4/11 Brewers (Gallardo) at Cubs (Dempster), 1:20, WGN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Nice try, Ian. Always thinking, that one!

[Smack]

Gallardo is probably going to throw a complete game.

[Smack]

1,000th K for Dempster as a Cub

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Gallardo is probably going to throw a complete game.

 

And lose 1-0.

[Smack]

Aoki accounts for about a third of Dempster's pitch count today.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Defense from LaHair!

 

This guy seems legit

[Smack]

Hair!

[davell]

87 thru 6 for Dempster.

[Smack]

John Grisham shilling his new book with Pat and Keith.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Baserunning!

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Soriano strikes out on ball 4 with Ian on deck :(

[Smack]

Gee Mr. Grisham, tell us more about your favorite Cardinals team. We don't give a [expletive].

[Hairyducked Idiot]

More than one run on a homer? Is that allowed?

[CubmanPi]

DAMMIT.

[El Duderino]

i'm already numb to this crap and it's only game 6.

[Smack]

lol, Kottaras

[davell]

I just want Demp to pitch well. Finish as strong as possible, build the trade value, and if it helps the draft position, then fine.

[Andy]

The Cubs aren't just going to lead baseball in blown leads this year, they're going to lead by a huge margin. It's what happens when you have good starting pitching but simply refuse to score more than 3 or 4 runs.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Ian's about to tie this.

[UMFan83]

I highly doubt this would happen but you never know. Obviously the expectations for Theo's first year are extremely low. But after all the talk about "the future is more important, but we'll also be trying to win now", how would you feel if this year's Cubs were historically futile? Like 41-121?

 

Would that change your feeling towards Theo, or would you just be satisfied as long as the Cubs are making steps towards improving for the future?

 

I'm guessing most would say that latter, but there are probably some that think that its not necessary to become historically futile and an even bigger laughing stock around baseball along the way to long term improvement.

 

Edit: Also if this were to happen, KyleJRM's nightmare scenario might come true and sooner than he thought, because I wouldnt expect more than 20K in the stands the last few months of the season.

[El Duderino]

No way is that an error on Soto, give me a break.

[bukie]

This is what we would call National Small Sample Overreaction Week.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I don't know if I'd say that was Castro's fault, but he didn't do Soto any favors on a throw that wasn't that bad.

[bukie]

Also, errors are stupid.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I highly doubt this would happen but you never know. Obviously the expectations for Theo's first year are extremely low. But after all the talk about "the future is more important, but we'll also be trying to win now", how would you feel if this year's Cubs were historically futile? Like 41-121?

 

Would that change your feeling towards Theo, or would you just be satisfied as long as the Cubs are making steps towards improving for the future?

 

I'm guessing most would say that latter, but there are probably some that think that its not necessary to become historically futile and an even bigger laughing stock around baseball along the way to long term improvement.

 

Edit: Also if this were to happen, KyleJRM's nightmare scenario might come true and sooner than he thought, because I wouldnt expect more than 20K in the stands the last few months of the season.

 

In order for that to happen, a whole lot of players who are supposed to help us long-term would have to be awful, and that's not good.

 

But Ian will at least drag us to 60 wins by himself if he has to.