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I'm not sure how many of you will remember this, but hearken back to the days of trading for Phil Nevin. Remember he came from some AL team and had pretty much just been DHing? He was so out of shape that he couldn't play 1B every day and we all laughed at him because that was truly ridiculous. I'm no world class athlete but I work out regularly and am in fairly decent shape. I played 1B the other day at my daughter's softball practice so they could all get some extra fielding in and I couldn't believe how jacked up I felt the next day. I was tight in places I didn't even realize I had used the day before. Moral of the story: I'm old and Phil Nevin probably was in better shape than most of us as an old, fat first baseman.

 

I'm sorry I'm gonna be "that guy", but if you work out regularly and still then are sore after playing a little bit of softball... then maybe your regular workouts need to be re-examined. Either that or you're probably just not stretching enough.

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After another bad start tonight Harvey apparently didn't stick around to talk to reporters. Not that I care at all but there's probably going to be some fire take tweets/columns tomorrow and in the coming days about him/this.

 

You mean like this?

 

http://nypost.com/2016/05/24/silent-matt-harvey-confirms-hes-the-phony-mets-have-enabled/

 

Holy hottest of hot takes. That headline alone just blasted my face like I was looking at the Arc.

 

I knew it was coming and I still laughed out loud at the headline. Amazing.

JudasIscariotTheBird Myrtle Beach Pelicans

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http://www.clickhole.com/article/oral-history-1998-major-league-baseball-home-run-c-4441

 

Sammy Sosa (Cubs right fielder): When I was a boy in the Dominican Republic, I was the owner of a beautiful peacock. His name was Judas Iscariot The Bird, and we were best friends. He would bring me the fossilized remains of ancient kings that he had dug up in the woods, and in return I would read to him from a menu I had stolen from an Italian restaurant. Then, one day, Judas Iscariot The Bird and I were out walking when a baseball fell from the sky and struck my beloved peacock right in the head, and he burst into flames. I picked up the baseball and saw that it said “Roger Maris’ 61st Home Run” on it.

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Tony La Russa: From his very first at-bat on opening day, Mark was unstoppable. He was hitting home runs at a rate I’ve never seen before, and not just normal home runs that only virgins like—I’m talking about [expletive] moonshots. He hit a home run off of Randy Johnson that went so far that Johnson’s manager came onto the field and traded him to a different team right on the spot.

 

Randy Johnson (Seattle Mariners starting pitcher): My manager came onto the mound and said to me, “Well, Randy, you horsefeathering blew it like the Oracle said you would, and so now we’re trading you to the Houston Astros,” and I said, “Please don’t do that. Those [expletive] are weird,” and my manager said, “You should have thought of that before you gave up that [expletive] moonshot to McGwire.” And then the Houston Astros drove onto the field in a school bus, and they were all humming the same high-pitched note in unison, and their manager said to me, “Welcome to the Houston Astros. We all sleep in the same big bed, and the bed is alive,” and I said, “I hate you weird [expletive],” but I had to get on the bus anyway.

 

amazing

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Tony La Russa: From his very first at-bat on opening day, Mark was unstoppable. He was hitting home runs at a rate I’ve never seen before, and not just normal home runs that only virgins like—I’m talking about [expletive] moonshots. He hit a home run off of Randy Johnson that went so far that Johnson’s manager came onto the field and traded him to a different team right on the spot.

 

Randy Johnson (Seattle Mariners starting pitcher): My manager came onto the mound and said to me, “Well, Randy, you [expletive] blew it like the Oracle said you would, and so now we’re trading you to the Houston Astros,” and I said, “Please don’t do that. Those [expletive] are weird,” and my manager said, “You should have thought of that before you gave up that [expletive] moonshot to McGwire.” And then the Houston Astros drove onto the field in a school bus, and they were all humming the same high-pitched note in unison, and their manager said to me, “Welcome to the Houston Astros. We all sleep in the same big bed, and the bed is alive,” and I said, “I hate you weird [expletive],” but I had to get on the bus anyway.

 

amazing

 

What the hell is this?

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I don't feel any animus towards the White Sox but I'm enjoying their fall from grace because, in a totally petty and selfish way, I don't want the Cubs to have to share the spotlight with anyone this summer, especially to a dead-ass team like the White Sox that isn't *actually* any good.

 

The Mat Latos thing was annoying, and now its done. Bye bye White Sox.

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jersey cubs fan

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I don't feel any animus towards the White Sox but I'm enjoying their fall from grace because, in a totally petty and selfish way, I don't want the Cubs to have to share the spotlight with anyone this summer, especially to a dead-ass team like the White Sox that isn't *actually* any good.

