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[morpheus]

[Quality Start Machine]

I actually got mad watching the ninth inning last night. I know it didn't matter and I know that Rondon was a victim of some crappy luck (three weakly hit singles) but the wild pitch and the uncontested steal really pissed me off. It's been literally years since I felt like that during a Cubs game. I found it interesting to know that I still give a shit sometimes.

I was annoyed Castro didn't sell out to at least knock the ball down, keep it in the infield, and keep the winning run from scoring with 2 outs in the 8th inning....which is really the 1 time you pretty much gotta do whatever you need to do to get in front of that ball.  Disappointing.

Are you serious? He dove and got a glove on it.

Yeah, I don't get this. Not much more he could have done there.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_23_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33982483&tcid=vpp_copy_33982483

I thought it looked like he was even a little bit shaken up afterward. Might have landed on his belt or something or lost his wind or something.

Now you guys have yet another idea what it was like to play softball with Huard.

Anything less than a bone showing, and you're half-assing it.

[InternetApex]

I actually got mad watching the ninth inning last night. I know it didn't matter and I know that Rondon was a victim of some crappy luck (three weakly hit singles) but the wild pitch and the uncontested steal really pissed me off. It's been literally years since I felt like that during a Cubs game. I found it interesting to know that I still give a shit sometimes.

I was annoyed Castro didn't sell out to at least knock the ball down, keep it in the infield, and keep the winning run from scoring with 2 outs in the 8th inning....which is really the 1 time you pretty much gotta do whatever you need to do to get in front of that ball.  Disappointing.

Are you serious? He dove and got a glove on it.

Yeah, I don't get this. Not much more he could have done there.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_23_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33982483&tcid=vpp_copy_33982483

I thought it looked like he was even a little bit shaken up afterward. Might have landed on his belt or something or lost his wind or something.

Now you guys have yet another idea what it was like to play softball with Huard.

Anything less than a bone showing, and you're half-assing it.

Maybe Huard meant Castillo should have sold out and dove for the wild pitch.

[Eli]

I actually got mad watching the ninth inning last night. I know it didn't matter and I know that Rondon was a victim of some crappy luck (three weakly hit singles) but the wild pitch and the uncontested steal really pissed me off. It's been literally years since I felt like that during a Cubs game. I found it interesting to know that I still give a shit sometimes.

I was annoyed Castro didn't sell out to at least knock the ball down, keep it in the infield, and keep the winning run from scoring with 2 outs in the 8th inning....which is really the 1 time you pretty much gotta do whatever you need to do to get in front of that ball.  Disappointing.

Are you serious? He dove and got a glove on it.

Yeah, I don't get this. Not much more he could have done there.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_23_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33982483&tcid=vpp_copy_33982483

I thought it looked like he was even a little bit shaken up afterward. Might have landed on his belt or something or lost his wind or something.

Now you guys have yet another idea what it was like to play softball with Huard.

Anything less than a bone showing, and you're half-assing it.

Maybe Huard meant Castillo should have sold out and dove for the wild pitch.

Unfortunately, no.

[InternetApex]

I actually got mad watching the ninth inning last night. I know it didn't matter and I know that Rondon was a victim of some crappy luck (three weakly hit singles) but the wild pitch and the uncontested steal really pissed me off. It's been literally years since I felt like that during a Cubs game. I found it interesting to know that I still give a shit sometimes.

I was annoyed Castro didn't sell out to at least knock the ball down, keep it in the infield, and keep the winning run from scoring with 2 outs in the 8th inning....which is really the 1 time you pretty much gotta do whatever you need to do to get in front of that ball.  Disappointing.

Are you serious? He dove and got a glove on it.

Yeah, I don't get this. Not much more he could have done there.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_23_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33982483&tcid=vpp_copy_33982483

I thought it looked like he was even a little bit shaken up afterward. Might have landed on his belt or something or lost his wind or something.

Now you guys have yet another idea what it was like to play softball with Huard.

Anything less than a bone showing, and you're half-assing it.

Maybe Huard meant Castillo should have sold out and dove for the wild pitch.

Unfortunately, no.

Oh, my god.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I actually got mad watching the ninth inning last night. I know it didn't matter and I know that Rondon was a victim of some crappy luck (three weakly hit singles) but the wild pitch and the uncontested steal really pissed me off. It's been literally years since I felt like that during a Cubs game. I found it interesting to know that I still give a shit sometimes.

I was annoyed Castro didn't sell out to at least knock the ball down, keep it in the infield, and keep the winning run from scoring with 2 outs in the 8th inning....which is really the 1 time you pretty much gotta do whatever you need to do to get in front of that ball.  Disappointing.

