Sammy Sofa
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Well, replacing Russell is going to be because Baez is playing SS, and that's cool as hell. -
Why do you say such horrifying things when I'm about to eat my lunch.
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Really no doubt as to who Sloth would be on this team. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_tcJ6kNDIYyI/SyklM6bWGiI/AAAAAAAAA6k/O-nU1kHGJkg/s320/LACKEY+SLOTH.jpg
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I think Russell is the only one that should be moved; Heyward was already dropped in the lineup, and moving Rizzo doesn't seem very wise.
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Great, if the off chance they lose this series I'll be the one starting the final game thread. DON'T YOU PUT THAT EVIL ON ME, CUBS.
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Jesus CHRIST, man! There's just some things you don't talk about in public!
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I don't think that'll happen with Zobrist also in the OF, but it's worth a thought. I actually like the matchup of Soler against Hill, Jorge struggles the most with recognizing pitches that play off a fastball, his worst pitch values are sliders and changeups. Hill throws 90% fastballs and curves. Hmmmm. Soler in LF, move Zobrist back to 2B and have Baez play SS instead of Russell? Or is that too drastic to suddenly roll out in the playoffs?
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Is it really that big a deal if they're going to a "massive park?" Despite all of our dong talk, this is a team that is basically middle of the pack when it comes to home runs, so they don't exactly live and die by them. Dodgers are in the same boat, too.
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Yeah, but Rizzo seems to go through these stretches 2-3 times a season and then snap right out of it. Russell should be dropped in the lineup, but I'm not sure it'll happen if Heyward and Montero start Game 3. Yeah, ultimately I'm confident Rizzo will pull out of it (actually looked better tonight, IMO), but I agree with dropping Russell and putting Baez in his spot. Wouldn't mind Almora getting the start over Heyward, too.
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Rizzo does this and then ends up hitting 3 HRs in 2 games. Russell on the other hand......... Russell was very bad before the postseason started. He's had about a month of bad games. And he had other bad stretches, too. They can easily win with Russell not hitting; it's not nearly as much of an issue as Rizzo going through one of his slumps. Makes me REALLY miss Schwarber; the lineup is pretty barren of power right now once you get past Bryant until Baez comes up to bat.
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Rizzo's the only one I'm worried about; Russell has had plenty of stretches where he stinks with the bat and the team did fine. They've dealt with Heyward all season, too, and kicked ass. But Rizzo being ice cold seems like it's having a pretty big ripple effect.
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Good point; it's been a whole 24 hours since they scored 8. The Cubs won't win anything with Russell and Rizzo struggling the way they are. You can't hide that forever. How are they "hiding" them?
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Good point; it's been a whole 24 hours since they scored 8. I don't think we can count on 9th inning grand slams going forward. This offense has been bad the entire postseason It's not like a grand slam scores 8 runs; it's been up and down. It seems a tad premature to be writing the team off in a series where they're 1-1 and just lost 1-0.
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Good point; it's been a whole 24 hours since they scored 8.
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Well, that was boring. Going to be a long couple of days.
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http://deadspin.com/bears-fan-and-jaguars-fans-fight-to-defend-the-honor-of-1787864251
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Lol at "butt lord" being diplomacy. http://i.giphy.com/3oEduUJgrJnTH093yw.gif
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Basically.
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I have no faith in this team's ability to draft and develop a QB. We could get the second coming of Peyton Manning and still screw it up. Yeah, they're clearly mired in mediocrity at best from top to bottom of the entire organization. They're pretty much doomed until something drastic happens to get some smarter people running things.
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Well, hopefully they're not regularly having to use a bunch of relievers for the 6th and 7th.
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Oh my god, this made my day.
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To put it more diplomatically: I feel more confident that Heyward will go out there and be awesome defensively and get on base once or twice than Soler hitting well enough to offset him playing one of the corners like a butt lord.
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I figured if people didn't want Heyward in the lineup tonight it would be for Almora, because what the horsefeathers has Soler done to show he needs to be in there? Yeah, let's anchor the corner OF spots with him and Zobrist with the wind tonight...yeesh.
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Remember how he destroyed the ball when he got off the DL this year?
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Edwards' status is a big factor there. He hasn't been used back to back once all year to try to keep him healthy, I wonder if they let him go tonight with an off day tomorrow. Wow, I didn't know that was the case. Hope he can go tonight if needed; outside of the cringe-inducing final pitch selection in that walk, I feel damn good when he's out there.
