David

this is reminding me of milwaukee's first yesterday

SCORELESS FIRST!

wow how the hell did that stay in the park

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cq84Qu_BUWc

Here are the tweets, FWIW [tweet]https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/883040013998534656[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/883040172283219969[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/883040457458155521[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/883040984388562944[/tweet] [tweet]https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/883041515970453504[/tweet]

wonder where happ would've ranked had he continued to destroy in AAA

i'm just terrified of how bad verlander has been this year this isn't some "yeah his era is bad but look at his peripherals" thing more like "yeah all his numbers suck but his stuff looks great" which is way less comforting

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Pat Hughes has spent his life thinking ramen noodles were Roman noodles

horsefeathering broxton

willson has seemed to be really picking it up lately #silverlinings

I submit Hunter Pence

seriously the exact opposite of what should've happened

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please make me less annoyed with this dumpster fire of an inning, happ

when you need to cement a playoff berth it makes a lot more sense to go all in than when you are locked into one. this makes no sense. this is a much higher leverage spot in which to use said bullets. If you are the 1998 Cubs, sure, but the strategy can be a bit more conservative with a team that is built to be competitive for several years. Missing the playoffs for a year would suck, but it isn't the end of the world. I'm still not seeing the logic in being more willing to expend resources to improve when the team is more locked into a playoff spot. and, again, there is no way they'd give up the real assets for a half season rental this year. if they trade for a starter, that guy is needed going forward and will be contributing to those several years you're talking about.

classic KB double play avoidance

seriously, thanks joe for bringing that bum in

I really want to see how fast Willy can throw it off a mound. Maybe he will throw 110 MPH and we can turn him into a part time pitcher. am i crazy or was there a throw that javy made to home that statcast recorded in the upper 90s in pittsburgh in 2015

i'll never understand this. the sports media says stuff like this too. if you think the cubs are worse than you thought coming into this season, that's all the more reason to get more help, fix obvious holes, and win a very winnable division. It's about not expending your somewhat limited resources on a borderline playoff contender. I get it that anything can happen in the playoffs and the goal is generally just to get to the playoffs and hope for the best, but there are only so many prospect "bullets" that can be used before the farm system has been depleted. I would prefer to spend those when they can take a team from good to great, rather than from average to slightly above average. This year's team just feels like it is more than 1 good starting pitcher away from being a World Series contender. when you need to cement a playoff berth it makes a lot more sense to go all in than when you are locked into one. this makes no sense. this is a much higher leverage spot in which to use said bullets. and how many times do we need to see 87 win wild cards and crap division winners win world series to realize that there is no such thing as a team built to win a world series (beyond obviously being built to win a division) the fact that the most dominant team in baseball also managed to win the world series last year doesn't nullify that. that same team was in serious peril multiple times in last year's run. if they were 10 games up and were talking about trading jimenez and cease for a starter, i'd be much more annoyed. not to mention that if they really pony up, it is almost certainly for an acquisition that'll be a key contributor beyond this season.

it felt very satisfying to say jackass. i'm going to use that insult more often.

we're going to score 7 runs and i'm going to be even happier that maddon decided to throw gasoline on a small fire by bringing this jackass in

now that the win probability is like 1%, i'm kind of enjoying watching this guy piss his pants like one of us would if we were thrown into this situation

i'll never understand this. the sports media says stuff like this too. if you think the cubs are worse than you thought coming into this season, that's all the more reason to get more help, fix obvious holes, and win a very winnable division.

i called this on a 1-0 count btw