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Damn your relentless [expletive]. Yeah for real. He was a good player on bad, bad teams and always was positive. Don't be an horsefeathers.

that was so perfect

you fool, they'll never win another game ever

Me. Cubs win this one.

what the horsefeathers

willson may kill him if lester gets squeezed

*wrong thread love these early season stats though

lol heady play pirates

good hendricks is back. he was just horsefeathering around with some sort of arm angle algorithms or something to start the season. totally "kyle being kyle". no worries guys. http://cdn.mademan.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/andy-dufresne-taxes.png

I like the willson chest beatings

lol

That also works. I'll still drop him for Schwarbs at the ASB

He has a 1.000 OPS Oh, sorry, he has a 1.000 SLG, and a 1.503 OPS He's making it too obvious. I'm just hoping he won't be suspended until the ASG so I can swap him as my WC pick in the HR derby

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ATTN: Expert Analysis In Kinston, NC on 4/23/17 it was quite cold. It was 59 degrees, which is normally warm enough for me to wear shorts (and a pullover) - but mother nature was a jerk yesterday because the light mist and strong breeze made it really uncomfortable. Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers for me yesterday because it may have been the only thing that made me survive the entire game. Attendance was small. I must say I was surprised (appalled?) with the sheer number of camo clothing being worn by people in attendance. As a fellow North Carolinian, I can probably count on one hand how many times I've been less proud to be a resident (thanks, HB2!). Steele was hit...hard. His line probably should have been worse and I was quite underwhelmed with him. Craig Brooks looked really good and he went to college at my mother and sister's alma matter (Catawba College in my small town of Salisbury, NC) so I yelled (was right behind the Pelican's dugout) when he came off the mound, "Way to go, Catawba!". He looked at me like I was a total dick. Perhaps he forgot where he went to school or maybe he just hates Salisbury (understandable). Or maybe he's a jerk. I feel sure he felt bad about it in retrospect. I really like Sepulveda. He looked smooth in the field (Hodges, on the other hand, looked bad) and seems to have a nice approach. In fact, in their 4-run ninth I was really impressed with the entire lineup's approach. The whole team over the course of both the games seemed to have a patient, intelligent approach at the plate (THAT'S CUB). Maybe it was just common sense since the pitcher was clearly having trouble with command. However, I feel like it wouldn't have necessarily been something I would have seen with a MiLB team under the previous regime. I have no clue if Daniel Spingola is an actual prospect but he seemed fairly impressive. I also kind of liked the little bit I saw of EJM. Norwood (save his one hit) looked pretty dominant in my opinion. Maples looked OK. Stuff looked fine but command was a bit shaky. His line looks pretty good but he gave up some solid contact. It was really fun and it should have gone to extras (thank goodness it didn't because I was freezing) without a HORRIBLE throw from a wood duck on a fairly routine play. They tacked on a couple more - they were locked in and hittling line drives. I was slightly obnoxious because I was the only cubs fan (there had to be a couple dozen of us in a lightly attended game) that was actively rooting for MB - locals again didn't seem pleased but I made it out of town safely. /anlysis

OH! And Jeremy Null gave up like 100 home runs in the bottom of the 8th.

ATTN: Expert Analysis Post There was no radar gun in "Historic Grangier Stadium". Hopefully it's less historic and more today's day and age soon. Hatch seemed to be pretty good/ok. Basically he seemed to be a "guy" - though he touched on being a gamer at times. He threw pitches. Most were caught by the catcher. Some, however, bounced in the dirt before the catcher received them. He didn't seem to be pleased with those types of pitches. I wasn't either. Several Cubs fans in attendance - and one Down East Wood Ducks Employee - appreciated my "Try Not to Suck" shirt. No word yet if the Wood Ducks Employee has quit in recognition of the error in his ways and applied to be a part of the Cubs organization (I suppose he would probably have to be demoted. Perhaps to AZL). No MB player did much at the plate that I saw. There was an old lady next to me and I asked her "Do you live in Kinston (NC)?" She said, "No, I''m from Nebraska". To which I replied, "Well, I clearly meant are you from Kinston, Nebraska?". I then commented on how I was impressed she was taking score of the game. She replied that she wasn't taking score - she has her own method. Basically, she just drew diamonds to varying degrees for each player on her card. I was still impressed and she obviously loved me. I drank a few beers and there were many, many rednecks there. People seemed annoyed at how I was actively rooting for MB. I did not care. The girl I was attending the game with asked why players run past first base when there is a pop up that's not been caught. I said because the Cubs organization is ballsy as hell and preach aggressiveness. Had a good time. Will attend today with a hometown friend and try to be more sober (unlikely as I'm taking tomorrow off from work). Stay tuned.

Was he raised in Brooklyn all i'm sayin is he's blowing my socks off

Was that a bride? It looked like a prom. i don't know. len or jd one said something about a wedding. they tired of it quickly (as did i).

if hatch pitches especially well tonight i'll change my avatar to him. hopefully i'm close enough to yell that to him and that'll give him extra focus in tonight's game.

lol JD just flamed a bride on her dress choice (but, it honestly was horrible)

heyward is doing it, doing it, and doing it well

Heading shortly to watch Hatch and the Pelicans take on the Wood Ducks tonight - will do my best to provide amateur (i.e., bad) scouting report later if I can

goodness jason

i love long baseball games