For old times sake, we are going to do a game thread for tonight’s game. Schwarber’s first start. Cubs Lineup Fowler, CF Rizzo, 1B Bryant, 3B Coghlan, LF Castro, SS Schwarber, DH Denorfia, RF Ross, C Russell, 2B Indians Lineup Kipnis, 2B Lindor, SS Brantley, CF Santana, 1B Raburn, DH Gomes, C Moss, RF Urshela, 3B Aviles, LF
Daily Facepalm/Game Thread 3.11.15
Back to Back to Back Your browser does not support iframes. Brett cooked up some odds on this happening Even if we generously say each of the three would normally homer in 1 out of 15 plate appearances (that’s a 40-homer pace in 600 plate appearances), the odds that the three would go back-to-back-to-back is 1 in 3,375. There was a …
Daily Facepalm/Game Thread 3.6.15
Schwarber’s grand slam from yesterday “@BleacherNation: KYLE SCHWARBER! Grand slam in his first at bat. Dude. pic.twitter.com/ui0Y0687Dg” @AlexBauwens_XL — Shadows Of Wrigley (@ShadowofWrigley) March 5, 2015 No hard feelings @CblackCHC It happens my friend. Thanks for the concern, it’s a part of the game we love. No slowing down! — Hunter Pence (@hunterpence) March 6, 2015 Joe Maddon talks up …
Game(s) thread – first day of Spring Training
Today’s lineups! At Giants (radio via Giants on mlb.com) La Stella, 2B Denorfia, LF Alcantara, CF Soler, RF Castillo, C Bryant, 3B Schwarber, DH Valaika, 1B Russell, SS Turner, P Vs A’s (Len and Mick on mlb.com) Fowler, CF Rizzo, 1B Castro, SS Montero, C Baez, 2B Coghlan, LF Olt, 3B Sweeney, DH Lake, RF Wood, P Random stuff Rizzo …
Cubs 4, Pirates 5 (4/11/14)
Did the Cubs Win? OSS: James Russell marches onwards towards his ignominious release. Three Up 1. Starlin Castro continues his hot start to the season with a 3 single day. He scored a run and hand an RBI. 2. Travis Wood deserved the win here, but we’ll get to that later. He allowed 1 run (that Schlitter inherited), walked 3, …
Cubs 7, Pirates 5 (4/9/14)
OSS: Twin Towers Topple Tons of Tiny Traducer Taters Three Five Up 1. Junior Lake wanted more playing time. After a conservatively-estimated 800-foot blast onto whatever street comes after Waveland, he just might get it. Sure, he didn’t have the most totally productive day, but if you hit a ball as far as Lake did, it’s easy to be wooed. 2. …
Cubs at Reds gamethread 5.26
The Reds go for the sweep in what is easily the best pitching matchup of the series. Here are the lineups Cubs wOBA wOBA Reds CF David DeJesus .365 .413 CF Shin-Soo Choo SS Starlin Castro .291 .259 SS Zack Cozart 1B Anthony Rizzo .354 .438 1B Joey Votto LF Alfonso Soriano .297 .348 2B Brandon Phillips RF Nate Schierholtz …
Series Preview (and game thread): Giants (6-3) at Cubs (3-5)
The Cubs will get a whiff of success this weekend, and it will probably be coming from the other dugout. (Blatantly plagarized from Brett's preview blurb at Bleacher Nation, because it's too funny. Take that, Paul Sullivan. Or something.) The Cubs are on a roll, not having lost for two straight days. The Giants, meanwhile, have crushed all before them and are coming …
4/5 Game Thread – Cubs at Braves
Lineups (With ZiPS projected wOBA or FIP) Cubs CF Dave Sappelt (.304) SS Starlin Castro (.334) 1B Anthony Rizzo (.365) LF Alfonso Soriano (.328) RF Scott Hairston (.322) C Welington Castillo (.308) 3B Brent Lillibridge (.282) 2B Alberto Gonzalez (.266) P Scott Feldman (3.83) Braves SS Andrelton Simmons (.306) RF Jason Heyward (.350) LF Justin Upton (.342) 1B Freddie Freeman (.355) …
Cubs @ Pirates Game Chat
The Cubs are set to finish their first series of the year. They'll be looking to get back over .500. The game begins at 11:35 CT and the lineups are below. Cubs David DeJesus, CF Starlin Castro, SS Anthony Rizzo, 1B Alfonso Soriano, LF Nate Schierholtz, RF Dioner Navarro, C Luis Valbuena, 3B Hide your kids, 2B Travis Wood, P …