6/23 Dodgers (Greinke) @ Cubs (Hammel) 7:05 PM CSN

[OleMissCub]

Keep winning please

[Guest]

this may just be the laziest game thread for a good cubs team ever

 

for shame

[Sammys Boombox]

So if they beat Greinke today is this the most excited we will have been since the 2008 postseason?

[tfarks]

Or the opposite where all the goodwill is deflated because they get shutout and the game is really boring

[jersey cubs fan]

this may just be the laziest game thread for a good cubs team ever

 

for shame

good teams don't need gimmicks

[Guest]

So if they beat Greinke today is this the most excited we will have been since the 2008 postseason?

 

why would this one game do that?

[mul21]

this may just be the laziest game thread for a good cubs team ever

 

for shame

good teams don't need gimmicks

 

I don't consider nachos a gimmick.

 

http://www.simplecomfortfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pizza-nachos-high.jpg

[Guest]

this may just be the laziest game thread for a good cubs team ever

 

for shame

good teams don't need gimmicks

 

no need for chinese food or nachos. just some information on how awesome our guys are and how much theirs suck.

[Sammys Boombox]

So if they beat Greinke today is this the most excited we will have been since the 2008 postseason?

 

why would this one game do that?

 

It's not just this one game. It's the culmination of getting later in the season, being in a really good position record-wise in relation to the rest of the league, being on a nice little winning streak and beating two really good pitchers on a pretty good team back-to-back days. I'm just pointing out that we're kind of at the highest point we've been in quite awhile.

[jersey cubs fan]

this may just be the laziest game thread for a good cubs team ever

 

for shame

good teams don't need gimmicks

 

I don't consider nachos a gimmick.

 

http://www.simplecomfortfood.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/pizza-nachos-high.jpg

game set match point. You win. I'm going to lunch.

[Guest]

So if they beat Greinke today is this the most excited we will have been since the 2008 postseason?

 

why would this one game do that?

 

It's not just this one game. It's the culmination of getting later in the season, being in a really good position record-wise in relation to the rest of the league, being on a nice little winning streak and beating two really good pitchers on a pretty good team back-to-back days. I'm just pointing out that we're kind of at the highest point we've been in quite awhile.

 

Fair enough. I feel better every game over .500 we get to be.

[sneakypower]

guess the player:

last 170 games, 503 PA, .335/.400/.519, 5.8 fWAR

 

 

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[Schwarber Fan]

Baxter starting in RF, sigh.

[Guest]

jesus, it's beautiful

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

So if they beat Greinke today is this the most excited we will have been since the 2008 postseason?

 

why would this one game do that?

 

Because apparently it's nigh-impossible for a good baseball team to beat two really good starting pitchers back to back.

[Gilby]

I forgot Ned Colletti still works for the Dodgers. That's kind of weird.

[Cubswin11]

Any word on if Fowler needs DL time or just a few days?

[Gilby]

Any word on if Fowler needs DL time or just a few days?

 

Mark Gonzales said he's listed as a reserve tonight, plus Alcantara is in Iowa's starting lineup. No DL yet it appears.

[UMFan83]

Any word on if Fowler needs DL time or just a few days?

 

Mark Gonzales said he's listed as a reserve tonight, plus Alcantara is in Iowa's starting lineup. No DL yet it appears.

 

Yeah I think Maddon was quoted as saying he was day-to-day and could PH tonight

[Andy]

Rough lineup today. Let's really demoralize them by beating them with it.

 

Good news on Fowler.

[Cubswin11]

Any word on if Fowler needs DL time or just a few days?

 

Mark Gonzales said he's listed as a reserve tonight, plus Alcantara is in Iowa's starting lineup. No DL yet it appears.

Nice, have been looking on twitter for an update and didn't see anything. Must have missed it. Good news. Hopefully we can be back to a full strength lineup by next weekend (assuming Soler goes on a rehab assignment by early next week).

[Thed Hoyerstein]

Any word on if Fowler needs DL time or just a few days?

 

Mark Gonzales said he's listed as a reserve tonight, plus Alcantara is in Iowa's starting lineup. No DL yet it appears.

 

Yeah I think Maddon was quoted as saying he was day-to-day and could PH tonight

 

didn't they the same thing about soler at first?

[UMFan83]

Any word on if Fowler needs DL time or just a few days?

 

Mark Gonzales said he's listed as a reserve tonight, plus Alcantara is in Iowa's starting lineup. No DL yet it appears.

 

Yeah I think Maddon was quoted as saying he was day-to-day and could PH tonight

 

didn't they the same thing about soler at first?

 

Yeah and Olt did PH a couple of times before putting him on the 60 day DL with a fracture.

[Sammys Boombox]

So if they beat Greinke today is this the most excited we will have been since the 2008 postseason?

 

why would this one game do that?

 

Because apparently it's nigh-impossible for a good baseball team to beat two really good starting pitchers back to back.

 

Nope