard as possible on that K in the dirt against Arrieta
3)Joe Maddon is a hipster douchebag
4)Cubs fans didn't even care about baseball before 2015.
5)They lack Fire and Passion and Clint Hurdle needs to give himself his inevitable grabber by throwing chairs and screaming at them all in the locker room.

That makes no sense.

That one cracks me up and they use it ALL THE TIME. The Annual Wildcard Shitkickings are the only times they've sold out their stadium in the last 25 years and they want to say Cubs fans didn't care about their team before it was good. It's the White Sox fan argument. SURE ONLY 10 PEOPLE WATCH OUR TEAM BUT THAT'S BETTER THAN THE 20000 ONLY GOING TO WRIGLEY TO LOOK AT THEIR PHONE AND HIT ON CHICKS

It's the consolation prize of bitter idiots. Which is why I use it as much as possible myself.

I think it's important to note that people somehow try to say that because Wrigley has good looking girls and beer that people are stupid for going there.

Quote from: SKO on June 20, 2016, 08:46:43 AM

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Quote from: Canadouche on June 18, 2016, 07:47:21 PM
I think that, leading up to the election, he's going to do something very frightening. He'll talk about the minorities who stand against him, and he'll say something like, "them? They're not going to vote!" This will be interpreted by his followers as a message of voter suppression, and Election Day will be the bloodiest in our history. And since many police departments employee white supremacists, it'll be very ugly.

I think you do raise a good point that Election Day could be violent and horrible. Hadn't really thought about that.

Like fights at the polls? What do you have in mind?

Everything.

Nobody has ever gone broke banking on the worst in people.

There will definitely be many places where minority voters will likely be targets, I fear.

Good thing there isn't a movie literally coming out about an election day filled with citizens murdering each other.

Quote from: Eli on June 18, 2016, 09:09:41 PM

Quote from: Canadouche on June 18, 2016, 07:47:21 PM
I think that, leading up to the election, he's going to do something very frightening. He'll talk about the minorities who stand against him, and he'll say something like, "them? They're not going to vote!" This will be interpreted by his followers as a message of voter suppression, and Election Day will be the bloodiest in our history. And since many police departments employee white supremacists, it'll be very ugly.

I think you do raise a good point that Election Day could be violent and horrible. Hadn't really thought about that.

Like fights at the polls? What do you have in mind?

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on June 17, 2016, 12:35:10 PM

Quote from: Canadouche on June 17, 2016, 12:32:34 PM
I find Trump so unlistenable that I plan on skipping the debates for the first time since before I started sprouting patchy facial hair.

He's cringeworthy, kind of like the Office when it's at its most cringeworthiest, and without any humor.

I'm looking forward to the Convention. There's no way the GOP establishment wants to go into Autumn with Trump heading the ticket, is there?

Unless he just quits I'm not sure what you think is going to happen.

Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on June 17, 2016, 08:26:35 AM

Quote from: ChuckD on June 11, 2016, 01:22:37 PM
This could just as easily go in the "I admit it" thread, but I just now realized that Richard Thomas (Frank Gaad) was John Boy Walton.

Never saw an episode.

Great addition.

Quote from: CBStew on June 16, 2016, 06:17:09 PM
Donald Trump.  His rhetorical style is not unlistenable.  In fact, for me it is quite the contrary.  I love listening to him.  He is funny, without intending to be funny.

"You know the Republicans, honestly folks, our leaders, our leaders have to get tougher," Trump said during a rally in Atlanta. "Our leaders have to get a lot tougher. And be quiet. Just please be quiet. Don't talk. Please be quiet. Just be quiet to the leaders because they have to get tougher, they have to get sharper, they have to get smarter."

What did he say?  In seven sentences he said that our leaders have to get tougher three times; that they have to get sharper or smarter two times; and that someone (unspecified) has to be quiet or not talk five times.  Andy Borowitz in the New Yorker delights in writing Trump parodies, but the parodies aren't anywhere near as funny as the original.  (I blush to remember that we mocked Reagan because his hair was prematurely orange.  Either Trump has a bad case of jaundice or he should change his makeup.)

Also Andy Borowitz is a hack.

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Quote from: Quality Start Machine on June 16, 2016, 09:43:00 AM
Bump for the 9th inning dong off a legit LOOGY.

Oliver Perez is legit garbage and that's about it.

Quote from: PANK! on June 15, 2016, 09:25:15 AM

Quote from: R-V on June 15, 2016, 09:23:48 AM
Aaand FACED by Huey. I'm feeling as embarrassed as Eli must feel after completely writing off Almora's ability to play sports at all, let alone major league baseball.

If you read through this thread it's actually Slak who's got the hottest anti-Almora take.  

Quote from: Slaky on August 18, 2015, 02:00:42 PM
I can't believe this thread exists.

I'm happy to be seeing him contribute.

Anything Craig Calcaterra writes or says

Quote from: Eli on June 14, 2016, 02:26:53 PM

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Quote from: SKO on June 14, 2016, 11:25:09 AM
This was predictable (and smart): [http://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/cubs-brian-matusz-signs-minor-league-deal-with-cubs/]Cubs sign Matusz to minor league deal. [/url]

Career 27-42 record, and a 4.85 ERA. 

His career as a reliever: 3.47 ERA, 179-63 K:BB ratio. Lefties have hit just .211/.269/.358/.627 against him in his career. If he's healthy he could be a big upgrade as the LOOGY without them having to give up anything stupid for a guy like Miller.

I'd rather they just give up something stupid* and have Andrew Miller.

* This, obviously, shouldn't mean Baez or Schwarber, since that's well beyond stupid.

Contreras?
Torres?

I think we can stop discussing Contreras as a trade piece, he sure seems to be the catcher of the future, I don't think he's going anywhere.

Yeah, I basically just look at him as a major-league piece at this point since he'll probably be up this year.

I still wonder how that would work given what they've got. Montero still has value as a receiver even if his throwing and hitting seem broken. Ross has been great and is immovable as backup. TimFed can pound but having Contreras as a 3rd catcher seems nuts. When does Montero play? Does he just become an expensive TimFed?