I got nothing here, just needed a new thread probably. By all rights this team should be capable of scoring better, but everyone is playing like crap so that even if they do get baserunners, none of them are coming home. Anyway, I’m sure we’ll address this when we pod or whatever, and perhaps they’ll score some run(s) against the Giants, who even knows anymore?
Tonight’s attempt to score more than the other team
DH Tauchman
3B Morel
CF Bellinger
RF Suzuki
LF Happ
2B Hoerner
1B Busch
SS Swanson
C Amaya
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I’m not sure Hoerner is doing any favors playing with a fracture.
PerkinsQuote Reply
What the TOOTBLAN hell just happened
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Tonight’s strike zone also annoys me
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yesss Pat just called Jordan Hicks Jordan Wicks
berseliusQuote Reply
Why, Dansby, why?
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Welp.
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Rice Cube,
Why did he crush the ball with the bases loaded? (dying laughing)
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These fuckers really need to learn how to hit with RISP, even if it takes a bunting clinic.
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berselius,
Boog keeps calling him Wicks too, (dying laughing)
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Morel’s eye at the plate has vastly improved and he’s getting absolutely punished because of it.
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andcounting,
He needed to hit it where they ain’t (dying laughing)
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Another sad challenge it seems but the grapevine tells me he could’ve been safe
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There is something bigger than all of us that doesn’t want the Cubs to score ever.
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andcounting,
It is entirely possible that the deal with the devil has expired abruptly
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That really was a play I wish Wisdom would have given him the Buster Posey treatment, because he completely smothered home plate.
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andcounting,
How much did the ball beat Wisdom to allow that setup?
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Rice Cube,
That’s tough to say. It beat him to the catcher, but it was off in the LH batter’s box. So the catcher leaned over to catch it while partially blocking the plate, then slid his shin guard over to completely cover the plate as Wisdom slid in feet first and then applied the tag. It was quite a lot all at once.
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andcounting,
Yeah I guess it would be hard to argue that he wasn’t in the act of fielding with that setup which I assume was the hope of the challenge too
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Cubs double play kings
berseliusQuote Reply
This offense is so stupid and infuriating now (dying laughing)
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BUSCH.
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…and totally redeem themselves Dumb and Dumber dot mp4
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This is the reverse jinx I’ve been waiting for. (dying laughing)
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andcounting,
We aim to please
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andcounting,
Given how things are going, I assumed he posted that after the HR (dying laughing)
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Every time Wesneski gives up a HR he should have to do a hundred push-ups or something.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Fucking hell Wesneski stop that now
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The strike zone changes every half inning, and that’s pissing me off.
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andcounting,
It does but he isn’t helping himself here either…sigh
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Just never give Leiter a clean inning. Bring him in with seven men on base if you can.
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He SWUNG into the goddamn pitch!!!
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The Cubs simply can’t ever have a complete game from everyone anymore sigh
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andcounting,
No more challenges and I guess that’s a judgment call anyway if it did hit him…sigh
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I hope Thairo Estrada breaks his arm.
PerkinsQuote Reply
For all the talk about enforcing rules, the rule that a ball is a strike if it touches a batter as he strikes at it wasn’t called there, and it was obvious.
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Seiya woot
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Seiya!!!
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OH
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This half inning has been cathartic and I hope the Cubs can hold the lead.
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Fuck yes.
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Sure looked like Bailey’s homer hit his name on the video board lineup.
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I would be happy if Cubs pitching would kindly stop serving meatballs on their menu
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I hate this team.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Never easy
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You can make this shit up
berseliusQuote Reply
I get that the options are limited, but how many times does Neris get to lose the strike zone and blow a save before he’s removed from closing duties?
PerkinsQuote Reply
Gonna need some kind of shakeup, that was so stupid
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Perkins,
It doesn’t seem like he has varied in the slightest all year, it has just caught up to him lately. He relies on chased pitches and the element of surprise when the ball actually finds the zone. His flyball luck is gone with the wind blowing even a little out.
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andcounting,
It’s like he had been facing the Cubs in May all year.
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Given they don’t actually have many short term assets to sell and there’s a decent pipeline, I’d be trading for Danny Jansen and a late inning reliever or two.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Unfortunate
Sigh
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Also not to pick on Neris too much, but I wonder how much his reputation/respect as a clubhouse leader is tarnished by his performance this year. Athletes tend to be like soldiers in that it’s tough to respect or follow someone who can’t get the job done.
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Perkins,
Well, J-Hey was a respected guy for a long time, although he only really sucked on one side of the ball
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The guy this team really needs, and who should have been part of it independent of any other roster decisions, is Bryce Harper.
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Perkins,
That ship has sailed, but I just came to say that technically the Cubs did score more than one run today and I guess in that sense my stupid post worked (dying laughing)
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Rice Cube,
Yeah I know there’s no chance in hell. They just really could use that combination of talent, fire, and swagger that Harper provides and not many players have it all.
Their support of fascists will always be the worst, but pinching the purse strings when Harper was a free agent is the second worst thing the Rickettses have done in my book.
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Unimpressive
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/beats dead horse
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berselius,
I would also have loved to see Yu Darvish with this team the past few seasons both for his abilities/production and general excellence as a human being.
Man, Heyward really messed up a lot of the FO’s plans by falling off a cliff his first season with the Cubs. But also they’re a big market team and have no excuse for failing to operate like one.
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I don’t know my Reds and also saves suck
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