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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, it was so absurdly bad, especially since he so stupidly PH for Montgomery because he didn't bother with a double switch.
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, christ. I forgot about that Bote extension.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    Joe's theme song:
  4. Sammy Sofa
    MOR LIKE BUTTE.
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  6. Sammy Sofa
    HE'S ALREADY USED 4 horsefeathering RELIEVERS. GODDMAMIT, I CAN'T STAND THIS BESPECTACLED CLOWN.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Probably won't see Rizzo in a tie game, but won't put him on IL IDK for whatever reason.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Great 'pen management, Joe, you drunk horsefeathers.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Baez looked weirdly bothered by Schwarber hitting that dong.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Hahahah! What an embarrassingly bad send.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    CUT YOUR DAMN HAIR.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Whut.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Talking about La Stella donging again as Schwarber strikes out seems cruel, Len.
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  15. Sammy Sofa
    I hope so. I miss Fat Schwarbs.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    It's right up there with, "we used to shift a ton and it worked great, but then inexplicably we knocked it WAY down for reasons," as the new market inefficiency. Well assuming you're talking about 2016, we were 29th in shifts that year at 4.6%, only ahead of the Marlins, who I'm guessing didn't even teach the concept. Since then we've gone 29th, 28th, and this year we're at 23rd, 14.2%. Astros are somehow at 50% for the year. https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/visuals/team-positioning?teamId=117&venue=home&firstBase=0&shift=1&batSide=&season=2016 Man, I never know this horsefeathers; I'm just piggybacking on other people here smarter than me who keep complaining like the Cubs stopped shifting as much or got shitty at it or whatever.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    Same horsefeathers that happened last year with him. Is it as common with other teams to intentionally shorten their bench by refusing to put them on the injured list as it is with us? I swear we have a 'on roster but unplayable' player in like 60% of our games the last year-plus. It's right up there with, "we used to shift a ton and it worked great, but then inexplicably we knocked it WAY down for reasons," as the new market inefficiency.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    Theo has specifically said there's no untouchable players. True, but there was a lot of talk about a "core" of 4 players, and I'm pretty sure that was it....and that's essentially, IMO, saying that those guys were untradeable at the time.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    OK, now I'm on the "send Rizzo to the IL" train. What the hell.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    What was the "core" of basically untouchable players Theo was talking about at one point? Wasn't it Bryant, Rizzo, Schwarber and Russell? Yeesh.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    He and Schwarber are like two sides of the same disappointing coin.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    And yet... .167 .250 .556 .806
  23. Sammy Sofa
    So long as Happ is in the org and still healthy, there's absolutely no reason for Russell to be up. (Obviously there's no good reason for him to be on the team, period)
  24. Sammy Sofa
    Oh, conveniently cutting it off to exclude Zambrano? NOT COOL.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    That's my take on the whole thing; like, let's say he turns it around and starts playing well again for a while. How realistic is it to say he's an actual trade asset? His whole rep right now is as an abusive scumbag, so how many teams are going to actually give up anything of value for him? Yeah, I know teams have been more than happy in the past (including the VERY recent past) to gloss over this type of thing, but it does definitely feel like things have changed and are changing in terms of how fans and the media approach players like this. It seems like complete BS for the Cubs to be trying to shape this like they either want him to be good enough again to be a viable trade chip OR a useful player on the Cubs, because there's essentially no way for him to get out from under the stain (and rightly so) of what he did multiple times. This guy is NEVER going to be of any real value in a trade, and it's a horsefeathering farce for the Cubs to essentially act like he still needs to be on the team along those lines.
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