8/27 Cubs (Turner) @ Reds (Latos) 6:10 pm CT CSN

[Andy]

Marty Brennamen was just on Kap and Haugh and ripped Castro harder than Kaplan. I feel like they're screening calls so it seems like everyone agrees with Kaplan but it's probably just the Cubs.comers that call in there.

That settles it - anyone ripping Castro is wrong, because anyone who ever agrees with a Brennaman is wrong.

[Felix Leiter]

With the higher salary comes a higher responsibility. With the kids coming up, which veterans are they going to migrate to? Some place holder that won't be here in a year or Castro and Rizzo? How many managers have talked with him to clean his act up. How many people have called him out? I hope he's renting and not buying here.

 

As far as Kaplan, he is a jerk. He is such a windsock. Remember the Cubs trading Todd Walker for Jose Ceda. Kaplan just raved at what a great pitcher he was and Jim Hendry..blah..blah..blah. Ceda didn't make it. I just hope the Cubs next tv deal says "anybody but Kaplan doing a Cubs tv show".

[sneakypower]

but len kasper thought Castro should be held to a higher standard, whatever that meant.

 

You should disagree with the "repeatedly" phrasing.

if i were one to nit-pick semantics, sure

 

i think he does make more silly gaffes (probably sometimes made to look worse by being deceptively slow) than the average player, but he's 24 and had minimal seasoning in the minors; it sort of comes with the territory

 

Coghlan & Bonifacio before him seem to have had their fair share of [expletive] ups, too

[jersey cubs fan]

With the higher salary comes a higher responsibility. With the kids coming up, which veterans are they going to migrate to? Some place holder that won't be here in a year or Castro and Rizzo? How many managers have talked with him to clean his act up. How many people have called him out? I hope he's renting and not buying here.

 

my god this is fing stupid

[jersey cubs fan]

but len kasper thought Castro should be held to a higher standard, whatever that meant.

 

You should disagree with the "repeatedly" phrasing.

if i were one to nit-pick semantics, sure

 

Well, you were the one who said you agreed with a post that was all about nitpicking pointless already quantified issues that are over shadowed by actual production.

[jersey cubs fan]

we have ourselves an organization that has been tanking entire seasons and people are whining about a handful of bases.

 

 

 

morons

[sneakypower]

With the higher salary comes a higher responsibility. With the kids coming up, which veterans are they going to migrate to? Some place holder that won't be here in a year or Castro and Rizzo?

jersey's right that this is a pretty stupid point / post; Castro's 24 and making less money than we paid Jason Hammel, not that it matters...Edwin Jackson must have HUGE leadership obligations - i hope he reads "Goodnight Moon" to the rookies on team flights

 

and having a 24yo as your de facto team leader is a problem of team management, not the 24yo

[Clem Fandango]

and having a 24yo as your de facto team leader is a problem of team management, not the 24yo

 

Starlin Castro: This is probably before your time, but back in the day...

John Baker: *eyeroll*

[Guest]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

[jersey cubs fan]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

now that soler doesn't have anybody to look up to, does his debut even matter?

[sneakypower]

Soler's just going to stop at first base after his HRs, and when Castro takes him to task for it:

[Hairyducked Idiot]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

 

I can't believe we have a 20-page game thread.

[Guest]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

 

I can't believe we have a 20-page game thread.

 

i seriously can't [expletive] wait til next april

[CubInOK]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

now that soler doesn't have anybody to look up to, does his debut even matter?

Everyone on the team looks up to Soler now.

[George Hayduke]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

now that soler doesn't have anybody to look up to, does his debut even matter?

Everyone on the team looks up to Soler now.

That's so weird, what with his smaller salary he shouldn't have to shoulder such responsibility.

[SouthSideRyan]

Everyone's been confused all season trying to look up to our highest paid player, but they haven't seen him since last July.

[CubInOK]

Everyone's been confused all season trying to look up to our highest paid player, but they haven't seen him since last July.

We need a leader so we should bring that guy back.

[Andy]

i can't believe we're still talking about this [expletive] and not the near ideal awesome debut by soler last night

 

I can't believe we have a 20-page game thread.

 

i seriously can't [expletive] wait til next april

Yep. At worst, we should be relevant most of the summer, which by itself will make it the best season since 2009.

[imb]

It might be telling that I'm trying to find what game it was that Rizzo didn't cover first on a dropped third strike, and I can't get Google to come close to finding what I'm looking for.

On the other hand...

 

https://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=starlin%20castro%20gaffe

 

Do a search for "Anthony Rizzo gaffe" and here's the second result:

 

Rizzo takes blame for apparent Castro gaffe

 

LMAO outstanding

[Guest]

No, David. The ratio of Casto mental mistakes/lazy plays to those of every player on the team is about 10 to 1.

Make it stop

[bukie]

No, David. The ratio of Casto mental mistakes/lazy plays to those of every player on the team is about 10 to 1.

Just because you only make mental notes when Castro makes mistakes, it doesn't make it valid data.

[SouthSideRyan]

No, David. The ratio of Casto mental mistakes/lazy plays to those of every player on the team is about 10 to 1.

Just because you only make mental notes when Castro makes mistakes, it doesn't make it valid data.

 

He's counting all of Cedeno's gaffes as Castro's too.

[bukie]

This reminds me of the time everyone flipped out on Rizzo when he failed to cover first in the 8th inning of a tie game, allowing the go-ahead run to score on a botched dropped third strike in a game the Cubs lost 4-3.

 

Fortunately, Rizzo learned a valuable lesson that night.

[Burt Macklin, FBI]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-watch-aroldis-chapman-and-javier-baez/

[Hairyducked Idiot]

http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/lets-watch-aroldis-chapman-and-javier-baez/

 

That spray chart of pitches put in play when Chapman hits 102 is so bonerific.