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Miggy actually hits one well but its right at someone of course -
Haha are you watching the ESPN feed?
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niiiiice
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Damn you british tabloids you got me again http://www.espnfc.us/england/story/2915107/sam-allardyce-to-be-appointed-new-england-boss-by-thursday-report
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Ohh I never watch ESPN so I hadn't heard this. Tell me more. Bryant came up and Olney and the idiots in the booth start blabbering about how maybe this moving guys around "has gone too far." Olney even cited an "AL exec" he spoke to who said maybe teams should be like the Royals who had the same lineup everyday last year and won a word series! Whats more impactful: some made up benefit of playing the same position every day and hitting in the same spot or the actual benefit of being able to mix and match and put together a lineup with favorable splits every day as well as the ability to move people around the field in game in order to improve your defensive lineup later in games?
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The sharp drop off in play along with the comments about needing extra rest and how gassed he is makes me worried he's going to be making a 'luckiest man' speech in the near future.
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Dex is so desperate to not return, he made it rain in Iowa yesterday. Assuming this pushes his return back at least a day.
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Horrible stat of the game: Kris Bryant has come up in 88 double play situations this year before his last AB. He had hit into 1 double play in those situations. All year.
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I was told to post the game thread if it wasn't up by AM but haven't even gotten to work yet so haven't gotten a chance. May Mojo lead us to glory!
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http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/story/chicago-cubs-drew-pomeranz-javier-baez-kyle-schwarber-houston-astros-notes-071916 Summary: Cubs tried for Pomeranz, were planning on getting him and flipping him for another starter whose name hasn't been discussed. SD asked for Javy and Cubs said no
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New Benny, and Other changes (Bulls offseason)
UMFan83 replied to WrigleyField 22's topic in Other Sports
There are very few players that are capable of single-handedly turning a bad team into a playoff team. You could probably put Lebron James on any team in the league and they would make the playoffs, but who else can you say that about? Elton Brand could have been a very nice piece on a contender if we had been able to pair him with a couple other elite players. He could have been, like, the Chris Bosh of a Big 3. How about leading a team to 30 wins? I think Bosh handled that without much more help than Brand had. And yea, Bosh is basically also the definition of not a franchise changer. If the qualifier is third best player on a Championship team with the best player on Earth.... yea. I mean, do you remember freaking Kevin Garnett being dogged for not being a winner, and that was for leading his teams to a bunch of second round appearances in a tough Western Conference. Kevin Garnetts twolves only made it out of the first round once -
More from the bad luck department: the Cubs were 2-13 with RISP tonight - and neither hit scored a run
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New Benny, and Other changes (Bulls offseason)
UMFan83 replied to WrigleyField 22's topic in Other Sports
That or Jerry Krause was just a pompous ass -
New Benny, and Other changes (Bulls offseason)
UMFan83 replied to WrigleyField 22's topic in Other Sports
They absolutely did not. If they were going to trade him, they would have been better off allowing him to blossom for a few years into a legit superstar. At his peak, they could have received a lot more than the #2 pick in return for him. It would have been a whole package. Again, he didn't get injured until 8 years into his career. It wasn't like Rose where it happened right away. Yeah seriously how does trading the number 1 pick 2 years into his career of putting up 20/10s both seasons for the number 2 pick constitute selling high? If that was the best you could get for Brand his value would have been higher before the draft he was picked in -
The funny thing is. No matter how many times the Cubs lose to the Mets I am thoroughly convinced that the 2015-2016 Cubs are better than the 2015-2016 Mets and it's probably not close
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I think that's 3 more than he threw last time
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Just think of how many chances we had to break this one open with the baserunners early. Or Jake barely getting tagged out at the plate. Or Bryant misplacing a double into a triple that indirectly caused the mets to tie it, or rondon giving up two very weak contact singles to score a run or walker being safe in that inning by a millisecond. Or Szczur hitting it right to the 2B allowing him to easily throw out Russell. Like I said baseball is a cruel sport sometimes
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Nope, not with Szczur's success lately, and Ross being a much more likely double play candidate. I dunno. Ross came through in a similar situation yesterday. Either way you are looking at the bad side of a reverse split. But Ross is a wily veteran that doesn't let the situation get to him.
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Well maybe they just own us. We can't seem to get out of our own way against them. We snatch defeat from the jaws of victory. I guess we should expect the same thing if we face them in the playoffs. -2015 Mets fan
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Nah the one in NY was worse. At the time I still had "116 win" aspirations. This one was just annoying for a team that's going to cruise to a division title
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You'd think they would have learned when THE EXACT SAME THING HAPPENED TWO WEEKS AGO
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Seriously. 2 times we've loaded the bases with 0 outs down 1 against Familia and twice we've failed to score. What are the odds?
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This is seriously going to happen twice in 6 games against the Mets. horsefeathers this horsefeathers
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Bryant don't be like last time in this situation
