I'm not usually in the car between 9 and 10, but since I was, I turned on these two.

I had no idea that Anthony Rizzo was one of the top five players in baseball. Click.

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He is. Intangibles. Best captain in baseball.

Excluding pitchers, a strong case can be made for top 10 in baseball.

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Team Cutler.

unparalled combinatin of leadership and performance.

full package.

You should read the board more.

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He's the 45th best hitter presently.

Can't wait to see how he does in the play off.

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That's Andrew McCutcheon.

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Leadership, intangibles and the fire and passion.

This is what it has come to.

Undoubtedly. When I read that thing big(Cub)fan wrote, I realized that Rizzo is the living embodiment of George Washington and Jesus Christ combined.

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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

And the fact that DJ Lemahieu has more hits than Rizzo.

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Awww. Cute. "Hits"

And yet Rizzo gets himself on first base more often, second base more often, and homers more often.

Seacrest...sort all Major League hitters by BA, in descending order. Is that the list of the best hitters as far as you know?

Now sort all Major League hitters by OPS, in descending order. Does it look a little better?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Having what will be the best year of his career, should be in the MVP picture.

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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.’”

Seacrest thinks Abreu is the 32nd best hitter in baseball, and Trout is the 33rd.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

9th in runs created, 13th in WAR. so yeah, top five is about right.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Jesus Christ can't hit a curveball.

Abreu is a great hitter for a fat guy that is always injured.

Trout is a beast that in 7 years the discussion will start about GOAT.

Similar Batters through 22

Mickey Mantle (941) *
Frank Robinson (935) *
Hank Aaron (923) *
Ken Griffey (922)
Miguel Cabrera (918)

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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.’”

he has big bones.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

But he's number 1 in the fire and passion department.

Oh, and he's the biggest "Bruh", so that makes him a leader too.

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And he's played four less games than Rizzo.

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Funny thing, when another guy was the leader of a another team, he became known as "The Captain" as was celebrated for 1.5 years for doing so.

I am good with Ant'ony being the King Bruh leader of a team of really good young baseball players.

Sounds like some serious Jealousy is peaking around the corner?

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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.’”

Whoa, calm down there IkeSouth,

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Major props on the pic, but it doesn't apply here.

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No question it's jealousy. It takes a very determined human with incredible leadership qualities to do what Rizzo has done.

The guys kicks ass on the field and off.

This guy is a treasure and Theo/Jed deserve a ton of credit for chasing after this guy over and over.

How does one kick ass off the field and how does it compute in any type of metric?

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Seacrest hates Rizzo and Lester.

He is pro cancer.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

he hates them b/c they went to go see cancer specialists instead of his chiropractor. buncha sheep

So nothing with a "bruh" metric?

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"... everybody watched a lot of tennis last night."

Um, .... no.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Rizzo is 8th in OPS in MLB

Gotta love Cubdom.

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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