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  1. UMFan83
    Rizzo is going to do some damage here...or not
  2. UMFan83
    Yeah it doesn't necessarily mean you are a bad player. In fact, it can sometimes be a sign that you make a lot of contact and don't strike out a ton.
  3. UMFan83
    He just took the team lead ahead of Zobrist with 7, which is tied for 30th in baseball. DJ LaMahieu and Albert Pujols are tied for the MLB lead with 12 GIDP
  4. UMFan83
    [expletive] Heyward. Cubs have 4 hits and a walk in 3 innings but Strasburg has only faced 2 over the minimum and only thrown 48 pitches.
  5. UMFan83
    Strasburg is trying to nibble and his command isn't completely there which is a really really bad combination against this Cubs team.
  6. UMFan83
    I thought it was off the bat :( But I'm watching on a grainy feed so, what do I know
  7. UMFan83
    Yeah Strasburg isn't impressive today. Makes me even more upset that we gave him 2 outs on the basepaths. We could have had him at 60 pitches after this inning.
  8. UMFan83
    Because walking is for pussies
  9. UMFan83
    Another shitty thing about this is the fact that Strasburg will probably conserve 10-12 pitches because of those 2 outs on the basepaths
  10. UMFan83
    Lost in that stupidity was that was a nice drive by Almora
  11. UMFan83
    #Wearegoodjustnotmiggy
  12. UMFan83
    What the horsefeathers are we doing out there today? Jesus
  13. UMFan83
    It wasn't a great pitch by Hammel but someone who could get out of their crouch quicker would have gotten that relatively easily imo
  14. UMFan83
    It's his back, he's trying to play through it and is slowing down every reaction behind the plate leading to passed balls, wild pitches, inability to throw out base stealers, etc.
  15. UMFan83
    What the horsefeathers Miggy, jesus horsefeathering christ, if your back is hurting horsefeathering go on the DL stop killing us behind the plate. You can't just piss away runs with Strasburg pitching
  16. UMFan83
    Pretty sure I remember Rick Wilkins throw out a baserunner once in the early 90's
  17. UMFan83
    It's definitely not a retrospect thing OK maybe not, but its one of those things where I could see people saying 'way to be aggressive to try and get to Strasburg before he settles in' if it works.
  18. UMFan83
    This is probably a retrospect thing, but I'm not sure why you run with Rizzo up and the first 3 batters getting good contact off Strasburg
  19. UMFan83
    Good way to start the game :)
  20. UMFan83
    Some ASG Starting notes: Cubs have had 4 starters once (1936), 3 starters an additional time (1937), and 2 starters 15 times (most recently 2008) Last Cubs starter by position: C - Soto (2008) 1B - Lee (2005) 2B - Sandberg (1993) SS - Kessinger (1972) 3B - Ramirez (2005) LF - Kingman (1980) CF - Fukudome (2008) RF - Sosa (2004) P - Passeau (1946) DH - Rizzo (2015)
  21. UMFan83
    [tweet]https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/743149706965037056[/tweet]
  22. UMFan83
    Well that sucks
  23. UMFan83
    Yes Maddon seems to like to do that, I approve especially with the next 6 games coming against teams that are technically the closest to us in the division.
  24. UMFan83
    Hendricks v. Scherzer also gave a slight edge to the Nats I'm actually kinda shocked Hammel's peripherals are so "bad" (a 3.70 ERA isn't all that awful at the end of the day). I remember him actually pitching very very well for the first starts of the year and only has he seemed completely off course around that leg injury. He's walking an extra batter per 9 from last season, and his strike out rate is slightly lower, so yeah. Get better Jason. I think a big reason is that Hammel is a fly ball pitcher that typically has a FB/HR rate around 12-12.5%, and this year its at 8.7% which would be among the best 10 or so pitchers in the NL (i think). He has allowed only 15% of his runners to score when usually it is about 22-28%. Also his BABIP against is at .251 this year after being around .280ish the last few years. His peripherals suggest he is getting unsustainably lucky.
  25. UMFan83
    So, Bickell's contract basically cost us Saad and Teuvo. Do we hate him forever for this or do we cut him some slack because he was a huge part of a Stanley Cup run (the one that earned him the contract)?
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