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Wonder if Leury hurt himself not jumping for the ball. Seriously. No reason for Mendick to hit for him.

Some serious Damaso Marte vibes with Rodriguez.

The more he pitches, the better he'll be. And he hasn't been pitching much.

Gosh, I sure hope we can hear more about the Cubs as the game goes on. Particularly those players who left and the budgets for the future. It's fascinating, and I need to know more about how Jed Hoyer and David Ross see things going forward. Also, I sure do wonder if any of those great Cubbies, who won those 4 World Series titles, will be re-signing. This ESPN crew is nails.

Welcome back to the American League, kid!

Hey now . . .

Have you watched the last week?

What, Vasgersian? Coming out of college, no one -- and I mean, no one -- described Andrew Vaughn as raw and getting by only on his innate ability.

Think Moncada will catch on that all he's getting is off-speed junk? Maybe in August.

Ian Kennedy makes some sense here.

He's earned them. Guy's been good (peripherals reflect it) -- but in his own way, he's been no less of an adventure than Colome was last year. (And no, I'm not saying we should've resigned Colome.)

So strange. Never seen Hendriks give up an opposite field home run in a key situation. (I DO NOT TRUST LIAM HENDRIKS IN A PLAYOFF GAME.)

So a hitter hit the ball over an outfielder's head against Dallas but it didn't go out? You mean, when he complained about outfielder placement, he was wrong when he said that hitters always hit it either shallow to the outfield or out of the park? I really do not like that guy.

I dunno, try learning a 3d pitch.

Not one softly hit ball in that inning. He sucked.

And now, in the press conference, he just complained about outfield positioning on the Hamilton play. Ozzie called him out for it, as he should have. Goodness gracious, man, make pitches and STFU.

My verdict on Keuchel, including calling out the team last year and then shitting the bed in the playoffs, is that he's all talk. Total blowhard.

The thing about Donaldson's hair is that it's asinine.

Exactly.

Should be an error on Rodon for standing between 3rd and home and touching the throw, which Grandal would've had. Not where he's supposed to be.

A little tired of the Hendriks show. Just get the outs, man.

Note to File: 2-pitch pitchers need elite location.

You rang?

Well, thanks. Long-time member, frequent lurker, recent occasional commenter again. Brantley always made a ton of sense, as a DH at least. Balance out the lineup from the left side, great veteran, wouldn't kill you if you had him play LF from time to time.

Gordo is a tad sleepy.