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  1. Oh I forgot. Only the most dangerous part of the Rockies order too
  2. Oh god. Maybe the only one I want in there less than Motte
  3. Wow this is a disaster. Single from tying it
  4. That was the first XBH of the inning to score the 6th run
  5. This is actually good. Castro can't GIDP here. A grounder might actually score a run. And they won't walk him because Hendricks will be PH
  6. Man Bryant's OPS is under .800 and Rizzos under .900. Rizzo had an ops over 1.000 like 3 weeks ago and Bryant had an OPS in the high .800s
  7. Cubs team warning track power is off the charts
  8. 31 pitch inning for Hendricks 10 pitch inning for De La Rosa
  9. Welp hope the Bullpen is ready to pitch a bit today. Already 30 pitches and the inning isn't over.
  10. Also apparently the Hawks championship DVD comes out tomorrow.
  11. The Rockies are an insurmountable foe. 51-49. Book it!
  12. I wish we had someone like that on last year's Bears to give us the inside dirt on how disfunctional it was.
  13. Cubs are now 24-25 against sub-500 teams and 27-21 against +500 teams. At least I think so. Have to check to see if any of those teams went from under to over or vice versa since the ASB
  14. I think getting that playoff experience will help them more than failing in the regular season brilliant insight
  15. 1) we were 3 games out last month and won 6 in a row and came back to eventually take a 4 game lead. None of the other 2 teams in the hunt are clearly better than us and I don't see any of the 3 teams pulling away so what's the point of worrying that much in July? 2) Worst team in baseball is 8-1 since the break (5-1 not against us) so obviously a team we caught in a hot stretch while we were in a down stretch. It happens during a long season. The 2006 Cubs were awful but swept the World Series winning Cardinals twice (1 a 4 gamer) during that season. They obviously bounced back. Again it's one series in July. Before that we weren't playing our best but we were still treading water (7-7 in previous 14). Most teams, even the best teams go through periods of mediocre play over a long season. It just happens. 3) don't know much about the effort thing but part of the reason we hired Maddon is because of his successful experience managing a group of young players and keeping their focused on giving effort every day. If there's an issue I'm pretty confident we have the right guy to address it. Key point is that this is one small stretch in a 162 game season. Every team has peaks and valleys every season and it's not worth getting upset over all that much in July. I'm not saying it doesn't suck but with perspective it sucks a lot less.
  16. Umm win tomorrow? I don't know why everyone is so down. This weekend sucked but there are over 2 months of baseball to play and we've seen the team play a lot better than this
  17. UMFan83

    Castro

    He's a [expletive] 21 year old rookie! And Starlin's a 25 year old, 3 time all star with a career line of .284/.325/.410. So maybe we shut the [expletive] up and give them both the benefit of the doubt. With a combined line of .258/.299/.367/.666 over the last 3 seasons (1671 PA).
  18. Glad we could revive Ryan Howard's career
  19. So 2 hits today through 6 after 0 yesterday... Do something Maddon #firemallee
  20. I keep forgetting people that think this way exist You know who has been saying this for 4 years, he just writes more eloquently
  21. Yes a 3 game series in mid july of the first quasi "go for it year" proves that Kyle was right all this time
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