2003.

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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!

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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

Submitted for one's reading pleasure ...

The last time the Cubs were:
5-1;
lost game #4 by a score of 3-2; and,
had their home opener against the Reds (which they won 7-3, not 5-3, sorry) ...

... was 1908.

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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

Better get those "West Side Grounds" ready, stat!

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Meanie.

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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

1908.

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Looking forward to Lackey VS Simon tomorrow night. Simon only gave up 1 run VS the Pirates in his last game, which is pretty impressive. But he only went 5 innings in a no decision and his ERA last season was 5.05, so I don't see it being likely he will hold down the Cubs lineup. He throws pretty hard (92 average fastball) but not overpowering. Lackey will be looking to rebound from an inauspicious debut with the Cubs, albeit a win VS the Diamondbacks, when the Cubs took a 14-8 decision. in that game Lackey was actually very good in his final 3 innings, after giving up all of his 6 earned runs in the initial 3 innings. I believe he will be much more effective Wednesday night and settle some of the reactionary nonsense that came about during his last start. He's a solid starter with a proven history that includes World Series clinching wins with the Angels and Red Sox. In 2015 he had one of his best seasons all things considered and was 9th in Cy Young voting. He has maintained velocity and shown no signs of regression, other than a bad outing, which is going to happen to most starters a few times each season. Tomorrow night I believe he will get things on track and get the Cubs another win.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Not a great beginning to this game by Lackey.

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Minimal damage thanks to a nice play by Zobrist.

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Look at those foolish Cubs, seeing so many pitches .....

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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

Maybe Montero should have waited for a walk. I mean, we could have forced more pitches out of that at bat.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Simon is at 40 pitches already. Great 2 strike hit by Montero and good job by Soler to plate another.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Simon is a bum

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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.

We would have preferred an Addison walk there right guys?

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Looked pretty good against a good Pirates team, going 5 innings and just giving up 1 run. That is why he entered this game with a 1.80 ERA. But I agree that was deceptive and he's really not very good.. Gotta love a 5 run first inning to knock him out!

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Go Cubs!!!!

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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

THAT'S HOW WE DO CUBS BASEBALL ON THE FUCKING NORTHSIDE

Keep the merry go round spinning!!!

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the only movement on his ball is after it made contact with the bat

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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.

That is a cute line, but not at all true. He had good downward movement on his sinker, but the Cub batters took a lot of those pitches rather than swinging over them and when he got behind in the count he had to throw a 4 seam fastball, that indeed did not have any movement.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Was Mike North choosing the music between innings there....."Ain't that a kick in the head"

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I have to assume Lackey had the fact the wind is blowing from right to left field and will knock down fly balls hit to right in mind, when he served up that pitch to Bruce. With no wind (much less win blowing out) that ball is several rows up in the right/center bleachers.

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Unproductive outs by Lackey (easy to excuse the pitcher) and Fowler, with the bases loaded and less than 2 outs. Luckily, Heyward picked them up. But situational hitting was a weakness at times last season and needs to be greatly improved this season.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Big machine rolling on. This will continue for the season,

Has to be a bit intimidating pitching to a team this deep. The pitcher's spot is pretty much the only soft spot.

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Go Cubs!!!!

W

Some days.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Funny 1st inning...4 hits, 3 walks, a HBP, a sac fly, 5 runs...and 2 Heyward strikeouts.

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Who are you arguing against though?

No one is anti-Hit