5/25: Cubs (Butler) vs Giants (Samardzija) 1:20 ABC7/MLBN

[weis21]

lol sean gallagher with the last 4 inning Cubs save. remember when his dad used to post here? (said to nobody in particular - just talking to the Internet)

[BigSlick]

Mike Montgomery owns

[sneakypower]

how much do the giants hate javy?

 

My Giants fan co-worker hates him more than anyone else on the team.

nothing wrong with that

[We Got The Whole 9]

horsefeathering excellent Michael

[BigSlick]

This past week has felt very 2016 Cubs, and I love it

[Sammy Sofa]

Excellent (except for Schwarber).

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Really nice win. Great homestand. Keep it going.

[Derwood]

I'm kinda ok if Butler/Montgomery is a piggyback start every five days (until it fails)

[UMFan83]

This past week has felt very 2016 Cubs, and I love it

 

This game in particular felt very 2016 Cubs, some dongers, some great defense, some BABIP luck.

[Omar]

lol sean gallagher with the last 4 inning Cubs save. remember when his dad used to post here? (said to nobody in particular - just talking to the Internet)

 

Is Gallagher done with baseball? Looks like he last played for the Sugar Land Skeeters last year.

 

Great name for a baseball team btw.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hah, that was Montgomery's first regular season save.

[UMFan83]

I still remember when Jimmy Anderson had a 4 inning save in Houston during the 2004 season, and Andy Dolan of desipio sent a pizza to his hotel room to thank him.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

We didn't really have to worry about it last year, but getting a win with your shitty 5th starter on the mound, right before heading off for a road trip is a great feeling.

[UMFan83]

lol

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

lol

 

 

Brewers have a long way to go to catch up to the Giants.

[soccer10k]

lol

 

 

Brewers have a long way to go to catch up to the Giants.

 

The Giants, particularly Krukow and Kuiper, claiming the Cubs intentionally took too long to get the tarp on the field during that 2014 game still takes the cake.

[davell]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

thank goodness they added the visiting team dugout killswitch to the renovation project

[Aaron_Kennelly]

It would have been a completely different game had we only won 4-1.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

From Brisbee's recap: http://www.mccoveychronicles.com/2017/5/25/15692950/sf-giants-cubs-whatever-pal-see-if-i-care?utm_campaign=mccoveychronicles&utm_content=chorus&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

 

While I love Buster Posey and Brandon Crawford, and you know I stand with Brandon Belt against the heretics, for they are legion, it’s easy to get Cubs envy. They have better players. It’s possible for them to rest all of their starters and have a much better lineup than the Giants, and that’s not hyperbole.

 

 

That’s their current roster of hitters. Sit the best four. Bryant, Rizzo, and the two wild cards of your choice. It’s still better than the starting lineup for the Giants today.

 

That’s the cold reality. The Giants’ starting pitcher was much better, if a whole lot unluckier, but just focus on the lineups, and the talent gap is breathtaking. The Cubs are a contending team, and the Giants don’t look a whole lot like them right now.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I have to imagine you'd have to look back a really long time to find the last time the cubs took 3/4 against the giants

[We Got The Whole 9]

Love how hard we trolled em with the basket shots

[bcl412]

Hah, that was Montgomery's first regular season save.

 

He had another save?

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I have to imagine you'd have to look back a really long time to find the last time the cubs took 3/4 against the giants

 

I mean, didn't they sweep a four-game set in 2015?

 

ETA: If I'm wrong, I apologize and did not intend to spread false info.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

I have to imagine you'd have to look back a really long time to find the last time the cubs took 3/4 against the giants

 

I mean, didn't they sweep a four-game set in 2015?

 

ETA: If I'm wrong, I apologize and did not intend to spread false info.

 

That they did. Though I believe Ding Dong is referring to the last time we played the Giants, in the NLDS.

 

That series in 2015 was awesome, though. It was basically the start of the Super Cubs.