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If anyone is bored, this is a short oral history of the first night game. Some great stuff in there. Eric Gregg loving over Sutcliffe is funny. Harry Grossman sat a few rows in front of us and would sign autographs at the games for the next couple years.
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Niwrad posted:If anyone is bored, this is a short oral history of the first night game. Some great stuff in there. Eric Gregg loving over Sutcliffe is funny. Harry Grossman sat a few rows in front of us and would sign autographs at the games for the next couple years. This is really good and everyone should read it!
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Marlins reliever Dan Jennings took a Jordy Mercer line drive directly to the side of the head today (it hit him so hard that it popped up high enough for the shortstop to catch it in the air for an out) and had to be carted off the field and taken to the hospital. Word from the Marlins is that his CT has come back with nothing more serious than a concussion.
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Aug 8, 2014 04:43
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commy gun posted:$50 and worth it I got stuck at L'Enfant Plaza for 60 minutes because of that loving gnome. I didn't get one, either.
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Niwrad posted:If anyone is bored, this is a short oral history of the first night game. Some great stuff in there. Eric Gregg loving over Sutcliffe is funny. Harry Grossman sat a few rows in front of us and would sign autographs at the games for the next couple years. Now that's a sports fan.
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He made it to age 94. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1991-04-16/news/9102030728_1_lights-at-wrigley-field-cub-fan-cubs-director God Bless 'em. That's a fan.
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commy gun posted:$50 and worth it
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Some dudes next to me at a bar in central Illinois were insistent that Baez is the next Gary Sheffield.
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Mornacale posted:Marlins reliever Dan Jennings took a Jordy Mercer line drive directly to the side of the head today (it hit him so hard that it popped up high enough for the shortstop to catch it in the air for an out) and had to be carted off the field and taken to the hospital. Word from the Marlins is that his CT has come back with nothing more serious than a concussion. This was pretty terrifying to watch as Dan stumbled around in a daze before completely collapsing to his knees with a blank stare on his face. I know that hat looks loving Stupid but I'm totally down if it prevents stuff like that.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Some dudes next to me at a bar in central Illinois were insistent that Baez is the next Gary Sheffield. So you were sitting next to some relative pessimists?
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MaximumBob posted:So you were sitting next to some relative pessimists? Gary Sheffield was a really loving good hitter.
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MaximumBob posted:So you were sitting next to some relative pessimists? That is not derogatory. Sheff owns. Dude's first ten years was an ops+ of 158. That is really loving valuable. ZenVulgarity fucked around with this message at 15:14 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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I'm pretty sure he was making fun of most Cubs fans for being insane when it comes to their current prospects, not saying Sheffield was bad.
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MourningView posted:I'm pretty sure he was making fun of most Cubs fans for being insane when it comes to their current prospects, not saying Sheffield was bad. That makes much more sense.
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MaximumBob is making a joke about the category 5 hurricane of hype that's surrounding Baez in that part of the country right now thanks to the last couple years and Baez starting his MLB career at Coors Field, against 2014 Rockies pitching. Pessimists think he's Gary Sheffield, optimists think he's Babe Ruth in the middle infield. edit: Curse you, MV
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That makes sense. Doesn't Baez strike out a lot right now?
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Crion posted:MaximumBob is making a joke about the category 5 hurricane of hype that's surrounding Baez in that part of the country right now thanks to the last couple years and Baez starting his MLB career at Coors Field, against 2014 Rockies pitching. Pessimists think he's Gary Sheffield, optimists think he's Babe Ruth in the middle infield. Write more succinctly for us. BTW you have anything down the pipe? I heard about SOE like today and you've probably been asked a hundred ties already.
