UMFan83

Of course the [expletive] head cardinal gets it done. They even clutch hit in the ASG with bloop hits

Dammit. At least he put the ball in play and overall had a good AB

Oduya will not be back with the Blackhawks according to his agent. I'm pretty sure Bowman really wanted him back but couldn't save more money on a Sharp deal. So far... Losses: Saad, Sharp, Richards, Raanta, Vermette, Oduya, Rozival, Timonen Still in the air: Carcillo, Kruger, Cumiskey, Rozsival Resigned: Nordstrom, Desjardins Gains: Dano, Anisimov, Morin, Daley, Garbutt

I heard Manfred say on Mike and Mike this morning that the game would be played tomorrow night in the event of a rainout. It's part of the reason why they added another off day on Thursday for all teams a few years ago, so they had a contingency in the event of a rainout.

I get that Keuchel is really good. I also get that Chris Sale is better and a hell of a lot more fun to watch pitch. And Kluber got robbed. The starting pitcher usually goes 2 innings while most of the other pitchers go 1 inning. The White Sox didn't even want Sale to play in the game, but gave in. I'm assuming as compromise they will limit Sale to 1 inning thus coming in relief.

i mean i didn't see it, but he did change his name to those things in recent years and they are kind of comical You bigot

I wonder what Ian Stewart is up to these days.

the 2 Cub hitters have the 2 lowest totals of the night (assuming Donaldson would have hit another one with 20 seconds and then a 30 second bonus)

Where? His dad is all over the place. Most of them were up and in. Sometime I wonder if we're even watching the same thing. He was everywhere. Not only that but if there was any common area he was pitching it was low and in

That was one of the worst pitching performances I've seen in a derby

Well I can get on with my night unless Pujols chokes

His fuckng dad is taking breaks to rest wtf

[expletive] Cubs stop Cubbing this up

[tweet] [/tweet]

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/13250393/2015-mlb-all-star-game-league-doing-everything-possible-hold-home-run-derby-rain What the heck? Tuesday afternoon? I mean I'd love to see Rizzo and Bryant in action, don't get me wrong, but why is baseball acting like the HR Derby is so important that they have to fit it in there? I'm guessing its because of the sponsors that pay for time/space during the event.

Has this been posted before? [bbvideo=560,315]https://pbs.twimg.com/tweet_video/CJ0i1gvUcAEVNMG.mp4[/bbvideo] Edit: Cant find a way to embed this.

[expletive] Tyus Battle

If we've learned anything from Maddon over the first 3 months this year is that he is completely unafraid to go away from conventional thinking and locking people into statuses like 'closer' or 'ace' etc. Salary and past performance will play very little into the decision making. If Arrieta is the best guy he will absolutely start the WC game.

This deserves its own thread since 25% of the participants are Cubs. The way the bracket is set up, we could see a Bryzzo final. The bromance would reach a national audience http://40.media.tumblr.com/78996a248f0ff7c46eff2237af9e371d/tumblr_nobt5eelhp1uuc5v5o1_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/98b4a0bc254afb0e89a60597c666cd06/tumblr_nnquha8MLd1uuc5v5o1_500.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/bd4475348e0d1cfaa41d020aaacb3cc8/tumblr_nnqtovSN971uuc5v5o1_500.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/4e25f41a0b723851e40db70b65354ec2/tumblr_nraj0g8uEr1uuc5v5o1_1280.jpg http://40.media.tumblr.com/899d52191936a251d807add002075af2/tumblr_nnsv50LJX61rg7kxxo1_1280.jpg http://www.trbimg.com/img-55536801/turbine/ct-cubs-anthony-rizzo-kris-bryant-bash-brothers-20150513 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/gc/470218944-san-diego-padres-v-chicago-cubs-gettyimages.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=GkZZ8bf5zL1ZiijUmxa7QbuHmrt9L1M%2F7X38S7K5JBjkFE4lgEcC2IycchLN84ouNLwdOmS1Z4SQI9ObF4hTxw%3D%3D http://www.trbimg.com/img-559d51e7/turbine/chi-photos-cubs-draft-pick-kris-bryant-2013071-038/650/650x366 Oh matchups Kris "MFing" Bryant vs. Albert "has to be pushing 50 now" Pujols Manny "secret breakout year" Machado vs. Joc "2015 ROY Runner Up" Pederson -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Anthony "Tinyface" Rizzo vs. Josh "1.5 seasons of broken down Rich Harden" Donaldson Price "Fat Albert" Fielder vs. Todd "Awkward white dude" Frazier

Arrieta last 5 starts: 39.2 IP (out of 45 possible innings) 4-0 record (4-1 team record [expletive] STL), 21 H, 4 BB, 0.66 WHIP, 0.91 ERA

Whoops I just counted again because that seemed high. Only 10 more against the Mets my bad. Damn, 15? Hamels won't likely even be pitching any of those, either.

Phillies have played the 4 teams we sort of scoreboard (Cardinals, Pirates, Mets, Giants) 30 times and have gone 6-24 against them. Cubs have played them 0 times. In the second half the Cubs play them 7 times and the only other team that plays them again are the Mets who play them 15 times.

Castro is in a 3-32 slump and has a .445 OPS in July

This is a team built with players that have plus power and they arent hitting any grr