Tommy LaStella: Small, white, AND good at baseball?

[Little Slide Rooter]

Move over Rizzo, Bryant, Arrieta, Heyward, Lester, Schwarber, Fowler, Russell, Baez, and Zobrist. This is what Cubs fans have been dreaming of.

[Sammy Sofa]

Small, white, AND good at baseball?

 

Sterling Hayden is rolling over in his grave, dammit!

[jersey cubs fan]

Small, white, AND good at baseball?

 

Sterling Hayden is rolling over in his grave, dammit!

hahahahaha

 

 

 

it's funny 'cause he's ethnic

[Sammy Sofa]

Mainly I'm wary about what LLF thinks the Soler thread title is.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Mainly I'm wary about what LLF thinks the Soler thread title is.

Seriously. This might be a new high/low for him.

[Sammy Sofa]

Tommy La Stella: Upper Torso Shaped Like a Seal AND Good at Baseball?!?

[BigSlick]

Maybe the real curse to break was getting an annoying, gritty, tryhard white player to succeed like the Cardinals churn out, and that was the final piece to the puzzle. All we needed was to get an Eckstein, a David Freese, a Skip Schumacher, a Nick Punto, an Aaron Miles (but not when he was on our team), the list goes on and on. Someone that was never a highly touted prospect but who at age 28 miraculously squeezes an .850 OPS out of their gritty body, and who proceeds to beguile some other team to sign them and suck mightily when he changes uniform.

 

Maybe Tommy LaStella can finally be that man for us.

[Geech]

Maybe the real curse to break was getting an annoying, gritty, tryhard white player to succeed like the Cardinals churn out, and that was the final piece to the puzzle. All we needed was to get an Eckstein, a David Freese, a Skip Schumacher, a Nick Punto, an Aaron Miles (but not when he was on our team), the list goes on and on. Someone that was never a highly touted prospect but who at age 28 miraculously squeezes an .850 OPS out of their gritty body, and who proceeds to beguile some other team to sign them and suck mightily when he changes uniform.

 

Maybe Tommy LaStella can finally be that man for us.

 

Nah, we already had Theriot.

[jersey cubs fan]

Maybe the real curse to break was getting an annoying, gritty, tryhard white player to succeed like the Cardinals churn out, and that was the final piece to the puzzle. All we needed was to get an Eckstein, a David Freese, a Skip Schumacher, a Nick Punto, an Aaron Miles (but not when he was on our team), the list goes on and on. Someone that was never a highly touted prospect but who at age 28 miraculously squeezes an .850 OPS out of their gritty body, and who proceeds to beguile some other team to sign them and suck mightily when he changes uniform.

 

Maybe Tommy LaStella can finally be that man for us.

 

Nah, we already had Theriot.

peak full season cub OPS was 745

[NOLA]

Maybe the real curse to break was getting an annoying, gritty, tryhard white player to succeed like the Cardinals churn out, and that was the final piece to the puzzle. All we needed was to get an Eckstein, a David Freese, a Skip Schumacher, a Nick Punto, an Aaron Miles (but not when he was on our team), the list goes on and on. Someone that was never a highly touted prospect but who at age 28 miraculously squeezes an .850 OPS out of their gritty body, and who proceeds to beguile some other team to sign them and suck mightily when he changes uniform.

 

Maybe Tommy LaStella can finally be that man for us.

You forgot Bo Hart.

[Gilby]

Not that he'll keep this up, but La Stella has always had more offensive ability than your typical small, scrappy white guy. His minor league slash is .320/.404/.471 with 143 BB to 106 K's. He does have actual talent, which is why the disdain towards him was pretty weird.

[Sammy Sofa]

which is why the disdain towards him was pretty weird.

 

It's really not; no matter how good he's been, for much of his time he couldn't be helped but look at as taking playing time from a sexier player people were more excited to see. Now that Schwarber is out and Soler stinks it's really no big deal that he's in there, but for much of last year there was usually someone we wanted to see more.

Edited May 7, 2016 by Sammy Sofa

[jersey cubs fan]

which is why the disdain towards him was pretty weird.

 

It's really not; no matter how good he's been, for much of his time he couldn't be helped but look at as taking playing time from a sexier player people were more excited to see. Now that Schwarber is out and Soler stinks it's really no big deal that he's in there, but for much of last year there was usually someone we wan ted to see more.

 

Except he really never did take away time from anybody. He played as much as he should have and did well.

[Sammy Sofa]

which is why the disdain towards him was pretty weird.

 

It's really not; no matter how good he's been, for much of his time he couldn't be helped but look at as taking playing time from a sexier player people were more excited to see. Now that Schwarber is out and Soler stinks it's really no big deal that he's in there, but for much of last year there was usually someone we wan ted to see more.

 

Except he really never did take away time from anybody. He played as much as he should have and did well.

 

Again, it's not a logic thing.

 

"Great, I can actually sit down and watch this exciting young Cubs team; I haven't seen a game all week and I can't wait to see-, awwww, horsefeathers, La Stella."

 

Everyone knows players can't and aren't going to play every single game, but given the circumstances, when you tune in you can't help but want the video game lineup every single time, and La Stella just isn't one of those guys, no matter how well he fulfills his role. There's always going to be some schlubs, but La Stella just seemed so extra schlubby. Hell, he wasn't even a schlub from the Cubs' system, or a former hot pick like Coghlan. He's just...Tommy La Stella. There was just something inherently disappointing about seeing him in the lineup instead of someone you can't help but like more.

[Hunter]

Maybe the real curse to break was getting an annoying, gritty, tryhard white player to succeed like the Cardinals churn out, and that was the final piece to the puzzle. All we needed was to get an Eckstein, a David Freese, a Skip Schumacher, a Nick Punto, an Aaron Miles (but not when he was on our team), the list goes on and on. Someone that was never a highly touted prospect but who at age 28 miraculously squeezes an .850 OPS out of their gritty body, and who proceeds to beguile some other team to sign them and suck mightily when he changes uniform.

 

Maybe Tommy LaStella can finally be that man for us.

 

Nah, we already had Theriot.

 

More like Fontenot he had a .909 OPS in 284 PA over 119 games in 2008. Remember the "sneaky power" when he hit 9 HRs that year too. He then proceeded to never put up more than a .734 OPS after that.

[soccer10k]

which is why the disdain towards him was pretty weird.

 

It's really not; no matter how good he's been, for much of his time he couldn't be helped but look at as taking playing time from a sexier player people were more excited to see. Now that Schwarber is out and Soler stinks it's really no big deal that he's in there, but for much of last year there was usually someone we wan ted to see more.

 

Except he really never did take away time from anybody. He played as much as he should have and did well.

 

I don't think mojo is aware that La Stella only had 75 PAs last year.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nobody was besides TT. Imagine the valuable knowledge that's pushed out by knowing that.

[TruffleShuffle]

Not that he'll keep this up, but La Stella has always had more offensive ability than your typical small, scrappy white guy. His minor league slash is .320/.404/.471 with 143 BB to 106 K's. He does have actual talent, which is why the disdain towards him was pretty weird.

 

i just thought he was annoying because he was brought in to play a role as utility infield guy, and then spent three months injuring his abs.

[Clem Fandango]

La Stella has a 0.9 fWAR, the same as Addison Russell. He has 54 PA's

[jersey cubs fan]

dude is making out with rizzo now

 

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[David]

hahahahaha

[Sammy Sofa]

Yessssss.

[Omar]

Happy birthday seal boy