7/27 Rockies (De La Rosa) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 7:05, CSN+

[ARCubsFan]

By the way, Maddon pulled Schwarber for Ross so Ross is up 3rd in the 9th. More bad managing.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

You can pretty much say anything negative that you want right now and I won't disagree with you.

 

This season will not end with the Cubs in the playoffs. The slide is complete.

[Ski]

[expletive] this team. I hope they miss the playoffs. They [expletive] deserve it.

 

I don't think you have to hope.

I mean it in a cathartic way. Like, "You fucked up too much, and you don't deserve nice things." Seriously, batters succeed less than half the time and yet we allowed four runs to score without making an out. Don't make shitty pitches and everything will be fine. Jesus Christ.

 

Goodness, I'm more bitter than usual tonight.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh don't worry, everyone will put on funny hats after the game and laugh about it because "baseball is supposed to be fun".

[treebird]

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i've got a beer.

 

and a whiskey.

 

and a sword.

[Andy]

Yes, you can blame Maddon. The writing has been on the wall regarding Motte since basically as soon as he arrived in his peripherals. And there was never a reason to sign Soriano let alone give him a big spot. Meanwhile Grimm languishes in low leverage early inning spots. It's Dustyish managing.

[UMFan83]

So glad Ross is batting 3rd instead of Schwarber. his pitch framing really kept the Cubs in this one

[Cubswin11]

I don't want to hear about upcoming opponents W% or "easy stretches of games" ever again. It's [expletive] baseball, on an incredibly favored night u might be favored like 55% to 45% at most (and that's probably overstating it). Edited July 28, 2015 by Cubswin11

[sontensei]

Pirates and giants next week boys hammer could be nailed in by like august 10th

[MarkR]

FML

[downsr30]

Pulling Schwarber for Ross with a 3 run lead was not a bad move whatsoever. When you're leading, defense is more important than offense. I will hate when hate is due, but that wasn't a bad move.

 

 

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[imb]

Well to be honest our record is sort of bolstered by unsustainably flukey one-run wins anyway so this [expletive] is just evening everything out.

[Gilby]

I'm having August 2009 and September 2004 flashbacks.

[MarkR]

We're going to pull it out. Signature win this year.

[dfnowak]

Motte and Soriano have to be gone. Brian Schlitter was better.

Seriously?

[abuck1220]

would be hard to imagine a worse four game stretch than this.

[Outshined_One]

What do we think, go quietly into the night or fake rally?

[Andy]

If not for a couple of horseshit wins in Cincinnati we would be 3-11 in this stretch. Three and [expletive] eleven.

[DiamondMind]

i've got a beer.

 

and a whiskey.

 

and a sword.

 

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[Soul]

I just woke up.

 

Oh, it's the Cubs again.

[chopsx9]

I get not wanting to put the go ahead run on but you are facing the hottest hitter in baseball who has crushed you tonight already. Plus walking him sets up a possible double play

 

I agree - I don't know how you pitch to him there. I flipped away assuming the walk was coming.

[Ski]

We're going to pull it out. Signature win this year.

The cubs do jackshit in the clutch. Don't expect anything. This team has absolved itself of any hope for the rest of the season. They had a chance to go to 9 games above .500 and they've performed like steamy garbage ever since. It's inexcusable.

[DiamondMind]

WHY THE [expletive] DO YOU PITCH TO GONZALEZ. WHY.

[UMFan83]

Yes, you can blame Maddon. The writing has been on the wall regarding Motte since basically as soon as he arrived in his peripherals. And there was never a reason to sign Soriano let alone give him a big spot. Meanwhile Grimm languishes in low leverage early inning spots. It's Dustyish managing.

 

I don't understand if Maddon is supposed to be this smart manager he doesn't see the advanced stats that suggest that he's due to suck. I don't necessarily care if the best reliever is a closer, I mean we've made the playoffs with Borowski and Dempster as our closers, but Motte is definitely not the guy when you have guys like Grimm and Strop (assuming you use Rondon for high leverage situations)

[Little Slide Rooter]

At least we have Schwarber coming up this inning. *checks imaginary scorecwrd* *crumples it up* *punches hole through wall.*