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Another example is Rebel Wilson, aka Fat Amy in the Pitch Perfect movie, and first seen in Bridesmaids as one of the weird roommates of Kirsten Wiig. She's a lot funnier to me than McCarthy. But a little bit goes a long ways. That Awkward Moment...C+ A Long Way Down...B- The Other Woman...C (not as funny as I thought it would be, and Kate Upton's appeal is starting to diminish for me) Transcendence...D+

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 10:11 PM) Plus he sucks. But yeah. Let's say that's a contending caliber lefty, Damaso Marte (old school) then it makes sense. Robin clearly tries to give these guys faith and confidence but it's not working. They need a real talented vet to come in and stabilize. We have plenty of vets. It's the talent that is lacking, or the talent is there and the control is lacking.

Does anyone realistically believe that Schwarber can stick at catcher? And the corollary, if he's this so-called great hitter, why would they want him to play such a stressful position? Theo will end up trading a couple of these guys for pitching prospects, most likely. It may be the prudent thing to do, but i've had people close to me die without ever seeing the Cubs win, and am friends with an 80 year old man who went to Wrigley to see the Cubs lose in the '45 series and thought they were poised to get back there the next year. He is still waiting. He now has some serious health problems and may not be around for when this grand plan finally hatches. How many more Cubs fans are going to die without ever seeing them win? truth.> algonquinmatt •15 hours ago well i guess we need to forgot rebuilding and try to freakout and buy a bunch of players because we havent won in a long time? im sorry people die, but we still need to take our time and execute the plan. top farm system in baseball by a mile haydesigner> algonquinmatt •14 hours ago Soooo… you're saying they should chuck everything and try to compete now (or next year) for the sake of your 80-year-old friend??

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 08:15 PM) It is .737 for American League left fielders this year, and that includes the playing time by backups. If you have a defender of the caliber of Adam Dunn, or Manny Ramirez, or, Justin Upton or Matt Holliday or Viciedo, they need to be a much above average hitter to make up for it. That's the only reason to put them out there. And for RF? Because you have to believe they're going to want to have the least amount of physical stress possible on Garcia, so Dayan likely would be in RF if he ends up staying in Chicago.

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 05:17 PM) Well then, had no idea where this was going....Wasn't expecting a sex angle....was kinda waiting for a presidential angle. Well, other than the fact that this guy isn't eligible to run for the presidency in the U.S., that would be tough. Maybe he's writing an anti-Hilary screed? Sounds more like David Koresh mixed with the Manson Family and Unabomber, with a little Ken Kesey thrown in for good measure.

QUOTE (Dick Allen @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 05:13 PM) He was in to face Cano only, and then Putnam was going for the save. You know, the guy you said Robin was stupid not to use instead of Petricka a couple of weeks ago. Things change a lot in two weeks. Gordon Beckham and Dayan Viciedo were dramatically different hitters a couple of weeks ago. Putnam still had at least a modicum of confidence from all of his success in the set-up role.

