RC & AC hang out by themselves this time because everyone else had better things to do or whatever. Topics include:
- Awesome work by Wicks and Assad
- What’s up with Taillon
- Cubs vs Brewers
- The very likely opening Wild Card round
- Some thoughts on the social media platform formerly known as Twitter
I did a bit more editing this time but got pissed off several times because my mouse crapped out here or there and changed settings all funky on me, so at least this is a short one.
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Reds we’re 0-26, but now they’re 1-27. Damn.
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At least the Reds still lost, and the Dbacks are still losing
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Any of the guys with * seem like good adds to me. Carrasco and Anderson have been bad bad bad this year.
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Dbacks have also lost, SF has that last wild card spot now
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Three-way tie in the AL West!
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Not that pitcher wins matter but Steele has a shot at 20 if he starts every five days instead of every fifth turn through the rotation.
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Game of inches all night long
https://www.mlb.com/video/condensed-game-mil-chc-8-29-23
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Perkins,
I think they would normally do that if Stroman was healthy and Smyly didn’t suck, but it also might be a good idea to give guys like Assad and Wicks more rest and to also minimize bad Taillon
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Today’s IG looks quite tough. I appreciate the freebie on SDP .300 career hitter, though Gwynn is over 90%. (dying laughing)
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I don’t actually know any Orioles who hit .300…
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Big oof today. And not sure how I forgot Peavy was a Giant.
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I put Jose Vizcaino in the center square and then quit. Career .300 hitters may as well be unicorns, especially on recent expansion franchises.
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Today’s lineup
https://twitter.com/Cubs/status/1696911627847667843?t=7srbLMKLWE0mxpojFp1ZQw&s=19
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My only good square was Piazza instead of Gwynn.
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LFG Cubs
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berselius,
Take a pic of a Darwin Barney shirsey
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BVS,
Don’t tell me what to do
berseliusQuote Reply
Secondary to the game itself, the real W will be seeing more Zambrano jerseys than Theriot. So far it’s a 1-1 tie.
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berselius,
Should definitely take all the pictures for a gallery post later (dying laughing)
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Rice Cube,
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Can confirm that Nisei Lounge still has the correct diviness level dialed in
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berselius,
Nice seats, good luck
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berselius,
Wait you flew to Madison and then drove down?
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Rice Cube,
Back up in WI the rest of the week. I had already booked my tickets before I decided to hit Wrigley
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Hot
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Ian Happ, #3 hitter
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For a guy nicknamed “The Professor” those last couple ABs had some really dumb decisions
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Rice Cube,
As someone who regularly works with professors, dumb decisions track (dying laughing)
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berselius,
Just as having billions of dollars doesn’t prove intelligence, neither does having a PhD (dying laughing)
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Multiple Addison Russell jerseys 😬
berseliusQuote Reply
I’m almost as surprised people bought those in the first place as I am that they’d wear them after he turned out to be such a POS.
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Perkins,
One of them is my mom’s age, just gonna pretend they’re as oblivious about player stuff as she is
berseliusQuote Reply
One of the games I went to was the 2016 game with Hendricks shutting out the Pirates late, fun
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Grab some bench yelich
berseliusQuote Reply
A bit sus that the Brewers haven’t so much as had a check swing against a splitter except the one right down the middle.
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(dying laughing) at the organist playing Forever Young as Ross comes out
berseliusQuote Reply
What a stupid inning, Leiter should be ashamed of himself
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berselius,
Please inform as to whether we are losing or winning now
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Well fuck
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Oof
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I think Alzolay gets the blown save but that one was all on Leiter.
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I put that one on Ross getting too cute using Leiter as a LOOGY when Merryweather was cruising.
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Never bunt
berseliusQuote Reply
At least Ross has stopped overmanaging.
