That Almora guy is pretty good

BENCHED

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That Braves organist is a fucking treasure.

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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

Since when does Brandon McCarthy throw 95? Wtf

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Well there’s a makeup call on Schwarber .

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I have to think the gun is 'hot'.

https://www.fangraphs.com/pitchfx.aspx?playerid=4662&position=P

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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.
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He does have a 1.something ERA against the Cubs.

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Well, maybe not ... Brooks' numbers make it seem more reasonable.

https://www.brooksbaseball.net/velo.php?player=435221&time=&startDate=03/30/2007&endDate=05/16/2018&s_type=2

https://www.brooksbaseball.net/velo.php?player=435221&b_hand=-1&gFilt=&pFilt=FA|SI|FC|CU|SL|CS|KN|CH|FS|SB&time=month&minmax=ci&var=maxmph&s_type=2&startDate=03/30/2007&endDate=05/16/2018

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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

At some point the pitchers are going to go to Joe or Hickey and say get that glove behind us every day.

I'm sure Lester already has.

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And then Joe will explain why with numbers and charts and a gazelle over in the corner and go on for 25 minutes and then pat them on the back as he escorts them out of his office ... next thing the players knows, the game's in the third inning.

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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

Of course statcast didn’t give him any love because they weren’t great catches, Jim. He just makes them look like great catches.

Rizzo forgot how to do this batting thing

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Baez has unintentionally walked two times this year. Wow

Good lord Acuna destroys baseballs. That is one scary mother fucker.

I wish Tim Anderson would make routine plays looks great.

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Never a problem with Craig Mack bringing us back to the 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

My god it is unhuman to be this much of a relentless Caller Bob.

Baez sucks again and Rizzo is a fucking moron for swinging on that 3-0.

Edwards not fooling anyone.

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Oy.

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- Henry George

When edwards takes a shit he really takes a shit. This is 3 terrible outings in a row.

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Strengths: Long neck, Pitching with 5 run leads

Weaknesses: Sleeve tattoo, Pitching with anything less than a 5 run lead

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Edwards is brutal, he's a mental midget like Yu. Don't think he will ever be a closer because he doesn't have it between the ears. Pathetic performances the last few nights.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

So has Edwards proven himself enough to be a closer yet or is he the perpetual future closer?

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Cubs pen had been pretty exceptional all season till last night.

ERA+ numbers

Morrow 343
Cishek 223
Strop 273
Duensing 641


Even after last night Edwards is still above league average for ERA. So is Monty, and surprisingly Wilson.

The above numbers are admittedly unsustainable to some point, but this pen has been very good all season long.

Edwards gave it up last night. It happens.

Yeah I thought Edwards got the W for Darvish the othe night?

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No, it's not.

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WGN is showing the ninth innings of Hooton’s and Pappas’ no-hitters; holy shit was Pappas pissed when Froeming called ball four.

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Sherman remarked, "Well, Grant, we've had the devil's own day, haven't we?" Grant looked up. "Yes," he replied, followed by a puff. "Yes. Lick 'em tomorrow, though."

Yeah this has been a fun watch. Better than the product on the field lately.

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