8/11 Cardinals (Martinez) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:05 CST, CSN

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Really great slide from Coghlan

 

Really wish he didn't need it but I get that he was gonna tag given the arc of that fly ball

[bukie]

I hope they walk Lester after multiple pitchouts.

[gobigred]

feel better with lester here than heyward

[Derwood]

Be happy if you're not watching on MLBN. They're cutting away for every A-Rod at bat

[Tryptamine]

god this game is pissing me off

 

why the [expletive] can't that ball just go out, or why can't that happen with 2 outs so coghlan scores easily?

 

Right. Now Lester is up with a runner on 3rd and 1 out. Bad luck

 

To add on to that. If Strop and Rondon are healthy, maybe you consider pulling Lester here, but with the situation as it is there's no way you can justify so you have to let him take the at bat.

[Clem Fandango]

Safe or not Coghlan is a moron.

 

Seriously. That's some of the worst base running I've seen all year

[bukie]

Safe or not Coghlan is a moron.

 

Seriously. That's some of the worst base running I've seen all year

He went to tag in case the ball was caught.

[David]

damn it jon should have the bat placed firmly on his shoulder there

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Safe or not Coghlan is a moron.

 

Seriously. That's some of the worst base running I've seen all year

 

It took the ball hitting the underside of the basket to not be either a flyout or a HR. Tagging is the percentage play there, and makes a big difference considering the gap in man on 1st, 2 out, and man on 2nd, 2 out.

[Cubswin11]

Christ

[BigSlick]

Someone get a big hit or run scoring out pleeeeease

[David]

is anyone questioning coghlan's decisionto tag or isn't it his decision to go for 3rd?

[Tryptamine]

is anyone questioning coghlan's decisionto tag or isn't it his decision to go for 3rd?

 

No problem with the tag, going for 3B was not worth it.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

horsefeathers

[David]

for horsefeathers's sake i thought that was a hit off the bat too

[badger]

That inning sucked.

[Ski]

I swear there is a statistically significant amount of [expletive] that occurs when we play the Cards.

[UMFan83]

[expletive]. Runner on third and 1 out the last 2 innings and nothing to show for it. At least his pitch count is up there

[bukie]

I swear there is a statistically significant amount of [expletive] that occurs when we play the Cards.

I agree, the game threads are significantly more shitty when the Cubs play the Cards.

[Sammy Sofa]

I swear there is a statistically significant amount of [expletive] that occurs when we play the Cards.

 

Please explain what you possibly thinks qualifies in this very, very boring 1-0 game.

[BigSlick]

Playing the Cardinals is always torture for some reason

[philosophizer75]

Moist yellow cake is not shitty, sir.

[Sammy Sofa]

Playing the Cardinals is always torture for some reason

 

IT'S THE 6TH horsefeathering INNING IN A 1-0 GAME.

 

Some of you are some real hot ham sandwiches.

[Clem Fandango]

Safe or not Coghlan is a moron.

 

Seriously. That's some of the worst base running I've seen all year

 

It took the ball hitting the underside of the basket to not be either a flyout or a HR. Tagging is the percentage play there, and makes a big difference considering the gap in man on 1st, 2 out, and man on 2nd, 2 out.

 

Or With the pitcher due up, and a notoriously bad hitting one at that, he coould've just stayed halfway and waited for the result instead of assuming a ball that was still being tracked at the warning track would be caught.

 

I'd chance a 1-1 tie over 2 outs and a runner on 2nd with the pitcher up 11 times out of 10

Edited August 12, 2016 by The Logan

[badger]

I swear there is a statistically significant amount of [expletive] that occurs when we play the Cards.

 

Please explain what you possibly thinks qualifies in this very, very boring 1-0 game.

 

Why do you encourage it?