He should move to southwestern China and join the Mosuo tribe. "WALKING MARRIAGES" One of the best known, and least understood, aspects of Mosuo culture is their practice of what has been termed “walking marriage” (zou hun in Chinese).[10] There is no traditional marriage in Mosuo culture. Therefore, there are no husbands or wives. The Western conception of marriage has been replaced by “walking marriages” or “visiting relations,”[11] in which partners do not live in the same household. Children of such relationships are raised by their mothers and the mothers' families. Shih (2010) is the most sophisticated anthropological account of Mosuo practices of sexual union. General practice[edit] The Mosuo have large extended families, and several generations (great grandparents, grandparents, parents, children, grandchildren, aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, etc.) live together in the same house. Everyone lives in communal quarters, and there are no private bedrooms or living areas, except for women between certain ages (see the section on “coming of age,” below) who may have their own private rooms.[10] All on-going sexual relationships in Mosuo culture are called "walking marriages." These bonds are "based on mutual affection."[9] When a Mosuo woman or man expresses interest in a potential partner, it is the woman who may give the man permission to visit her. These visits are usually kept secret, with the man visiting the woman's house after dark, spending the night, and returning to his own home in the morning.[10] Mosuo women and men can engage in sexual relations with as many partners as they wish.[12] While a pairing may be long-term, the man never lives with the woman's family, or vice versa. Mosuo men and women continue to live with and be responsible to their respective families. The couple do not share property. The father usually has little responsibility for his offspring.[10] "It is the job of men to care more for their nieces and nephews than for their own children."[4] A father may indicate an interest in the upbringing of his children by bringing gifts to the mother's family. This gives him status within the mother's family, while not actually becoming part of the family. Whether or not the father is involved, children are raised in the mother's home and assume her family name.[10] Benefits[edit] This type of marriage practice has many positive outcomes. First, it gives both participants equal measures of freedom. It can be initiated at will and ended in the same manner. Only rarely do families become involved. If a matriarch disapproves of a “visitor,” she can make the participants end the relationship, but this seldom happens. In other Asian cultures, “marriage is seen as a group decision.”[13] China, especially, has a history of focusing more on families' ties than the individuals' and works to serve the economic and political interests of these larger parties.[14] Walking marriages, however, negate these social pressures and allow more independence[citation needed]. Another particularly important result of this practice is the lack of preference for children of a particular sex.[citation needed] For example, in most cultures in the region, a female joins the male partner's family upon getting married.[citation needed] The result is that if a couple has many female children, they will lose them after marriage, and have no one to care for them in old age; but if they have male children, their sons (and their sons' wives) will care for them. So, in poorer populations in particular, there is a strong preference for male children. However, among the Mosuo, since neither the male nor female children ever leave the household, there is no particular preference for one gender over the other.[citation needed] The focus instead tends to be on maintaining some degree of sexual balance, having roughly the same proportion of males to females within a household.[citation needed] In situations that this becomes unbalanced, it is not uncommon for Mosuo to adopt children of the appropriate sex or even for two households to "swap" male and female children.[citation needed] Myths & Controversies[edit] Although sometimes believed otherwise by outsiders: Mosuo women are "promiscuous"?While it is possible for a Mosuo woman to change partners as often as she likes, few Mosuo women have more than one partner at a time. Anthropologists call this system “serial monogamy.” Most Mosuo form long-term relationships and do not change partners frequently.[10] Some of these pairings may even last a lifetime.

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 05:02 PM) Surkamp blows, but look at Canos splits. Does Surkamp even have any experience pitching in a save situation in Charlotte this year?

QUOTE (Vance Law @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 04:43 PM) This "argument" is obviously entirely for sport. But anyway.. He did get closer to league average after having his best game of the season yesterday. We'll see if he keeps it up. His OPS on Tuesday was .698. Danks put up a .682 OPS last year while receiving the most regular playing time of his career. He has an .831 OPS at AAA this season. "is a black hole" doesn't give any quantitative reference to allow for a comparison between players. What color hole is Viciedo then? Dark, dark grey? Light black? Viciedo is a black hole as a defender. When you add up respective hole colors for the different facets of the game, how do Danks and Viciedo stack up? What if you have a lineup full of great defense and then one guy who is bad and is also a subpar hitter (Viciedo)? Balta has quoted over and over again the average OPS for a LFer in around 710-720. Whether we like it or not, offense/power are down, pitchers are dominating. By the way, what did the Seattle Mariners win for their "best defense" title (Safeco's actually an outfield where it makes a lot more sense to have three solid outfielders) 3-4 years ago? It would be one thing if Jordan Danks was a great defender. He's not. He's very good, but he's not any better than Brian Anderson...and most would argue in favor of Anderson around here surely. If he was Endy Chavez or the Mets' CF or Franklyn Gutierrez in his prime...and he could singlehandedly take over a game defensively, that would be one thing. But Eaton is ensconced in CF right now, so you want to move him to LF and play Danks there? WHY? So our offense, which is looking more and more 2013-esque by the day other than Abreu's presence, will have even more black holes?

