9/1 Reds (DeScalfani) @ Cubs (Haren) 7:05, WGN

[Ski]

The Cubs haven't been good at this whole 'preserving leads' thing as of late.

[ARCubsFan]

The Cubs haven't been good at this whole 'preserving leads' thing as of late.

Hard to preserve a lead when they haven't had one

[Sammy Sofa]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

[Sammy Sofa]

FFS, Haren already out after 5 innings?

[Guest]

Deep bullpens in Sept.

[jumbo]

Has anyone done Cy DeSclafani yet?

[Schwarber Fan]

LaStella should just never swing.

[Sammy Sofa]

Oh yeah. That it's as hot as Satan's [expletive] today made me forget it's September.

[UMFan83]

3 more innings then Chapman

[ARCubsFan]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter? The Pirates barely do

[Sammys Boombox]

I'm getting pretty pissed at this offense right now.

[Schwarber Fan]

God I hope the offense is in an upswing come the playoffs.

[Sammy Sofa]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter? The Pirates barely do

 

Jesus, you're not even trying to hide it anymore.

[Schwarber Fan]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter?

 

Ironic post of the year.

[UMFan83]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter? The Pirates barely do

 

Man if you were the U.S. hockey coach in 1980 your pregame speech would probably be "Guys you aren't going to win so don't even try"

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter? The Pirates barely do

 

Yeah, I'm a glass half empty dude so I've stopped caring about those two. I'm left panicking about the Giants and Nats, simply because I don't trust the Cubs not to let them back in.

[ARCubsFan]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter? The Pirates barely do

 

Man if you were the U.S. hockey coach in 1980 your pregame speech would probably be "Guys you aren't going to win so don't even try"

The Cardinals are 10.5 ahead with like 32 games left

[Guest]

that was not a good double switch

[Sammy Sofa]

Nationals already up 4-0 on the Cardinals. Pirates down 5-0. WIN THIS DAMN GAME. Do it for me.

Why do the Cardinals still matter? The Pirates barely do

 

Man if you were the U.S. hockey coach in 1980 your pregame speech would probably be "Guys you aren't going to win so don't even try"

The Cardinals are 10.5 ahead with like 32 games left

 

Only a Cardinals fan would possibly be this constantly defensive about anyone daring to root for the Cubs to pick up any amount of ground on them.

[UMFan83]

I'm getting pretty pissed at this offense right now.

 

Yeah something about scoring 2 runs or less in 5 of our last 6 games, enroute to 6 of 7 and the one game we scored more than 2 runs we lost by 7 runs is kind of angering.

 

I thought the Cubs turned the corner in August and the young hitters were figuring stuff out, but it's starting to look like we're just streaky as [expletive]. Rizzo couldn't hit his way out of a paper bag for 5 weeks then all the sudden he's on fire for 3 weeks and now has been terrible again for 2 weeks. Bryant was anemic in July and awesome in August, etc

[UMFan83]

Hmm I guess Clayton Richard as a thing is just about over

[Schwarber Fan]

How does anyone ever get Votto out?

[Ski]

The Cubs' top priority should be winning (as it always should be). No use worrying about teams we probably won't catch.

 

Of course, the simple task of beating the lowly Reds is proving to be a challenge so far.

[rawaction]

Bad quick hook on Haren, though he probably wouldn't have gotten out Bruce or Votto either. But an even worse double switch. Only switched one spot and put in an inferior fielder and hitter.

[Sammy Sofa]

This is like exhibit A of how fans of Chicago sports teams are terrified babies. You're acting like wanting to gain some ground on the Cardinals, even if ultimately it's nothing more than a symbolic victory, is some kind of cursed blasphemy that nobody should root for because their chances of actually catching them are so slim.