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  1. Thusly Boned
    As painful as it will be, you have to let him go, assuming it's going to take a mega deal. It's too bad he's not a couple of years younger. That is unless the Rickettses decide to go full Dodgers with the payroll.
  2. Thusly Boned
    The hitting hasn't even been all that good yet. The Cubs have scored runs because of their approach, but almost every everyday player outside of Fowler has underperformed. Once they all get tuned up, things will get even scarier for opponents.
  3. Thusly Boned
    I think it was, and by game score it was. When you look at the run scoring environment then (and the team he was facing), it becomes even more impressive. If it weren't for Kevin Orie, it would be talked about even more. As for 'pitching styles", the most rare and effective is to miss lots of bats, taking all other variables out of the equation. On that day, Wood essentially turned a formidable lineup into spectators of his greatness. But as for tonight, Jake wasn't really even on his game and still got the no-no. Pretty impressive.
  4. Thusly Boned
    I woke up after the game had ended, and fired up MLB.tv half expecting to see that we had been held to a run or two. I saw the final score was 16-0 and thought "well, this should be fun to skim through", and hopped from one offensive highlight to the next, making it nearly to the end without realizing Jake had thrown a no hitter. It wasn't until I switched to the Reds feed to listen to Brenneman's call of the final out that I discovered the full scope of tonight's domination. Needless to say, I went back and watched a lot more of the game.
  5. Thusly Boned
    Yeah, coming into this series, I was prepared for the Cubs to lose two of three, given the pitching matchups. If this ends in a sweep, it will feel like a bonus for the Cubs, but it would have to be at least moderately demoralizing to the Cards. And really, the series has been already, since they seemed to have gained some confidence in their offense (which was a huge question coming in to the season and after the Pittsburgh series) whilst beating up on awful teams. That confidence has to have been shaken a tad by these last two games. The Cubs could be five up, and they haven't even started hitting yet.
  6. Thusly Boned
    It looks to me like he has a slight underbite.
  7. Thusly Boned
    ESPN seemingly has them as the #1 offense at the moment, which cannot stand. It won't stand. That offense is not good, and time will bear that out.
  8. Thusly Boned
    Seriously. Do the Cubs have a bad scouting report on Hamilton or something?
  9. Thusly Boned
    Apparently the Padres have just become the first team in MLB history to be shut out five times in their first ten games of the season.
  10. Thusly Boned
    And what a disappointing start for the Twins. It's not like they were favorites by any stretch, but they were considered by many to be a fringe contender. They have looked awful this far.
  11. Thusly Boned
    This offense is almost the antithesis of the all or nothing hacking mass approach we saw for years. Few things are as infuriating as when you just give the opposing pitcher outs, and this team does very, very little of that. I'm sure there will be nights where the offense doesn't score much, but it will never be easy for the opposition.
  12. Thusly Boned
    It's ironic that someone who is perceived by many as being a baseball "intellectual" like LaRussa has presided over the dumbassery we've seen from the DBacks over the past couple of years. It's way more an example of public misperception than irony. It's ironic because of the public perception. Seeming contrary is enough to constitute irony.
  13. Thusly Boned
    They played the [expletive] Braves already. And now their fans (the less astute ones, anyway) think they have a good offense. They've played one decent team, and got swept.
  14. Thusly Boned
    It's ironic that someone who is perceived by many as being a baseball "intellectual" like LaRussa has presided over the dumbassery we've seen from the DBacks over the past couple of years.
  15. Thusly Boned
    I think many Reds fans are about where we were in early 2013, as they seem not to accept where the franchise is. I've seen a few taking solace in the Cards and Bucs losing tonight, as if that matters for the Reds at all. If I didn't have a searing hatred of the Brennemans, I'd feel bad for them.
  16. Thusly Boned
    I saw this on GRB a day or two ago, and am filing it away: A little puffed up after sweeping the worst team in baseball. to be fair, that was one post in a thread where most of them are voting that the cubs will win 100+ games True, but I can't wait to see reality dawn on the few who believe the Cubs are just going to turn back into a pumpkin.
  17. Thusly Boned
    I saw this on GRB a day or two ago, and am filing it away: A little puffed up after sweeping the worst team in baseball.
  18. Thusly Boned
    This machine kills pitchers
  19. Thusly Boned
    I'd say their garbage lineup is a bit more of a concern. For sure. Riding the best stretch in Yoenis Cespedes' career lulled them into thinking that they had a decent offense, I think. They really should have added an impact bat over the offseason. If they miss the playoffs with that rotation, it will have been a massive failure on the part of the front office.
  20. Thusly Boned
    I don't mind the Father's Day one. The rest are bad, and the Home Run Derby one is a horsefeathering abomination and whoever approved the design should be flogged.
  21. Thusly Boned
    I believe watching the Cubs win is much better. Much. Well, there's usually a positive correlation between the two, so it's the best of both worlds. If Cubs fans had to choose between the Cubs being good and others getting worked up about the team, I doubt many would choose the latter. We're not White Sox fans, after all.
  22. Thusly Boned
    And that's the "good" Cardinal forum. To be fair, there are quite a few very good posters over there. But there are are also a number of irrationally homer-tastic, meatball, delusional wingnuts, a few of whom are the ones keeping that particular discussion going. Viva el Birdos isn't that bad on balance, either. Cards Talk is a total cesspool.
  23. Thusly Boned
    As I know some of you have seen, a few of the guys over at GRB are a little bent out of shape about how much the Cubs are walking so far this year: You know, without a shadow of a doubt, that if it were the Cards walking at a record setting pace, Cards fans would be falling all over themselves to effusively praise them for their superior plate discipline.
  24. Thusly Boned
    I was at work for the entire game, keeping track on Gameday, and I knew the first thing I had to do when I got home was fire up the Reds feed and bask in Brenneman's call of the last couple innings. I was not disappointed.
  25. Thusly Boned
    I know the Cubs have won two of the first three games here, but I can't wait until they get the hell out of Arizona.
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