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 02:51 PM) But they have what MANY on our board want, young prospects, top prospects. We have many on our board who just want prospects. Well the Cubs have a ton of em and thus are gonna win it all finally. That jinx appears to be Ova in the not so distant future. That worked out so well when Hosmer, Moustakas and Bubba Starling led the Royals to the 2014 World Series title last year. Even "can't miss" guys like Wil Myers haven't proven themselves to be bulletproof. Other than Bryant, the Cubs don't have anyone you can be sure is going to make a huge impact.

Good god, Costa Rica is under a D-Day assault and still managed not to give up a goal. Lindstrom apparently has been back around the ballpark and doing better. Not sure if the Sox will give him a shot to pitch in September or not. Do we have an option on his contract or he automatically becomes a FA next year?

Good god, Costa Rica is under a D-Day assault and still managed not to give up a goal. Lindstrom apparently has been back around the ballpark and doing better. Not sure if the Sox will give him a shot to pitch in September or not. Do we have an option on his contract or he automatically becomes a FA next year?

And now the offense has no chance without its two hottest hitters in Abreu and Viciedo. And the bullpen has zero confidence and no Petricka to go to, since he was used for only out out. As much as the Leury Garcia PHing for Sierra worked, these late innings have all backfired in an equally horrendous way. If nothing else, it's ridiculous to take away Abreu's possible final chance to extend the hit streak unless you're going to PR right away. SIGH. World Cup time. Not crossing my fingers on this game ending up in our favor.

Konerko here please. Just for old time's sake. Didn't think we would see Viciedo at 727 passing Beckham at 714 in terms of OPS about 2-3 weeks ago. Well, Dayan was due to come out of his slump eventually and Gordon was due to regress to his mean.

Mariners leading the AL in ERA, unless the A's passed them last night. It's going to be a franchise-altering trade if Hahn deals Viciedo/Ramirez to them. Have to get prospects back who realize their potential, as that's our only remaining significant trade chip.

Dunn supposedly battling a sore hand/wrist. DJ questioning why he's still out there trying to hit when he seems to be hurting. Adam's numbers are really starting to nosedive, along with Beckham's.....which of course is perfect for trade deadline time.

What the hell was that Miller? Trying to emulate your DP partner Cano? 12 errors for Miller, their supposed defensive specialist. Hit Logan Morrison's wrist and then face. Alexei Ramirez AND Viciedo to the Mariners. How much are you going to get back in return?

QUOTE (scs787 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 02:53 PM) What can you do??? Petricka will be next. Seems there's zero confidence in Webb. The amazing thing is the Dodgers have/had a streak where their pitchers had 2 walks OR less in 36 consecutive games. Not sure if that streak's still alive or not.

Honestly, we'd be better off with Rodon as the closer than anyone else we have in the organization. Might as well go with the Chris Sale 2010 plan.

That was a fastball, belt high. Why was Flowers setting up in that same exact location...where the ball was thrown to? Sigh. That's not close to Putnam's best pitch. We've now seen two great set-up guys ruined by pitching them in the 9th...out of their comfort zones.

QUOTE (greg775 @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 02:35 PM) So the draft lovers on this board can't have it both ways. You have to admit the Cubs are probably going to be regulars in the postseason for a pretty long stretch. If you are a draftnik (I use the term in a friendly way) you probably LOVE the Cubs' chances for success in the future. So many top players in the system now. The Cardinals are too good to simply go away...the Cubs are quite fortunate the Astros aren't in their division anymore, either.

Putnam fortunate there to get the "at 'em" ball...bad baserunning, could have been out at 3rd but didn't want to let the trail runner get to 2nd in order to preserve the double play ball. Ackley HAS to be at second base there. Huge break.

Sigh. Hung a change-up to Hart. This isn't going well. Don't believe Hahn in his wildest imagination believed the bullpen would have THIS many struggles to close games out this year, rebuilding year or not. DJ just said only 3 times in the year have we had 1-2-3 innings in closing situations....all by Belisario. At least one of them was against the Dodgers, if not twice.

Something happens to pitchers when they are in there with a small lead in the 9th inning.

QUOTE (iamshack @ Jul 5, 2014 -> 08:54 AM) Applying analytics to the business side of baseball The Indians have already been doing this for 1 1/2 seasons, FWIW.