7/2 Cubs (Arrieta) @ Mets (DeGrom) 12:10, WGN

[DiamondMind]

We're gonna avoid Fernandez too, which is great

[JonJayCutler]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

[DiamondMind]

Man I [expletive] love Addison Russell

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 26-4 (.867) when they lead at the end of the 6th inning.... 15-31 (.326) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 30-7 (.811) when they get a quality start.... 11-28 (.282) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS have outscored the opponents 15-2 in the 7th inning of games started by Jake Arrieta.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Sammy Sofa]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

 

They're 5-6 since they swept the White Sox.

[Andy]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

I'm sure they have games with St. Louis left on the schedule, so I wouldn't worry about that.

[Schwarber Fan]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

 

The WC game is going to be played at PNC yet again. Might as well just accept it.

[Andy]

Man I [expletive] love Addison Russell

Imagine how awesome he's going to be when he figures out how to hit consistently at this level, which I'm assuming he will do since he's 21 years old.

[DiamondMind]

The WC game is going to be played at PNC yet again. Might as well just accept it.

 

If that game were next week, we have to start Arrieta against Cole....not Lester. Right?

[Andy]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

 

The WC game is going to be played at PNC yet again. Might as well just accept it.

And they're going to lose it again. Deal with THAT

[Fred Hornkohl]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

 

They're 5-6 since they swept the White Sox.

 

Don't get too worried about the Pirates.... they still have to play us 9 times.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[weis21]

God, now we are complaining about having to play @ Pittsburgh in the WC game? (which is obviously not a foregone conclusion on several levels)

[JonJayCutler]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

 

They're 5-6 since they swept the White Sox.

 

And now on the brink of sweeping Detroit on the road. 27-11 since May 22.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS up to 4.75 P/PA on the day.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Schwarber Fan]

God, now we are complaining about having to play @ Pittsburgh in the WC game? (which is obviously not a foregone conclusion on several levels)

 

I'm not sure it would necessarily be a bad thing. Just seems like we're not going to catch them.

[UMFan83]

The WC game is going to be played at PNC yet again. Might as well just accept it.

 

If that game were next week, we have to start Arrieta against Cole....not Lester. Right?

 

Yes...and will be twice as awkward when Hammel starts game 1 against St Louis

[UMFan83]

God, now we are complaining about having to play @ Pittsburgh in the WC game? (which is obviously not a foregone conclusion on several levels)

 

I'm not sure it would necessarily be a bad thing. Just seems like we're not going to catch them.

 

we're freaking 2.5 games behind them and they aren't some unbeatable juggernaut.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 31-11 (.738) when their starter pitches 6 innings or more.... 10-24 (.294) when he doesn't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Andy]

The WC game is going to be played at PNC yet again. Might as well just accept it.

 

If that game were next week, we have to start Arrieta against Cole....not Lester. Right?

 

Yes...and will be twice as awkward when Hammel starts game 1 against St Louis

Everyone is sick of bellyaching about David Ross, but in all seriousness, if we aren't going to start Montero for Lester in the playoffs, we probably should avoid putting Ross in the lineup when possible against RHPs, which means not starting Lester as much. The fact that Lester has been objectively worse than either of Hammel and Arrieta makes that an even easier call.

[Sammy Sofa]

Meanwhile, the Pirates will never lose another game. Ever.

 

They're 5-6 since they swept the White Sox.

 

And now on the brink of sweeping Detroit on the road. 27-11 since May 22.

 

And the Cubs are on the brink of sweeping the Mets on the road; they're are 6-5 in the same span the Pirates went 5-6. It was a pretty lazy complaint.

[DiamondMind]

The Pirates are a very good team. We can also beat them, though. It very well could be SF too, which actually scares me more with MadBum. I know Cole is a possible Cy Young winner, but a one game playoff against Bumgarner on the road terrifies me. I wish St Louis would come down to Earth and we could actually compete for the division

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 28-1 (.966) when they lead at the end of the 7th inning.... 13-34 (.277) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[apete6]

Cubs who have had a career defining game in the past 31 years:

 

Ryne Sandberg

Kerry Wood

Brant Brown

JONATHAN [expletive] HERRERA

 

LOL