8/4 Dodgers (Fife) @ Cubs (Villanueva) 1:20 CT, WGN

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Game is on WGN. Starts in like 15 minutes.

 

RHP Stephen Fife - 2.76 ERA, 130 ERA+, 3.92 FIP, 3.65 xFIP, 6.9 K.9, 2.4 BB/9

 

RHP Carlos Villanueva - 4.33 ERA, 91 ERA+, 4.23 FIP, 4.11 xFIP, 6.77 K/9, 2.92 BB/9

 

Cubs lineup:

 

DeJesus, CF

Lake, LF

Rizzo, 1B

Navarro, C

Schierholtz, RF

Ransom, 3B

Watkins, 2B

Murphy, SS

Villanueva, P

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That lineup is a new low.

[Cubswin11]

Who the hell is Murphy?

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Who the hell is Murphy?

 

A guy we didn't mind adding to the 40-man because we don't mind cutting him at the end of the season.

[Guest]

Who the hell is Murphy?

 

Added to the 40-man and called up from Iowa after Borbon was DFA'd. He didn't even sign with a team until spring training had ended.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/statss.aspx?playerid=4704&position=2B/3B/SS

[Irrelevant Dude]

Not since the days of Noce and Brumley have we had such a dynamic duo like Murphy and Watkins.

[wekim81]

Not since the days of Noce and Brumley have we had such a dynamic duo like Murphy and Watkins.

really remember being like 7 and wondering why we kept putting out Paul Noce out there.

 

Sure would be nice to beat these corks once in this series.

[Guest]

Wow, wRC+ is this Sunday's stat.

[Careless]

Sadly, I'm not seeing a decent quality clip of Major League's "who are these [expletive] guys?"

[sneakypower]

stats Sunday are the best

[Careless]

That was odd.

[Guest]

No wonder the Dodgers get into so many bench-clearing brawls.

 

Hanley was pissed at that?

[Guest]

Oh, that was Hairston whining from the dugout?

[Careless]

Not that it mattered, but DeJesus's third "is he drunk?" defensive play of the series.

[RammyFanny]

I think it was worth keeping Navarro just to see him break Hanley's bat before handing it to the bat boy.

[Guest]

That team really is filled with assholes, isn't it

[Guest]

Though Kershaw seems legit as [expletive]

[wekim81]

Pat just called Logan Watkins "Logan Atkins" twice in a row. I think he's losing it.

[Guest]

So we're doing that "Get a bunch of baserunners but fail to score" thing again. Cool.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

That team really is filled with [expletive], isn't it

 

We're back to being horribly unlucky.

[UMFan83]

19 scoreless innings in a row

[UMFan83]

That team really is filled with [expletive], isn't it

 

We're back to being horribly unlucky.

 

Meh the Dodgers could have had 3-4 HRs already if the wind wasn't blowing in hard.

[Guest]

I think it was worth keeping Navarro just to see him break Hanley's bat before handing it to the bat boy.

 

Wait, what happened?

 

(At a friend's baby's birthday party, not watching.)

[RammyFanny]

I think it was worth keeping Navarro just to see him break Hanley's bat before handing it to the bat boy.

 

Wait, what happened?

 

(At a friend's baby's birthday party, not watching.)

Pitch was inside near Hanley's hands (not even close to intentional), Hanley responds by flailing his hands in a "what the hell are you doing?" motion. Dodgers bench starts yapping at Villanueva and Navarro. Hanley walks later in the at-bat and places his bat down directly between Navarro's legs. Navarro smashes it on the ground and busts the handle or something before handing it to the bat boy.

[Sammy Sofa]

That team really is filled with [expletive], isn't it

 

We're back to being horribly unlucky.

 

Nah. Sometimes the team is just bad for a while.