6/14 Cubs (Lackey) @ Nationals (Gonzalez) 6:05 ABC7, MLBN

[Sammy Sofa]

Sure, walk him on strike 4. You'll pay big, blue.

[TruffleShuffle]

meanwhile rizzo starts out in an 0-2 hole because the umpire doesn't know where the bottom of the strike zone is.

 

robot umps plz.

[BigSlick]

God I'm so glad we have Jason Heyward

[Sammy Sofa]

http://i.giphy.com/8aYLkCDqldRbq.gif

[TruffleShuffle]

when did daniel murphy turn into ted williams anyway? is his homophobia granting him some sort of super baseball powers?

[BigSlick]

This is some primo 2016 Cubs right here. Taking a bunch of pitches, getting walks, getting the hits you need to score some runs. Gonzalez may have a hard time going 5 now.

[BigSlick]

This ump is having an absolutely brutal game. Gameday showing the 3rd pitch as a pitch waaaay better than strike 1

[BigSlick]

Wow its a ghost town here.

 

I'll just be Fred and livepost to myself

[BigSlick]

Our defense looks extremely good compared to the last 3 or so games

[Cubswin11]

That looks like the same play as the Heyward play they called him out on

[BigSlick]

This is one of the worst umpired games of the season from all angles

 

Good thing the Cubs have the lead so I'm not breaking things

[Cubswin11]

These umps suck

[UMFan83]

Does Lacky love facing Harper with men on or something

[BigSlick]

I'm gonna be honest, if Ramos isn't in the lineup this Nats lineup, even with Revere and Werth hitting a touch more, is just not that scary. You do what you need to do with Harper and Murphy and the rest of the lineup has Bum tendencies

 

Imagine how unimpressive they would be if Murphy's turn into Tony Gwynn during the 2015 playoffs didn't somehow continue.

[David]

[BigSlick]

This ump despises John

 

I can't be too mad, Lackey is a real pain in the ass

[David]

please be very careful lackey

[BigSlick]

Well done.

 

What is this I'm feeling...competitive spirit? Excitement? That this feels like a real challenge and a team that can match up somewhat with the team so it feels vaguely competitive?

 

Strange

[UMFan83]

 

That sir made my day and possibly my week

[Tim]

I'm back...where are all the dongs?

[Tim]

At least it took 8 pitches for Javy to strike out?

[BigSlick]

Ah well whatever. He's done for the day anyway.

 

At least it took 8 pitches for Javy to strike out?

It was one of the first 3 ball counts I've seen him work to.

 

He apparently has 3 walks on the year but I cannot recall a single one

[BigSlick]

John Lackey I'd let you put your weird mouth on mine

[Tim]

Lackey has been so good lately.

[BigSlick]

I wouldn't say this is the most egregious Dusty stretching of a starter but I also probably wouldn't have sent him out there