Why so serious?

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Waiting for hockeygay post telling us homerun was not hit far enough.

Jake has only given up 5 earned runs in his last 56 or so innings against the Pirates I think they said. Counting today. I'll take it.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Just tuning in ... has there been shitty umpiring or are the Pirates being bitches?

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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

Bit of both.

Strikezone was a bit wonky in the first couple innings... I think it has been fine since.

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Couple of close ball/strike calls that could've went the Pirates way.

The ump squeezed Locke before the Rizzo HR. He also threw the Pirates pitching coach out of the game.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

That strike three to Harrison looked low.

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Coach had a right to be upset, they did probably get screwed before RIzzos HR.

But the catcher and Harrison are just being bitches. Stop whining and play the game.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

This Arrieta guy is pretty okay.

I don't think he's 7 year contract okay, but pretty okay nonetheless.

It has been low for both teams.

As long as it is a consistent strike zone for both teams, it is hard to bitch.

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Outscoring them 37-11 ...

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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

If they don't sign him long term before he gets to free agency at age 32, they're going to have to let him walk. Can't give 7/250 to a pitcher that old nor would I want them to.

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

Never know 'til you get there, but this far removed from it, sounds fine to me.

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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

It's like the double-header with San Diego never happened.

CUBS WIN! CUBS WIN!

Cubs 2-2 in their last 4. Not good .

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

Cubs 2-0 in their last 2...GOOD

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That...and the fact that Arrieta has given up earned runs in his last two starts. Fowler's OBP in the last seven games is all the way down to .400.

Things are looking tough.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Stop overreacting. Can't stand dumb fans.

W

Lay off my guy, Gay.

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Nice!

That would be both!

And a measly 8 and 2 out of their last ten.....yea, they need to be worried....

8-1/2 game lead after playing just 35 games. Might win the division by 39 games!

Might not.

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Have they lost 2 days in a row yet?

No

This is the odds of you ever being right about anything

When the Pirates only scored two in the 4th due to the fortunate DP off of Arrieta's foot, I knew they were toast. Then Heyward gets a lucky single, Bryant walks on two questionable calls, Rizzo puts a pop fly into the jet stream, and then more borderline calls against Locke, resulting in the pitching coach getting ejected. It was over at that point. The Pirates are mentally fucked against the Cubs.

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