OSS: First place!
Three+ up:
- Jason Heyward’s bat is so hot right now, you can see it from space. He drove in Ben Zobrist in the eighth inning to tie up the game against the best reliever in baseball. A lefty!
- Speaking of Zobrist, that run was set up by some great baserunning. Zobrist moved to second on a sac fly and motored on home on Heyward’s single.
- Anthony Rizzo had some rotten luck early in the game, lining into a double play in the sixth and hitting a 500+ foot HR just foul in his next PA. He got all of the last pitch he saw, however, launching a bomb to give the Cubs the lead in extras.
- Rookie reliever Randy Rosario calmly knocked down two sudden death innings after Heyward tied the game, easily dispatching all six batters he faced. He was actually the WPA leader on the team in this one.
- Javy Baez did Javy Baez things, striking out on three pitches way outside of the zone and following it up with a walk. More of those would be nice, Javy.
Three down:
- Rosario was nails, but it would sure be nice to see Joe use his closer in a tie game on the road.
- Another rough game for the slumping Bryant, who went 0-4 with a walk. Schwarber was also 0-fer in this one.
- Q had a solidly okay line, but when you give up a solo shot to Jonathan Freaking Villar you end up here.
Next up: Tyler Chatwood takes on Chase Anderson at 7:10 PM CT. We could see this same score by the end of the first inning.
Comments
I missed using this header image.
berseliusQuote Reply
The ghost of Jason Heyward is really good now.
andcountingQuote Reply
berselius,
The one with Matthew Modine?
RynoQuote Reply
Methinks Schwarber got screwed by the umpire’s quite generous zone. Cubs could’ve won this one in regulation. At least they won.
Rice at schoolQuote Reply
Yu Darvish ——> throwing a bullpen session today.
berseliusQuote Reply
Interesting problem…I can access OV Blog fine on my desktop (via Chrome on Windows whatever it is now), but on my Android phone, it returns a 502 error.
Rice at schoolQuote Reply
Rice at school,
Try clearing the cache. I had to do that on both my Mac and iPhone to get rid of the 502 errors.
dmick89Quote Reply
Maddon: “no tight butts” in the Cubs dugout. Also a bunch of “loose cannons”. I feel sorry for the Milwaukee janitors this series.
berseliusQuote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
So AC was stuck back in time?
GWQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
Almora
Heyward
Bryant
Rizzo
Zobrist
Contreras
Baez
Russell
Chatwood
berseliusQuote Reply
It’s so weird to see Heyward in the 2 hole and think, “yeah. yeah, ok, that makes sense.”
MylesQuote Reply
Somebody should warn them about the meatballs…
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
GW,
I’ve been in 2003. What’d I miss?
andcountingQuote Reply
Chatwood looks a little wild today.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
No fucking way.
dmick89Quote Reply
I hope Darvish’s bullpen went well because I’d be happy if Chatwood never started another game for the Cubs.
dmick89Quote Reply
Hey, at least he’s giving up hits instead of walking them.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
Progress!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I want to see a game consisting of nothing but Chatwood pitching to Javy.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
That contract would finally be justified.
dmick89Quote Reply
andcounting,
It would probably end with 27 strikeouts, 9 walks and 9 ghost runners left on base.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
(dying laughing), I don’t know. Chatwood might accidentally throw some strikes and give up six solo homers.
andcountingQuote Reply
He’s just got to learn to swing harder.
andcountingQuote Reply
Two lineout double plays in two games. Unbelievable.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Heyward popping up on the infield, Chatwood walking the lead off hitter. Welcome back, normal.
andcountingQuote Reply
What the hell was that?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Smart baserunning by Cain. Terrible defense by the Cubs.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Bryant hit one to the warning track! Progress!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Cubes-esque performance at the plate tonight here: 0-4 with three strikeouts and a walk.
berseliusQuote Reply
dmick89,
Didn’t seem to work, but I’ll check it out later on.
Rice at schoolQuote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
Syndegaard: I didn’t throw at him.
Collins: You have to let us throw at him.
andcountingQuote Reply
Read an article on the Athletic today about expanding to 32 teams and it makes me wonder why we haven’t done it yet, and then I look at Oakland/Tampa and wonder why we haven’t gone to 28 teams yet.
