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

[Guest]

I remember the 'doomed to be under .500 at the ASG' when looking at the schedule. Those games against St Louis look like a real opportunity now.

 

Even if they win that series you'll still have numbnuts acting like it's a miracle the Cubs beat any team that isn't garbage. The team is just good, period, and [expletive] it...we should expect them to win. Live in fear, the rest of baseball.

 

yesss that's the stuff

[Guest]

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Conversely, "Sentence didn't think I'd write" is exactly something I'd expect Jesse Rogers to say.

[Sammys Boombox]

Thoughts on spot starting somebody (Wood/Jackson/anybody fresh in AA/AAA?) on Thursday and throwing Lester/Arrieta/Hammel at the Cardinals all with an extra day of rest? That lines all of them up to also face the Cardinals just before the ASB, so you wouldn't even lose a start from any of them before the break.

 

Edit: Hammel would be on normal rest

[jersey cubs fan]

Thoughts on spot starting somebody (Wood/Jackson/anybody fresh in AA/AAA?) on Thursday and throwing Lester/Arrieta/Hammel at the Cardinals all with an extra day of rest? That lines all of them up to also face the Cardinals just before the ASB, so you wouldn't even lose a start from any of them before the break.

 

Edit: Hammel would be on normal rest

I think it's unnecessary.

[SouthSideRyan]

Jesse Rogers @ESPNChiCubs

Cubs 9 over for first time since Aug. 4, 2009

 

We've gotta be closing in on an '08 date.

 

ETA: 9 over was our highwater mark in '09.

[UMFan83]

Jesse Rogers @ESPNChiCubs

Cubs 9 over for first time since Aug. 4, 2009

 

We've gotta be closing in on an '08 date.

 

ETA: 9 over was our highwater mark in '09.

 

Yeah I pointed out the other day, if they can get to 11 over 500, they will be at the highwater mark for any season besides 2008 since 2004.

 

For fun, Cubs highwater mark for since 2000:

 

2000: 1

2001: 19

2002: 0

2003: 15

2004: 21

2005: 6

2006: 5

2007: 10

2008: 35

2009: 9

2010: 0

2011: 1

2012: 0

2013: 1

2014: 0

2015: 9

[Sammy Sofa]

Jesse Rogers @ESPNChiCubs

Cubs 9 over for first time since Aug. 4, 2009

 

We've gotta be closing in on an '08 date.

 

ETA: 9 over was our highwater mark in '09.

 

I know we've talked about it before, but it still blows my mind a little how many good stats along those lines come from 2009. In my memory they just fell off of a cliff and were terrible almost all of that season and then it was just years of blech.

[Sammy Sofa]

He's not wrong. I would eat a shoe if the Cubs beat the Cardinals in a playoff series this year.

 

i don't need more reasons to want the cubs to beat the cardinals in the playoffs this year, but hell why not

 

you don't need to eat the whole thing, but you will definitely need to provide video evidence that you chewed and swallowed a portion of the shoe, as to be determined by the board. i will be the deciding vote in the event of a tie

 

Proposal: everyone here gets to hurl the shoe at him before he has to eat it.

[jersey cubs fan]

He's not wrong. I would eat a shoe if the Cubs beat the Cardinals in a playoff series this year.

 

i don't need more reasons to want the cubs to beat the cardinals in the playoffs this year, but hell why not

 

you don't need to eat the whole thing, but you will definitely need to provide video evidence that you chewed and swallowed a portion of the shoe, as to be determined by the board. i will be the deciding vote in the event of a tie

 

Proposal: everyone here gets to hurl the shoe at him before he has to eat it.

That many Cubs fans throwing shoes at a guy in a Cardinals jersey is just going to add fuel to the fire for the TBFIB.

[Sammy Sofa]

Let it serve as a warning.

[apete6]

Just watched the replay of last night's game on CSN. Even though the Cubs struggled to score, they maintained good at-bats. The Fowler, Russell, and Denorfia at bats to end the game were all excellent. Fun stuff!

[UMFan83]

Just watched the replay of last night's game on CSN. Even though the Cubs struggled to score, they maintained good at-bats. The Fowler, Russell, and Denorfia at bats to end the game were all excellent. Fun stuff!

 

Yeah they got Greinke out of the game after 6 innings by making him throw over 100 pitches. Good stuff

[mul21]

[expletive] st. louis. if we can beat kershaw and greinke, we can beat those cheating racist [expletive] too

 

i am enjoying the current run as much as anyone, but we are setting ourselves up for disappointment if we expect anything resembling good play/results against the cardinals.

 

136 	09-01-2003 	vs St. Louis Cardinals 	7-0 	W 	70-66
137 	09-02-2003 	vs St. Louis Cardinals 	4-2 	W 	71-66
138 	09-02-2003 	vs St. Louis Cardinals 	0-2 	L 	71-67
139 	09-03-2003 	vs St. Louis Cardinals 	8-7 	W 	72-67
140 	09-04-2003 	vs St. Louis Cardinals 	7-6 	W 	73-67

[CyHawk_Cub]

I've reached the point where I'm extremely confident the Cubs can beat the supposedly top teams in the league. It's the bottom feeder teams that are the annoyance thus far, but I expect that to change too. If Soler & Ramirez come back soon, ready to roll out of the gate, and if Theo gets another quality starter, I honestly think the Central can still be had.

[Andy]

Thoughts on spot starting somebody (Wood/Jackson/anybody fresh in AA/AAA?) on Thursday and throwing Lester/Arrieta/Hammel at the Cardinals all with an extra day of rest? That lines all of them up to also face the Cardinals just before the ASB, so you wouldn't even lose a start from any of them before the break.

 

Edit: Hammel would be on normal rest

I think it's unnecessary.

Agreed - though I like the general concept of wanting to have our best bullets available for STL, every win we can get is important.

 

If it's late August or September, and a sweep could get us into a tie with them or something, you might be on to something, but it's too early to think like that.

[UMFan83]

Thoughts on spot starting somebody (Wood/Jackson/anybody fresh in AA/AAA?) on Thursday and throwing Lester/Arrieta/Hammel at the Cardinals all with an extra day of rest? That lines all of them up to also face the Cardinals just before the ASB, so you wouldn't even lose a start from any of them before the break.

 

Edit: Hammel would be on normal rest

I think it's unnecessary.

Agreed - though I like the general concept of wanting to have our best bullets available for STL, every win we can get is important.

 

If it's late August or September, and a sweep could get us into a tie with them or something, you might be on to something, but it's too early to think like that.

 

If you spot start someone like Wood or Jackson, they probably won't be able to give you more than 5 innings, meaning you risk taxing the pen before the Cardinals series.