Well, that's better than Steve Ontiveros anyway.

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Go Cubs!!!!

Young Matches had high, high hopes for the Cub career of a Steve Buechelle. Then again, I was pumped when we traded for Tod Zeile and thought our 3rd base problems were over. So what the hell do I know?

Buechele had troubles at the plate, but he could play some mothafuckin' D!

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Would love to be wrong on this guy..its going to take 500 more at bats to pull a meacopa .

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A WHAT?!?!

All intensive purposes.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Lol...I took a stab @ it..my auto correct was NO help.

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Try burrito.

Try Scootin' on outta here you punk bitch.

Eat shit outta DLR underwear fuckface homo cock lick. Slurp the Van Halen sperm you fuckface burrito. Hi Some guy how are you? All well?

I'm doing good, thank you for asking. How about yourself, you anal gaping homo?

someguy's a little rusty--he needs to listen to some whitney houston and huey lewis and the news.

Maybe he was in rehab, and we now get the post-drug Robin Williams version of Someguy.

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Where you been you bark chewing asswipe? Did I tell you to go fuck off yet? You sttill homo?

Had The News on today, great bar band. They definitely knew when to fade away with class and dignity.

No thanks I'll take your word for it

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I saw them in concert just a couple of years ago

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

Baez is such a treat to watch play the left side of the field. His quick hands are insane. Baez made the 9th inning chopper by Freese look routine.

Javy doesn't wilt like Losing Batter Kris Bryant does.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Epstein owes Hendry for Baez. Call up Pfizer and see if they have a prescription gift basket of Lipitor, Eliquis, Crestor and an apple.

Heard in a (praise be to) Theo interview after the game about the pride in developing willson and javy and (praise be to) Theo deferred credit to Hendry. Thought it was a classy move.

I thought Baez was the longest tenured player in the Cubs organization, but it actually turns out to be Contreras...who's been with them since he was 17.

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Theo really can only claim Bryant and Schwarber as actual draft picks? Was Edwards his? Last year it was only 5 players through the system, haven't check this year...

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Agreed...that is pretty cool.

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baez and contreras were selected/signed by hendry. but they don't become the players they are and might become under hendry's minor league developmental system.

Ontiveros was a good pickup for the Cubs, at least in the first season:
.299 .390 .423 .813

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Agree about this, I'm pretty confident Baez would have been rushed to the bigs and maintained a 40% K rate until he was packaged in a trade for a left at the deadline.

Regarding Contreras, wasn't the current regime behind his move to catcher?

Edwards was a acquired in the trade with Texas along with Mike Olt for Matt Garza.

I remember people talking about a Schwarber, Baez and Soler deal for Chris Sale and I said it was too much to give up and people were saying it wasn't enough. No way they can trade Baez now and Schwarber is going to be a monster. This will just get better and better.

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Go Cubs!!!!

I bet you guys wish I still had moderator powers now.

I'm not the hero you deserved...but I'm the best one you had.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Schwarber has played his last game for the Cubs. Do you think he's going to catch? He's a DH, and the Cubs should get some nice pieces from an AL team.

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I think Theo gives the NL until the 2018 season to adopt the DH before he gives up schwarber.