With the Cubs’ odds shrinking by the day, we jabronis got together to commiserate and cling to the last threads of hope before mathematical elimination. Stuff we talked about:
- The standings and the huge climb ahead if the Cubs are to make a stretch run;
- Improvements and great performances from the big league club and the minor leaguers;
- Random MLB stuff, including those goofy new pitching rules being brainstormed;
- Baseball is hard!
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I wasn’t watching the game live and missed this – wild!
berseliusQuote Reply
In other news, the White Sox have lost 100 games before September
Rice CubeQuote Reply
berselius,
That’s some 7D chess, imagine if Counsell hadn’t accepted the no queens and no rooms handicap…
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Rooks, you stupid autocorrect
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Woot
Mostly Tigers were a bit rough on the rarity
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CWS-BAL is my Waterloo
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Bleah, laid off grumble
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berselius,
I was meaning to talk about this and got distracted, (dying laughing). It really is hilarious how frequently we see something we’ve never seen before happen in a game. Intentionally walking a guy for an out is just the best.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Wait, what? Were YOU laid off?
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
Maybe, I will find out this afternoon but it’s never a good thing when HR randomly wants to meet with you 😬
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Rice Cube,
Shit. Well, sometimes it’s a good thing or a boring thing. Here’s to hoping it’s one of those two.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
It could also be they need to talk to you about an investigation into something else. I got laid off a couple months back and it was my boss who called an impromptu meeting to which HR was invited without my prior knowledge.
Either way it sucks and HR is the worst. Best of luck.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Here’s a take on that funky call
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Perkins,
Yeah straight layoff, no golden parachute either
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Rice Cube,
Fuck, dude. I’m sorry.
andcountingQuote Reply
Is ok, poor Javy has to feel much worse than me right now
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Well, didn’t expect a no-hitter or shutout from Taillon anyway
Rice CubeQuote Reply
good ABs for a lot of the Cubs tonight, wish they had more runs
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Rice Cube,
Ugh I’m sorry, that sucks. I at least got a few months of severance to soften the blow, but it’s still a jarring and shitty day.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I did get a new AM radio with the money I probably shouldn’t spend right now so that Zaidman inning was super painful to listen to (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Seeing PCA steal his way to third with nobody out and then not get driven in is disheartening.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Man, you’re really letting all the misery rain down on you. I assumed things were bad. I didn’t know it was Zaidman bad.
andcountingQuote Reply
Bombsby
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cubs running wild tonight
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Anyone running on Ian Happ these days deserves that fate
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Smyly is on waivers
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The Cubs are a very old franchise
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Baseball is wack
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This beautiful stupid game
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Even Paredes has decided to homer
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What are we doing here, guys?
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
Apparently not throwing strikes
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Miguel Amaya transformation is fun
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Rice Cube,
A four-hit night definitely helps put respectability on some of your rate stats.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rowdy Tellez, flamethrower.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rowdy Tellez is no Anthony Rizzo on the mound.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Back to .500 again
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M^{-1}
berseliusQuote Reply
26 runs, 34 hits, 9 walks, 3 hbp in 3:10
berseliusQuote Reply
Also that sucks about the layoff RC 😟
berseliusQuote Reply
OK explain the math to me, see this is a squiggly bracket so it’s not the regular M^(-1) which would just be 1/M, and it’s not a matrix, so does the squiggly bracket just flip the entire number, which doesn’t actually make sense from a math standpoint? I didn’t major in math though (dying laughing)
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Cardinals lose
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Rice Cube,
TLDR, it’s what you would write for M inverse in math markup language.
Longer tedious explanation – in LaTeX, which is the main ‘language’ used for writing mathematical expressions, curly braces are used to group things, as the usual parentheses typically appear all over the place in math expressions. I didn’t specify if M is a scalar or matrix but either way this would be an inverse – if M were a scalar than M * M^{-1} = M * (1/M) = 1, so still an inverse. Thank you for coming to my TED talk.
berseliusQuote Reply
(Rambles on about pseudo inverses and other linear algebra nonsense)
berseliusQuote Reply
Wheeeeee
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berselius,
I was just wondering what math can turn M into W (dying laughing)
I assume there is a way to simply take a 4th degree function and invert it by multiplying by -1
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I wonder how many stolen bases the Cubs snag tonight, I should look up what the record for a single game is
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Angels and Rangers always burn me.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
Merryweather –> IL
Keegan –> up
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Neely –> down
Palencia –> up
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Cubs lineup tonight
LF Happ
RF Tauchman
DH Suzuki
1B Bellinger
3B Paredes
2B Hoerner
SS Swanson
CF PCA
C Amaya
Go Steele
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Oppo Taco Tuesday
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Bombsby again
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🦢🍆
berseliusQuote Reply
Pirates bullpen (derogatory)
berseliusQuote Reply
North Shore adult diapers gonna get some play tonight
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Twins being useless again.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Qapla
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M——-> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
I will have to look into free recording software for teleconferencing again, I don’t even know if anyone uses Skype anymore but that’s what I used to use…anyone know if the free version of Zoom allows you to record?
