Jorge Soler Zero Percent Financing Thud On The Shower Door SPLOOGE Fest

[Slaky]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

[SKO]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

[Tony]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

[Tonker]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

I choo-choo-choose the Cubs *sob*

[morpheus]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

I choo-choo-choose the Cubs *sob*

Fucking Murphy.
 

[flannj]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

Low point of the year.

[Saul Goodman]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

Low point of the year.

Why the fuck are we talking about this?  THE 2016 CUBS ARE HERE, BITCHEZ!

[Eli]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

Low point of the year.

Why the fuck are we talking about this?  THE 2016 CUBS ARE HERE, BITCHEZ!

[flannj]

So, speed of the ball off the bat is going to be the new thing around here, huh?

It's kind of the new BABIP, if used correctly it'll tell you which hitters are having good/bad luck and are going to regress/break out. If used incorrectly it's just really annoying.

Reminds me of when Starlin hit one 107 mph and it was caught during the Mets series. They said the league was hitting something like .738 on balls hit that hard. Then Murphy hit one 86 mph out to right off Arrieta or some shit and I began cutting myself.

That home run Murphy hit off Arrieta was definitely a sign from whatever deity you do or don't believe in that the series was not going to go the Cubs way. I think I read at the time that only 3 balls hit that softly went for home runs all year long, and that one somehow hit the wind tunnel just right and carried out for a 3 run dong in game 2 of the fucking NLCS.

If you watch a replay of that homer, you can actually pinpoint the second when our hearts ripped in half.

Low point of the year.

Why the fuck are we talking about this?  THE 2016 CUBS ARE HERE, BITCHEZ!

When you're right, you're right.

[Eli]

How is someone so obviously athletic so bad at defense?

[Powdered Toast Man]

How is someone so obviously athletic so bad at defense?

He looks way too timid out there and really unsure of himself. Is anyone coaching him?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

How is someone so obviously athletic so bad at defense?

I saw someone immediately go into rhetorical gymnastics to defend that play when you wondered something similar on Twitter last night and I could only shake my head.  What's the point?  I fucking love Jorge but it's fair to wonder what.  The Fuck.  Was that.

[SKO]

How is someone so obviously athletic so bad at defense?

I saw someone immediately go into rhetorical gymnastics to defend that play when you wondered something similar on Twitter last night and I could only shake my head.  What's the point?  I fucking love Jorge but it's fair to wonder what.  The Fuck.  Was that.

Are you talking about that Adam Brown guy? That was bizarre. Arguing with Sahadev about how Jorge was "learning a new position" and "didn't know where the wall was." It's a fucking wall, man. It's not that hard to figure out where a wall is.

That was a bad play no matter how you spin it. It doesn't mean he can't ever get better on defense (Or that he even really needs to if he hits like he's capable of hitting), just admit he fucked that one up, man, and move on.

[Eli]

Are you talking about that Adam Brown guy? That was bizarre. Arguing with Sahadev about how Jorge was "learning a new position" and "didn't know where the wall was." It's a fucking wall, man. It's not that hard to figure out where a wall is.

Like I said on Twitter at the time, he's going to be the new Starlin for Cubs fans. Some people are going to jump on every misplayed ball or awkward swing, and some people are going to contort themselves to defend anything he does because of that first group of people. It's going to suck.

[Oleg]

Are you talking about that Adam Brown guy? That was bizarre. Arguing with Sahadev about how Jorge was "learning a new position" and "didn't know where the wall was." It's a fucking wall, man. It's not that hard to figure out where a wall is.

Like I said on Twitter at the time, he's going to be the new Starlin for Cubs fans. Some people are going to jump on every misplayed ball or awkward swing, and some people are going to contort themselves to defend anything he does because of that first group of people. It's going to suck.

So, just like everything else on twitter or any other social medium?