5/16 - Reds (Arroyo) vs. World Champion Chicago Cubs (Lackey) - 7:05 CSN

[Tim]

 

We don't need him with a 4 run game... we've proven we might need him the next 3 or four days... but after tonight, he can't be available for all of those nights.

 

he only pitched once on the road trip and the odds of the cubs needing him for the next 3 days (and having his replacement blow it on the first day he can't pitch) are very slim

 

You're not wrong, but if he's gonna be unavailable when we need him, I don't want him pitching when we don't... these are things that don't make sense.

He also has to pitch every once in a while to stay sharp.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I love the Reds. Keep hitting all week and never look back.

[We Got The Whole 9]

We get to take a look at Amir Garrett on Thursday

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I think it's wonderful that we've reached the middle of may and nobody wants to start game threads anymore

[jersey cubs fan]

 

We don't need him with a 4 run game... we've proven we might need him the next 3 or four days... but after tonight, he can't be available for all of those nights.

 

he only pitched once on the road trip and the odds of the cubs needing him for the next 3 days (and having his replacement blow it on the first day he can't pitch) are very slim

 

You're not wrong, but if he's gonna be unavailable when we need him, I don't want him pitching when we don't... these are things that don't make sense.

He was warmed up and ready to go, with a 3-run lead aka save situation, before the lead extended. When those guys get warm it's essentially "using" them anyway. So it wouldn't make sense to get another guy up and warm and hope you do t have to go back to him when the wind is already blowing out and there's been 10 homeruns.

 

Using an already warm Davis even though the lead went from 3 to 4 makes sense.

[cubsclapp]

Yeah, last night the scoreboard might as well have said it was a 2-run difference with the wind. I liked being aggressive and not messing around there. Get the win, and if you find yourself in an uncomfortable position where Wade is going for 3 straight days, oh well. Worry about that when it happens.

 

I went through this on Twitter when the Rondon blown save happened and went through last year's schedule. I know last year the Cubs were just destroying everyone much of the time, but I found only two instances where the Cubs had a save situation in the 9th on three consecutive days. It just doesn't happen very often. And, should it happen again, odds are Edwards/Koji/Rondon don't blow it the next time. Maybe they do, but most of the time they won't.

 

Hopefully in two months the Cubs have a big lead in the standings and can be extra cautious with the pen usage.

[bcl412]

the level of dongs in this one sufficed. Do it again

[David]

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[JudasIscariotTheBird]

This Happ guy is pretty cool. Gotta be impressed by his total "could not give any less of a horsefeathers" facial expressions under pressure.

 

i was thinking he looked like a sociopath

 

Oh, he definitely has a sleepy-eyed psycho thing going on.

 

horsefeathers, I just image searched him and he straight up looks like Dahmer most of the time.

Is his walk-up music the minimalist stuff that is featured in Requiem for a Dream? I could barely make it out during the broadcast last night. Totally what a sociopath would pick. I approve.

[Bote McBoteface]

 

i was thinking he looked like a sociopath

 

Oh, he definitely has a sleepy-eyed psycho thing going on.

 

horsefeathers, I just image searched him and he straight up looks like Dahmer most of the time.

Is his walk-up music the minimalist stuff that is featured in Requiem for a Dream? I could barely make it out during the broadcast last night. Totally what a sociopath would pick. I approve.

 

 

I guess I just always assumed he would use the "because I'm happy" song

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

i was thinking he looked like a sociopath

 

Oh, he definitely has a sleepy-eyed psycho thing going on.

 

horsefeathers, I just image searched him and he straight up looks like Dahmer most of the time.

Is his walk-up music the minimalist stuff that is featured in Requiem for a Dream? I could barely make it out during the broadcast last night. Totally what a sociopath would pick. I approve.

 

Yeah, it sounded like "Requiem for a Dream."

 

Also find it hilarious Uehara comes out to "Sandstorm."

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

 

Oh, he definitely has a sleepy-eyed psycho thing going on.

 

horsefeathers, I just image searched him and he straight up looks like Dahmer most of the time.

Is his walk-up music the minimalist stuff that is featured in Requiem for a Dream? I could barely make it out during the broadcast last night. Totally what a sociopath would pick. I approve.

 

Yeah, it sounded like "Requiem for a Dream."

 

Also find it hilarious Uehara comes out to "Sandstorm."

Hendricks' "Sweet Emotion" is clearly the most self-aware.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

i was thinking he looked like a sociopath

 

Oh, he definitely has a sleepy-eyed psycho thing going on.

 

horsefeathers, I just image searched him and he straight up looks like Dahmer most of the time.

Is his walk-up music the minimalist stuff that is featured in Requiem for a Dream? I could barely make it out during the broadcast last night. Totally what a sociopath would pick. I approve.

 

I thought it was this for a second: