OSS: Cubs blast their way past the Beers to start off their last series of the season
Three up:
- Kyle Schwarber hit a grand slam in the sixth inning to put this game out of reach. Schwarber leads the team with 34 home runs, and has posted his best strikeout rate since becoming a regular.
- A lot of players contributed on offense, with four separate guys with a WPA over .200. Willy in particular really had things going on early on, driving in the first two Cubs runs on a double and a home run.
- Speaking of players the Cubs are happy to see back in the lineup, Ben Zobrist seems to have solved the cursed Cubs leadoff position, going 3-3 with two walks in this one.
Three down:
- After a stretch of dominance in early August, Q had another short-ish, meh start. It would be nice to see him go over six innings again soon.
- Javy Baez was scratched before the game, and Craig Kimbrel hit the IL today.
- The Cardinals somehow won yet again.
Next up: Cole Hamels takes on Zach Davies at 7:05 PM CT. The Brewers won this matchup as a part of their back to back shutouts last weekend, though they ended up more or less making a bullpen game of it. Maybe the Cubs will score this time? The world waits with bated breath.
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What an ugly football game
WaLiQuote Reply
I had the Packers winning 10-3.
RynoQuote Reply
For real, though, I had GB winning last night. I love what they did to their roster in the offseason and, to me, they’re the class of their division and possibly the NFC.
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
How much credit do you give both sides of the ball for the final scores? As always with the NFL it’s tough to take away much with a sample size of one game.
For the Packers 10 points I’d say 20% meh Packers offense and 80% great bears D. On the other side I’d say about 40% improved Packers defense and 60% Trubisky awfulness.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
As I said yesterday, defenses have a huge advantage over offenses early in the season. Especially when starters play so little in preseason. Rodgers is a good barometer, because he missed on multiple connections he doesn’t typically miss on.
But the majority of the offensive ineptitude is attributed to the quality of defense by both teams. CHI picked up where they left off last year and I can’t stress enough how much better GB’s defense is/should be this year. That secondary is among the most talented in the NFL and their additions on the front 7 (Smith, Smith and Gary) put that group right up there as well.
GB realizes their window with Rodgers is closing and they’re going all in for the next 2-3 seasons. If they’re not the best team in the NFC, I can say with confidence that I don’t think any other team is clearly better.
RynoQuote Reply
To-day’s still Baez less base ball squadron
2B Zobrist
LF War Bear
RF Castellanos
1B Rizzo
3B Bryant
C Caratini
SS Russell
CF Heyward
P Hamels
berseliusQuote Reply
I miss when Heyward was good for a little while.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Castellanos!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Big stick!
berseliusQuote Reply
Castellanos, man.
andcountingQuote Reply
Fuck
WaLiQuote Reply
Cubs miss playoffs.
andcountingQuote Reply
Has Caratini ever thrown anyone out?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Pirates!!!!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Holy crap.
andcountingQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
At first, I think. On a strike three in the dirt?
andcountingQuote Reply
Cardinals lose.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Antonio Brown has some issues, but the fact that the Raiders could basically rip up his contract and tell him that he would be playing for his salary each week just makes me appreciate the MLBPA more, as much as we criticize them at times. What a shitshow all around.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
It seems like you could make a pretty decent team of players who couldn’t bear to stay Raiders.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I remember my brother saying the day of that trade that Brown was never going to play again so he was glad the Steelers traded him. I didn’t really believe it at first because who trades for someone that’s never going to play again, but that’s why the Steelers traded him. The Raiders just didn’t figure it out that he was retiring until they already made the trade. Glad I stopped watching the Raiders a long time ago.
dmick89Quote Reply
Hairline fracture—————> Javy’s thumb
andcountingQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball shitshow:
Almora C
Castellanos RF
Rizzo 1B
Bryant 3B
Bote 2B
Schwarber LF
Russell SS
Caratini C
Darvish P
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
Which is why my daughter looks at me when I shout, “El MAGO!!! DON’T SLIDE HANDS FIRST”
“You can’t have it both ways, Dad. ”
BVSQuote Reply
andcounting,
Would much rather have Schwarber at C than Almora, (dying laughing).
