OV Pic of the Day: Is It Friday Friday Yet?

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It’s two Pics of the Day in a row for Blake Dewitt.  I’m sure he would be honored if he had any idea this part of the interwebz existed.

Anyway, the Cubs lost and Prince Fielder inched closer to Mike Schmidt as all-time Cubs killer extraordinaire.  But Blakey has even more problems.

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(Photo by Scott Boehm/Getty Images)

We-we-we such a bad team. We such a bad team. We gonna lose again today…


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  1. Urk

    Hilarious. Now i’m just looking forward to the Cubs finishing this series and getting on to doing some real good in the world by being swept by The Pirates, so they can make up for the injustice done by the “human element” known otherwise as tired umpires.

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  2. Dr. Aneus Taint

    Had not seen that before. Was the ump able to justify doing his job while masturbating into his eyes?

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  3. Berselius

    [quote name=Urk]Hilarious. Now i’m not looking forward to Friday being stuck in my head all day, you fucker.[/quote]
    Fixed for accuracy. (dying laughing)

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  5. WaLi

    I sprained my ankle with no breaks and nothing showing up on the MRI and it wasn’t right for over a month. Granted I’m not an athlete and don’t have trainers, but I can’t imagine him not going on the DL.

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  6. binky

    I guess Z said he wants to stay if there are changes. I think Z feels the same way everyone feels in regards to housecleaning etc.

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  7. Dr. Aneus Taint

    shoemile: Good to hear about the draft and IFA spending. I wonder how it stacks up against other big market teams.

    Alvin: I’m not 100% sure. But from what I heard, it seems fairly close.

    shoemile: I hope so. That’s what more important to me.

    Alvin: Really? Just the dollar amount? Not the quality of players signed?

    Alvin and cunt:

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  8. Dr. Aneus Taint

    Just so you know, Al’s sources have been wrong

    more than they’ve been right. At least when he’s told us.

    Of course, when it turns out they’re wrong, the rebuttal is “they were right AT THE TIME”

    And Al, if you don’t want people to call you to the carpet when this happens, I would suggest not being so quick to rush into every thread where another writer uses unnamed sources and claim it’s unsubstantiated

    by Nunyabidness on Jul 27, 2011 6:57 PM CDT upreply

    You really think I want to post this stuff and get flamed here?

    Really, if you think that’s the case, think again. I post info that I have that I know to be true at the time I’m told it.

    So do other writers. They turn out to be wrong, too. Yet I get slammed, and these other tweets get breathlessly posted here.

    Something’s wrong with this picture, and it ain’t me.

    by Al Yellon on Jul 27, 2011 9:24 PM CDT upreply

    (dying laughing)

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  9. Dr. Aneus Taint

    Yes, I have high standards too.

    Those standards include not naming a source when I have been asked not to, and not divulging information that I have been asked to keep private.

    You seem to think you’re above all that. Got news for you: you’re not.

    I work my ass off trying to provide a site where everyone feels welcome, and to give out useful information when I get it. When I see posts from people like you, who have a know-it-all attitude (but really don’t), it … well, it makes me sad.

    “Higher standards”. From you? I could say something, but I’m done.

    by Al Yellon on Jul 27, 2011 6:19 PM CDT upreply

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  10. Dr. Aneus Taint

    Wow, that thread is a goldmine:

    I’d prefer you put your snarky attitude away

    when I am telling you the truth.

    by Al Yellon on Jul 27, 2011 6:10 PM CDT upreply

    Believe it or not

    … I don’t really like banning people. Some people just push me too far. When he goes and asks me to ban him — as he has — my reaction is to NOT do it. Why should I give in to a childish dare?

    by Al Yellon on Jul 27, 2011 6:29 PM CDT upreply

    Hmm. I guess KOWOH did go a bit too far when he tried to organize a picnic.

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  11. WaLi

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]Wow, that thread is a goldmine:

    Hmm. I guess KOWOH did go a bit too far when he tried to organize a picnic.[/quote]You tried to organize a picnic? (dying laughing)

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  12. Dr. Aneus Taint

    Carlos Zambrano told reporters, including Paul Sullivan of the Chicago Tribune, that he wants to stay in Chicago as long as there is “change” (Twitter link). The right-hander, who is available in trades, did not specify what kind of change he’s looking for.
    — mlbtraderumors

    Though he did follow that up by saying, “Look out, you rock-n-rollers.”

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  13. Mish

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]Wow, that thread is a goldmine:

    Hmm. I guess KOWOH did go a bit too far when he tried to organize a picnic.[/quote]Something’s wrong with this picture, and it ain’t me.

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  14. Mish

    This could use the most interesting man meme..”There’s not always something wrong with the picture, but when there is, it ain’t me.”

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  15. Dr. Aneus Taint

    [quote name=WaLi]You tried to organize a picnic? (dying laughing)[/quote]
    KOWOH did. IIRC, people were banned for offering to bring certain foodstuffs.

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  20. Aisle424

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]KOWOH did. IIRC, people were banned for offering to bring certain foodstuffs.[/quote]
    ccd got banned for offering to bring coleslaw.

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  23. WaLi

    [quote name=Aisle424]ccd got banned for offering to bring coleslaw.[/quote]Coleslaw… it … well, it makes Al sad.

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  24. Aisle424

    If the beer is now changed to a Big Gulp, there should probably also be a bologna sandwich sitting in front of him.

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  25. Aisle424

    [quote name=WaLi]Coleslaw… it … well, it makes Al sad.[/quote]
    I could say something, but I’m done.

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  26. Dr. Aneus Taint

    [quote name=Aisle424]ccd got banned for offering to bring coleslaw.[/quote]
    Yep. He pushed Alvin too far.

