Game 1: Friday, 7:15 p.m - Jose Quintana vs Miles Mikolas
Game 2: Saturday, 1:15 p.m
Game 3: Sunday, 7:00 p.m

Happy for our newly married catcher but I’d like to see him hit something. Batting .131 in his last 16 games.

Why no Addy?

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Look, I'm not the greatest baseball sage, but I don't think the plan of putting the leadoff man from the opposite team on base every inning is the best way to win a game.

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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

Pinch hit a strikeout for a strikeout.

Quintana had to deal with memories of the White Sox offense and defense. Sad.

Nm nice hit Happ.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

That's a little funny that Yadier's stats were sponsored by AARP.

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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

So tell me ... is Yadi a HoF'er or not?

My snap reaction is "well obviously, yes".

A cursory glossing over at his Baseball Reference page has, at least for the moment, tempered that to a certain degree.

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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 don't believe I've ever seen a pitcher come in for relief and get injured during the practice throws.

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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

Firing their hitting coach was asinine. They were two runs shy of Colorado for leading the league last year in runs, while this year's team can't hit its way out of a paper bag.

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You mean the fact that his most similar batter through age 34 is A.J. Pierzynski?

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Speaking of catchers that can hit....the cubs should get one. Contreras has been fucking worthless at the plate lately and he still can't frame a pitch or set up like a normal catcher.

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

No.

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Good thing they broke up Almora and Baez from the top of the lineup.

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Mike Maddux should actually put his hand on his pitcher's nuts and whisper, "I'm an incel".

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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

Got to give them credit for coming back here against a bad Cardinals bullpen.

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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

Curious Hoffy

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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

Elmhurst Steve curse. He comes back to puff his bullfrog chest out, and the Cubs take a nosedive.

Keep. Him. Out.

David DeJesus looks like he is shitting his pants when he stares into the camera.

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For alternate baseball viewing, LA is leading San Diego 4-0 in Monterey, down Mexico way ... where the organist just played La Cucaracha I might add.

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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 don't want him gone. He has a great future but he has got to continue getting better. He needs a mentor or different position coach around him to clean up his shitty framing and set up. I think his framing is due to him setting up out of the zone all the time and his yapping to the umpires hasn't helped anyone out either.

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

Nice bunt by Chatwood. Something Lester couldn’t do the other night.

This is going well.

Chatwood walks too many guys, Heyward didn't need to leave his feet on that catch .

Dumbass play by Rizzo.. Take the sure out at first.

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Chatwood is gonna be annoying all year.

Does Schwarber whiff more at the plate or in the outfield?

Defense bad

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Angel Hernandez games are always harder to watch.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.