OSS: Nothing like a low stress win.
Three up:
- Matt Boyd’s second start for the Cubs was even more solid than his first. Boyd pitched six shutout innings walking one and striking out five. Small sample size etc etc but the Cubs signing of Boyd might have been shrewder than expected.
- The most impactful play of the game was Carson Kelly’s RBI single in the second to break the scoreless tie. He later went on to hit a three run bomb in the sixth to put the game out of reach after the Cubs were seemingly letting the Padres linger. It will sure be nice to not see the Cubs catching corps in 30th place on the positional WAR leaderboard this year.
- Ian Happ made an incredible diving catch in the seventh. Having three gold glove caliber outfielders sure is a nice luxury, especially on a cold day at Wrigley.
Three down:
- Seiya has been pretty hot and cold at the plate this year, and leads the league in strikeouts. He had two more today, though he did manage to pick up two of the many walks that the Padres pitching staff was handing out.
- Nate Pearson was a little rocky coming on in relief of Boyd, but a seven run cushion is a nice time to struggle a smidge.
- Not much else to complain about Cubs-wise, so I’ll grumble at MLB/Gameday audio for running the same 5 ads on every radio broadcast for the past week and change. At this point I’m going to be haunted by the phrase Oppo Taco.
Next up:
The Cubs go for a sweep against the second(?) best team in baseball at 1:20 PM CT. Ben Brown takes on fifth starter/KBO career resurrectee Kyle Hart.
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Pirates losing again
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I know it was mentioned about 1000 times in the broadcast but that was a pretty cool 1000th career game for Happ
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Big if true
PerkinsQuote Reply
Cards have to do a doubleheader in Boston tomorrow
Also Happ got a fun new jersey
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Canada geese cheering on the Cubs
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My first thought upon hearing it was Happ’s 1,000th game was that I was shocked he’s been playing that long. My second thought was, how the theoretical fuck did Cal Ripken play 2.5+ Happ careers worth of consecutive games?
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I will assume a good amount of health luck that was justifiably overshadowed by Cal being good enough to start all those games…like you do not get to play if you suck
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Florida > Auburn
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Let’s go Houston love the cougars long time fan. Let’s check in on the score…….balls!
berseliusQuote Reply
Houston way too close for comfort if you’re a Duke fan
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
I’m afraid you’re severely misinterpreting Lou Gehrig’s farewell speech.
andcountingQuote Reply
Why the hell do they review everything in basketball now? And they say baseball has a pace of play problem
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berseliusQuote Reply
Holy shit
berseliusQuote Reply
What a game!
andcountingQuote Reply
!!!!!!!!!
berseliusQuote Reply
Duke choketh
Good job Houston
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It me the college basketball knower
berseliusQuote Reply
I feel like Florida will win but Houston hustle is insane
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Two homers for Mervis tonight
berseliusQuote Reply
I really liked those baby blue jerseys today.
dmick89Quote Reply
They do really pop
Source = AP or Getty or some other alphabet thing
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The baby blue jerseys look cool. I wish the Cubs would officially designate them as the City Connects, though. I don’t love the idea of them as a pure alternate and I still have a probably vain hope that they’ll do some kind of throwback alternate for Sunday home games or something.
Also they really should bring back the red bills on the road caps.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I like em better than I did at first but they’re still not my fave. I’m not feeling the new logo and don’t like the hats. I still like them better than the wrigleyville tops however. But the wrigleyville hat definitely slaps.
berseliusQuote Reply
I’d like it better if they used the other logo I’ve seen floating around which has the old bear with a bat, except with a guitar instead.
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This is the way
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Ks and wins
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Pathetic
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To-day’s base ball squadron
LF Happ
DH Suzuki
RF Tucker
1B Turner
SS Swandong
2B Hoerner
CF PCA
3B Shaw
C Kelly
SP Brown
berseliusQuote Reply
Another Dodgers pitcher hits the IL, this time it’s Snell
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Nice, J-Hey starting today
berseliusQuote Reply
Throwfuckingstrikes dot gif
berseliusQuote Reply
My good Brown baby what is you doing
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What if we played today with no pitching
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Cubs legend Kyle Tucker
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Give that man his money
berseliusQuote Reply
Good day for the radio overlay
berseliusQuote Reply
This might be a nine hour game (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Shoutout to Joe Maddon for that easily thwarted squeeze
berseliusQuote Reply
This is bananas.
andcountingQuote Reply
Balk balk balk balk
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berseliusQuote Reply
Cubs trying to one up their run scoring profile from Friday’s game
berseliusQuote Reply
Not a double play?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The fuck?
berseliusQuote Reply
No challenge?
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Tucker!
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<3 Pat's call
Rice CubeQuote Reply
They’re not letting Brown go 5 IMO
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Rice Cube,
Craig agrees with my opinion
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Cubs are going to need more runs.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Meh
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Tricksy
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Pat says Tucker has 15 RsBI
Rice CubeQuote Reply
At some point the Cubs do have to try to win one of these stupid type games, I don’t have to like it though
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Cardinals lose
berseliusQuote Reply
Busch PHing for Shaw means Turner at 3B next inning unless they replace Turner with Berti or Workman …
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Yeah I figure it’s workman coming in for the ninth
berseliusQuote Reply
Better start warming up Rea I guess. Unless Pressly makes it moot
berseliusQuote Reply
Not a big fan of Stressly here
PerkinsQuote Reply
what the fuck
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Pressly made a couple good ground ball pitches but that walk was bad
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Farts
berseliusQuote Reply
Oh crud nuts
PerkinsQuote Reply
I don’t know, that wasn’t my favorite thing to happen in my lifetime.
andcountingQuote Reply
Only down the one run, walk it off anyway boys
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Turner with the chance to lose the game in both halves of the inning.
andcountingQuote Reply
Alas, can’t win them all, but probably should have…2 errors ick
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berseliusQuote Reply
Two of three against a good team is still solid, but that’s a game the Cubs should have won.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Would say the Cubs blew that game way less than Duke did
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Wasn’t it 2023 when the Cubs didn’t win on a Sunday until like August? I hope that doesn’t happen again. That was the second Sunday loss in a game they should have put away.
But yeah, big oof for Duke.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
For a while it seemed like they always lost whenever they wore the Wrigleyville fit
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Dropping the entire set against the Red Sox is a bold strategy for the playoff hopeful Cardinals
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Such a shame to see Mikolas lit up
berseliusQuote Reply
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