While doing my best to do some form of “work” during work hours and tuning into this game late, I was gratified to see the Cubs score early, overcome a subpar Matthew Boyd start, and tack on late. It was really nice, despite the fact that it was the Pirates and they suck, to see the Cubs play well for the most part, racking up a bunch of runs and pulling off the sweep to clinch a postseason berth of some sort.
Going into the final 10 games, the Cubs at least have a chance to get Kyle Tucker right, wait out Seiya Suzuki’s illness (he came back for half the game while generally putting a charge into the balls he hit, albeit for outs), and figure out how to set up their pitching staff for either the wild card round or, more unlikely, the division. Trying to make up five games with just 10 to go is quite difficult but not impossible, and the Cubs will go on to play the nearly dead Reds to finish off this road trip.
Seeing Ian Happ heat up at the right time, Nico Hoerner make a late charge for the batting title, and the bullpen overall holding things down is nice too. I imagine the most likely opponent for the Cubs in the first round is the Padres, but chances are the games will all be at home at Wrigley, so let’s see what happens. I think Craig Counsell will do his best to continue to rack up wins while playing to preserve health until the big games, but at least now they can relax a little bit knowing they have a shot to go all the way again.
Enjoyed that call, good old Pat Hughes
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Nico BA –> .303
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(dying laughing)
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Danke schoen
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(dying laughing)
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(dying laughing), PCA’s pose
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Pretty sure Happ said a bleep
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Royce Clayton the landmine
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RIP baseball in a season or so
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/46294140/mlb-labor-negotiations-salary-cap-baseball-talks-2027-season-lockout
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Trying to guess the usual spring training-esque post-clinch starters today, gonna go with
C McGuire
1B Santana
2B Castro
SS Hoerner
3B Shaw
LF Happ
CF PCA
RF Alcantra
DH Ballesteros
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There is a nonzero chance they let Mo catch (dying laughing)
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Tigers having a collapse of sorts
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Kershaw –> retiring after this season
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I guess the Cubs still care about home field advantage (dying laughing)
1B Busch
2B Hoerner
LF Happ
DH Moe
RF Suzuki
C Kelly
CF PCA
SS Swandong
3B Shaw
SP Rea
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Wouldn’t mind some scoring
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Should probably ask for a hit first
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Missed a potentially bad play, yikes
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Did Moises really get forced out at 2nd from center field?
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I think PCA hit a ball that bounced off Mo’s helmet
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They showed the replay just now, it glanced off the 1B glove then clanged off Mo’s helmet and knocked it off, he was stunned and didn’t run right away but he did just take his next AB
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A hit!
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Damn, 11 Ks for Rea. This would be a huge bummer of a loss.
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Last chance to get at least one run…
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Rough, Busch hit it too high
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Y’all see this shift violation challenge?
https://youtu.be/gXohhH0xkD8?si=AVIkJHaKoB_bepfo
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I wish to see video of that TOOTBLAN
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In retrospect I wouldn’t have sent him but that was a bit closer than expected
Also yay Dansby
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Coors Central
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I think Porter Hodge wonβt make the postseason roster.
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Nice to get all the bad pitching out of the way before the postseason eh
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Wouldn’t mind the Cubs winning the other games this weekend
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Somewhat pathetic
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Poor Tigers
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Hodge –> Iowa
Wicks –> Cubs
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Most of the Cleveland fans I’ve come across are convinced they’ll tie it up this weekend then watch the Guards choke it away the final week.
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It’ll be like a counter-collapse
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And then of course there are the Mets…they still have some outs to play with today but it’s been kind of weak so far
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First to 30 in a long time for the Cubs
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Cubs having issues but seem to have clinched at least the second wild card since the Mets lost
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White Sox leading Padres
Mariners have a new single season home run king
Brewers probably going to cement the division regardless of how the Cubs fare
Nice to see Reese rub one out
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This is not a fun series.
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Alas, a lost series
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This just means that Ian Happ is due for a 4 homer game on Sunday.
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Trout –> 400 HR
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Trying to avoid the sweep getaway lineup
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To-day’s based ball squadron versus south paw Abbott
2B Hoerner
LF Happ
RF Suzuki
C Kelly
DH Santana
SS Swandong
3B(!) Turner
1B Busch
CF Alcantara
SP Taillon
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To-day’s magic number for first round home field is four
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Boo rain delay
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1:50 PM Central start time
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Go Cubs, Pat Hughes on the call
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One day the Cubs may score again
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Four game sweep, what poor timing for that
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Ron Santo disagrees. (dying laughing)
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New stuff –> https://www.obstructedview.net/the-final-stretch/
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