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
Eh. I don’t think it matters.
(dying laughing)
andcountingQuote Reply
dmick89,
Don’t follow NFL much, but contracts there are basically hypothetical, right? Since not guaranteed.
BVSQuote Reply
andcounting,
Excited to see Almora’s rocket to 2nd? (dying laughing)
BVSQuote Reply
andcounting,
I really like the potential of the Schwarber/Castellanos outfield. Two catchers is a bit strange, but I’m curious to see it play out.
dmick89Quote Reply
If you told me one of our September lineups was going to include Russell at SS, Bote at 2nd, Almora in CF, Castellanos in RF and Caratini behind the plate I’d have assumed the Cubs were 20 games below .500.
dmick89Quote Reply
BVS,
As opposed to Caratini’s? (dying laughing)
andcountingQuote Reply
That sounds like the name of a dive bar that serves frozen pizzas to the regulars.
dmick89Quote Reply
Darvish looks sharp so far.
andcountingQuote Reply
Even against LHP, there’s no reason for Almora to lead off.
PerkinsQuote Reply
God, Rizzo is slow.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Stop. Hitting. Into. Double. Plays.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Why do Cubs hitters act like Gonzales is going to overpower them if they don’t put the first pitch that comes near the strike zone into play?
andcountingQuote Reply
Addison!
andcountingQuote Reply
The Cubs are going to end up scoring 12-13 runs in this series, which is twice as many as I expected.
dmick89Quote Reply
Was the Darvish pull injury, or playing it safe?
BVSQuote Reply
Don’t strike out, Ian.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Tony!
berseliusQuote Reply
CB Bucknor esque performance behind the plate tonight.
berseliusQuote Reply
Of course it’s Arcia up here
berseliusQuote Reply
Russell has a good glove, but good God, is his arm inaccurate.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
😐
berseliusQuote Reply
Die in a fire, Brewers.
PerkinsQuote Reply
dmick89Quote Reply
The Cubs only problem, really, is they suck ass.
andcountingQuote Reply
dmick89,
That doesn’t look like a dumpster
BVSQuote Reply
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Lester!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Addison Russell got hit in the face with a fastball, stole second on the next pitch, then scored on an 1B+E9. He might be a piece of shit in just about everyone’s minds, but he’s not giving up, and I applaud that.
andcountingQuote Reply
I would not mind seeing Braun get hit in the face with a baseball. I’m not rooting for it. I just wouldn’t mind seeing it happen.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Feeling good about my decision not to buy postseason tickets or renew my season tickets after this year.
PerkinsQuote Reply
As many injuries as the Cubs have had, it’s hard to shake the sense that they would have been in a much better position had the ownership not cried poor and prevented the front office from addressing the team’s needs.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Hader vs. Garcia is the most predictable matchup in history.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Today, we are all the Craig Counsell from the post header.
berseliusQuote Reply
Well, this season was shitty while it lasted.
andcountingQuote Reply
Welp, looks like it’s football season now.
While it does kind of suck, this is better than leaving that little flicker of hope alive into October. And at the very least, this offseason should be interesting.
RynoQuote Reply
Nico —> MLB
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
Wow. That’s pretty awesome.
andcountingQuote Reply
Ryno,
Does that mean Baez is going to be on DL longer than expected?
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi,
I think it means the front office knows this team is trash.
RynoQuote Reply
who will be maddon’s replacement next year? there is a zero percent chance that he comes back, right?
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Yeah, he’s gone and I have no clue who the next manager will be.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
David Ross
WaLiQuote Reply
The Cubs can make up plenty of games this week, they just have to win a bunch on this *checks notes* west coast road trip.
berseliusQuote Reply
WaLi,
I imagine he’d be a top contender.
dmick89Quote Reply
Ryno,
Looks like we all should have invested in yellow cloth futures, or at least bet the overs on penalties in week 1.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi,
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
oh man i forgot how awesome allislost dot jpg is
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
It feels like zero—because everything is terrible and someone other than those primarily responsible must pay—but there is probably some scenario where he returns. A scenario where the Cubs somehow win the World Series, and/or Maddon has all other managerial candidates simultaneously whacked in a Godfather five-families-style hit.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
WaLiQuote Reply
This was particularly embarrassing
https://twitter.com/i/status/1170760601032974344
I’m sorry you are a grown ass man. Take your ejection and get off the field.
