Whatever.

Joey Votto basically took the first two months of the year off, but has an OPS of around 1.100 since June 1.

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aside from a few young/er players who are trying to earn some playing time next year, i figure just about everyone else involved in this series will be more worried about their fantasy football team/s than their actual baseball team

FIRST 10K FANS GET A FREE SMACK UPSIDE THE HEAD FOR NOT BUYING TICKETS EARLIER IN THE YEAR WHEN THE GAMES STILL MATTERED!

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Another in a long serious of pre-season games in mid-late September.

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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

Hammel road era: 5.33

Hammel home era: 1.77

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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

I'm glad the Cubs will just be able to flick the switch and pound the good pitchers they'll see in the playoffs because watching the stiffs from Milwaukee and now the Red shut them down is great.

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

Dex Fowler down to .265. One of the many not finishing strong .

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

This is why the teams who clinch first usually don't do shit in the playoffs. They go in a lull and the switch never flips back on.

I'm sure you have some data that you can cite to back that up.

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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

Out of the last 20 teams to clinch a playoff spot first, only 3 of them have won the World Series.

Or data to make that up. Clinching first or last does not matter at all. Beat everyones ass in the playoffs and it is a moot point.

Meet team 4.

I thought the narrative last year was they they were beat up and tired heading into the playoffs due to the hard push at the end for the wild card.

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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

See, that's why I said I was sure you had it.

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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

There was no hard push. The Cubs wrapped up that 2nd Wild Card spot pretty easily.

HEYWARD HAS ARRIVED

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

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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

Mr. Defense took a bad angle on that triple.

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I don't know what confuses me more ... why a ballplayer (or, really, anyone) would want to provide a way for literally any idiot to get a message to them, or why any idiot would think a ballplayer (anyone) would take even a second to read said message.

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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

You kinda have to love Ross, right?

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Ross scores on an Double from Lester.

Because that's normal.

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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

I want him to have a contract in his hand the day after the season ends to be Joe's bench coach for as long as Joe's here and then take over for him when he splits town (assuming it all doesn't get lit on fire).

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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

Dude, I'm 100% on board with that. We will be called meatballs for it, but whatever... I like winning.

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Looking like a white Kal Daniels as he rounded third.

I think Rizzo is going to get the MVP award.

Heyward is raking.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Rizzo apparently needed to go take a shit or something.

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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

Craps.Just.Fine.

When you're the league MVP, you're allowed to take yourself off the basepaths when you're up 6-1 against the Reds.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Tom Dreesen. Now there's a guy who....

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