8/3 Cubs (Lester) @ Pirates (Liriano) 6:05, CSN, ESPN

[soccer10k]

Losing is not fun.

 

Winning is fun.

 

Do the winning thing again, Cubs.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

ride the soccer10k wave

[treebird]

http://i.imgur.com/VdpcJG8.jpg

[OleMissCub]

Keep making them threads, Soccer. Seriously, please do.

[DiamondMind]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnVrSZHnvYY

[Derwood]

And.....I'm in blackout hell

 

Manfred, these antiquated rules need to be top priority

[Sammy Sofa]

http://i.imgur.com/VdpcJG8.jpg

 

NO.

[ctcf]

Pretty exciting stretch of 7 games with huge wild card implications starting today. Losing Burnett is going to be a big blow for this Bucs team.

[rawaction]

Hope nobody changed the calendars in the Cubs lockerroom.

 

Lester:

April ERA 6.23

May ERA 1.76

June ERA 5.74

July ERA 1.66

[TruffleShuffle]

hopefully bryant is okay to play against the lhp. wouldn't be surprised if he gets the day off though.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Really really want the Pirates to slip and make this a two-spot race.

[UMFan83]

Hope nobody changed the calendars in the Cubs lockerroom.

 

Lester:

April ERA 6.23

May ERA 1.76

June ERA 5.74

July ERA 1.66

 

That means he will pitch us into the playoffs down the stretch and will pitch us right out once we get there.

[UMFan83]

Really really want the Pirates to slip and make this a two-spot race.

 

It's not fair that all the other Wild Card contenders have other more important playoff spots to seek out. I was doing some opposing team board surfing yesterday and all of them are barely talking about the Wild Card race, they only care about what the Dodgers, Nationals and Cardinals are doing. The least the Pirates can do is let us have a second wild card spot to shoot for.

[Guest]

And.....I'm in blackout hell

 

Manfred, these antiquated rules need to be top priority

 

just use a VPN already

[UMFan83]

And.....I'm in blackout hell

 

Manfred, these antiquated rules need to be top priority

 

just use a VPN already

 

seriously, its 2015

[Guest]

Really really want the Pirates to slip and make this a two-spot race.

 

Aside from the obvious benefits, I want at least one guaranteed playoff home game to go to so bad.

[Guest]

Really really want the Pirates to slip and make this a two-spot race.

 

It's not fair that all the other Wild Card contenders have other more important playoff spots to seek out. I was doing some opposing team board surfing yesterday and all of them are barely talking about the Wild Card race, they only care about what the Dodgers, Nationals and Cardinals are doing. The least the Pirates can do is let us have a second wild card spot to shoot for.

 

when we pass the pirates we can set our sights on the cardinals #NVRQT #wearegood #letsgo

[Schwarber Fan]

If Bryant isn't playing tonight, I'll get it, but I hope this doesn't become one of those "ok, he's not playing today either," situations where it drags on and no one gets called up and we have to deal with Herrera in the lineup every day. If Bryant can't play, Olt/Villanueva/Baez really need to be up. Especially against a LHP where we can't be running Coghlan and Schwarber out there. Tonight we may be seeing a lineup with Ross, Herrera, Castro, and Denorfia. Oof.

[Guest]

Playoff odds back up to 62.6% on BP

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If Bryant isn't playing tonight, I'll get it, but I hope this doesn't become one of those "ok, he's not playing today either," situations where it drags on and no one gets called up and we have to deal with Herrera in the lineup every day. If Bryant can't play, Olt/Villanueva/Baez really need to be up. Especially against a LHP where we can't be running Coghlan and Schwarber out there. Tonight we may be seeing a lineup with Ross, Herrera, Castro, and Denorfia. Oof.

 

 

Herrera is better at baseball right now than Olt, Villanueva or Baez.

[sontensei]

Herrera is Maddons favorite clubhouse guy he goes no where.

[sontensei]

If Bryant isn't playing tonight, I'll get it, but I hope this doesn't become one of those "ok, he's not playing today either," situations where it drags on and no one gets called up and we have to deal with Herrera in the lineup every day. If Bryant can't play, Olt/Villanueva/Baez really need to be up. Especially against a LHP where we can't be running Coghlan and Schwarber out there. Tonight we may be seeing a lineup with Ross, Herrera, Castro, and Denorfia. Oof.

 

Very good point the lineup tonight might end up something like

 

Fowler

Denforia

Rizzo

Soler

Castro

Herrera

Ross

Lester

Russell

[Sammy Sofa]

You DO realize how terrible Bryant has been for weeks now, right? Obviously we want him back in the lineup ASAP so he can hopefully get it going again, but it's not like the lineup is hugely downgraded at the moment having Herrera instead of him for a game or two.

[sontensei]

You DO realize how terrible Bryant has been for weeks now, right? Obviously we want him back in the lineup ASAP so he can hopefully get it going again, but it's not like the lineup is hugely downgraded at the moment having Herrera instead of him for a game or two.

 

Yeah we just need Herrera to bunt every AB he might get on base 1 or 2 times.

[rawaction]

Really really want the Pirates to slip and make this a two-spot race.

 

Aside from the obvious benefits, I want at least one guaranteed playoff home game to go to so bad.

 

I'd like an NLCS game in Pittsburgh. Of course, there appears to be very little chance both the Cubs and Pirates make the playoffs and don't play a 1-gamer.