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  27. Mish

    [quote name=Aisle424]I could say something, but I’m done.[/quote]Something’s wrong with this picture, and it ain’t me.

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  28. Mish

    There’s at least 4-5 new quotables from this thread already. I declare today a win already, at the ripe time of 8:53 AM.

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  36. Dr. Aneus Taint

    [quote name=dylanj]no, jackson really needs to be in iowa for awhile/ the guy is not MLB ready[/quote]
    Methinks he’s about as ML ready as he’s going to get.

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  37. Berselius

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]Albert Haynesworth —> NE

    Wow.[/quote]
    Despite the 3-4 there, if anyone can make that work it’s NE

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  38. Berselius

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]Methinks he’s about as ML ready as he’s going to get.[/quote]
    Yeah, if he got promoted to Iowa he’s ready. AAA teams are pretty much taxi squads. If he can do well in AA he’s ready to go.

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  39. dylanj

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]Methinks he’s about as ML ready as he’s going to get.[/quote]
    he’s 22 Ryno. There’s time to adjust

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  43. Berselius

    [quote name=dylanj]21 k’s in 58 AB’s. He needs time folks. Rushing him up would be a mistake[/quote]
    Jackson is always going to strike out a lot – that’s the kind of hitter he is.

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  44. dylanj

    [quote name=Berselius]Jackson is always going to strike out a lot – that’s the kind of hitter he is.[/quote]
    if this is how he is right now then he is utterly useless. He’s struggling in a harder league in AAA. Moving up up to the bigs is a mistake. He’s young. He’s still developing. Leave him be.

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  46. Berselius

    [quote name=dylanj]if this is how he is right now then he is utterly useless. He’s struggling in 58 ABs a harder league in AAA. Moving up up to the bigs is a mistake. He’s young. He’s still developing. Leave him be.[/quote]
    Fwiw. I’d rather keep him down for service time reasons.

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  47. dylanj

    let Colvin take the rest of the AB’s this year. We can figure out what he’s about.

    Also szrururu dislocated his pinky

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  49. Chris Dickerson

    [quote name=JMan]Levine reported that Colvin is expected to be in MIL should the trade be finished before gametime.[/quote]
    Ugh. I’d rather Tyler stayed in Iowa and tried to get right and they brought up someone like Lou Montanez to come up and watch Reed Johnson play RF.

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  50. JMan

    [quote name=Chris Dickerson]Ugh. I’d rather Tyler stayed in Iowa and tried to get right and they brought up someone like Lou Montanez to come up and watch Reed Johnson play RF.[/quote]i think Reed is dealing with back issues anyways. If the Cubs are going to use a platoon this year it needs to be Johnson/Colvin.

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  51. Dr. Aneus Taint

    [quote name=Berselius]Despite the 3-4 there, if anyone can make that work it’s NE[/quote]
    I think he’d make a good two-gapping 5-technique that would free up their OLB. Basically, opposing teams would have to put four OL on Wilfork and Haynesworth.

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  52. Berselius

    [quote name=JMan]i think Reed is dealing with back issues anyways. If the Cubs are going to use a platoon this year it needs to be Johnson/Colvin.[/quote]
    They’ll bring back the maroon and play Johnson/Soriano (dying laughing)

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  53. Chris Dickerson

    [quote name=JMan]i think Reed is dealing with back issues anyways. If the Cubs are going to use a platoon this year it needs to be Johnson/Colvin.[/quote]
    I hear you, but I just think Quade will trot out everyone he can before he gives Colvin regular ABs. Blake DeWitt will become the every day RF before Colvin will.

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  54. Dr. Aneus Taint

    [quote name=dylanj]21 k’s in 58 AB’s. He needs time folks. Rushing him up would be a mistake[/quote]
    At the time of the draft, I thought he would struggle to hit pro pitching. To be fair, though, I didn’t think he’d make it at AA. He proved me wrong, but what he’s doing in AAA right now is what I thought he’d do at the ML level.

    I think he’s just in a bad streak right now. I think he’s better than what he’s showing at AAA, but this is what he is.

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  55. Dr. Aneus Taint

    Buster_ESPNBuster Olney

    Cubs get 2 prospects; presumably the Cubs will kick in chunk of almost $5 million owed to Fukudome. Deal likely done by gametime today.

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  61. Dr. Aneus Taint

    [quote name=GBTS]They already have an Asian OF, Ryno.[/quote]
    Good, so they already sell headbands.

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  62. GBTS

    [quote name=Dr. Aneus Taint]Good, so they already sell headbands.[/quote]They’re right next to the tomohawks.

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  65. mb22

    [quote name=dylanj]well our games will go faster now that we got rid of the only guy who can work a count[/quote]Any chance we can speed the total game time up to about 7 to 8 minutes? That’s all I can watch this team in one sitting anymore.

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  66. mb22

    I’d leave Brett Jackson down until June or July of next year. I’d like to get that 7th year and this year is pointless. Plus, dude has issues.

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  67. mb22

    I don’t know how many Dayton Moore’s there are in Kansas City, but one of them just called me. I got all excited thinking I was getting called up to the big leagues, but turns out it was a wrong number.

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  71. Mish

    In return, they’ll get Triple-A right-handed reliever Carlton Smith, who has a 4.50 earned-run average, and Class-A outfielder Abner Abreu, who is hitting .244.

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  73. AndCounting

    [quote name=mb22]Any chance we can speed the total game time up to about 7 to 8 minutes? That’s all I can watch this team in one sitting anymore.[/quote]It’s usually over by then, if not sooner.

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