With the Cubs having finally engineered a sweep of another team, albeit a bad one, we return to talk about:
- The admirable performances and the flaws that need to be addressed;
- Staying ahead until they can add at the trade deadline;
- Debuts of key prospects;
- MLB news, including Rafael Devers and Javy Baez;
- MLB reinstating dead guys;
- What comes ahead
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Evidence of sweepage
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BVS,
Thank you for that added level of detail. I dug a little trying to find that information, hit a wall, and gave up.
It was just such an interesting thing for those two guys to have in common yet not at all the same thing.
andcountingQuote Reply
Are the Cubs good or is baseball bad?
//still in hibernation
SKQuote Reply
SK,
…yes?
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Grr stupid tough categories
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Heyman says the Cubs will try to trade Lopez
https://x.com/jonheyman/status/1924446114540847493?s=46
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Matt Holliday kinda burned me at 4%.
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Easy one today
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berseliusQuote Reply
Starting tonight in Miami
The Shaw Shank Redemption
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
Hopefully no one shanked Matt Shaw and needs to be redeemed.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
That tall drink of water with the silver spoon up his ass, maybe?
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
Ya get busy hittin’, or ya get busy dyin’…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
There ya go
Lopez –> DFA
Shaw –> Cubs
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/cubs-designate-nicky-lopez-for-assignment.html
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To-day’s base ball squadron
CF PCA
RF Tucker
LF Suzuki
1B Busch
SS Swanson
2B Hoerner
DH Ballesteros
C Amaya
3B Shaw
SP Brown
berseliusQuote Reply
Shaw returns to lineup
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-marlins/2025/05/19/777863/preview
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berselius,
I don’t read every post
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The beat says Craig says Shota won’t start throwing until end of next week so don’t expect him back until like the end of June at this point
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Random thought:
David Ross, Orioles Manager starting 2026.
Also, wow, didn’t realize my bad Shaw joke would start such a quote-fest.
BVSQuote Reply
Seems Happ will return soon, so possible goodbye to leadoff PCA once that happens
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So I got one of those red bill hats from the New Era retro collection and it is awesome. Iβd almost forgotten the Cubs shifted to a lighter shade of royal blue on the caps around the early 2010s. I prefer the old dark royal.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
One of the dogs found my old one from the mid-2000s, was a nice surprise. I didn’t think I still had it.
berseliusQuote Reply
Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air!
berseliusQuote Reply
Off to softball, hope I don’t freeze my ass off
berseliusQuote Reply
I think that’s the second time this week that PCA has swung at a pitch that hit him
berseliusQuote Reply
The Cubs are on pace to lose by infinity and never bat again.
andcountingQuote Reply
andcounting,
This is no longer true, thankfully.
andcountingQuote Reply
Well
At least there isn’t a no-hitter to worry about
Rice CubeQuote Reply
The Marlins have Butthead for a ball boy.
andcountingQuote Reply
Good hit by Busch, stupid ass park
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Miggy Miggy Miggy
Can’t you see
Sometimes your homer
Gets the Cubs a 3
/stretch
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OHmaya
BVSQuote Reply
The Cubsβ catcher situation is dramatically improved over 2024.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Now he’s a sung hero
BVSQuote Reply
Iβm surprised he didnβt catch that.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
So was he!
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Stupid hecking Marlins
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The Cubs may be losing at the moment but this has been quite an amusing inning (dying laughing)
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(dying laughing)
sure
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Amaya!!!!
dmick89Quote Reply
Awww bad slide
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Babip’d to death in game one, can’t even call it a case of the cubes
berseliusQuote Reply
Love to get mercy ruled on a 19 run inning
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
We got mercy’d just before that weird dust storm blew in on Friday
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OK Pomeranz
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never easy eh
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Sigh
PerkinsQuote Reply
What a dumb loss
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Hodge –> IL (oblique)
Sigh
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Schwarber –> 300th dinger
https://www.mlb.com/video/kyle-schwarber-homers-16-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-field?t=most-popular
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Steve Cishek didnβt pitch 2000 innings, but whatever.
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Not bad.
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Cubs really fumbled the bag with Schwarber.
