The jabronis get together after a fairly frustrating and not-fun stretch of Cubs futility to talk ourselves off the ledge as there is plenty of season left and the Cubs are still miraculously maintaining a winning record. We admire Shota Imanaga from afar, talk about the M-guys, and consider the options moving forward.
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As always, sweet rip off that vape pen by Ricketts
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I don’t smoke but that last Cubs slump probably means I need to take a drag of something even if it’s metaphorical
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Aaaaah Willie Mays…
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cmon padres, score some runs, we need some extra inning games today
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Not bad
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berselius,
Good work, now drain that Barves bullpen dry
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berselius,
ooooh they blew it, now the Padres have to blow it slightly (dying laughing)
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Awww only 9 innings
But look at those pitch counts!
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Rice Cube,
I’ll take four pitchers used in game 1. Definitely rooting for extras in the nightcap.
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andcounting,
47 innings Joe Buck meme dot jpg
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I can’t find the original tweet but this is pretty close (dying laughing)
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I’m also not sad Chris Sale and Lopez both started today.
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People in glass houses and all, but the Cardinals CC unis look pretty bad.
https://www.mlb.com/news/cardinals-reveal-city-connect-uniforms
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Perkins,
They look like the red tops but with new text on the birds on the bat theme, so lazy
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There was far less bullpen waste in the SD v ATL doubleheader than I would have liked. Also it seems they activated Dansby and optioned PCA and Mastrobuoni per the transaction log, suggesting possibly that Nico is fine…
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/roster/transactions
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Boo, Padres. The deal was 18+ innings.
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andcounting,
Well…they did play 18, just not +
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Rice Cube,
Kinda wonder if they’ll ease Nico/Dansby into defensive duties.
andcountingQuote Reply
Oooh
Brewers lose
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Neat
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Jeebus, the phillies are 20 games over 500
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Everyone remembers Marcus Giles!
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Well there ya go
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Rice Cube,
To-day’s full base ball squadron
DH Tauchman
RF Suzuki
CF Belli
3B Morel
LF Happ
2B Hoerner
1B Busch
SS Swanson
C Amaya
SP Assad
berseliusQuote Reply
Yo
Kyle –> bullpen
https://twitter.com/JesseRogersESPN/status/1793025215296839724?t=1qs6v9IHSc3o-z5Vs2iHPw&s=19
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See ya in the 9th, professor.
andcountingQuote Reply
giggle
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Ah yes, the wind, and also that pitch was really quite stupid
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The Braves having Short play third is Abbott and Costello fodder.
andcountingQuote Reply
Cubs gotta take advantage here
berseliusQuote Reply
Chaz Morton’s pirates DNA emerges
berseliusQuote Reply
Wanted more but grinding through his pitch count is solid
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D’Arnaud recognized the dull thud of a square-hit to the D’Arnads.
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Good defense pleases me
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Feels weird for the Cubs to have a grind-out-the-pitch-count inning and actually cash in some runs, more of that please.
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Leiter!
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FFS
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This cubs team 🤝 110 mph lineout double plays
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berselius,
Luck dragons owe the Cubs bigly
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Here’s to a walk off since we don’t have much of a choice now
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Nice to see Neris with another low stress outing, but I probably would have left Wesneski in for at least one more inning. Luke Little in the 10th is not inspiring confidence.
EDIT: shut me right up
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Nico with the Baltimore chop walk off!
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About time some of that bullshit worked in their favor (dying laughing)
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I’ll take it. W(hew)
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Perkins,
That Baltimore chop was wind-aided!
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andcounting,
Baltimore chop >>> ATL chant
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Rice Cube,
+1 LSA Turn It Green NAMBLA
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One day his arm’s going to explode but for now this is tons of fun
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Meh
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Thinking of a Dback who wasn’t Tony Womack for that square was a chore
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evergreen
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berselius,
Depending on who it is, I do not enjoy having to talk to actual human beings (dying laughing)
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BN re: Kyle to the bullpen
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/05/22/kyle-hendricks-bullpen/
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JUST HOOK IT TO MY VEINS
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-cardinals-look-cooked/
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Perkins,
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Time for MLB to give them 10-12 competitive balance picks
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Perkins,
Cardinals fans in the comments dismissing this as clickbait because the team had a good week at the plate
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Seems Baltimore is angry about losing the suspended/resumed game
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Lineup vs Fried (LHP)
2B Hoerner
RF Suzuki
CF Bellinger
DH Morel
1B Wisdom
SS Swanson
LF Happ
3B Madrigal
C Amaya
Righty-load!
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Baltimore really gonna do this huh
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Kyle the mensch
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At least the Brewers lost
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Happ kills the perfecto
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Amaya kills the shutout
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it was fun, kids
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Porter Hodge was pretty good
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And Luis Vazquez got his first K out of the way (dying laughing)
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Beyond the massacre, it also sucks for the Cubs that Fried went the distance.
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7/9 Cubs today
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Shota is absolute marketing gold.
andcountingQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
LF Tauchman
RF Suzuki
CF Belli
3B Morel
DH Happ
2B Hoerner
1B Busch
SS Swanson
C Gomes
SP Brown
berseliusQuote Reply
Skenes looking mortal today. Just 2 Ks through 4.
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andcounting,
What a tease
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Rice Cube,
weird that it ate my previous post, guess it got caught in the cache hehe
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Rice Cube,
(dying laughing), I was wondering how it related but now I think the cache had a rather artistic point it needed to make. (dying laughing)
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Good Brown so far
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let’s go cubbies love da cubs
berseliusQuote Reply
barvEs honoring my softball defense from yesterday with an awful sun location (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
This will be funnier when the Cubs actually lead
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Frustrating game for sure.
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Kyle is just absolutely laser-guiding the center of the strike zone.
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The Cubs have made me sad
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offense bad, film at 11
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Bummer about all this
Cubs still clinging to a >.500 record which at this point is a miracle
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This is fun
https://x.com/NBCSWhiteSox/status/1793837883142402434?t=0mHSkuJbaD5eYSGp36T3wA&s=19
Infield fly = second out
Interference = final out
I guess it’s technically the right call but I can definitely see why people would be upset
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deleted (dying laughing)
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TOR only one team was bad for rarity. Also hadn’t realized the Cubs had produced so many MVPs (most of whom predate Ernie Banks).
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New shit –> https://www.obstructedview.net/shota-fun/
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