RC & AC have passionate discussions about those wacky infield fly rules with interference baked in, along with some Cubs stuff you probably already are steamed about regarding the poor performances and what lies ahead. RC is moving back to Chicago soon but there might be one more episode on the off day right before the big road trip back east.
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Oops (dying laughing)
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Phillies and Jays saves got me a bit
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It felt good to let the rage go.
andcountingQuote Reply
I made the mistake of reading comments on a couple recent BN posts and I will once again say that this place is refreshing and I appreciate that everyone is pretty measured. The BN meatballs all seem convinced they could do Jed Hoyerβs job better than he has.
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Perkins,
I will say it’s probably good not to be in an echo chamber, but at least try to be reasonable about some of the stuff you say (dying laughing)
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Perkins,
Years ago we made the strategic choice to keep our readership down thus providing an exclusive, elite vibe to the comment section. (dying laughing)
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Finally had some time to play
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The Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe things were obvious not enough deterrent
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2024/06/03/tucupita-marcano-gambling/
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Yeah, but I’m still around to provide some measure of stupidity. π
I guess the AC victory lap on the Madrigal demotion is in the podcast. I’ll turn it on after my wife falls asleep.
Baseball things I can do better than Jed Hoyer, an homage to BN commenters:
1. Run the 14 yr laptop that plays our high school team’s walk up music while announcing names.
(Jed might have me beat on either a newer laptop or a 2 man PA booth, but when the blue screen suddenly pops up and asks us to register Windows, I know exactly how to override it. (dying laughing).)
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I do think itβs hilarious that a few weeks back, the meatballs were admitting that maybe this front office actually knew what it was doing and after a bad month itβs full bore lunacy once more.
On some level I feel like you need to trust the process, even if the short term results are crappy. Thereβs no reason to expect Busch will be Mervis 2.0, the defense will probably stabilize (except for Morel), and some of the high leverage arms are bound to get healthier. They just finished a brutal stretch and the remaining strength of schedule is softer.
But Iβm going to be pissed if they drop a single game to the White Sox (dying laughing).
PerkinsQuote Reply
Brewers and Cardinals lost, but the Reds got to play the Rockies π€·π»ββοΈ
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Agree 100% with your Waino comments, AC. He was refreshingly great on the broadcast.
berseliusQuote Reply
Iβm excited for Shotaβs minor league rehab start tonight.
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Betting on baseball–> big consequences
https://x.com/feinsand/status/1797993497972138167
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Yay
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Rich Hill and EJax were most of this
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Legal system moves slowly but when they drop the hammer…
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Fraud!
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Bad day to be a baseball player who bet on baseball, but a good day to be cleared of such accusations.
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andcounting,
To be fair, Pete Rose still exists and they should have known better
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Looks like Pham ended up on the IL, might have tweaked something trying to slide into Contreras the other day?
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Tonight’s lineup pending weather
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Rice Cube,
Pham reminds me of Todd Walker in that heβs a useful player who continually finds himself on new teams because people donβt like playing with him.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Some runs would be nice before too long
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Miguel Amaya, offensive pace setter.
andcountingQuote Reply
π
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Cubs are really going to lose to the White Sox, huh
PerkinsQuote Reply
Shit is broken
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My biggest meatball opinion is that pushing back Shotaβs last start was the single worst managerial decision of all time.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
My biggest meatball opinion is that diced peppers do not belong
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andcounting,
The majority of Cubs fans agree with that take but at this point they also want Counsell fired so (dying laughing)
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Third time through π
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Wisdong!
/belated
berseliusQuote Reply
Two out RsBI get you into heaven
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(dying laughing), someone won $1350 in Woodmans gift cards with those homers. That’ll buy a lot of spotted cow
berseliusQuote Reply
Why is the bullpen
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[W]hew
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W—–>hew
berseliusQuote Reply
Oh thank fuck
PerkinsQuote Reply
Brewers and Cardinals both lost.
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Perkins,
That is also fine
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Fair, ngl. (dying laughing)
andcountingQuote Reply
When youβre the tying run in scoring position in the 9th inning after just getting called up to the bigs AND youβre wearing the craziest stirrups Iβve ever seen on a baseball diamond and you TOOTBLAN, youβre my favorite unicorn.
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andcounting,
I will eventually watch the replay but it is amazing that there was a pick off and that Neris didn’t balk
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Mmm, TOOTBLAN
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/video/hector-neris-picks-off-duke-ellis-after-review?t=t112-default-vtp
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andcounting,
I feel even more strongly about this wrt crab cakes (dying laughing). There’s nothing worse than getting some and realizing that the restaurant fucked em up.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Yeah, thatβs a replacement level restaurant move. (dying laughing)
andcountingQuote Reply
If MLB can actually be pressured by social media, I wonder what else we can make them do
https://amp.awfulannouncing.com/mlb/jeff-passan-angel-hernandez-social-media.html
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Cubs in all the spots I could.
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I could not commit to the All-Cubs bit
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Good luck everyone
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I didn’t look at who was pitching but the Dodgers are losing big to the Pirates at the moment
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Rice Cube,
I know Skenes is pitching for the Pirates.
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andcounting,
Ohtani got some measure of revenge but Dodgers continue to trail bigly
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Ooh Paxton was pitching for LA, albeit not well
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Not quite a NOBLETIGER but you really did wish Gomes had put it in play to the OF
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Goddamn, Taillon
PerkinsQuote Reply
He’s throwing BP
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I think it would be hilarious if batters just stayed in the box (or took first in a three ball count) when they get rung up on an obvious ball as Nico just did.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Unbelievable, players should be allowed to counter-eject bad umps
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Closer…
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Counsell is going to get ejected from this one, but itβs the ump who deserves that.
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It’s hard to know whether they’re still in a slump or not sometimes, and whether they’re just guessing at the plate
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Ah shit I hope Morel isnβt too badly hurt.
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Happ!
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Wesneski man
Come on
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Yay Phillies boo DeJong HR
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Tauchman!!!!
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May the Cubs never lose again
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Missed this game due to softball and only briefly saw that 5-1 score, so I was very pleased to see the result.
We doubled our win total today, at least there is one other team that is as comically misplaced as ours is.
berseliusQuote Reply
I’d Conan-sweep-meme it up but I think the White Sox are suffering enough (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
That was a ninth inning I recently enjoyed.
andcountingQuote Reply
berselius,
I donβt know how there are any Sox fans left, but this series had to be a real knee to the nuts.
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I wanted to try to embed it in a new post but something stupid happened with Twitter because Elon fucked it up and it won’t embed right anymore so there ya go, AC’s bad commentator being bad and sad at commentating
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Rice Cube,
(dying laughing)
(dying laughing)
Heβs such a phony.
andcountingQuote Reply
Cubs are now 31-31 with 100 games remaining, let’s hope they fix up some of that stupidity and start going to town again
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Better announcer
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Against the modern equivalent of the 1899 Spiders youβd hope to see the Cubs cruise, but I guess wins are wins.
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Unimpressive
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Brewers SP Robert Gasser ——> James Andrews 2.0
berseliusQuote Reply
Newer stuff –> https://www.obstructedview.net/vote-for-your-not-even-first-half-all-stars/
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