10/18 NLCS Game 3: Cubs (Jake) @ Dodgers (Rich Hill) & Stupid Old Umpire 7:00 PM CT FS1/670

[soccer10k]

So if Coghlan runs into Blanton, is he safe due to obstruction?

[OleMissCub]

Angel Hernandez makes $300,000 a year, folks

[Transmogrified Tiger]

how about calling Blanton for obstruction

[Ski]

I mean, I hope after the dust settles and we either win the World Series or get beaten, either now or in the next round, people can keep their perspective and remember what's really important in their lives. Your hobbies, your friends, your families, your passions. All of these things are infinitely more important than the Cubs winning.

[UMFan83]

Guessing Russell won't be in the lineup tomorrow

[TMan92]

You know Russell is going bad when Heyward pinch hits

[Little Slide Rooter]

The series will be tied in about 25 hours and it'll become a Best-of-3 with two of those at Wrigley.

 

Everybody calm down.

 

Two of them started by pitchers we absolutely cannot touch. And that is best case scenario.

 

Rich Hill may be going through his magical R.A. Dickey phase, but I'm not about to put him in the same boat as Clayton Kershaw.

[Thusly Boned]

Apropos of nothing, I hate Adrian Gonzalez's face.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Blanton is just dominant. Nothing you can do about it.

[MUCubsfan]

You know you're in a rut when you get PH for by Jason Heyward... down four runs... with two outs and the bases empty.

 

And of course Heyward strikes out and looks pathetic doing so.

[DurbanJer]

Regardless of outcome, I suspect Baez starts game 4 at SS, Zo back to 2B, and we get Contreras in the lineup in LF

[badger]

This is funny bad now right?

[Andy]

I really hate this. All of this. And I hate that my faith is slipping.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

People are getting wayyyy too bent out of shape over a game.

 

Yes, it sucks. It would be ideal if we could stomp over everyone like the Indians are. But there's no reason things are going badly right now. horsefeathers just happens and if you try to rationalize it or attribute it to curses or the hands of an angry god, you're going to make yourself very, very miserable.

 

I fear you have given up on the season. You are starting to rationalize it by telling yourself that it's just a game and that even if the Cubs win it all.........how exactly does anything change? You are starting to think about how weird it is that people get wrapped up so emotionally over something that is just entertainment, and how you'd never walk out of a movie feeling so upset or sad except for the time you saw Marley and Me because you couldn't handle seeing the dog die.

 

Or, maybe, this is how I've been feeling since the playoffs started because I'm a ninnie who thinks about and analyzes the meaning of life too much.

[UMFan83]

Can't believe we are 6 outs from being shut out 2 games in a row in the horsefeathering NLCS

[raw]

Has there even been a runner on 3rd the last 2 games?

[SpongeWorthy]

really having a hard time seeing how we score a run

[OleMissCub]

Angel Hernandez makes $300,000 a year, folks

 

and Heyward makes $21,666,666 a year

[Cubswin11]

Well at least that inning probably will restore Robert's faith in Blanton moving forward and hopefully he uses him in high leverage situations the next few games.

[Thusly Boned]

Heyward watches two middle-middle fastballs, swings at junk in the dirt.

[UMFan83]

lol the Blackhawks blow a 4-0 lead in about 6 minutes of game time. What a night for Chicago sports

[Brian]

Has there even been a runner on 3rd the last 2 games?

 

Yes got 2nd and 3rd today due to passed ball

[Cubswin11]

I bet Russell still starts tomorrow

[badger]

Has there even been a runner on 3rd the last 2 games?

 

We had men on 2nd and 3rd in the 2nd w one out and Russell russell'd

[Bryants Disco Ball]

The series will be tied in about 25 hours and it'll become a Best-of-3 with two of those at Wrigley.

 

Everybody calm down.

 

Two of them started by pitchers we absolutely cannot touch. And that is best case scenario.

 

Rich Hill may be going through his magical R.A. Dickey phase, but I'm not about to put him in the same boat as Clayton Kershaw.

 

I'm starting to feel like it's not about the pitching but just our entire lineup for the most part being in a horrible slump or for some other reason just sucking. I mean, we got dominated by Matt Moore, too, just as much as the really good pitchers. Pretty much every starter has been good against us, and we couldn't even bash Shark that much despite a good start to that game.