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QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 11:49 AM) Why waste your time on baseball at all if your strategy is to be miserable even when things are going well? Just kick yourself in the nuts and get it over with. That sounds difficult.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 11:24 AM) True. I just hate those four words: "out for the playoffs." You just know somebody or somebodies are going to go down that will alter the big picture of the playoffs between now and June. For sure. And with most of these West series going to be clunkers, it sucks to have one of the series in the East affected by an injury like this.

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 10:20 AM) Hasn't been confirmed yet. But it looks like Avery Bradley could be out for the playoffs. Huge bomb for the Celtics. So sick of these types of injuries happening every f***ing postseason. Would just like to see one postseason in which nobody gets hurt. Doesn't matter in the big picture of the playoffs but it's definitely robbing us of what could have been a pretty epic series between Boston and Atlanta.

QUOTE (ronkark @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 03:12 AM) Been holding off on raising this but I can't be the only one who is having LaRoche/Dunn/Thome flashbacks given Frazier's early struggles I can't keep it in anymore. He's batting .178 and that includes today's gift popup hit. 10K's in 45 at bats on pace for over 200. No he's not Dunn or LaRoche. But LaRoche was coming off a great first half, bad second half season and so is Todd. Also he's adjusting to AL, which the other two struggled with. I'm not overly confident he'll hit even .240 this year. And that will kill this team. Really really really hope it picks up soon. the offense has been hidden by stellar pitching but Todd, Abreu with 12 K's in 36 at bats, Rollins, Jackson, Avi Ugh, Avila, Navarro, Shuck. We can have 4 guys struggle. Not 8. Sooner rather than later please! You have to remember that Todd came off a bad 2nd half in 2014 and did just fine in 2015. He just seems to be a streaky half to half hitter and the numbers even out to a pretty good season. It's 11 games, no need to worry yet. QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Apr 17, 2016 -> 07:23 AM) Despite the team being 8-3 it is pretty obvious they are no more,than a 65-70 win team. Just from what I hav read here, there are a lot of problems. Eaton, Lawrie clubhouse cancers Avila, Fraizer, Cabrera, Rollins washed up The league has figured out Abreu Avi is one of the worst players in baseball Jerry Sands serves no purpose They have Danks in the rotation and Petricka, Duke, Putnam in the bullpen You know it is just a matter of time with Latos Even Chris Sale is too much of a hot head and should go away. Finally they are managed by a stooge. 8-3 with 9 games in the road is OK, but despite all these horrible players and manager and coaches, it clearly should be better. The fans deserve better. All of these are the majority opinion of the board of course.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 09:15 PM) I love Danks but I'd rather have two righty starters to go with lefties Sale, Q and Rodon. Why are the Sox so crazy bout lefty starters? I think Danks could be a good reliever if he throws strikes. Worth a shot. Duke blows. I still love Johnny Danks but he's really been our only bad starter so far. Because 3 of them are awesome and the 4th makes a lot of money.

QUOTE (JoshPR @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 06:46 PM) Cant we ever just tip our cap when a pitcher throws well against us? I mean ramirez had a really nice game People are less willing to do that when it happens game after game. I haven't seen a ton of games this year but it definitely seems like the offense hasn't been very good so far. That said it's only been (almost)11 games so far so we still have no clue what we actually have.

I'm not sure how one loves John Danks now a days but the hate towards him is pretty hilarious at this point too.

QUOTE (knightni @ Apr 16, 2016 -> 10:32 AM) The Nats have a better record than the Cubs right now. That's a super random post.

I like Chris Sale.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 05:26 PM) It makes leading the league in it all of the more impressive. Source?

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 05:24 PM) Much better than last year when they led the league in DERP. That's not a real stat.

Personally, I'm looking to package Jimmy and get his ass out of Chicago as quickly as possible. I know it's not the popular route and I know it's not going to be the one The Bulls go down but that's where I'd go.

QUOTE (Feeky Magee @ Apr 14, 2016 -> 02:24 PM) Good chance there's not a higher leverage out for the rest of the game Anyway, worked out I don't disagree with what you're saying but stuff like that is just never going to happen so honestly it's not even worth discussing.

The 4th pitch of this ab on gamecast was like 27 feet outside.

Only caught the last quarter cause I was watching the Warriors. The first few minutes were actually hard to watch then those last few minutes were unf***inreal.

QUOTE (bmags @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 01:41 PM) Keep in mind, what likely would have been coming back was picks, as Boston has unprotected Brooklyn Nets picks this year. I would have made that Jimmy deal in a heartbeat.

QUOTE (GreenSox @ Apr 13, 2016 -> 01:38 PM) True But I'll take the evaluation skills of the Dodgers over Kenny Williams, Robin Ventura and Don Cooper. Trayce is 25 now, I think he might be too old to be on a team of yours anyway.

QUOTE (southsider2k5 @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 03:10 PM) Indentured Servitude sounds right to me. Adam Laroche will save him from us.

When this story first came out I really understood it from both perspectives but at this point, f*** off Laroche.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 04:08 PM) Some Cubs fans can't wait till Sale's elbow blows up. And there was someone on this site who wants the same to happen to Arrieta. Happens with all fan bases.

QUOTE (Y2HH @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 03:41 PM) 22 is Pods. Period. He hit a walk off homer in the World Series. That alone wins him #22. That doesn't make him everyone's favorite player.

QUOTE (Brian @ Apr 12, 2016 -> 08:27 AM) Eek. How'd that sneak by writers? It was a fall out video. They're pretty much given the freedom to do whatever on those and that's why sometimes they're the best promos of the night.

"I'm not the one who steals things." Damn.

QUOTE (fathom @ Apr 11, 2016 -> 10:23 PM) LoN just bores me so much Yup. And having Bray and Roman work off each other with where the characters are at and seemed to be going was just a weird decision. Oh well, besides that I had a good time watching the show.

Great raw with a super lame main event.