OSS: Cole Hamels strikes out nine in his Cubs debut.
Three up:
- It wasn’t the most efficient start, but Cole Hamels struck out nine Pirates in five innings in his first appearance in a Cubs uniform. He also picked up his first hit as a Cub as the team jumped all over the Pirates pitchers early. Hamels allowed one unearned run on three hits and two walks.
- Willson Contreras went 3-4 with a two run bomb to LF and a RBI walk.
- Kintzler managed an uneventful 1.1 innings in his Cubs debut. When I looked him up I was shocked to see that he spent parts of six seasons with the Brewers, and yet I have zero memory of him on that team (dying laughing).
Three down:
- The Dodgers have only scored two runs off of Chase Anderson as I write this.
- CJ was used in a game with a giant lead, but I guess Joe just wanted him to get some work in with the off day earlier this week.
- Relief deuce Tyler Chatwood still managed to issue a walk in while pitching the ninth inning of this one.
Next up: The Cubs open a four game series against the Padres. Hopefully the Cubs can take care of business. Monty takes on Robbie Erlin at 7:05 PM CT tomorrow. Erlin is a swingman who has been good in relief but terrible in the rotation.
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Puig!
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Kiké!
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Stupid Dodgers. Just bring in Jansen, for chrissake.
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Can’t let Hernan Perez beat you I guess.
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Grandal!
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Brewers lose.
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I think Kato might not survive this season even if it is a shtick.
Rice in limboQuote Reply
Cubs ———-> +3 in the loss column.
North Side PatQuote Reply
Notable minor league performances:
Paul Richan – 3IP, 2H, 0ER, 4K, 2BB
Brennan Davis – 2/4, BB
Cole Roederer remembered he’s supposed to not get out – 2/5, HR, 3B
Oh yeah, and Alec Mills pitched 6 perfect innings for Iowa. If you like that sort of thing.
RynoQuote Reply
He’s done an amazing job in Ames.
RynoQuote Reply
it should have gotten old by now but really it hasn’t
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Great way to get terrible service from me, but at least you’d get some extra bodily fluids in your food.
I won’t tell you where I wait tables.
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
Fuck that asshole.
dmick89Quote Reply
https://www.theringer.com/tv/2018/8/1/17631420/breaking-bad-ozymandias-vince-gilligan-bryan-cranston-rian-johnson-aaron-paul
Speaking of Ozymandias.
RynoQuote Reply
dmick89,
You can always tell someone who hasn’t waited tables.
Everyone should do it. I did it for about two weeks and that was enough for me to respect the people who do it.
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
I’ve never waited tables, but I worked in restaurants for several years. I think anyone who works in a restaurant for much time has a ton of respect for what servers do. I also think most people in general do, but some people just like being assholes. That person above wants to be the center of the earth.
dmick89Quote Reply
I served at a Cheesecake Factory for 6 months and served the night shift at a Dennys in Indianapolis for like 4 months. Hardest job I’ve ever had.
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
I’m sure his wife was really impressed with the $5 maximum tip.
dmick89Quote Reply
It would be worth far more than $5 to me to make sure someone like consumed the bodily fluids of the entire kitchen in every single course. Beyond his being a huge gaping asshole, what a fucking cheapskate.
PerkinsQuote Reply
dmick89,
Some people just don’t appreciate it until they’ve had to do it. Maybe we should require humans to be waiters for two weeks to earn a license to eat at restaurants.
RynoQuote Reply
this might sound stupid but i honestly think that, in the absence of a mandatory military draft, everyone who doesn’t go into the military should be required to wait tables/bartend/do some other service industry job for at least one year after high school. it has nothing to do with learning how to have respect for what waiters do, it has to do with learning how to respect your fellow human beings and how not to act like a piece of garbage. this country would be a much better place.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I get what you’re saying, but there are a lot of adults who count on those jobs and if you required it out of high school, all those jobs would now go to those who who would earn less money. It would be a huge boost to the owners and screw over a lot of people who actually want to do the work. I think tips should be mandatory and that restaurants should add it in before presenting the bill. I’m not sure how many servers would really like that though. Many make more with the current system.
dmick89Quote Reply
That was my thought. You’re going to take your wife out to dinner and you’re only willing to tip $5? I understand most people don’t make a lot of money, but that’s a shitty tip for most non-buffet restaurants.
