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Title: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on May 29, 2019, 04:46:14 pm
Cubs Lineup

Kyle Hendricks  RHP   4-4, 3.34 ERA, 54 SO
 
Kyle Schwarber (L) LF
Kris Bryant (R) DH
Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
Javier Baez (R) 3B
Willson Contreras (R) C
Albert Almora Jr. (R) CF
Jason Heyward (L) RF
Addison Russell (R) SS
David Bote (R) 2B


Astros Lineup

Wade Miley   LHP  5-2, 3.32 ERA, 45 SO

Derek Fisher (L) LF
Alex Bregman (R) SS
Michael Brantley (L) DH
Yuli Gurriel (R) 3B
Josh Reddick (L) RF
Robinson Chirinos (R) C
Tyler White (R) 1B
Tony Kemp (L) 2B
Jake Marisnick (R) CF
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 07:11:35 pm
Well that didn’t take long
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Post by: Knoxbanedoodle on May 29, 2019, 07:13:24 pm
Well that didn’t take long

It's the damn helium!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 07:25:08 pm
Geez Yuli, did you forget what the bat is for?
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Post by: Lefty on May 29, 2019, 07:46:51 pm
Geez Yuli, did you forget what the bat is for?
Glad I'm not the only one that saw that
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 07:49:27 pm
Glad I'm not the only one that saw that

Swinging at pitches down the middle is just what they'd expect.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MusicMan on May 29, 2019, 07:53:40 pm
Geez Yuli, did you forget what the bat is for?
The MoBerg special.


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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Knoxbanedoodle on May 29, 2019, 07:55:30 pm
Gotdamn helium!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Lefty on May 29, 2019, 08:01:21 pm
I wasn't sure I could dislike White more than I have, but I do.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:08:53 pm
Bregman stretched that triple into a double.
Title: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: geezerdonk on May 29, 2019, 08:10:50 pm
Looked like the left fielder mistimed his jump.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:11:09 pm
Astros on the corners, nobody out...
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Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 08:11:30 pm
For those able to listen, what happened in the stands? Wasn’t a kid was it?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:13:35 pm
Reddick with a sac fly to cut the lead in half.

Bregman comes up limping.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:13:57 pm
For those able to listen, what happened in the stands? Wasn’t a kid was it?

They didn’t show or say.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 08:14:18 pm
Looked like the left fielder mistimed his jump.

Schwarber is terrible out there, even accounting for his lack of familiarity with MMPUS.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:19:53 pm
Almora is inconsolable. He may be out of the game. They just referred to the “young fan”.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Lefty on May 29, 2019, 08:22:20 pm
Schwarber is terrible out there, even accounting for his lack of familiarity with MMPUS.
He may be the worst LFer I've seen since....?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 08:23:51 pm
Almora is inconsolable. He may be out of the game. They just referred to the “young fan”.

FTC.  But not that one.   

Hope all turns out well.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: jbm on May 29, 2019, 08:24:11 pm
Almora is inconsolable. He may be out of the game. They just referred to the “young fan”.
I wasn’t watching but I thought I heard Blum say it went “through the net.”  Did it, or was it a liner past the net?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:24:33 pm
White back to diving back from pitches on the outside of the plate
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:25:44 pm
I wasn’t watching but I thought I heard Blum say it went “through the net.”  Did it, or was it a liner past the net?

I don’t think so. I think it was past the net.  They didn’t show it.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:26:34 pm
White with a leadoff double!
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Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 08:27:01 pm
Raise your hand if you thought Tyler might get gunned down at 2nd.
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Post by: geezerdonk on May 29, 2019, 08:27:33 pm
What was that move by White rounding first?
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Post by: chuck on May 29, 2019, 08:27:55 pm
Past the net. According to some friends who’re at the game it was a young girl, 4 or 5 years old. Pretty bad news.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:28:19 pm
That didn’t go as planned. White out 4-5 on the FC
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:29:05 pm
Past the net. According to some friends who’re at the game it was a young girl, 4 or 5 years old. Pretty bad news.

