General Cubs Chit-Chat

[sneakypower]

well La Stella is a better true-talent player than Baez but that's none of my business

[Banedon]

Mark Gonzalez doesn't quite understand division/fractions...

 

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He's been driving me nuts writing it that way.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Mark Gonzalez doesn't quite understand division/fractions...

 

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He's been driving me nuts writing it that way.

have you tried explaining this to him? or maybe just called him a horsefeathering horsefeathers?

[Sammy Sofa]

well La Stella is a better true-talent player than Baez but that's none of my business

 

http://i.giphy.com/CJRoYfODsd7qw.gif

[sneakypower]

.358 OBP / .470 SLG

.353 OBP / .479 SLG

 

one of these lines belongs to La Stella's '15-'16 and the other belongs to Schwarber's; i won't tell you which is which

[Sammy Sofa]

THIS IS THE WORST THING EVER.

[UMFan83]

.358 OBP / .470 SLG Playoff HRs: 0 Playoff HRs hit into allegheny river or onto scoreboard: 0

.353 OBP / .479 SLG Playoff HRs: 5 Playoff HRs hit into allegheny river or onto scoreboard: 2

 

one of these lines belongs to La Stella's '15-'16 and the other belongs to Schwarber's; i won't tell you which is which

 

Fixed

[sneakypower]

2

1

 

(operable legs)

[seanimal]

buys clothes at abercrombie kids

buys clothes at farm n fleet

[Ding Dong Johnson]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/38633/wearing-a-cup-is-no-slam-dunk-for-these-cubs

 

finally, the mystery is solved

[Sammy Sofa]

http://espn.go.com/blog/chicago/cubs/post/_/id/38633/wearing-a-cup-is-no-slam-dunk-for-these-cubs

 

finally, the mystery is solved

 

"Of course I wear a cup," veteran second baseman Ben Zobrist said.

 

And then he just stared, unblinking and unmoving, at the reporter until he awkwardly backed away.

 

Addison needs to be wearing one at all times to cut down on that potency.

[Banedon]

Baez's logic is quite flawed.

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

Baez's logic is quite flawed.

"I saw a guy crash a motorcycle, and his helmet was smashed into bits...I''ll never wear one again." -Baez's Brain

[jersey cubs fan]

"I saw a guy take a pitch right down the middle and the ump made him go sit down. I will never let a pitch go by without swinging again." - Javier Baez's bat.

[David]

i liked daddison's answer

 

"My hands are too good," Russell said with a smile. "I just like the feeling of not having anything there. I'm not comfortable with the cup. I'm pretty confident in my picking ability."

 

double plus

[Aaron_Kennelly]

i liked daddison's answer

 

"My hands are too good," Russell said with a smile. "I just like the feeling of not having anything there. I'm not comfortable with the cup. I'm pretty confident in my picking ability."

 

double plus

 

Feels like I'm wearing nothing at all... nothing at all... nothing at all.

[Banedon]

Haaaaa....this is excellent!!

 

http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/05/26/listen-tannehills-pat-hughes-wooly-bully-montage/

[Tracer Bullet]

not surprised bryant has to wear one at all times to keep the ladies off his xxxx

[Sammy Sofa]

His big brown jug of moonshine?

[Derwood]

Cubs are 34-14 after 48 games

 

in 2015, they won their 34th game on June 16 (34-27, game 61)

In 2015, they reached 20 games over .500 on August 23 (71-51, game 122)

[bukie]

The Cubs +131 run differential after 48 games is the best in the divisional era, ahead of the 1984 Tigers who were at +112 through 48. It's the fifth best 48-game differential in the World Series era, after the 1929 A's (152), 1939 Yankees (145), 1912 Giants (143) and 1905 Giants (141).

 

In the wildcard era, the 1998 Yankees are the next best with a +109 differential, while they were 37-11 at this point in the season.

[Tim]

There are currently three teams in baseball with a winning percentage of .600 or better. There's Boston at exactly .600. Then there's SF at .608.

 

The Cubs are at .708.

[Derwood]

Is there a place that shows a running RD count game-to-game for past schedules? I didn't see it on baseball reference. I want to know what game they hit +131 (if ever) last year

 

EDIT: they ended at +81, so nevermind

[imb]

I'm a little disappointed the pitching is14th in 4 seam velocity and 10th in two seam velocity. I'll get over it, but looks like an obvious area to get much better pretty easily.

 

i know, tough pill to swallow

[TruffleShuffle]

Cubs are 34-14 after 48 games

 

in 2015, they won their 34th game on June 16 (34-27, game 61)

In 2015, they reached 20 games over .500 on August 23 (71-51, game 122)

 

in 2012 we didn't win our 34th game until halfway through july.