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  1. squally1313
    I will refuse to doubt Baez until he proves doubtable, but it is dubious that he is the only person in the history of the world to have his particular skillset. I will say that his patience has ticked up the last couple months (13 walks the last two months [lol that's an improvement]) so maybe he can Sammy Sosa himself into 50 walks next year? He had to do that this year to keep this team competitive w/o Bryant. He will not do that next year, but Bryant and Harper will make up for it. Yeah I'm already dreading the inevitable 'what happened to Javy' takes next year when he isn't getting 100% out of his abilities. But Javy and KB are going to combine for a little over 8 WAR this year...I'll take the over from those two going into 2019.
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    That was more a rallying cry than anything else. I'm a bit past the whole 'we got this' thing at this point, although I think a lot of that is just reduced enthusiasm coming from the Russell story and the team's response. Then again, if people are looking for reassurance something, like, 58 times over the course of a 157 game stretch where the team had the best record in the National League...maybe that's on them too.
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    [tweet] [/tweet] Yeah, he can go.
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    Let's circle back to the top here. Yeah I know...first time leaving early this year. I screwed up my knee last week and I'm still hobbling around, wanted to beat all the foot traffic leaving at the end of the game, and could kinda tell from the results on the field some grand comeback wasn't very likely.
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    I was sitting in this section but left at the end of the 7th (wanted to watch Brewers/Cardinals). The racist dude and his bro buddy holding him back showed up in the top of the fifth with four other people, each of them carrying two beers each, walked right down to the front row, stood in front of a family trying to take seats that were clearly already taken (coats, food, etc), and then stood blocking the family for about 90 seconds before finally moving elsewhere. Class guys, all around.
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    2018 KB would actually make a pretty solid top of the order hitter. He's still going to take his walks and he's still a very good baserunner. Zobrist KB Rizzo Baez Murphy Schwarber Contreras Pitcher Happ/Heyward
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    Yeah at this point I'm regretting saying anything because it's turned into this whole thing. Again, all I said was 'Do better', which I 100% believe he could have, both because I think there were better options and because he's been a really high character guy publicly the whole time he's been with the Cubs. Ultimately, this looks like we won't be seeing Russell in a Cubs uniform the rest of the year, which is a good thing.
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    It would have been pretty easy for him to just not answer given how new this information is. Instead, the one person/party he was critical of was the person/people doing the investigation. It's not a big deal, relative to Russell, obviously. That clip just reminded me of all the Trump Mueller criticism and Paul Ryan doing his standard 'well I haven't heard anything about that' crap. Probably overreacting though.
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    Do better, Rizzo. Eh, I kinda get it from a player perspective. He can only really say so much here. It's above his paygrade, so to speak. That should have been his answer, not criticizing the people doing the investigation. Came very close to 'I have no idea why this hasn't been wrapped up already'.
  11. squally1313
    Do better, Rizzo.
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    Yeah, and from what I remember, even the people that didn't like Milton Bradley...they didn't like him because of his glaringly obvious character issues, they didn't like him because he didn't hit for average or he 'wasn't a good team player' (hint hint). I think everyone has come a long way since then, but similar to what was echoed earlier, I'll give this board a lot of credit for pushing me in the right direction.
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    We've got 2, hopefully 3 years left on Lester's deal, and Hendrick's has two more arbitration years. If Arrieta goes down as the best/most memorable pitcher of this era, things will probably have gone pretty badly in the next few years. No one is going to top Jake's 2015, but ultimately what happens in October is going to stick around for me, and I think Kyle and Jon have quite a few big playoff games left ahead of them.
  14. squally1313
    Game 6 against the Dodgers goes down as the most enjoyable baseball game I've ever watched.
  15. squally1313
    Give Cishek a week off. He's not giving us anything right now that the James Norwoods of the world can't give us.
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    This year, according to BR: 82 PA, 8 H, 2 DB, 2 T, 3 HR, 36 BB, 31 K, for a slash line of: 174/.537/.500 for a OPS of 1.037. That's an amazing stat line, but it still feels like he goes into every 3-2 account like this:
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    Also, who are we rooting for in LA at St. Louis, besides for that entire stadium to fall into the Mississippi
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    I mean, what are you going to do when you go up against a pitcher who's had the kind of success he's had this year.
  20. squally1313
    I don't know man, Chatwood couldn't hit water if he fell out of a boat.
  21. squally1313
    Are we doing Mad Men? Are we breaking the glass in case of emergency? This board the last couple weeks:
  22. squally1313
    Based on FG projections we have a 71.1% chance of winning the division (99.7% to make the playoffs) Based on FG season to date we have a 60.9% (almost nice) chance of winning the division (99.4% to make the playoffs) Based on FG coinflip projections we have a 59.1% chance of winning the division (99.1% to make the playoffs) Go Cubs
  23. squally1313
    Chase Anderson isn't very good in general, but he's got reverse splits this year. and over his whole career. Give Murphy the day off, see if Russell shows anything at the plate.
  24. squally1313
    I gave up my ticket tonight to travel for work (out in Boston) and one of my buddies just won the 50/50, so cool, not like I'm missing an amazing night.
  25. squally1313
    Zobrist, Bryant, Rizzo, Baez, Murphy, Contreras, Schwarber, Pitcher, Heyward/Happ/Almora
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