8/11 Cardinals (Martinez) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:05 CST, CSN

[Omar]

I forget what the point of Coghlan is.

To give La Stella a melty, obviously.

[ScrubMD]

Seriously, Heyward needs to be batting 9th. If every AB is going to be a pit of sadness, let them be as few as possible.

[stitchface]

in defense of heyward, that ball left the bat at 111mph. close to three-quarters of balls hit that hard go for hits.

 

 

if only he could hit a ball in the air at that speed . . .

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Heyward has to be moved down to 8th for the playoffs.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Heyward has to be moved down to 8th for the playoffs.

 

And with Soler back, I wouldn't play him against lefties, I don't think. Let Javy and Jorge mash.

[UMFan83]

in defense of heyward, that ball left the bat at 111mph. close to three-quarters of balls hit that hard go for hits.

 

He hits like 80% of his balls on the ground to the right side so I'm guessing that would be lower for Heyward

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'm about at the point I would prefer to have Almora take Heyward's spot. an Almora GIDP would just make me irritated instead of remarkably sad

[UMFan83]

Heyward has to be moved down to 8th for the playoffs.

 

Yeah but in this lineup against this pitcher it makes sense.

[TruffleShuffle]

in defense of heyward, that ball left the bat at 111mph. close to three-quarters of balls hit that hard go for hits.

 

 

if only he could hit a ball in the air at that speed . . .

 

not hitting the ball hard has been a much bigger problem for him than hitting the ball on the ground too much. he hit more grounders last year, yet he hit .293 and was a 6 win player. this year he just isn't making nearly enough hard contact.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Bryant has done a nice job of removing the double clutch from this throws.

[Sammy Sofa]

in defense of heyward

 

http://i.giphy.com/xvCCcLWlIu1QQ.gif

[Transmogrified Tiger]

5 pitches per PA is a ton for a full trip through the order, wouldn't be surprised to see the 3rd time thru the order penalty bumped up to 2nd as a result.

[David]

there's brownies in front of me and i'm pretty sure i could eat the entire pan no matter how full i feel

 

and i'm not a sweets/dessert person by any means. when there's birthday cake, i pass 90% of the time

[Aaron_Kennelly]

hahah... wtf!? Javy saved Strop?

[bcl412]

there's brownies in front of me and i'm pretty sure i could eat the entire pan no matter how full i feel

 

and i'm not a sweets/dessert person by any means. when there's birthday cake, i pass 90% of the time

For a second I thought you were at the game and were talking about the brownies in girl scouts.

[philosophizer75]

Ah, see, I'm not too crazy for brownies or cookies or sweets, but give me a moist yellow cake with frosting and I can make it disappear.

[TruffleShuffle]

i hate molina so much.

[David]

Ah, see, I'm not too crazy for brownies or cookies or sweets, but give me a moist yellow cake with frosting and I can make it disappear.

 

gross

[Sammy Sofa]

How high is David right now?

[David]

i had almost forgotten that yadi's brother was a cub

[David]

How high is David right now?

 

"moist yellow cake with frosting" is "hot ham and cheese"

[Sammy Sofa]

How high is David right now?

 

"moist yellow cake with frosting" is "hot ham and cheese"

 

[David]

time to score, jerks

[Cubswin11]

Thanks for changing the outcome of that AB, ump

[David]

rizz!