7/06: Cardinals (Lackey) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:05 ESPN/WGN

[MWV]

Alcohol time

Shots shots shots

Guys the alcohol isn't helping

I'm dead

Anyone want to help me gauge me level of concern? Has DiamondMind gone "Full Cardinal"?

[sontensei]

guys the team is like 13 games over .500 vs. the entire league besides the cards. maddon better work his psychologist magic cuz even if we get to the postseason we gotta get past st. louis. it pains me to say this but they own the cubs.. i think its mental. laugh or say oh boy another sontensei post all you want... but its the truth.

 

also yeah to the offense point, aren't we supposed to have one of the better offense in the game due to the "strategy" of the front office... yeah everyone slumps, but this slump is pretty epic... over 3 weeks + .. almost the entire team besides bryant and coghlan.. is it "fate" that everyone else slumps at the same time? what are the odds other teams have scouted us so well that they have figured out all the other players so well? or is it a lack of talent or that was the talent over achieving for a hot streak?

 

ppl wanna gripe on ejax or the pen when they mess up, but to be honest our pitching has been way stronger overall than our batting all year.. ya ya rookies are learning on the job... what about the vets?? montero, fowler, castro have been terrible since pretty much early/mid june... how does so many players slump so hard at the same time for sooo long? well? thats baseball for ya? really? na, they need to look at the hitting coach.. but... who is better than the cubs can get right now as the everyday guy? manny?

[ARCubsFan]

guys the team is like 13 games over .500 vs. the entire league besides the cards. maddon better work his psychologist magic cuz even if we get to the postseason we gotta get past st. louis. it pains me to say this but they own the cubs.. i think its mental. laugh or say oh boy another sontensei post all you want... but its the truth.

 

also yeah to the offense point, aren't we supposed to have one of the better offense in the game due to the "strategy" of the front office... yeah everyone slumps, but this slump is pretty epic... over 3 weeks + .. almost the entire team besides bryant and coghlan.. is it "fate" that everyone else slumps at the same time? what are the odds other teams have scouted us so well that they have figured out all the other players so well? or is it a lack of talent or that was the talent over achieving for a hot streak?

 

ppl wanna gripe on ejax or the pen when they mess up, but to be honest our pitching has been way stronger overall than our batting all year.. ya ya rookies are learning on the job... what about the vets?? montero, fowler, castro have been terrible since pretty much early/mid june... how does so many players slump so hard at the same time for sooo long? well? thats baseball for ya? really? na, they need to look at the hitting coach.. but... who is better than the cubs can get right now as the everyday guy? manny?

Oh please let this happen

[Guancous]

someone think of the stupidest, most terrible thing we can think of to use in the game thread tomorrow. wondrous things like seinfeld and chinese food and all the like are powerless in the face of the cardinals. what can push us as far as possible in the other direction?

http://www.gannett-cdn.com/-mm-/f5165edfa19bcf273643df7b3770f5690bca06dd/r=x404&c=534x401/http/cdn.tegna-tv.com/-mm-/165149e0dad913acd02a8016c23106abfcde018b/c=154-0-2712-1923/local/-/media/2015/06/27/WLTX/WLTX/635710179388102284-GettyImages-478761582.jpg

 

the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house.

 

APPLAUSE

[Sammy Sofa]

When they were showing Manny running around with the team I was surprised at how in shape he looked. Prelude to the most epic MLB comeback of all time?

[Guest]

Alcohol time

Shots shots shots

Guys the alcohol isn't helping

I'm dead

Anyone want to help me gauge me level of concern? Has DiamondMind gone "Full Cardinal"?

 

He didn't say anything about driving so I'd say no.

[CubInOK]

When they were showing Manny running around with the team I was surprised at how in shape he looked. Prelude to the most epic MLB comeback of all time?

It's probably just how he looks while he's ending a steroid cycle and full of estrogen.