5/12 Cubs (Volstad) @ Brewers (Marcum), 12:05 CDT, FOX

[Ballgame64]

Regardless of any of the pitching stats people want to use, Chris Volstad is simply a losing pitcher.

[SABR Gamer]

We had OPR (one pitch rich), now we have BIC

 

Give me OPR back.

[Careless]

I think Id rather see Wood or Wells every 5th day

 

The Zambrano trade is looking worse after every Volstad outing.

If I told you that Zambrano's ERA+WHIP=3, then how would you feel? Oh, and his last start was a CG SHO

Edited May 12, 2012 by Careless

[El Duderino]

Regardless of any of the pitching stats people want to use, Chris Volstad is simply a losing pitcher.

 

ok, let's not open that can up

[Magnetic Curses]

if the situations were reversed, the brewers would be scoring several in this inning.

[CincyCubsFan]

I think Id rather see Wood or Wells every 5th day

 

The Zambrano trade is looking worse after every Volstad outing.

If I told you that Zambrano's ERA+WHIP=3, then how would you feel?

The most important thing is that we no longer have that cancer in the clubhouse, right? Right?

[Magnetic Curses]

we are simply the unluckiest fan base in sports. if anything bad can happen, it always will, always.

[Schwarber Fan]

Soto's been bad, but he has to have close to the worst BABIP luck in MLB history over the last 3 years.

[Magnetic Curses]

something bad is about to happen, or already happened, and already happened

[Irrelevant Dude]

Apparently I missed the Chris Volstad blowup inning?

[Careless]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

[dew1679666265]

I mean, he hasn't had this problem with stranding runners in the other 600 MLB IP he had. I just can't figure why he just can't get out of an inning this year.

 

I wonder if it's a mental thing at this point. It's gone on too long to be some weird fluke, he's a decent to good pitcher the rest of each start, and you'd think if it were a mechanical thing that Sveum/Bosio would notice it at some point. Whatever the reason, it's really weird.

[UMFan83]

I think Id rather see Wood or Wells every 5th day

 

The Zambrano trade is looking worse after every Volstad outing.

If I told you that Zambrano's ERA+WHIP=3, then how would you feel? Oh, and his last start was a CG SHO

 

He could pitch perfect games every game for the entire season while the person we got for him comes into our clubhouse and injects HGH into every player on the team and I'd still be ok with it. Z just had to go and any random career renaissance would have been way too unlikely for the Cubs to predict before trading him.

[UMFan83]

Oh well at least I got the Bu--

 

Aww motherfuck

[SABR Gamer]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

Probably because Bob isn't terrible like the usual announcing they have.

[Schwarber Fan]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

[El Duderino]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

[Schwarber Fan]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

 

The Marlins TV PBP guy is doing the Mets/Marlins game, lol.

[dew1679666265]

He could pitch perfect games every game for the entire season while the person we got for him comes into our clubhouse and injects HGH into every player on the team and I'd still be ok with it. Z just had to go and any random career renaissance would have been way too unlikely for the Cubs to predict before trading him.

 

I still disagree with this idea that Z had to go. I've been pleasantly surprised with how well Volstad has pitched outside of the big inning each start, but still think dealing Z at that point was selling needlessly low. Still wasn't some terrible deal or anything by any stretch, but it wasn't something that had to be done.

[El Duderino]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

 

The Marlins TV PBP guy is doing the Mets/Marlins game, lol.

 

they usually take the color guy from one of the teams and the pbp from the other. i have no idea why sutton is doing this game.

[dew1679666265]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

 

Better than Buck/Brennaman. Are they still even doing games?

 

I kind of like the Sutton/Brenly duo.

[PosterToBeNamedLater]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

 

Better than Buck/Brennaman. Are they still even doing games?

 

I kind of like the Sutton/Brenly duo.

I don't like Sutton in any duo. I think he is probably the worst PBP guy that I have heard. Although Brennaman is pretty awful to listen to as well.

[dew1679666265]

I really want Campana to learn some patience, he's a really fun player to watch.

[El Duderino]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

 

Better than Buck/Brennaman. Are they still even doing games?

 

I kind of like the Sutton/Brenly duo.

I don't like Sutton in any duo. I think he is probably the worst PBP guy that I have heard. Although Brennaman is pretty awful to listen to as well.

 

no one is worse than brennaman. in addition to being horrible at pbp, he's a colossal [expletive].

[Schwarber Fan]

Btw, does this broadcast seem not particularly Fox-y to anyone else?

 

I had no clue Sutton or Brenly even did national FOX games. I'm convinced they just get lazy and throw a paycheck at the closest PBP and color guy that at one point worked for FOX.

 

that's exactly what they do. Started last year.

 

Better than Buck/Brennaman. Are they still even doing games?

 

I kind of like the Sutton/Brenly duo.

 

Buck doesn't do a game unless the Cardinals or Yankees are in it.

 

Brenneman still does games.