Transmogrified Tiger
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Just to be contrarian, I wouldn't be surprised if the team foots the bill. One charter gets any and all players from their team to the game, and their team is guaranteed to send at least one person to the game, so it's a predictable one time per year expense.
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Yes, Hendricks, Hammel, Lackey to start after the break. -
CJ CJ CJ
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Someone has to go when Soler comes back too.
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PNC National Forest strikes again
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Was Bell back tracking to second before Baez took extra steps? If so then that's a decent decision on Baez's part, and even if it wasn't his part in that play made it very likely they could've gotten both lead runners. Zobrist is more at fault for thinking they can get Marte after Baez took steps with the ball.
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unlucky high bounce, man
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Zobrist you have to know who's running, get Bell in the rundown instead of trying for the 5-4-3
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unlucky for Addison, 1-0 the odds of Javy getting a fastball, especially a high fastball that leads the catcher into the throw, are not high
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I don't think your larger point here is invalid, but Arrieta has always been in terrific shape. If anything, it's the mental side of the game that's been most attributed to him repeating his mechanics better. I specifically remember a national TV breakdown where they had some ex-pitcher talking about how hard it would be to get on top of the sinker from the position Arrieta throws it without being in utterly ridiculous shape. Right, I'm not arguing your point that Arrieta repeating his mechanics takes more athleticism/strength than the average pitcher. What I was getting at is that he always was in shape to do it, even in Baltimore. Him slipping could be an age related thing like you mention, but I'm clarifying that Arrieta has always been in terrific shape and might have slid slightly due to age, not whipped himself into shape to be super Jake and now has lost it.
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I don't think your larger point here is invalid, but Arrieta has always been in terrific shape. If anything, it's the mental side of the game that's been most attributed to him repeating his mechanics better.
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2 outs and Lackey due up I get being extra aggressive, but that's a bit far
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and that son, is the story of Andrew McCutchen, baseball's first blind all-star
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I liked how Almora knew he crushed it Let's all pretend what Contreras would have done/will do in that situation, I vote back hand spring to first base
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This isn't a bad stretch anymore. They have the 3rd worst record in baseball in the last 30 games and have been a below .500 team in their last 60 or so. At this point, you have to wonder if the start of the season was more of a fluke than this bad stretch. Do we really need to go over this again? The Cubs played at a 125 win pace in April The Cubs played at a 104 win pace in May The Cubs played at a 114 win pace in June up until the Cardinals series The Cubs have played at a 41 win pace their last 20 games(assuming today is a loss) What's the fluke now?
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Everyone has pitching worries beyond 2016, such is the nature of pitching. The Mets are currently living through the pain of that reality right now. The Cubs will definitely have to focus improvements in that area, but they've done pretty well in building staffs so I have a lot of optimism.
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The offense has scored the better part of 5 runs per game during this terrible stretch, so if you're worried the Cubs aren't going to be any good going forward, the worry has to be about the pitching. Not even the Reds and Rockies are this bad in the long run, so there will be improvement organically(not playing literally every day will help too). The rest is up to your level of optimism in the entire rotation, and possibly the front office's ability to supplement it. So if you think the Cubs have a mediocre rotation going forward, then by all means indulge the desire to freak out about their slump. If you think they're still above average, then recognize that this sucks but is largely bad timing in a longer and successful season.
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I'm not sure how it can be any worse. I mean there really doesn't seem to be any end in sight for this and it's likely they will come back from the break and continue the absolute terrible pitching. I guess if your searching for a bright spot at least we scored some runs tonight? The Cubs have a 6 ERA since the slump started. If you think that's going to continue indefinitely then you can safely give up on the season.
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why are we intentionally adding baserunners with a runner on 2nd and 1 out
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this is the video game you turn off for being cheap in how they never let you succeed
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well at least Lester didn't get the bottom of the zone strike called when he's at the plate, otherwise I think he might've brained the umpire
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1-0 missed deep apparently
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I am prepared for the comebacker that turns into an underhanded disaster attempt at a 1-2-3 double play
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Jim Parsons has made tens if not hundreds of millions of dollars, why is he doing Intel commercials? I wonder if it's a charity thing like Alec Baldwin.
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I put something together on Happ and his in-season adjustments this year: http://northsidebaseball.com/articles/prospect-articles/41-ian-happ-is-learning Come for the Excel graph, stay for the words putting it in context!
