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I'm mostly pissed off because they traded a catcher that could hit, an extreme rarity, for a back up catcher and a weak rookie ball prospect. Barrett wasn't hitting that well this year. I know it is a very small sample size compared with what he has done the past couple of years, but when you couple his offensive performance this year with his defensive woes and baserunning brainfarts, Michael has hurt the team more than he has helped it so far. I'm indifferent to trading him. Are you indifferent to replacing him with a backup catcher who will almost definitely hurt the team more by being unable to hit? If we could have gotten a decent return for him, I wouldn't shed a tear over the guy. He is in the last year of his contract, after all, and might not have resigned. But to trade him for this garbage is unacceptable.

He's struggled this year, but replacing him with a backup catcher isn't the answer.

I'm mostly pissed off because they traded a catcher that could hit, an extreme rarity, for a back up catcher and a weak rookie ball prospect.

As much as I enjoyed watching Barrett punch out AJ over and over after the fact, the comeback win against the A's was so much better. That game was something special.

This is exactly why I think this is a bad trade.

Sometimes a change is in order, not only for the team but for the player. Barrett, right, wrong, or indifferent was singled out early on as one of the trouble makers and therefore one of the scapegoats on this team for this year. Even if he went on to win the Batting Title, he still would have been tagged for the fight with Z, v 1.0. There were a number of things he was getting blamed for (justly or unjustly) in defense, game calling, team relations, mental errors, and base running blunders. Does this mean he was the only one doing it? No, others have been thrown out stealing 3rd and getting hung up between the bases. But consistently, he was one of the ones showing the least amount of proper judgement in his total game. I hope he does well in SD, and i am glad we got a return on him before he headed out on us via FA. This at least gives us a backup catcher under contract for next year. Blanco is headed for surgery and that may be touch and go And Hendry is not giving up this year just yet. That is a terrible way to justify a trade. Clubhouse chemistry doesn't matter, I don't care that fans (you especially) blamed him for things that you are now admitting were only partially his fault. His production this year is pretty much guaranteed to outpace Bowen's significantly since Bowen can't hit. This is still a terrible trade. Saying you had to trade a guy because he was marked for trading is asinine. Clubhouse chemistry doesn't matter? Did you play baseball ever in your life? Please no. God, please no. QFT. We're not going through the clubhouse chemistry argument again. That one's been settled. If you'd like to think that your high school/college ball experience proves clubhouse chemistry matters, go ahead, but there isn't a scrap of non-anecdotal evidence to back you up.

Sometimes a change is in order, not only for the team but for the player. Barrett, right, wrong, or indifferent was singled out early on as one of the trouble makers and therefore one of the scapegoats on this team for this year. Even if he went on to win the Batting Title, he still would have been tagged for the fight with Z, v 1.0. There were a number of things he was getting blamed for (justly or unjustly) in defense, game calling, team relations, mental errors, and base running blunders. Does this mean he was the only one doing it? No, others have been thrown out stealing 3rd and getting hung up between the bases. But consistently, he was one of the ones showing the least amount of proper judgement in his total game. I hope he does well in SD, and i am glad we got a return on him before he headed out on us via FA. This at least gives us a backup catcher under contract for next year. Blanco is headed for surgery and that may be touch and go And Hendry is not giving up this year just yet. That is a terrible way to justify a trade. Clubhouse chemistry doesn't matter, I don't care that fans (you especially) blamed him for things that you are now admitting were only partially his fault. His production this year is pretty much guaranteed to outpace Bowen's significantly since Bowen can't hit. This is still a terrible trade. Saying you had to trade a guy because he was marked for trading is asinine.

If Gallagher pitches, he gives up 5+ ER in less than 3 innings.

Terrible trade. It just makes the team worse without adding any future value. I doubt Hendry had any more moves hinging on this trade, any more trades the club makes will be unrelated and equally nauseating.

In what possible way does this trade make sense? Unless you are of the "Barrett destroys everything no matter what" mindset, there is no way to pretend that Bowen is an upgrade over Barrett. Is Burke really worth that, and if so, is Hendry giving up on the season.

There was just Lee and his secretary there for the Confederate side since the surrender took place in a Union held area, for obvious reasons. So ya, there was a horde of northerners leering at him. Besides, you don't think the second one is just NICER to look at because it's better art? Meh. No such thing as objectively better art. I like the style of both, though the first would be nicer if it wasn't written on.

You mean how the second one has honorable Grandpa Lee signing the surrender while a horde of northerners leer at him (OMC's picture, of course), while the other shows the two groups of officers? I especially like how the light source falls just over Lee's head, casing the Union officers in shadow.

[expletive]. I like it. On second thought, no, no I don't.

Boobery. I like it.

He's dominated so far. How many pitches has he thrown?

Maybe not, but Theriot hit it hard to the right side. He only had a split second to see that the ball was caught, not nearly enough time to get back. Don't suck, Marmol.

This would be the part of the script where the Cubs load the bases and fail to score for the third inning in a row.

I don't know why. It's not like the Cubs have ever wasted multiple scoring opportunities and then lost the game before, right?

There you go, I guess I was right about that whole breaking his quality start streak thing. I am getting really sick of them playing that goddamned music clip.

How's the Rangers' bullpen?

Looks like Marshall is setting up for a Sosa grand slam.

If Soriano is out, you win.

I honestly have lost most of the admiration I ever had for Sosa. If he hits it against us, I'll be pissed, just as I would be if anyone else hit it. If he hits it against someone else, I probably won't care that much.

Now 6-0.

Marshall has been a little bit vulnerable to the homerun, hasn't he? I hope that doesn't get to him, but I wouldn't be surprised if he breaks his quality start streak today.