7/20 cubs (richard) @ reds (lorenzen) 6:10 pm cdt, csn

[UMFan83]

the behind the back play by phillips was the game right there.

 

For me it was the two-run homer to Bruce.

 

Or Schwarber crushing a line drive right to a fielder with the bases loaded. Or Fowler getting thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double during a big inning. Or one of several other things that happened. Just bad luck and bad breaks tonight.

[Guest]

Giants and Mets both lose but the Pirates won.

[Guest]

They have to find a better starter than Richard.

[sontensei]

the behind the back play by phillips was the game right there.

 

For me it was the two-run homer to Bruce.

 

Or Schwarber crushing a line drive right to a fielder with the bases loaded. Or Fowler getting thrown out trying to stretch a single into a double during a big inning. Or one of several other things that happened. Just bad luck and bad breaks tonight.

 

we had our worst starter going tonight, and grimm had a bad inning (which will happen to any reliever, i think he is one of the better pen arms) but that play phillips made saved a run that would have been the tying run. who knows how it woulda played out. but anyways go cubbies sweep the DH today!

[Ding Dong Johnson]

sweep the DH today!

wrong day

[Flames24Rulz]

They have to find a better starter than Richard.

 

That shouldn't be that hard to do. He wasn't awful last night, but you can't depend on him in a pennant race as a starter.

[sontensei]

sweep the DH today!

wrong day

 

WELL WIN TODAY GOT DANGIT

[Guest]

They have to find a better starter than Richard.

 

That shouldn't be that hard to do. He wasn't awful last night, but you can't depend on him in a pennant race as a starter.

 

I'd much rather not (and it should be pretty easy to upgrade from him), but I don't see why you can't.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I know "screw pitchers" and all, but I want a rotation where Kyle Hendricks is the worst starter.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

or Jon Lester

[Guest]

yeah, me too.

 

i just think "contending teams can't have a kinda crappy pitcher as their 5th starter" is a silly statement

 

contending teams can have a lot of crappy things (just not at once)

[treebird]

contending teams can have a lot of crappy things (just not at once)

 

yeah, that's really it. with our lousy offense, it's really hard to carry richard for any length of time. it's sad, but we are not really in a position to be losing the games in which we happen to score four runs like we did last night.