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MourningView posted:I'm pretty sure he was making fun of most Cubs fans for being insane when it comes to their current prospects, not saying Sheffield was bad. Thanks. I think that Baez is a good prospect, but there's a vast gulf between "good prospect" and Gary Sheffield. The Cubs have a bunch of good prospects, but the odds are overwhelmingly against any of them having a career like Sheffield. And the only ways that Baez really compares to Sheffield are bat speed (which is where this comp started, I think - I'm pretty sure some scout gave a blind quote about Baez's bat speed being the best he'd seen since Sheffield) and the fact that they both were shortstop prospects. Crion posted:MaximumBob is making a joke about the category 5 hurricane of hype that's surrounding Baez in that part of the country right now thanks to the last couple years and Baez starting his MLB career at Coors Field, against 2014 Rockies pitching. Pessimists think he's Gary Sheffield, optimists think he's Babe Ruth in the middle infield. The Cubs are going to have to make a decision soon though, because Baez is probably a way better pitcher than Ruth.
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Baez is really good but his skillset isn't really anything like Sheff's. He's not going to hit for average or get on base the way Sheff did.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:Some dudes next to me at a bar in central Illinois were insistent that Baez is the next Gary Sheffield. Utterly terrible fielder, won a World Series with the Marlins. Sounds right on the mark actually. I have no idea how Baez's glove is, that might not be a good comparison. e: Marlins 2017 WS champs!  mentholmoose fucked around with this message at 15:34 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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ZenVulgarity posted:Write more succinctly for us. Stuff's happening/being talked about. I'll be popping up other places soon. Can't be too much more specific than that right now.
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Thom P. Tiers posted:That makes sense. Doesn't Baez strike out a lot right now? A shitload, yes. Obviously the Colorado series was fun for a debut, but we'll get to see how good teams beat him here before too long. mentholmoose posted:I have no idea how Baez's glove is, that might not be a good comparison. Let's put it this way: he was kept at shortstop for most of the minors because he's athletic enough. There was never really a conversation of him being a shortstop in Chicago because Starlin Castro is better defensively with a few years under his belt. And yes, I really did just say that.
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Crion posted:edit: Curse you, MV that's what you get for using all them words, writer boy (glad you are going to still be writing places btw)
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Explosionface posted:A shitload, yes. Obviously the Colorado series was fun for a debut, but we'll get to see how good teams beat him here before too long. It's probably good to mention that Jed Hoyer has openly said they expect Baez to struggle and wanted him to come up in a situation where he'd get a decent experience and then have some time off to make adjustments. So the Cubs themselves clearly expect a few brutal stretches from Baez over the next few weeks.
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I Want to Go to the Zoo with Roy Halladay went to the zoo with Roy Halladay https://twitter.com/zoowithroy/status/497753934027849728/photo/1 (he's a Phillies blogger)
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“This past stretch, since the All-Star break, has been awful for those guys. It’s not fair to them once we get them in there to expect them to do much because they’re not getting the chances.” That's a quote from Mike Matheny. It's glad to see that he admits that he was in the wrong when it came to the handling of Osc- oh wait that's from an article about getting daniel descalso and mark ellis time in the field this weekend
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MourningView posted:He's going to put Descalso in the outfield, just wait. lol if only. descalso is getting a SS start and he hinted at one of them playing 1b
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N: White Sox outscored 45 to 6 over the last 3 games V: Adam Dunn should go in for tjs
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Mark Ellis at first base. Sure. Of course. Why not. The one Cards game I went to in person he started Descalso at short and I think he made three errors in the first two innings. I should get a refund or something.
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It's entirely fair to them. They are terrible and shouldn't be starting right now. Holliday/Taveras should DH and make our outfield defense better with Bourjos. But instead Matheny feels bad so he will start descalso. I hate Matheny. Thom P. Tiers fucked around with this message at 16:42 on Aug 8, 2014 |
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N: Trevor May is supposedly being called up to start for the Twins on Saturday. V: loving finally.
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I seem to recall matheny saying something like that last year too but maybe I just want to think that happened.
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The Rangers have 8 players with a wRC+ over 100. 3 of them are pitchers, 2 of them are on the DL, and 1 of them is Adam Rosales.
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