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9:13 AM – Jun 24, 2018
LA is a good place for Underwood to make his debut. He won’t strikeout many and if his control improvement this season is legit, he probably won’t walk too many either. He also probably won’t give up many long balls at LA. It’s a good choice. I wish Underwood struck out more batters, but it is what it is.
Underwood is very good. He has earned another start. Better stuff than I expected and great nerves. This dude seems like he could help a major league bullpen this year.
I do think it’s kind of funny that this happened in Lexington VA, where there is basically a statue of Stonewall Jackson on every corner (it was his hometown)
Even if we put aside how truly shitty Trump is to just about every living person on Earth, it’s absurd that people are upset about a restaurant owner’s decision to ask someone like SHS to leave. If I owned the restaurant, I’d have asked her to leave. I’ve have done so in a much more public manner than the owner did. I’d rather close the restaurant than serve her or anyone in her family.
It also bothers (but doesn’t surprise) me that people are drawing an analogy to that baker’s refusal to make a cake for a gay wedding. Mostly because people can’t choose whether they’re gay, but they can absolutely choose whether or not to be a lying, amoral garbage monster. Which SHS absolutely chose to be.
Yeah, that’s not surprising at all and neither is the Democrats response to it. Apparently the Democrats are trying to differentiate themselves from the Republicans by basically being Republicans. Any Democrat worth voting for would be standing up for that owner’s right to refuse service to SHS.
Perkins: Mostly because people can’t choose whether they’re gay, but they can absolutely choose whether or not to be a lying, amoral garbage monster. Which SHS absolutely chose to be.
Yeah, this seems plainly obvious to anyone with a functioning brain. I’m not even a fan of Waters, but I agree that people in this administration should expect to be confronted when out in public. When you treat everybody like shit, what else are they going to do? Every single decent person should be defending the restaurant owner, which means every single Democrat who suggested otherwise should be voted out of office when they’re up for election.
It’s essentially like equating the #metoo movement with racial/gender/orientation discrimination, that somehow it’s wrong to speak/act out against people for terrorizing humanity for personal gain.
That’s basically where my head is at. There should be social consequences for being a monumentally shitty person who habitually breaches the social contract, which describes basically everyone in the administration not named James Mattis.
The Democrats keep acting as though you can work out a compromise with people like this. You can’t. All you can do is out work and out draw them to beat them at the polls. Part of this is a problem of the left’s own making, though. So many conversations have been Godwin-ed to death that when a group that shows actual similarities to Nazis and fascists is ascending, there’s minimal credibility among the people calling them out.
There’s not common ground to be found with people who want to treat other groups of people as less than human. All you can do is defeat and discredit their ideas by offering better ones and motivating people to prevent them from gaining more power. And anyone on the right who claims to desire civility but also supported Trump at any point can and should be ignored forever. Those people are intellectually dishonest at best and manipulative sociopaths at worst.
i like this strategy, for folks that might be less inclined towards confrontation:
And in instances where a high-profile conservative-leaning patron comes in to dine, Roth Gullo says, she’ll take the proceeds of their meal and redirect them to a progressive group.
“I immediately donate all of the money I get from those individuals to the nonprofit that they’re against,” she said.
Were it my restaurant, I’d not even have let SHS (or any non-Mattis administration official) sit down to eat in the first place. Probably would have a policy for my staff to refuse service and incorporate some phrasing from the SCOTUS decision and finish by saying, “I’m sure you can appreciate the irony.”
FWIW, Lexington is a tiny-ass town three hours from DC, so I don’t think this is something anyone would have had a specific policy about (dying laughing). I’m mostly curious what the heck she was doing down there in the first place.
Are there actually people equating those two? As in, they think discriminating against sexual predators is on the same level as discriminating against someone for being black or a woman or anything else? Because if so, to borrow a phrase from Lawrence Oates, I’m going outside and may be some time.
Are there actually people…discriminating against sexual predators…for being black or a woman or anything else? Because if so, to borrow a phrase from Lawrence Oates, I’m going.
No, no. I mean, maybe, but none that I’ve heard of. I’m just drawing a parallel to point out how ridiculous any backlash against discrimination toward fascist assholes.
I’m just amazed at how badly the Democrats have fucked this up. This was so easy. Every democrat should have come out in support of what the owner did and for each argument against it they should have thrown one of Trump’s quotes back in their faces. This was easy. This was as easy as beating Trump and they fucked that up. It’s as easy as winning control of the house and I think they’ve fucked that up too. The Republicans are awful, but the Democrats are incompetent.