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Rice Cube,
I did see that Riverside fm does a free version but I don’t know if it saves stuff on the “cloud” or allows me to download an mp3 to edit in Audacity like I usually do. The other option I saw is Mumble/Murmur, which would require everyone else to also figure out and we’d have to coordinate servers and crap. I’ll check my Podbean to see if they can allow a desktop recording app so I don’t have to just record off my phone (dying laughing)
https://blog.castopod.org/use-mumble-to-record-a-podcast-with-guests/
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OK allegedly Skype is still a thing and I still have Skype on my janky old PC laptop so if you guys have Skype we can try that next time.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
If you have a Mac I can probably walk you through the setup I used to use with audacity recording.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I have to send back my work Mac soon but I do have Audacity for the PC which I use for editing
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I can’t remember the top of the league being this crowded while the bottom of the league was so narrowly defined.
andcountingQuote Reply
Kind of amazing how many people remember Jason Bay
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Rice Cube,
Ah, I don’t know how it works with windows. I used a mixer-ish program to do selective audio rerouting to record in Audacy.
berseliusQuote Reply
Nice. Several aughts Cubs in here today.
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PerkinsQuote Reply
The usual lineup but Bethancourt is catching because day game after night game
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It could be way worse
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The Cubs will not be no-hit today.
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The Cubs will not be shut out today.
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Skenes/Hendricks is such a hilarious matchup.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Rice Cube,
The Pirates have entered the chat.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Rice Cube,
Nothing for nobody!
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CHAOS
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PCA 🛞🛞🛞
berseliusQuote Reply
PCA, motherfuckers.
andcountingQuote Reply
keep the line moving fellas
or don’t
I can’t tell the Cubs what to do
berseliusQuote Reply
I wish Kyle didn’t suck now
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Hendricks as good as Paul Skenes confirmed
berseliusQuote Reply
Cubes defense (derogatory)
berseliusQuote Reply
OH NO
/Santo
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Little League BullShit.
andcountingQuote Reply
welp, the Cubs had to score again anyway
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andcounting,
I say “Little League” only to point out that for the umpteenth time this year the Cubs have misplayed a ball that a decent Little League team would routinely make.
andcountingQuote Reply
😢
berseliusQuote Reply
I hope that doesn’t close the book on Cyle’s cubs career.
berseliusQuote Reply
This is an unfortunate start to a game.
PerkinsQuote Reply
berselius,
It really depends on if Wicks is ready to come back since he’s still in rehab starts of sorts, also Kilian is being stretched out. I imagine if ATL and/or NYM win again tonight (as well as the Giants for that matter) they might be one step closer to just packing it in even if you don’t say that out loud.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Too bad there are no more games against the Cardinals, he’s their kryptonite.
berseliusQuote Reply
Of course, the Cubs are a couple baserunners and a Dansby hammer away from tying it up so let’s see what happens.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
and even if they don’t score, if they keep it within 3, Skenes is over 70 pitches now in the 4th so they have a shot against the bullpen
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Rice Cube,
We only acknowledge the term Swandong here at OV
berseliusQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Well shit, that’s right, it’s Ethan Roberts who still refuses to throw an actual “fast” ball
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ethan Roberts somehow injured himself again, and here’s Drew Smyly who apparently has not been claimed off waivers
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ethan Roberts always looks like he’s being asked to do something entirely beneath him, which he finds ironically hilarious.
andcountingQuote Reply
(Bethan)court is in session?
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Rice Cube,
Is there a reason we’re not supposed to be glad he’s on the team? Maybe framing isn’t great, but he’s a decent hitter with a laser for an arm.
andcountingQuote Reply
Also, PCA is really looking consistently good.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I think it depends on if you think A) Miguel Amaya really has turned a corner and B) Bethancourt is going to be this version going forward, otherwise you kind of have to upgrade and catcher is one of the obvious spots, and they’re not getting rid of Amaya.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
bump
berseliusQuote Reply
Maybe just keep Amaya and Bethancourt and upgrade elsewhere though (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Let’s go Pirates Bullpen, show us what got you here
berseliusQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
(dying laughing)
Yeah, I don’t know how they expect to upgrade at this position if this past month is any indication of who these guys are moving forward.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
Sign Juan Soto, move him to catcher. Ez.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I did see a lefty catcher’s mitt in the wild for the first time in ever playing baseball last weekend (dying laughing)
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I think even with Hendricks and a couple other guys shitting the bed, having a chance to win this stupid game is at least encouraging.
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OK OK you convinced me he can stay
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oh man
berseliusQuote Reply
My Pirates fan boss is off today but I’m waiting to see if he logs in anyway to complain (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
We’re gonna need a bigger wheel emoji (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Screw the closer! This fucking game (dying laughing)
PerkinsQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
I think those last three singles hit within about a foot of each other
berseliusQuote Reply
Holy shit, I think this game has restored my ability to even.
andcountingQuote Reply
I do believe the closer has been screwed
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berselius,
Will?
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andcounting,
Truly an odd occurence
berseliusQuote Reply
That’ll do, Cubs.
PerkinsQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
W(ow)
andcountingQuote Reply
This deserves its own post (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
hee hee
Side note, I’m glad she’s still finding joy in this stupid sport while battling ALS
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7 RsBI for Bethancourt!
berseliusQuote Reply
New celebratory shit –> https://www.obstructedview.net/the-christian-bethancourt-game/
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