javy knows my name

Taking a look at the stats, this could very well happen if he had to face Felipe Lopez two, three times in a row. Other than that, he should be fine.

Really? I seem to remember the first pitch he ever threw in the big leagues coming in a bases-loaded situation in a tight game in the 6th or 7th. After a lead-off walk, he got out of the inning with no further damage. This kid will be fine.

Aaron Boone sighting. CUBS WIN!

You got a belly laugh out of me. Well done

Will this finally bring an end to the ad nauseum Geovany Soto quotes?

Ironically, half of the thread is made up posts commenting on how short the thread is.

Crap, Lou's gonna get tired of us striking out and make us all be hyper-aggressive now

The Golden Sombrero in the freaking 7th?!

Haha don't know if you guys noticed this but the Nats are now 8-16. How'd they ever win eight?

Check out the run he makes at 1:15 into the video. He shows some acceleration that's reminiscent of Hester. Should be dangerous in the open field.

My favorite part of the draft coming up

Ohh I get it, because we're fellating him

This post doesn't make it clear what your answer is. I want them to do as well as they possibly can every year. But in some years that could be 75 wins, 85 wins or 90 wins. Actually winning the world series is definitely the most important goal. But getting to the World Series would be a huge step. Clearly everybody is dying to see AC000000 (and maybe that's how it would look no matter if they won or lost in the world series). I've seen the Bears win a Super Bowl. So getting to one wasn't as big as seeing the Cubs get into one. Still, it was pretty darn cool to at least have the team make it after all these years. I would not take that bet with the Bears. They need to win it all now. But after so many horrible seasons, and all those disastrous playoff appearances, actually winning 2 series, and 8 total playoff games (including 2 theoretical WS wins) would be so much more than I've ever experienced as a Cubs fan. I would view it was the next step, and then take my chances the next year. Ideally this is a 95+ win team that racks up a division, NLDS, NLCS and WS win. But I'm not sure they are good enough for that, and division, NLDS, NLCS (plus a couple WS wins) would be pretty darn cool. My answer was to the "would you rather they miss the playoffs or break your heart" form of your question. I want them to go as far as possible every year and while I wouldn't be satisfied with a pennant, I wouldn't be as disappointed as if they missed the playoffs altogether. So, I'm with you.

I love the implication that sarcasm has to do with anything being green. Brilliant!

This was pretty easy. I want them to do as well as they possibly can, every year

Were you watching on gameday or something? Only one was hit on the ground. The other was a line drive and both of them were smoked. What do you mean they were hit softly? They were hit hard. Where does it say anything about them getting hit softly? I see adjectives like "line drive" and "smoked"

Merge please

I don't think so, unless you are a fantasy owner. Aside from one season, he never stole bases with great efficiency, and his OBP isn't really high enough to make it an issue anyway. He is still fast enough to leg out a lot of doubles, and his XBH are his main asset. If his bat speed goes, that's an issue. I'm much more concerned with what it does to his defense. Great range in left was a major part of his value. He never ever ever had great range in left. Despite his speed, he gets terrible reads on balls out there

different country. different name. new stadium. same crappy ball club. Same club that terrorizes us despite folding for everyone else.

Hmm my point just got more relevant, so I'll reiterate: Over the last ten games, Soriano (6 PAs) is out OPS-ing Mike Fontenot (21 PAs). UGH

This makes no sense. Soriano - 6 ABs Fontenot - 20 ABs You sure?

HAHAHA Soriano is out-OPSing Fontenot in the last ten games

Justin Upton will probably go to the Hall of Fame

Winnar. Soto should bat no lower than fifth

WHY DO ALL YOUR LINEUPS HAVE SOTO SEEING THE LEAST OR SECOND-LEAST PLATE APPEARANCES?!?!