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I wasn't able to keep up with the news the last couple of weeks. Why is Montgomery starting? (I'm not complaining) Did he replace Butler?

Their PA announcer sounds like he should be a truckasauras rally

working fine for me

I'm going to go anti-Rondon Fan and say most of the rain passes by 3 and they get this in.

I'm sorry but I'm lost...Are you trying to make a joke about how he looks like a serial killer or something? Honestly, you make some of the weirdest posts on here. They're funny sometimes (I guess)... *Apathetic grunt* http://www.post-gazette.com/image/2015/05/19/ca415,0,2185,1769/happ0520.jpg Is that dried blood on his neck?

BALLS!

A better article. This is about Schwarber and the front office. http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2017/03/29/face-of-the-philosophy-schwarber/

Hmm... it seems like someone should have foreseen this issue. The solution is obvious, just start the inning with the bases loaded and one out.

Not even close in my mind. I don't want anyone associated with Baylor.

I'm only half listening at work, but I think at least a couple of those hits given up by Anderson were infield hits.

I'll give this a shot. Hopefully I'm not totally out of whack. K-L-C-Q-H-A-J-I-F-D-B-M-G-O-R-N-P-E

It looks like he already shaved it off.

Greenville? Nice! my brother went there and I went to Maryville in St. Louis. Many nights at the truck stop in pocahontas with him and his friends. Gotta love Pokey! When did your brother attend? 97-01 I think

CCIW? Smaller. SLIAC. Here's the box: http://athletics.greenville.edu/sports/mbkb/2016-17/boxscores/20170211_ek2z.xml Greenville? Nice! my brother went there and I went to Maryville in St. Louis. Many nights at the truck stop in pocahontas with him and his friends.

one theory I've always had is the helmet provides a false sense of security. Football players use it like a weapon, which is dumb. But the baseball helmet is barely a thing, it really doesn't do much but provide minimal protection from a pitched ball, and players aren't going to go crazy thinking they are protected from it. The softball helmet is like a baseball/football helmet hybrid and it may give some players a false sense of security to play with reckless abandon with regards to their head. Combine that with shorter base paths and shorter infield plays and more opportunity for quick contact and that's why it's exponentially more dangerous. I would think since a lot of players slap hit, there might be more foul tips into the catchers mask too.

yes

My big fat obnoxious boss. I even watched the episodes that never aired.

http://www.thesportsbank.net/core/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/jay-cutler-dont-care.jpg Someone should remind that guy how many fans the Cardinals were really actually drawing while still in the thick of wild card contention, rather than just tickets sold. My favorite personal anecdote about terrible cardinals fans. I worked for a company in STL that had tickets to every home game, which employees could put there name in for and use if the executives didn't want them. At the end of the 2006 season, the woman in charge of the tickets, would call me before every game, because I was the only one that wanted the tickets out of the 500 employees that worked there. These were seats, behind the on deck circle, with free food and drinks, and if I didn't take the tickets they would go unused. This was in a year they won the world series. edit: and I most often went with my Dodger fan friend, because none of the Cardinals fans wanted to go.

I thought I read it was teams above the luxury tax that received the harsher penalties

Just read this thread for the first time, while re-watching the game. It's still a roller coaster ride the second time.

Since we have the last at bat, by starting a more defensive minded player you can maximize his innings on defense while minimizing his abs. Also, in theory, we won't need the defense as much later in the game, because our relievers strike out batters at a higher rate, but since we'll have the lead we can bring in the other defensive stud. But you can do that at any point in the game. You can start with a guy like Soler in RF, who isn't great but isn't Schwarber (who may be inhuman as a hitter, but how many fly balls has he taken since spring training?). As the game progresses, if the need arises, you can insert Schwarber in a double switch or straight up for Soler to maximize the importance of his 1-2 ABs, then if the Cubs have the lead late, you take him out for Heyward or Almora. With that strategy, you have 1 or 0 ABs by a guy like Heyward that's been sucking out loud. And you have at least some potential for donging with Soler getting a couple ABs early in the game. If we get out to a nice lead, you don't bring in Kyle but go straight to Heyward in the middle innings. We have the flexibility in our roster to do that and I think you start the game assuming you're not PH for Hendricks until at least bottom of the 6th. Again, this assumes he's medically cleared for the OF. But if he hasn't been taking fly balls since spring training, I can't see how you put him in the OF with a guy that pitches to weak contact like Hendricks. Get the lead off the Indians crappy SP, play good defense, and let Scwharber PH in a key spot if you need it - that'd be my plan for Game 3. we are agreed.

Since we have the last at bat, by starting a more defensive minded player you can maximize his innings on defense while minimizing his abs. Also, in theory, we won't need the defense as much later in the game, because our relievers strike out batters at a higher rate, but since we'll have the lead we can bring in the other defensive stud. Edit: what WF22 said

BEEF!

Fangraphs had an article about how starting Heyward was a good way to maximize the number of innings he plays defense, while minimizing his at bats, especially at bats against lhrp by pinch hitting for him late. It sold me. edit: I guess the same works with Coghlan, except you aren't getting ++ defense.

Be there at least Saturday and Sunday, hopefully Friday too.