I saw this quote on Twitter (had to do a google search to find that it was on The Federalist):
Civility was once a cornerstone to American society. No matter our race, nationality, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or political affiliation, we were able to coexist and conduct a robust yet respectful dialogue. That may be coming to an abrupt end because of individuals like Maxine Waters.
(dying laughing) When exactly was civility a cornerstone to American society? During slavery? What about the genocide of the Native Americans? How about locking up every black person in America for minor crimes that white people got away with? Was it during the endless wars we’ve fought with our enemies (it’s easier to name our allies than it is to list our enemies)? I could go on and on. It would be nice if civility was actually a cornerstone to American society. It’s a dream that will never come true, but they say it’s good to have dreams.
You can’t possibly have a rational conversation about politics with someone who actually believes that shit. It’s impossible.
It’s especially funny since The Federalist has gone full bore on backing up Trump. Anyone who supports a racist insult comic and then bemoans the lack of civility is simply not worth engaging.
I think Trevor Noah once likened Trump supporters to the school bully who will say “that’s enough” during a fight and then start hitting someone again and then say “okay that’s enough” as soon as the person starts hitting back again. For a group that likes to use “snowflake” as an insult, these Trump supporters are pretty damn delicate.
I just got some junk mail that wondered if it was time for Jews to leave Europe. Where are the civility fetishists? Maybe I’m crazy, but even thinking about whether or not Jews should leave Europe seems to be considerably worse than quietly asking someone to leave a restaurant because you think they’re an awful human being (who is probably having a conversation at the table wondering whether it’s time for Jews to leave Europe).
Rizzo the Rat:
Contreras is back in the lineup,so I’m betting the Cubs score 7 runstonight.
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Forget that, he needs to post a comment that says “Donald Trump will have a massive heart attack today.”
Supplemental 2nd-rder Cole Roederer signs w/@cubs for $1.2 million (pick 77 value = $775,100). California HS OF, hampered by shoulder injury this spring but nice power/speed combination & five-tool potential. UCLA recruit. @MLBDraft
well OPS can actually be converted to R+RBI but it requires the use of phil rogers’s plus/minus system and is thus way too complicated for you jabronis
It wouldn’t surprise me. They’ll look unstoppable on offense for about the next week and then it will look like they have a AA offense for ten days. Their inconsistency is remarkably consistent.
Contreras tagged him out at home. Ever since the Posey Rule, every play at home leads to an argument over whether the catcher was blocking the plate or the runner slid legally.
That probably means he’ll get another MRI, be shut down for at least a few weeks before starting throwing the ball on flat ground. Unless there’s a miracle coming, earliest I see him returning is September.
That probably means he’ll get another MRI, be shut down for at least a few weeks before being buried ahead of the memorial service. Unless there’s a miracle coming, earliest I see him returning is September.
He’s directly responsible for nearly 70 Dodgers losses in his career. That’s a staggering total when you compare it to someone like Brian Duensing who has appeared in significantly more games.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahrBOvz1jzA
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I updated the top image with a gif that better expresses this series.
berseliusQuote Reply
this series is going to suck even more after they get swept in LA.
dmick89Quote Reply
It’s hard to believe that’s the same team that just played the Dodgers.
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http://mentalfloss.com/article/94427/watch-18-minutes-julia-louis-dreyfus-seinfeld-bloopers
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Duabe Underwood is starting tonight, and I am shocked that he’s only 23. It feels like he’s been in the system for a decade.
berseliusQuote Reply
LA is a good place for Underwood to make his debut. He won’t strikeout many and if his control improvement this season is legit, he probably won’t walk too many either. He also probably won’t give up many long balls at LA. It’s a good choice. I wish Underwood struck out more batters, but it is what it is.
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berselius,
Apparently, they’re giving Lester an extra day because he threw 119 pitches last time. Good thing we got that extra inning out of him, I guess.
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Also, Bryant is out of the lineup and so is Contreras, so I’m betting the Cubs score 1 run tonight.
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Rizzo the Rat,
They’d score 1 with them in the lineup.
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dmick89,
It could go either way.
berseliusQuote Reply
I always remember the Dodger Stadium sound guys as annoying, but it always surprises me just how irritating they are.
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Underwood won’t make it through 2 innings at this rate.
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Rizzo the Rat,
Two more batters even.
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(dying laughing) at the shot of him walking back to the dugout.
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Wait, the bases were loaded and he didn’t give up a walk or grand slam? Underwood is my new favorite Cubs pitcher.
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Pat points out that the Dodgers also got swept in a four game series by the Reds this year. In Dodger Stadium no less.
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berselius,
What’s that mean for this series? You’re the mathematician.
