Kolek planning to go pro
I just don't think that's Dusty's style. Also, if this was actually a plan then the GM likely wouldn't have gotten into an on-air argument with a couple sports talk doofuses in DC nor would the team have made their star pitcher look gutless and soft. I'm leaning towards...the Nats botched the communication of this whole thing.
Rip a guy (Strasbourg) as gutless without any facts.
Who is that player? Me I suppose. Well, guilty to a degree. But at first there were some facts at least. He wasn't going to take the ball because he was "under the weather". His manager then went on to talk about how many guys on the team were sick (though Strasburg was the only one sick enough to not play apparently). He also talked about things more related to allergies than flu-like.Then after much scuttlebutt about it, all of a sudden he isn't too sick to pitch. This is also not his first run in with a reputation of being soft. But, whatever the case, he took the ball when his team needed him. He has gone from possibly being a goat and a pariah to possibly being a hero. And, as I was a jumping the gun ass-hat in this situation, I apologize to Stephen, his family, fans, baseball and mostly (because they are the only ones that will see it) the scoop community.
I wish the Cubs could find a reliever besides Davis who could throw strikes in the 8th and 9th innings.
I just had to be a smart ass before owing up to making a mistake.
I know you weren't picking on me, I deserved to be called out. I called him soft without knowing what was up. But more importantly he took the ball and dominated.
Can everyone agree that after 16 years in the majors, at the age of 37, when you are throwing the hardest you have all season in October, and you are clearly carrying 40lbs of fat............ya need to be drug tested ASAP?
The too-good-to-be-true postseason storyline for the 2016 Cubs was that they were saved by the rain delay in G7 of the WS. It stopped Cleveland's momentum, refocused the cubs, gave Heyward the opportunity to give an inspiration speech, etc.Wouldn't it be ironic (or maybe just coincidental) if the postseason storyline for the 2017 Cubs was that they were done in by the Oct. 10 rainout? Instead of getting to face a horsecrap pitcher, they had to face a dominant Strasburg.Of course, the Cubs still have the chance to write their own 2017 postseason history. Then again, so did the Indians last year.
Picked Indians vs Diamondbacks in the World Series. Oops.
Tested for what? Cheeseburgers and fried Twinkies?
I didn't pick the Diamondbacks, but I certainly didn't see the Yankees in the ALCS.
Especially considering their choosing to call a game for rain on an 85 degree sunny day earlier this year because they were playing bad baseball, the team they were chasing in the division and playing against was smoking them in the series, and they had an off day while the Brewers could come to Chicago on a day off a few weeks later and then head to NYC after that game.Karma is a b.
Seek help.
You guys have any regret over how it played out? Or are you happy with the state of the farm and the outlook for the future (which does look pretty good, but it still could have...)
I have to wonder to myself, does seeing the Yanks in the ALCS get to Brewer fans a little bit?...The Brewers have 7 guys on MLB top 100 right now (including this years top pick Hiura-- so they couldn't have traded him). But they had plenty of capital to make a move and still have talent on the farm, but for the most part it appears they were content to contend next season.You guys have any regret over how it played out? Or are you happy with the state of the farm and the outlook for the future (which does look pretty good, but it still could have...)