OSS: Suzuki continues to impress as the Cubs come away with a .500 road trip.
Three up:
- Seiya Suzuki had yet another solid day, going 1-3 with two walks and a home run. His slash line on the season is a whopping .400/.543/.960, good for a .590 wOBA and 284 wRC+. Hooray for small sample sizes and all, but this is a pretty historic start.
- Drew Smyly looked pretty good, striking out four and walking one over 4.2 shutout innings. He gave up four hits, but two of those were sheer bad luck. The first was a double directly down the first base line off the end of Kris Bryant’s bat, and even Bryant was surprised that it went anywhere as he hit it. The second was one of those weird no man’s land infield singles that hit the seam between the pitcher and the first baseman, which ended his outing. He seemed to have the Rockies off balance all day.
- Nico also had a solid day, hitting two doubles and driving in two runs. He did manage to get himself TOOTBLAN’d on the RBI hit, but at least his rundown didn’t prevent any of the runs from scoring.
Three down:
- The bullpen struggled a bit, as bullpens tend to do at Coors. David Ross is likely still sorting out his trust levels with various relievers and their usage, especially after the abbreviated spring.
- Michael Hermosillo is still oh-fer on the season, though he just missed getting off the schneid with a grand slam in the fifth.
- The Coors Field ushers were some of the most aggressive I’ve ever seen. One of them even got on my case for sitting in an empty seat, two spots away from my ticketed one. WTF? They didn’t make me move but reminded me and several others that we might have to. I’d put it down to them hassling Cubs fans, since I was behind the dugout (though not in anything particularly conspicuous), but I saw them grilling some guys in Rockies jerseys as well.
Next up: The Rays head to Wrigley for a three game set. Cyle takes on Rue Shane McClanahan at 6:40 PM CT.
Comments
Seiya –> NL Player of the Week
Rice CubeQuote Reply
To-day’s snow game squadron versus south paw Shane McClanahan
2B Madrigal
C Contreras
1B Schwindel
RF Suzuki
DH Gomes
3B Wisdom
CF Hermosillo
LF Happ
SS Hoerner
SP Cyle
berseliusQuote Reply
I guess Wisdom has shaken off his slow start. 420 feet into the teeth of the wind.
berseliusQuote Reply
M ——> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
So this Seiya guy is pretty good, there’s a pretty good article by Sarah Langs on MLB.com that I wanted to share but my obsolete phone won’t let me share it, so I can’t tell you what to do but you at least know where it is now
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berselius,
Bump
berseliusQuote Reply
Center fielder Patrick Wisdom hit a dong
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To-day’s base ball squadron
LF Ortega
RF Suzuki
3B Villar
DH Happ
1B Schwindel
2B Madrigal
CF Heyward
C Gomes
SS Hoerner
SP Stroman
berseliusQuote Reply
UwU
berseliusQuote Reply
Chavez —–> Barves
Newcomb ——> Cubs
berseliusQuote Reply
Just noticed the “Find tickets at (needless unintelligible branded graphic logo)” behind home plate. Maybe hire an actual graphic designer, Cubs (dying laughing). How hard is it to write Cubs.com
berseliusQuote Reply
Guessing the Cubs won’t be above .500 again this season. It was nice while it lasted.
PerkinsQuote Reply
To-day’s base ball squadron vs old pal Jose Quintana
2B Madrigal
RF Suzuki
DH Contreras
1B Schwindel
LF Wisdom
3B Villar
C Gomes
CF Hermosillo
SS Hoerner
berseliusQuote Reply
Oh, game bumped from 1:20 to 7 pm CT due to weather.
berseliusQuote Reply
Miguel Cabrera–> 3000 hits
Rice CubeQuote Reply
8 runs in an inning? Let’s not score your week’s worth of runs all at once, Cubs 😉
berseliusQuote Reply
This is an offensive outburst I recently enjoyed
PerkinsQuote Reply
Only two strikeouts in the game so far.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Bears 21, Steelers 0
berseliusQuote Reply
M———>inverted
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berselius,
Cubs got a blackjack
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Clint Frazier —–> appendectomy
berseliusQuote Reply
That’s probably the most lopsided shutout I’ve seen in my lifetime.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
It happens to be the largest shutout victory in recorded Cubs history
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Steele should probably have a tighter leash from now on due to spotty command
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Also Villar probably should work on his defense during practice and not during an actual game
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This Crowe guy on the Pirates has good stuff.
berseliusQuote Reply
Happ!