WaLiQuote Reply
I wish the Ricketts family would fire themselves. It’s truly shocking how much goodwill they’ve managed to set on fire in such a short span of time.
PerkinsQuote Reply
has anyone sat in the bleachers lately? i am going to the game on sunday and just wondering how early our five-some needs to show up to not get shafted on seats. i am assuming like 12:30 at the latest?
(and yes i realize that both the bleachers and the cubs are a total waste of time right now but i have some friends in town and was out-voted)
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron:
Zobrist 2B
Schwarber LF
Castellanos RF
Rizzo 1B
Caratini C
Nico SS
Heyward CF
Bote 3B
Cyle P
andcountingQuote Reply
Nico!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Javy who?
berseliusQuote Reply
Hoerner!!
berseliusQuote Reply
Shades of Castro’s debut.
berseliusQuote Reply
That’s a hell of a way to start your career.
andcountingQuote Reply
Maybe instead of penalties, players should be fined for in-game infractions. They could televise each team’s hearing where players are notified of their crimes.
RynoQuote Reply
WaLi,
“False start. Everyone but the center.”
RynoQuote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
This should have been a penalty on Williams for getting suplexed by a WR instead of on Hopkins
WaLiQuote Reply
To-night’s all-world line up:
Zobrist 2B
Schwarber LF
Castellanos RF
Rizzo 1B
Bryant 3B
Contreras C
Heyward CF
Me So Hoerner SS
Q P
andcountingQuote Reply
Heyward!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Jesus, Zo.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
What the fuck, Quintana?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cardinals lose!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Ugh.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Looks safe-ish, but I doubt they overturn.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I’d say 45 min to an hour if you want a fair amount of flexibility.
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
KBOOM!!
andcountingQuote Reply
Bryant!!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Yelich ———> done for season
berseliusQuote Reply
Would have been nice to see the Cubs pick up a game today.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Wow, Heyward
berseliusQuote Reply
She shack was pretty terrible this morning.
andcountingQuote Reply
If you’d told me going into yesterday’s game that both Bryant and Heyward would hit two HR, I’d have assumed the Cubs would win in a rout.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
What if I told you three Padres would score on a double play ball and a Cubs reliever would walk three straight batters?
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
He might be selling seashells by the seashore in his sea shack pretty soon.
berseliusQuote Reply
then i would say that your powers of foresight are astounding. that is some nostradamus-level shit right there.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
https://www.bleachernation.com/cubs/2019/09/11/when-pirates-pitchers-arent-trying-to-hit-batters-theyre-hitting-each-other-in-the-clubhouse/
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
holy shit. reminiscent of the nats from a few years ago.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
berselius,
No doubt that will soon be happening in the Cubs clubhouse, if it isn’t already happening.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
If they just post photos of runners in scoring position in the clubhouse, they can ensure no one will be doing any hitting.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Never fear. Maddon will ride to the rescue with another footie pajama day.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Tony Kemp is leading off tonight. You’d think that the easiest solution to this leadoff business would just be to move everyone up one slot, but wtf do I know.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I suppose if Joe thinks the leadoff spot is actually causing guys to suck, you might as well put Kemp or Descalso there. If you’ve got to ruin someone it might as well be someone at rock bottom already.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I have a rock that keeps tigers away and also allows leadoff hitters to not suck.
berseliusQuote Reply
The Cardinals have:
– held the Rockies to two runs in consecutive games in Coors Field.
– lost both games.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Why, why, why don’t you hit for Hamels there? 2 runners on against a pitcher they haven’t done much against, Hamels got into a jam last inning, and arms available.
Ugh. And of course, a HR and a walk later, and there’s the pitching change.
