Looking like a doubleheader sweep tonight. Rejoyce. Joyce is tired.

oh hell yeah!

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

Jason Hammel probably pitching his way into 100 million this off season

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

I think the Cub have a $10 million option on his services.

Refuse that noise. Bye.

Cubs have one of the best starting pitching staffs in years.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Not including the second game here (which only makes it better), Coob starters in August have a combined ERA of 1.15 so far.

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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

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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

What about him? He took three years in Oakland before it finally came, right? Its very possible the Cubs still played a part in his development, but its also possible its natural talent.

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Which is crazy to say because on paper at the start of the year, it was a strong 1-3, I thought Hammel would be replaced by Cahill shortly into the season and Hendricks would be a serviceable 5.

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It's also possible he stayed a cub and never amounted to anything. He moved into an organization that preached obp in order to get pitches they can hit. He developed that disapline and now punishes everything in the zone. In a different world could that be Patterson, vitters. Some players can just click in certain places.

We doin' this?

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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

#tradeschwarber

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

"He hit it off the video board..."

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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

Eh? He nearly hit it.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Heyward got multiple bases off this guy. They might want to cut him tomorrow.

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I was just quoting Spiegel's song.

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Oh yeah. That thing is terrible.

Why do sports broadcast jingles on TV and radio have to be so damn terrible?

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Heyward gets a double .... this is what we in the old country call "ya-ha!" time at the bat-rack.

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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

Somehow that song gets worse every time I hear it ... it's like a perpetual misery machine.

They're gonna leave that Milwaukee pitcher out there to die.

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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

Quaker State agrees.

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49 pitch inning. Might be the most I've seen. At least by one pitcher.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Apparently most ever:

61 pitches - Steve Trachsel - Chicago Cubs - 1997

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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

Nelson have some kind of fucking problem with Bryant? Isn't he the guy who got is vagina in a bunch over Schwarber last year?

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

It was Peavey I think. Kyle was like WTF dude?

These are ridiculous numbers when you consider the way Wrigley Field plays.

@ckamka: #Cubs starting pitchers since all-star break (31 games): 2.07 ERA, 200.0 IP, 0.940 WHIP
August (15 games): 1.13 ERA, 103.1 IP, 0.794 WHIP

#Cubs starters post All-Star break **with Matusz exception** 1.83 ERA in 197.0 IP

#Cubs ERA at Wrigley this season
1.31 Kyle Hendricks
1.70 Jake Arrieta
1.79 Jason Hammel
2.01 Jon Lester
2.47 John Lackey

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When talking with some stat head yesterday Rozner mentioned the wind at Wrigley and its help to the pitchers. For what its worth he said there has been an abnormal summer as far as wind blowing in at the park.

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