That’s just awful.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 08:29:23 pm
Make sure the ball is thru the infield,  *then* run.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:30:12 pm
Well that would have plated a run
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:31:23 pm
Make sure the ball is thru the infield,  *then* run.

Not when it’s on the ground behind you.  White made the right break. He’s just dragging a bass boat behind him.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:33:00 pm
That inning ended worse than it started.   Still 2-1 Cubs
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Texifornia on May 29, 2019, 08:33:39 pm
He’s just dragging a bass boat behind him.
I wish he'd get a trailer.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:34:52 pm
I wish he'd get a trailer.

He’s dragging it sideways.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: JimR on May 29, 2019, 08:35:58 pm
Make sure the ball is thru the infield,  *then* run.

No. Not on a ball to the right side. Run.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 08:44:22 pm
Well, how about that: Schwarber made a nice play on that Brantley drive.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 08:46:30 pm
It's fucking pathetic how shitty even this split squad looks against Hendricks. That guy has thrown at least 6 pitches right down the middle that have either been fouled off or just looked at.

HIT THIS FUCKING SCRUB'S SLOP ASS PITCHES!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Navin R Johnson on May 29, 2019, 08:47:05 pm
From Twitter.  A guy in the section when asked where the kid, who he said was no older than a year,  was hit

“I don’t know. Father held her up and she was limp, head was falling backward. She finally started screaming when her father got her to the top of the stairs”

Fucking scary.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 08:48:03 pm
From Twitter.  A guy in the section when asked where the kid, who he said was no older than a year was hit

“I don’t know. Father held her up and she was limp, head was falling backward. She finally started screaming when her father got her to the top of the stairs”

Fucking scary.

It's almost like you shouldn't bring your infant to an event where there's a chance they might get hit by a 100 mph projectile.
Title: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: geezerdonk on May 29, 2019, 08:48:22 pm
Screaming is good.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 08:50:07 pm
They just confirmed it was a kid, but reports are the kid will be ok.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Snuffy on May 29, 2019, 08:51:40 pm
They just confirmed it was a kid, but reports are the kid will be ok.

(ESPN announcement) The child is awake, conscious, on way to hospital.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 08:54:22 pm
It's almost like you shouldn't bring your infant to an event where there's a chance they might get hit by a 100 mph projectile.

Way to come to the rescue, Captain Hindsight!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: JimR on May 29, 2019, 08:56:03 pm
Way to come to the rescue, Captain Hindsight!

This is foresight. Leave your infant at home.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:00:40 pm
Way to come to the rescue, Captain Hindsight!

My two superpowers are being poet laureate of curse words and pointing out obvious shit.

Option 2 seemed more appropriate.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: doyce7 on May 29, 2019, 09:01:34 pm
It's fucking pathetic how shitty even this split squad looks against Hendricks. That guy has thrown at least 6 pitches right down the middle that have either been fouled off or just looked at.

HIT THIS FUCKING SCRUB'S SLOP ASS PITCHES!
In fairness, Hendricks has a career 3.09 ERA in 142 starts. It's not like he hasn't had a ton of success at the major league level

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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:01:48 pm
Also, fuck Tyler the Blimp and his inability to hit center in 87 MPH fastballs. What the fuck are you waiting for, you tub of guts?
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Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:03:57 pm
You're fucking kidding me!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:04:12 pm
In fairness, Hendricks has a career 3.09 ERA in 142 starts. It's not like he hasn't had a ton of success at the major league level

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While his stats are fairly impressive, his ERA is not a great reason to take center cut fastballs for strike one.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:04:55 pm
What infielders do the Astros have in the Green Grass League?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 09:05:23 pm
Bregman scores- limps off

Kemp reaches first- by taking one off the ulna
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:05:48 pm
What infielders do the Astros have in the Green Grass League?

I think they're all up here now.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:06:18 pm
My two superpowers are being poet laureate of curse words and pointing out obvious shit.