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dmick89,
Does it help if I tell you the Cubs will score 0 runs the rest of the game?
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Fixed for accurate despondency.
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Cubs lose.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Underwood is very good. He has earned another start. Better stuff than I expected and great nerves. This dude seems like he could help a major league bullpen this year.
MylesQuote Reply
I have to say that before he gets blown up next inning.
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Oy vey.
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Derosa, the Cubs offense can’t catch a break.
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DIVIDE_BY_ZERO_ERROR
berseliusQuote Reply
That is literally the worst bunt I have ever seen.
MylesQuote Reply
If only the infield fly rule applied to bunts.
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(I know it was a foul ball, so the IFR wouldn’t have applied anyway.)
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Ugh. Ugh. Ugh.
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Rizzo the Rat,
They really wanted to hit into that DP.
berseliusQuote Reply
Also, I take Russell’s appearance as proof that Bryant still isn’t available.
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I’m not impressed with Chili Davis so far. Is it too early to fire him?
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dmick89,
Trade him for Machado.
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A hit with a RISP!
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Not sure why Jansen would throw anything other than change ups here.
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I told you they’d score a run!
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At least it’s not a shutout now.
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Perfect ending to this game.
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I’m blaming this on you
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EnricoPallazzo,
Makes as much sense as blaming all of this country’s problems on civility.
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dmick89,
I do think it’s kind of funny that this happened in Lexington VA, where there is basically a statue of Stonewall Jackson on every corner (it was his hometown)
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berselius,
Even if we put aside how truly shitty Trump is to just about every living person on Earth, it’s absurd that people are upset about a restaurant owner’s decision to ask someone like SHS to leave. If I owned the restaurant, I’d have asked her to leave. I’ve have done so in a much more public manner than the owner did. I’d rather close the restaurant than serve her or anyone in her family.
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dmick89,
Seriously. The whole lot of them are lucky they don’t get shot.
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dmick89,
It also bothers (but doesn’t surprise) me that people are drawing an analogy to that baker’s refusal to make a cake for a gay wedding. Mostly because people can’t choose whether they’re gay, but they can absolutely choose whether or not to be a lying, amoral garbage monster. Which SHS absolutely chose to be.
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Perkins,
Yeah, that’s not surprising at all and neither is the Democrats response to it. Apparently the Democrats are trying to differentiate themselves from the Republicans by basically being Republicans. Any Democrat worth voting for would be standing up for that owner’s right to refuse service to SHS.
Yeah, this seems plainly obvious to anyone with a functioning brain. I’m not even a fan of Waters, but I agree that people in this administration should expect to be confronted when out in public. When you treat everybody like shit, what else are they going to do? Every single decent person should be defending the restaurant owner, which means every single Democrat who suggested otherwise should be voted out of office when they’re up for election.
Fuck civility.
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Perkins,
It’s essentially like equating the #metoo movement with racial/gender/orientation discrimination, that somehow it’s wrong to speak/act out against people for terrorizing humanity for personal gain.
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dmick89,
That’s basically where my head is at. There should be social consequences for being a monumentally shitty person who habitually breaches the social contract, which describes basically everyone in the administration not named James Mattis.
The Democrats keep acting as though you can work out a compromise with people like this. You can’t. All you can do is out work and out draw them to beat them at the polls. Part of this is a problem of the left’s own making, though. So many conversations have been Godwin-ed to death that when a group that shows actual similarities to Nazis and fascists is ascending, there’s minimal credibility among the people calling them out.
There’s not common ground to be found with people who want to treat other groups of people as less than human. All you can do is defeat and discredit their ideas by offering better ones and motivating people to prevent them from gaining more power. And anyone on the right who claims to desire civility but also supported Trump at any point can and should be ignored forever. Those people are intellectually dishonest at best and manipulative sociopaths at worst.
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i like this strategy, for folks that might be less inclined towards confrontation:
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Were it my restaurant, I’d not even have let SHS (or any non-Mattis administration official) sit down to eat in the first place. Probably would have a policy for my staff to refuse service and incorporate some phrasing from the SCOTUS decision and finish by saying, “I’m sure you can appreciate the irony.”
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Perkins,
FWIW, Lexington is a tiny-ass town three hours from DC, so I don’t think this is something anyone would have had a specific policy about (dying laughing). I’m mostly curious what the heck she was doing down there in the first place.
berseliusQuote Reply
It sounds like the Cubs are going to DL Bryant if he can’t go again today.
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andcounting,
Are there actually people equating those two? As in, they think discriminating against sexual predators is on the same level as discriminating against someone for being black or a woman or anything else? Because if so, to borrow a phrase from Lawrence Oates, I’m going outside and may be some time.
