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If they add the rule about pitchers needing to step off to pickoff runners, all those runners are gonna have an extra half-step on their leads to make up for geared up catchers. Net neutral on the running game, the strike zone is more accurate, and we give the LHP balk pickoff moves the fiery death...

Brian wrote:

Yu can do it!

I'd guarantee Maddon hates red assed Hurdle. One enjoys his glass of wine, the other is busy shotgunning Milwaukees Best This is hate speech. I am an avid wine drinker and also an imbiber of mass quantities of cheap beer. #LoveIsLove Seriously, you can do both. Why do you hate fun? But Hurdle is a ...

CyHawk_Cub wrote:Jason Heyward has 10 HR already. I didn't think he'd hit that many for the whole season.

He has benefitted greatly from the pill enhanced ball (PEB). So many warning track fly balls the last couple of years. Going out this year!

https://twitter.com/MLByahoosports/status/1143939307675115526 I’ll always remember seeing the headline in the newspaper of “McClendon steals first base” and thinking who the horsefeathers is McClendon and how did he steal first. You didn't know who former Cubs great and 1989 NLCS hero Lloyd McClend...

The_Achiever wrote:Andrew Miller looks extremely washed up too.

It's almost like pitching 2-3 innings on back to back days eventually catches up with you.

Season over.

I wouldn’t mind reading that he’s been taking fly balls in the outfield.

Brian wrote:i forgot he existed

He does not.

Is it me or does Joe seem very reluctant to pitch Chatwood? It seems he has earned a bit more trust This is far from a fully formed thought, but it seems like with Montgomery essentially piggybacking with Darvish for now, Chatwood is by default the long man, and needs to be saved for those situatio...

ha ha ha divorce always happens cause the man screwed up somehow ha ha ha way to go obviously cheating on your wife Ben ha ha ha I mean, if we’re talking about most likely outcomes... In an athlete/civilian divorce, that's probably true. In an athlete/popstar?singer?pseudo celebrity situation, I'm ...

I was going to say that athletes are the worst, but really...it's just people overall that suck. Yup. There are piece of crap athletes, Dirty Cops, slimy layers, dirtbag doctors, hypocrite preachers, pedophile teachers, sketchy grocery clerks, crooked construction workers, and call center workers t...

SouthSideRyan wrote:I am now cutting off Phyllis’s Head with a chainsaw

Rrrring-ningning-ningning

I still get emotional.

Come on, man. I know you know that's not the slam dunk you want it to be. The reality is there's just not a "it was only..." excuse anymore for a white guy to do what the guy at the Cubs game did. You might think it sucks that trolls and racists ruined the beloved dickhole game or whateve...

Sammy Sofa wrote:

squally1313 wrote:Kris Bryant, who was bad, is now good

You idiots really don't understand how reverse jinxes work, do you?

Unpopular Opinion (or not, I dunno): The way this team is playing validates Theo's perceived inactivity this offseason. I really think this team is this good and now (hopefully) has the flexibility to add at the deadline or pick up Kimbrell after the draft. yeah sure fine I still wanted more dammit...

Unpopular Opinion (or not, I dunno):

The way this team is playing validates Theo's perceived inactivity this offseason. I really think this team is this good and now (hopefully) has the flexibility to add at the deadline or pick up Kimbrell after the draft.

Duke Silver wrote:Cubs with RISP this year: .271/.385/.494

3rd highest OPS in the majors with RISP.

On pace to finish above 20th in BA with RISP for the first time since 2010!

Somehow, you fool!

I'm here for the punishment. Chatwood, Heyward and Maples are all basically fixed (not perfect) and will be good contributors from here on out as the Cubs win the Central and the Series this year. Maples ain’t but I’m buying low on the other guys I bought low on Heyward 2 years ago. That, uh, didn’...

I like bat flips. I don't like whatever that was.

rocket wrote:

Derwood wrote:

weis21 wrote:Does he need to?

We'll see. He could end up like Miguel Cabrera, or he could end up like Pablo Sandoval.

so either an elite hall of fame career or a good career

I would say this is accurate on both (both that Pablo Sandoval had a merely but clearly good career and that that is Jr's floor.)

Cubswin11 wrote:https://twitter.com/iowacubsgameday/status/1122579249871896577?s=21

Iowa uniform looks good on him. Keep him there.

More evidence that Joe Maddon sucks: https://www.bleachernation.com/2019/04/28/wow-vets-came-to-joe-maddon-to-insist-that-david-bote-start-today/ This is all about Zobrist wanting to see Bote get a chance over Russell. I've heard Zobrist is not at all happy that Russell has been welcomed back.

Tell that to Maddon when he takes him out late in the game for defensive reasons. While I don’t agree with your overall argument, this point kind of makes the discussion irrelevant and your argument functionally true. What? How? Joe Maddon making a decision doesn’t make it the right decision. And i...