Option 2 seemed more appropriate.

Wasn’t an insult, just one of my favorite South Park moments.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 09:08:41 pm
Wasn’t an insult, just one of my favorite South Park moments.

Do you like fish sticks?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:09:02 pm
Wasn’t an insult, just one of my favorite South Park moments.

Which is why I didn't employ my first superpower.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: hostros7 on May 29, 2019, 09:10:35 pm
This is foresight. Leave your infant at home.

Honest question: did you not bring your kids to baseball games when they were four or five years old?

I have certainly brought my young fella, but I’m selective about my seat location and wouldn’t sit close to the action down the lines beyond the net.


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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:12:23 pm
Honest question: did you not bring your kids to baseball games when they were four or five years old?

I have certainly brought my young fella, but I’m selective about my seat location and wouldn’t sit close to the action down the lines beyond the net.


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This is also acceptable. Sitting where a popup might find you is one thing, but sitting down a baseline with a young child is just asking for something awful to happen.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:12:41 pm
Which is why I didn't employ my first superpower.

“You had best unfuck yourself and start shitting me Tiffany cufflinks or I will definitely fuck you up!”
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:13:19 pm
Devo off to an inauspicious start this inning.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: chuck on May 29, 2019, 09:13:37 pm
You can bring kids, I think, you just have to know that they won’t be paying attention and so you need to, always, and you need to sit between them and the batter.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:14:17 pm
How’d they fuck up that up?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:15:18 pm
This is also acceptable. Sitting where a popup might find you is one thing, but sitting down a baseline with a young child is just asking for something awful to happen.

Hell, I don't sit down there when it's just me. The ball gets on you fast, and I've seen enough people get clocked. And even if you think you've got everything lined up, there's always the chance that somebody else will deflect the ball and fuck you up that way.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:15:44 pm
How’d they fuck up that up?

I mean... *gestures at game in general*
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:16:51 pm
How’d they fuck up that up?

Why was White trying to tag him? Wouldn't the bag have been good enough?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: hostros7 on May 29, 2019, 09:17:02 pm
You can bring kids, I think, you just have to know that they won’t be paying attention and so you need to, always, and you need to sit between them and the batter.

And, often, your kids are the ones who divert your attention from the game and thus protecting them from sharply hit foul balls, compounding the risk of the situation.


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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:17:11 pm
How’d they fuck up that up?

Looked to me like Bregman was waiting for White to “run” back to first.

In hindsight/foresight I’d rather not have Tyler White on this team anymore. I’ve liked him in the past too.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:18:43 pm
Why was White trying to tag him? Wouldn't the bag have been good enough?

He tagged up on the fly ball. It’s a tag play at 1B.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:19:37 pm
He tagged up on the fly ball. It’s a tag play at 1B.

For some reason I thought he left early. Which, in retrospect, was a stupid thought.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:19:57 pm
Cubs with the bases loaded, two out...
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Post by: Lefty on May 29, 2019, 09:20:31 pm
Why don't all yall shut the fuck up?
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: chuck on May 29, 2019, 09:21:15 pm
And, often, your kids are the ones who divert your attention from the game and thus protecting them from sharply hit foul balls, compounding the risk of the situation.

My kid would never try to distract me from something he could plainly see I was engaged with.
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Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 09:23:35 pm
Whew!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:23:44 pm
Ponche!

Devo leaves the bases juiced. Still 2-1.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Navin R Johnson on May 29, 2019, 09:24:07 pm
Deco with an 85 mph cement mixer down Main Street....for strike three looking. 
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MusicMan on May 29, 2019, 09:24:45 pm
COD right down the middle. I’ll take it.

(That’s what he said.)


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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: doyce7 on May 29, 2019, 09:24:45 pm
Devo didn't exactly inspire confidence there

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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: jbm on May 29, 2019, 09:26:09 pm
Deco with an 85 mph cement mixer down Main Street....for strike three looking.
Devo living right.

