The Cubs go for the sweep against the Cardinals. I fully expect some retaliation on the part of the Cardinals today.
Lineups
Cardinals
Matt Carpenter, 3B
Tommy Pham, CF
Jason Heyward, RF
Jhonny Peralta, SS
Stephen Piscotty, LF
Kolten Wong, 2B
Yadier Molina, C
Brandon Moss, 1B
Carlos Martinez, P
Cubs
Dexter Fowler, CF
Kyle Schwarber, LF
Chris Coghlan, RF
Anthony Rizzo, 1B
Kris Bryant, 3B
Tommy La Stella, 2B
Addison Russell, SS
David Ross, C
Jon Lester, P
Comments
Nice tag
mylesQuote Reply
I miss having fun with tags.
dmick89Quote Reply
Retaliation against retaliation is the best retaliation.
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
In the words of Lou P., Go Cubs Win
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Sit down Matt
mylesQuote Reply
Lester is off to a great start
dmick89Quote Reply
Oh boy.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Addison Russell
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Fuck off, Yadi.
berseliusQuote Reply
Shawon Dunston would have hit Yadi after that play. Who was it that Dunston hit at 2nd base that one time?
dmick89Quote Reply
Jason Bates http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=1000660&position=2B
dmick89Quote Reply
At least Lester finally got that throwing to first thing down.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
And he’s getting base hits. WTF
dmick89Quote Reply
And the hitting thing.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
dmick89,
Beat me to it.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It seems Schwarber is due
dmick89Quote Reply
I like being able to watch the Cubs down 4-0 against Cards and still feel they are in it.
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Same thing I was thinking. It’s a good feeling.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Well, if they can beat The Cardinals with Haren and Wood starting…
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I can’t tell if that hit Castro.
dmick89Quote Reply
Gee, I wonder why modern ballparks don’t put their bullpen mounds in foul territory.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
People still bring Broxton into high-leverage situations. Cute.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Fuck yeah
dmick89Quote Reply
Win or lose, this won’t affect whether or not the Cubs make the playoffs in all likelihood, but I really want the Cubs to win.
dmick89Quote Reply
Oh man
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
So fun
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Have the Cardinals been using him like this?
dmick89Quote Reply
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berseliusQuote Reply
Crap.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Wow
dmick89Quote Reply
Damn. Can’t run on Heyward.
berseliusQuote Reply
Ah crap. Not sure about that send.
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Suburbank Id,
I thought it was an obvious sac fly at the time. Shows how much I know.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I’m wondering how often Hayward is able to make a throw that good.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
*Heyward
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Probably not very often.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Probably would have been without a perfect throw, but not sure it was time to gamble with 0 outs and Heyward being real good.
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
It took a really good throw to get Rizzo. I think it’s an OK send.
dmick89Quote Reply
I guess this series is what finally got me out of dgaf mode (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
About time
dmick89Quote Reply
I think Castro is going to go yard
dmick89Quote Reply
Or a single. I’ll take it.
dmick89Quote Reply
Not sure how you can hit a pitch that fast
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Solar probably won’t see another fastball. Wow.
dmick89Quote Reply
Oh man Soler
berseliusQuote Reply
Again.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
dammit
berseliusQuote Reply
Well, season’s over. See you in 2016.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That would suck a lot more if the Cubs weren’t pretty much guaranteed a playoff spot.
dmick89Quote Reply
It was fun.
dmick89Quote Reply
Hurry up October
berseliusQuote Reply
The Giants scored a run! I can’t believe we’ve been writing them off!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Really wanted that comeback. Still mad about only getting 1 in the 8th. But it was a great game.
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Is it still true that the Wild Card team doesn’t have to play the top team in the division series if they’re in the same division? Or could the Cubs/Pirates play the Cards in that series?
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
The Cubs/Pirates winner will play St. Louis.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’d rather play St. Louis in the LDS than the Mets or Dodgers anyway.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
I think The Dodgers are a better team than The Cardinals (especially in a short series).
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I guess it depends on how healthy Wainwright and Holliday are.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
The Cardinals will be the weakest NL team in the playoffs. They are soft and not that good.
aisle424Quote Reply
Their offense is surprisingly weak for a team with the record as good as they have.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
And Wainwright hasn’t pitched since April, won’t be anywhere near game shape, and Holliday, in addition to being as old as balls, also can’t stay on the field.
If they’re hoping for those two to be difference makers, man, they might as well start wishing on a Chris Carpenter comeback as well.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I agree with that. They have four above average starting pitchers, which is of course a good thing, but if the Cubs so meet them in the NLDS, the Cubs are going to have a clear advantage in a couple of games.
But as much fun as it to dream of the next round, it would be nice if the Cubs could grab home field away from the Pirates.
dmick89Quote Reply
Still think the Rizzo send was a bad call. Heyward in shallow-medium depth with time to get under it and get momentum into the throw. No outs and Rizzo tagging. If it was a different player, I might feel differently. But the fact he was out by 10 feet is an indicator that it was a bad send.
JonKneeVQuote Reply
I may have found a solution for registered users to edit their comments. Non-registered are out of luck, and I’m at the end of the line as far as how much time I’m willing to spend on this, but I may have figured it out.
Could one of the non-admins leave a comment and try to edit it by hitting the edit button? Thanks.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
No.
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi,
Can’t edit. Just sends me back to the top of the page.
WaLiQuote Reply
Thanks. I’ll look for a solution later on.
dmick89Quote Reply
They sure are good at showing up umpires though.
berseliusQuote Reply
dmick89,
Dosen’t affect me to much. I don’t nede to eddit, my posts are prefect.
