2018 Installment of MLB Bitchin' & Moanin'

[Snaggletiger]

Lol!  Don't you look dumber here than in real life....wait...wut?

I may not be very good looking, but I sure am fat. 

So, what do your Birds get for Machado?  Prospects?  Load the farm system? 

Speaking of Manny's, how'd you like the Pack-E-Yow fight.

[Buzz Killington]

You sounded, um, taller on the radio

[AUTiger1]

I may not be very good looking, but I sure am fat. 

So, what do your Birds get for Machado?  Prospects?  Load the farm system? 

Speaking of Manny's, how'd you like the Pack-E-Yow fight.

He goes to the Brewers, Phillies or Dog Ass Dodgers more than likely.  I have no clue what we get in return.  Rumor was the Yank Me's wanted to give up 10 prospects for him.  It wouldn't surprise me if the front office pushed that to get more teams on board in the sweepstakes and up the ante.  Yanks have said that was over exaggerated.  I just want a four horseman style pitching rotation.  Good pitching beats good hitting 9 times out of 10. 

I watched highlights of the fight.  Pac Man had a good performance, but Matthysse apparently didn't have a great fight, just average.  Good win, but I am not getting back on the hype train.  He is 39 after all and in the boxing world that makes him older than you. 

[Snaggletiger]

He goes to the Brewers, Phillies or Dog Ass Dodgers more than likely.  I have no clue what we get in return.  Rumor was the Yank Me's wanted to give up 10 prospects for him.  It wouldn't surprise me if the front office pushed that to get more teams on board in the sweepstakes and up the ante.  Yanks have said that was over exaggerated.  I just want a four horseman style pitching rotation.  Good pitching beats good hitting 9 times out of 10. 

I watched highlights of the fight.  Pac Man had a good performance, but Matthysse apparently didn't have a great fight, just average.  Good win, but I am not getting back on the hype train.  He is 39 after all and in the boxing world that makes him older than you.

I'm not in good shape for a man my age.  So, you only want Palmer, McNally, Cuellar and Dobson for Machado?  Sounds reasonable.

[AUJarhead]

I think at a game over .500 there was no sense not to do it.  Did I see where they booted the hitting coach too? Mabry?

Yep. He gone. 

And that’s where my beef with Matheny had been. Since Big Mac left, we’ve gotten worse in hitting every year. I thought he should have been fired two years ago. And I get loyalty, but you being loyal to this guy cost you your job. 

If Carpenter, Pham, Wong, and Fowler were just within 10% of how they were hitting last year, we would at worse be a game within the cubs. 

But a lot of things being said in StL this past weekend about how toxic the clubhouse had become. Apparently Fowler had blocked Matheny’s number, and they hadn’t spoken since May. 

[AUJarhead]

So, never? 

I can’t wait for the Cubs to win 120 games this year, and then get into the playoffs and sweep the Dodgers, then the Braves, and then the Yankees and be crowned the greatest team ever. And then they just move into the locker room at Soldier field and go 17-0 before winning the Super Bowl (they, of course, will be driving the Ditka bus). 

[Snaggletiger]

I can’t wait for the Cubs to win 120 games this year, and then get into the playoffs and sweep the Dodgers, then the Braves, and then the Yankees and be crowned the greatest team ever. And then they just move into the locker room at Soldier field and go 17-0 before winning the Super Bowl (they, of course, will be driving the Ditka bus).

[AUJarhead]

It it will be just like that, except the heavens will open, and Jesus will descend, and ask Theo if he wants to sit on the right or the left. 

[Buzz Killington]

It it will be just like that, except the heavens will open, and Jesus will descend, and ask Theo if he wants to sit on the right or the left.

^^^Gets it^^^

[Buzz Killington]

Mini Ditkas ftw!

[AUTiger1]

I'm not in good shape for a man my age.  So, you only want Palmer, McNally, Cuellar and Dobson for Machado?  Sounds reasonable.

Yeah, so....I see no issue with that wish.

[Snaggletiger]

Yeah, so....I see no issue with that wish.

That's a feat that we'll never witness again.  It's getting more and more rare just to get one 20 game winner, much less four on one team.  Pitching has become so specialized and the way they're handled means that complete games are almost becoming a thing of the past.   

[AUJarhead]

That's a feat that we'll never witness again.  It's getting more and more rare just to get one 20 game winner, much less four on one team.  Pitching has become so specialized and the way they're handled means that complete games are almost becoming a thing of the past. 

Makes you appreciate the Glavine/Smoltz/Maddux starting 3 a lot more, doesn't it?

[Snaggletiger]

Makes you appreciate the Glavine/Smoltz/Maddux starting 3 a lot more, doesn't it?

Oh absolutely.  You had confidence every time one of them took the mound.  And they definitely could eat up the innings.

I read some quotes from Maddux years ago where he was talking about his pitching philosophy.  He said he knew exactly where every hitter wanted it.  (Not in the butt)  Then he would throw it right there....but not quite right there, causing ground outs and pop ups.  I imagine every time you had an at-bat against him, you'd come back to the dugout wondering why the hell you can't hit the guy. 

[AUJarhead]

Oh absolutely.  You had confidence every time one of them took the mound.  And they definitely could eat up the innings.

I read some quotes from Maddux years ago where he was talking about his pitching philosophy.  He said he knew exactly where every hitter wanted it.  (Not in the butt)  Then he would throw it right there....but not quite right there, causing ground outs and pop ups.  I imagine every time you had an at-bat against him, you'd come back to the dugout wondering why the hell you can't hit the guy.

I don't recall him ever throwing over 92-93mph on a fastball.  I loved watching him pitch, because it was just perfect placement.

"On January 8, 2014, he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility, receiving 97.2% of the votes."

I'd love to know the rational on not voting him in on the first ballot.

[Snaggletiger]

I don't recall him ever throwing over 92-93mph on a fastball.  I loved watching him pitch, because it was just perfect placement.

"On January 8, 2014, he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility, receiving 97.2% of the votes."

I'd love to know the rational on not voting him in on the first ballot.

Maybe Maddux had butt secks with the guy's wife.

[AUJarhead]

Maybe Maddux had butt secks with the guy's wife.

I didn't know you were a HOF voter.  Congrats.

[Snaggletiger]

I didn't know you were a HOF voter.  Congrats.

I'm not a HOF voter. Where did you come up with.....wait...son of a....

[Buzz Killington]

I don't recall him ever throwing over 92-93mph on a fastball.  I loved watching him pitch, because it was just perfect placement.

"On January 8, 2014, he was voted into the Baseball Hall of Fame, in his first year of eligibility, receiving 97.2% of the votes."

I'd love to know the rational on not voting him in on the first ballot.

Agreed.  I kind of thought Kyle Hendricks might follow the Maddux path for about a half a year or so...

[AUTiger1]

That's a feat that we'll never witness again.  It's getting more and more rare just to get one 20 game winner, much less four on one team.  Pitching has become so specialized and the way they're handled means that complete games are almost becoming a thing of the past. 

Why do you hate me?  Why do you want to shit all over what I want for my team?