UrkQuote Reply
I love how Hamels batted with two runners on and got pulled after facing three hitters.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Urk,
You beat me to it. What’s the point of expanded rosters when you let this happen?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
You guys, winning isn’t everything. Hamels had fun out there.
andcountingQuote Reply
You’ve kept it from the Cubs, obviously, because their leadoff hitters all suck and there’s a tiger in right field.
andcountingQuote Reply
Let the bears pay the bear tax. I pay the homer tax.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
andcounting,
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
It cracks me up (in a sad way) that this team has been so terrible lately even with their trade deadline acquisition basically hitting the ball harder than anyone on the planet right now.
RynoQuote Reply
Not sure why I wake up so angry that this team can’t hit. I seem to have pretty high expectations for an offense that has defined itself as one that strikes out too much, grounds out too much, and doesn’t hit the ball hard.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Ryno,
They signed one of the best closers, traded for a guy who has turned into Mike Trout and they’ve somehow lost a billion games in the standings. This franchise is a joke.
dmick89Quote Reply
The thing is the Cubs playoff position is still in their hands. After today, there are 16 games left with seven games remaining against the Cardinals (four at home). If they decide to give a shit they can still win the division. The remaining nine games are against the Reds (three at home) and the Pirates (three home and away) so it isn’t like they have a tough stretch of game down the line.
That being said, while I still hold on to hope for some dumb reason that they win the division, I fully expect them to not even make the Wild Card play-in game.
WaLiQuote Reply
Me too and I think that’s the best thing for this team. The front office needs to move away from this idea this still is a good team and move on to whatever the fuck they do next. Sitting on their hands waiting for midseason improvements is a stupid fucking strategy.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m ok with games like last night, because they’re going to happen every now and then to any team. Sometimes the other pitching staff just dominates, and you’re almost certainly going to lose. It’s the ones like the day before when you explode offensively but dumbfuck your way through every defensive inning that it becomes inexcusable, especially since that shit happens far too frequently.
And whoever said “if this team decides to give a shit” hit the nail on the head. I don’t care that Maddon is a terrible/unconventional in-game manager. We all knew exactly what he’d be like in that regard. What I fucking hate about his performance is the nonstop mental/psychological downward-spiral breakdown this team has had this season. Multiple costly errors every fucking game. TOOTBLANS, pitchers who can’t find the strike zone, and just a dead-ass attitude all the fucking time. That was the kind of shit Joe was supposed to minimize, and he has obviously failed in that regard. He should be fired today, in my pissed-off opinion. His team doesn’t give a shit, and that’s his failure.
andcountingQuote Reply
Agreed. Seems someone forgot to impress upon this team baseball games were still worth winning after 2016.
I’m up for the purging fire this offseason. Can’t think of a single player in Cubs stripes right now that I’d be too disappointed to see go.
Other than Castellanos, maybe. (dying laughing)
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Your 2020 Cubs manager – Carlos Zambrano
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
(dying laughing) What I wouldn’t give to see him eject an umpire again.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
WaLiQuote Reply
Because they’re a baseball team.
RynoQuote Reply
dmick89,
And it’s basically the same lineup that won the World Series less than three years ago. There’s no Dexter Fowler, but Javy has gone from mediocre to superstar since then. Crazy. Rebuild time.
RynoQuote Reply
I think it’s worth thinking about the fact that, while there’s obvious talent on the team, there were also obvious holes that needed to be filled and changes that needed to be made, and that doing that wasn’t a big enough priority for ownership to put any significant money towards in the offseason. Instead, ownership seemed more interested in suppressing the labor market/funding white supremacy. What if they’d had Kimbrel, on normal spring training and ramp up all year? What if they’d added a significant bat with a different offensive profile than the rest of the team instead of Daniel Fucking Descalso? What if we weren’t depending on two 35 year old starting pitchers staying healthy and effective all year? Etc. I think a lot of what we see as “not giving a shit” from the team would look pretty different if sufficient resources had been devoted from the offseason onward to put them in a better position sooner.