Are you serious? He dove and got a glove on it.

Yeah, I don't get this. Not much more he could have done there.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_23_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33982483&tcid=vpp_copy_33982483

I thought it looked like he was even a little bit shaken up afterward. Might have landed on his belt or something or lost his wind or something.

Now you guys have yet another idea what it was like to play softball with Huard.

Anything less than a bone showing, and you're half-assing it.

Maybe Huard meant Castillo should have sold out and dove for the wild pitch.

Unfortunately, no.

Oh, my god.

That has to be the best thing from yesterday.

Related: https://twitter.com/huecub/status/481281208802742272

[Eli]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

[SKO]

I actually got mad watching the ninth inning last night. I know it didn't matter and I know that Rondon was a victim of some crappy luck (three weakly hit singles) but the wild pitch and the uncontested steal really pissed me off. It's been literally years since I felt like that during a Cubs game. I found it interesting to know that I still give a shit sometimes.

I was annoyed Castro didn't sell out to at least knock the ball down, keep it in the infield, and keep the winning run from scoring with 2 outs in the 8th inning....which is really the 1 time you pretty much gotta do whatever you need to do to get in front of that ball.  Disappointing.

Are you serious? He dove and got a glove on it.

Yeah, I don't get this. Not much more he could have done there.

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/gameday/index.jsp?gid=2014_06_23_cinmlb_chnmlb_1&mode=video&content_id=33982483&tcid=vpp_copy_33982483

I thought it looked like he was even a little bit shaken up afterward. Might have landed on his belt or something or lost his wind or something.

Now you guys have yet another idea what it was like to play softball with Huard.

Anything less than a bone showing, and you're half-assing it.

Maybe Huard meant Castillo should have sold out and dove for the wild pitch.

Unfortunately, no.

Oh, my god.

I think a shorstop with an OPS+ of 119 and whose, what, 3rd at his position in WAR right now is worth his weight no matter how much effort he gave on a ground ball in the 8th inning on a team that's 12 games under .500. Hell I'd say he's worth more than his weight. He's worth my weight, even.

[morpheus]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN KNOCK DOWN A BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE

[J. Walter Weatherman]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN KNOCK DOWN A BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE

He lacks the mental wherewithal.

[Powdered Toast Man]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN KNOCK DOWN A BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE

There's no way you can blame a player for not making a play on a dive attempt. I just don't see it. In what little Cubs games I've seen this year, I have gotten the impression that Castro has been less aloof than in the past. Is aloof the right word? Maybe he's a little more technical...I don't know. Just, not doofusy. There. That's perfect. Doofusy.

[morpheus]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN KNOCK DOWN A BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE

There's no way you can blame a player for not making a play on a dive attempt. I just don't see it. In what little Cubs games I've seen this year, I have gotten the impression that Castro has been less aloof than in the past. Is aloof the right word? Maybe he's a little more technical...I don't know. Just, not doofusy. There. That's perfect. Doofusy.

Bullshit. Tolleration.

[Richard Chuggar]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN KNOCK DOWN A BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE

There's no way you can blame a player for not making a play on a dive attempt. I just don't see it. In what little Cubs games I've seen this year, I have gotten the impression that Castro has been less aloof than in the past. Is aloof the right word? Maybe he's a little more technical...I don't know. Just, not doofusy. There. That's perfect. Doofusy.

Bullshit. Tolleration.

Is doofusy the June 24th version of faggy now?  I can't keep up.

Huey was being sarcastic about Castro getting that ball, right?  Or he was at the game and thought it was an easier play than it really was?  That's gotta be it.  Maybe that's an easy play in Duffman, but down here in da city, notsomuch.

[InternetApex]

I guess I'll bring it up. Is Javi Baez going to play SS if and when he gets called up?

Let me rephrase that...I hear a good bit about the hitter that Baez is, but is he a good enough fielder to make the organization move Castro to 2B?

Castro's a better shortshop.

BUT HE COULDN'T EVEN KNOCK DOWN A BALL WITH THE GAME ON THE LINE

There's no way you can blame a player for not making a play on a dive attempt. I just don't see it. In what little Cubs games I've seen this year, I have gotten the impression that Castro has been less aloof than in the past. Is aloof the right word? Maybe he's a little more technical...I don't know. Just, not doofusy. There. That's perfect. Doofusy.

Bullshit. Tolleration.

Is doofusy the June 24th version of faggy now?  I can't keep up.

Huey was being sarcastic about Castro getting that ball, right?  Or he was at the game and thought it was an easier play than it really was?  That's gotta be it.  Maybe that's an easy play in Duffman, but down here in da city, notsomuch.

It's beyond the realm of comprehension.