4/16 Pirates (Tallion) @ World Series Champs (Lester) 1:20 CT WGN/670

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I know my rep around here isn't exactly sterling but man

 

This offense looks terrible right now. It's OK to admit that. In fact, it's OK to criticize it. They are not prepared to hit baseballs hard. 2 anomalous (for this season) performances does not a strong offense make.

 

That said, we'll be there in the end, with another division title.

 

But it's OK to call a spade a spade. These guys are not hitting consistently enough to strike fear in anybody.

 

I'm pretty sure if any team strikes fear in anybody, it's the World Series champions, who won 103 games and return basically everyone.

[Cubswin11]

Dumb series, bunch of bad luck and not executing on opportunities. Also horsefeathers Joe West, on to Milwaukee.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Won the world series, don't care

[We Got The Whole 9]

I know my rep around here isn't exactly sterling but man

 

This offense looks terrible right now. It's OK to admit that. In fact, it's OK to criticize it. They are not prepared to hit baseballs hard. 2 anomalous (for this season) performances does not a strong offense make.

 

That said, we'll be there in the end, with another division title.

 

But it's OK to call a spade a spade. These guys are not hitting consistently enough to strike fear in anybody.

 

I'm pretty sure if any team strikes fear in anybody, it's the World Series champions, who won 103 games and return basically everyone.

[Bote McBoteface]

Oh hey look, the Pirates won their World Series. Ive been waiting forever to drop that on another team's fan base!

 

I wonder if the Pirates will be successful this year in their bid to earn a 1 game playoff.

[mikeyt34]

Dumb series, bunch of bad luck and not executing on opportunities. Also horsefeathers Joe West, on to Milwaukee.

 

This is pretty much what happened. Seemed every missed call by the home plate ump had dire consequences repeatedly i.e. bad luck. The opportunities were there they just didn't execute which is better than the opportunities never being there in the first place. The bullpen which had been solid for the most part had a terrible weekend which made matters look worse than they probably were but the starters pitched well enough to win each game, especially Lester. They're fine, just need to keep plugging away and things will start to fall in their favor once again.

[Brian707]

When is Edwards due back?

[jersey cubs fan]

When is Edwards due back?

bereavement list must miss 3 games before returning, and most they can miss is 7.

[UMFan83]

should we just skip OMC?

[Sammy Sofa]

Yup.

[Sammy Sofa]

It's no coincidence that this losing streak was accompanied by some busted ass game threads, so whoever is next better step the horsefeathers up.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I'm up next. I'll get one posted here in a minute.

[Banedon]

Duke's gonna pull us out of this.

[jersey cubs fan]

Duke's gonna pull us out of this.

glad to have precedence set for doing away with win/lose/draw XYZ is still up

 

 

now do away with "in the hold" and Fred's legacy will be perfect.

[David]

Duke's gonna pull us out of this.

glad to have precedence set for doing away with win/lose/draw XYZ is still up

 

 

now do away with "in the hold" and Fred's legacy will be perfect.

 

100% agree

[Sammy Sofa]

Duke's gonna pull us out of this.

 

Oh, damn, it's Duke?

 

[Derwood]

Duke's gonna pull us out of this.

glad to have precedence set for doing away with win/lose/draw XYZ is still up

 

 

now do away with "in the hold" and Fred's legacy will be perfect.

 

I'm fine with both. Just trying to stick to the namesake's rules, but I'm all for saying screw it to both.