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  1. David
    please oh please let this stand so brandon phillips has to go back out on the field
  2. David
    damn i thought heyward had it for a second and was pimping the hell out of it
  3. David
    what am i missing about the actual scores other than the fact that they've won a lot of one run games Maybe that they do well in all types of 1-run games? If this were only happening in 2-1 and 1-0 games, it might be indicative of having a few strong starters, with a lock-down bullpen, and maybe sprinkle in some elite defense. But, that's not really the case, anyway, as their bullpen has been bad. But, being 13-4 in one-run games in which they've given up at least 4 runs is really weird. I guess I never really saw it as anything very skill or merit based and mostly just dumb luck, so I hadn't given any thought to the whys.
  4. David
    i just pictured walking into someone's bathroom and seeing their dirty anus brush hanging in the shower and i gagged
  5. David
    what am i missing about the actual scores other than the fact that they've won a lot of one run games
  6. David
    Wish we had jumped on this tbh
  7. David
  8. David
    Right. Note how low the Rangers and Indians (both of whom will win their divisions with ease) are.
  9. David
    Let me preface this by pointing out something I don't really think I need to point out. I'm a well known Vin Scully hater. That said - these are pretty great. [tweet] [/tweet] and [tweet] [/tweet]
  10. David
    Wait, what? Who would you want starting the 4th game? Brain fart, forgot Lester (or whoever the game 1 starter is) wouldn't be on regular rest for game 4. I thought the DS was lined up to go 1,2,3,1,2 with all on regular rest. Move along nothing to see here ah yeah, no. There's a reason we went Hammel/bullpen last year, haha.
  11. David
    That was the case two days ago. Then yesterday it wasn't. Guess it is again. Either way, I'm guessing the Cleveland injuries combined with the Rangers not actually being any good (especially in the eyes of their projections, I'm sure), have a lot to do with it.
  12. David
    Wait, what? Who would you want starting the 4th game?
  13. David
    It benefits him by not going under the knife. Is throwing the devastating slider a couple of times a game really going to change his chances of injury that much, especially at age 31? I am actually asking not refuting your point. Also I stopped reading your last post and didn't realize you already brought up Jake's FA put spun into a different perspective than mine, my bad. Remember the talk of the dangers of slider reliance when Garza came and started throwing it a bunch more (and being much more successful)?
  14. David
    Let me clarify. I 'get' the reasoning why this is a theory, but I have never heard of a pitcher purposely avoiding throwing his best pitch all season to save it for the postseason. David made a point about Kerry Wood and the slurve, but he *never* used the slurve after his first couple of injuries and that was because throwing that pitch would make it likely he is injured again. Maybe there is a concern about Jake getting injured if he throws the slider at the same frequency and same break as last year, I don't know. You also have to remember Jake wants Kershaw money and as much as he's a team guy and wants to win it all, I am not sure how it benefits him to virtually stop using his best pitch 18 months away from his only chance at big money FA. I think what TT said is probably right (as usual). That's a concern with any pitcher with the slider. The Cubs had the luxury of having it wrapped up pretty easily and Arrieta has the luxury of having a repertoire that can still be pretty successful without it. I know Jake and Bosio (much like Sale) talked about pitching more to contact before the season, too. Maybe there's some correlation there. I'd guess that it wasn't intentional but I wouldn't be shocked if there was some sort of conscious effort involved in what we've seen with his pitch usage this year.
  15. David
    I'm not disagreeing that it's probably not actually the case that he's intentionally not throwing it (or with less intensity) but that logic is ehhh...think of how many jams Kerry Wood could've gotten out of if he decided to throw the slurve again.
  16. David
    drinky is a clown and there's a reason he's been a producer for like 15 years or something
  17. David
    What is this about? Not watching took a liner off his right wrist...stayed in. it's all red and blue.
  18. David
    javy would've had him
  19. David
    jesus christ
  20. David
    i wonder where heyward was when votto didn't catch that ball
  21. David
    they just said that if the score holds in the nats game (it did) and the cubs win, it'll be down to 3 Does that magic number account for the fact that we won the season series and thus the tiebreaker? If not then the true magic number is 1 lower no clue. ask len. it's social media night.
  22. David
    yay heyward
  23. David
    amazing that we might have no 20 game winners, especially with the start jake had.
  24. David
    they just said that if the score holds in the nats game (it did) and the cubs win, it'll be down to 3
  25. David
    yay RD game
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