WaLiQuote Reply
test
dmick 891Quote Reply
That’s good because there’s really not a very clean option available to allow that.
dmick89Quote Reply
They’re a bunch of cry baby bitches.
dmick89Quote Reply
*throws at dmick*
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
*slides into berselius*
JonKneeVQuote Reply
*thows a temper tantrum at an umpire*
berseliusQuote Reply
*goes out drinking and driving*
dmick89Quote Reply
FIFY
uncle daveQuote Reply
FIFY
uncle daveQuote Reply
FIFY
uncle daveQuote Reply
FIFY
uncle daveQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
FTFFY
JonKneeVQuote Reply
To day’s base ball squadron
Fowler
Schwarber
Bryant
Rizzo
Castro
Montero
Russell
Hammel
Coghlan
berseliusQuote Reply
Come on Hammel get your shit together
fueledbyvinylQuote Reply
Lester didn’t get over his yips; he passed them on.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Now that’s a bad send.
dmick89Quote Reply
Good result, but terrible send.
dmick89Quote Reply
How can this replay take this long?
dmick89Quote Reply
Fowler’s running to second seems dumb even if the call is overturned.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Christ, replay takes to damned long.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
*too
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
JonKneeV,
Fixed That Fucker For You?
WaLiQuote Reply
The Cubs are having more errors than OV after a website change.
WaLiQuote Reply
Cubs trying to ugly it up tonight.
dmick89Quote Reply
I was wondering the same thing. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
SOLER!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
I know I shouldn’t complain since they’re winning and all, but The Cubs seem to have a special gift in squandering those runner on third/no outs opportunities.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Doubly so when the bases are loaded.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
They’ve had that gift since at least 1981.
dmick89Quote Reply
Oh god, I just realized Nick Vlahos said the same thing. *kills self*
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Soler did hit his homer with a runner on third and no outs, so there’s that.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
dmick89,
Re your question on content blockers a few days ago—the one I have tried doesn’t yet have any granularity. Without a whitelist to allow some scripts, certain websites don’t load some content that I expect to be loading, so I have found it tedious to hold the reload button and then click to load it without blockers.
Speaking of content blockers—it is easy to be conflicted:
http://www.marco.org/2015/09/16/peace-content-blocker
http://www.marco.org/2015/09/17/why-peace-blocks-deck-ads
http://www.marco.org/2015/09/18/just-doesnt-feel-good
Yeah. If anyone is unfamiliar with Marco Arment, he made Instapaper and wrote the code for Tumblr. Right now he does an app for podcasts, Overcast.fm, for which he wrote an audio engine that can minimize the pauses in speech and makes faster speeds sound really natural.
Speaking of podcasts—as one of the six listeners of the discredited and borderline unlistenable podcasts bearing this blog’s name, I’d love to hear you guys do it again, masochist as I must be. (Slight investment in a better mic with higher audio quality would be appreciated. I might even be willing to edit them if need be.)
And circling back to monetizing:
teespring.com
A blue OV shirt for around $25 would be pretty sweet. But maybe y’all should wait until after the Cubs win the World Series against Miami.
ceruleanQuote Reply
cerulean,
With links:
https://overcast.fm/
http://teespring.com/
ceruleanQuote Reply
Shelby Miller made the All-Star team and is sitting on 16 losses (likely more to come) and hasn’t had a win in over 23 straight starts. Jake Arrieta did NOT make the All-Star team and will win 20 games and possibly win the Cy Young award.
What a weird year it has been.
I do not know the answer to these questions but what is the most losses in a season for an All-Star pitcher? And How often does the Cy Young award winner not get selected to the All-Star team?
JimLQuote Reply
sorry i won’t be able to watch
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
Having just seen the second replay review with Bryant/Gennett, I don’t understand how the call wasn’t overturned. To me he looked clearly safe.
Suburbank IdQuote Reply
It looked possible that Gennett’s hand was pushed off the bag with Bryant’s momentum. I think that’s why it wasn’t overturned. Not sure I agree as I think even if the hand did come off momentarily, I’m not sure the tag was still applied. It really should have been overturned.
dmick89Quote Reply
Thanks for the info on the content blockers, cerulean. Your comments were briefly tagged as spam due to the links in the comment. They’re approved now.
I was wondering about the podcast too.
dmick89Quote Reply
Fixed.
For the record, I am not entirely convinced I am human, considering the actions of other humans.
ceruleanQuote Reply
We’ve actually been emailing to record a new one this weekend. I can hopefully grab a for real mic before then.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
No comment on whether I will re-use the officially official OV Sound Studio for recording (i.e. my car).
berseliusQuote Reply
I want to hope Baez can be great, but the inability to lay off the offspeed and breaking stuff out of the strikezone makes him pretty volatile.
SamQuote Reply
I like how the podcasts are rated E on iTunes. Times have changed.
dmick89Quote Reply
Pretty sure E = Explicit.
berseliusQuote Reply
Yeah, he’s still vulnerable to garbage out of the zone. He’s young so that’s not totally unexpected but he’ll have to shorten up the strike zone. I’m more optimistic than I was a year ago. Still think there’s a good chance he’s traded this offseason.
dmick89Quote Reply
Oh, I thought it was Everyone. Shows how often I pay attention to that.
dmick89Quote Reply
You are correct.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Damn, I can’t find that old “Correct” image (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Did we upload it here at OV? I have the old uploads. I need to add them to Dropbox so we all have access to them. Forgot about that.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m also somewhat sure I have the old ACB uploads on my backup computer.
dmick89Quote Reply
new shit: http://obstructedview.net/commentary-and-analysis/addison-russell-vs-2010-starlin-castro/
dmick89Quote Reply