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LOL.

For some reason, I dreamt that the Cubs got Gerrit Cole for Garza last night. Waking up was such a buzz kill.

Cespedes really reminds me of Sammy.

Focus then on Rizzo having 15 more doubles. And, no, I'll continue to say Rizzo has not been disappointing. He's been real solid. Okay, well he can be both solid (which I agree he has been), and disappointing. He is on pace for a little under a 3 WAR, which is solid (like you said), but my expectations for him were a good bit higher, so I am pretty disappointed. He also is playing at a lower WAR pace than last season. So again, regression = disappointment. I was looking for a 4+ win season, not a 2.7 win season. I am encouraged by his increased walk rate and the fact that his Ks are near what they were at last year. I don't like that his LD% has gone down a lot, so has his HR/FB (though he is hitting more FB in general). His BABIP is lower than it should be, so hopefully his numbers start to naturally go back up, but I still think that his season has been disappointing so far when considering everything. Here's to hoping he has a big second half and eliminates the concern.

It's very annoying that Anthony Rizzo only has 5 more home runs than Luis Valbuena at the all-star break, even with 100+ more at bats. ETA: Love that Luis has turned into a solid player, but Rizzo has been disappointing.

I feel like he has the best chance of being a supreme superstar, one of the top 5 players in all of baseball. I could possibly see Bryant getting to that level because of his crazy power, but the fact that he is likely going to end up in RF lowers the chances of him being on that level.

They said that was Crawford's wife.

What can we expect for their next contracts? Are they going to have to decide for one over the other? They will both get raises of a couple million each, and they will both almost certainly remain Blackhawks. Both seem to absolutely love playing in Chicago and they are the two faces of the franchise. I wouldn't be too worried, our dynamic duo should be around for a long, long time. I know it is too soon to talk about this kind of stuff, but I suspect that the Hawks will buy out Hossa after next season and split his money up and give it to Toews/Kane. I think they will get 8.5 a piece. Yeah, Hossa seems like the logical buy out next season.

Why wouldn't they amnesty him? ETA: Oh wow, I guess they already used it on Briere. ETA2: didn't realize you could use both in the same year. That's quite a lot of money.

What can we expect for their next contracts? Are they going to have to decide for one over the other? They will both get raises of a couple million each, and they will both almost certainly remain Blackhawks. Both seem to absolutely love playing in Chicago and they are the two faces of the franchise. I wouldn't be too worried, our dynamic duo should be around for a long, long time.

Why wouldn't they amnesty him? ETA: Oh wow, I guess they already used it on Briere.

Playoff baseball does. And basketball. And football. But definitely baseball. As someone who loves all 4 of these sports, this is 100% wrong. You can't really have a legitimate opinion on the topic since you admittedly have no interest in hockey and are going to rule against it in any comparison.

Man, I hope he's okay long term.

Late to the thread, but holy [expletive] [expletive] yes! Best season of any sport I've ever followed. What a game, what a team, what a [expletive] season! Woooooo! Hell yes!!!!

Never seen him play well. Least favorite player on the roster. Oduya is a very good player. He's been great this year...

Toews confirms that he will be playing tonight.

This is just ridiculous. Hawks have had a positive Corsi in every game this series, and only once by less than double digits (game 1: +51, game 2: +13, game 3: +7, game 4: +14). The Hawks have clearly been the better team in this series, both by eye test (games 1, 2 and 4 all looked like the Hawks carried more of the play) and even more by the numbers, and now they have home ice in a best of 3. The Bruins are the best team the Hawks have played so it looks more even, but the Hawks are still the better team. Very silly to read this given the facts completely contradict it. Maybe it's fan pessimism that makes people come to these wrong conclusions, but I don't really get it.

#1 Cubs prospect, top 5-10 in baseball if this recent trend is legit.

Not at all.

I saw tiredness in OT -- or at least what I perceived to be tiredness. I guess it makes sense. Just OT after OT these past few games, it's got to wear on them eventually. I don't see why the Hawks can't play more like they did in the 1st period moving forward. They completely dominated the Bruins, and really the game shouldn't have even gone to OT. It was a classic ref mistake, not having enough visual angles to see where the puck is around the net. It happens. I'd like to pose a serious question: why do people around here think there's suddenly no chance? I went back and watched game 1 (I was traveling during most of the game). I saw the Hawks get beat fairly bad in the early 1st period, then adjust and pretty much dominate play in the 2nd period. Then they let a goal in the 3rd to go down 3-1, but adjusted quickly and scored a couple goals to tie it. To me, the Hawks did not get lucky in game 1. They won because they were supposed to -- they were the better team. Game 2, the Hawks controlled play the entire 1st period, then part of the 2nd. From about the halfway point of the 2nd period on, they were controlled. So, you've got the Hawks actually controlling more of the ice time so far, or at the very least a pretty even split. My question: how does this equal the Hawks having no chance whatever? Reactionary panic by impulsive fans. Nothing has changed, we have just as good of a chance as winning as they do. Games go back and forth, both teams will carry play again during this series and it will go back and forth.

This is pathetically stupid. Hawks demolished them in Corsi in game 1 (+51), and despite the "dominant" play of the Bs in game 2, the Hawks were still +13. The Hawks have been the better team through 2 games. The Hawks clearly have a good shot to win the series. Seriously embarrassing responses to an OT loss.

Lol triple OT in the NBA is still a joke compared to triple OT in the NHL.

I realize this is part of the flaw in OPS, but Baez (.325/.511, .836) now has a higher OPS than Soler (.352/.481, .833).