04/19 San Diego (Cashner) @ CUBS (Lester) 1:20 CDT, WGN TV

[PrimeTime]

Boy is this team [expletive] fun.

[Guest]

amazingly bad production by wgn there to cut away from the play at the plate

[Schwarber Fan]

Who's running the switcher today?

[Clem Fandango]

amazingly bad production by wgn there to cut away from the play at the plate

 

I was just about to say the camera work was terrible

[Ding Dong Johnson]

MLBN is using the WGN feed today if you don't want to have the MLB.TV delay.

[expletive] blackouts!

[halplm]

amazingly bad production by wgn there to cut away from the play at the plate

 

We all like Bryant, but seriously, show the pitches...

[treebird]

those were two excellent changeups

[sneakypower]

Why did Tampa trade Myers again? He's looking great at the plate this year.

Steven Souza's currently sitting at an .899 OPS right now, with 4 steals

 

and the thought was they were concerned with reoccurring injuries and worrisome contact rates (though this theory doesn't make too much sense given the Souza acquisition)

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have outscored their opponents 7-6 in the first inning.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[sneakypower]

playing middle infielders at 1B ranks pretty high on my list of baseball pet peeves

[Guest]

I love this team

[Guest]

playing middle infielders at 1B ranks pretty high on my list of baseball pet peeves

 

Yeah but where else could they find a right handed hitter to put there against Lester

[DiamondMind]

Whoever said Coghlan sucks is insane. So under rated.

[halplm]

Yay, runs! :clapping:

[mul21]

playing middle infielders at 1B ranks pretty high on my list of baseball pet peeves

 

Explain.

[DiamondMind]

This team is so fun!!!! When was the last time we had speed like this?

[sneakypower]

just a Cogh in the machine

[Clem Fandango]

playing middle infielders at 1B ranks pretty high on my list of baseball pet peeves

 

Explain.

 

Padres are playing Solarte at first and he's already had an error on a routine play. I'm sure sneaky doesn't mind that so much as he thinks the idea as a whole is stupid.

[DiamondMind]

Cashner really does have sick stuff. Too bad he'll be injured by mid-May.

[PrimeTime]

Cashner at 30 pitches this inning.

[Guest]

MAKE IT HURT LESTER

[Guest]

great time for Lester to get his first hit.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Nice...getting Lester's 1st AB out of the way in the 1st inning. Come on, hit a leaker through the infield

[Careless]

Looks like the rain isn't supposed to arrive before about 3:30, so there should be enough time to go at least five. Cashner throwing a ton of pitches.

[Guest]

Oh well, still a fun first inning.

 

The big question with the Padres coming into the year was how many runs their defense would cost them. It really may be enough to keep them out of the playoffs.