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Hey, the pen threw 4 scoreless tonight!
The more I hear about Ian Happ acting like a petulant child the more he needs to be off the team.
Not striking out like he just did is the issue. When he makes any kind of contact good things happen. He showed amazing footwork rounding the bases on his triple.
Impressive. Very rare do you see a triple to left center.
I was fortunate enough to see Byron Buxton do it in person at a Twins game 2 years ago. The crowd was excited, as they always are for an exciting play like a triple, but I don't think people realized it was a triple to left center and how rare that is. It wasn't some flukey bounce or anything either. Buxton just bolted out of the box and turned what would be a routine double into a triple. It was pretty cool to see.
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Extremely rate at Wrigley; may have never seen one that didn't involve a funny bounce off the wall or an OF fighting with the ivy. But some ballparks nowadays (like Truist Park and Target Field) have left-center field alleys that are 20 feet or more deeper than at Wrigley (possibly so that LF triples can happen more) (old and new Yankee Stadium are the extreme examples). It was awesome seeing PCA fly around the bases, though. Fastest home-to-third run this season.
Both of their downfalls were pretty easy to predict. You just knew the charm was going to wear off Baez; he wasn't going to be successful with that swing long-term. And even when Bryant was with the Cubs you could tell that he would never fully recover from his concussions and shoulder injuries.
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Damn.No Hoerner tonight.
And my favorite Cub-related cheer right now is singing “Oh, Nico Horner! Oh Nico Horner! Oh Nico Horner - me love you long time!” to the tune of “Oh Me So Horny” by 2 Live Crew.
