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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Wobbie said:
    60 year old greg maddux?
    Yesterday was the anniversary of when he 76-pitch shutout the Cubs
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    bbiggs said:
    Bottom line is our pitching as a whole sucks balls. 
    Yep. List of every solid Cubs pitcher on 2018 roster:

    Jon Lester 
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    Gtilley8Gtilley8 Detroit Posts: 985
    bbiggs said:
    Bottom line is our pitching as a whole sucks balls. 
    Problem is, we've got 3 guys with ace potential, and one that has shown up.  I'll give an out to Quintana, since he at least looks like he cares, and can have a phenomenal night at any time.  Darvish..... That guy has the mental fortitude of a psychiatric patient.  Maybe he comes back with an ounce of guts and I eat my words.  Hendricks, if that guy can't hit his spots, it's BP.  When you get to our 4,5,6,7 guys - we have to score 10 runs.  
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Yeah I will say, as tough as I am at times about Q, he busts his ass for us and has the hunger to win.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,476
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Wobbie said:
    60 year old greg maddux?
    Yesterday was the anniversary of when he 76-pitch shutout the Cubs

    hated that guy but he was the epitome of “economical.” only good part of being at his 300th win was selling my ticket stubs on ebay.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    9K to 0 BB.

    Zero fucking discipline. 
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    You know it’s gotten bad when you have to bring in Victor f’n Carratini to pitch for you! Hahaha! 
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    Now Rizzo is on the mound! 
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,767
    Wobbie said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Wobbie said:
    60 year old greg maddux?
    Yesterday was the anniversary of when he 76-pitch shutout the Cubs

    hated that guy but he was the epitome of “economical.” only good part of being at his 300th win was selling my ticket stubs on ebay.
    Hated Greg Maddux?!?! Said no reasonable person EVER. Greg Maddux was the Tom Hanks of baseball in the 90's. Hating the Braves of the 90's is fine if you want, but Mad Dog? Seems like an attention grabbing statement to me.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,476
    joe maddon is a jackass.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    Vancouver 11
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    DewieCoxDewieCox Posts: 11,412
    edited July 2018
    Wobbie said:
    joe maddon is a jackass.
    No one can deny that. 

    darwinstheory said:
    Wobbie said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Wobbie said:
    60 year old greg maddux?
    Yesterday was the anniversary of when he 76-pitch shutout the Cubs

    hated that guy but he was the epitome of “economical.” only good part of being at his 300th win was selling my ticket stubs on ebay.
    Hated Greg Maddux?!?! Said no reasonable person EVER. Greg Maddux was the Tom Hanks of baseball in the 90's. Hating the Braves of the 90's is fine if you want, but Mad Dog? Seems like an attention grabbing statement to me.
    I can see it. He was stone faced as hell and that could be construed as sort of indifferent arrogance and despite that a bit of a dopey look to him. 

    EDIT: now I feel weird having put so much thought into Greg Maddux’s face.
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    WobbieWobbie Posts: 29,476
    darwinstheory said:
    Wobbie said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Wobbie said:
    60 year old greg maddux?
    Yesterday was the anniversary of when he 76-pitch shutout the Cubs

    hated that guy but he was the epitome of “economical.” only good part of being at his 300th win was selling my ticket stubs on ebay.
    Hated Greg Maddux?!?! Said no reasonable person EVER. Greg Maddux was the Tom Hanks of baseball in the 90's. Hating the Braves of the 90's is fine if you want, but Mad Dog? Seems like an attention grabbing statement to me.

    well, I lived in vegas....agassi gave so much back to the community. maddux golfed.

    mike maddux is OK. talked to him at a christmas party about how his rangers’ relievers couldn’t throw strikes against my Giants in the 2010 WS. mike was like “it was bad.” :lol:
    If I had known then what I know now...

