Time: 1:20 PM CST
TV: NBC Sports
Radio: 670 the Score
Cubs
Happ CF
Bryant 3B
Zobrist 1B
Schwarber C
Russell SS
Caratini C
EL MAGO 2B
Heyward RF
Kyle Hendricks SP
Pirates
Frazier 2B
Polanco RF
Marte CF
Bell 1B
Dickerson LF
Cervelli C
Moran 3B
Mercer SS
Trevor Williams SP
I sort of like Trevor Williams as a back-end rotation filler. During his career, he’s kept the ball in the park, and if you can do that and stay healthy than you’ll get a lot of chances over your career.
Kyle Hendricks had two bad pitches in his last start, but that will ALWAYS be Kyle Hendricks’ problem. He isn’t going to overpower anyone, so he can’t make any mistakes. Luckily for Kyle, he rarely makes any. The other weird quirk of last start is that he only struck out one batter.
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Reuben Foster faces charges of felony domestic violence and weapons possession and remains a 49er (or pick countless other similar examples). SEA won’t even consider a top 20 QB in the NFL due to protest.
Domestic violence = OK. Protest = not OK. Got it.
TyroneQuote Reply
It’s at your mom’s house, Clint.
TyroneQuote Reply
Or how about…
9/12/2012: “Michigan defensive lineman Frank Clark pleaded guilty to a felony charge of second-degree home invasion during a hearing Tuesday in Washtenaw County Trial Court.”
11/2014: “Somebody in different room heard screaming and yelling, heard noises come out of the room, they thought something was going on and they opened up their door and little kids come running out of the hotel room that Frank was in and screaming Frank is … the witness came out basically saying, ‘Frank is killing our sister.’…they look inside and see this girl on the ground unconscious and they said that Frank is yelling and screaming at people.”
5/1/2015: SEA selects Clark in the second round of the NFL Draft.
After the draft, when asked to justify Clark’s selection: “I would say there are always two sides to a story,” Pete Carroll said, according to Larry Stone of the Seattle Times.
TyroneQuote Reply
Tyrone,
He definitely voted for Trump.
dmick89Quote Reply
That was a wasted scoring opportunity I recently did not enjoy.
mylesQuote Reply
Get to 2nd time through…
Rice at homeQuote Reply
dmick89,
Maybe, but there’s two sides to every story.
And what the fuck does that even mean? Two sides to every story… Only one thing happened. If there are two sides, it just means (at least) one of the people telling a story about it is a liar or mentally suspect.
TyroneQuote Reply
Hey, Francisco, you can keep your annoyance where Javy kept his $1 bill last night: your mom’s house.
TyroneQuote Reply
I think we should drain all the emotion from the game. Players should get fined and/or suspended for something as simple as a grin.
The younger generations already think baseball is the most boring sport ever. Let’s do everything we can to ensure that legacy survives for future generations.
dmick89Quote Reply
If Javy goes deep today, I hope he opens a bottle of champagne as he’s rounding the bases and pores it on himself as he crosses the plate.
dmick89Quote Reply
Yeah, of course. Oh wait…
TyroneQuote Reply
For the amount of traffic on the basepaths today, Hendricks’s pitch count seems pretty low.
berseliusQuote Reply
dmick89,
I’d rather he do this at the PIT dugout on the way around the bases:
TyroneQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
I favor a moratorium on the use of the phrase “launch angle” by baseball analysts.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Pinch-hitter, please.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Schwarber brought his bat today.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Ian Happ was the only other one who remembered they had a game today.
dmick89Quote Reply
Welp.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jeebus, Cervelli
berseliusQuote Reply
These chilly games in Wrigley with the wind blowing in are so boring.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This game sucks, and the Cubs need to remember that they’re allowed to win more than two consecutive games.
PerkinsQuote Reply
daaaaamn with those numbers, he could be pitching for the cubs
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
The 2016 Cubs was the only Cubs team in the last decade that remembered they could put together a winning streak before the all-star break.
dmick89Quote Reply
Wishful thinking probably, but I’d like to see this game end on a Javy walkoff HR, in which he flips the bat Bautista style and runs around the bases backwards.
North Side PatQuote Reply
This century, the only Cubs team that knew what a winning streak was before the all-star break were the teams in 2001, 2004, 2008 and 2016.
dmick89Quote Reply
There are actually people arguing on Twitter tonight that the Cubs should have signed Mark Reynolds as a backup 1B. Cubs Twitter makes BCB look like a place for rational debate.
North Side PatQuote Reply
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berseliusQuote Reply