UrkQuote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
To day’s base ball squadron
1B Rizzo
RF Castellanos
LF War Bear
3B Bryant
C Caratini
CF Heyward
2B Happ
SS Hoerner
P Darvish
berseliusQuote Reply
Urk,
I might be confusing not giving a shit and not having their shit together, but I’m thoroughly dissatisfied in both the ownership’s approach to the offseason and the team and Joe’s approach to the last 6 weeks or so of the season. I’m not going to say there’s no correlation between the way ownership chose not to give a shit and the mess this team has become. But currently, I feel like a manager who was doing a good job could have changed a hell of a lot.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
It’s almost like Joe overreacted to the start of the season. Everyone in the media/clubhouse etc was pounding the ‘urgency’ narrative constantly, and the club was clearly pressing out of the gate. Now that things are down to the wire Joe is almost lackadaisical about things like player time off, bullpen usage, etc., maybe to try to avoid having the players pressing even more.
berseliusQuote Reply
Darvish stat line today 👀
berseliusQuote Reply
Darvish————> gives a shit.
andcountingQuote Reply
Darvish ERA——> now below 4.00
that statistic ———> not something I expected to see after Darvish’s April
berseliusQuote Reply
Ok.
andcountingQuote Reply
M ———-> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
andcounting,
Yeah, I’m dissatisfied with (what I perceive as) both too. I’m just very wary of turning performance into narrative. I don’t think think Joe is managing urgently enough, but I also remember him aggressively overmanaging during urgent situations. And I also try to remember that none of these guys would be professional athletes at this level of they weren’t at least somewhat hypercompetitive.
I also wonder how much any degree of non-shit giving might lead back to dissatisfaction with ownership’s non-allocation of resources. Joe is a lame duck. They all knew they were at least starting the year without a closer. But then when I wonder about that I’m doing the same kind of narrative speculation I was trying to avoid, so…. nevermind.
UrkQuote Reply
Whew. What was that, 19 Ks?
andcountingQuote Reply
Who says the Kimbrel signing hasn’t worked out?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
@49ers…
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
Dolphins are such shit right now. I guess their goal is to tank and stock up draft picks.
WaLiQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
1B Rizzo
RF Castellanos
3B Bryant
C Contreras
LF War Bear
SS Hoerner
2B Bote
CF Almora
P Lester
berseliusQuote Reply
Seems like Theo is ready to turnover the team.
https://www.cubsinsider.com/2019/09/12/embarrassed-theo-epstein-says-cubs-falling-down-and-not-getting-up/
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi,
I know others aren’t yet ready to hear it, but I hope so. You might be able to put some bandaid on this team for another season, maybe even a season after that resulting in both teams losing early in the playoffs at best. Eventually you lose the ability to trade any of the players you have for much of any value and you’re left with what you’ve drafted and can spend. It’s a shitty way to build a team.
dmick89Quote Reply
andcountingQuote Reply
Nah, I think he’s ready to danish them.
RynoQuote Reply
dmick89,
It may be confirmation bias talking here, but I don’t read those comments and see a front office exec who thinks the competitive window is closing or that this team isn’t built to win. I see a guy who is looking at the team he has on paper and the output on the field with a huge disparity in between. I think he’s basically laying the groundwork with HR to show his upcoming firing of Joe is more than deserved.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
You could be right and you probably are. I really think that’s going to suck if in a couple years a new manager doesn’t work out, Theo and company get fired and the Cubs are left in the same shitty situation they were before they took over. I think that’s a probable outcome at this point and that sucks.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Yeah, I wonder if the front office even really has a plan for two years down the road. What if this isn’t Theo saying, we need to make a ton of changes, and it’s really just him saying, this is bullshit. We’re done?
I mean, aside from Hendricks, who on the pitching staff do you see still on the team in 2021 or 2022? I don’t know the farm system very well, but from what I hear I don’t expect to re-populate an entire pitching staff from the minors and free agency. That side of the team seems like it could get really ugly really fast.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I think it’s probably a mix of manager and roster changes. Joe is supposed to be able to get the team to be greater than (or at least equal to) the sum of its parts, not less. And he hasn’t done that for some time. Castellanos seems to have an intensity that (outside of Baez) the team has largely lacked since about 2017. I would not be disappointed if they try to retain him and make some trades.
