Sammy Sofa
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YET THAT POSSIBLE OUTCOME DOESN'T AUTOMATICALLY MAKE THE SHITTY STRETCH ANY LESS AGGRAVATING AS IT'S HAPPENING. -
Watching sports is putting the needle in your arm as a baseline. The goings on upon the field of play just decide what is in the needle. Of course, as Cubs fans we have the wild card factor of the heroin needle to the forehead at any given moment.
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I get that it's enough for them to hang on how good the team SHOULD be and hopefully will be in the second half, as the Cubs did last year. But for a lot of us, that doesn't make the long stretch where they do struggle/are inconsistent to be any less annoying to sit through. There's this repeated response that any thinking along the lines of, "why is this good team playing better" is basically just parroting r_mack. Or that being frustrated with them again getting off to an up and down first half is somehow over the line, as if, something that was really annoying the previous season shouldn't be annoying the very next season simply because it happened before. Definitely frustrating and annoying but also not at all unusual for good teams to play extended mediocre stretches. As long as you don't lose perspective of that, be as annoyed as you want. Yeah, it should be obvious that most of us gripers aren't acting like this is a genuinely terrible team. It's like, I dunno, getting a flu shot...the end result will ideally be very good, but actually getting the shot always sucks no matter what, and there's someone there trying to tell me that getting jabbed with a needle is something I shouldn't be bugged by because it should prevent me from getting really sick.
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I mean, this literally just happened last year, almost to the letter. Last year the Cubs were 5.5 games out of first and 2 games under .500 at the all star break. They won the division by 6 games and the last week of the season was functionally meaningless. Be as mad or disappointed as you want, but it's real hard to feel like they're remotely in uncharted waters. where did i imply they were in uncharted waters? i'm saying it's really annoying that they're in this position again 2 months into the season, sustainable or not. if you're not frustrated, then more power to you, but there is plenty to be frustrated about so far. I get that it's enough for them to hang on how good the team SHOULD be and hopefully will be in the second half, as the Cubs did last year. But for a lot of us, that doesn't make the long stretch where they do struggle/are inconsistent to be any less annoying to sit through. There's this repeated response that any thinking along the lines of, "why is this good team playing better" is basically just parroting r_mack. Or that being frustrated with them again getting off to an up and down first half is somehow over the line, as if, something that was really annoying the previous season shouldn't be annoying the very next season simply because it happened before.
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Bryant's gonna whiff so horsefeathering hard.
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I know I’m the Addy apologist here. But he had a low-mid .700 OPS like 3 days ago and is/was at a mid 4 win pace. He’s walking more and striking out less than ever. He hit a ball that’s an XBH like 99.9% of the time tonight. That swing was ugly but it is Andrew Miller..... it mostly like seemed like an outside fastball that all the sudden started moving late and he had to emergency swing it. All squibs and minimal power. He's basically Mr. Cub these days.
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But they'll win a game soon by something, like, 18-3, so it'll all be OK.
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Russell's a lot like jazz; it's less about how good he is at the time and more about appreciating how good he COULD be.
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Somewhere David is flicking his power button over that sweet, sweet RD.
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http://www.reactiongifs.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/giveup.gif
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Baez is either going to do something epic or is going to helicopter himself into the ground with a swinging k.
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Wake up...and do what?
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That’s odd. Must be because of the league wide jump in offense, because he’s pretty much been the same player since 2014 Yeah, after posting I scanned those stat lines again and I can't figure out what their approach is.
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Good inning, gents.
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Fangraphs has Rizzo's offensive value steadily declining the last two seasons, and this one just looks to continue that in a big, big way. What the hell, tinyface.
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that's what i yell at every team playing the brewers
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I appreciate the effort, but you guys are this close to just sputtering a very GOB-ian "COME ON!!!!" every time this comes up.
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https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2018-mlb-predictions/?ex_cid=rrpromo
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https://deadspin.com/trevor-bauer-wrote-bd-911-on-the-mound-before-his-sta-1826247141 I haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaate that the Cubs have been owned twice by this dork this season.
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I REALLY don't like seeing that much of Lester's taint.
