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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 19, 2016 0:02:29 GMT -5
It's about time the Cubs beat the Mets.
Crazy walkoff from Lind, by the way.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 19, 2016 21:02:19 GMT -5
Pirates win off of a walk off Home Run error. Haven't seen that in a long time.
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 19, 2016 23:05:00 GMT -5
Robinson Chrinos showed up tonight. The Rangers desperately need anything at this point given the lead over the Astros is shrinking.
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Post by bad guy™ on Jul 20, 2016 1:35:06 GMT -5
The ending to the Mets/Cubs game was absolutely ing ridiculous.
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 20, 2016 20:45:42 GMT -5
I can't believe the Red Sox are about to let the Giants take the lead after Boston was up 8-0.
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Post by LA Times on Jul 21, 2016 21:00:09 GMT -5
Giants vs Yankos tomorrow night is like a World Series preview
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 21, 2016 23:29:33 GMT -5
The Dodgers don't like Urias going five innings.
Justin Turner went ballistic today.
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Post by LA Times on Jul 24, 2016 7:24:56 GMT -5
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 24, 2016 9:16:29 GMT -5
I wasn't expecting that to be why he was sent home last night.
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Post by Chip on Jul 24, 2016 10:01:30 GMT -5
Girardi's micromanaging once again ed up the Yankees chance to win a game You have a guy in scoring position with 0 outs, so you tell you $150 million dollar man to sacrifice bunt....in effect letting the giants give a free pass to your flat out BEST HITTER and bring up one of your most inconsistent hitters who, OF COURSE, swings at the first pitch and kills any chance of winning the game. Yankees wont call for bunts when they are down 1 run in the 5th inning, instead everyone tries to hit a 5 run home run but then Joe will call for a bunt in a situation that clearly did NOT need it. Because even if Ellsbury struck out you STILL have a guy in scoring position and i swear to god the next guy who gets up to the plate with men on base and a chance to score runs and swings at the first pitch he sees, im gonna fly to whatever stadium they are at and smash his thumbs with a bat. i am so utterly sick and tired of this team actually starting to make something happen and then one of their "big sluggers" decides he's gonna obviously get a cookie fastball down the middle of the plate on the first pitch.....only to softly fly out to left. at least Joe put Tex where he belongs in the lineup.
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Post by Lorenzo Alcazar on Jul 24, 2016 23:20:24 GMT -5
Yankees are giving up on the season. Trading Chapman being only 4 games out of the 2nd Wild Card spot with SO MANY games left against Boston, Toronto, and Baltimore makes no sense....especially when they are trading him for a 19 year old sing A SHORTSTOP. Yankees don't need shortstops. The Yankees need power hitting outfielders and young starting pitching.
If the Yankees try and lie to their fans like "we are still trying to win this season", it's such bullcrap. The Yankees could hardly win a game without using all 3 of Betances, Miller, and Chapman....how do they expect to win games with just Betances and Miller?
On the bright side, the 19,000 people still going to games can stop wasting their times going to that sh*thole stadium and it can look even emptier on tv.
I'm done with this team for the rest of this season. I don't waste my time or my money supporting a team that QUITS.
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 25, 2016 9:28:04 GMT -5
Today begins the Crosstown Series. It's time for Jake Arrieta to show Sox fans what an ace with class looks like.
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Post by punksnotdead on Jul 25, 2016 16:46:29 GMT -5
I'm seeing a ton of Cubs fans complaining about trading Torres for 2 months of Chapman. I have absolutely no issue with it. I'm not about to worry about how Torres could have been used come the offseason to build a trade package for, what is right now, an imaginary rotation guy. Chapman, along with Montgomery, makes the bullpen lethal. It puts Rondon in that 8 inning setup role where he'll surely be more useful, and just gives them so much more authority from 7-9. This was the biggest area of need for the Cubs and they addressed it in grand fashion. Not to mention, Chapman has insane numbers against the NL Central.
Do I wish he signed the extension first? Yes. But if they win and go deep into the playoffs with him I genuinely don't care. This is why the Cubs have the farm system they do. You can't get mad when they have to move pieces to get elite major league talent. I'm going to enjoy this ride.
Also, Yankee fans. Most experts would tell you the Cubs got fleeced. Torres is going to be a top 10 spec in all of baseball next year. So if you found your solution at SS for the next decade you got a steal. He's likely going to be major league ready inside of the next 3 years. I can understand the frustration of feeling like they gave up, but I think that's a decision you'll be glad they made a few years from now. I think there is a difference between giving up and making the best possible decision for the future of your franchise.