I tip roughly 20% every time. I pay no attention to how good the servers are. It’s a ridiculously difficult job. If I get poor service I assume there’s a logical reason for it. I’m not going to punish someone relying on tips because their job is difficult. Again, fuck that person. I hope he got torn to shreds on facebook for that shit.
dmick89Quote Reply
It’s a shame that some people can’t figure this out on their own.
RynoQuote Reply
I don’t know the exact etiquette for tipping, but I usually take the entire bill (including tax), quick calculate 20%, and tack an extra dollar on top. Figure the wait staff get shat on most of the day so just trying to do my part to make sure they can at least have a bright spot.
Rice in limboQuote Reply
If a waiter does a good job, I’ll tip 25%+. I go 20% as a standard. 15% for a “poor” job. If you did badly enough to earn less than 15% from me, I’ve probably already discussed the problem with you or just left (which has never happened).
RynoQuote Reply
Yeah, take the top two digits, multiply by .2, round up, minimum of $5. $32 = $6.4 rounded up to $7. $1 a drink at a bar, $2 if it’s a crazy drink or something (use your judgment).
MylesQuote Reply
dmick89,
I generally tip 20% or more on the post-tax total, and I can count on one hand the amount of times I’ve gone below that. There’s really only one time I can remember exceptionally poor service in the past ten years. It’s a tough job and I get that tips are the lifeline for servers because their employers can get away with paying them well below the minimum wage.
I spent a couple summers working at a Home Depot in the northern suburbs of Chicago, and more than a few customers were entitled dicks who treated us poorly by virtue of our working there. Much respect for anyone who has to deal with retail customers (food service or otherwise) on a regular basis.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Anybody who has to work with people on a regular basis deserves more money than they’re being paid.
andcountingQuote Reply
I worked a summer job at a gas station when I was an undergrad and enjoyed it way more than any shitty internship that I could have gone after at the time. My main issue with working there was that I was too good at the job, so they always put me on shifts with the slowest cashiers just so they could keep the line moving (dying laughing). One week they had me working the same shift with the other young guy and we had a blast, probably because they got tipped off that management was going to send a secret shopper that week. I think we got the best score in the state.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Also I somehow managed to work 40+ hours in that job with walking mono, so I’m no Hayden Simpson.
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Neat.
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This is where I miss having a tall third baseman.
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The Cubs still suck at rundowns.
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#JavyTag
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Runs, please.
dmick89Quote Reply
Pinch-hitter, please.
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Jesus Christ.
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Safe!
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A touch of El Mago
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Not sure if they can overturn, but he’s probably safe.
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Replay!
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Surprised that was overturned.
dmick89Quote Reply
Bote needs to stop hitting the ball so hard.
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Monty hits in a big situation, faces two more batters.
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As is tradition.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Terrible at-bat by Almora.
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Come on, Javy.
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Bellinger!
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Dodgers!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Someone remind the Cubs pitchers that the Padres have a terrible offense.
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Putting in Duensing is basically waving the white flag.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Puig!
PerkinsQuote Reply
The Padres out-hit the Cubs 15 to 3 because nothing makes sense.
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Dozier!
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Turner!
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Pederson!
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Puig!!
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I think that game was about a 10 point shift in either direction for the Dodgers’ and Brewers’ Elo ratings.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Notable minor league performances:
Zack Short – 1/3, HR, BB
Erick Leal – 5IP, 4H, 3ER, 5K, 1BB, 7-3 GO-AO
Ethan Roberts – 1 perfect inning, 1K
Cole Roederer – 2/5
Brennan Davis – 1/4, BB
RynoQuote Reply
So Bryant’s not coming back this year, is he?
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RynoQuote Reply
If he does, it won’t be at 100%.
