4/17 Cubs (Hammel) vs Padres (Shields) 1:20 ABC 7 - KRISMAS

[KatJ]

I don't like that he's wearing #17. Part of me misses Grace from back in the day, even though by many accounts he was a douchebag IRL.

Even if you do miss him and have absolutely nothing against, why would you be the least bit upset with the super stud now wearing that number?

 

Some people might like to fantasize that the number got retired.

[Guest]

Oh seriously Holbrook get right out of here

[OleMissCub]

oh [expletive] me, it's raining and my satellite just went out!!!! F you DirecTV

[Careless]

Sell! Sell!

[treebird]

i don't like watching bryant bat, it makes me too nervous

 

definite flashbacks to prior in that regard

[ctcf]

i don't like watching bryant bat, it makes me too nervous

 

definite flashbacks to prior in that regard

 

seriously

[KatJ]

Bryant two-time whiff kking. :( OTOH, it was a decent pitch count AB.

[Gmoney08]

I don't like that he's wearing #17. Part of me misses Grace from back in the day, even though by many accounts he was a douchebag IRL.

Even if you do miss him and have absolutely nothing against, why would you be the least bit upset with the super stud now wearing that number?

 

 

I never understood this thought process. It's not an insult to wear a number somebody wore before you.

 

Idc that its Graces number I just wish he had a cool number like 3 or 7 or hell give him Rynos 23..

[George Hayduke]

Got him on the change again, but a much better at bat this time around. Edited April 17, 2015 by George Hayduke

[UMFan83]

Javier Bryant

[Clem Fandango]

Not a good result, but it was a 7 pitch AB and Bryant showed good plate patience and pitch recognition, so... silver linings and all that

[Cubswin11]

That was a good AB and a really nice changeup by Shields to put him away

[Andy]

That was a nasty pitch to K Bryant, not a ton of guys that can bring that out regularly.

[Ski]

Any reason why changeups are pretty easy for viewers on TV to pick up, but not batters?

 

Pretty frustrating to see us constantly swinging at pitches below the zone.

[KatJ]

Idc that its Graces number I just wish he had a cool number like 3 or 7 or hell give him Rynos 23..

 

That would be wrong, even though Ryno left after being passed to be the Cubs manager,

[Careless]

Any reason why changeups are pretty easy for viewers on TV to pick up, but not batters?

 

Pretty frustrating to see us constantly swinging at pitches below the zone.

They're not easy for TV viewers to recognize before they're way too late to start swinging at

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Any reason why changeups are pretty easy for viewers on TV to pick up, but not batters?

 

Because we don't have to pick it up in the first 10-15 feet out of his hand.

[Guest]

Any reason why changeups are pretty easy for viewers on TV to pick up, but not batters?

 

Pretty frustrating to see us constantly swinging at pitches below the zone.

 

By the time you recognize the changeup on TV, the time to decide to swing has already come and gone.

[Cubswin11]

Any reason why changeups are pretty easy for viewers on TV to pick up, but not batters?

 

Because we don't have to pick it up in the first 10-15 feet out of his hand.

Yeah and to add to this, it's coming in on the same plane of a pitch that's 5-10 MPH faster than a changeup and suddenly darting straight down.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I'm shocked we're raging about close strike calls when Castillo is catching.

[Cubswin11]

Shields stuff is really good today, it's a good thing he had a boner of an inning in the 3rd

[Ski]

Right, I guess it's hindsight speaking, once you already know they swung at a bad pitch. You don't actually recognize that it was going to be out of the zone until after the fact.

[Omar]

Any reason why changeups are pretty easy for viewers on TV to pick up, but not batters?

 

Pretty frustrating to see us constantly swinging at pitches below the zone.

 

Maybe the vantage point of a camera in center field vs. the vantage point of a batter in the box has a lot to do with it.

[Careless]

Jebus, ABC is really gonna keep putting random ABC Chicago people on, aren't they

[Cubswin11]

Who the hell is this douche in the booth?