4/23 - Cubs (Lackey) @ Reds (Straily) 6:10 CSN

[David]

this guy

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5203.png&w=350&h=254

(he's a big ugly doofus, but he's ours and he's going to kick ass)

 

goes up against this former cub throw-in (both to and from)

http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/32563.png&w=350&h=254

he sucks. his stats superficially look OK but he sucks. walk and dong him to death.

[David]

odds that mojo or omc know that straily was ever on the cubs?

[Sammy Sofa]

I was busy that day.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

odds that mojo or omc know that straily Lackey was ever on the cubs?

[Sammy Sofa]

http://i.giphy.com/EvWx1BeeRyyJi.gif

[David]

apparently derwood has been banned from at least this subforum or something lol

[raw]

The Cubs saw him as a reliever already this year and he gave up 2 runs, with 2 walks and a HBP in 2 1/3 innings. For some reason, left-handers are only 1-20 vs. Straily this year. Of course, the only hit was a 2-run single to Jason Heyward, and he hit Fowler, walked Montero, and gave up deep fly balls to Zobrist and Rizzo. So, the phrase smoke and mirrors come to mind here. Cubs have outscored them 24-1 thru 2 games, no reason they shouldn't get over 30 runs for the series today.

[Sammy Sofa]

apparently derwood has been banned from at least this subforum or something lol

 

[badger]

no reason they shouldn't get over 30 runs for the seriestoday.

 

FIFY

[BigbadB]

I sense that anyone can start game threads right now and the Cubs will win. Except Derwood.

[bukie]

Guess I didn't realize it was skipping to me. Oh well, I'll get the next one.

[Fred Hornkohl]

Guess I didn't realize it was skipping to me. Oh well, I'll get the next one.

 

Please start your turn with Sunday's game. Thanx.

[David]

i'm not sure i like messing with the mojo and changing thread starters after wins but i guess with this team there is nothing to fear (and we'd never get through the list)

[David]

i just turned on my tv and mr 3000 was on mlb network...i have since been too lazy to change the channel.

 

anyway, there was a clip on from the best damn sports show and i just remembered how that horsefeathering cheesy cornball tool chip caray refused to say thte name of the show and would say "best darn sports show" when he had to do the promos during our games and i want to punch his stupid face

[David]

so basically i hated chip caray and the one good dusty legacy is that he got him and stone fired to pave the way for len and, ultimately, jd

[Sammy Sofa]

i'm not sure i like messing with the mojo

 

Please, there's no need for such formality.

[Vinestal]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against some good teams, there's no challenge coming from the Reds for sure. Not that I don't enjoy bludgeoning the crap out of bad teams.

[Omar]

Reds v. Lackey

Name                PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Brandon Phillips    31  30  6  1  0  0   1  0  7 .200 .226  .233  .459  0  0   0   1         1
Jay Bruce           26  25  5  1  0  2   4  0  5 .200 .192  .480  .672  0  1   0   0         2
Billy Hamilton      22  21  7  2  0  0   0  1  4 .333 .364  .429  .792  0  0   0   0         0
Joey Votto          19  14  4  0  0  2   4  5  6 .286 .474  .714 1.188  0  0   2   0         0
Eugenio Suarez      18  16  5  0  0  0   3  1  2 .313 .353  .313  .665  1  0   0   0         1
Devin Mesoraco      10  10  1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .100 .100  .100  .200  0  0   0   0         1
Zack Cozart          8   8  2  0  0  0   1  0  1 .250 .250  .250  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Adam Duvall          6   6  2  0  0  0   0  0  2 .333 .333  .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Tucker Barnhart      4   3  1  0  0  0   0  1  0 .333 .500  .333  .833  0  0   0   0         0
Ivan De Jesus        3   3  0  0  0  0   1  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Scott Schebler       3   3  1  0  1  0   0  0  0 .333 .333 1.000 1.333  0  0   0   0         0
Alfredo Simon        3   3  1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333  .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jordan Pacheco       2   1  0  0  0  0   0  1  0 .000 .500  .000  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Tyler Holt           1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Dan Straily          1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              157 145 35  5  1  4  14  9 32 .241 .288  .372  .661  1  1   2   1         5
Has not faced pitchers: Tony Cingrani, Caleb Cotham, Brandon Finnegan, Drew Hayes, J.J. Hoover, Raisel Iglesias, Jon Moscot, Ross Ohlendorf, J.C. Ramirez and Blake Wood