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Pirates defense!
berseliusQuote Reply
I get why it happened, but (dying laughing) at the cubs not scoring from second on a double (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
Ron Santo would not have enjoyed that one.
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To-day’s base ball squadron
CF Hermosillo
RF Suzuki
3B Wisdom
C Contreras
1B Schwindel
C Gomes
2B Madrigal
LF Happ
SS Hoerner
P Stroman
berseliusQuote Reply
This strike zone is…generous.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I did like Happ hitting well from the right side and Stroman managing contact (at least even the loud ones were mostly outs) but that was some shitty luck on offense at times combined with the stupid zone.
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Offense!
berseliusQuote Reply
Don’t blow it again, bullpen. Or do. I can’t tell you what not to do.
berseliusQuote Reply
M ——–> inverted
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Wick hitting 96 was nice
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I’m pretty confident that Trevor Bauer’s career is done.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Good.
berseliusQuote Reply
M —–> inverted
Cubs pitching looked great today!
(Ignores results from last two games vs the beers)
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Given how well the Cubs pitching performed today, surely the other games were more of the same?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
The fact that he’s appealing while more allegations are coming out, plus his countersuits, suggests that he and his lawyers are dumb because they’re just begging to have to release certain testimony…
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Yeah, even if Bauer’s not an idiot, he at least appears to have exceptionally poor impulse control. He’s always struck me as one of those guys who would be out of a job the moment his performance stopped being well above average since he wouldn’t be worth the headache. Looks like his antics ran even ahead of that.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Looks like some wonderful weather out there that I would kill to have in NM right now.
berseliusQuote Reply
Dusty –> 2000 wins
Or is it
2000 wins –> Dusty
Rice CubeQuote Reply
2000 Dustys —-> wins
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
At least, if this is a Prestige situation.
berseliusQuote Reply
What is this thing you call….offense?
berseliusQuote Reply
Guessing that grown man who brought a glove to the game felt validated by catching Wisdom’s HR.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
(dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
* powers small country with the energy of Santo spinning in his grave after that inning *
berseliusQuote Reply
Re Clint Frazier.
My wife had her appendix removed in December. Laproscopic. Three little slits, one for the tube they use to blow your abdomen up with CO2, like a balloon, one for the lights (I think), and one for the instruments. Urgent care told us to go to the hospital at 11:30 a.m. We were home by 7:30 that night. I guess if it had burst, she may have been held overnight or for a couple days. Luckily it hadn’t.
BVSQuote Reply
Nico’s arm at SS is better than I remember from when he subbed for Javy at the end of the 20xx season.
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
I had my appendectomy back in the early 90s – the recovery period was much longer back in those days. I think I was in the hospital for 2 weeks, and couldn’t do anything contact sports-y for like 2 months. And mine didn’t even burst – one of the neighbor kids had that happen and it was even longer time in both.
Fun fact: my surgeon was my future father in law. My family doc recommended him since he he had kids my age.
berseliusQuote Reply
We’re you already dating or did you like just go to this surgeon and then randomly starting dating his daughter later?
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
The latter, haha. I was in third grade at the time! I didn’t even realize it right away, I only made the connection when I recognized some of the painted miniatures in their house that I remembered being in his doctors office.
berseliusQuote Reply
Important softball update – we won the C-league sun bracket of our beer league softball preseason tournament yesterday. When we advanced to playing the real teams, it went about as well as the Cubs cs the Dodgers yesterday.
Berselius 5-10 with 2 walks and two doubles.