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Perkins,
No, no. I mean, maybe, but none that I’ve heard of. I’m just drawing a parallel to point out how ridiculous any backlash against discrimination toward fascist assholes.
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nice to see wyatt short get promoted. although he needs to stop striking out so many batters if he wants to fit in with this org.
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I’m just amazed at how badly the Democrats have fucked this up. This was so easy. Every democrat should have come out in support of what the owner did and for each argument against it they should have thrown one of Trump’s quotes back in their faces. This was easy. This was as easy as beating Trump and they fucked that up. It’s as easy as winning control of the house and I think they’ve fucked that up too. The Republicans are awful, but the Democrats are incompetent.
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I saw this quote on Twitter (had to do a google search to find that it was on The Federalist):
(dying laughing) When exactly was civility a cornerstone to American society? During slavery? What about the genocide of the Native Americans? How about locking up every black person in America for minor crimes that white people got away with? Was it during the endless wars we’ve fought with our enemies (it’s easier to name our allies than it is to list our enemies)? I could go on and on. It would be nice if civility was actually a cornerstone to American society. It’s a dream that will never come true, but they say it’s good to have dreams.
You can’t possibly have a rational conversation about politics with someone who actually believes that shit. It’s impossible.
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dmick89,
It’s especially funny since The Federalist has gone full bore on backing up Trump. Anyone who supports a racist insult comic and then bemoans the lack of civility is simply not worth engaging.
I think Trevor Noah once likened Trump supporters to the school bully who will say “that’s enough” during a fight and then start hitting someone again and then say “okay that’s enough” as soon as the person starts hitting back again. For a group that likes to use “snowflake” as an insult, these Trump supporters are pretty damn delicate.
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the civil war? (ducks)
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I just got some junk mail that wondered if it was time for Jews to leave Europe. Where are the civility fetishists? Maybe I’m crazy, but even thinking about whether or not Jews should leave Europe seems to be considerably worse than quietly asking someone to leave a restaurant because you think they’re an awful human being (who is probably having a conversation at the table wondering whether it’s time for Jews to leave Europe).
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Contreras is back in the lineup, so I’m betting the Cubs score 7 runs tonight.
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Let’s win this for Yosh.
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Jesus, Anthony.
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That was infuriating.
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Wow. Contact of some sort would have been cool in that situation.
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Stop striking out on bad pitches.
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Ugh.
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Javy!
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The Cubs are going to be at least 10 out by the break.
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Schwarber removes himself from the bases just before Happ walks.
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Hey, a would-be RBI single from Russell.
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Javy!!!!!!
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Let’s get some mfing runs here.
berseliusQuote Reply
Puig!!!!
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Though I’m fully expecting a line out double play.
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Zobrist!!!!!
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Javy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Javier F. Baez.
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This is okay.
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Dude
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http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_26_cubrok_gntrok_1&t=g_box&sid=milb
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_06_26_cutrok_clerok_1&t=g_box&sid=milb
Cubs’ top two draft picks showing up in their first games.
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This Javy Baez guy could have a future.
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EnricoPallazzo,
True fact: I originally considered writing “9 runs,” but that seemed too much to ask for.
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Forget that, he needs to post a comment that says “Donald Trump will have a massive heart attack today.”
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Perkins,
Followed the next day by a similar comment for Mike Pence.
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dmick89,
Followed the next day by a comment about Ryan dropping a P90X dumbbell or a gold-plated collected works of Ayn Rand on his foot and getting MRSA.
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berselius,
We could go down the line until we get to Mattis. Frankly, he’s the only one in the line of succession I’d actually want as president.
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Ryno,
nico hoerner on pace for a career 2.417 OPS which is pretty good
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Maybe the Cubs’ most intriguing pick.
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EnricoPallazzo,
Tough to say how good, though, without knowing his R+RBI or Diggity.
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Ryno,
well OPS can actually be converted to R+RBI but it requires the use of phil rogers’s plus/minus system and is thus way too complicated for you jabronis
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EnricoPallazzo,
Is that the formula for ZORPS 2.2 or value over mythical unicorns?
RynoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
What’s the conversion factor for R+RBI to Diggity?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
It is pegged to the ratio of Schrute Bucks to Stanley Nickels.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Now, to take the ferry cost a nickel, and in those days, nickels had pictures of bumblebees on ’em. Gimme five bees for a quarter, you’d say.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Anthony Kennedy —> retiring
Ruh roh
MylesQuote Reply
Brewers lose.
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Hader somehow gave up a run to the Royals offense.
