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Okay dropped the ball on the game thread. I will make this pretty later.
 

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Almost in time for the RIZZOBOMB! And the Sweeney RBI single! 3-0 Cubs! WHOO!



Now Jax will give up 5 this inning...
 

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Here we go 3 hits in a row

There no lead big enough that EJAX cant make disappear
 

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EJax..... Unleashed! Whoo!
 

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Can we just release this guy, like in between innings?
 

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Rizzo Bomb 22... the kid just looks so confidence up there, even against lefties..

Rizzo Haters be gone
 

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Another RIZZOBOMB!
 

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Oh, and guess who is tied with Giancarlo fucking Stanton for the NL HR lead? That's right, our boy!
 

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I just don't get Renteria with his Relievers..
Its only the 6th inning, I think james russell is capable of facing more then just 1 batter and he has been able to get RH out.

So now schlitter is pulled still in 6th and in comes another lefty

Quit wasting relievers
 

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Jax+ our blowpen= a disaster EVERY TIME! Hopefully Riz has a 3rd in him and hopefully we have 7 runners on base when it happens.
 

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Jax+ our blowpen= a disaster EVERY TIME! Hopefully Riz has a 3rd in him and hopefully we have 7 runners on base when it happens.
Only if Coach Ditka was hitting before rizzo, he'd reach base 7 times my friend..
 

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I'm not 100% ready to give up on castillo but no it wouldn't bother me if they found a better catcher
 

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Bullpen has recorded 3 outs and allowed 5 hits.
 

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This team. They can hit the shit out of the ball...... until there is somebody within scoring range. Then they all suddenly go blind.





Oh, and our blowpen still sucks fat balls as does Jax.
 

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I'm not 100% ready to give up on castillo but no it wouldn't bother me if they found a better catcher

That injury he had likely set him back some. Ultimately, as long as you get decent defense out of C anything more should be viewed as bonus. Most view Castillo as pretty good defensively though I've seen suggestions he could be better at framing. Assuming he had played a full year at these rates you're still talking about a 2 WAR player which is average.
 

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Oh, and our blowpen still sucks fat balls as does Jax.

You keep saying this but it seems you have no point of reference. They are 11th in fWAR, 14th in ERA, 11th in FIP, 15th in xFIP, 17th in k/9, 22nd in bb/9, 8th in hr/9, 24th in strand rate, and 11th in IP. At the worst you can say they are average and walk too many batters who end up scoring because their strand rate is kind of crummy. If that's "bad" then I think you have entirely unrealistic expectations.
 

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They are on the young side.
 

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Why is Woody trying his best to be like Edwin this year? Damn!
 

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Damn.. D back arent even hitting the ball hard just finding holes
 

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