7/20 - Mets (High Karate Colon) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 1:20 CDT ESPN (out-of-market), ABC 7

[Cubswin11]

Bryant comes up to the plate "maybe guys are being moved around too much." Contreras comes up "how valuable is it to have a guy with a bat like this who can catch and play the field." Stay classy, ESPN

[Ding Dong Johnson]

"maybe teams should be like the Royals who had the same lineup everyday last year and won a word series!" - Dayton Moore

[Banedon]

This "guys are playing too many positions" narrative ESPN seems to be pushing lately is a pretty big reach for even them in their manufacturing of stories

 

Ohh I never watch ESPN so I hadn't heard this. Tell me more.

Bryant came up and Olney and the idiots in the booth start blabbering about how maybe this moving guys around "has gone too far." Olney even cited an "AL exec" he spoke to who said maybe teams should be like the Royals who had the same lineup everyday last year and won a word series!

 

Lol...baseball players are playing multiple positions....

 

HAS SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR?

[UMFan83]

This "guys are playing too many positions" narrative ESPN seems to be pushing lately is a pretty big reach for even them in their manufacturing of stories

 

Ohh I never watch ESPN so I hadn't heard this. Tell me more.

Bryant came up and Olney and the idiots in the booth start blabbering about how maybe this moving guys around "has gone too far." Olney even cited an "AL exec" he spoke to who said maybe teams should be like the Royals who had the same lineup everyday last year and won a word series!

 

Whats more impactful: some made up benefit of playing the same position every day and hitting in the same spot or the actual benefit of being able to mix and match and put together a lineup with favorable splits every day as well as the ability to move people around the field in game in order to improve your defensive lineup later in games?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Do something, Heyward.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Wow if you can get that lead and that jump and still be safe then we need to steal a lot today.

[Cubswin11]

 

Ohh I never watch ESPN so I hadn't heard this. Tell me more.

Bryant came up and Olney and the idiots in the booth start blabbering about how maybe this moving guys around "has gone too far." Olney even cited an "AL exec" he spoke to who said maybe teams should be like the Royals who had the same lineup everyday last year and won a word series!

 

Lol...baseball players are playing multiple positions....

 

HAS SCIENCE GONE TOO FAR?

One other thing too, they apparently think playing the same position every day gives a player an advantage of being a better hitter. Science!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Wow if you can get that lead and that jump and still be safe then we need to steal a lot today.

YUP

[stitchface]

ESPN covers baseball now?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm genuinely surprised someone this old and fat can throw 21 pitches a game. forget about 1 inning. hat's off to you, giant sir!

[Aaron_Kennelly]

What's Fat Man doing walking guys?

[Banedon]

I'm genuinely surprised someone this old and fat can throw 21 pitches a game. forget about 1 inning. hat's off to you, giant sir!

 

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[Thed Hoyerstein]

bart probably lost like 40 pounds in that first inning

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Hell yes, Addi. Great AB.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I like this inning

[UMFan83]

niiiiice

[Sammy Sofa]

Addison is so dreamy.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Such a big hit y'all. Bart won't last long in this heat, I don't think.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Look at that a hit with bases loaded!

[Schwarber Fan]

Addy!

[Thed Hoyerstein]

bart probably lost like 40 pounds in that first inning

 

or maybe it's a pound per pitch thing

Edited July 20, 2016 by Thed Hoyerstein

[raw]

Good job going 1st to 3rd on a double, Heyward.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

bart probably lost like 40 pounds in that first inning

 

And it's still going!

[UMFan83]

Good job going 1st to 3rd on a double, Heyward.

 

Haha are you watching the ESPN feed?

[Sammy Sofa]

Aw, I thought that was gonna drop in.