Aaron Kennelly

They're not quite there yet if they are still worried about us. Syndergaard's going to have to go under the knife first.

lol

yep mostly what i remember about 2014 was the emergence of god mode jake...i think he almost threw a no hitter the start before that almost no no in boston too. then baez call up, which was super exciting at first with that series in colorado and then sad. then soler came up and for the month of september you started to see it turn, which is funny since a big part of that was jorge who wound up sucking. that series in st louis when he just wrecked them (len saying how you could collectively sense the cardinal crowd going "WHAT was THAT after soler's second massive dong) after also hitting a dong in his first AB vs cincy. but i just remember starting to feel what halfway decent and fun baseball felt like to watch again in september (then i think rizzo and castro got hurt which put a bit of a damper on it) Yeah, 2014 was a sneaky fun year. A lot was because we got to watch those new young guys we'd been dreaming of for several years. But, beyond that, there was just an overall sense of "It's all over, all in the past, let's do this." I remember there was a game when they interviewed Rizzo after the game, and he basically said "I'm the leader now and it's time to win." It was nice to be optimistic for once. I say 2014 seems so long ago, though, mainly because we went from losing big to winning big so quickly. 2014 might have been somewhat of a transition year. But as Omar said, 2009-2013 blend together so much. At least for me. I don't know how some of you guys remember so many random details from random games in random years. I have trouble remembering specific plays from last year even, unless I am reminded of them.

2014 seems so long ago, after all the winning.

What if Bizzaro Left-handed Javy was super patient and didn't swing at bad pitches? haha also, iirc, i even think at some point he said his natural throwing hand was lefty but he switched so he could play infield That's hilarious. I know I've read that he originally swung left-handed, but switched to swinging right-handed because he got hurt from swinging too hard as a lefty.

What if Bizzaro Left-handed Javy was super patient and didn't swing at bad pitches?

This is going to be too easy now, Rizzo.

I'm not saying Lester didn't suck tonight. It was more the tone of the post. It was too angry. Saying Lester pitched bad isn't a problem.

You might be taking April games a little too seriously if you are calling out Jon Lester, who is coming off a season where he went 19-4 with a 2.44 ERA and then gave us 35.2 IP of 2.02 ERA pitching in the playoffs, while leading us to our first World Series championship in 108 years, including giving us 3 innings in Game 7 on two days rest.

Jon Jay is doing all he can to endear himself to the Cub fan base.

We're going to RD Game them after all.

Dude has tried to walk Lester twice now. He is garbage. Please crush him.

We run down 4?

Keep them under 10 and we'll win.

horsefeathering hell

This lucky sonofabitch. We better put up like 7 runs next inning.

This guy sucks. Someone dong.

Eventually ESPN will just be Stephen A. Smith screaming into the void 24/7.

Jason Vosler has hit three homers for Tennessee today. Charcer Burks is 3-5 with a double. Rough starts for Jen-Ho Tseng and Jose Paulino. Zack Short is at it again, with a double and two walks in 3 PA, plus a SB.

Some people said that Jesse Rogers' emergence at ESPN gave him an edge over Saxon in job stability. That looks less true today than it did then.

Vladimir Guerrero Jr. homered against South Bend. I'm very excited to see him in a couple weeks when I am in South Bend.

He had a poor junior season in college. Heading into his draft year, he was considered a potential 3rd-5th round pick. Interesting. I'll have to keep him on my radar going forward. He seems to have a nice approach, which I love. Any idea how he looks on defense?

What's the word on Zack Short? Anything there? I know nothing about him, but he walked a ton last year, and he's hitting for some pop this year, while playing some short, second, and third. He's a college kid, but doesn't turn 22 until next month.

I thought the rivalry with them was fun in 2015, with us both being good and us ripping their hearts out in the playoffs. But, them being a miserable, 95-loss bottom feeder is going to give me so much more enjoyment.

Not much better than sitting up top with the Pirates and Cards taking up the rear in the NL Central. The only two teams in the division with negative run differentials, too.