Ouch. Guys spew things they want to pretend are facts far more than here. Its not good.

A Guy An MVP isn't helping us with walks. Look at his average with RISP. He's hurt us more than he's helped. And his strike outs are way up.
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Ya Boy IMU @A Guy His strikeout percentage is the lowest of his career at 21%
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Rando He is killing this team when he gets up with runners on.
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Phil DeNapoli @Ya Boy IMU - with RISP
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Ya Boy IMU @A Guy With RISP, he has a 22.5% strikeout rate this season. It was 23.5% in 2016 and 28% in 2015. Just say you were wrong and move on. It's cool, man.



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This is just one example. It is rampant today.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

This could easily be extended to most commenters on every FB page for damn near everything.

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You had me at Cubs fan commenters

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

A Guy: The Cubs suck.

IMU: Yep, stats confirm that assessment.

If the larger point is that Bryant is terrible with RISP ( at least late inning-wise) or that he's having a disappointing season I'm on board with it.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

Definitely underwhelming on Fridays. Can't speak much to the other six days.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

I take it he's on your QABL team?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Bryant first reigning MVP to not make All Star team since Jimmy Rollins in 08.

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

QABL? yeah i know what league you're talking about, but i never knew it was called [whatever] with an acronym of QABL.

Quixotic Action Baseball League?
Queef Appetite Baseball League?
Quandary Alleviating Baseball League?
Quinton Anderson's Baseball League?
Quintessentially Awesome Baseball League?
Quitter Association Baseball League?
Quark Acolytes Baseball League?
Quiver Action Baseball League?
Quizzical Assimilation Baseball League
Quick Angsty Baseball League?
Qualified Asskickers Baseball League?
Quibblers Anonymous Baseball League?
Quite Assenmacher Baseball League?
Quantum Astronomy Baseball League?
Quake Aftermath Baseball League?
Quotes Almighty Baseball League?
Quintet Alone Baseball League?
Quash Antithetical Baseball League[s]?
Quack Associates Baseball League?
Queen Assholes Baseball League?
Quota Assuming Baseball League?
Quaint Antiquated Baseball League? ( =P )
Quality Assplay Baseball League?

sorry but [drum roll]...

Queer-Ass Baseball League?

nah, obviously QABL stands for Quintana Always Blows Lately =P

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Bryant, Rizzo....maybe both could end up being injury replacements. There are always a few for each league.

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The not good enough All Stars. #ThatsCub

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An accomplishment that every kid dreams about....

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No one remembers who was voted, who was picked by the players, who was the final vote winner, and who was the injury replacement the year after.

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Oh I have the feeling members of a certain fan base will remember he wasn't voted in.

No one over the age of 10 should care about the all star game.

Quencher's Artificial Baseball League

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I have to applaud cubbie fans for having a little dignity and self awareness in not voting underserving players into the game at several positions.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I can't remember anyone that was in the all star game last year.

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The entire 2016 Cubs roster was.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

That explains why I didn't give a shit, then.

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Its usually a fun game to watch. Its by far the best "all star" game of any of the major sports.

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Ron Coomer is thankful for that. Was the "Former Cub and All-Star" voted in, an injury replacement, or the mandatory token player selected from a shitty Twins team?

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I'm confused, is the point of this thread so IMU can show us that he won an argument with someone on facebook?

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This is my one example. I assumed some of you also follow the Cubs' FB page. This is a common occurrence. Maybe you'd have some of your own examples you'd like to share. I understand these wouldn't be hardcore CFMB sports fans... but the lack of knowledge is astounding.

However, if you're of the idea that new topics should have to be reviewed and approved before they are posted, I'm all for it.

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The lack of knowledge of a strikeout percentage with RISP is astounding?

Its Cubs fans. There is probably a good chunk of people in the bleachers that don't even know the score of the game or the count on the batter.

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I believe every Cubs broadcast has talked about how Kris Bryant has been reducing his strikeout rate since his rookie season. At 21%, he is league average. Considering his .900 OPS, a 21% strikeout rate is really good.

So it isn't needing to know exact numbers. But any Cubs fans knows that Kris Bryant strikes out less than he ever has by just watching or listening to games. He struck out in almost 29% of PA's his rookie season. It wasn't good.

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Oh, ok. Then in that case, shakes was right.

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