4/20 Game 2: Padres (Harang) @ Cubs (Russell) 6:05 pm, CSN+

[bukie]

"Unfortunately, we didn't get the sweep," losing pitcher James Russell said. "But two out of three is just as good."

 

Ummmmm what?

The Cubs also defeated the Padres on Monday.

[SouthSideRyan]

"Unfortunately, we didn't get the sweep," losing pitcher James Russell said. "But two out of three is just as good."

 

Ummmmm what?

The Cubs also defeated the Padres on Monday.

 

Which is noticably not as good as a sweep.

[CubmanPi]

The Cubs won 2 out of 3. The Padres still won 1 out of 3, which is just as good.

[UMFan83]

"Unfortunately, we didn't get the sweep," losing pitcher James Russell said. "But two out of three is just as good."

 

Ummmmm what?

The Cubs also defeated the Padres on Monday.

 

I think he's referring to Russell's faulty logic that 2 out of 3 is as good as a sweep.

[UMFan83]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

 

I'm just saying...its the easiest part of the schedule right now. Doesn't mean we're doomed or anything moving forward. If we are mediocre against the bad teams are are playing now, we'll have to play better to make the playoffs.

 

Except the Rockies are one of the best teams in the NL and the Brewers are with us and the Reds at the top of our mediocre division.

 

What does that have to do with playing an easy schedule so far? Yeah we played the Rockies, the Brewers are mediocre and we havent played the Reds.

[SouthSideRyan]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

 

I'm just saying...its the easiest part of the schedule right now. Doesn't mean we're doomed or anything moving forward. If we are mediocre against the bad teams are are playing now, we'll have to play better to make the playoffs.

 

Except the Rockies are one of the best teams in the NL and the Brewers are with us and the Reds at the top of our mediocre division.

 

What does that have to do with playing an easy schedule so far? Yeah we played the Rockies, the Brewers are mediocre and we havent played the Reds.

 

The point is you've isolated 30 games as difficult on our schedule, and we're supposed to be worried because we're not 13-5? The majority of our games are going to be against teams like those we've played thus far, not the top of the line teams.

[SouthSideRyan]

The Cubs won 2 out of 3. The Padres still won 1 out of 3, which is just as good.

 

The Padres were glad to not have been swept, but really it didn't matter.

[CubColtPacer]

We play those teams, what 30 times? Compared to the 65 or so against the first group?

 

I'm just saying...its the easiest part of the schedule right now. Doesn't mean we're doomed or anything moving forward. If we are mediocre against the bad teams are are playing now, we'll have to play better to make the playoffs.

 

Except the Rockies are one of the best teams in the NL and the Brewers are with us and the Reds at the top of our mediocre division.

 

What does that have to do with playing an easy schedule so far? Yeah we played the Rockies, the Brewers are mediocre and we havent played the Reds.

 

I would agree with you that the Cubs schedule gets a lot tougher on paper but it hasn't been that way so far. The Cubs opponents are 53-53 so far. The NL teams that the Cubs haven't played yet are 80-80. I agree with you that the Cubs will have to play better to make the playoffs. However, I'm not really worried about facing more good teams because the Cubs still rarely play anybody who's supposed to be really good this year.