6/1 Rockies (Jiminez) @ Super Cubs (Gallagher) 1:20 WGN TV

[TMan92]

Still nobody out. Man oh man. He is just grooving pitches.

[inari]

Come on Sean. You can pitch out of this. And the bullpen could really use a rest.

[Sammy Sofa]

An out would be nice. Annnnnnnnny time now...

[TruffleShuffle]

c'mon, hit one of these grounders at one of the cubs. i mean one of the cubs playing the infield, not the outfield.

[Soul]

I'll trade that run for a DP.

[Bruno7481]

You know what would've been nice? Capitalizing on the opportunity with a man on third and only one out.

 

striking out, popping out or grounding out: meh, it happens

striking out, popping out or grounding out with runner on third and fewer than two outs: OMG unacceptable! no fundamentals!

 

We get it...

 

I just said it was frustrating, nothing more.

[Careless]

Does the 1st/3rd double pickoff fake ever do anything useful?

[Careless]

curses

[Bruno7481]

Ok, got an out. I can live with that.

[inari]

That's gotta be the third time Soriano has hit a base runner.

[Sammy Sofa]

Damn, nice throw by Sori.

[Soul]

Does the 1st/3rd double pickoff fake ever do anything useful?

 

I've seen it work, actually. More than once.

 

I wish they'd just start calling it what it is: a balk, due to deliberate deception.

[Outshined_One]

The pattern seems to be the Cubs' starting pitching plays like doody, then the bullpen comes in to put out the fire and the offense is good enough to score a few more runs.

[UMFan83]

It's one of those things where the Rockies were taking pitches and getting a read on what Sean throws, and now this time through the lineup they are reacting and putting the ball into play.

[UMFan83]

That's gotta be the third time Soriano has hit a base runner.

 

Yeah I think so too.

[UMFan83]

OK, if we can get out of this down 1, we'll be ok.

[Sammy Sofa]

Still in striking distance. Be real nice if Sean could do 2 more innings.

[TMan92]

That could have been worse. Can we start hitting their pitcher please.

[Outshined_One]

It'd be nice if Gallagher has one more inning left in him.

 

The current rotation has been having trouble having long outings these days.

[UMFan83]

Alright, lets hit him around this time through the order.

[CubsGM]

Fukudome sucks now :(

[Sammy Sofa]

Random aside...did Hill finally have another start this week?

[UMFan83]

Man the three teams I don't want to win in the Central (Reds, Brewers, Cardinals) keep winning.

 

Kosuke did not look good in that AB. I'm surprised at how many bad strikeouts he has had this year. I thought he was the kind of player that didn't K that much, or at least didn't look horrible in his ABs.

[TMan92]

Random aside...did Hill finally have another start this week?

 

I thinks so and it was nothing special.

[Sammy Sofa]

Fukudome sucks now :(

 

Alright, now I'm convinced. Board character.