2015 Cubs Offseason: Building a Winner Around David Ross

[Tonker]

Hmm... top of the fourth, Moustakis pulls a sharp line drive over the corner of the bag.  Bryant is fairly tight to the line, and leaves his feet to meet the ball a foot or two into foul territory, but can't glove it and the ball ricochets off into the KC bullpen.  Ruled a hit...

EDIT: For the third out, he fields a bouncing grounder and tosses to Hendricks for the out.  He is otherwise uninvolved in the inning.

That's odd..the box score calls that a double to second base. Either way, doesn't sound like an abysmal play by Bryant by any stretch.

Tonker has left out the audio evidence of 40k fans collectively groaning tho.

It did initially sound like there was a lot of booing, but I actually think it was KC fans shouting "Moooooooos", or something along those lines.

[SKO]

Hmm... top of the fourth, Moustakis pulls a sharp line drive over the corner of the bag.  Bryant is fairly tight to the line, and leaves his feet to meet the ball a foot or two into foul territory, but can't glove it and the ball ricochets off into the KC bullpen.  Ruled a hit...

EDIT: For the third out, he fields a bouncing grounder and tosses to Hendricks for the out.  He is otherwise uninvolved in the inning.

That's odd..the box score calls that a double to second base. Either way, doesn't sound like an abysmal play by Bryant by any stretch.

Tonker has left out the audio evidence of 40k fans collectively groaning tho.

It did initially sound like there was a lot of booing, but I actually think it was KC fans shouting "Moooooooos", or something along those lines.

We need a screen shot of the moment Bryant is diving for the ball so we can assess how groanworthy the defensive stab was, like it's the goddamn Zapruder film or something.

[Tonker]

Top of the sixth: K, F9, K.  Bryant is completely uninvolved in the inning.

So, two simple putouts, one simple assist, and one sharp chance missed in six innings.  "There were 40,000 scouts all groaning as he was flailing at grounders."?  Nah.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Top of the sixth: K, F9, K.  Bryant is completely uninvolved in the inning.

So, two simple putouts, one simple assist, and one sharp chance missed in six innings.  "There were 40,000 scouts all groaning as he was flailing at grounders."?  Nah.

I saw him dive and miss a ball, and he just didn't have a handle on getting over to the bag. I'm full of shit about a bunch of stuff, just not this.

[Quality Start Machine]

Hmm... top of the fourth, Moustakis pulls a sharp line drive over the corner of the bag.  Bryant is fairly tight to the line, and leaves his feet to meet the ball a foot or two into foul territory, but can't glove it and the ball ricochets off into the KC bullpen.  Ruled a hit...

EDIT: For the third out, he fields a bouncing grounder and tosses to Hendricks for the out.  He is otherwise uninvolved in the inning.

That's odd..the box score calls that a double to second base. Either way, doesn't sound like an abysmal play by Bryant by any stretch.

Tonker has left out the audio evidence of 40k fans collectively groaning tho.

It did initially sound like there was a lot of booing, but I actually think it was KC fans shouting "Moooooooos", or something along those lines.

Royals fans came out to Wrigley in droves this year.

[Tonker]

Hmm... top of the fourth, Moustakis pulls a sharp line drive over the corner of the bag.  Bryant is fairly tight to the line, and leaves his feet to meet the ball a foot or two into foul territory, but can't glove it and the ball ricochets off into the KC bullpen.  Ruled a hit...

EDIT: For the third out, he fields a bouncing grounder and tosses to Hendricks for the out.  He is otherwise uninvolved in the inning.

That's odd..the box score calls that a double to second base. Either way, doesn't sound like an abysmal play by Bryant by any stretch.

Tonker has left out the audio evidence of 40k fans collectively groaning tho.

It did initially sound like there was a lot of booing, but I actually think it was KC fans shouting "Moooooooos", or something along those lines.

