9/25 Cubs (Lester) vs Cardinals (Martinez) 7 p.m., ESPN

[UMFan83]

Dammit Grimm you're ruining fun home finale night

[Careless]

thanks to the ESPN guy for noting that they broke the pitcher's rhythm in this game that doesn't matter at all to the cubs.

Pretty sure it matters to the pitcher who's in the running for a Cy Young

 

What are Lester+Hendrick's ERAs now, like 4.35?

[BigSlick]

god just go away

 

go away far far far away

 

go away

[badger]

Broken bat singles are so horsefeathers annoying

[TMan92]

If this game mattered, Grimm would not be pitching and Chapman would.

[David]

hey look mendoza notices why grimm is good against lefties

[Schwarber Fan]

Seriously, didn't strop pitch a few days ago? Why wouldn't he be available?

[TruffleShuffle]

hey look mendoza notices why grimm is good against lefties

 

yeah but it makes my ears sad to listen to a girl talk about sports.

[Careless]

Seriously, didn't strop pitch a few days ago? Why wouldn't he be available?

Friday. He presumably is.

[UMFan83]

Seriously, didn't strop pitch a few days ago? Why wouldn't he be available?

 

Do you not understand the concept of meaningless games and mapping out bullpen usage?

 

maddon is treating this like spring training. For the

most part he knows who is going to pitch every night. Strop will get in 2-3 times more. As will Rondon.

[badger]

hey look mendoza notices why grimm is good against lefties

 

yeah but it makes my ears sad to listen to a girl talk about sports.

 

Sadder than men knowing what the horsefeathers they are talking about?

[Agony and Ivy]

hey look mendoza notices why grimm is good against lefties

 

yeah but it makes my ears sad to listen to a girl talk about sports.

 

Something Boone couldn't observe because he was too busy hoping the Cubs would blow the game because Maddon let Ross have his moment. I was skeptical of Mendoza only because I felt early in her tenure she would try to relate baseball and softball but she's been phenomenal. Boone sucks.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

she's no Beth Mowins

[David]

i feel like for the most part this espn booth is really informed about the different narratives surrounding the teams...this is soooooooooooooo much better than yesterday

[David]

hey look mendoza notices why grimm is good against lefties

 

yeah but it makes my ears sad to listen to a girl talk about sports.

 

Something Boone couldn't observe because he was too busy hoping the Cubs would blow the game because Maddon let Ross have his moment. I was skeptical of Mendoza only because I felt early in her tenure she would try to relate baseball and softball but she's been phenomenal. Boone sucks.

 

I think even Boone is solid.

[David]

this is heyward's last chance to do something cool and good against them

[Brian]

this just in: record in regular season doesn't matter in the post-season

[TruffleShuffle]

let's horsefeathers the closer.

[BigSlick]

Is Heyward like...any good at bunting? Because he seems not

[BigSlick]

Huh.

 

I'm not really sure why the bunt call is still on when he has 2 strikes

Edited September 26, 2016 by BigSlick

[Tryptamine]

this is heyward's last chance to do something cool and good against them

 

Neither good nor cool.

[Cubswin11]

#NeverBunt

[Agony and Ivy]

 

yeah but it makes my ears sad to listen to a girl talk about sports.

 

Something Boone couldn't observe because he was too busy hoping the Cubs would blow the game because Maddon let Ross have his moment. I was skeptical of Mendoza only because I felt early in her tenure she would try to relate baseball and softball but she's been phenomenal. Boone sucks.

 

I think even Boone is solid.

 

He is but his weird reaction to the Ross stuff bugged me.

[UMFan83]

You want to have Heyward bunt whatever. But with 2 strikes? Not a fan of that.

[David]

this just in: record in regular season doesn't matter in the post-season

 

you'd be surprised how many casual baseball fans still don't really get this.

 

i'm just glad they're saying it's because of random small sample nonsense instead of some nonsense about playoff mettle and guts