That might be his downfall,trying to jack one out all the time. I think he is a better hitter than that. He got a seeing eye single yesterday to bring in a few.

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

There is a lot to like about Happ but he does strike out an awful lot. I know modern stats say a strikeout is just an out but for sustained success I'd feel a lot more comfy with a strikeout rate that doesn't rival Mark Reynolds. I thought for a while that he was going to be the trade bait but with the cliff Zobrist has fallen off since last year's all star break (I'm not discounting his game 7 performance) I don't think they are or should be in any hurry to trade him.

Yeah everyone making a big deal out of Zobrist's return to the lineup like it's some huge deal. He's sucked for the better part of a year now.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

Its a bit of cherry picking... but his last 20 games look something like this .321/.360/.667. Has a hit in 18 of 20 of the games

The kid is a generational talent.

FYI- we shortened it to Batty.

"We" didn't shorten anything.

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I'd like to shorten his stay in a Sox uniform.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

I had the Cubs game on the car yesterday and caught the Joe Maddon post game interview on 670. He called Ian Happ, "Happy". I flip back over to ESPN 1000 as is my custom these days, and the two fools are debating Happ's nick name. They came to the conclusion that Happ wants to be called "Happer", which made me wonder why Maddon is calling him "Happy".

Whatever.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Happy would be better because it would also be ironic given the fact the dude never smiles and looks like he is pissed off all the time.

Why would you take two fools opinion on a nickname over the guys manager?

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

I just assume they hadn't heard the post game interview. But it was funny that like 2 minutes earlier Maddon was calling him one thing, and the other station was debating Happ's preferred nickname.

Given the whole Happy Gilmore thing, I think Happy is about perfect.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

Because the Manager is likely more of a fool than whoever Denis was listening to on 1000 yesterday?

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I'll wait for Hawk to give him a nickname.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

By the way, is Jesse Rogers just a shill for the Cubs? "The Jesser".

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Hawaii (fuck) You

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

At least Hawk is creative. Happy and Happer are both pretty unimaginative. At least do something like "IHAP".

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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!

IHap. I like it.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

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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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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

It's the kind of nickname I would expect to be created by hockey players

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

I would never fuck with a guy named Frankie Frittata. Probably get whacked.

In my book,nobody gets a nickname until they actually accomplish something. I go back to James Thornton,Bears TE as Robocop and Raymont Harris as Ultraback.

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

jimmy "EKG" pasta

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Awfully good.



Quit while you're ahead.

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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

Does this mean we need to take back your nickname of jimmymeatball?

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

I thought my views on the Cubs earned me that.

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

Good point. Carry on sir.

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

I'll pack Happ's bags if it means the Cubs get Sonny Gray.