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Discussing the topic and disagreeing is one thing.

Rehashing the argument itself - "No, you said ____", blah , blah, blah is NOT.

Once it gets to nothing more than two people going back and forth about what started the argument, nobody else want to see it. And it doesn't do any good anyway.
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Dang, dude. What do you have against me talking Cubs ball?

Everything, watching my first spring broadcast of the Cubs. Turned it on and Alcantara K's. We are going to see a lot of that this year from these young kids.
 

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Well, Alcantara and Lake just looked stupid. They just let a ball drop in between them at the base of the wall. Lake should have got that ball.
 

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Wow, Bryant makes and error and Lake looked dumb. Next inning, Soler hits like a 420 foot blast. Baez follows and hits a 425 foot blast. They both almost went out the stadium. Holy shit, Bryant just followed up with a blast to right center. Back to Back to Back! The future is now!
 

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Soler turned on an inner half fastball that was a moon shot. Baez hit a breaking ball that his swing looked great on. He stayed back and was not near as violent. Bryants was an outer-upperhalf fastball that he just destroyed the opposite way. They were some pretty homers.
 

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Castillo goes big fly. He has had a great game. Threw out two base runners. Hits a bomb. Calm down Pierce Johnson when he was getting a little wild. I want to keep him. Him and Montero would be an awesome duo. Ross is garbage and Lester needs to know this.
 

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Castillo goes big fly. He has had a great game. Threw out two base runners. Hits a bomb. Calm down Pierce Johnson when he was getting a little wild. I want to keep him. Him and Montero would be an awesome duo. Ross is garbage and Lester needs to know this.

Yeah, if we're not making someone significantly overpay for Castillo, I'd very much prefer that we keep him.
 

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Wow, Bryant makes and error and Lake looked dumb. Next inning, Soler hits like a 420 foot blast. Baez follows and hits a 425 foot blast. They both almost went out the stadium. Holy shit, Bryant just followed up with a blast to right center. Back to Back to Back! The future is now!

Bryants was over 400 as well.

Soler turned on an inner half fastball that was a moon shot. Baez hit a breaking ball that his swing looked great on. He stayed back and was not near as violent. Bryants was an outer-upperhalf fastball that he just destroyed the opposite way. They were some pretty homers.

Castillo goes big fly. He has had a great game. Threw out two base runners. Hits a bomb. Calm down Pierce Johnson when he was getting a little wild. I want to keep him. Him and Montero would be an awesome duo. Ross is garbage and Lester needs to know this.
You know those Spring Training home runs don't matter much, right?
 

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Yeah, if we're not making someone significantly overpay for Castillo, I'd very much prefer that we keep him.
I'd much rather have him on the roster than Ross. I do not care that Ross may be able to frame better. Lester needs to understand this isn't the AL. You can't have more than one giveaway in the lineup.
 

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OK. I was just making sure you hadn't turned into a meatball all of a sudden, SilenceS. :D

Nope, Baez was the only one with most to gain by that homer. He has to show something in spring to stay on the club. Bryant will not break camp. Soler is already set in right.
 

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I didn't get to see anything. What channel and will it get replayed? Also, Baez swing...more controlled? Soler is bigger. Does he look slower in RF?
 

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I didn't get to see anything. What channel and will it get replayed? Also, Baez swing...more controlled? Soler is bigger. Does he look slower in RF?

I have the MLB package. It was a cleveland broadcast. Its not as jerky. It still has it moments and can still be long. This pitch was an outer half breaking ball. When they slowed it down, he saw breaking ball. He held back then unleashed on it. He didnt swing a million miles an hour It was a more controlled unleashing. Soler is huge. His neck is that of a linebacker. Not many balls were hit his way and didnt really get to see him run at full speed.
 

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