ConstableRabbit

cliff's? Please do tell.

Pat's call on that ruled.

Yelp is not kind to that establishment: http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/double-nickel-smokehouse-elk-grove-13?select=wFSQFUvpLezgvmsGPLWByQ&reviewid=1Ctnc_5CcA-qy-G4LysNmQ

Yeah T-Pain rules.

i saw him kind of giving strop a death stare, but that's all they showed Hahahaha that's awesome. His line to the dugout was hilarious. Love Strop.

I'm at the game. What did DatDude say to Strop?

Is this even about a Cubs player? That's kind of a weird thing for Jake to do. This was tweeted at him right before, too. [tweet]https://twitter.com/joncog12/status/638805646150889472[/tweet] EDIT: Jesus you guys are fast, but I was right so this.

You guys know that I'm a pretty huge Castro fan, but that seems like something pretty counter to everything we've heard about him as a clubhouse guy. I guess we'll see...

Arguello just RT'd this. Hilarious: http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-07-02/sports/ct-spt-0703-cubs-moves-chicago-20130703_1_carlos-marmol-international-signing-bonus-slots-steve-clevenger

Also, Jake owns the Cardinals and it would be especially delicious to see him shut them down.

Jake's awestruck look, Castro's twirl, Rizzo immediately punching Jake and Herrera spraying water. What's not to love here?

That ruled. We also need a gif of Castro's little haduken jump.

DO IT

I is excite

it literally changes nothing as to the outlook of the season. we were ahead of only Northwestern before and we're still ahead of them after. Never change, Sully.

Double plus IF

Thanks for the memories, Tim. I'll never forget the time you got trucked by a ref and were flagged for it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpVrzl6LEiY

Lol, they decided to fire him NOW? Never change, Illinois.

We're 100% rooting for a Cardinals sweep now [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] [expletive] closet Cardinals fan!

Welp, time to summon Modzilla?

Well, we're losing 9-1. Maybe I'll check out the game thr....

Booooooooooo

Agree, but at least Sammy was included.

Yep, and he's tweeting at the local talk radio and they're lapping it up. Guh. This is beyond unacceptable. That anyone on NSBB would spend time listening to local talk radio? Yes. Oh get off your high horse. And I'm strictly talking about twitter here. I have no idea what was/wasn't said on the radio. I know, I'm just joshin'.

I think people who think Castro has any real value in trades at this point are out of their [expletive] minds. People with far worse track records than Castro have had real trade value recently. His contract mitigates this somewhat, but MLB players(even potentially failed ones) have never had more trade value since there's only like 2-3 teams that don't fancy themselves at least fringe contenders every April(thanks to the 2nd wild card). I mean we're like 9 months removed from Matt Kemp being the headliner(!) for Yasmani Grandal. This is completely anecdotal and I fully admit it's nebulous and murky, but it never seemed like Kemp was viewed in the negative light Castro has been. I have no idea how reflective that sense that we have of Castro's reputation and the way people value is of the truth (hope that sentence makes sense), but he has always seemed to be undervalued by everyone. Fans, media, and I wouldn't be shocked if FO people felt similarly...and maybe some of the media stuff is at least partially a reflection of that. Anyway, combine that already bad reputation and whatever it's worth, with the $40M owed over the next 4 years (which obviously isn't terrible if he salvages any value - which I admit is far from being out of the question), and the fact that he's had like an 85 wRC+ and been worth something like 2 fWAR over his last 1500 PA, and I just see that as a really hard sell to get anything of value in return. I'm not saying I think he's worthless nor do I think he can't rebound (nor do I know that they should trade him). I just think that if they get rid of him, it's not going to be for much and be more about getting out of the salary if/while they can. I would love to be wrong about that. I don't know how much FOs read into the media stuff. He's been praised as being a hard worker and a good mentor to younger players. It's not like he's some clubhouse cancer or something.