On Bended Knee - The Rizzo Thread

[Clem Fandango]

We gonna talk about this?

 

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

The opening agility drills and squats:

 

The head-on, slow-build, sprint footage:

 

The closing frame:

[cl smooth]

watching rizzo's gut flying in the wind:

 

 

love you, tinyface, but don't forget about your core.

[imb]

Still got tiddies

[17 Seconds]

i really hope rizzo can maintain like an .800+ ops into his mid 30s and stay with the cubs forever on reasonable deals

[NOLA]

Of course he works out to Twisted Sister.

[PackLandVA]

I’d imagine he’ll look much quicker during the TOOTBLANs! So there’s that.

[weis21]

Wait, why are we picking on Rizzo again? Just 2020 mentality? I'm mean at this point i'm down for horsefeathering whatever i just need to learn the rules.

[Sammy Sofa]

He asks, a week later.

[David]

man i resisted so many times making a comment about that rizzo's core thing but this thread just keeps popping back up and i just cant do it anymore SPOT TRAINING IS NOT A THING

 

 

 

but still great GIF usage

[weis21]

He asks, a week later.

Sorry I haven't been refreshing my browser every 5 minutes due to the pandemic and life and such things. I haven't been on here as much as I used to lately due to circumstances.

 

Was trying to just be a part of the conversation, I guess. My bad.

[Derwood]

He asks, a week later.

Sorry I haven't been refreshing my browser every 5 minutes due to the pandemic and life and such things. I haven't been on here as much as I used to lately due to circumstances.

 

Was trying to just be a part of the conversation, I guess. My bad.

 

How dare you

[Sammy Sofa]

Pan-what-ic?

[Brian]

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[JudasIscariotTheBird]

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That really was the exact day that things turned around for the Cubs.

[David]

I remember sensing the tide turning in late 2014. First, IIRC, it was Alcantara (lol) and Hendricks getting called up around the same time. Then Javy which was super exciting until he started striking out in 80% of his PAs. Then Soler came up and did crazy awesome things. Rizzo had turned it around after a really crappy 2013 and Starlin was showing signs of life. Oh, and Arrieta was pitching like a Cy Young contender while nobody was looking.

 

It was this weird sort of fun payoff to actually paying attention to the team while they sucked ass to sort of see the tidal wave of awesome just starting to form at the end of that year (even though, as tends to happen, some of the guys who were doing well at that point ended up being not so great and other guys ended up being awesome).

 

[Brian]

I looked up the box score, and on top of Hendrick's debut it was Alcantara's 2nd day in the big leagues. He went 4/5 (after in 0-fer in his debut).

[David]

I looked up the box score, and on top of Hendrick's debut it was Alcantara's 2nd day in the big leagues. He went 4/5 (after in 0-fer in his debut).

 

i knew they were right around each other, but i couldn't remember who was first.

[ConstableRabbit]

I remember sensing the tide turning in late 2014. First, IIRC, it was Alcantara (lol) and Hendricks getting called up around the same time. Then Javy which was super exciting until he started striking out in 80% of his PAs. Then Soler came up and did crazy awesome things. Rizzo had turned it around after a really crappy 2013 and Starlin was showing signs of life. Oh, and Arrieta was pitching like a Cy Young contender while nobody was looking.

 

It was this weird sort of fun payoff to actually paying attention to the team while they sucked ass to sort of see the tidal wave of awesome just starting to form at the end of that year (even though, as tends to happen, some of the guys who were doing well at that point ended up being not so great and other guys ended up being awesome).

 

100% this. I felt like I was in on a secret and it was so much fun.

[WrigleyField 22]

Biggest thing I remember from that season was rushing home from work and watching Javy's debut in a season where I watched almost no games.

 

A Chicago treasure form day 1.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Jake was the icing on the cake for me to believe they were really gonna be special once they added KB and hopefully a TORP in FA. He was just nasty and he almost no-hit the Cardinals IIRC, which just kind of gave you chills.

[David]

Jake was the icing on the cake for me to believe they were really gonna be special once they added KB and hopefully a TORP in FA. He was just nasty and he almost no-hit the Cardinals IIRC, which just kind of gave you chills.

 

almost no hit the red sox too. i think he had a few of those that year.

[Cubswin11]

Jake’s run is still horsefeathering insane. Don’t think we’ll ever get that feeling again where you know pitcher is going 7+ and if the offense gets to 2-3 runs we are going to win. I remember games we scored 1 in the first he started and it was like “well this is over.”

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Jake’s run is still horsefeathering insane. Don’t think we’ll ever get that feeling again where you know pitcher is going 7+ and if the offense gets to 2-3 runs we are going to win. I remember games we scored 1 in the first he started and it was like “well this is over.”

 

One of those games was the 2015 Wild Card game that singlehandedly ended the Pirates' mini-window. It felt well in hand at 1-0 in the first, then Schwarber making it 3-0 in the third felt like a dagger.

[Splendid Splinter]

Jake’s run is still horsefeathering insane. Don’t think we’ll ever get that feeling again where you know pitcher is going 7+ and if the offense gets to 2-3 runs we are going to win. I remember games we scored 1 in the first he started and it was like “well this is over.”

 

One of those games was the 2015 Wild Card game that singlehandedly ended the Pirates' mini-window. It felt well in hand at 1-0 in the first, then Schwarber making it 3-0 in the third felt like a dagger.

 

Still the best tweet of all time...