 

Cubs v. Straily

Name              PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Dexter Fowler      5  4 1  0  0  1   1  0  2  .250  .400 1.000 1.400  0  0   0   1         0
Anthony Rizzo      4  3 0  0  0  0   0  1  1  .000  .250  .000  .250  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward      2  2 1  0  0  0   2  0  1  .500  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist        2  2 0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
John Lackey        1  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Miguel Montero     1  0 0  0  0  0   0  1        0             1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell    1  0 0  0  0  0   0  1        0             1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jorge Soler        1  1 1  0  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             18 14 3  0  0  1   3  3  5  .214  .389  .429  .817  0  0   0   1         0
Has not faced: Javier Baez, Tommy La Stella, David Ross and Matt Szczur & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Trevor Cahill, Justin Grimm, Jason Hammel, Kyle Hendricks, Jon Lester, Neil Ramirez, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop, Adam Warren and Travis Wood

[David]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against some good teams, there's no challenge coming from the Reds for sure. Not that I don't enjoy bludgeoning the crap out of bad teams.

 

who are the good teams? the nats?

 

fyi cubs have had the "hardest" strength of schedule in baseball so far

[bukie]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against some good teams, there's no challenge coming from the Reds for sure. Not that I don't enjoy bludgeoning the crap out of bad teams.

 

who are the good teams? the nats?

 

fyi cubs have had the "hardest" strength of schedule in baseball so far

Followed by the Reds, Angels, Dbacks and Rockies.

[bukie]

Only twice in modern (since 1900) Cub history have they had 17 game starts as good as 13-4. In 1908 (13-4) and 1907 (14-3). Edited April 23, 2016 by bukie

[David]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against some good teams, there's no challenge coming from the Reds for sure. Not that I don't enjoy bludgeoning the crap out of bad teams.

 

who are the good teams? the nats?

 

fyi cubs have had the "hardest" strength of schedule in baseball so far

Followed by the Reds, Angels, Dbacks and Rockies.

 

i really meant to say fwiw instead of fyi there...yeah, i'm guessing we're kind of making our own schedule look harder by inflating the RPI of those teams because they faced us. :lol:

 

but i wouldn't say the teams we faced are particularly worse than the schedule of most other teams. lots of bad teams in baseball.

[David]

Only twice in Cub history have they had 17 game starts as good as 13-4. In 1908 (13-4) and 1907 (14-3).

 

i had heard that this was their best 17 game start since 1970...which was kind of annoying in the way that the "since 1985" anecdotes are

[Vinestal]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against some good teams, there's no challenge coming from the Reds for sure. Not that I don't enjoy bludgeoning the crap out of bad teams.

 

who are the good teams? the nats?

 

fyi cubs have had the "hardest" strength of schedule in baseball so far

I thought we've had one of the easiest schedules so far. The Angels suck, as do the Reds. Colorado is playing well now but they'll likely finish near the bottom of that division. Before the season started everyone was talking about how cream puff the first month of the season was going to be.

[Little Slide Rooter]

I'm really looking forward to seeing how we do against some good teams, there's no challenge coming from the Reds for sure. Not that I don't enjoy bludgeoning the crap out of bad teams.

 

Sorry to disappoint you, but it won't be getting much harder. After we yawn our way through 2 more with the Reds, it's an off day, then a pair of Fecal League juggernauts in the Brewers and Braves. Times is hard easy.