MylesQuote Reply
Rice at school,
You could also try accessing the site for awhile on the phone using only data rather than WiFi.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
I couldn’t get it to work on any device for the past 3ish days. will try clearing my cache next time i get the error.
either way, i might have to ask for a pro-rated refund of this month’s $2,995 subscription fee.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
yep that worked. can’t seem to log in but whatever.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Translation: I’m so wealthy.
RynoQuote Reply
James Bean.
RynoQuote Reply
We only accept payment in yacht form. The fees associated with reprocessing the $2995 you sent us come out to about $2994.63.
berseliusQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron
2B Zobrist
RF Heyward
3B La Stella
1B Rizzo
CF Happ
LF Schwarber
SS Baez
C Giminez
P Montgomery
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
berseliusQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Is it working now?
One thing to remember is that DNS changes are made through the internet service providers. It happens very quickly on some and slowly on others. Cellular networks pick up the changes much more quickly. It’s been long enough that all service providers should have picked up the changes now so it’s likely any issues are caused by the browser cache. If clearing the cache doesn’t work and using cellular for awhile doesn’t, let me know and I’ll let the host know about it. Screen caps would be nice so I can send them along.
dmick89Quote Reply
Score some runs!
dmick89Quote Reply
Cubs lose.
dmick89Quote Reply
Cubs lose.
RynoQuote Reply
Should have specified WHICH team you wanted to score runs. Thanks a lot.
MylesQuote Reply
Runs.
berseliusQuote Reply
The Cubs are determined to find a way to win without scoring runs.
dmick89Quote Reply
Maddon picks the strangest times to rest his regulars.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
You’d think this game would see all the starters playing. They have an off day tomorrow.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m shocked.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Maddon is a firm believer in the power of the mini-All-Star break.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
At least Monty is having another good outing.
berseliusQuote Reply
Letting Giminez hit there wasn’t a great idea.
PerkinsQuote Reply
The Cubs have given up 7 runs in this series and will probably lose 2 of 3.
dmick89Quote Reply
Runs, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
That would have been a good spot for KB to pinch hit.
berseliusQuote Reply
If Kris Bryant doesn’t bat in a 1-0 game, I’m going to be pissed.
dmick89Quote Reply
Seriously?
dmick89Quote Reply
That was a recent game I did not enjoy.
andcountingQuote Reply
Today, we are all Craig Counsell.
berseliusQuote Reply
I can kind of see why Joe wanted to rest Bryant today, but I don’t understand why he wouldn’t have used him to pinch hit for Schwarber in the 8th. Or worst case scenario, why not pinch hit for the worst hitter on the team in the 9th? The Cubs probably still lose, but it’s not like a pinch hit appearance would have wiped KB out.
dmick89Quote Reply
I know it’s June, but it was a big game and the Cubs aren’t going to have all that many games left against Milwaukee.
dmick89Quote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
Lotta DJ Public Speaking and DJ Not Meeting My Parents’ Expectations out there.
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
I’m DJ Waving at Someone Who’s Not Waving at me.
RynoQuote Reply
DJ People Looking Through My Phone here.
andcountingQuote Reply
yeah it’s completely fine after clearing the cache. will get a screen cap if it comes again.
i honestly might have just made up the fact that it wasn’t working on my cell phone. i thought that i tried and it wasn’t working but it’s very possible that never actually happened.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Ryno,
https://twitter.com/ericmichel/status/932452774524149761
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Young Keys and Young Smartphone are really popular, but I’m going with Young Familial Love or Young Memory of the Cubs Winning the World Series.
Or Young Pocket Knife.
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
Young Mace.
To be clear, that’s the melee weapon, not the spray.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
I thought you meant the 90s rapper.
RynoQuote Reply
is it a foregone conclusion that monty stays in the rotation? what happens to chatwood? i think i’d have a heart attack if he came out of the pen in a tight game. does he mysteriously come down with a case of david patton disease?
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
RynoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I assume the Cubs will find a creative way to abuse the DL to give Chatwood time to “get right.”
PerkinsQuote Reply
I hope so, but I doubt it.
Hopefully they give him away to the Cardinals or Brewers.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Though if the Cardinals got a hold of him, I’m sure he’d somehow turn in Miles Mikolas results. Their devil magic may be stale, but I don’t think it’s totally dead.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Maybe the Cubs could conveniently forget to take Chatwood with them when they leave St Louis.
Cardinals get first dibs on lost and found items at Busch stadium.
dmick89Quote Reply
http://www.obstructedview.net/series-preview-chicago-cubs-38-27-at-st-louis-cardinals-36-30/
berseliusQuote Reply