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

[Ram1380]

As stated....this pen is garbage.....even with a healthy Ramirez/Grimm it's not good enough....time for the FO to get off their ass and do something about it......And, NO, it's NOT too early IMO.

 

We Need a REAL LF....another arm in the pen that is CLOSER level good.....AND a STRONG #2/3 type starter.....and waiting until mid-summer isn't gonna cut it.

[Guest]

btw, without Walden the Cardinals bullpen is Rosenthal, Siegrist, and a slew of guys who pump nothing but strikes but never strike anyone out. The Cubs can easily add 2 more.

And Tony Cruz will bloop an inside the parker in the 9th

 

There's nothing inherently wrong with fatalism, but dozens of posts of exclusively fatalism in basically every game thread is a problem.

[ARCubsFan]

Oh ok Mark Reynolds plays defense now

[NotSoSober]

gold glover mark reynolds. do the cards have some shitty reject that can get his first career hit in walk off fashion tomorrow

[Soul]

The look on Maddon's face was like, oh so THIS is how it is here.

[Gilby]

This ump has shown zero consistency whatsoever.

[Guest]

this espn k zone thing is completely worthless at the very least in this park

 

there is no way the umpiring is as bad as that thing is makign it look

[Sammy Sofa]

Fellas, I haven't been able to watch very many games due to work, and the pitching all around has sure looked pretty poopy most of the times I have watched; please do me a solid and tell me some soothing things to make me feel better.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=16,a

 

Not poopy

 

Huh. So the bullpen woes everyone keeps complaining about are mostly just a heaping helping of BABIP variance?

Edited May 5, 2015 by Sammy Sofa

[HendryWallet]

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[mul21]

As stated....this pen is garbage.....even with a healthy Ramirez/Grimm it's not good enough....time for the FO to get off their ass and do something about it......And, NO, it's NOT too early IMO.

 

We Need a REAL LF....another arm in the pen that is CLOSER level good.....AND a STRONG #2/3 type starter.....and waiting until mid-summer isn't gonna cut it.

 

Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

[Castros trade value]

You know what's super cool? The fact we finally have a good team after 6 years, one that will just get better and better, yet the Cardinals are off to one of their best starts in team history. Stunning it is not. It's expected.

[UMFan83]

The look on Maddon's face was like, oh so THIS is how it is here.

 

Lou called them Cubbie occurrences

[Ram1380]

btw, without Walden the Cardinals bullpen is Rosenthal, Siegrist, and a slew of guys who pump nothing but strikes but never strike anyone out. The Cubs can easily add 2 more.

And Tony Cruz will bloop an inside the parker in the 9th

 

There's nothing inherently wrong with fatalism, but dozens of posts of exclusively fatalism in basically every game thread is a problem.

 

Sorry for the last post then....

 

:-"

[Guest]

As stated....this pen is garbage.....even with a healthy Ramirez/Grimm it's not good enough....time for the FO to get off their ass and do something about it......And, NO, it's NOT too early IMO.

 

We Need a REAL LF....another arm in the pen that is CLOSER level good.....AND a STRONG #2/3 type starter.....and waiting until mid-summer isn't gonna cut it.

 

you need to relax

[DiamondMind]

Maddon starting to understand what Piniella was trying to tell him

[Andy]

The look on Maddon's face was like, oh so THIS is how it is here.

 

Lou called them Cubbie occurrences

I always liked that term in a weird sort of way

[Guest]

oh the strike zone is enormous again, got it

[Soul]

this espn k zone thing is completely worthless at the very least in this park

 

there is no way the umpiring is as bad as that thing is makign it look

No he's just horrible

[Butterscup1679666578]

give me a [expletive] break.

[Rex Buckingham]

First and third strikes were awful calls

[Cubswin11]

God Damn, now the ump is in on it

[NotSoSober]

now the strike zone is gigantic

[Ram1380]

As stated....this pen is garbage.....even with a healthy Ramirez/Grimm it's not good enough....time for the FO to get off their ass and do something about it......And, NO, it's NOT too early IMO.

 

We Need a REAL LF....another arm in the pen that is CLOSER level good.....AND a STRONG #2/3 type starter.....and waiting until mid-summer isn't gonna cut it.

 

you need to relax

 

You are likely correct.

[mul21]

Fellas, I haven't been able to watch very many games due to work, and the pitching all around has sure looked pretty poopy most of the times I have watched; please do me a solid and tell me some soothing things to make me feel better.

 

http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=pit&lg=all&qual=0&type=8&season=2015&month=0&season1=2015&ind=0&team=0,ts&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0&sort=16,a

 

Not poopy

 

Huh. So the bullpen woes everyone keeps complaining about are mostly just a heaping helping of BABIP variance?

 

All of our pitchers have been BABIPed to death so far. I've never seen so many seeing eye ground balls in my life. The Arrietta start against the Reds may have been the worst.

[treebird]

What the hell ever. Someday very soon we'll be better than them.

having a better team has never been/will never be enough