Need a bloop and a bomb.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: JimR on May 29, 2019, 09:26:10 pm
He tagged up on the fly ball. It’s a tag play at 1B.
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Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 09:27:12 pm
Top of the order up.

Well, top of *an* order.

Let's go.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Lefty on May 29, 2019, 09:35:43 pm
That's the best I've seen Devo pitch in a month
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Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:36:26 pm
Top of the order up.

Well, top of *an* order.

Let's go.

It’s cool... we have, wait...? Who’s on the bench?!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:40:41 pm
Nice work Harris
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Post by: hostros7 on May 29, 2019, 09:40:57 pm
Harris’s slider to end the inning >>> Devo’s change to end the inning


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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:41:07 pm
And so we find ourselves in a situation where we have to rely on Tyler White to do something.
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Post by: astrojo on May 29, 2019, 09:42:10 pm
Nasty pitch by Harris. Now let’s get a couple runs!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:46:51 pm
Fuck White!

Swing the fucking bat!!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:47:39 pm
FUCK!

White is fucking useless.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Tom Servo on May 29, 2019, 09:47:59 pm
Fuck White!

Swing the fucking bat!!

Especially the one right down the middle.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: MusicMan on May 29, 2019, 09:48:08 pm
I think we’re going to deal with a few games like this in the coming days.


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Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: Astros Fan in Big D on May 29, 2019, 09:48:18 pm
Bad call. 

But PROTECT THE PLATE!!
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:48:52 pm
I think we’re going to deal with a few games like this in the coming days.


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We’ve been dealing with White’s incompetence since March.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:49:21 pm
Especially the one right down the middle.

The 1-0 pitch to White was the game. Why he didn’t swing at that, I don’t know...
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: HudsonHawk on May 29, 2019, 09:49:53 pm
Bad call. 

But PROTECT THE PLATE!!

He could at last *try* to get on base.  Any effort would be an upgrade.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: austro on May 29, 2019, 09:50:29 pm
I await the post-game presser where we'll learn about Bregman's knee discomfort and Kemp's wrist discomfort.
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Post by: MRaup on May 29, 2019, 09:52:43 pm
That was fucking pathetic.

The entire inning, but especially White.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: WVastro on May 29, 2019, 09:54:03 pm
I await the post-game presser where we'll learn about Bregman's knee discomfort and Kemp's wrist discomfort.

An alternative narrative to this season would be to see if Luhnow has compiled a AAA team capable of winning the AL West.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: astrojo on May 29, 2019, 09:54:50 pm
Not to take anything away from Hendrix’s performance, but the Astros sure looked gutless on several 88-90mph “fastballs” right down the middle.  As if today’s news wasn’t depressing enough, they failed to sweep for the 3rd time in completely winnable games.
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Post by: JimR on May 29, 2019, 10:06:47 pm
Unreal loss
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Post by: Navin R Johnson on May 29, 2019, 10:13:19 pm
At this point you have to start wondering if White has compromising information on Luhnow. 

It’s one thing to keep him on a roster with a healthy Altuve Springer and Correa, but with all the injuries they can’t afford to keep his massive dead wait afloat.
Title: Re: Cubs at Astros May 29th 2019 version.
Post by: JimR on May 30, 2019, 08:22:07 am
At this point you have to start wondering if White has compromising information on Luhnow. 

It’s one thing to keep him on a roster with a healthy Altuve Springer and Correa, but with all the injuries they can’t afford to keep his massive dead wait afloat.

This is so true. They guys who are left standing and Luhnow must do something to replace the lost run production. I do know know what has happened to White, but he cannot handle the fastball this year.
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Post by: Lefty on May 30, 2019, 07:04:48 pm
At this point you have to start wondering if White has compromising information on Luhnow. 

It’s one thing to keep him on a roster with a healthy Altuve Springer and Correa, but with all the injuries they can’t afford to keep his massive dead wait afloat.
If he's not gone June 1 or 2....