5/4 Cubs (Lester) @ Pirates (Nicasio) - 11:35 CST - MLBN/CSN

[Sammy Sofa]

Let's face it: the Cubs aren't facing another team right now so much as a bunch of bags of beat they're just toying around with. They've clobbered the Pirates without the use of their dongs, and a small part of actually feels a little bad for the Pirates. The other, much bigger part of wants to see them whip around the Parrot's head with dong after dong so much that it finally just snaps off.

 

ANYWAY, it's Yips McGee:

 

http://mediadownloads.mlb.com/mlbam/2015/04/19/images/mlbf_80734783_th_45.jpg

 

vs. this anonymous sack of wet mice:

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/images/players/525x330/504379.jpg

 

LOOK AT HIM. He just looks bummed to be pitching, which makes sense since he's facing the Cubs and they will show him no mercy.

 

http://33.media.tumblr.com/8fdf4e75e80a69f6e75f41324e562da8/tumblr_inline_o4kr5g90Tt1qlbrga_540.gif

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I feel a little bad for Pirates fans. The worst feeling in sports is seeing your team's season end the exact same way over and over again. And right now, another Wild Card game is the best they can hope for.

 

When Fangraphs updates tonight, they'll be projected to win the division by 15 games.

[Brian]

unleash the dongs

[Omar]

Cubs v. Nicasio

Name              PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jason Heyward     19 16  6  2  0  0   2  3  1  .375  .474  .500  .974  0  0   0   0         0
Anthony Rizzo      9  7  0  0  0  0   0  2  2  .000  .222  .000  .222  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross         7  7  2  1  0  0   1  0  3  .286  .286  .429  .714  0  0   0   0         1
Clayton Richard    4  4  1  0  0  0   0  0  2  .250  .250  .250  .500  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur        3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Travis Wood        3  3  2  1  0  0   1  0  1  .667  .667 1.000 1.667  0  0   0   0         0
Kris Bryant        2  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  1  .500  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Trevor Cahill      2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Tim Federowicz     2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella    2  2  1  0  0  0   1  0  0  .500  .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         1
Javier Baez        1  1  1  0  0  1   2  0  0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000  0  0   0   0         0
Dexter Fowler      1  1  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 1.000 1.000 2.000 3.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Hammel       1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kyle Hendricks     1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1  .000  .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total             57 51 15  5  0  1   7  5 13  .294  .357  .451  .808  1  0   0   0         3
Has not faced: Addison Russell, Jorge Soler and Ben Zobrist & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Justin Grimm, John Lackey, Jon Lester, Neil Ramirez, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop and Adam Warren

 

Pirates v. Lester

Name                  PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Sean Rodriguez        46  38  9  3  0  2   6  4 14 .237 .348 .474  .822  0  1   0   3         1
Francisco Cervelli    17  15  3  0  0  0   2  1  2 .200 .250 .200  .450  1  0   0   0         0
Andrew McCutchen      14  13  1  0  0  0   0  0  4 .077 .143 .077  .220  0  0   0   1         0
David Freese          12  12  3  1  0  0   0  0  6 .250 .250 .333  .583  0  0   0   0         1
Matthew Joyce         12  11  4  0  0  2   6  1  3 .364 .417 .909 1.326  0  0   0   0         0
Chris Stewart         12   7  3  0  0  1   2  2  1 .429 .545 .857 1.403  1  1   0   1         1
Josh Harrison         11  11  2  0  0  0   0  0  2 .182 .182 .182  .364  0  0   0   0         0
Starling Marte        10  10  3  1  0  0   0  0  2 .300 .300 .400  .700  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Rogers           6   6  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .167 .167 .167  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Gerrit Cole            4   3  2  0  0  0   1  0  1 .667 .667 .667 1.333  1  0   0   0         0
Jordy Mercer           3   3  1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333 .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Gregory Polanco        3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Ryan Vogelsong         1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total                151 133 32  6  0  5  17  8 38 .241 .304 .398  .703  3  2   0   5         3
Has not faced: John Jaso & Has not faced pitchers: Arquimedes Caminero, Neftali Feliz, Jared Hughes, Francisco Liriano, Kyle Lobstein, Jeff Locke, Mark Melancon, Juan Nicasio, Jon Niese, A.J. Schugel and Tony Watson

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Time to sweep.

 

I hate to look too far ahead, but let's just say we win tomorrow and have a 6-game lead. The Pirates head to St. Louis. We have a tough series with the Nats coming in, but... big deal. Then the Padres come to town. After that, the Pirates come into town, and are set up to face the same three guys we ran out this week. The Cardinals will spend their time on a tough West coast trip.

