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Ok let's see good Strop

Not Bryant's best day. 0-4 3K, double play grounder he beat out

You probably shouldn't go to 3 balls against every batter you face when protecting a 2 run lead Adam

1 run lead with 2 on and 2 outs in the 6th. Pitcher who is doing well is benched for Szczur. Sounds like yesterday Don't feel as well with him facing a righty though. Edit: guess I'm wrong. Hit to same spot too!

One of those "good contact hit to the wrong spot" days I see

Damn I would have enjoyed a 3-1 lead

Wow LaStella owns Darvish even though that was an out

Ok we get it they have some interesting interactions while catching fly balls

#newandimproved2ndhalfhammel

Too bad he couldn't sacrifice the runner to 2nd now with Seal Boys hit

What a failure Hammel

At his current rate he can go 7 with 105 pitches

5 outs 5 Ks

Damn I thought he got that one

I missed it. What happened? Grounder to Russell he had to have a perfect throw to get Andrus. Throw was offline Rizzo had to leave bag to get it, sees the runner trying to score, air mails Willy who then throws out Andrus trying to take second

Terrible defense come on. Can't give up that type of run facing Yu

Feel like Hammel is leaving a lot up again

Holy crap is he good. Did we make contact that inning?

https://twitter.com/noslliw19/status/754064537255485440

Absolutely, but there's zero worry about that. Last year they were seeing what they had with Bryant and a roster led by he and Rizzo went all the way to the NLCS. This year is about overwhelming muhs now and for as long as possible. They even admitted they weren't expecting the team to take off like it did so didn't go all in for improvements because it was a year ahead of schedule. In hindsight they probably regret that, but if you look at Theo's history, he's made a notable deal in basically every year his teams have been in contention. 2003: Scott Sauerbeck, Scott Williamson, Jeff Suppan. I was still living in Boston area at the team and definitely remembered fans being underwhelmed at the haul and I don't think any of them panned out (though Williamson saved all 3 red sox wins in the ALCS) 2004: Orlando Cabrera, Doug Mientkiewicz, Dave Roberts. 2005: Tony Graffanino, Alex Cora, Chad Bradford, Jose Cruz Jr 2006: So this was the exception. The Sox were 63-41 and a game up on 1st place at the deadline. They made no notable deals and, related or not, went 23-35 the rest of the way and finished well out of the playoff race. Theo is probably scared from that. 2007: Eric Gagne. Now begins a period of big deadline moves. Gagne was still seen as a huge game changer in 2007 2008: Jason Bay. Again, Jason Bay was still seen as a stud in 2008 2009: Victor Martinez, Casey Kotchman, Adam LaRoche, Chris Duncan. 2010: Jarrod Saltalamacchia, Kevin Cash. OK a bit of a down year but Salty was their starting catcher for a few years 2011: Erik Bedard, Mike Aviles, Josh Fields. So yeah I wouldnt be too concerned with Theo and co being silent at the deadline.

Fred m'[expletive] Hornkohl, welcome back! Exactly a month between posts, maybe he was given a 30 day suspension :)

My perception of him has gone 180 degrees since the season started

I love how LaStella's walkup song is about a kid losing his virginity, as if he's hopeful he will have his 'oh what a night' moment one day.

I could have sworn Almora was supposed to be fast

This definitely feels like a April-early June type of Cubs game.