Yesterday, the Cubs scored seventeen runs, so enough jibber-jabbering, let's get to it! Starting this whole she bangs, she bangs, Oliver's got bangs in the 2nd inning, Addison Russell (2-for-5, 2 runs, 3 RBIs) hit his 5th homer as he continues to hit ninth. Joe Maddoning says he's hitting Addison ninth to take pressure off him. McNulty would call that bunk. (By the by, tell me this doesn't look like McNulty.) Isn't there pressure just being in the major leagues? Did Addison not see how the Cubs pushed aside Javier Baez and Arismendy from year to year? Bunk! Chris Coghlan (2-for-3, 3 runs, hitting .251) needs to hit fifth? David Ross (1-for-5, 1 run) in any lineup should be hitting ninth. There's absolutely no reason Russell should be that low. Move him up! Then Kyle Schwarber went 4-for-5, 2 runs, 2 RBIs in his first major leagues start, and became only the third Cub in their history to have four hits in his first major league start. The other two were two guys you never heard of, which makes this record depressing. Thanks, Elias Sports Bureau! Oh, and there's no pressure on Schwarber as he hits sixth? Okay, I'll let it go. I pray to the deity of your choice that Schwarber gets four hits in every game until Sunday, Miguel Montero stays injured and Epstein says, "Okay, Schwarber schways. He schways! Stays, sorry, it's hard to say anything normal after Schwarber." Then (Yes, it keeps going!) Chris Denorfia went 2-for-5, 2 runs, 4 RBIs and his 1st homer, hitting .396. Put the microwave on defrost and stick in Ted Williams's head! Never to be outdone (or overdue, as the case might be), Anthony Rizzo went 2-for-4, 2 RBIs and his 12th homer. Finally (I'm exhausted!), Kris Bryant (2-for-6, 4 RBIs and his 8th homer) as he grand salami'd in the ninth. You at a 2016 fantasy draft, "I need a Bryant." *Smash* As a pie gets thrown in your face. Five over-the-internet dollars to be paid out in fake installments, if you get that reference. Anyway, here's what else I saw yesterday in fantasy baseball:
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