MylesQuote Reply
FIRST of all, I’ll mention Sinead just to say that Chris Cornell’s version is better than hers and Prince’s. And I never thought I’d say anyone’s anything musical was better than Prince’s.
Second, Rufus Wainwright and John Cale had better versions of Hallelujah than Buckley.
RynoQuote Reply
Myles,
How often are any of us really at 100 percent anyway?
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
I wouldn’t bring him back. He’s way too valuable for the next few years to risk further injury on a team with no pitching.
dmick89Quote Reply
It was a good game, but could have used a few more Dodger home runs, imho.
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dmick89,
Maybe let him rest for the rest of the regular season and pull a Kyle Schwarber.
RynoQuote Reply
Ryno,
Three come to mind immediately:
“All Along the Watchtower” by Jimi Hendrix
“The Man Who Sold the World” by Nirvana
“Imagine” by A Perfect Circle
PerkinsQuote Reply
I can’t, um, imagine any version of that Lennon song being any good.
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Perkins,
I think Watchtower falls into the same category as Nothing Compares and Hallelujah. Songs that were so iconic that they made many people forget they were covers. Kinda like Cash’s Hurt and Joplin’s Bobby McGee.
Even including that category, though, I think the correct answer is Joe Cocker’s With a Little Help From My Friends. The Beatles didn’t put all they had into that, but Cocker blew their shit away.
RynoQuote Reply
The Man Who Sold The World – Nirvana
Hurt – Johnny Cash
Valerie – Amy Winehouse (produced by Mark Ronson, who has an album of pretty badass covers called Version, like)
Toxic – Ol’ Dirty Bastard (and)
Just – Phantom Planet
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Version_(album)
Really dig that album.
MylesQuote Reply
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tNKF83Q_pk
NSFW lyrics
MylesQuote Reply
Man, she was talented.
RynoQuote Reply
so…you’re saying 110%? cool
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Does Sublime’s Doin’ Time/Summertime count as a cover?
RynoQuote Reply
CCR’s I Put a Spell on You. Fogerty’s voice is waaay underrated.
RynoQuote Reply
live and let die and knockin’ on heaven’s door by g’n’r
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
The big difference for me is that the Perfect Circle version is much darker and subtly acknowledging that it’s impossible to achieve what he’s singing about. As someone with moderate misanthropic leanings, it really speaks to me. That and I have a strong preference for Maynard James Keenan over John Lennon.
PerkinsQuote Reply
had no idea that was a cover
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
I actually really enjoy Mark Ronson’s entire discography (Record Collection is a little lackluster, but his other 3 albums are all A-tier to me), but that’s neither here nor there.
MylesQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
while i’m at it i will add mama kin by g’n’r
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Neither did I. Fogerty is great.
MylesQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I was in my 20s before I learned Ike and Tina’s Proud Mary was a cover of CCR. I thought it was the other way.
RynoQuote Reply
Myles,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ua2k52n_Bvw
Pretty good, but Fogerty takes it to 11.
RynoQuote Reply
I don’t know about “better,” but the twenty one pilots guy does a good job on this tune: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ThQkrXHdh4
RynoQuote Reply
Alien Ant Farm > Michael Jackson on Smooth Criminal.
RynoQuote Reply
Duensing is on the DL. Rosario is back.
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Just a few lefties in the lineup today.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Technically, Javy is left-handed, too.
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(It’s kind of a shame that Báez gave up on switch-hitting, now that I think about it.)
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Morning Dew and I Know You Rider by The Grateful Dead. I could probably name another five Dead songs that I like much better than the original, but those two stand out.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m partial to the Lemonheads rendition of Mrs. Robinson.
andcountingQuote Reply
Javy!!!!
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Javy!!!!
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Baez!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
What were you thinking, Kyle?
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For a team that does so well at other aspects of baserunning, the Cubs kind of suck at rundowns.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Thanks to Schwarber, Quintana will lead off the next inning. Really dumb mistake there.
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Its Javier Baez day!
Myles HandleyQuote Reply
Out.
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Why is replay so slow even on obvious missed calls?
