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  1. Aaron_Kennelly
    Was coming here to post this. and... [expletive]!
  2. Aaron_Kennelly
    Jesus Christ, I love this team
  3. Aaron_Kennelly
    Ok, get on base so Kris and Anthony can dong.
  4. Aaron_Kennelly
    I must say: It was a real treat listening to Milt Pappas on the radio and then again on TV when I got home.
  5. Aaron_Kennelly
    CUBS have scored first in 10 of their last 13 games. (.769) This is so great.
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  7. Aaron_Kennelly
    The Marlins are an absolute mess. Just let us have Giancarlo, please.
  8. Aaron_Kennelly
    Russell's UZR/150 is now at 12.4 in 227.2 innings at short.
  9. Aaron_Kennelly
    Not really. I mean, sure, they could trade them. But Zagunis, Candelario and Contreras are actual prospects. And they are older prospects that aren't top-flight prospects -- guys that had break-out years. They are definitely guys that we want a longer look at against good competition. "Older" is a relative term so this could just be semantics, but I wouldn't call Candelario who is 21 and doing quite well in AA an older prospect. He's two years young for the Southern League and putting up a line of .294/.366/.462 with 16 walks against 19 Ks in around 170 PAs. I'd describe him as young, actually. I understand the term applying to Zagunis and Contreras a little more easily, but each of those guys are age appropriate for their level as well. Yeah, you're right. I meant "older," as in the sense that they aren't, like, Gleyber or Eloy-type young. And Jeimer is also a "older," in the sense that he has been in the system for such a long time.
  10. Aaron_Kennelly
    Good win. Big swing of the bat by Schwarber -- nice to see him get out of his funk. I'm sure I'll enjoy all the irrational posting in this thread when I read through it.
  11. Aaron_Kennelly
    Yeesh... they are three games back of Oklahoma City, with eight games left, too. So there are big playoff implications. I wonder if they are even able to play that second game, with the pitching staffs probably both completely drained.
  12. Aaron_Kennelly
    Who would they replace him with? I thought maybe they'd put Baez in his spot on the roster C: Schwarb/Montero/Ross IF: Rizzo/Baez/Russell/Bryant/La Stella/Coghlan OF: Soler/Fowler/Jackson/Szczur I guess they'd keep him over Herrera though if they went with 11 pitchers. Either he or Baez is going to be the starting 2B. The odd man out will be La Stella or Herrera. Can we let Herrera join the grounds crew or something, so he can still put the rally bucket on his head? If so, then please leave him off the roster. I at least trust LaStella to maybe draw a walk.
  13. Aaron_Kennelly
    So Myrtle Beach drew 16 walks and lost 4-3. Is such a thing even possible?
  14. Aaron_Kennelly
    Yeah. I guess I shouldn't have necessarily said the "second" wild card. But, it doesn't matter to me much if that game is at home or the road. It would be kinda cool, I guess, if we got back into that race. But, still... meh.
  15. Aaron_Kennelly
    Why weren't you excited in the first place Did you not read the first page of this thread? We were discussing how we wished we could just fast forward to the playoffs, since we are now resigned to being the second wild card.
  16. Aaron_Kennelly
    Ok, thanks to Javy, now I am excited for regular season games again.
  17. Aaron_Kennelly
    How in the hell did James Russell make 49 appearances for us? I thought we added him in, like, June? Jeez, we really blundered the left-handed section of our bullpen this year.
  18. Aaron_Kennelly
    i like how this is where we are with haren. we know better than to bother wishing that he pitches well or doesn't give up any hr, so we just pray that he can keep it to three hr allowed. Where I am at is knowing that there will be three home runs allowed, but hoping we get sequencing luck and that they are all solo shots.
  19. Aaron_Kennelly
    Same here. The Pirates and Cardinals have sucked away all of my enthusiasm for the regular season. Just get it over with and give me Arrieta on the mound in Pittsburgh. there is some seriously weird [expletive] going on with our brains insert some joke about robot hard drives or something Haha. It's weird because it's not like I am dejected about finishing behind them. I am still super, super excited for the playoffs. It's just kinda like when you are driving somewhere for vacation, and it's a long way away, and you are really excited when you start driving, but then you get more bored the closer you get to arriving.
  20. Aaron_Kennelly
    Not really. I mean, sure, they could trade them. But Zagunis, Candelario and Contreras are actual prospects. And they are older prospects that aren't top-flight prospects -- guys that had break-out years. They are definitely guys that we want a longer look at against good competition.
  21. Aaron_Kennelly
    Same here. The Pirates and Cardinals have sucked away all of my enthusiasm for the regular season. Just get it over with and give me Arrieta on the mound in Pittsburgh.
  22. Aaron_Kennelly
    Posting this because I found the tidbit about what the Cubs supposedly told him sort of interesting (and something that has been speculated before).... That said, what the hell? What demotion? This sounds like he wrote this in March, not on the heels of what was a very successful AAA campaign with a bunch of obstacles thrown in. He's said some other weird things about Javy this year. He's never liked him, mainly because of his make-up, something about his character or whatever.
  23. Aaron_Kennelly
    Yep. Kazmir was the one big miss. He would have been perfect because he wasn't really cost prohibitive as far as prospects go. You get him for a couple months and you not only get a fifth starter, but you get a good starter. He could have been slotted in behind Arrieta and Lester and given us three really nice pitchers to throw out in the playoffs. Then, you can replace him in the off-season and the prospect loss is marginal, compared to Price or Hamels. Regardless, we laid a turd at the trade deadline and a lot of people were pissed. It isn't revisionist history.
  24. Aaron_Kennelly
    There's something cathartic about not having to worry about Pittsburgh and St. Louis winning every single damn day. Just hold off the Giants and Nats and Jake will take the wild card game for us.
  25. Aaron_Kennelly
    It also has to be a specific type of single to score two runs there, though. A grounder through the infield or a blooper gets it done. But an infield single doesn't, and a lined one-hopper to Jay Bruce might not, though you would at least try for it.
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