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OH BABY! First place, so magic number:
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IBB Hedges.
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He puts the pressure on. I don’t want to give him too much credit, but Richard couldn’t find the strike zone while Javy was on the bases after his HR/2B. He’s a menace. And he so rarely makes outs doing it all (even though he did tonight).
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JAVYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!
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Also, getting tired of the infield work against the Cubs on this road trip.
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Dangit. Hand made some real good pitches to Almora.
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RIZZO!!!!
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I thought that was where you could actually get homeruns in this park?
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Are you freaking kidding me?
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I HATE 3-0 strike calls out of the zone.
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Dangit, Javy. Just run. Even if it’s a HR. You don’t know a camera angle is going to show it.
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You know, not really a bad inning...
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Oh good. Even when Chatwood is making pitches guys are reaching.
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Teams have taken the approach of working counts, which leads to more BB and more K. They have decreased BABIP by shifting. OBP and not making an out are more important than AVG. SLG is more important than AVG. These are true because that’s what the math says. “Bullpening” works because that what the math says. Teams are doing these things, and the game looks the way it does, because that is the best way to win ballgames. People who are irritated by this want to make rules to bring the game back to what it was. Only, when exactly is that? The game has looked quite different decade over decade. The game has continually evolved and I think it’s dumb to try to curtail that by adding or changing rules on where players can stand, how often pitching changes can be made, etc. The only rule I think I would entertain is limiting the roster size. So, maybe you have a 25, 26, 27 man roster, but each day you have healthy scratches so only 20 guys are available that day. That could cut down on the bullpening a bit. You could even open it up to the full roster if the game goes extras.
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Totally a cherry picked date, but just for fun... As has been well documented, shortly after the Cubs suffered their first no hitter in late July 2015, things have been pretty good. NL Central standings since July 28, 2015. Team / Record / W% / GB / 162-game W pace CHC 292-184 .613 — 99 STL 252-225 .528 40.5 86 MIL 238-241 .497 55.5 80 PIT 237-242 .494 56.5 80 CIN 197-284 .410 97.5 66 If Cubs go 8-2 in their next 10 games that will be a 100-win pace over their last 486 (162 x 3) games.
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Weird that it’s 7 NL players and 1 AL player. I saw Jose Ramirez declined. Probably a few others too. I think it’s just because these are the guys who wanted to do it. It’s going to be awesome when there is no AL/NL. Not sure how the ASG voting will work though.
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According to Gameday Yelich took a pitch well within the middle of the K zone for strike 3. Was called a ball.
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Shhhh! We don’t want Mike getting fired.
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Case of the Chatwoods after the deep fly ball
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3 well struck balls after a leadoff walk and nothing to show for it.
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Just let Rizzo pitch. That way he can officially get the L in the series he lost singlehandedly.
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Even when we rarely lose they all have to really suck. What a crappy game to lose. Great job by Kyle though. That’s a big deal.
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Rizzo was flat footed. Seriously. He should have fielded that ball. Edit: maybe not. I’m just mad.
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Robot umpires.
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I very strongly approve of that pitch sequence to both hitters.