Further crucial updates as events warrant
berseliusQuote Reply
Frank Schwindel——->Iowa
Deck chairs———->rearranged
PerkinsQuote Reply
berselius,
Update – season postponed since half the state is on fire.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Again? It’s only a matter of time before California also goes up in smoke
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At least the current fire I’m watching is mostly moving through the burn scar of an even bigger fire from 2011, so there’s relatively less fuel.
berseliusQuote Reply
Fell asleep last night when the Cubs still had the lead, woke up to pee after midnight and found out they actually won
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I am extremely bummed that I no longer get the local Chicago ads with mlb radio
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Though I guess I don’t miss the annual overplayed awful Comcast ad
berseliusQuote Reply
Cubs loving some TOOTBLANs this year
berseliusQuote Reply
Well, they almost pulled off the comeback.
berseliusQuote Reply
I bet you do miss hearing about The Village of Bedford Park’s vast water supply.
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
Tell them to send that water to New Mexico, (dying laughing)
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Or don’t. I can’t tell you to tell them what to do.
berseliusQuote Reply
M ————> inverted
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Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
And fans won’t strike out with Gold Coast Bank!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
who was the other random town that was desperately trying to get us to give a fuck about them? new lennox or some shit
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
There was a series of ads for Des Moines. “The ‘s’ is silent, but the town is buzzing. “ Pat was forced to read those.
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Let’s also not forget Binny’s Beverage Depot, the official champagne provider of the Chicago Cubs.
The Cubs will no doubt have need of champagne this year.
PerkinsQuote Reply
They’ve been making fun of those reads like crazy in the games I’ve caught this year (dying laughing).
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
I am unsure if they still did the JDRF ones ever since Santo passed #sadface
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I’m not sure Ildemaro Vargas is an improvement over just leaving shortstop unoccupied.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Pretty solid outing for Steele today
berseliusQuote Reply
I think that’s the first double digit strikeout outing from a Cubs pitcher this year. Hope we get more of that since the rest of the rotation are contact management types.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Apparently the first time a Cubs-drafted pitcher recorded 10+ K since Samardzija
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Goddamn, what a debut for Hughes.
berseliusQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
I remember watching this Samardzija start from a bar in Austin with GW. I think both of us are still baffled all these years later.
berseliusQuote Reply
Morel!
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
He’s a fun guy
Rice CubeQuote Reply
He’s a mushroom?
I’ll be here all week folks. Tip your server.
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Don’t tell me what to do.
berseliusQuote Reply
*sees a billion home runs in box score*
*has a slight suspicion that the wind was blowing out today*
berseliusQuote Reply
Here’s some wild trivia for ya https://twitter.com/WatchMarquee/status/1528483589339217921?t=G7_ZJGS9Fu0jVX2l3k86hg&s=19
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A Mariners game I am randomly at you
berseliusQuote Reply
Not having a Friday game should be banned for any MLB club no matter how much they suck
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May your Memorial Day weekend be as enjoyable as Nelson Velazquez’s will be https://twitter.com/TommyBirch/status/1530969259882471429?t=SXSGVCuv5BotAPkJcQiJ1Q&s=19
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I’m too lazy to dig into the data, but it seems like the Cubs have had more (non-trauma) injuries than you’d expect over the past few years. Could be the shortened/weird seasons and STs due to pandemic and labor disputes, but I’d probably be a little nervous if I were the athletic trainer.
PerkinsQuote Reply
No comments on here for days. So I’ll kick it off by saying that if you ever get the chance, get the beef brisket from Heritage BBQ in San Juan Capistrano, CA. They got a freaking Michelin star for it.
Wenningtons Gorilla CockQuote Reply
Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
I have informed the wife of this source of dead animal.
Also I must say I have been intrigued by some of the call-ups this year and I hope the Cubs are ready to invest and spend to boost them in the coming year, although I am not sure about the free agent market coming up.
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Wenningtons Gorilla Cock,
I know I should trust experts on this but I’ve lived in California for 20 years and have yet to get what I’d consider excellent BBQ, so I remain dubious. But I suppose if I’m ever in the neighborhood we’ll give it a try.