A lot of this is also on the front office and ownership, in terms of roster construction. Thinking back to 2015/16, they prioritized depth and sought contact hitters to balance the swing and miss tendencies and create more consistency on a day to day basis. The 2016 team had pretty good health overall (especially in the rotation), but they were deep enough to win 103 games after losing Schwarber at the start of the season and seeing injuries to Soler and Heyward (the latter of which rendered him basically useless at the plate for the whole season). In recent years, they’ve seemed more content to assume talent will win out, and they’ve been a lot worse at creating a deep bench and bullpen.
I don’t know how many of the FO’s shortcomings stem from ownership’s control over the budget, and I can’t see how aggressive they’ve been behind the scenes, but other than firing Chili Davis, there doesn’t seem to have been much accountability for the maddening inconsistency of the past couple of years.
PerkinsQuote Reply
dmick89,
I kind of assumed at least Theo would leave after 2021 anyway. I would not be surprised to see him go back to San Diego and try to cap his career by winning a World Series there.
PerkinsQuote Reply
FTFY
WaLiQuote Reply
I’m pretty sure I have never seen two errors on a walk before, but here we are.
andcountingQuote Reply
Thing to remember with Almora is he’s out there for his bat. Anything you get with the glove is a bonus.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
What happened while I was trying to find this gif was great though, Bob.
berseliusQuote Reply
Steven Brau(dying laughing)t
berseliusQuote Reply
games on pace to last 6.8 hours
SKQuote Reply
A Lester HR would really cap this off (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
cant believe they challenged that
SKQuote Reply
WILLY
berseliusQuote Reply
WILSSONN
SKQuote Reply
TONY
berseliusQuote Reply
there’s your separation jd
SKQuote Reply
RIZZOMG
PerkinsQuote Reply
Clearly the Cubs didn’t score enough previously to put the game out of hand
WaLiQuote Reply
WaLi,
I left the office for a meeting after the Pirates scored their seventh run, and expected to see that the Cubs left Lester in to blow it when I jsut got back. Happy to be wrong.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I still think the Cubs need to add on. I don’t feel good about a 9 run lead when the Cubs bullpen still has to get 3 outs.
dmick89Quote Reply
The upcoming games in which the Cubs struggle to score more than two runs would be infuriating if they weren’t so predictable.
PerkinsQuote Reply
(dying laughing) at Mills picking up the mop up save.
berseliusQuote Reply
Castellanos!
berseliusQuote Reply
Castellanos!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I think the Cubs found a lineup that works for them.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Maybe Maddon handed out some try not to suck shirts
WaLiQuote Reply
What is the best in life?
ceruleanQuote Reply
Is it possible that Nico saves some heads from rolling? He is doing a Trea Turner and it is a sight to behold
ceruleanQuote Reply
I spent the last week in Belgium, thanks for bot making me read a lot of new posts from while I was gone!
(dying laughing)
BVSQuote Reply
By the way, he Cubs could lose every game hereon out and they wouldn’t be worse than JFK airport. What a CFk this airport is.
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
Still beats LGA. JFK T4 is actually pretty nice.
PerkinsQuote Reply
BVS,
Nice, where in Belgium were you? Hard to top a country where Chimay is on tap everywhere.
berseliusQuote Reply
Perkins,
Lga is unbearable right now with the construction
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Bryant!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Crap.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Well that sucks.
PerkinsQuote Reply
DeRosa dammit
berseliusQuote Reply
Given that it’s the Pirates, may as well start hitting batters intentionally for the hell of it.
PerkinsQuote Reply
This is fine.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
Hey, the Cubs lead again.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
(dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing) (dying laughing)
Eat shit and die, Pirates.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Braun!!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cardinals lose.
PerkinsQuote Reply
When I asked what the best in life is, I didn’t expect to hear “Lamentations from your first baseman”
Injuries FFS
ceruleanQuote Reply
Their timing is at least unpredictable.
andcountingQuote Reply
The Cardinals will face Strasburg, Corbin, and Scherzer in the next three games.
berseliusQuote Reply
So who plays 1st the rest of the season?
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Probably a mix of Happ, Caratini, and Zobrist.
PerkinsQuote Reply
http://www.obstructedview.net/cubs-16-pirates-6-cubs-47-pirates-15/
berseliusQuote Reply