 

What I am trying to say is, if we play up to our potential, we could have an astonishing lead by the 15th of May.

[Brian]

this is what we're doing to the Pirates

 

http://upl.stack.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/02153520/Mountain-Head-Smash.gif

[Bote McBoteface]

We need a picture like the one of Lou.

 

The Pirates are really good and we're making them look really bad. They're also our likely NLDS opponent so itd be cool to keep kicking their asses all season.

 

Oh and this start time sucks.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I feel a little bad for Pirates fans. The worst feeling in sports is seeing your team's season end the exact same way over and over again. And right now, another Wild Card game is the best they can hope for.

 

When Fangraphs updates tonight, they'll be projected to win the division by 15 games.

 

The best part about this is that the team inflicting this pain is a team that they horsefeathering hate.

[Sammys Boombox]

So if the Pirates play in the WC game again they likely get Scherzer, Kershaw, Bumgarner, Greinke, whoever is the Mets or Cardinals ace. All very difficult opponents. Their reward for winning? Likely Arrieta, Lester and some stud Theo gets at the deadline.

[David]

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Early games own. Drop kid off school, eat breakfast, transition straight into baseball.

[UMFan83]

This is the first time I've ever thought "Good thing Lester is starting so it guarantees Ross is in the lineup"

 

Not that the other dude didn't have a good game last night, but we're talking about David freaking Ross here.

[bukie]

I eagerly await the thread freak out when Lester struggles in the first inning.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I'm wondering if this is the game where a team finally just keeps bunting it back to Lester and goes station to station. The Pirates seem like a team that would have a lot of good bunters.

[Banedon]

Let's face it: the Cubs aren't facing another team right now so much as a bunch of bags of beat they're just toying around with. They've clobbered the Pirates without the use of their dongs, and a small part of actually feels a little bad for the Pirates. The other, much bigger part of wants to see them whip around the Parrot's head with dong after dong so much that it finally just snaps off.

 

I know everyone has mistypes...but it's just kind of fascinating how you missed the word "me" twice in the same post.

 

That is all.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Knew we were getting garbage Hammel Rondon Fan today. Predictable.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Zobrist in the outfield.

 

http://i.imgur.com/lBYwEDm.gif

[Brian707]

Time to sweep.

 

I hate to look too far ahead, but let's just say we win tomorrow and have a 6-game lead. The Pirates head to St. Louis. We have a tough series with the Nats coming in, but... big deal. Then the Padres come to town. After that, the Pirates come into town, and are set up to face the same three guys we ran out this week. The Cardinals will spend their time on a tough West coast trip.

 

What I am trying to say is, if we play up to our potential, we could have an astonishing lead by the 15th of May.

 

 

Not that it matters much but the Cubs are now 4-1 to win the WS in Vegas while the next closest team in baseball is the Nationals at 10-1. Cubs to at least advance to the WS is at 2-1.(This is from memory last night at home, as I can't look at gambling sites at work)

[BigSlick]

Early games own. Drop kid off school, eat breakfast, transition straight into baseball.

Nothing makes a workday go faster than listening to the game

 

Does make the day kinda grumpy though if they lose

 

 

The Pirates are really good and we're making them look really bad. They're also our likely NLDS opponent so itd be cool to keep kicking their asses all season.

 

This Pirates team is destined to lose in the Wild Card round every year until McCutcheon retires or a curse is lifted.

[Banedon]

This Pirates team is destined to lose in the Wild Card round every year until McCutcheon retires or a curse is lifted.

 

Which is kinda too bad...cuz Cutch seems like a really good guy. Completely not hateable.

[Sammy Sofa]

Let's face it: the Cubs aren't facing another team right now so much as a bunch of bags of beat they're just toying around with. They've clobbered the Pirates without the use of their dongs, and a small part of actually feels a little bad for the Pirates. The other, much bigger part of wants to see them whip around the Parrot's head with dong after dong so much that it finally just snaps off.

 

I know everyone has mistypes...but it's just kind of fascinating how you missed the word "me" twice in the same post.

 

That is all.

 

It's like how in some religions you can't actually say "God."

[Omar]

I understand the low attendance in Pittsburgh the last couple decades. But now they finally have a good team and attendance is still horsefeathers. what gives?

[jersey cubs fan]

I understand the low attendance in Pittsburgh the last couple decades. But now they finally have a good team and attendance is still [expletive]. what gives?

It's very early May and Pittsburgh weather sucks balls

[Omar]

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[Schwarber Fan]

Knew we were getting garbage Hammel Rondon Fan today. Predictable.

 

Man, and I haven't even posted in this thread yet.

 

Still no Heyward :(