8/17 Brewers (Nelson) @ Cubs (Lester) 7:05 CSC

[Cubswin11]

 

Counsell taking a pitch from Dusty Baker's book

He's legit one of the worst managers in baseball, but since it's the Brewers and they suck/are small market so nobody hears about them/his idiocy

 

Did he spend any time managing before this current gig? Minors? Bench? Hitting?

Don't think so, I think he was actually in their FO

[Tim]

This chart for Jorge is hilariously awesome: http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=14221&legend=1&statArr=50&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2016&end=2016&rtype=single&gt1=15

[Cubswin11]

Grandpa DONG

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Grandpa!

[Schwarber Fan]

GRAMPS!

[Sammys Boombox]

We don't suck

[Sammy Sofa]

This chart for Jorge is hilariously awesome: http://www.fangraphs.com/graphs.aspx?playerid=14221&legend=1&statArr=50&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2016&end=2016&rtype=single&gt1=15

 

http://i39.tinypic.com/r284mh.jpg

[Omar]

This game is so boring now, there are 3 registered users browsing Game Threads.

 

This is what it has come to.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

This game is so boring now, there are 3 registered users browsing Game Threads.

 

This is what it has come to.

 

I'm only still around because I am hoping to catch another glimpse of Jorge's dong.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That was a horrible call.

[Omar]

I think that was as bad as that one Zobrist call when he was with the Rays

[UMFan83]

Damn 49 pitches in the 1st, 50 pitches in the next 4 innings. I'm impressed Jimmy Nelson you might stick around long enough to get shelled by the Cubs again

[UMFan83]

Poor Jason that was his weekly hard hit ball and it was caught

[squally1313]

Poor Jason that was his weekly hard hit ball and it was caught

I'm sure it's just because I'm looking for signs of life, but he seems to have terrible luck on hard hit balls. Like in any 5 at bats he'll strike out once, hit two soft groundouts, get an infield single, and hit a rocket right at someone.

[squally1313]

Don't like this. This is why Patton is here.

[mdwilla]

Not sure why Lester is being sent out to start the 7th with 103 pitches. 5 run lead/12 game lead. Fresh arm in bullpen with Patton up today.

[UMFan83]

Not sure why Lester is being sent out to start the 7th with 103 pitches. 5 run lead/12 game lead. Fresh arm in bullpen with Patton up today.

 

eh very few high leverage pitches. Lester has been involved in plenty of extended postseason runs, he knows his body well

[squally1313]

Not sure why Lester is being sent out to start the 7th with 103 pitches. 5 run lead/12 game lead. Fresh arm in bullpen with Patton up today.

 

eh very few high leverage pitches. Lester has been involved in plenty of extended postseason runs, he knows his body well

 

I agree that it was about as easy of a 117 pitch outing you could ask for, but I don't think we should be relying on Lester to pace himself. Edwards and (most likely) Patton were rested, and a couple others probably could have gotten us out of trouble. Or not, it doesn't really matter at this point outside of morale.

[philosophizer75]

Soler's OPS is 1.189 since his return.

[Tim]

Good to see Edwards come back with a strong outing

[squally1313]

Soler's OPS is 1.189 since his return.

4 home runs in 31 or so plate appearances would be a pretty good pace.

[Liam Neeson]

Hahaha they were like 1 second late on bleeping that f-word

[Cubswin11]

Travis Wood, wrecker of run differential, seems to pitch everyday

[bcl412]

This game is so boring now, there are 3 registered users browsing Game Threads.

 

This is what it has come to.

 

These games are like early Theo era August games in that they are meaningless and boring. The difference is obviously that we are so good the division race is over with 40 games left to go. September is gonna drag (hopefully, I'm not asking for drama of any kind unless we're on a 30 game win streak and are shooting for the wins record or something), start the damn playoffs already.

[Cubswin11]

:flythew: #WeAreGreat