Aaron_Kennelly

Bryce Harper sure seems to think there is an argument.

#wearegood

Hit another one, Jake.

Filth.

hahahaha

Hell of an AB.

Can someone explain this joke? It is in reference to this great joke from a previous game thread:

hahaha

I'm anxious to see Heyward in center. This day was supposed to be more fun: Slide Heyward over to center, so we can see our glorious, 240-pound, fleet-footed center fielder, and let Jorge get a whack at a few balls. Rat Boy puts a damper on things. Well, actually, Jorge already being in the lineup puts a damper on things. The hard truth of the matter is that Rat Boy very well could be a better baseball player than Jorge -- and that's only meant to be somewhat of a knock on Jorge. Regardless, I want to dong today. There have been far too few dongs the last couple days. Or we could just walk them into oblivion again. That's been fun. Maybe we can just do both, though.

And just to keep picking on the guy, it's why Soler is frustrating me so much. The guy looks like such a physical specimen that I thought we'd be saying the same things about him. Now we're basically just praying he can hit enough to offset how much he sucks at everything else. Yep. Soler just looks like he should be a beast: The big, sexy bod; the cannon of an arm; the Ding Dong Johnsons that get out of the park in a millisecond. It's hard to give up hopes on something like that. I've long been a sucker for him. I always will be, to a fault. He's definitely no Bryant or Heyward, though. And I love Heyward for a lot of the same reasons that I love Bryant -- there's hidden value everywhere in his game. We've heard a lot of complaints about Heyward, like, "Oh, they are overpaying for defense, blah blah blah." Well, it's not just the defense. That's a large part of it, sure, and it's definitely a larger part of his value than the other, smaller stuff, like base running. But, he just accumulates value in everything he does. It goes largely unseen. But, then I watched him more since he was with the Cards last year, and he is doing something neat every game: Tagging up when you wouldn't expect it. Over-running a fly ball so he can then come back in at a proper angle to unleash a laser throw home. He does so many fun things like that, and he does them all the time.

Rondon looked great. The whole pen has been pretty sharp -- save for last night -- even though we haven't needed them much. Fun stat: Our pitchers have walked 7 guys this year, and our hitters have taken 26 walks.

Yeah, Bryant and Heyward are both amazing base runners. Part of the reason is because they are both amazing athletic specimens. They, deceptively, are burners, especially when doing things like stretching a single into a double or going first to third. It might take them awhile longer than some smaller speedsters to get going at their peak speed, since they are so big. But, they are both very fast, as we've seen with Bryant beating out so many infield hits. They both are fantastic at picking and choosing when to take an extra base, too, though. Neither gets thrown out very much, which is impressive because they are both very aggressive.

Good start from Hendricks. I've missed most of the game and only saw him for a little over an inning. Sounds like he was 85-86 the whole night, though? Or at least that's what the CSN gun was saying? Also, and this was one of my concerns, but Zobrist has looked like trash defensively this year. But I guess when you are on base over half the time, I can forgive you looking old in the field.

New thread; new day. You put up a valiant effort, UMFan. Those first three games were badass. But, you also were at the helm of this disastrous day that will live in infamy. Time for a change and a new look at life.

I'm just going to act like today never happened.

crap

Imagine that: Rondon Fan and Ski showing up in a game thread, right when the Cubs give up a lead. Nowhere to be seen when we won our first three by like 25 runs.

Nice job, Wood.

horsefeathering Goldschmidt.

Where the hell did that miss?

seriously?

Nice play!

Or not.

Now we dong.

Good horsefeathers, Grimm.