Dreamcast 133: Hold Serve

It’s fun when Pete gets MLB YouTube montages now

Tough one, especially the Reds

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I kind of hate it because improper fractions displease me, but this is good

"Fifth Third Park" is gonna actually be an amazingly appropriate name when Detroit goes a full half a decade in which it's unable to get past Cleveland and Chicago in the AL Central.

— Craig Calcaterra (@craigcalcaterra.bsky.social) September 21, 2026 at 3:33 PM

Professor Farnsworth good news everyone dot gif

Chicago Cubs star Alex Bregman suffered multiple facial fractures after being struck by a foul ball while standing in the on-deck circle Sunday, sources tell ESPN. Bregman will not undergo surgery and is hopeful to return in the postseason.

— Jeff Passan (@JeffPassan) September 21, 2026

Hope he gets his LeBron/Gladiator face mask

Rice Cube,

My parsing of “hopeful to return in the postseason” is that it’s more likely he will NOT return, adjusting my vague expectations that he’d just be out this week.

berselius,

so,

berselius,

Trying to prevent additional impact to that area requires some creative helmet engineering that I’m unsure is MLB-compliant or even practical

I could see him returning if they get to the LDS, but I can’t imagine he’d be able to return before that.

Rice Cube,

I think a return as DH has more to do with swelling than anything else. I think it’s going to take close to 2 weeks to get back to normal.

dmick89,

The word on the street is he can at least see even with that eye all swollen so that seems like good news

Jason Benetti gets absolutely roasted by his own production crew with the camera cut after his Austro-Turkish War reference. 🤣 https://t.co/nXPsCi4LE7

— Rob Friedman (@PitchingNinja) September 21, 2026

Rice Cube,

Benetti is the goat, the world we would live in if the Cubs hired him instead of Boog

berselius,

It was so delightful having him and JD in the booth for one of the Sunday Night Baseball Cubs games.

Last bits…

Cubs = 3 vs Marlins, 3 @ Boston (weather issues there)
Phillies = 3 vs Brewers, 3 vs Rays (Rays can actually clinch the division today though)
Padres = 3 at Dodgers, 3 vs AZ
Dbacks = 3 @ Rockies, 3 @ SD

Brewers and Dodgers still in the hunt for top overall seed, Cubs win or AZ loss clinches a wild card for Cubs, but we want the Phillies and Padres to lose of course…

berselius,

I think the Cubs could do way worse than Boog but I get why he might not be popular with a subset of fans

The pregame interviews should be interesting

Pic I took of Alex Bregman arriving at Wrigley Field this afternoon. He gave me a thumbs up.

I thought his eye and face looked better than in the Pic he posted yesterday.

Continued 🙏🙏 for a speedy recovery for Alex. https://t.co/Qt8v3uIGf4

— Sam Bernero (@sambernero) September 22, 2026

Based on what I’ve seen from the amateur weathermen, since Friday is the best weather and Saturday evening becomes crap…Friday doubleheader, Saturday day game adjust?

MLB has no plans to move Cubs-Red Sox out of Boston this weekend.

The forecast looks particularly bad beginning Saturday evening. It’s possible they try to play all three games before then.

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) September 22, 2026

Rice Cube,

The fact that his eye is open is huge. I had two black eyes that got swollen to the point that my eye shut (never went to the hospital to get anything looked at). One was when I was ~9 after trying to catch a pop up an adult hit a couple hundred feet in the air (caught it in my eye) and the other was a year or two later from a bat (don’t warm up in the dugout, kids). Being able to play pretty much comes down to being able to see. He can probably almost see without a part of his cheek obscuring his vision. That could be days or weeks, it just depends on how the swelling goes. Being safe to play? That’s up to Bregman and his doctors. He seems like he would err on the side of “just give me a mask or a full helmet and I’ll be fine,” but who knows?

Well well

What a nut

Bregman was heading to cage with batting helmet on. Stay tuned.

— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) September 22, 2026

(dying laughing)

Counsell says the Cubs have NOT ruled out Alex Bregman for rest of the regular season. Says he worked out, tracked pitches today. Swelling needs to go down in face & eye but all things considered he’s in good place.
“He’s himself. He’s talking shit. That part is a good sign.”

— Josh Frydman (@Josh_Frydman) September 22, 2026

They seem hopeful so maybe we should be hopeful

Alex Bregman has multiple facial fractures but the Cubs won’t be putting him on IL, Counsell said. He worked out today and tracked pitches off Trajekt.

Bregman is not ruled out for the regular season.

Counsell: “That’s a very positive sign … All things considered, he’s in a good place.”

— Meghan Montemurro (@mmontemurro.bsky.social) September 22, 2026 at 4:14 PM

Don’t give us hope

Justin Steele is possibly an option this weekend in Boston, Counsell said. He’s throwing a bullpen tomorrow.

The Cubs were encouraged by how Steele looked in last rehab outings. From a team perspective though they have other things to consider beyond Steele & how he’d fit in. So, TBD on his return

— Meghan Montemurro (@mmontemurro.bsky.social) September 22, 2026 at 4:19 PM

I feel so vindicated about my amateur prognosis. (dying laughing)

Naturally the Brewers may decide not to win tonight

I think Acuña just killed himself with a foul ball

Ope Jeff Garlin alert

berselius:
Ope Jeff Garlin alert

Glad I decided to watch The Mummy with wife for the time being if he somehow invaded the radio booth

45/39 club

One more to go.

Perkins,

Pete 🤝 the Cubs

Magic number of 1

It’s Gonna Happen

Steal home (if you want, Pete, I can’t tell you what to do).

marlEns

mERRlins!

Ian Happ yay

The first to third express is getting a workout this inning

I sometimes wonder what the batters in the box see when they challenge

Hitting a guy with ball 4 should be two bases.

