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  1. UMFan83
    That's one way to look at it. However, once Selig made the game count, it should be largely about putting the best team on the field to win HFA in the World Series for your league. Given that starters are never in the game in the late innings, do you want Bryan LaHair taking a key AB in the game if you are a fan of a contending team?
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    Or maybe just play another team not based in Houston or San Diego. BTW, if the Cubs win this game, they will head into the All Star Break only 1 game below .500 at home this year (19-20)
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    The top of our order is so dangerous its futile to choose which to pitch to. And we are so great that we have another All-Star just chilling on our bench.
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    Looks like Rizzo will appeal to the meatballs too with his clutch hitting prowless
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    Also, in the players vote, Castro was selected as their choice for starting SS
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    Yeah, went out for a couple minutes for me also. I think it was a national thing because it happened here in Chicago to on ESPN HD and SD (with Comcast)
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    The images aren't showing, but I'm guessing this is Beckham's hissy fit/fight with the SJ mascot? He should have gotten a red for kicking the ball at the opponent when he was down, and a red for starting TWO fights after that. Yeah, that's what it was. Not sure why the GIFs aren't showing. I see them
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    I expected this thread to have some action today
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    lol I hope he faces a lefty in the game. That's so weird. I could understand if he was our only rep but damn
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    You are a wildly impatient man.
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    Do catchers still always hit 8th?
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    That sucks...I could be wrong, but I don't think its the kind of injury that's just going to heal overtime. Which if true means we get another season of 30% FG shooting, no driving Deng.
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    He's a terrible shooter. I read he shot 38% from 3 the last 2 seasons? I know that doesn't translate to a great average in the NBA but its certainly not terrible.
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    No see a flier is someone who was once good or at least decent, and then broke down or sucked, and is now on the scrapheap waiting for redemption. Actually I'm sure WSR would love to take a flyer on the Angel Guzman of 2012.
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    Well at least that got somewhat interesting for a minute or two. Battle of the last 2 World Cup winners
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    Quoting this before someone else does.
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    If that is true, I wasn't really expecting that, but then again I wasn't expecting Taj Gibson when he was drafted either. There are some good things written about him online, especially his defense and potentially 3 point shooting.
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    Meh. Even if Puig does turn out to be a star, I can't fault the Cubs for not offering him more than they gave Soler (although who knows, maybe they were the higher bidder). Maybe the reports are downplaying his abilities, but I doubt they are wrong about how raw he is. If you want to pay $42 million to someone that raw, its your risk. Obviously Soler is quite raw too but it seems like he's been scouted quite a bit more and seems to grade out higher that this guy. Were the Dodgers in on Soler at all? Might just be a case of the Dodgers seeing all these Cubans go for big money, and realizing that were less than a week from never being able to spend freely on international players, and knowing that Puig is almost surely the last opportunity to do so, so the new ownership group bit and tried to make a splash. I think there's more at play here than 'the Dodgers felt he has $42 million talent'. In a vaccuum, this would be absolutely idiotic spending, and while it still seems pretty stupid, given the scenarios at play, it makes a little bit more sense.
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    Spain-Germany will be a great final (Italy isnt winning)
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    the BCS doesnt exist dude
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    Rizzo sounds like a real ass. Yeah but when he does his little shimmy, it drives the women of Chicago nuts.
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    Think Rick Sutcliffe would still pick Shark 26th in a draft of players to build his team around?
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    Damn...Mets hit the home run cycle by the 6th inning. Better or worse than the time they hit 2 grand slams in the same inning?
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    Ignoring the douchy tone for a moment the fact that you've watched them doesn't really mean anything. I watch hours and hours of Cubs baseball every year but it doesn't mean any one of those teams were particularly interesting. The organization as a whole is interesting. But the product on the field has not been. There's only a couple guys here who are likely to be around for the long haul. There's a whole bunch of leftover garbage from recent garbage teams. And you know, they've lost a hell of a lot of games. They look like crap. Rizzo is fun. Castro is Castro. But the rest of the team is a hot mess of dull. My "douchy tone" is because I've said my viewpoint and you've said yours, there is no reason to continue to talk about this, but you keep finding ways to keep this pointless discussion going. I'm watching the Cubs because they are interesting. That is a fact. 2 other people agreed with me. You don't, you gave your reasons and I gave mine. This is obviously not something we are going to convince the other on at this point. I like you in general and enjoy your posts, but you need to let things end sometimes. Onto the next discussion.
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