I wanted to quote this.

I guess Rizzo is a natural winner and Abreu is a natural loser now.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

take that quote to Clash of Clans

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

He misses you all. His bad Sox thoughts need company.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Tell him I miss him as well. Have him apologize and return.

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

Stubborness prevents reconciliation.

FavreFan, Leash, bigfan, badrogue, Frank...the whole lot of them.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

It doesn't make anyone's life better and its all a big nothing

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

Which is total bullshit.

Biggie has stated on several occasions that all these guys gotta do is apologize and he'll let them back in.

I'd rather swallow the pride and apologize, than be on the sidelines sending shit second hand.

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Have you seen the wacko shit that Baby posts on the facebook page? That dude is nuttier than squirrel shit and its getting worse.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

bigfan can clarify if he chooses, but this is not how I understand the situation to be.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

and, from an pretty objective perspective, they were wrong. They had some bizarre and unnecessary death wish going on.

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

what is the facebook page? Unless it is some kind of state secret. If so, piss off.

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

I'm not on FB much, so I miss it.

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spmack has an old phone with only 8GB of memory. He had to choose between Tinder and Facebook. No room for COC either.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Hoes before CoC

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As GD pointed out, let many back in and those same people chose to be even worse....that portion of the story always seems to be lost on the same people?

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“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It's appropriate that a slap hitter was moved into the #2 spot.

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

5 SB through 17.

He won't end up with 47 once the season is done but 20 within sight!!!

I'll say this about the Cubs philosophy on base stealing- I don't know how critical the bases they have stolen have been in game context, but they're obviously taking what the defense is allowing and that is reflected in their high percentage of success.

That's as opposed to the idiot White Sox who only run in the most obvious situations and with the most obvious players. There are four year old kids in the stands who know that the pitch-out is coming. I actually think Vince Coleman has made them worse by making these goofs believe they can do what he did.

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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

They're definitely running more than they have in years. It harkens back to the Zimmer days, though Zim got a bit out of hand with it as the season went on. That guy was calling for hit & runs with bases loaded and nobody out. It was crazy.

Some have come in critical moments, but most have been when a stolen base is NOT expected. Some have been risky, and that risk has paid off by the pitcher not even looking Rizzo (and others) back to the bag.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I remember Theo being on Espn in the Boston days talking about valuing outs in regards to stealing.

But yes, I believe Rizzo has had two where they didnt even throw.

Well, I do think with as hard as it is to score right now (particularly in certain games against certain pithcers on certain days) an out doesn't have quite the value that it did in those halcyon days of offense when Papi and Manny were hitting one out every tenth at-bat.

You coach Little League. I'm sure there are times when you have a runner on third and you know the girl at the plate couldn't get a hit in a million years. You've probably had the thought to just have the runner try to steal home but you didn't do it because it seems ridiculous. I feel the same way with a runner on third and Tyler Flowers at the plate.

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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

Tyler Flowers drove a runner in from 3rd yesterday (with 2 outs!) in a 1 run game.

Let's give him a medal!

The way those two goofs were pitching that inning I wanted to get up there and bat.

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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

Were not allowed to steal at our level but yes, there are times when I wish we could for that reason.

We only have one girl who really has zero interest. I just feel bad for her when she's batting

I take what Tyler Flowers gives, no matter when no matter how and no matter who it is against.

The Sox have almost stopped stealing all together, most of that is probably Salvador Perez but they seem to have temporarily abandoned the concept.

I just used Tyler Flowers as an example because he is often overmatched at the plate. I might just as easily have said Gordon Beckham.

I'm pleasantly surprised by Micah Johnson. I haven't seen him look overmatched yet. He can foul a guy off and work a count deep in a good way- one that doesn't always end in a strikeout.

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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

The walking SB is an art

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”