07/11 CUBS (Silva) at Dodgers (Padilla) 7:05PM espn

[cheapseats]

Ryan Theriot still sucks.

[Tarver]

Nothing against certain fans' Yellon-esque optimism, but the last thing this team needs long term is to make a pre-deadline push.

[Outshined_One]

Nothing against certain fans' Yellon-esque optimism, but the last thing this team needs long term is to make a pre-deadline push.

 

+1

[JoshiQ]

Nothing against certain fans' Yellon-esque optimism, but the last thing this team needs long term is to make a pre-deadline push.

 

+1

 

*1+1

[imb]

[expletive] everyone in baseball

[bleedingblue]

Two questions.....

 

Why is Theriot playing over Fontenot tonight? And why is Soto still batting eighth?

[Tarver]

The Soto [expletive] is inexplicable, but arguing about it has become as tiresome as Hendry debates.

 

Let's just hope whoever's in here next year understands how big of an asset Soto is.

[CincyCubsFan]

LOL at Morgan insinuating Soto hasn't turned it around this year.

[Keener98]

Man I really hope we get no hit. It would be a perfect ending to a horrible 1st half. It being on National Tv is even better.

[JoshiQ]

LOL at Morgan insinuating Soto hasn't turned it around this year.

 

I'm so happy that I was on the phone with my Dad for the last 10-20 minutes. What'd he say? And does he not realize he is one of the top ten catchers in baseball? Probably higher than that but I'm not not going to work to prove Morgan wrong.

[Guest]

Wow. Get a hit, Cubs.

[squally1313]

Thank god for Castro.

 

And really, at this point I'm saying that for so many more reasons than just breaking up the no hitter.

[Tryptamine]

I would genuinely like to smack the [expletive] out of Morgan. How can a guy who has done nothing but play and analyze baseball his whole life be so stupid when it comes to baseball?

[Sammy Sofa]

I would genuinely like to smack the [expletive] out of Morgan. How can a guy who has done nothing but play and analyze baseball his whole life be so stupid when it comes to baseball?

 

It really explained a lot when I read that recent book about the Big Red Machine; Morgan didn't really give a [expletive] about understanding or "knowing" baseball at all. He was just lucky to be gifted enough as a player to overcome his stupidity. And he was a dick back then, too.

[Tryptamine]

Well that was pretty obviously intentional.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Too bad. Getting no hit would have been the ideal ending to the first half of the season.

[CincyCubsFan]

LOL at Morgan insinuating Soto hasn't turned it around this year.

 

I'm so happy that I was on the phone with my Dad for the last 10-20 minutes. What'd he say? And does he not realize he is one of the top ten catchers in baseball? Probably higher than that but I'm not not going to work to prove Morgan wrong.

 

Russell Martin was up to bat and Morgan was talking about how he and Soto had started their careers strong and then had trouble after their rookie year. Then Morgan says "And both Martin and Soto have turned things around - well, the *Cubs* believe Soto has turned things around," as if he thought Soto was a bum.

[Little Slide Rooter]

LOL at Morgan insinuating Soto hasn't turned it around this year.

 

I'm so happy that I was on the phone with my Dad for the last 10-20 minutes. What'd he say? And does he not realize he is one of the top ten catchers in baseball? Probably higher than that but I'm not not going to work to prove Morgan wrong.

 

Russell Martin was up to bat and Morgan was talking about how he and Soto had started their careers strong and then had trouble after their rookie year. Then Morgan says "And both Martin and Soto have turned things around - well, the *Cubs* believe Soto has turned things around," as if he thought Soto was a bum.

 

So let me get this straight, the brilliant Joe Morgan believes that Martin, .247/.351/.337/.688 HAS turned things around, but Soto, .289/.412/.488/.900 is only BELIEVED to have turned things around? What an idiot. I know your not supposed to wish physical harm on people around here, so Ill just stop there.

[Tryptamine]

.....good god Joe. In what world is hitting the ball off the top of the bat squaring it up. In order to have truly squared it up the bat would have had to come from an absurd uppercut.

[Little Slide Rooter]

.....good god Joe. In what world is hitting the ball off the top of the bat squaring it up. In order to have truly squared it up the bat would have had to come from an absurd uppercut.

 

The main differences between Ron Santo and Joe Morgan is that Santos entertaining and seems to know that most of what he says makes little to no sense.

[Outshined_One]

I'm convinced Joe Morgan takes shots before games. He's drunk.

[JoshiQ]

So they are talking about the recap of the game and they are blaming Silva for not covering first on the play that Nady obviously got there first.

 

So it's Silva's fault that he didn't cover first that that play happened. Silva was stupid, but the guy was out. It's only the ump's fault. I hate ESPN.

[Tryptamine]

I hate to jinx it, but the really shocking thing about this game is the lack of Bartman, Goat etc. ESPN usually salivates when they get the chance to talk about the curse.

[Tryptamine]

[expletive] that was fair.

[Tryptamine]

Wow and he came off the bag. Seriously [expletive] this ump. 3 blown calls in one game.