We need a screen shot of the moment Bryant is diving for the ball so we can assess how groanworthy the defensive stab was, like it's the goddamn Zapruder film or something.

[SKO]

Hmm... top of the fourth, Moustakis pulls a sharp line drive over the corner of the bag.  Bryant is fairly tight to the line, and leaves his feet to meet the ball a foot or two into foul territory, but can't glove it and the ball ricochets off into the KC bullpen.  Ruled a hit...

EDIT: For the third out, he fields a bouncing grounder and tosses to Hendricks for the out.  He is otherwise uninvolved in the inning.

That's odd..the box score calls that a double to second base. Either way, doesn't sound like an abysmal play by Bryant by any stretch.

Tonker has left out the audio evidence of 40k fans collectively groaning tho.

It did initially sound like there was a lot of booing, but I actually think it was KC fans shouting "Moooooooos", or something along those lines.

We need a screen shot of the moment Bryant is diving for the ball so we can assess how groanworthy the defensive stab was, like it's the goddamn Zapruder film or something.

Doesn't exactly look like the worst attempt at fielding a sharply hit ball down the line I've seen.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Hmm... top of the fourth, Moustakis pulls a sharp line drive over the corner of the bag.  Bryant is fairly tight to the line, and leaves his feet to meet the ball a foot or two into foul territory, but can't glove it and the ball ricochets off into the KC bullpen.  Ruled a hit...

EDIT: For the third out, he fields a bouncing grounder and tosses to Hendricks for the out.  He is otherwise uninvolved in the inning.

That's odd..the box score calls that a double to second base. Either way, doesn't sound like an abysmal play by Bryant by any stretch.

Tonker has left out the audio evidence of 40k fans collectively groaning tho.

It did initially sound like there was a lot of booing, but I actually think it was KC fans shouting "Moooooooos", or something along those lines.

We need a screen shot of the moment Bryant is diving for the ball so we can assess how groanworthy the defensive stab was, like it's the goddamn Zapruder film or something.

Doesn't exactly look like the worst attempt at fielding a sharply hit ball down the line I've seen.

*groan*

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

He doesn't exactly look smooth in that shot but again...it was his first fucking time playing the position and it was a hard-hit ball.  I love that Fork can take 1 play and make up his mind that he's not an option there, in spite of the fact that said ballplayer proved over and over again, over the course of a lovely, memorable 6 months, what a terrific athlete he is.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

DPD I have no stake in Bryant playing 1st by the way. On days that Tony needs a blow, I'd prefer they have Schwarbs jump in.  Bryant--because of his aforementioned athleticism-- can play the outfield if need be but there's no need to have him play 1st if Schwarber can IMO.

[Oleg]

Top of the sixth: K, F9, K.  Bryant is completely uninvolved in the inning.

So, two simple putouts, one simple assist, and one sharp chance missed in six innings.  "There were 40,000 scouts all groaning as he was flailing at grounders."?  Nah.

What happened after the sixth?  Did Troy Glaus come in to play 1B?

[Tonker]

Top of the sixth: K, F9, K.  Bryant is completely uninvolved in the inning.

So, two simple putouts, one simple assist, and one sharp chance missed in six innings.  "There were 40,000 scouts all groaning as he was flailing at grounders."?  Nah.

What happened after the sixth?  Did Troy Glaus come in to play 1B?

Julio Zuleta.

[Quality Start Machine]

Top of the sixth: K, F9, K.  Bryant is completely uninvolved in the inning.

So, two simple putouts, one simple assist, and one sharp chance missed in six innings.  "There were 40,000 scouts all groaning as he was flailing at grounders."?  Nah.

What happened after the sixth?  Did Troy Glaus come in to play 1B?

Julio Zuleta.

Scot Thompson.

[Eli]

I hope the Cubs build a team that is better than this thread.

[SKO]

I hope the Cubs build a team that is better than this thread.

You're just greedy. This isn't a video game.