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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Catcher seems like the position where you can get away with having all glove/no hit guys like you used to be able to in the MI. I dunno; it's just frustrating watching him be so bad behind the plate while being so baller at the plate. And then that terrible, terrible Cubs OF seems so open and needs so much improvement...
  2. Sammy Sofa
    he has a top-30 fWAR in MLB Right, and that would be even sexier without his god awful catching dragging him down.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    He’d be terrible in the OF Well, right now he's terrible behind the plate, and that's much more critical defensively than, say, LF.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Someone talk me off the ledge of wanting the Cubs to get him into the OF instead of C by next season.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    The cool thing about Dietrich is that he's a double threat: the Cubs' FO whiffed both in terms of yet another Marlin kicking ass in the NL Central, AND they decided to sign Descalso instead of him.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Well, we ARE talking about old men with questionable brains...
  7. Sammy Sofa
    I think it's literally impossible to better explain what everyone besides Backtobanks is talking about here. Holy hell.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    And it leads to nonsense like this: [tweet] [/tweet]
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Dude, again, my dad is talking about how he thinks it's better to make a contact out as opposed to striking out, regardless of whether there's someone on base or not. He's not pining for them to get a hit when he says, "just make some contact," because, duh, we're all doing that; it's this weird thing he does when a player has 2 strikes and is swinging at everything, and he's just assuming the guy is going to make an out because they're just flailing/guessing or taking defensive swings, so in his head he thinks it's somehow always less bad if they hit into an out as opposed to striking out. Nobody is doing the goofy horsefeathers you're tossing out there trying to justify being on board with some spicy old man takes.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Making contact has the possibility of something happening (more good than bad) while striking out offers nothing. What about dropped third strikes? check and mate. BRB; just figured out Backtobanks is my dad.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    Granted, he's just a relatively small part of the problem, but seeing him get bounced would bring me such glee. Maybe it will negate the doom in your soul when you get to watch Russell starting at second when Javy gets healthy. Awww.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Yes, because this horsefeathers roster is somehow Maddon’s fault. Granted, he's just a relatively small part of the problem, but seeing him get bounced would bring me such glee.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    On the upside, the chances of Joe actually getting fired have been rising slightly.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Boy, Lester remembered how old he was FAST. These last 3 game logs are a damn nightmare.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    You mentioned popping out or a weak ground ball, but making contact also could be a sacrifice fly, a fielder's choice, or an error all of which are preferable to striking out. Let's not forget that with some crazy winds, a pop out could drop in for a hit. or it could be a double play which is twice as bad as striking out...or a triple play which is 3 times as bad! just guessing here but i'm pretty sure mojo knew all of those things were also possible when he made his point Right. One would have thought he might have caught this in my post: I figured that made it clear I was saying my dad is ridiculously rooting for them to "just make contact" AKA a contact out is better than a strikeout regardless of whether there's anyone on base or not.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Whenever I watch baseball with my dad, one of his most common refrains if a Cubs batter has two strikes is how he wants them to, "just make some contact," regardless of whether it's a situation where making a contact out instead of striking out means anything. Some people just still get their back up if a guy strikes out, like that's somehow worse than if he pops out or weakly grounds out.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Talk about blowing up the chicken man in Philly, AM I RIGHT?!?
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Man, this new guy is shredding us.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Brian707, it's your time on the chopping block.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    And if you're going to take the lead and win, score enough runs to make Russell's HR irrelevant, please.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    Now this has the makings of a REALLY annoying fake rally.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    Baez has struck out 14 times in his last 26 PA's. Ouch.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    I want them to convert him to LF or RF so damn bad. i'll take a butcher at C if he can hit all the damn time. it's the cubs fault for not finding a palatable RF. What's the advantage of keeping him at a position he sucks at?
  24. Sammy Sofa
    I want them to convert him to LF or RF so damn bad.
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