Rongey on Kaplan's show talking about of how little importance managers are " what does Joe Maddon do? "

He hires the magicians and penguins.

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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

He resists the urge to bunt every time someone is on base

That is definitely a positive. But one would think a relatively intelligent chimpanzee could understand the negative effects of bunting. If that's what we're basing Maddon's excellence on, I'll agree, but it calls into question the competence of his mentor, the Great Mike Scioscia.

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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

You would THINK, but that is not the case with most managers


We agree on Scioscia being massively overrated.

magic number has dropped below 40

2015 2.06 BB/9 around 4th lowest in MLB
2014 he was one of 2 umps with a BB/9 of less than 2
2013 2.19 BB/9 which I think was lowest in MLB

this guy moves baseball lines

Stupid play by the MVP

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Coughlan and Castro are going to be nice trade bait for the Cub in the off season. They might be able to bring back a middle of the rotation starter and the Cubs could avoid having to dive into the free agent pool.

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

They are getting Price...you fool

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Price or Greinke , get it straight . I don't want Cogz to go anywhere..he's a great 4th outfielder n utility man with power.

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I was never a Hendricks guy, knew he was over rated..his stuff isn't good..Way too many 5th starters in this rotation.

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Lucky as hell..should have been a DP

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Back 2 back doubles to take lead..now hold it. No Strop today.

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You suck Hererra.

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What a catch!

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Great to see Babe Bryant get a hit and do something other than strike out and be bad.

paging Josh Fields....

Good grief. Are the Braves going to have the bat boy warming up to pitch? This has gotta be the fifth different pitcher...

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

W

Good win today. Wrigley was packed.

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

Strop has been mostly good this year. He's had a few rough outings, but many, many good ones. He probably has some of the best stuff of all the relief pitchers.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Being mostly good is what keeps you on a Roster....a few rough outings lets you pitch the 7th, 1 great pitch that works 75% of the time...not a fan of that. I think teams sit on his splitter, have some stats on it...and they tell guys to just swing at it, 25% chance it doesnt split and it is the dead fastball it looks like, then it leaves the park.

Which is a result of a hitter having confidence in his swing..and if I am batting against a guy who looks like a goof, I am swing as if he is going to make a mistake.

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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.’”

Strop blows.

Whooping up on AAA teams is part of the gig, I dont fault them for it. Plenty of teams dont do this....like Washington , who is falling apart. Its a step in becoming known as one of trhe better teams in baseball, which I feel very good in saying the Cubs are just that, but there are teams better....unfortunate 2 are in their divsion!

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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.’”

Haren just gave up an opposite field blast to a guy batting .160 when up two strikes on him. Bad trade.

GO AWAY Judy Hsu I hate these WLS games

I know it's been brought up here before, but this ABC 7 "Personality" interview stuff is getting cringe worthy.

Who thought this was a good idea? And what's the end goal with these segments? Are more baseball fans going to tune into channel 7 because of this? How many "Personalities" are left on the ABC roster?

it should be Hosea Sanders' turn soon

Every ball hit in the air Len Harrelson says well hit...this guy is quickly becoming the most annoying announcer in town

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Yeah they can cut Dan Haren anytime they want.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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