4/15 Rockies (Bettis) @ Cubs (Hendricks) 1:20 MLBN, CSN

[Careless]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

yes

[sneakypower]

first 2 pitches, actually

[wvcbxl]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

 

Yes

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

 

True. Tried beating the shift, but popped it foul. He showed bunt on the second pitch, as well.

[CubInOK]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

yes

I think he was getting tired of seeing the 3rd baseman standing on 2nd all the time.

[Careless]

Bah, he should have had that. But not an error

[Banedon]

Gameday said Rizzo tried to bunt at the first pitch he saw. True?

 

True. Tried beating the shift, but popped it foul. He showed bunt on the second pitch, as well.

 

Ah, the shift. Forgot about that....that makes more sense now.

[Tim]

Tough error

[UMFan83]

Lazy Dex

 

edit: or not, sorry I'm watching while working

[Ski]

It feels like Zobrist should have dived for that.

[BigSlick]

This is unacceptable. I demand blood tribute. Destroy them and mash their bones into a paste I may spread on my toast.

[Banedon]

fart noises

[sneakypower]

Why do they make everyone wear 42 instead of a patch or something? That's just obnoxious.

[illiniguy]

For as hard as they hit the ball that inning, I am ok with being down just 1.

[UMFan83]

This doesn't feel like the Reds series where it seemed like every batter that came up was on the verge of walking.

[BigSlick]

jesus christ what a mess

 

stop TOOTBLANing. I heard an interview with Maddon where he's encouraging aggressive moves on the basepaths and, like, he's smarter than that, and I know he's more complicated than that. But just, don't do it.

Edited April 15, 2016 by BigSlick

[Liam Neeson]

How bad was Bryant's jump this time?

[UMFan83]

Damn, Bryant out twice on the bases in 2 games. I'm assuming both were botched hit and runs. Yesterday was a missed sign, today Russell swung and missed at a ball. Either way Bryant has to get a better jump there.

[UMFan83]

How bad was Bryant's jump this time?

 

Not sure but he was out by a mile.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

jesus christ what a mess

 

stop TOOTBLANing. I heard an interview with Maddon where he's encouraging aggressive moves on the basepaths and, like, he's smarter than that, and I know he's more complicated than that. But just, don't do it.

 

There's 2 outs and the pitcher is on deck, that base makes a big difference.

[BigSlick]

I'm going to assume the whole "Trevor Story is good" thing is over now that I picked him up on my fantasy team

 

This is also the strategy i have for that Hazelbacker scrub

[Aaron_Kennelly]

jesus christ what a mess

 

stop TOOTBLANing. I heard an interview with Maddon where he's encouraging aggressive moves on the basepaths and, like, he's smarter than that, and I know he's more complicated than that. But just, don't do it.

 

There's 2 outs and the pitcher is on deck, that base makes a big difference.

 

Yeah, that's a bit of an overreaction. And Maddon wants to run because we have a lot of fast, athletic guys that are good base runners. I get it: It's frustrating to run into outs when our offense is so loaded. But, we ran a lot last year, and had a great deal of success with it. You are just gonna have to live with a few outs on the base paths. The two Bryant caught stealings were ugly. But, it's not quite worth that reaction. Also a caught stealing isn't a TOOTBLAN: those are reserved for when you make an out like a nincompoop, not when you are just being aggressive.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

So Hendricks has thrown 32 strikes out of his 38 pitches. That's cool.

[Tim]

Oh, hey, Fowler's on base.

[fallacy]

Heyward really needs to get a big hit soon