9/8 Cubs (Hammel) @ Cardinals (Wacha) 7:15 PM CST, CSN

[Guest]

Until guys stop hitting, I think you have to go with Baez at 3rd and Bryant in the OF. Play Coghlan at 2nd/OF every now and then when Schwarber comes back.

 

i hate to keep harping on the castro thing but it's not like he's been so freakishly hot (obviously an awesome dong tonight) that you have to bench a solid coghlan (vs rhp) in favor of him when schwarbs comes back

 

In the last 5 weeks he's at .333/.358/.500.

[Sammy Sofa]

Hahahahaha!

 

"NOOOOOO!!!"

[NOLA]

How is Carpenter not tossed from the game? How?

[Guest]

Wahhhhhhhh

[Guest]

lol - I love JD

[NOLA]

lol - I love JD

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[Schwarber Fan]

Hammel is dealing.

[Sammy Sofa]

I like this new Baez. A lot.

[Schwarber Fan]

My goodness, Javy.

[Guest]

Javy

[Brian]

gold glove for javy Edited September 9, 2015 by Brian

[Guest]

Until guys stop hitting, I think you have to go with Baez at 3rd and Bryant in the OF. Play Coghlan at 2nd/OF every now and then when Schwarber comes back.

 

i hate to keep harping on the castro thing but it's not like he's been so freakishly hot (obviously an awesome dong tonight) that you have to bench a solid coghlan (vs rhp) in favor of him when schwarbs comes back

 

In the last 5 weeks he's at .333/.358/.500.

 

how many PA is that? he's been playing limited time.

 

before tonight he was around league average in august, very good in sept, and like a 60 wRC+ in the second half

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 57-7 (.891) when they lead at the end of the 6th inning.... 22-50 (.306) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Guest]

lol - I love JD

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Making fun of Piscotty's name.

[Guest]

[expletive] javy. i love you

[weis21]

lol wow. what a night for baez. amazing play

[Deeg]

Oh, Javy - so flash...

[MWV]

I assume the BFIB are still applauding that play by Baez?

[Gilby]

What if Javy is Manny Machado without the desire to intentionally hit catchers in the head with his bat Edited September 9, 2015 by Gilby

[Sammy Sofa]

Until guys stop hitting, I think you have to go with Baez at 3rd and Bryant in the OF. Play Coghlan at 2nd/OF every now and then when Schwarber comes back.

 

i hate to keep harping on the castro thing but it's not like he's been so freakishly hot (obviously an awesome dong tonight) that you have to bench a solid coghlan (vs rhp) in favor of him when schwarbs comes back

 

In the last 5 weeks he's at .333/.358/.500.

 

how many PA is that? he's been playing limited time.

 

before tonight he was around league average in august, very good in sept, and like a 60 wRC+ in the second half

 

82 going back to the beginning of August and not counting tonight.

 

Just relax and enjoy it. Good Castro is so much more fun than Coghlan.

Edited September 9, 2015 by Sammy Sofa

[weis21]

lol - I love JD

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Making fun of Piscotty's name.

yeah, that was pretty funny. but i think it was more funny because it certainly tickled len more than i would have thought.

[ConstableRabbit]

Really enjoying all of these shortstops.

[Guest]

Until guys stop hitting, I think you have to go with Baez at 3rd and Bryant in the OF. Play Coghlan at 2nd/OF every now and then when Schwarber comes back.

 

i hate to keep harping on the castro thing but it's not like he's been so freakishly hot (obviously an awesome dong tonight) that you have to bench a solid coghlan (vs rhp) in favor of him when schwarbs comes back

 

In the last 5 weeks he's at .333/.358/.500.

 

how many PA is that? he's been playing limited time.

 

before tonight he was around league average in august, very good in sept, and like a 60 wRC+ in the second half

 

It's 80 PA, it's not nothing.

 

The overriding point here is that you're letting this bit where you're done with Castro override the logic that it is very much in the team's interest to play him when he gets hot. It doesn't mean Castro must play every day, but he's very much a first class citizen in the competition for at bats when he's swinging the bat well. The fact that he's stayed productive for a month when not playing every day is a point in his favor in this regard.

[Careless]

$15-20 for a baseball? holy [expletive] how long has that been teh case?

 

has it been that long since i purchased a baseball?

yeah but that's for the "official mlb one". the "official league" one (which is still regulation) is under 6 bucks: http://www.amazon.com/Rawlings-Baseball-Official-League-Rubber/dp/B000OQA3N4

I like that the product page says "for recreational use", like they're worried someone will try to use it as medicine

[Sammy Sofa]

Jackson was an awesome pickup.