8/14/18 Cubs(Quintana) vs Brewers(Chacin) 1:20PM NBCS Chicago

[Sammy Sofa]

Dude hits a walkoff grand slam and can't even get the next start. I'm pretty sure the Reign of Terror was started for less egregious outrages.

[The_Achiever]

LOL, no Bote. I guess you gotta let the big seal eat!

[Sammy Sofa]

Seriously, that 3-4-5 is the work of dangerous lunatic.

[Andy]

Stop batting effing La Stella and Almora 5th

[Bertz]

Glad we're running out basically our worst infield defense to match the new look Brewers.

[abuck1220]

he got the "no almora or russell" part right i guess.

[Sammy Sofa]

To be fair to Seal Boy, he is currently slashing .333 .448 .375 .823 in the second half. Granted, that's only 30 PA, but....I dunno; I'm trying to find something here, people. Joe confounds me.

[Sammy Sofa]

Like, does Chacin have an amazing high heater or something? SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY BOTE IS DRYDOCKED.

[17 Seconds]

joe maddon sucks

[Tim]

You guys are way too hard on Maddon.

[Schwarber Fan]

I’ll gladly trade no Bote for no Almora/Russell.

[Sammy Sofa]

Unless by "hard" you think we're clobbering him with a cement block, no, we most definitely are not.

[Bertz]

Like, does Chacin have an amazing high heater or something? SOMEONE EXPLAIN TO ME WHY BOTE IS DRYDOCKED.

 

Chacin has very big righty/lefty splits. So you want to stack the lineup with lefties, but I hate having Tommy at 3rd.

[Brian]

Bote was needed for the sim game

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

I’ll gladly trade no Bote for no Almora/Russell.

 

Though that means that Happ's .180 .307 .262 .569 second half line is in there.

[17 Seconds]

You guys are way too hard on Maddon.

 

the reality is that he's not terrible relative to other managers, he's just disappointingly close to them. i don't want him gone or anything, he just annoys me way more often than i thought he would.

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[Brian]

Requesting more dongs? (probably not)

 

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[Old Style]

Here's a look into Maddon's office shortly before posting today's lineup.

 

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[bcl412]

You guys are way too hard on Maddon.

 

the reality is that he's not terrible relative to other managers, he's just disappointingly close to them. i don't want him gone or anything, he just annoys me way more often than i thought he would.

 

He manages a season well but I feel that every team is recognizing the importance of rest more and more. The way he seems to emphasize fun and stuff is good. His in game stuff is weird and seems to be getting weirder. He’s fine as a manager but if he wasn’t our manager I’m not sure it’s a huge loss (not that mangers mean all THAT much anyways)

[Brian]

Has any reporter asked him about moving Rizzo out of the lead off spot. Yes it turned his season around (coincidence or not), but it hasn't done anything positive for the offense as a whole.

[Cubswin11]

You guys are way too hard on Maddon.

 

the reality is that he's not terrible relative to other managers, he's just disappointingly close to them. i don't want him gone or anything, he just annoys me way more often than i thought he would.

 

He manages a season well but I feel that every team is recognizing the importance of rest more and more. The way he seems to emphasize fun and stuff is good. His in game stuff is weird and seems to be getting weirder. He’s fine as a manager but if he wasn’t our manager I’m not sure it’s a huge loss (not that mangers mean all THAT much anyways)

I still think he's far an away the best at being a "CEO" and creating a productive culture/work/clubhouse environment and the day to day minutia of a long season. There's definitely more managers in the league that are far worse than him than are at the same level as him overall. The lineup/bullpen stuff sucks at times, but every team bitches about the manager with that (not that it's an excuse because there are times it's inexcusable) but I just think there's no perfect manager. We also don't know if it's all Joe with the lineups and bullpen stuff or if he's getting it from the FO/other coaches, we also don't know the day to day stuff on if guys have a little injury or are gassed or whatever that on the surface an off day or use of a guy doesn't make sense but it makes perfect sense with what he/they know.

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Yep he saw the lineup

[Ding Dong Johnson]

hard on

this is a family board clean it up

[Brian]

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