In other news, Joe Maddon —> dole. Anyone who has doubts about whether or not Clark Kent’s glasses are an adequate disguise should note that most everyone in and around MLB still thinks that Maddon is a genius.
uncle daveQuote Reply
I wonder which opponent will be the one to finally keep Christopher Morel off the basepaths for an entire game.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I got nothin. This year it seems like the Cubs got hold of a monkey’s paw and asked for the ability to develop some solid role players for once.
berseliusQuote Reply
Bad news: Frank Schwindel had to pitch today
Good news: he only gave up one run, fewer than any other Cubs pitcher
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Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Actually it happened again and Frank wasn’t as good
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i was just dong some random b-ref surfing. guess the player:
played for the yankees
outfielder
2 all-star appearances
1 MVP award
2 other top-10 MVP finishes (5th place one year and 6th place another year)
if you said “babe ruth”, i will send you a check for $0.11
the AS appearances are kind of misleading (the first AS game was not until 1933 when he only had 3 years left in his career). but it’s kind of nuts that he won the MVP only once despite having like a dozen >10 WAR seasons.
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
I pity you jabronis with access to cubes broadcasts.
SKQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
This suggests they also didn’t have MVP until late in his career and also I think MVP was all MLB and not by league but I’m too lazy to look it up
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EnricoPallazzo,
Shawn Camp played for the Yankees?
berseliusQuote Reply
Welcome back, Seiya.
berseliusQuote Reply
Can’t say I’ve watched much of the White Sox lately, but good lord at TLR. I just saw a clip of him reacting to a triple play that the Sox blundered into and wondered what the Crypt Keeper was doing in the dugout.
berseliusQuote Reply
Also:
berseliusQuote Reply
Now the Cubs just need to take this momentum into, *checks notes*, a 4 game west coast series with the Dodgers (dying laughing).
berseliusQuote Reply
The sad part is that the Cubs could have won all of those four games, but they decided to lose instead
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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/34244712/us-government-sues-chicago-cubs-allegedly-failing-make-wrigley-field-accessible-disabilities
berseliusQuote Reply
Hey guys I think the Cubs really like pitching this Draft
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RIP Dwight Smith.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
The Cubs need to actually do something for next season because they’re gonna run out of good players to trade soon
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https://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/34299104/long-iowa-coach-kirk-ferentz-says-college-football-really-precarious-place-requires-oversight-one-stabilizing-voice
First thing that popped into my head:
berseliusQuote Reply
Next. new thread should be titled:
New Thread: 2023-2030
SKQuote Reply
zack mckinstry -> cubs
all of the people that thought an inept front office would shit the bed at the trade deadline -> feeling pretty dumb right about now
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
SK,
(dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
lmao pwnd
uncle daveQuote Reply
Contreras, Happ —–> Still Cubs
Berselius ——> wut
berseliusQuote Reply
Fixed
berseliusQuote Reply
I’m hoping this means they’re going to build up from here and offer Willson a reasonable extension and keep me happy
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
prepare to be disappointed
white supremacist political campaigns don’t fund themselves
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I can’t argue with you today and also they should sell the team to a slightly less evil group
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Sad that Vin Scully is gone, but obviously never forgotten with all the sound and video clips being shared
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I haven’t been watching many games this season, but why is Coomer on with Sciambi? Where’s Deshaies? Does Marquee have people rotating in and out of broadcasts?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
I haven’t been watching many either (dying laughing), but they’ve also been rotating in Dempster as a second color guy from time to time. Maybe Coom is pinch-pinch hitting.
berseliusQuote Reply
I hope the Cubs just extend Willson Contreras. He’s good and doesn’t seem to want to play somewhere else. Plus it’d be cool if they had at least one player from their last good team on the next one.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
I can’t argue with you today
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Perkins,
+1 LSA Rec’d NAMBLA
berseliusQuote Reply
Cubs are officially releasing Heyward at season’s end. Not surprising at this point, but damn did that end up being a bad contract.
PerkinsQuote Reply
At Cards-Rockies – I think the Rockies just got something like 20 straight singles off Mikolas. You love to see it.
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