Unlucky inning toward the end

Every team should be using their top starters “bullpen session” the way the Marlins are. Considering the bullpen issues the Cubs have, they should have been doing it for awhile.

Let’s go Pete

Hecking extras

I guess Rolison found the magic amulet that Webb must have dropped a few weeks ago

Common Zeferjahn appearance so far

Dang
Guess Harden was still around

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This guy has the most max effort 92 mph fastball I’ve ever seen

I get it but I hated that bunt and who was asked to bunt

Bunt signal dot jay per gee

Come on shrimp

Blame the bunt for that

I know Craig was playing the platoon odds and then the Marlins changed pitchers, but Matt Shaw has faced nothing but RHP since coming in for Conforto, and it sucks.

Oh goody, Thielbar

Snakes Alive

Many people are saying Caleb Thielbar is the HOAT cubs reliver

Kelly and Dansby have to reach for Pete to drive in the winning run.

Anyone else’s gameday audio stuck on repeat of “without a hit tonight”?

Why didn’t the Marlins pitch this guy earlier (dying laughing), dude is throwing pure gas

Cubs offense disappointing today, and it might be over…thankfully SD is losing but this is gonna be tight again

berselius,

Sorry sorry I’m trying to delete it

Not Busch’s best tagging display this inning.

berselius,

The first run was technically not his fault but the second one was pretty bad

I don’t think Edward has known where a single pitch he’s thrown was headed this entire season.

Whither Assad etc etc

Though would probably have been the same eventual result

The Cubs basically lost when Matt Shaw made a dumb decision to bunt at that pitch

At least the Cubs can see now they shouldn’t put Cabrera on the postseason roster if they make it

So annoyed

Victor Vodnik was number 183 on the Blacklist.

Shaw took four at bats against righties away from Conforto. That’s terrible.

If Dodgers hold, another three-way tie for the morrow

Within me are two arthritic wolves, one knows anything can happen in the postseason and the other knows this team has no pitching, fighting the lamest battle.

andcounting,

I forgot when he came in but yeah that was rough

berselius,

The thing is that for about 11 innings, this game wasn’t the pitching’s fault, which is the most frustrating (dying laughing)

(A third wolf that knows the team is cursed with freak injuries accidentally knocks a rock off the side of the mountain that somehow strikes the other two 30 second later)

Milwaukee has the tiebreaker but Dodgers should hopefully pull within a game tonight…5 left to play, who knows how truly badly the Brewers want that top seed

Fun

Source: Red Sox and Cubs planning to play doubleheader Friday ahead of rainy weekend: https://t.co/H74lx3joh5

— Tim Healey (@timbhealey) September 23, 2026

All things considered he looks fine…the eye seems like it got some bruising too

Setting up a rotation for the wild card round was never going to be ideal anyway

Matthew Boyd will start tomorrow for the Cubs in the home finale against Miami.

Clay Holmes and David Peterson will likely start Friday for the doubleheader in Boston, Counsell said. Cubs will figure out Saturday when it comes.

— Meghan Montemurro (@mmontemurro.bsky.social) September 23, 2026 at 4:10 PM

No extra pitcher, I guess I forgot that rule

As the Cubs try to figure out how to adjust their pitching plans, it’s important to note that in September teams do not get an additional pitcher they can bring up for a DH because of the expanded rosters.

— Meghan Montemurro (@MegMontemurro) September 23, 2026

Man, now I’m getting data center ads in every commercial break instead of every other one

berselius,

beats campaign ads though, pretty much all of our real races are a done deal already here

The luck quotient in this series so far has been annoying

Rice Cube,

Hoyer bad at signing lucky players smh

Well, get the TOOTBLAN out of the way I guess

I’ll take this version of Gausman for the playoffs, please score now, Cubs

Don’t think the Dbacks are losing tonight

That was probably a bad pitch

Dansby!!!

I’ll take it (dying laughing)

Ruiz continues to be the luckiest piece of shit ball player I’ve ever seen.

I guess the offense really is different without Bregman in it, big drag that inning…sigh

BABIP is not on our side tonight

The BABIP luck dragon is annoying.

What a dumb series.

Go Dodgers
I guess

Gausman hurt himself? Aaaaaaah I hate this season

Rice Cube,

???

berselius,

Said he banged his left shoulder, was afraid it was an oblique or something but didn’t sound too worried, but that’s famous last words

Rice Cube,

“Our Statement about the Gausman injury has many people asking questions answered by the statement”

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Also fuck the Dodgers

Here’s to the 3-way tie after today is over

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Today would be a good day to clinch and make the work day suck less

Taylor *MC*Gregor’s last game and it’s Marlins vs. Cubs, aka MC? That can’t possibly be a coincidence.

andcounting,

next you’re going to tell me that she has a secretary named Lincoln

Lets go Cubs love da Cubbies need more games at Wrigley this year

Pete!

40/40. Goddamn.

Pete!

40/40. Outfuckingstanding season for Pete.

Cubs should have challenged that bunt. Dude left the batter’s box before he bunted it. (dying laughing)

Looks like a half run won’t win this one, gents.

Alright, Nico, it’s about time.

Officially official: postseason-bound

Thanks to whoever caused this network outage, the Cubs only won because I wasn’t watching (dying laughing)

Fun game
Go Brewers (barf)
Go Dodgers (dry heave)

PCA forever Cub

After Pete Crow-Armstrong stole 2B in the 1st inning Thursday to secure his place in the 40-40 club, the Wrigley faithful gave him a huge ovation.

That nearly moved PCA to tears on the field in what he describes as one of the most special moments of his life: https://t.co/U24X2v4N6y

— Tony Andracki (@TonyAndracki23) September 24, 2026

Let’s go The Brewers

berselius,

nice work Bauers

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