7/8 cubs (arieta) @ pirates (liriano) 605pm cdt csn

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Nice job, Javy. That's a professional at-bat.

[philosophizer75]

Well at least I can always love Javy.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

OK, Jake, throw a scoreless one here buddy.

[weis21]

very nice inning from Jake

[Bryants Disco Ball]

very nice inning from Jake

 

I feel bad when we have to celebrate and be encouraged that Jake had a good inning. But here we are.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Shut the hell up, Rodriguez.

[Derwood]

Gamecast shows the 2 strikes to Zobrist out of the zone, but the 3 balls in the zone. More umpire tomfoolery?

[tawfiqmp]

The good news is that worst case scenario, we go into the ASB with a 5 game division lead. Maybe we're not as good as the first 2 months lead us to believe, but we're damn sure not as bad as we've been the past 3 weeks or so. And how ironic will it be when after all that Jed and Theo have done over the past 3 years if the final piece of the puzzle is Rich [expletive] Hill. [expletive] it, I'm out. Get some rest. Ass holes.

Huh? Rich Hill is good

[Bryants Disco Ball]

80 pitches through 4 1/3 is old-school Cubs. Just need the runs to go with it.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Zobrist sliding like someone pulled his legs out from under him

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Riz hit a homer man.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Or swing at the first pitch after two walks and fly out.

[weis21]

very nice inning from Jake

 

I feel bad when we have to celebrate and be encouraged that Jake had a good inning. But here we are.

it was more encouragement than celebration. the stuff is still there, just not the command. when he reels that in then he's good to go. i still believe it's just a mechanical tweak. that was the premise behind the post.

[Tryptamine]

Man this team is dog horsefeathers with risp over the last few weeks.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

very nice inning from Jake

 

I feel bad when we have to celebrate and be encouraged that Jake had a good inning. But here we are.

it was more encouragement than celebration. the stuff is still there, just not the command. when he reels that in then he's good to go. i still believe it's just a mechanical tweak. that was the premise behind the post.

 

I hear ya. I think I was more thinking about what I was thinking at talked out loud about it.

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Imagine that we failed to hit with runners in scoring position yet again.

[philosophizer75]

It seems like nobody is patient at the plate anymore.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Brewers beating the Cards 1-0 in the second. Let's keep our 8-game lead in the loss column, bitches! (Sorry to David for saying bitch. He's off watching Breaking Bad anyway. Which, oddly, also had a guy who says bitch a lot).

[Bryants Disco Ball]

It seems like nobody is patient at the plate anymore.

 

Well they have three walks including two that inning. It's just Riz and Willson followed with no patience.

[David]

i know he's given up 3 runs, but how has jake looked?

 

 

looks like he's been efficient at least

[Little Slide Rooter]

The good news is that worst case scenario, we go into the ASB with a 5 game division lead. Maybe we're not as good as the first 2 months lead us to believe, but we're damn sure not as bad as we've been the past 3 weeks or so. And how ironic will it be when after all that Jed and Theo have done over the past 3 years if the final piece of the puzzle is Rich [expletive] Hill. [expletive] it, I'm out. Get some rest. Ass holes.

Huh? Rich Hill is good

 

Exactly. My point is that when this team was being put together via rabbits out of hats, most of us didn't even realize that that Rich Hill was in the league, let alone a potentially important piece when we got to the point where we are now.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

i know he's given up 3 runs, but how has jake looked?

 

 

looks like he's been efficient at least

 

He's had bouts of both pure crap and awesomeness.

[David]

that's because he wasn't in the league

[weis21]

i know he's given up 3 runs, but how has jake looked?

 

 

looks like he's been efficient at least

i didn't see the second HR, but i think he's looked better (just not god mode). the first HR caught too much of the plate but it was literally inside outed to RF. He's just missing spots here and there but the stuff is nasty.

 

in my opinion he's seemed like the median between "god mode Arrietta" and "recently garbage" Arrietta.

[weis21]

i have a good feeling about this inning.

 

Go CUBS!!!

 

(still miss Fred)