9/28 Royals (Ventura) @ Cubs (Hendricks), 7:05, CSN

[CubInOK]

Manny Ramirez sighting.

[Careless]

I can't believe I actually feel good about Castro driving in the run here.

[Guest]

List of Cubs slumping going into the final week:

 

Fowler

Schwarber

Rizzo

Soler

Russell

Coghlan

Jackson

 

List of Cubs hitting well:

 

Bryant

Castro

 

Neither:

 

Baez

Montero

 

Does this sound about right?

I really don't think it's worth worrying about. The Cubs lead MLB in runs in September (at least up until a few days ago - haven't checked since). They'll either have a good or bad day in the WC game. It's that simple. After that anything is possible.

 

This is his thing. Just let him do it.

 

You've caused me to not want to actually look up the numbers and instead ask others to

 

your post did seem uncharacteristically low effort

[Guest]

lmao at JD

[Careless]

I can't believe I actually feel good about Castro driving in the run here.

buuuuut, I shouldn't have

[Ski]

Why do you swing at that garbage, Castro.

[weis21]

i hope the cubs win. but i really don't give a [expletive], ultimately. sooooo THIS is what 2014 felt like!

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 73-4 (.948) when they lead at the end of the 7th inning.... 7-52 (.119) when they trail.... 10-9 (.526) when they're tied.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Gilby]

I watched like two minutes of the White Sox-Yankees game yesterday and heard Hawk bring up the fact that the Yankees scored on a "Kansas City Special." What a bitter old man.

 

JD asking for a bloop reminded me of that.

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are seeing 4.09 P/PA..... Royals are seeing 3.92 P/PA through 7 innings.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Guest]

14 baserunners in 7 innings, 0 runs for the Pirates

[UMFan83]

Dunno if this has been asked yet, but why are there so many Royals fans?

 

Because AL fans always flock to Wrigley when they play us in interleague games. Schedule comes out; see Wrigley; circle the date.

 

Err you realize this is a makeup game right? lol

 

I think the White sox thing is most logical. Possibly also royals fans who bought tickets to the game rained out and decided to come back for the game

 

why does it matter that it's a makeup game? the date has been known for months

 

For one, it's an isolated game instead of an entire series. Many fans go to multiple games of a series when they travel.

 

But more importantly the originally scheduled games came, I believe, over Memorial Day weekend, this game is on a Monday while school is in session.

[weis21]

i somehow missed even the replay of the collision on the cubs broadcast. but the aftermath looked pretty horrible.

[weis21]

OK, so I'll eat a little crow on Cahill. Still not sold he'd obviously be a better option to start over Hammel. But he's been good in his role for sure.

[Guest]

Dunno if this has been asked yet, but why are there so many Royals fans?

 

Because AL fans always flock to Wrigley when they play us in interleague games. Schedule comes out; see Wrigley; circle the date.

 

Err you realize this is a makeup game right? lol

 

I think the White sox thing is most logical. Possibly also royals fans who bought tickets to the game rained out and decided to come back for the game

 

why does it matter that it's a makeup game? the date has been known for months

 

For one, it's an isolated game instead of an entire series. Many fans go to multiple games of a series when they travel.

 

But more importantly the originally scheduled games came, I believe, over Memorial Day weekend, this game is on a Monday while school is in session.

 

sure, but AL fans (especially ones within relatively drive-able distance) are going to flock to wrigley games regardless

[CubInOK]

The KC feed never showed the collision in the other game. I don't feel like watching it.

[Sammy Sofa]

OK, so I'll eat a little crow on Cahill. Still not sold he'd obviously be a better option to start over Hammel. But he's been good in his role for sure.

 

I'm totally cool with making the 3rd starter some kind of Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

[weis21]

true. and let's be honest who doesn't want to see all these young studs that have turned around this franchise?

[itisallpartoftheplan]

This reminds me of that 1-0 game vs the Reds last year that Rizzo walked off on.

 

Though I doubt he plays.

[Schwarber Fan]

Can we talk about how good Cahill has been?

[weis21]

OK, so I'll eat a little crow on Cahill. Still not sold he'd obviously be a better option to start over Hammel. But he's been good in his role for sure.

 

I'm totally cool with making the 3rd starter some kind of Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

i'm inclined to agree with you, finally. but after tonight i'd rather give hendricks with ball and just give him a SHORT leash. no harm in that, right?

[weis21]

Can we talk about how good Cahill has been?

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[CubInOK]

OK, so I'll eat a little crow on Cahill. Still not sold he'd obviously be a better option to start over Hammel. But he's been good in his role for sure.

 

I'm totally cool with making the 3rd starter some kind of Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

i'm inclined to agree with you, finally. but after tonight i'd rather give hendricks with ball and just give him a SHORT leash. no harm in that, right?

That's pretty much the same thing as a Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

[Sammy Sofa]

OK, so I'll eat a little crow on Cahill. Still not sold he'd obviously be a better option to start over Hammel. But he's been good in his role for sure.

 

I'm totally cool with making the 3rd starter some kind of Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

i'm inclined to agree with you, finally. but after tonight i'd rather give hendricks with ball and just give him a SHORT leash. no harm in that, right?

That's pretty much the same thing as a Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

 

That's what I was thinking; expect/hope Hendricks can go 3-4 innings, then Cahill and Wood and all the rest. Hell, have Hammel standing by if necessary.

[weis21]

OK, so I'll eat a little crow on Cahill. Still not sold he'd obviously be a better option to start over Hammel. But he's been good in his role for sure.

 

I'm totally cool with making the 3rd starter some kind of Frankenstein monster made up of pitchers.

i'm inclined to agree with you, finally. but after tonight i'd rather give hendricks with ball and just give him a SHORT leash. no harm in that, right?

and my wording was wonky. i'm inclined to agree with that line of thinking. not "you" specifically. rondon fan and/or ski have been calling for a bullpen-by-committee over hendricks/hammel and I've held onto the line of thinking that that would be a mistake. I'm finally considering a wood/cahill combo would be perhaps a better option. Not totally sold, though. especially after hendricks' effort tonight.