5/4 Cubs (Wood) @ Cardinals (Martinez) 7:10PM ESPN/CSN

[Schwarber Fan]

I'm fairly confident that the bullpen will be serviceable against 28 other ballclubs once Grimm and Wada are back (and eventually Ramirez). Hopefully get a split out of this and try not to get too demoralized from the Cardinals being the Cardinals.

[Sammy Sofa]

Ahhhh, it happens. Next year is when [expletive] starts for real; this one is still a mulligan. I just want to see the right guys trending in the right direction over the season.

[Andy]

3 straight games of this [expletive].

 

That was a hell of an impressive homer by Russell, pity it had to come in this [expletive] game

[Andy]

Gonna have to focus on that Wild Card

2nd best team in the league here we come.

[rocket]

Life was a lot less stressful when I just looked at the boxscore every day

[Guest]

i'm not fooled

 

we outplayed this [expletive] team with our worst pitcher going and got beat by weak contact and sequencing

 

[expletive] that noise. go take 3/4.

[Schwarber Fan]

3 straight games of this [expletive].

 

That was a hell of an impressive homer by Russell, pity it had to come in this [expletive] game

 

Nice to see him getting better every day.

[sontensei]

Three hard hit balls in the ninth and two are outs.

 

thats how the last inning was yesterday sans the homer.

[Guest]

i'm not fooled

 

we outplayed this [expletive] team with our worst pitcher going and got beat by weak contact and sequencing

 

[expletive] that noise. go take 3/4.

 

Tomorrow we face their emergency starter and have Lester/Arrieta for the final two. Tonight sucked, go get em the rest of the week.

[Castros trade value]

Ahhhh, it happens. Next year is when [expletive] starts for real; this one is still a mulligan. I just want to see the right guys trending in the right direction over the season.

 

Absolutely.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Remember last week when baseball was fun and not migraine inducing?

[bukie]

Holy crap you guys are the worst. The Cubs are 13-11, the year is over!

[Andy]

Ahhhh, it happens. Next year is when [expletive] starts for real; this one is still a mulligan. I just want to see the right guys trending in the right direction over the season.

This year is not a mulligan. We have a playoff team.

[Sammy Sofa]

Remember last week when baseball was fun and not migraine inducing?

 

Meh; this was still a lot of fun. Lots of good stuff to take away from it. I don't really care if Travis Wood or sentient meatbags in the bullpen look bad.

[MWV]

Jesus [expletive] christ do I hate the motherfucking cardinals.

Their days are [expletive] numbered, though.

Lets go get the next one.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Life was a lot less stressful when I just looked at the boxscore every day

 

Especially when only 2-3 guys mattered and the rest could go choke on a corn dog.

[MWV]

This year is not a mulligan. We have a playoff team.

I think he just means we'll have better, even more playoff-ey teams over the next 5 years.

[Sammy Sofa]

Ahhhh, it happens. Next year is when [expletive] starts for real; this one is still a mulligan. I just want to see the right guys trending in the right direction over the season.

This year is not a mulligan. We have a playoff team.

 

Maybe. The starting rotation could easily be pretty unimpressive for long stretches, and they're relying on a lot of young and/or experienced players to carry this team offensively. There's going to be a lot of up and downs and it wouldn't surprise me at all to see them miss the playoffs again. Next year is when these kind of losses are going to start driving me nuts again.

[ARCubsFan]

lol the Cardinals seriously have had their best start since 1899 with Wainwright on the DL and a moron managing them. Why do I even bother watching baseball. Just 100% torture.

[ARCubsFan]

Jesus [expletive] christ do I hate the [expletive] cardinals.

Their days are [expletive] numbered, though.

We've been saying that since...

[Sammy Sofa]

This year is not a mulligan. We have a playoff team.

I think he just means we'll have better, even more playoff-ey teams over the next 5 years.

 

Right; it wouldn't be surprising at all if this team made the playoffs, but I'm not really expecting them to, if that makes any sense. But they're still going to be plenty fun to watch this year; I think you're going to see some Astros-type stretches in them.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Yeah, I gotta remind myself that I honestly didn't see the '15 Cubs as a playoff team coming into the season (sue me, I just wasn't overly optimistic). Our record prior to the Brewers series got me excited, but I need to remember this will be a developmental year for several (hopefully) of our future core players. If nothing else, I think there will be stretches of lots of fun watching this team grow.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Remember last week when baseball was fun and not migraine inducing?

 

Meh; this was still a lot of fun. Lots of good stuff to take away from it. I don't really care if Travis Wood or sentient meatbags in the bullpen look bad.

 

I'd agree if it hadn't been our best reliever who looked the worst; 2 days in a row.

[bhogg]

what the cardinals need is a well placed, preventable fire. . . . . .

[Sammy Sofa]

lol the Cardinals seriously have had their best start since 1899 with Wainwright on the DL and a moron managing them. Why do I even bother watching baseball. Just 100% torture.

 

Maybe it would be less frustrating if you just looked at them as a usually well run baseball organization instead of acting like they have some kind of baseball genie hidden in the depths of the stadium.