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kris killed yadi AND got a double. now thats what i call a productive AB

POWER BATS

please explain

I’ve lived in Greenville, NC for 17 years and just found out Joe West is from this town. I am both simultaneously disgusted at learning this and supremely proud that seemingly NOBODY from this town gives a horsefeathers about him. Very conflicting.

Pat, is it true that you indeed take a break from calling the game to take a horsefeathers? So happy you are part of our board!

atta baby! love all u guys

lol javy made that play so casually

well after you kick Hodgkin's ass imagine how much fun you'll have when you are drinking a beer watching the cubs play your hometown PR club from the stands

I actually somehow liked both TT and Sofa's posts so I'm not sure what that says about me. Apparently I appreciate both sides of the argument and relate to both sides.I should be a quit my job and be a mediator. And, for the record, I'm slightly frustrated but not freaking out. Part of that is the 10 percent of the season thing (and they are still .500 so it's not like they're screwed - things can turn around at the drop of a hat). I also think the start of the season and weather and stuff is a big deal - especially this year - and part of it is life is complicated enough that I can't freak out about the cubs that much anymore.

so i was wearing my cubs shirt and MB hat at the pelicans game last night in eastern NC and most of these idiot rubes around here are Braves fans. Anyway, one of them (like me) clearly left and went to the game before it was over and said to me: "Cubs fan, huh? How'd that game turn out with the Braves today" lololol. He was obviously insinuating I was some bandwagon Cubs fan which makes me mad as hell. But,I simply said, "um, Cubs scored 9 in the bottom of the 8th and won 14-10" *showed him box score on my phone* he did a heel turn and walked away and I smiled and laughed and laughed and laughed to myself

Yep! I was very impressed with him to be honest. My initial impression was the physical appearance of him looking like a little kid. I mean it could be a factor that Hudson, Alamo, Mitchell and others are so much bigger (or older/more mature) but damn, he looked like a baby out there. Maybe it's because they are both SS but if you remember the size of baby-faced Starlin when he was called up for the first time, Ademan kind of reminded me of him. Anyway, this is a long way of saying I thought I remembered hearing that he had bulked up some since last year and if that is the case then he had the build of DJ Qualls in 2017. But he's 19 so it's not shocking - he just stood out among all the other MB and Woodduck players imo. It's a feather in his cap I'm sure because this is an aggressive assignment for someone of his age and experience. SO, that was the most backhanded compliment ever. I liked what I saw for sure. He struck out on 3 straight pitches in the first AB when most other MB hitters weren't being fooled in the least and I was thinking, "damn, he's the only one that looked completely overmatched". But, from that point on I was very impressed. He had one more strikeout but made solid contact in all other ABs (and obviously the HR). He had good, quick bat speed and ran well. I was maybe most impressed with his defense, though. Really good instincts, strong arm from what I saw. One play in particular he had a great jump on a ball heading to left-field and made a quick, solid play on the grounder, perfect throw to 2B and Upshaw finished the double-play with a strong throw to Alamo. He just looked really comfortable in all aspects of the game and with more time and experience - and when he no doubt fills out physically - he's only going to keep getting better. Again, take this all with a grain of salt but athletically speaking I felt like he was in the same vein as Castro. I could see him sticking at SS for sure based on what I saw but if/when he puts on more muscle then I wouldn't be surprised either to see a move to 2B. But, the instincts for the position are certainly there in my "in now way should anyone believe anything I say because i'm no more a meteorologist than I am a baseball scout" opinion. Other random notes: -This was one of the first real "dates" with new GF so I was also spitting game and fending her off from the rednecks around us so blame any wrong opinions on that. Also, she will be around for Cubs 2018 playoff run. I got you guys covered. -Hudson just looked like organizational fodder to me. I mean he was fine and all. He's tall af. I remember thinking anybody his size and left-handed should be better but he was solid I guess. Breaking ball was good at times and then he was wild with it other times. Like I said, i was just "meh" overall but he didn't suck so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ -I kind of really liked Kevonte Mitchell. Maybe just based on size alone but he seemed to have a good idea at the plate and made solid contact. I can say the same for Galindo, too. I was encouraged by both based on this huge one-game sample size. -Connor Myers simply must be related to Sam Fuld in some way. I mean he is the epitome of "scrappy white ballplayer". He played the game the right way last night. Gritty and tough. He's a real gamer. He also doesn't wear batting gloves and spat on his hands a lot when he stepped out of the box. (but seriously he had a nice game and nice approach at the plate). -No clue who or what a Vimael Machin is but he also impressed me at the plate. I also just wanted to call him "the machine" and made me think of these videos which made me happy: -Could be based on the Woodducks horsefeathering HORRIBLE defense but MB was fundamentally sound and played really good defense for the whole game.

Going to watch MB play tonight in kinston, nc I’ll try to find some more scouts and will give my amateur scouting report regardless. Hopefully i bring MB better luck

no. it grazed his elbow armor

This. Plus he’s prob the worst non-pitcher Cubs hitter.

I’ll see Ademan next month when he visits eastern NC. I’ll give another one of my (horrible) scouting reports. Hoping to talk to a few scouts if I see any.

that list of GT starters is probably long enough now. good work everyone

That's fine. I'm just saying that until he fixes his swing mechanics he'll never be that productive (on offense) ever again. That's why the Cubs tried to fix his swing last offseason, and Chili Davis has been working with him this spring. I don't know if the problem is mental, swing mechanics or timing issues. Maybe it's a combination of all those things. I don't have an issue discussing the problem however. I’m sure you don’t and that’s fine. What I’m saying is that it’s gotten to the point where it feels like arguing with my ex and at some point you just have to ignore it because the horse has been beaten to death already so let the poor thing RIP.

can we just make a new rule that nobody ever talks about heyward's swing mechanics? he's going to suck or he will do better and be just alright. i'm sick and tired of it

regular show has turned me into a faux tseng fan into a for real tseng fan. in B2B style i'm planning on emailing theo and suggesting that jen-ho and hendricks should face time every night to talk about pitching (and other things like the current re-run of shark tank or what's on food network i don't know i'm just saying). with time, he will emerge from seemingly out of nowhere into the next great thing and everyone loves him like we love kyle.

Keep "being worse than your brother." Who’s the older one, though

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he's always looked up to jersey I wish a moderator would amend the title to "Jorge Polanco suspended 80 games for PEDs". No one gives a horsefeathers about Jorge Polanco... thatsthejoke.jpg i know you're young. but...how young?

That's messed up bro. You all know we were thinking of Jorge Soler with that misleading title. Not cool. he's always looked up to jersey

haha. i was going to ask if anybody had checked in on sneaky to make sure his heart survived that. congrats