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Everything posted by Aaron Kennelly
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One pitch might have cost them this game That doesn't mean he is terrible. Clayton Kershaw has lost quite a few games. And, have you not seen our offense lately? It's the fourth inning. [expletive]! -
3 runs, two of which came because his defense failed him, is getting rocked? Even excepting the bad play that got us there... 3 runs is getting rocked?
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You people are insane. The over-reaction to one bad pitch is hilarious.
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He gave up one hard hit ball, after a couple BS infield hits, and a bad play by Bryant to go to second. He's walked none, struck out 5, and got a ton of ground balls.
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:rotfl:
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I think they're all doing 90's music today. Gonna assume someone picked it for Jorge. Ah man, I was picturing a scene where Schwarber was like, "Come on, Jorge, you haven't listened to '90s rap/R&B? You've gotta hear this stuff!"
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Since when did Soler start walking up to "Return of the Mack?" Has he been listening to Schwarber's play list?
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Valbuena was buried even deeper in the scrap heap and did pretty well and netted us Fowler, too. So I like that one a lot, also.
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Coghlan is pretty freaking hot right now. Him and Dexter have been huge in the second half.
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pierce johnson seems surprising is he on the radar as a sept call up? Honestly, I'm not sure. But, he is similar to Edwards, in the fact that both have been pretty unhittable throughout their minor league careers. Both have had a bit of a problem with control lately. But, I am wondering if Johnson's stuff might play up a bit out of the pen. And, honestly, I just don't like James Russell. I think Johnson would be better immediately. And then you could have several guys that could go multiple innings out of the pen. That way, you could use Richard and Wood as LOOGY/long men. And I wouldn't have to see Russell come in to face Adrian Gonzalez or whoever.
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yes that's exactly it even when things never ever fit those silly ass narratives, people are always looking for them Yeah, the whole narrative thing is what pisses me off the most about meatballery. I can sit there and listen to meatballs talk about thing like TWTW and grittiness and whatnot, and it doesn't really bother me anymore. But, when they start feeding me some narrative [expletive], like they know why things happen they way that they happen, I have a hard time not raging. Lots of teeth grinding when I hear stuff about how certain teams "just aren't ready" and how it's more difficult to beat teams that have "been there before." No, you [expletive] moron, the teams that have been there before are tougher to beat because they are usually loaded with very good players. That's why they've been there before. Not everything happens for a reason. There doesn't have to be a Jordan-over-the-Pistons moment to suddenly transform a team into a championship caliber squad.
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I can see why David is upset about this. It is one of the instances that upsets me the most about meatballery. Meatballs have to have everything wrapped up in this weird false narrative. For instance: "This isn't our year. This year is about getting the young players experience. And we will finish .500. And then next year we can compete for the playoffs, and hopefully get some playoff experience. And once we get playoff experience, then we can win a World Series the following year." With that narrative out of the window, now the rationalization for us being good is because Joe Maddon is worth 20 wins? No, you big, sweaty meatball, it's because we are [expletive] good. You don't have to go through some metaphysical transformation from bad team to champion. We are good now because #wearegood. And we were bad because we were bad.
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I want Javy, Carl Edwards Jr., and Pierce Johnson all on the playoff roster. Bye, Herrera, Haren, and James Russell?
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Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread
Aaron Kennelly replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
calm down, that amounts to like, one robbed single http://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lflnsoqp8C1qf4elio1_400.gif -
Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread
Aaron Kennelly replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Also, Russell is at +1 DRS at short. So, pretty good so far, albeit a really small sample. -
Addison Russell is awesome and deserves a thread
Aaron Kennelly replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Funny, I just did the same thing and posted that Coghlan nugget in another thread. I swear there is nothing he could do to displease the UZR gods this year. -
:lol: Coghlan rocking a 27.8 UZR/150 at second base so far.
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Yep: [tweet] [/tweet]
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I guess I wasn't paying enough attention, but apparently Arrieta had a 100% ground ball rate tonight?
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At what score and in what inning would you not freak out over the most minor incidents?
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Minor League Discussion & Boxes, 8-20-15
Aaron Kennelly replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
Javy is 2-3 with a double so far. It's his sixth consecutive multi-hit game. -
Holy cow, indeed.
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Just spitballing here: Maybe it has something to do with how his swing is designed right now. So, it's kinda like how flyballs against extreme groundball pitchers usually do more damage than flyballs against extreme flyball pitchers. Since the extreme flyball pitchers are trying to get you to hit flyballs, then they get a lot of lazy flyouts. But, when a groundball pitcher gives up a flyball, then it is often a mistake up in the zone that gets hammered. Maybe when Soler really gets into one, it is bound to be of the line drive or groundball variety, since that is what his swing is designed to do. And his flyballs are maybe off of pitches he just misses a bit. Or maybe it's just small sample size nonsense.
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Yes, let's panic about anything possible with a 7-run lead.
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Yeah, I think so. There are a number of factors that would suggest it: 1. Fowler had a an awful first half, and he actually did have bad luck on called strikes out of the zone that hurt him. 2. Coghlan had some bad BABIP luck early on that was dragging him down. 3. We have played a much easier schedule in the second half (which actually might mean this is a little fluky). But, when we in our really poor stretch offensively, we faced a bunch of tough pitching. 4. The wind basically was never blowing out in the first half -- which might help explain our amazing starting pitching cooling off lately. 5. Most importantly, we basically swapped Castro and Schwarber. And while that might bite us on defense, it makes our offense so much better. Regardless, this offense is pretty scary right now. Just look at those OBPs at the top of the order. :shock: