BigSlick
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Everything posted by BigSlick
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Hendricks fighting with Samardzija for "I desperately dont want to go more than 4 innings, for some reason"
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I believe Schwarber played running back in high school, and had a possible scholarship to play football in college. Imagine that dude coming through the hole
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Come on Hendricks, be better
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Ah well, at least you put 30+ pitches on Shark
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I really hate Stone to be honest, he just has such a smug I'm-above-it-all way about him. Hawk at least feels like a human being (a deranged, homer human being) Len is my favorite playcaller in the league so I'm happy with that
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Huh. For some reason in my mind's eye they were both distinctly wearing throwbacks.
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Everytime the Cubs and Sox wear throwbacks I think of when Pierzynski got punched
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I just don't like the Mets so I'd like them to fade away and go home but the Nats are in such freefall I don't see that happening.
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Chase Utley
BigSlick replied to sontensei's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
that Fangraphs article analyzing his swing gives me *some* optimism, but I'm still pretty sure he's cooked as a player. I dunno. I'd take him on if it's real real cheap. -
Albert Pujols came into the Major Leagues like a Fully Formed Hall of Fame player, and never missed a beat for like a decade. In some ways I get why people whisper about steroids or his age coming into the leagues, etc etc because it's so bizarre how complete a player he was right from go. The weirdest thing about the Albert Pujols decline is that he's gone from one of the most patient, disciplined walk-happy players to someone that absolutely despises taking a walk It's like seeing someone's personality change before your eyes. Makes sense that once a player loses some bat speed they'll compensate and expand their zone, but I never thought I'd see Pujols like this. I'd figure he'd just let his average precipitously drop while staying the same patient dude, but nope, he's gone swing crazy. Rage, rage against the dying of the light, Albert. (As long as you're on the Angels and as far away from the Cardinals as can be, thanks)
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The White Sox are a bad team and it would be nice to win a series against them this year
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What if Kyle Schwarber is one of the best hitters of all time and his numbers never actually regress to the mean this isn't going to happen but its the positivity thread and I like to imagine my chubby hitting god continues forever
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That was a cool game to go to
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Schwarber is a robot god hitting machine I love him
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This is a sick joke with Braun at this point
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Looks like Lester is losing it That was a great play by Schwarber lol
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I just want to see the Cubs get Braun out once, just once It's apparently impossible
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I'm at the game and let me tell you, we've had a stupid amount of line outs
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It feels like Soler is the victim not only of absurdly bad strike calls but also seems to the one who hits into the most web gems of anyone on this team. He could definitely hit for more power but he's still turning in roughly an average MLB player's bat right now, which is fine for a rookie, and seems more lackluster given Bryant, Schwarber and to some extent, Russell, who has struggled even more with the bat but has been great defensively and is 2 years younger.
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I will be attending this game for the first time since April, when I saw Soler hit 40% of his current home runs. It's my fault he's had no power this year, because I've made so few games in person. Time to fix it. Anyway, what the hell is a "Cravy"?
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Ah, well it's a win
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I like Matt Garza alright enough, but he sucks this year and we should pound him (and we haven't really to this point)
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For the Cubs specifically, I would take the 3 crap years and the championship, because duh, it's the Cubs and would be one of the most meaningful and historic sporting events of all time. We're used to crummy seasons, it is what we live with, it would be a worthy trade in the Scenario That Cannot Happen. And I'll be honest that for much of the other teams and sports I root for id probably take the 4 solid and playoff making seasons, because it just makes the whole sports season more enjoyable overall.
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Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread
BigSlick replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I hope the irony isn't lost on Phil Rogers writing an article thats titled "With Russell, Cubs set at Short Stop for years to come" when the guy Addison''s replacing sparked almost exactly the same articles 5 years ago -
I think it fundamentally gets down to how hard hit balls are more likely to be fly balls, and batting average on fly balls are lower than ground balls Or rather, what Burt Macklin (who I thought retired, smh) said above me much better