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Post by LA Times on Jul 25, 2016 16:59:20 GMT -5
Yankees are giving up on the season. Trading Chapman being only 4 games out of the 2nd Wild Card spot with SO MANY games left against Boston, Toronto, and Baltimore makes no sense....especially when they are trading him for a 19 year old sing A SHORTSTOP. Yankees don't need shortstops. The Yankees need power hitting outfielders and young starting pitching. If the Yankees try and lie to their fans like "we are still trying to win this season", it's such bullcrap. The Yankees could hardly win a game without using all 3 of Betances, Miller, and Chapman....how do they expect to win games with just Betances and Miller? On the bright side, the 19,000 people still going to games can stop wasting their times going to that sh*thole stadium and it can look even emptier on tv. I'm done with this team for the rest of this season. I don't waste my time or my money supporting a team that QUITS. The Yankees just took 2/3 from their World Series opponent this weekend and Chapman was not a factor in any of those games. Adam Warren was one of the players Chicago sent in the trade, so the Cubs pretty much gave Starlin Castro to the Yank for nothing. Gleiber Torres is supposed to be the next Derek Jeter and the Cubs gave him up for a rental. Cash Man is still owning Theo after all these years.
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 25, 2016 17:35:12 GMT -5
I actually like this trade for the Cubs.
The bullpen has not always been reliable. Here they go and they get somebody very established who absolutely throws heat and has electric numbers.
Where's the room for Torres or McKinney? While it's true that they're talented, Torres is roadblocked by Russell. If something happens to Russell, Baez is a shortstop by trade.
If anything this creates a logjam now for the Yankees in Class A. Jorge Mateo is off a two week suspension but he's very talented in his own right and can really swap bags.
There's no way Torres or McKinney could realistically have contributed to an already stacked lineup in 2016. You need relief. The Royals proved that the last two years. The Giants proved that all three times they won the World Series this decade.
I just hope the Cubs can get to Chapman because hopefully the bats and starters/relievers will be reliable enough.
It's a lot they gave up, but they could also afford to give it up. All that matters now is winning the World Series, something every Cubs fan wants after seeing generation after generation suffer for more than a century.
Edit: Also, the Yankees aren't the team to fast track prospects to the majors. Look at Greg Bird and how he helped them down the stretch last year. Had he not suffered an injury to keep him out for all of 2016, the Yanks would've left him in Triple A. That was Cashman's plan. They've had many chances to promote Aaron Judge, who is currently on the DL. I don't see him debuting unless they deal Beltran, whose name has come up in trade discussions.
It might be a year or two at least before McKinney gets called up, and I say Torres gets the call in 2018 at the earliest, if not later. Some teams fast track to the majors, like Bregman debuting for Houston tonight, or that Zack Burdi, whom the White Sox drafted last month, could be up before season's end. The Yankee philosophy is much different. They have some scary talent on the farm, but they need to get the call first, which will probably be a while.
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Post by Nivro™ on Jul 25, 2016 19:35:01 GMT -5
Yankees are giving up on the season. Trading Chapman being only 4 games out of the 2nd Wild Card spot with SO MANY games left against Boston, Toronto, and Baltimore makes no sense....especially when they are trading him for a 19 year old sing A SHORTSTOP. Yankees don't need shortstops. The Yankees need power hitting outfielders and young starting pitching. If the Yankees try and lie to their fans like "we are still trying to win this season", it's such bullcrap. The Yankees could hardly win a game without using all 3 of Betances, Miller, and Chapman....how do they expect to win games with just Betances and Miller? On the bright side, the 19,000 people still going to games can stop wasting their times going to that sh*thole stadium and it can look even emptier on tv. I'm done with this team for the rest of this season. I don't waste my time or my money supporting a team that QUITS. So you're quitting on a team because you feel that they have quit?? Irony at its finest
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 25, 2016 20:17:33 GMT -5
Cubs need to pull it together. I'm sick of seeing them lose to the Sox.
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Post by LA Times on Jul 26, 2016 19:45:02 GMT -5
Blue Jays got BJ Upton. Why? Theyre already set in the OF and they need money to resign Jose Bautista and Edwin Encarnacion.
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Post by DeadlyGame on Jul 26, 2016 20:09:36 GMT -5
The Cubs can't hit James Shields. Disgraceful.
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Post by dodgerman on Jul 28, 2016 14:31:49 GMT -5
Trading deadline coming soon, I hope the Dodgers don't settle for Ian Kennedy, just for Davis.
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