7/22 - Cubs (Hammel) @ Brewers (Nelson) 7:10 CDT CSN

[Sammy Sofa]

I met a traveller from an antique land

Who said: Two vast and trunkless legs of stone

Stand in the desert. Near them on the sand,

Half sunk, a shatter'd visage lies, whose frown

And wrinkled lip and sneer of cold command

Tell that its sculptor well those passions read

Which yet survive, stamp'd on these lifeless things,

The hand that mock'd them and the heart that fed.

And on the pedestal these words appear:

"My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:

Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!"

Nothing beside remains: round the decay

Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare,

The lone and level sands stretch far away.

[badger]

I'm failing to see the Ozymandias connection with this game unless we're just going to murder Nelson in cold blood.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

that's a poem by stangie sofie

 

[badger]

Oh, I thought it was the Breaking Bad reference.

[Cubswin11]

Sweep these mofos

[Ding Dong Johnson]

lol, I don't know what it's from. it just reminded me of a check it out opening.

[Cubswin11]

I was watching the Brewer game tonight and they mentioned all 3 games this weekend are sold out, so I expect an extremely large contingency of Cubs fans in attendance. Also it would be considerate of the Brewers if they traded Lucroy, Carter and Jeffries or Smith before Friday.

[badger]

Ozymandias was the name of the greatest Episode in the history of breaking bad.

[Banedon]

You guys hear Ozymandias and think of BB, which is legit...but I can't help but associate it with Watchmen.

[David]

Yeah, I think of BB.

[Omar]

Brewers v. Hammel

Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ryan Braun           29  23  8  1  0  2   3  3  4 .348 .483  .652 1.135  0  0   0   3         0
Scooter Gennett      20  19  6  1  0  0   0  1  4 .316 .350  .368  .718  0  0   0   0         1
Jonathan Lucroy      16  15  4  0  0  0   1  1  2 .267 .313  .267  .579  0  0   0   0         1
Chris Carter          9   9  2  1  0  1   1  0  5 .222 .222  .667  .889  0  0   0   0         0
Martin Maldonado      9   8  0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .111  .000  .111  0  0   0   0         0
Hernan Perez          7   6  1  0  0  0   0  1  2 .167 .286  .167  .452  0  0   0   0         0
Kirk Nieuwenhuis      6   6  2  0  0  1   2  0  1 .333 .333  .833 1.167  0  0   0   0         0
Will Middlebrooks     4   4  1  0  0  1   2  0  1 .250 .250 1.000 1.250  0  0   0   0         0
Jimmy Nelson          4   4  1  1  0  0   0  0  3 .250 .250  .500  .750  0  0   0   0         0
Ramon Flores          3   2  0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .333  .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Jonathan Villar       3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Garza            2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Junior Guerra         2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               114 103 25  4  0  5   9  8 26 .243 .316  .427  .743  0  0   0   3         2
Has not faced: Jake Elmore and Andy Wilkins & Has not faced pitchers: Chase Anderson, Jacob Barnes, Blaine Boyer, Zach Davies, Jeremy Jeffress, Corey Knebel, Jhan Marinez, Will Smith, Tyler Thornburg and Carlos Torres

 

Cubs v. Nelson

Name               PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Anthony Rizzo      19 19  4  1  1  1   2  0  4 .211 .211 .526  .737  0  0   0   0         1
Kris Bryant        13 13  3  1  0  0   0  0  4 .231 .231 .308  .538  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell    13 13  2  0  0  0   0  0  4 .154 .154 .154  .308  0  0   0   0         1
Jason Heyward      12 11  3  1  0  0   2  0  3 .273 .250 .364  .614  0  1   0   0         1
David Ross          8  4  0  0  0  0   0  3  0 .000 .429 .000  .429  1  0   1   0         0
John Lackey         7  6  0  0  0  0   0  1  5 .000 .143 .000  .143  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez         6  6  3  0  0  0   2  0  1 .500 .500 .500 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Hammel        6  5  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .200 .167 .200  .367  0  1   0   0         0
Miguel Montero      6  4  2  1  0  0   0  2  1 .500 .667 .750 1.417  0  0   0   0         0
Ben Zobrist         6  3  1  0  0  0   0  3  0 .333 .667 .333 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella     4  3  1  1  0  0   0  1  1 .333 .500 .667 1.167  0  0   0   0         0
Jake Arrieta        2  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Matt Szczur         2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .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             105 91 20  5  1  1   7 10 27 .220 .291 .330  .621  2  2   1   0         3
Has not faced: Albert Almora and Willson Contreras & Has not faced pitchers: Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Jon Lester, Spencer Patton, Clayton Richard, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop, Adam Warren and Travis Wood

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm glad they get to play in some air conditioning

[CubinNY]

I think of Mary Shelley. Anyway, Sweeeeep.

[tawfiqmp]

Ozymandias was the name of the greatest Episode in the history of breaking bad.

of any TV show

[Stu]

the problem with this poem is it speaks to fleeting empires that were built with great hubris but reduced to ashes. Im kinda hoping our empire lasts at least 6-10 years......

[Omar]

maybe its talking about the other team

[Cubswin11]

[Sammy Sofa]

maybe its talking about the other team

 

http://i.giphy.com/9BDfW3fVpiVVK.gif

[Stu]

maybe its talking about the other team

 

I thought about that but when were the Brewers a kingdom?

[Sammy Sofa]

Personally, I still get a chuckle out of Brewers fans thinking they were going to be kicking ass for years and years and years when they had Braun and Fielder. I'm spiteful like that.

[BigSlick]

I'm enjoying random 19th cent poetry being our OP for game threads

[Omar]

maybe its talking about the other team

 

I thought about that but when were the Brewers a kingdom?

 

when they had Braun and Fielder.

[UMFan83]

Based on Dex's wife's tweets, looks like he will be back in the lineup tonight

[Omar]

we should check her instagram to truly be sure

[BigSlick]

I told all of you, Dex is actually dead