 

The Mat Latos thing was annoying, and now its done. Bye bye White Sox.

they should at least be in the hunt for the division most of the year, no?

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I knew they'd lost some games but I didn't realize it had been a 2 1/2 week slide. They're 4-11 in their last 15. Doesn't look like it's going to get much easier either:

 

-17 of their next 26 games are on the road

-in their next 26 games, the worst team they play in that stretch is Detroit, which is currently 23-23

-the rest are 4 @KC, 3 vs. KC, 3 @NYM, 3 vs. Wash, 3 @Cle, 4 @Bos

Cubswin11 All-Star

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I don't feel any animus towards the White Sox but I'm enjoying their fall from grace because, in a totally petty and selfish way, I don't want the Cubs to have to share the spotlight with anyone this summer, especially to a dead-ass team like the White Sox that isn't *actually* any good.

 

The Mat Latos thing was annoying, and now its done. Bye bye White Sox.

they should at least be in the hunt for the division most of the year, no?

Yeah, that division is pretty meh. Other than Minnesota I expect the Tigers, Indians, Royals and Sox to all be within 5-7 games of each other at seasons end.

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I don't feel any animus towards the White Sox but I'm enjoying their fall from grace because, in a totally petty and selfish way, I don't want the Cubs to have to share the spotlight with anyone this summer, especially to a dead-ass team like the White Sox that isn't *actually* any good.

 

The Mat Latos thing was annoying, and now its done. Bye bye White Sox.

 

I try not to give 2 shits about the White Sox, and honestly the team doesn't bother me that much. I grew up actually liking both teams, just the Cubs more. But their fans have really ruined it for me, and to see how worked up they get about the Cubs and our fans are like:

 

http://65.media.tumblr.com/8160d0f9846b74c1a27e3784dba8c777/tumblr_nizvh6xAcH1rotnino1_1280.jpg

 

Anyways, this is the most recent thing I read from Sox fans:

 

I don't wanna say anything mean, but get a frickin grip. It's only May. They can be stopped and they will be stopped, they've been stopped 107 consecutive times. No team in worldwide pro sports history has been stopped from winning it all 107 consecutive years. Only the flubs. They are losers.

 

In 1906 they set the record for best percentage, and they still couldn't win it all, we did not let them. The cubs are crap, they will falter for the 108th consecutive year. It simply isn't in their DNA to win it all like we did in 2005 and 1917, both since last they won it during the Ted Roosevelt administration.

 

I know they can't truly believe that jibberish, so I have to assume that they are posting this non-sense in hopes that saying it as much as possible will make it true.

 

Oh and the best part is bragging about winning the World Series in 1917 as one of their 2 titles since the Cubs last one. It makes me laugh that they say the Cubs are losers but they are the team that a) has made the playoffs SIX times since 1919 (vs 12 for the Cubs), b) has made the playoffs 5 times since Chicago baseball took off Octobers for the 60s and 70s (vs 7 for the Cubs), c) have won a playoff series in ONE season since 1919 (vs. 2 for the Cubs), d) have made 2 World Series since 1919 (vs. 5 for the Cubs but not much to brag about since the last was 1945). Yes we can never take away that 2005 World Series, congrats, but if we are losers, they are right there with us.

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Oh and the best part is bragging about winning the World Series in 1917 as one of their 2 titles since the Cubs last one. It makes me laugh that they say the Cubs are losers but they are the team that a) has made the playoffs SIX times since 1919 (vs 12 for the Cubs), b) has made the playoffs 5 times since Chicago baseball took off Octobers for the 60s and 70s (vs 7 for the Cubs), c) have won a playoff series in ONE season since 1919 (vs. 2 for the Cubs), d) have made 2 World Series since 1919 (vs. 5 for the Cubs but not much to brag about since the last was 1945). Yes we can never take away that 2005 World Series, congrats, but if we are losers, they are right there with us.

Yeah, I never understand that. If 107 years is your arbitrary endpoint, then why not 109? The Cubs and White Sox have won exactly the same amount of titles since 1907. It's dumb.

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So evidently an enraged Tony LaRussa barged into the Pirates' broadcast the other day...

 

Deadspin Article

 

I hope to hell he was [expletive] when he did it.

The comments are better than the article.

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Sammy Sofa

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So evidently an enraged Tony LaRussa barged into the Pirates' broadcast the other day...

 

Deadspin Article

 

I hope to hell he was [expletive] when he did it.

The comments are better than the article.

 

Oh, so when La Russa squeezes into a booth unannounced, he’s “defending the truth.” But when I do it, I’m “drunk” and “not welcome in this IHOP anymore.”

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