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I don’t understand this plate blocking rule (dying laughing)
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Belli
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Belli
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Tell me you got video of that bullshit run (dying laughing)
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Yeah cool
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M—-> inverted
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This game, man (dying laughing)
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2:31 of heart-stopping action as Cubs take the series, enjoy the off day kids
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18-9 in August
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berselius,
Now that’s a featured image (dying laughing)
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And Zambrano takes the lead, double win
berseliusQuote Reply
That was a few innings I recently enjoyed
SKQuote Reply
Oops
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Maybe they were, or were thought to be, Jeff Russell uniforms.
Who can remember numbers anyway?
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If the Dodgers oblige tonight…Cubs will be up at least 1.5 games, probably 2, in the second wild card spot, 3 back of Brewers in the division
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I suppose I shouldn’t be greedy about a series win in which two games were decided by one run, but it’s such a shame Taillon laid an egg on Monday. A sweep would have been killer.
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Would be shades of
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FU picture linking from a phone (dying laughing), but that’s the Aramis walk off
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berselius,
That’s in a month
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Aroldis Chapman had a really stupid inning to allow the Mets to walk off in extras, or I guess it was a plunk off
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Braves/Twins was too tough for me, but proud of the rarity score overall.
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All hail former Cubs legend Sam Fuld
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Perkins,
Praise be to Terry Mulholland. That dude was traded midseason 6 TIMES and played for 12 teams. It’s a nightmare remembering which ones, so he kills as many of my grids as he saves, (dying laughing).
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Rice Cube,
I was shocked at the rarity score of ~1% for Miles Mastrobuoni. Obviously it will fluctuate as the day goes, I almost never use active players so that could have something to do with it.
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andcounting,
Honestly I was surprised that former Cubs legend Aramis Ramirez had such a low score
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I was surprised Jacque Jones was one of the highest for CHC-MIN. Wish I’d thought to use Matt Garza, Jason Marquis, or Joe Nathan. Equally surprised Luis Castillo is only at 1% on MIN-NYM.
My grid is pretty laden with former Cubs: Derrek Lee, Kyle Farnsworth, Matt Lawton, Jacque Jones, Edwin Jackson, and Sam Fuld.
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Rice Cube,
There are just so many. Even with Aramis he came over with Kenny Lofton, and Jose Hernandez and Bobby Hill went the other way, so remembering that trade triggers other less obvious answers. I went with Bill Madlock who was a surprisingly popular choice. Rick Reuschel may have been better. But out of nearly 300 possibilities to show up on 22% of the grids is a pretty good showing by ARam.
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Perkins,
That IS surprising. I never ever remember Jacque Jones, and even when I hear his name I confuse him with Juan Pierre. Rick Aguilera always comes to mind first, even before Coomer.
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My proudest ex-Cub answer was Rey Sánchez for Mets/Rays.
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I used LaTroy Hawkins, and in retrospect I probably should’ve used Gorzelanny or Grabow too
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Saved by some WAGs in 1st 2 columns
One of my WAGs
People filling this in obviously don’t listen to the Voices of Summer.
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White Sox Getz their new GM eh
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Cleveland just screwed the NL wild card folks haha
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Ah well, at least that means we don’t have to deal with a Clevinger
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Tada
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O hai
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For immediate impact in advance of the series:
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Rice Cube,
Do they have 3 days to report like traded players do?
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BVS,
I’m about 98.6% sure they threw them on an airplane ASAP as soon as the claims were known
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Pansies
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Light schedule today. Good blood pressure reset.
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andcounting,
Go Nats, go Padres
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I think you all might enjoy this one
https://twitter.com/AP_Sports/status/1697359724784574480?t=ijKFA4bzLcsZzWJ09BU8zA&s=19
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Josh Donaldson –> Brewers
https://twitter.com/BNightengale/status/1697374774123733101?t=SYzUOPOx7n3oOLJYLLvNhA&s=19
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Belated postgame
http://www.obstructedview.net/cubs-3-brewers-2/
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