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Bosio ———> unemployment (racism)
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berselius,
That’s disappointing.
andcountingQuote Reply
No holding back today; I’m betting the Cubs score 15 runs tonight.
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Rizzo the Rat,
It wouldn’t surprise me. They’ll look unstoppable on offense for about the next week and then it will look like they have a AA offense for ten days. Their inconsistency is remarkably consistent.
dmick89Quote Reply
Morrow——->activated
Mazzoni——->AAA
PerkinsQuote Reply
What’s the latest on Edwards?
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dmick89,
I think he’s a few days out. Could return this weekend.
PerkinsQuote Reply
He is planning on a minor league assignment Fri or Sat.
MylesQuote Reply
Willson!!!
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WILLIE
berseliusQuote Reply
Hendricks is getting clobbered.
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What’s a good medication to take for severe regression? Asking for a friend. Named kyle.
andcountingQuote Reply
Doesn’t help that Kyle is getting a tiny strike zone.
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I miss when Hendricks was good at keeping baseballs in the ballpark.
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Sigh.
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Won’t be enough.
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Cubs starting pitching has pretty much sucked this year. Even Lester has meh peripherals.
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What the hell was Turner mad about earlier?
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dmick89,
Contreras tagged him out at home. Ever since the Posey Rule, every play at home leads to an argument over whether the catcher was blocking the plate or the runner slid legally.
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This umpire really hates Cubs pitchers. Maples has enough trouble throwing strikes without the ump missing borderline (and not-so-borderline) calls.
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Russell is having a rough stretch defensively.
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Hey, this game’s getting interesting.
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This would be a good time for Addy to redeem himself.
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Sigh. Rizzo sure pops out a lot these days.
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andcounting,
HGH or steroids.
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Ryno
(dying laughing)
He’s apparently already suffering the side effect of reduced strike-zone size, so he should be on board.
andcountingQuote Reply
you flew too close to the sun man
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That was a typo. I don’t know how that 1 got there.
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To-day’s base ball squadron vs south paw Clayton Kershaw
CF Almora
2B Baez
C Contreras
1B Rizzo
SS Russell
3B Bote
RF Happ
LF Schwarber
P Quintana
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Ryno,
That probably means he’ll get another MRI, be shut down for at least a few weeks before starting throwing the ball on flat ground. Unless there’s a miracle coming, earliest I see him returning is September.
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Fixed.
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Ryno,
And don’t even think about kneeling during the national anthem… Or else you’ll be (unofficially) banned for life.
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berselius,
Even with Bryant on the DL, starting Bote two days in a row is odd.
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JD said Kershaw is always able to generate swings-and-misses with his curveball. Apparently he didn’t watch game 6 of the 2016 NLCS.
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Cubs pitchers are just ridiculously wild this year.
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Cubs pitchers have the best ERA in the league, but the worst walk rate in baseball. It’s bizarre.
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Baseball Prospectus’ catcher framing metric has Contreras at -10.6 framing runs. Worst in baseball by nearly 4 runs.
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Now he walks the pitcher on four goddamn pitches.
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We already knew it, but now it’s official: Cubs lose. We’re just waiting for it to be officially official.
dmick89Quote Reply
It just drives me crazy when someone can’t throw a strike when he knows that batter has the take sign.
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Right, in the bottom of the fifth. Gotta hold off the rain for an officially official loss.
andcountingQuote Reply
Q can’t bunt any more than he can hit.
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(dying laughing), Quintana.
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Buehler is off today.
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I’m tired of opposing pitchers reaching base this year.
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So far Happ at third has looked… pretty good?
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Heyward!!!!!!!
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JHey!
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Muncy!!!!
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The Sun!
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Cmon Willie
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Terrible AB.
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Rizzo!!!!!!!!
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Hell yeah
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Maybe you were a day too soon.
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Russell!!!
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berseliusQuote Reply
Russell would have hit that farther if he didn’t suck.
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dmick89,
Why put this on Russell? The Cubs are winning this game because Clayton Kershaw just isn’t a winner.
berseliusQuote Reply
That’s a big time at bat by Javy right there.
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berselius,
He’s directly responsible for nearly 70 Dodgers losses in his career. That’s a staggering total when you compare it to someone like Brian Duensing who has appeared in significantly more games.
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By my count, that’s the 50th home run allowed by Farrell this year.
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M——–> Inverted
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A season series win against the Dodgers feels good. Shame about that Reds series in the middle of it.
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dmick89,
(dying laughing)
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http://www.obstructedview.net/series-preview-minnesota-twins-35-42-at-chicago-cubs-44-35/
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