9/18 Cardinals (Lynn) @ Cubs (Haren) 1:20 CDT, ABC 7

[davell]

Bryant is resting today dammit

 

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Maddon also doing the "put replacement in same spot in order no matter who they are" thing that Dusty loved.

 

I'd think part of that is for when KB pinch hits once Lynn is out, he's in his normal lineup spot.

[UMFan83]

Double post Edited September 18, 2015 by UMFan83

[UMFan83]

Guess Joe is putting much more emphasis on passing the Pirates than the division. Which I guess makes sense being 7 games out with 16 to play and only 3 head to head games. Otherwise he would have arranged the rotation so at least 1 of Lester/Arrieta pitched this series or at the very least ensured that we didn't have an unnecessary bullpen day tomorrow.

[Sammy Sofa]

Tommy La Stella is an infuriating enigma. I thought we had left such childish things behind.

[ctcf]

Guess Joe is putting much more emphasis on passing the Pirates than the division. Which I guess makes sense being 7 games out with 16 to play and only 3 head to head games. Otherwise he would have arranged the rotation so at least 1 of Lester/Arrieta pitched this series or at the very least ensured that we didn't have an unnecessary bullpen day tomorrow.

 

Lester is pitching on Sunday.

[ctcf]

Tommy La Stella is an infuriating enigma. I thought we had left such childish things behind.

 

In the aim of playing devil's advocate:

 

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[jersey cubs fan]

Tommy La Stella is an infuriating enigma. I thought we had left such childish things behind.

1200 OPS the past 7 days

945 OPS the last 14 days

[ctcf]

Also, it would really help my NL Only fantasy team in the playoffs if Haren doesn't suck and Lynn gets obliterated.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

it'd be nice for rizzo to get an off-day or two before the end of the season. seems like maddon has been talking about it for a couple of months but obviously rizzo hasn't sat.

[Sammy Sofa]

Could not possibly give less of a patooty about splits and how they relate to La Stella. He is a garbage person who has no future in baseball and he is making Javier Baez sit on the bench. Anyone who supports this, especially when someone like Bryant is getting a break, probably kicks puppies and spits on babies.

 

I hope he's Kanged out of his baseball career today.

[Sammy Sofa]

Tommy La Stella is an infuriating enigma. I thought we had left such childish things behind.

 

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Sure, much better LHH than La Stella.

 

We don't have to pretend that devolving back to this kind of MI nonsense is tolerable just because Maddon is doing it.

[ctcf]

Tell us how you really feel, SS

[rawaction]

Don't like Javy sitting 2 days in a row.

[OleMissCub]

screw splits. Lynn throws nothing but fastballs and all Javy needs to do is run into one.

[sneakypower]

screw splits. Lynn throws nothing but fastballs and all Javy needs to do is run into one.

oh that's all?

[JonJayCutler]

Nothing wrong with wanting your high-ceiling prospects to play over an unlikable non-prospect like La Stella.

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Tommy La Stella is an infuriating enigma. I thought we had left such childish things behind.

 

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Sure, much better LHH than La Stella.

 

We don't have to pretend that devolving back to this kind of MI nonsense is tolerable just because Maddon is doing it.

 

you're jumping the shark with this, and i hate lastella too

 

loading up on lefties against this guy is exactly what you should do. it's not dustyish or whatever the hell you're trying to suggest.

[sneakypower]

Nothing wrong with wanting your high-ceiling prospects to play over an unlikable non-prospect like La Stella.

what's wrong is that we're still trying to win baseball games and ol' unlikable La Stella gives us a better chance to do that

[Guest]

Nothing wrong with wanting your high-ceiling prospects to play over an unlikable non-prospect like La Stella.

what's wrong is that we're still trying to win baseball games and ol' unlikable La Stella gives us a better chance to do that

 

i think that part may be debatable

 

but thinking that it's clear cut wrong and dumb to play lastella is just silly given the circumstances

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[sneakypower]

Nothing wrong with wanting your high-ceiling prospects to play over an unlikable non-prospect like La Stella.

what's wrong is that we're still trying to win baseball games and ol' unlikable La Stella gives us a better chance to do that

 

i think that part may be debatable

ok, let's hear it

[Sammy Sofa]

loading up on lefties against this guy is exactly what you should do. it's not dustyish or whatever the hell you're trying to suggest.

 

As statistically unlikely as it is as catching them I still just want to pound the Cardinals into savage and merciless submission, and I want it done with the most amazing, balls-out lineup possible. Even when they win today it will just be eking it out compared to the brutality they could have unleashed.

 

Rational thinking has no home here today. Seek not just to destroy, but to crush their spirit.

[Guest]

Nothing wrong with wanting your high-ceiling prospects to play over an unlikable non-prospect like La Stella.

what's wrong is that we're still trying to win baseball games and ol' unlikable La Stella gives us a better chance to do that

 

i think that part may be debatable

ok, let's hear it

 

i'm not trying to claim either side of that.