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One of the most joyless players I've ever seen. Just a total drag, even apart from his less-than-mediocre performance.

The. Worst.

Agreed on Zaidman. Unlike several of his peers (Benetti included), his "announcer voice" and general smarmy bearing are a continuous advertisement for I went to Syracuse to become a broadcaster, and he's also one of the all-time hilariously cliched apologists for any team he covers -- Cubs, Bears, or DePaul. An immediate "change the station" guy for me, when he subs in on Mully and Haugh, that's a morning I won't be listening to that show. So yeah, compared to him, McKnight's a dream.

Candelario is experiencing what I call "the Cubby bump." It's a phenomenon where generally pedestrian players come to the Cubs during so-called pennant races, are completely jacked about being in a fun environment -- and go on a tremendous roll, becoming talked about by Cubs fans and dumbshit media members as All-Star players, only to eventually come down to Earth and become exposed for the basically mediocre players they were all along (e.g., late-stage Kenny Lofton, overhyped Matt Murton, post-roids Nomar Garciaparra, spectacular-catch-that-one-time Reed Johnson, etc.).

So tired of Stone telling us what a lethal hitter he's going to be.

I should add that we, on the other hand, look like a large pile of s%*#.

They look suspiciously like one of those teams that steamrolls everyone during the season and then gets bounced in the playoffs.

Andrew Vaughn sucks. And he's the guy who drove in runs tonight.

Let me guess, did Vaughn and his emotionless, 3d pick, great-future-hitter face continue his annual drop under .800 OPS?

At this point, he can't hit major-league sliders with a 20 foot long piece of aluminum siding.

It's not impossible.

Are you talking about the completely joyless Andrew Vaughn? C'mon! I love watching an overhyped hitter who consistently has an OPS under .800 while playing a horseshit first base and looking like he's miserable playing baseball.

Just saw the replay of the misplay. To be fair, I did laugh hard and immediately. So it had some value.

Helluva relay throw by Sosa. Almost got him.

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