Time: 11:35 AM CT
TV: WGN
Gameday
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Ben Zobrist, RF |
Billy Hamilton, CF |
Will the Cubs win? Yes, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 67% chance of winning
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Time: 11:35 AM CT
TV: WGN
Gameday
LINEUPS
|
Ben Zobrist, RF |
Billy Hamilton, CF |
Will the Cubs win? Yes, but it could go either way.
538 Forecast: 67% chance of winning
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buster olney says the yankees will not deal miller to the cubs without getting schwarber in return. i have a hard time believing the cubs bite on that deal.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
They won’t.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m not watching the game, but if someone could explain how Rizzo hit an inside the park home run I would be super appreciative.
TheVanQuote Reply
TheVan,
Duvall crossed in front of Hamilton who lost sight of the fly ball in left-center. The ball then hit Hamilton in the face and the ball rolled a long way away.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Thank you. I’m super appreciative, just like I promised.
TheVanQuote Reply
I haven’t yet read every word. Did any of the pitchers have to make a play in LF last night?
SKQuote Reply
dmick89,
I was wondering what Hamilton’s injury was. Looked like he landed on his leg awkwardly. But hit in the face makes sense.
joshQuote Reply
Just got back from a meeting. WTF happened on that Rizzo inside the parker?
berseliusQuote Reply
Nyet
berseliusQuote Reply
Pat thinks that if you ran the numbers, you would find that Joe Maddon’s teams have won disproportionately more long extra inning games than other managers’ teams.
Why?
Fun. Joy.
SKQuote Reply
RON: Shotzie the dog used to shag fly balls for the Reds during BP.
PAT: He used to do other activities too.
SKQuote Reply
contreras is decent.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
this team just realized they’re playing the fucking reds. better late than never, i guess.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
SK,
This broadcast has been pretty bad so far. They were criticizing votto earlier for being “too patient.”
I blame lack of sleep.
joshQuote Reply
berselius,
You can tell Strop really wanted to have a chance though.
joshQuote Reply
I didn’t want any balls hit to the pitchers in LF. Would have been a great way to give The Reds a chance to win.
dmick89Quote Reply
josh,
Votto would be a much better hitter if he just chased a few more out of the zone.
joshQuote Reply
dmick89,
Agree 100%. Even a lazy fly ball would have been cringe worthy.
joshQuote Reply
dmick89,
strop says he would have been fine since he plays outfield in softball in the winter. that’s all the convincing i need.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Funsucker. Joy disdainer.
SKQuote Reply
Russell!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
It’s actually pretty easy to not kill yourself playing the outfield if you try.
SKQuote Reply
I decided not to watch this game because I’m still exhausted from last night’s marathon, and I missed a Rizzo inside-the-parker. Serves me right.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I also missed Almora’s first big-league homer.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I like homeruns.
joshQuote Reply
Addy!
Almora!
Slugging!
dmick89Quote Reply
Ironically, Rizzo’s home run was by far the cheapest of the day.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Reed is just gonna have to keep pitching.
SKQuote Reply
I wonder if we’ll see a position player pitching for the Reds today.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Yeah, how much fun would it have been if they screwed it up and the Reds won? I like to think that you guys who wanted balls hit to LF are the funsuckers. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
You’re also missing the Reds’ pitcher’s bizarre croakies on his glasses that makes him look like he has an enormous rat tail
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
I am okay with how this game has unfolded
berseliusQuote Reply
Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
It looks exactly like a rat tail. He belongs on the Cardinals.
dmick89Quote Reply
After this, the Reds go to Washington to face the Nationals, and then to Chicago to face the Cubs on the road. I almost feel sorry for them.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Enough already!
berseliusQuote Reply
Pretty fucking fun, for a loss.
Might not feel that way if the Cubs weren’t 10 games up though.
SKQuote Reply
Did audio feeds just disappear for anyone else on MLB?
joshQuote Reply
It suddenly reappeared. Annoying app.
joshQuote Reply
Playing the Reds is like something something Mark Grace something something slump busting.
umbraQuote Reply
In my opinion, that game was fun in large part because the Cubs won. If the Cubs lost that game, it would have sucked (a bit more than the average loss when you have a 10-game lead). They had a 2-0 lead that was blown late. Billy Hamilton hit a home run against Lester. His 2nd of his career. The Cubs bench was so thin that they had to have pitchers in the field. Winning makes that fun. Losing that game would sucked. It would have been 5+ hours of wasted time with the Cubs just trying to get a series win against a terrible team today on short rest with their number 5 starter going. I have a feeling if the Cubs lost that game you’d feel differently.
dmick89Quote Reply
Too bad Kyle has thrown so many pitches. He won’t pitch more than 5 today.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
It always sucks to lose, but they did what they had to do.
joshQuote Reply
I’d feel a lot different if they lost it in the thirteenth, than if they lost it after all the wacky pitcher stuff. Even if they had lost at least we would have seen something you don’t usually see.
berseliusQuote Reply
In the audio of the Duvall homer, I’m pretty sure the broadcaster was lamenting losing to a guy with a sub-90 fastball.