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dmick89,
yeah i wasn’t even gonna bother with the dead because they just have so many that are better than the original. if i had to pick, i’d go with “it’s all over now baby blue”. which i guess is probably a pretty weird choice. i had no idea that morning dew was a cover.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Been awhile since I read about Morning Dew, but I think the original has a different name.
I’d add almost anything the Dead did that was an original song by Dylan.
dmick89Quote Reply
(dying laughing) thanks for using up your challenge.
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No idea why Rizzo got sent back to second.
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Rizzo the Rat,
Something tells me that when the umpire starts talking back to you, time is implied.
andcountingQuote Reply
I know Baez is “hot” and Happ is “cold,” but that intentional walk was dumb.
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Happ got screwed on that first strike call.
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Is CJ’s velocity down?
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Rizzo!
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Looks like it. He seems to be topping out at 94.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Yeah, I saw a lot of 92 on his fastball and 78 on his curve.
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I wish they’d taken him out before he gave up those hits.
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Jesus Christ.
dmick89Quote Reply
Jesus Christ, Cishek.
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WTF, Cishek?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Thank you, Javy.
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He’s going to be called safe.
dmick89Quote Reply
Javy!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Do we really need Rosario in a high-leverage situation?
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Caratini was blocking the plate. Surprised that wasn’t overturned.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’d rather have Strop here, but whatever.
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Whew!!!!
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Javy!!!!!!
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Javy again!!!
PerkinsQuote Reply
Nice to see Caratini get a hit. He needs to produce a bit more, since he’s not considered a good defensive catcher.
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Screw the closer, please.
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They just made it really obvious that Almora would bunt there.
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I’m pregnant and Javy is the father
MylesQuote Reply
Russell should have run there, I think.
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Strop got squeezed. Caratini didn’t do him any favors.
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Strop is getting squeezed.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Ugh, Happ.
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I wish this team was better.
dmick89Quote Reply
Bring in Schwarber for defense.
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Bote!
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Caratini makes Contreras look like an average pitch-framer.
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Strop!
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M->Inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
That’s one of the worse-umpired games I’ve ever seen.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Strop doesn’t really deserve to have those runs on his record. Oh well.
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I won’t pretend he’s the next coming of Kris Bryant, but I’ve been impressed with David Bote. He’s a fun story this season, and he doesn’t seem to get flustered by high leverage moments.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I also like what I’ve seen, but I don’t expect his hard-hitting to continue. (That said, he’s probably better than La Stella.)
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CarGo!
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Well, when the umpire crew has CB Bucknor and Angel Hernandez you have a good chance of seeing the worst umpired game ever…
and some ejections because the managers are yelling the same things you are, but within earshot.
BVSQuote Reply
Gameday sure likes labeling pitches “knuckle curve.” Is that a description that pitchers actually use? Has any catcher ever said, “three fingers means to throw your knuckle curve”?
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Goddamn it, Wade Davis.
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Stupid Rockies.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Welp. So close to +4 in the loss column. +3 will have to do for another day.
North Side PatQuote Reply
Joe broke Wade Davis just like he broke Aroldis Chapman. *looks up Chapman’s numbers* Oh, never mind.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Pretty smart move not to re-sign Davis or sign Holland. Must have heard us complain about Davis’ peripherals.
A part time Morrow has been better than both.
BVSQuote Reply
Pretty sure “Part Time Morrow” is a cover song
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Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
Add ‘the’ to the front of it and I think it’s an indie band.
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Yeah, but I wasn’t a fan of letting Rondon go even at the time, and it looks worse now. And let’s not even talk about re-signing Duensing.
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Berselius is too lazy to login,
they’re actually a Dinosaur Jr tribute band. i saw them in iowa city back in ’07. they featured two members of the real Dinosaur Jr. great show.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I would have preferred Rondon to Duensing, but I also didn’t think there was any guarantee he’d look like himself again. He’d been pretty bad since about August of 2016, so it was probably reasonable to cut bait rather than pay what he’d have made in arbitration.
Looking through his stats, his pitch usage isn’t dramatically different, but his velocity is up about a tick and a half relative to 2016/17, and his contact allowed is down, so it seems like he just has better stuff, similar to how he was in 2014/15.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Weird how Willson seemed crossed up with no one on base.
