8/24 Cubs (Hendricks) v. Padres (Clemens), 2:40, WGN

[bukie]

Contreras shows it's possible to score more than 5 runs here. Edited August 24, 2016 by bukie

[badger]

I'm about to give up on accolades for this team as its exhausting.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Imagine adding Schwarber to this, adding another year of seasoning to all the kids, and adding a fixed Jason Heyward (yeah right, I know).

[Sammy Sofa]

[UMFan83]

I kind of wish all weekday day games started at this time. Nice to have something to follow in the afternoons at work, then listen to on the drive home and then watch the last 2 innings at home.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

As excited as I am about Addi, my excitement level for Willson is only a notch below it.

[badger]

As excited as I am about Addi, my excitement level for Willson is only a notch below it.

 

Weren't you gonna do a Willson article?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

As excited as I am about Addi, my excitement level for Willson is only a notch below it.

 

Weren't you gonna do a Willson article?

 

Yes. It's coming tonight. It must not wait any longer.

[badger]

Kinda curious as to how many balls we've hit today with an exit velocity over 100.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

You know all those cool little things like tagging people in amazing fashion and avoiding slides in amazing fashion that, well, basically our whole team does? Jorge can't do those things.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

You know all those cool little things like tagging people in amazing fashion and avoiding slides in amazing fashion that, well, basically our whole team does? Jorge can't do those things.

 

Are you going to be the one to tell him that, because I'm not

[badger]

You know all those cool little things like tagging people in amazing fashion and avoiding slides in amazing fashion that, well, basically our whole team does? Jorge can't do those things.

 

Yes, but he has a gigantic dong.

[badger]

RD this game Javy!

[Sammys Boombox]

Sure seems we've been getting the short end of the K zone this series.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

You know all those cool little things like tagging people in amazing fashion and avoiding slides in amazing fashion that, well, basically our whole team does? Jorge can't do those things.

 

Yes, but he has a gigantic dong.

 

Yeah, as long as he is dispensing his Ding Dong Johnson to the rest of the league, I don't care too much. But, he's just not like the rest of them. Neither is Schwarber, for that matter, and I might love him the most.

[UMFan83]

Lmao. Mark Grote is asking trivia questions on air for Pat and Ron. He just asked "Who was the last player before Betts this year to hit 3 home runs in a game twice in a season?" After some wrong guesses Grote gave them a hint that it happened in 2006. Coomer then guessed Paul Goldschmidt, who made his MLB debut in 2011

[bukie]

Last year at this time the Cubs were 73-52, which would be good enough for the 2nd best record in MLB right now.

[BigSlick]

Trevor Cahill really needs to be ahead of Travis Wood in the pecking order

[BigSlick]

Kinda curious as to how many balls we've hit today with an exit velocity over 100.

This is one of those games where our hitters have seriously hit like a half dozen liners and deep fly balls for outs that would typically infuriate a fan of this was a competitive game, but it isn't.

 

They've been basically super impressive offensively since the All Star Break

[UMFan83]

Lmao. Mark Grote is asking trivia questions on air for Pat and Ron. He just asked "Who was the last player before Betts this year to hit 3 home runs in a game twice in a season?" After some wrong guesses Grote gave them a hint that it happened in 2006. Coomer then guessed Paul Goldschmidt, who made his MLB debut in 2011

 

Now he gives a hint to a question "this player played with the Cubs in 2002-2003 at first base" and Ron goes "it's not Robin Ventura is it?"

[UMFan83]

I hate this Schimpf [expletive]

[jersey cubs fan]

Trevor Cahill really needs to be ahead of Travis Wood in the pecking order

why?

[Sammy Sofa]

Trevor Cahill really needs to be ahead of Travis Wood in the pecking order

why?

 

Wood is a terrible fartknocker and Cahill is better.

[BigSlick]

Trevor Cahill really needs to be ahead of Travis Wood in the pecking order

why?

 

Wood is a terrible fartknocker and Cahill is better.

He's better, though as I look at his stats his FIP is not as significantly better as I thought it would be (a 4.8 BB/9 is reaaaaally hurting him ) but beyond that he strikes dudes out more frequently and gives up less home runs and he's less of a dweeb

 

I almost feel personally insulted every time Travis Wood comes into a meaningful game