5/13 Rockies (Nicasio) @ Cubs (Wood) 7:05 WCIU

[Andy]

Let's do this

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 6-3 (0.667) on Mon 13 May

 

Gam#      Date          Opponent                 Score
016  Mon  05/13/1889  @ Philadelphia              3- 4    
022  Mon  05/13/1907  @ Philadelphia              5- 2    
020  Mon  05/13/1918    Boston                   10- 2    
021  Mon  05/13/1929  @ Boston                    6- 4    
019  Mon  05/13/1935  @ Brooklyn                  3- 2    
031  Mon  05/13/1968  @ Los Angeles           N   5- 1    
032  Mon  05/13/1991    Atlanta               N   3- 5    
038  Mon  05/13/1996    Houston               N   6- 0    
036  Mon  05/13/2002  @ St. Louis             N   0- 3    
038  Mon  05/13/2013    Colorado              N   

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[mul21]

Okay, guys, you won 4 times last week and it was fun. Please repeat.

[haubrich91]

I hate WCIU.

[GammonsPocketTweets]

I hate WCIU.

 

For real. What's with the abundance of WCIU games this year? Their HD broadcast quality is terrible.

[mul21]

I hate WCIU.

 

I can only assume these will go away with the next TV deal right?

[Andy]

I hate WCIU.

 

I can only assume these will go away with the next TV deal right?

Unless WGN were to somehow re-up, then yeah.

[Fro]

I hate WCIU.

 

I can only assume these will go away with the next TV deal right?

Unless WGN were to somehow re-up, then yeah.

 

WGN America seems to be planning for a post-Cubs future... hiring some key executives/TV development folks away from FX and restarting Tribune Studios. I guess WGN America would look more like a FX/AMC-type network in a few years than a collection of reruns.

 

http://www.deadline.com/tag/tribune-studios/

[bukie]

Wood is one of only two pitchers in baseball to have pitched a quality start in every start so far this season.

[Schwarber Fan]

Soriano destroyed that. Wow.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Wow, Todd Helton is still playing?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Barney has a 12% walk rate so far, wtf. Wish some hits would start falling in for him.

[Guest]

I could get used to this team being fun to watch.

[Elwood]

Wood put a great swing on that ball.

 

I like this.

[Guest]

I wanted that to go out so bad :(

[davell]

Travis Wood may be the guy I want extended the most.

[Andy]

Travis Wood may be the guy I want extended the most.

He's been even better than I thought he'd be. An excellent pickup

[KaiserCesar]

Nicasio not looking good at all. Hope they put this one away in the next few innings.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

I wanted that to go out so bad :(

 

I had just said "HR here, please" out loud like a second before he hit it. [expletive].

[Guest]

seriously, with a decent bullpen this team is not bad

[Guest]

seriously, with a decent bullpen this team is not bad

i sort of wish that garza's arrival were pushing someone to the bullpen more exciting as a bullpen arm than villanueva

[Outshined_One]

seriously, with a decent bullpen this team is not bad

 

Oddly enough, the only pitchers on this team with negative WAR per Fangraphs are Rondon and Marmol. There's room to improve, but the pen actually isn't too bad so far this season.

 

What this team needs more than anything is offense, particularly in the OF.

[TruffleShuffle]

loving what wood has done this year, even if a fairly hefty chunk of it is a babip mirage.

[KaiserCesar]

seriously, with a decent bullpen this team is not bad

 

Oddly enough, the only pitchers on this team with negative WAR per Fangraphs are Rondon and Marmol. There's room to improve, but the pen actually isn't too bad so far this season.

 

What this team needs more than anything is offense, particularly in the OF.

 

How much of that can be addressed by Soriano finding some power and Hairston's luck turning around?

 

If some of the still-cold bats heat up while the pitching stays strong, this team is going to be able to push over .500 at some point.

[coldsteel]

Old wisdom is, over .500 at the all-star break and you're a contender