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Hendricks has been getting more swinging strikes lately. I like.
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Schwarber!
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Russell!
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Rizzo!!!!
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Schwarber!!!
Russell!!!
Rizzo!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
RIZZO
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Heyward!!
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Heyward!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
That was a first 3 innings I’ve recently enjoyed.
And for cover songs, I’d nominate the 7 Seconds version of “99 Red Balloons” and another Lemonheads cover – “Luka”.
North Side PatQuote Reply
This is looking like a game the Cubs are going to blow.
dmick89Quote Reply
This umpiring crew is terrible.
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I miss the days that Hendricks didn’t suck.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m surprised Hendricks is still in this game. I guess Joe wants him to be responsible for the loss.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
I can’t really blame him for giving up runs on an afternoon like this.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
That said, I have no complaint about the up and in strike calls to Rizzo, Happ and Russell.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Great job by Cishek.
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Bote hitting for Schwarber is, um, interesting.
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Almora is hitting for Happ?????
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That was dumb.
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I love Bote’s defense so far.
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Today’s zone is as huge as yesterday’s was tiny.
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Rizzo the Rat,
He’s impressive defensively. That alone should keep him on the roster IMO.
dmick89Quote Reply
If Galvis hits a home run here…
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Rizzo the Rat,
Athletic defensive versatility is the new market inefficiency. He’s been pretty impressive for a guy not playing his natural position. Bote, Happ, Zobrist, Schwarber, Bryant, Contreras, Baez are all guys who have been able to switch positions well. Bote really seems to have that ability to excel wherever you put him defensively, and I like that they have a surplus of that kind of talent. Very fun to watch.
andcountingQuote Reply
Strop!!!
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Bullpen!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Stupid Rockies.
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I like Lyle Lovett’s cover of Stand By Your Man. It takes in a totally different meaning when he sings it.
Also like Weezer’s cover of Africa, wouldn’t say it was better, just strikingly similar.
BVSQuote Reply
Today’s lineup sucks.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I guess I get giving Rizzo a day off. He must be tired from rounding the bases on all those homers.
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Tyson Ross ———> Cardinals
Also
Jordan Lyles ———> Brewers
Looks like both were straight waiver claims.
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
Of course Galvis hits a home run.
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Cubs lose.
dmick89Quote Reply
This is why I hate Joe Maddon’s fooling around with the lineup with a precarious lead in the division.
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Lester walks the opposing pitcher who’s trying to drop a one-out bunt, because of course.
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Didn’t Schwarber have a day off against a righty a few days ago?
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Go to hell, Angel Hernandez.
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Javy!!!
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Hey, it’s the same thing that happened in NLCS game 5, but the umpire got the call right this time.
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Rizzo the Rat,
Yes, which is funny because Maddon said that fundamentals were key to winning the division. I’d think lineup construction would be part of fundamentals.
dmick89Quote Reply
In a few years, people will look at Lester’s bref page and wonder how he made the All-Star team this year.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
La Stella? Seriously?
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I appreciate the RBI, but that was terrible baserunning there, Javy.
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Terrible, awful baserunning there, David.
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BS first strike to Rizzo.
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Rizzo!!!!!!!!
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Anthony gets angry when there’s a bad strike call against him.
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TONY
Berselius is too lazy to loginQuote Reply
So Happ to 3b now and who to OF? Caratini or Contreras? Or Caratini to 3b?
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
Ok. Vic to 3rd. Saw him there a few times at MB, iirc.
BVSQuote Reply
Brewers struck out for the last out of the 9th, yet reached on a wild pitch. 2 on, 2 out, down 2.
EDIT: Rockies suck.
North Side PatQuote Reply
Damn walks
BVSQuote Reply
Another day, another blown save by the Rockies.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Wow. Brewers escape defeat and the Cubs surrender the tie within minutes of each other.
andcountingQuote Reply
Oh goddamnit, Rockies.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Imagine if Vic did something meaningful offensively.
andcountingQuote Reply
I wish Caratini had even a little power.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
3 straight outs for Stammen, took him 21 pitches though. Good battling, too bad it didn’t lead to hits.
BVSQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
I’m pretty sure his most valuable skill is hitting the ball anywhere on the bat other than the barrel. There are a ton of bloop hits to be had in that approach.
andcountingQuote Reply
…other than in AAA.
BVSQuote Reply
You gotta put that in your pocket, Javy.
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andcounting,
I was half expecting him to be traded for pitching last week. And for a traditional pitch framing back up C to be added.
BVSQuote Reply
2 run homer for Ruhroe. Cubs lose.
andcountingQuote Reply
As with Lester, it was watching Rosario beat his peripherals for a while.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Remember, the Padres had a terrible offense before Wil Myers went on the DL.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Maybe Rosario will be more understanding the next time he’s sent to AAA.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Might see Caratini pitch again
BVSQuote Reply
Angel Hernandez agreed to call that last strike after Contreras promised no Cub would reach base in the 9th.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
I mean, it crossed the plate 6 inches above the strike zone and was still rising when Willson snagged it.
andcountingQuote Reply
I meant to say, “it was fun.”
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Pretty sure Angel tossed Zobrist for making contact. (dying laughing)
andcountingQuote Reply
Brewers lose.
North Side PatQuote Reply
Brewers lose (finally).
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Anthony chased ball four (but who knows with this umpire).
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Perfect. Ending.
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I’m going to pretend the Cubs would have won without Angel Hernandez behind home plate.
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Angel just conceded his discrimination suit. .
andcountingQuote Reply
That was one of the worst-umpired series I can remember. Also the Cubs really should have been able to take three games.
PerkinsQuote Reply
That wasn’t even framed well.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Perkins,
Umps must have a helluva union. Hernandez and Bucknor both should have been canned or demoted years ago.
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
I’m amazed they’re on the same crew.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Also annoying: that walk by CJ that led to the go-ahead run should have been a strikeout, retiring the side.
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Rizzo the Rat,
Wondered about that. Seemed pretty solid as a strike on Gameday.
BVSQuote Reply
The good news is that the Cubs get to play the even more pathetic Royals, but it’s in KC so advantage KC.
dmick89Quote Reply
Anyway, I hope this is the last time in a long while we see…
– Rizzo getting a day off
– Russell hitting cleanup
– Schwarber starting against a lefty
– Rosario pitching with the game within one run
– Anyone trying to steal third down two with two outs
– Angel Hernandez behind the plate
etc., etc., etc.
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Anyway, I think the Cubs are doing remarkably well for a team with their best starting pitcher, the best position player and their closer on the DL (and an extended stint for the first one and the second stint for each of the latter two).
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Tonight’s Cub squadron:
Rizzo 1B
Zobrist 2B
Heyward RF
Baez 3B
Schwarber DH
Contreras C
Happ LF
Russell SS
Almora CF
Hamels – praising the designated deities of not having to hit.
I love the AL Cubs.
andcountingQuote Reply
Wait, Drew Butera is playing first base? That’s sad.
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Does everyone in this lineup have an OBP under.300?
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STOP TAKING THOSE STUPID RISKS, WILLY.
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Javy. Jesus.
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Báez!!!!!
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Of course, freaking Escobar drives in the first run. Of course.
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Hamels hasn’t been nearly as sharp this time.
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Javy against a righty slider specialist is not ideal.
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Schwarber should be though.
andcountingQuote Reply
I’ll take it!
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Did someone hypnotize the Cubs hitters into thinking they’re facing Max Scherzer?
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Score here or lose.
andcountingQuote Reply
It was really selfish of Zobrist to hit that triple with nobody on, but hit a grounder to first with the bases loaded.
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A strikeout!
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Baez!!!!!!!!!
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Javy!!!!
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Rizzo got screwed. Again.
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Báez yet again!!!
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Almora walk alert.
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#hatstotheleft
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I guess it was Strop’s turn to deliver the rain delay speech:
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http://www.obstructedview.net/cubs-3-royals-1/
berseliusQuote Reply
False.
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