7/3 Cubs (Lester) v. Mets (Syndergaard) 12:10, WGN

[Careless]

Increased his ERA by almost a third in a game in July. Ouch

[17 Seconds]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

[TMan92]

So it the last 8 games against these guys we have led like maybe one inning?

[Gilby]

http://i.imgur.com/9C0UxA4.gif

[Thusly Boned]

Man, he just got BABIPed to death at the end there. The rockets he gave up before that certainly didn't help though.

 

This. He have up rockets to scum like Flores and Rivera, and got dinked and dunked by their actual hitters.

[bcl412]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

Weren't/aren't we playing at a 90 win pace in that time?

[Sammy Sofa]

Game over. Lester is shutting them down today

 

Good call.

 

Yeah, what a dummy, being all positive and whatnot.

 

http://i.giphy.com/3oEjHWpvriqmpWS2zK.gif

Edited July 3, 2016 by Sammy Sofa

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Well, now I just want to see how much longer this can play out.

 

And I believed you when you said we were going to win. Damn you.

 

Imagine how happy you'll be when they inexplicably come back and win this.

 

IMAGINE IT.

 

I believe.

[TruffleShuffle]

put montero at catcher and let ross lob 50 mph pitches down the middle for the rest of the game. see if the mets try to score 100 runs or if they just get bored and start letting them go by for strikes.

[17 Seconds]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

Weren't/aren't we playing at a 90 win pace in that time?

 

26-24 over the last 50

[Thusly Boned]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

 

I never really bought full into that. Our SP, while really good, aren't as good as they have been. The team will be fine. The bullpen, however, is going to need attention.

[Gilby]

Len and JD are even pretty crabby.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

 

Not playing at a 130 win pace isn't mediocrity. Prior to the Cards series the Cubs had played at a 108 win pace since May 1st, and at a 114 win pace since June 1st.

[Sammy Sofa]

What is...outs?

[Little Slide Rooter]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

Weren't/aren't we playing at a 90 win pace in that time?

 

Superteams don't play at a 90 win pace, bcl. Superteams play at a 100 win pace at all times. And super-duperteams play at a 125 win pace, while uberteams play at a 150 win pace.

[ScrubMD]

51-111

[UMFan83]

The Mets went through an entire run through the order and every single batter reached base.

[Sammy Sofa]

The Mets went through an entire run through the order and every single batter reached base.

 

This Cubs team just can't stop doing crazy baseball things!

[Sammy Sofa]

http://stream1.gifsoup.com/view1/1433377/patton-slap-o.gif

[Clem Fandango]

Checking into the game today like...

 

 

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

 

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Concentrate on scoring one run per inning and we can tie this in the ninth and win in the 10th.

[UMFan83]

Checking into the game today like...

 

 

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

 

I thought that was going be the grandpa Simpson in the burlesque house gif

[Hairyducked Idiot]

I humbly request a fatalism thread.

[Tim]

Ninnies.

 

Assuming we don't get even more hurt by injuries than we already have, this team is still going to win 105+ and moonwalk through the second half to the best record in baseball.

[17 Seconds]

reminder: Cubs are 4-6 in the last 10 games (probably 4-7 after today in the past 11).

 

Cubs losing sucks. But the sky isn't falling. Every team - no matter how good - goes through these stretches.

 

i think it's the 2 months of mediocrity and the realization that we don't have a superteam

 

Not playing at a 130 win pace isn't mediocrity. Prior to the Cards series the Cubs had played at a 108 win pace since May 1st, and at a 114 win pace since June 1st.

 

just because the stretches you listed start on the 1st days of the month don't make them less arbitrary than the one i referenced.

 

i really don't think it's making any kind of leap to say that a 26-24 run is a good stretch of mediocrity.