Speed isn’t the only way to pitch, man!
joshQuote Reply
Gotta love that Bryant’s going to get his fourth PA and it’s only the sixth inning.
berseliusQuote Reply
That’s true. It would have been less sucky to lose that game in 14 or 15 than after 13. It still would have sucked to watch that much baseball and see them lose, especially considering how poorly the team had been playing over the last 8-10 days.
dmick89Quote Reply
josh,
Yeah, you can be like Super Genius Professor Greg Maddux and use your big brain to throw 89 mph fastballs down and away and hit your spots within centimeters EVERY FUCKING TIME.
What tactics. What strategy. 9th dimensional chess.
umbraQuote Reply
dmick89,
yeah that’s one of those games that’s fun as shit if you win and just infuriating if you lose. for me anyway.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
I wish Hendricks had been more efficient, but whatever.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Perhaps a strongly worded email to Cubs CEO Elon Musk is in order? BCC me.
joshQuote Reply
umbra,
😐
joshQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
he got a QS and that’s all that matters. QS for pitchers and R+RBI for batters are the only stats you need.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Hendricks is hitting?????
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
You seem surprised.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Well, bunting anyway.
joshQuote Reply
josh,
If he came in in a bunt situation, I’d understand it, sorta.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
i guess i can’t argue with the results, but…what the fuck? why?
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Kyle has 110 pitches. I understand the need to save the bullpen, but this is pushing him pretty far, I think.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
BACK IN MY DAY PITCHERS PITCHED 16 INNINGS IF THEY HAD TA! *shakes cane*
joshQuote Reply
Reds frustrated? Decide to hit Bryant?
joshQuote Reply
Bryant chooses not to show up the Reds, gets hit by a pitch anyway.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
That’ll show him!
joshQuote Reply
I guess Bryant gets punished for being good at baseball.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Next time he will GIVE THE FANS WHAT THEY WANT!
joshQuote Reply
josh,
You could see Joe saying “That’s bullshit, Bryan!”
SKQuote Reply
Well, I didn’t actually watch the game, so your argument is null and void. (dying laughing)
SKQuote Reply
SK,
I had to google to figure out who Bryan was. What happened to Dusty Baker?
joshQuote Reply
josh,
I just googled that. I really need to keep up.
joshQuote Reply
At this point I’d feel more comfortable with Tommy La Stella on the mound than Justin Grimm.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Yeah, he’s lost the magic. Anyone promising in the minors?
joshQuote Reply
dmick89,
What if he got hurt, like, pitching? That wouldn’t feel so comfortable. (dying laughing)
SKQuote Reply
Willson is good at throwing out runners. (But why are the Reds running when they are down by seven?)
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I wouldn’t be surprised to see Contreras start with Arrieta on the mound in a week or two. The Cubs best team is obviously with Contreras behind the plate.
dmick89Quote Reply
I like all the home runs hit in this series.
dmick89Quote Reply
Edwards gets to bat, because of course he does.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
dmick89,
Even the ones by Votto and Hamilton?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
The ones by Votto are fine. The one by Hamilton is a recent home run I could have done without seeing. I didn’t enjoy that one, no.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Oh settle down, it doesn’t matter.
joshQuote Reply
(dying laughing) @ Willson
dmick89Quote Reply
josh,
That doesn’t mean I can’t snark about it!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
This series wouldn’t have been as much fun if they lost last night. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
FIIIIIIIIIIIINE
joshQuote Reply
clayton richard
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
i assume that “promising” was used in the sense of “promising to be terrible”
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
Sure why not.
joshQuote Reply
Kris Bryant’s first 42 PA: .333/.476/.455
Willson Contreras’ first 41 PA: .333/.429/.639
Kyle Schwarber’s first 41 PA: .410/.439/.744
MylesQuote Reply
Myles,
Do Addy and Javy
SKQuote Reply
Myles,
I can’t believe the Yankees think they’ll be able to ask for Schwarber for Miller. That’s not even a discussion worth having.
dmick89Quote Reply
just saw the vid of baez’s double-play today. that guy is unreal on D. him and russell could rival the glory days of the cajun connection*.
*that was a joke. no one will rival theriot/fontenot.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
dmick89,
Sheehan was arguing on Twitter last week that Schwarber and Soler have no trade value (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I’m not even that high on Soler and that’s the stupidest thing I’ve ever heard. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
berselius,
i don’t know who sheehan is but i’m assuming it’s code for “phil rogers” because there’s no way that there is more than one individual on this planet who is that dumb
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
Joe Sheehan. He wrote for BPro back in the day. He’s written for other major sources too, but yeah, he’s an idiot.
dmick89Quote Reply
He was one of the founders, IIRC
berseliusQuote Reply
http://obstructedview.net/cubs-9-reds-2-6-29-16/
berseliusQuote Reply