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

[David]

Call that a strike Joe

[halplm]

Rizzo is pissed, and he should be, if Joe West had seen that look, though, he probably would have tossed Rizzo.

[David]

Feel like Taillon keeps getting away with playing with fire.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Love how much Kerry hates Joe West:

 

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[halplm]

Another out Joe cost us.

[Derwood]

The day Joe West retires there will be a huge party thrown by every player, past and present

[Careless]

Is it me, or has Russell had an unusually bad year so far throwing? not that it's resulted in a bunch of errors, but easy throws Rizzo has had to dig out

[David]

KB! Wow

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Get paid, Harrison. Get paid

[halplm]

That was a nifty play by Bryant.

[BigSlick]

I'm checking the play-by-play and boy howdy am I glad I haven't been able to watch this so far because it sounds frustrating

[Gilby]

Is it me, or has Russell had an unusually bad year so far throwing? not that it's resulted in a bunch of errors, but easy throws Rizzo has had to dig out

 

His arm always looks a little funky. Thank goodness for those double plus hands though; the wild card game is about the only "fielding" error of his I can think of off the top of my head.

[davell]

[The_Achiever]

This series is destroying my will to live.

[Derwood]

Contreras may want to consider swinging his bat at some point

[David]

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[halplm]

Those were really good pitches, but Lester had a bunch of really good pitches called balls... so... who knows...

[BigSlick]

i dont understand why we aren't breaking this team over our knee

[Gilby]

Nice, Rizzo got the platinum glove patch on his second baseman's glove

[halplm]

Defense

[Bull]

Did Lester just field that DP ball?

[Derwood]

Did Lester just field that DP ball?

 

No, Rizzo was playing even with the mound with Javy covering first

 

play went 3-6-4

 

EDIT: they're calling it a 4-6-3 because they counted Rizzo as the 2B and Javy as the 1B for the alignment

[Bull]

Did Lester just field that DP ball?

 

No, Rizzo was playing even with the mound with Javy covering first

 

play went 3-6-4

 

aha. I was watching with one eye, saw the end of the play, and saw someone slap lester on the butt on the way back to the dugout.

[halplm]

I feel like whatever scouting report the Cubs are using to swing early against this guy is directly contrary to their best game... although they might also be attempting to take Joe West out of the Game... it's tough when you have to play against 10 guys...

[We Got The Whole 9]

I feel like KB got 5 pitches he should have destroyed