Jake Arrieta 2017 Salary Drive Sploogefest

[Saul Goodman]

Half of the country voted for him. I don't care if Jake is one of them. A lot of people who mean a lot more to you than Jake Arrieta probably did, too. Not saying you can't be mad at him, or them, or this entire country, but angrily dismissing them as nothing more than idiots and bigots isn't the right response either. I thought maybe it was, but it turns out that years of just dismissing an entire swath of the country's complaints because even the valid complaints were surrounded by racism and sexism makes those people mad, and only creates more anger and it was enough to make this tragedy happen.

If Jake's a Trump supporter, fine. Throw the baseball well and I'll look past it. I'll write it off as ignorance and I hope he learns from it, like I hope they'll all learn from it. We're going to have to pick our battles for a while, folks. This isn't the one I want to have.

Yep.

BUT JULIE TOLD HIM, AS A WOMAN, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND JAKE'S NOT BEING VERY NICE.

I don't follow her, so is she also calling out all the majority of white women who voted for Trump and put him in office?

[ChuckD]

Half One quarter of the country voted for him.

Corrected for the fact that HALF of our apathetic electorate didn't vote at all.

If ever there was a time to implement Instant Runoff Voting (or something similar), now would be the time. Based on turnout and exit polls 75% of voting aged people either stayed home or disapproved of both candidate.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Half of the country voted for him. I don't care if Jake is one of them. A lot of people who mean a lot more to you than Jake Arrieta probably did, too. Not saying you can't be mad at him, or them, or this entire country, but angrily dismissing them as nothing more than idiots and bigots isn't the right response either. I thought maybe it was, but it turns out that years of just dismissing an entire swath of the country's complaints because even the valid complaints were surrounded by racism and sexism makes those people mad, and only creates more anger and it was enough to make this tragedy happen.

If Jake's a Trump supporter, fine. Throw the baseball well and I'll look past it. I'll write it off as ignorance and I hope he learns from it, like I hope they'll all learn from it. We're going to have to pick our battles for a while, folks. This isn't the one I want to have.

Yep.

BUT JULIE TOLD HIM, AS A WOMAN, THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE HURTING AND JAKE'S NOT BEING VERY NICE.

I don't follow her, so is she also calling out all the majority of white women who voted for Trump and put him in office?

No idea...she blocked me ages ago.

[Tony]

Half of the country voted for him. I don't care if Jake is one of them. A lot of people who mean a lot more to you than Jake Arrieta probably did, too. Not saying you can't be mad at him, or them, or this entire country, but angrily dismissing them as nothing more than idiots and bigots isn't the right response either. I thought maybe it was, but it turns out that years of just dismissing an entire swath of the country's complaints because even the valid complaints were surrounded by racism and sexism makes those people mad, and only creates more anger and it was enough to make this tragedy happen.

If Jake's a Trump supporter, fine. Throw the baseball well and I'll look past it. I'll write it off as ignorance and I hope he learns from it, like I hope they'll all learn from it. We're going to have to pick our battles for a while, folks. This isn't the one I want to have.

Yep.

If I can get through Thanksgiving with my Trump loving brother and sister-in-law, I can get through a baseball season with Jake just fine.


I do not know if I can get through a Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law.

[PenFoe]

Half of the country voted for him. I don't care if Jake is one of them. A lot of people who mean a lot more to you than Jake Arrieta probably did, too. Not saying you can't be mad at him, or them, or this entire country, but angrily dismissing them as nothing more than idiots and bigots isn't the right response either. I thought maybe it was, but it turns out that years of just dismissing an entire swath of the country's complaints because even the valid complaints were surrounded by racism and sexism makes those people mad, and only creates more anger and it was enough to make this tragedy happen.

If Jake's a Trump supporter, fine. Throw the baseball well and I'll look past it. I'll write it off as ignorance and I hope he learns from it, like I hope they'll all learn from it. We're going to have to pick our battles for a while, folks. This isn't the one I want to have.

Yep.

If I can get through Thanksgiving with my Trump loving brother and sister-in-law, I can get through a baseball season with Jake just fine.


I do not know if I can get through a Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law.

You're welcome to give it a go with my in-laws if you'd prefer.

[Eli]

Half of the country voted for him. I don't care if Jake is one of them. A lot of people who mean a lot more to you than Jake Arrieta probably did, too. Not saying you can't be mad at him, or them, or this entire country, but angrily dismissing them as nothing more than idiots and bigots isn't the right response either. I thought maybe it was, but it turns out that years of just dismissing an entire swath of the country's complaints because even the valid complaints were surrounded by racism and sexism makes those people mad, and only creates more anger and it was enough to make this tragedy happen.

If Jake's a Trump supporter, fine. Throw the baseball well and I'll look past it. I'll write it off as ignorance and I hope he learns from it, like I hope they'll all learn from it. We're going to have to pick our battles for a while, folks. This isn't the one I want to have.

Yep.

If I can get through Thanksgiving with my Trump loving brother and sister-in-law, I can get through a baseball season with Jake just fine.


I do not know if I can get through a Thanksgiving with my brother and sister-in-law.

I'm fully prepared to get pretty drunk and yell a lot at my in-laws on Thanksgiving and my wife has given me permission to do so.

[SKO]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

[Quality Start Machine]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

Jake's in a year-long salary drive, and the Cubs reap the benefits.

[CT III]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

And if that Jake doesn't show up every week you'll be sure to let us know!

[SKO]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

And if that Jake doesn't show up every week you'll be sure to let us know!

Woah, welcome to a brave new world where I no longer bitch about the Cubs. I'm zen. This year is playing with house money, my frent. All will be well.

[Canadouche]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

And if that Jake doesn't show up every week you'll be sure to let us know!

Woah, welcome to a brave new world where I no longer bitch about the Cubs. I'm zen. This year is playing with house money, my frent. All will be well.

Over/under on how long this state of zen will last?

[SKO]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

And if that Jake doesn't show up every week you'll be sure to let us know!

Woah, welcome to a brave new world where I no longer bitch about the Cubs. I'm zen. This year is playing with house money, my frent. All will be well.

Over/under on how long this state of zen will last?

I'm really not sure, but Randal Grichuk, whom I despise like no other, basically singlehandedly beat the Cubs on opening day and it barely registered, so I'm in a good place, baseball wise.*








*- as opposed to my general view of humanity, which is still in a very, very, very dark place.

[SKO]

Jake seems to have traded a tick or two in velocity for improved command and it's hard to argue with the results so far

[Quality Start Machine]

Maybe they should just have a meter on the screen when Jake pitches with how much he's going to get in his new contract.

[Wheezer]

Bump. Jake looked pretty damn solid last night. His velocity wasn't as high as it has been in the past but he seemed to have much better control than last year and the sinker/change/curveball really had them off balance. If that Jake shows up every week he's going to be in Cy contention again.

And if that Jake doesn't show up every week you'll be sure to let us know!

Woah, welcome to a brave new world where I no longer bitch about the Cubs. I'm zen. This year is playing with house money, my frent. All will be well.

It is impossible to make merited karma disappear.