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    VIC 07
    EV LA1 08
    Seattle1 09, Seattle2 09, Salt Lake 09, LA4 09
    Columbus 10
    EV LA 11
    Vancouver 11
    Missoula 12
    Portland 13, Spokane 13
    St. Paul 14, Denver 14
    Philly I & II, 16
    Denver 22
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    lolobugglolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,190
    edited July 2018
    Wobbie said:
    darwinstheory said:
    Wobbie said:
    HesCalledDyer said:
    Wobbie said:
    60 year old greg maddux?
    Yesterday was the anniversary of when he 76-pitch shutout the Cubs

    hated that guy but he was the epitome of “economical.” only good part of being at his 300th win was selling my ticket stubs on ebay.
    Hated Greg Maddux?!?! Said no reasonable person EVER. Greg Maddux was the Tom Hanks of baseball in the 90's. Hating the Braves of the 90's is fine if you want, but Mad Dog? Seems like an attention grabbing statement to me.

    well, I lived in vegas....agassi gave so much back to the community. maddux golfed.

    mike maddux is OK. talked to him at a christmas party about how his rangers’ relievers couldn’t throw strikes against my Giants in the 2010 WS. mike was like “it was bad.” :lol:


    hey Wob,

    I have a Greg Maddux 300th win bobblehead that I got at the Cubs/Braves game a few years back.

    You want to buy it?

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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Wobbie said:
    joe maddon is a jackass.
    But he's our jackass. :wink:
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,767
    Hendricks through 4 with 0 runs allowed. I'm betting Dyer had to delete a pre typed and not yet submitted fuck laced paragraph on fucking Hendricks and his band of pathetic fucking losers. :lol:
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    I was at a Jenny Lewis show.

    Thank goodness. Fuckin bums.
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    How did the cubs let Zach Britton go to the Yankees? We desperately need a reliever and we were rumored to be the front runner for him just recently. Is Theo sleeping on the job this year? 
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    edited July 2018
    bbiggs said:
    How did the cubs let Zach Britton go to the Yankees? We desperately need a reliever and we were rumored to be the front runner for him just recently. Is Theo sleeping on the job this year? 
    Britton isn't terrible enough.  We'll sign some no-name with a career ERA in the 4-5 range and Jed &Theo will make us drink the "potential" kool-aid. Again.
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    We were supposedly one of the front runners for Machado, too. Until we weren't.
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    It’s pretty frustrating that they haven’t made a move thus far. We need pitching help or we’re going nowhere as the season goes on. I hope we’re not the only ones that realize that. 
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,767
    I think they are aiming at SP over RP myself. 
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    They should. DeGrom would be a huge addition but they seem to be inactive on the trade front at the moment. 
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,767
    I agree...but I could see it being someone like Gaussman from Baltimore, unfortunately. 
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Another day of anemic offense making a guy with a 5+ ERA look like a fucking Cy Young contender.

    These fucking bums will be in 3rd place within the next 10 days.  It serves them right.  At this point I honestly hope we miss the playoffs this year.  Maybe THEN they'll all get their heads out of their fucking asses and start playing with some god damn desire.
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,767
    Cubs win! All thanks to that J-Hey weak ground ball! Yeah buddy!!!
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    Gtilley8Gtilley8 Detroit Posts: 985
    Today's win was a nice gift. Still up 2.5.  Still tied for the 4th best in the national league, in terms of runs against.  

    If pitching starts matching potential, then we'll be fine, but it's not WS champ caliber.  We'd need a lot to go right in the playoffs.  
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    bbiggsbbiggs Posts: 6,931
    ^ Yeah, the “you score 8, we’ll score 9” mentality in the playoffs won’t work. Pitching trumps hitting every time. 
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    Gtilley8Gtilley8 Detroit Posts: 985
    bbiggs said:
    ^ Yeah, the “you score 8, we’ll score 9” mentality in the playoffs won’t work. Pitching trumps hitting every time. 
    Exactly.  This just doesn't feel like a team that can win a playoff series.   I believe we'll get there.  Might even steal a game.  But I don't think this team, as it is right now, can win an NLDS.  Too many question marks.  
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    darwinstheorydarwinstheory LaPorte, IN Posts: 5,767
    Bryant back to the 10-day DL. 
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    HesCalledDyerHesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,418
    Damn Avila.  Ya couldn't do that last year??
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