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Carl Spackler

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  1. Motherfuckers who stand in line (or sit in the drive-thru lane) at fast food restaurants for several minutes but don't know what the fuck they want once they get to the counter.  Are you kidding me?  You've had 5 minutes to think about it.  Plus you probably know the menu by heart anyway.  Anyone who takes longer than 30 seconds to place an order at a fast food restaurant deserves a special place in hell. 

     

     

     

     

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  2. Hendricks has more problems than just the first inning.  He hasn't been able to paint corners with consistency this season like he did the past few years for some reason -- he's close, but off just enough that hitters are laying off borderline pitches that they were previously swinging at and unable to barrel up.   This season they're waiting him out until he gets behind and has to throw something over the heart of the plate.  And it seems to me that some of his pitches (thinking mostly slider and change here) don't seem to have the kind of late movement that they did in past seasons.  Maybe I'm wrong about that, but it seems that way to me.    

  3. Sicario 2.  I agree with the consensus -- not as good as the original, but still good and worth the time/$.  Jeffrey Donovan gets some good lines.  And definitely worth the 2+ hours of primo theater air conditioning in 118 degree weather yesterday . . . 

  4. I think Baez will make it along with Lester and Morrow, but I wouldn't be upset if we only see one or two make the team.  The rest and motivation would be just fine with me.

  5. 49 minutes ago, Dewey said:

    Baez is a magician, stole home with a crazy slide. How is he 3rd in all star voting at second base? Is it cause he plays other positions? I dont know anything about the two guys ahead.of him.

    Albies and Gennett.  They're both having good seasons and are legit choices at 2B.  Albies is a young kid who has been a big part of Atlanta's resurgence.  Gennett's been raking the first half of the season -- over .330 with double-digit dingers and an OPS over .9.  Baez is better defensively than either of them, IMO, and is a hell of a lot more versatile.

  6. 2 hours ago, shnsajax said:

    Thinking double digit runs again today.


    And they ended up needing every one of them.  Nearly blew a 10-3 lead.  And once the Twins pulled to within one, Cubs got the leadoff batter on third with no outs and couldn't get him home.     

    Bullpen has a ton of guys on the DL.  Thankfully, Morrow was pretty much nails today.  Getting Edwards back would help a lot.  Hopefully his AAA rehab goes well and he's back in Chicago soon.       

     

  7. Entertaining game tonight -- too bad about the result.  Hendricks is a shell of his '16 self.  The second inning in particular was like batting practice.  When his control is off, he's got nothing to stump hitters this season when he falls behind in the count.

    It seemed like it was 50/50 Cubs fans in Dodger Stadium tonight.  Chicago definitely represented well.

     

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