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Bleah
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This game is broken!
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Happ and Roberts back, Hodge and Mo gone.
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To-day’s base ball squadron vs South Paw Weathers
LF Happ
RF Suzuki
DH Tucker
C Kelly
SS Swanson
CF PCA
2B Hoerner
1B Cornelius
3B Shaw
SP Taillon
berseliusQuote Reply
DH rotation expected going forward, get guys some quasi rest but I don’t know what they’d do about PCA
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Chicago Cubs baseball is on the air!!
berseliusQuote Reply
Tucker!
berseliusQuote Reply
Imagine my surprise to see who tied the game, like WTF
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Thank goodness the starter is out
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This offense entertains me
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That was a half inning I recently enjoyed.
andcountingQuote Reply
The Tigers being useful tonight gladdens my heart
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Last night was walkoff revenge, tonight seems like Jamo revenge
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A wild Flexen sighting
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This game is getting silly in the good way now
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Would make a football joke but I don’t believe there is any way to score just a single point in that sport
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Go Tigers, hold it this time
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Go Tigers, long time fan
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Hooray Tigers
PerkinsQuote Reply
Not sure if it’s still a rule in the pros but IIRC you can run back a blocked extra point attempt for one point.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
That is considered a conversion so it’s 2 points methinks
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berselius,
Rice Cube,
Not if the defense recovers it and retreats back into the end zone theyβre defending and gets tackled, runs out of bounds, or commits a penaltyβor if the kicking team recovers it and runs the wrong way and gets tackled (et al) in the end zone.
Basically, if a conversion attempt results in a safety, itβs worth only one point.
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Meh
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andcounting,
(dying laughing) I wonder if that has ever happened before
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Cleanup PCA
https://www.mlb.com/gameday/cubs-vs-marlins/2025/05/21/777833/preview
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Rice Cube,
Full base ball squadron versing north paw Meyer
LF Happ
DH Tucker
RF Suzuki
CF PCA
1B Busch
SS Swandong
2B Hoerner
C Amaya
3B Shaw
SP Horton
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Wow Greg Vaughn
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berselius,
I’ll say that in the condensed game Seiya looked very competent in RF so if they are doing this DH rotation I have no problems, other than that PCA still hasn’t had a day off and whoever is backing up CF is going to suck by comparison
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Rice Cube,
those legs are young (dying laughing). I think Brujan is the backup
berseliusQuote Reply
Go Cubs boo Marlins
berseliusQuote Reply
Tucker! π₯
berseliusQuote Reply
CB Bucknor behind the plate today
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Rice Cube,
A couple times in college ball, but it hasnβt resulted in weird scores because it has just led to teams who just scored touchdowns getting one point through the wildest means possible.
andcountingQuote Reply
FFS, babip dragon
berseliusQuote Reply
Go Cubs woo
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Kyle Tucker hitting at least
berseliusQuote Reply
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berseliusQuote Reply
wow, could have sworn that was a homer live
berseliusQuote Reply
(dying laughing) hilariously bad send, even for 2 outs
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berseliusQuote Reply
Wheeeeeew
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Win 30, .600 on the season, oh and the Cardinals are losing
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Cards lose
Reds lose
Brewers going to extras
PerkinsQuote Reply
Beers lose
PerkinsQuote Reply
On to Cincinnati
berseliusQuote Reply
Good thing Happ is back for the Cincinnati trip.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I saw someone say the Rockies were 8-40 and didn’t quite believe it until I went to the standings
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Rice Cube,
…8-41
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Rice Cube,
The KB curse continues
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Hecking Jack Wilson
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MLB on NBC?
https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2025/05/nbc-makes-offer-for-broadcasts-currently-carried-by-espn.html
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berselius,
Remembered Some Guys with Julian Tavarez, I could have sworn that he pitched for the Pirates for like a decade and not just one season.
berseliusQuote Reply
berselius,
Todayβs his birthday. Heβs 52. And thereβs a nonzero chance he has killed someone in a bar fight, probably.
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This thread was getting a bit long, so here’s a new one –> https://www.obstructedview.net/off-day-reset-5-22/
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