Sammy Sofa

If I ever talk about "hating" a player that produces, please kick me in the head.

Can we please stop acting like this team is good at stealing bases and clamoring that they do it more often? They can barely lay down a decent bunt. I think that's one thing we all agree on... being fast doesn't equal being good at stealing bases... but when the first baseman isn't holding you, and the pitcher isn't checking (and is basically giving you 2nd base) and you don't take it... that's different. And you're spotting this exact no-doubt situation over and over again? My guess is he's referring to last night. The fact that he didn't steal 2nd with Broxton on the mound, runners on the corners, and 1 out seems to indicate that he's not that close to 100%. That is the scenario that I was "spotting" again. And it didn't end up costing the cubs that time... And also, I don't believe stolen bases are as valuable as they were in the past, but if the game is close and you have the opportunity to get into scoring position... then do it. Be smart about it, but do it. Don't pull a Corey Patterson and try to steal 3rd with 2 outs and get thrown out to end the game, but at least try to get yourself into scoring position to give your team the best chance to win. But what if you play on a team that as a whole really, really, really stinks at basestealing, but is suprisingly very good at hitting? At this point, the only person I'd tolerate attempting to steal on this team is Fukudome. Too bad the best basestealer by far is wasting away in the minors "fixing his swing." I do agree with you for the most part. In that situation, just hit the runners over, manufacture the runs, etc. Speaking of our best base stealer who is fixing his swing, how's he doing back in Iowa? Awful.

Can we please stop acting like this team is good at stealing bases and clamoring that they do it more often? They can barely lay down a decent bunt. I think that's one thing we all agree on... being fast doesn't equal being good at stealing bases... but when the first baseman isn't holding you, and the pitcher isn't checking (and is basically giving you 2nd base) and you don't take it... that's different. And you're spotting this exact no-doubt situation over and over again? My guess is he's referring to last night. The fact that he didn't steal 2nd with Broxton on the mound, runners on the corners, and 1 out seems to indicate that he's not that close to 100%. That is the scenario that I was "spotting" again. And it didn't end up costing the cubs that time... And also, I don't believe stolen bases are as valuable as they were in the past, but if the game is close and you have the opportunity to get into scoring position... then do it. Be smart about it, but do it. Don't pull a Corey Patterson and try to steal 3rd with 2 outs and get thrown out to end the game, but at least try to get yourself into scoring position to give your team the best chance to win. But what if you play on a team that as a whole really, really, really stinks at basestealing, but is suprisingly very good at hitting? At this point, the only person I'd tolerate attempting to steal on this team is Fukudome. Too bad the best basestealer by far is wasting away in the minors "fixing his swing."

Fixed.

Can we please stop acting like this team is good at stealing bases and clamoring that they do it more often? They can barely lay down a decent bunt. I think that's one thing we all agree on... being fast doesn't equal being good at stealing bases... but when the first baseman isn't holding you, and the pitcher isn't checking (and is basically giving you 2nd base) and you don't take it... that's different. And you're spotting this exact no-doubt situation over and over again? My guess is he's referring to last night. The fact that he didn't steal 2nd with Broxton on the mound, runners on the corners, and 1 out seems to indicate that he's not that close to 100%. Fair enough. I typically don't notice these things because I'm of the way out view that stealing bases (outside of defensive indifference) is usually a worthless throwback anachronism. Besides, if we're furstrated that he's not scoring on hits by Lee, do we really want him stealing bases? I know a lot of people are hung up on speed, but for me, so long as he can produce with the bat, I don't care if he never steals another base again. Hell, I'd be happy if this entire team never stole another base again.

Can we please stop acting like this team is good at stealing bases and clamoring that they do it more often? They can barely lay down a decent bunt. I think that's one thing we all agree on... being fast doesn't equal being good at stealing bases... but when the first baseman isn't holding you, and the pitcher isn't checking (and is basically giving you 2nd base) and you don't take it... that's different. And you're spotting this exact no-doubt situation over and over again?

Can we please stop acting like this team is good at stealing bases and clamoring that they do it more often? They can barely lay down a decent bunt.

"Robbing" a HR when the wall isn't brick and is only about as high as the top of your head and the ball lands on the front of the top of the wall is more routine than many catches OFs make. Soriano just did a horrible job (not finding the wall, bad timing on the job, etc). That's a play he should have made. Yeah, in the long run, I'm much more pissed about that play than the dropped catch. The dropped catch had basically nothing to do with his routes or speed or effort out there (though I'm sure wrigley23 is going to start screaming "HIS EYES ARE GONE!!!" any day now) and everyting to do with the sun, but that "HR" he just gave up on. That's unacceptable.

So the month of May is now just "a few days?" So I guess when he ends the season with 30ish HR's and a .290ish average, it'll have become just "a few weeks," right? And stop with the "his legs are gone" gnashing and wailing. You sound like a histronic old woman.

Lilly giggling like a schoolgirl and trying to hide it cracked me up. When Lou was talking yesterday about it, it sounds like everyone was clowing around loudly in the dugout then and the ump thought it was directed at him.

Well, it was a sham close.

Please stop this while you still have a shred of dignity left. Very classy. You should look after your own dignity if that's your idea of a worthwhile comment. It's not nearly as classy as broadly dismissing huge segments of people due to the presidential candidate they support.

Nothing wrong with playing small ball on a night like tonight. Plenty wrong when it's Derrek Lee and Aramis Ramirez involved in the hit and run.

SHAM CLOSER.

HAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAH!!! Edmonds gets booed hard.

If you can listen to the Comcast broadcast, hurry up and put it on. Lasorda is one for the ages.

Lasorda and Santo: Ultimate tagteam boadcasting.

Holy God, Lasorda is slaying me here.

Lasorda rules.

Nah, that was too slow.

Fontenot's horrible hitting finaly pays off.

HOLY GOD. FONTEYES.

OMG, please hire Lasorda for 3rd mic.

Here comes the DP. BOOK IT.

yeah i am pretty sure that unless someone goes glenallen hill on a ball, there will not be any home runs tonight. Agreed, but hearing that crack and watching it come off the bat, it's easy to think that it's gone.