05/29 Phillies (Velásquez) @ CUBS (Lackey) 1:20 CDT, WGN

[Sammy Sofa]

Buncha pearl-clutching brosephs.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I lucked into 5 free tickets that are apparently like 5th row, possibly right behind the plate or maybe a little off to the side.

 

In other words, look for the dude with the "Ride the Butters Wave" sign.

 

Man, kissing the South Bend mascot really paid off.

[Tim]

I've never once seen a tattoo that I thought improved the look of a person. But that's just my personal opinion.

[NOLA]

I've never once seen a tattoo that I thought improved the look of a person. But that's just my personal opinion.

Hot girls with a bit of an edge are where it's at. Sort of like Bobby Boucher's gf in Waterboy.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

Make fun of Velasquez for something that Baez and Russell both have? Just seems kind of lame, personal preferences on tattoos regardless.

[raw]

Make fun of Velasquez for something that Baez and Russell both have? Just seems kind of lame, personal preferences on tattoos regardless.

 

Yep. I prefer to make fun of him watching dongs fly over his head.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Make fun of Velasquez for something that Baez and Russell both have? Just seems kind of lame, personal preferences on tattoos regardless.

but his look douchey. big difference

[CubInOK]

Make fun of Velasquez for something that Baez and Russell both have? Just seems kind of lame, personal preferences on tattoos regardless.

but his look douchey. big difference

Well, Baez does have the MLB logo on the back of his neck.

 

I want Baez to become the conduit of Cubs hate from other teams' fans though.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Russell and Baez both have tattoos, neither have a sleeve tattoo.

[JWCUB]

Wind blowing out again?

[Sammy Sofa]

Russell and Baez both have tattoos, neither have a sleeve tattoo.

 

A neck tattoo, however, trumps all of this sleeve talk. Nobody likes those damn things.

 

Also lost in the sleeve nonsense: his horrible, horrible soul patch, which is redundant since all soul patches are horrible.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

More to Velasquez the pitcher, it looks like once some video got out on him teams have started hitting him a bit better. After his first two starts(15 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 25/3 K/BB), he's got a 3.87 ERA (4.58 RA) and hitters are hitting .262/.333/.454/.787.

[David]

Russell and Baez both have tattoos, neither have a sleeve tattoo.

They may not be full sleeves but they have huge forearm tattoos either way which are just about as terrible.

[jersey cubs fan]

I like the sentiment that in 2016 we are supposed to be more enlightened and accepting of tattoo culture, as if it's not the oldest and most boring form of expression around.

 

Tattoos are terrible. The more you have the worse you are.

 

(Sitting on a beach filled with phillies fans)

[David]

Make fun of Velasquez for something that Baez and Russell both have? Just seems kind of lame, personal preferences on tattoos regardless.

but his look douchey. big difference

Well, Baez does have the MLB logo on the back of his neck.

 

I want Baez to become the conduit of Cubs hate from other teams' fans though.

 

I'm no fan of tattoos but getting the MLB logo on your neck when you're 18 right above where it would be on a jersey and then actually making it to playing in MLB is far more awesome than it is douchey.

[David]

Do we not have lineups yet?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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[Fred Hornkohl]

This is Maddon's 39th unique lineup in 48 games.

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[UMFan83]

Can we pass the 20 over .500 barrier on the 3rd (4th?) try?

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 27-12 (.692) when they don't allow any first inning runs.... 6-2 (.750) when they do

 

 

Go CUBS !!

[Omar]

Phillies v. Lackey

Name               PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ryan Howard        17 16  3  0  0  2   2  1  9 .188 .235 .563  .798  0  0   0   0         1
Carlos Ruiz        13 13  3  0  0  0   1  0  3 .231 .231 .231  .462  0  0   0   0         1
Freddy Galvis       9  9  2  0  0  0   0  0  1 .222 .222 .222  .444  0  0   0   0         1
David Lough         7  6  1  0  0  0   1  1  0 .167 .286 .167  .452  0  0   0   0         0
Peter Bourjos       5  4  3  0  0  0   0  0  1 .750 .800 .750 1.550  0  0   0   1         0
Odubel Herrera      4  4  3  0  0  0   1  0  0 .750 .750 .750 1.500  0  0   0   0         0
Emmanuel Burriss    3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Maikel Franco       3  3  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 .667 .667 .667 1.333  0  0   0   0         0
Cesar Hernandez     1  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              62 59 17  0  0  2   5  2 15 .288 .323 .390  .712  0  0   0   1         3
Has not faced: Andres Blanco, Tyler Goeddel, Tommy Joseph and Cameron Rupp & Has not faced pitchers: Elvis Araujo, Andrew Bailey, Jerad Eickhoff, Jeanmar Gomez, Jeremy Hellickson, David Hernandez, Adam Morgan, Colton Murray, Hector Neris, Aaron Nola, Brett Oberholtzer and Vincent Velasquez

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Thank you, BABIP gods.

[UMFan83]

Haha 3 bloopers = 1 run. Remind me of this the next time I bitch about an unlucky run allowed

[bcl412]

Someone show ski this inning next time he whines about stuff

[Fred Hornkohl]

CUBS are 10-2 (.833) when they score in the first inning.... 23-12 (.657) when they don't

CUBS are 19-3 (.864) when they score first in the game.... 14-11 (.560) when they don't

 

 

Go CUBS !!