5/31: Cubs (Arrieta) at Pads (Perdomo) 2:40 on WGN

[jersey cubs fan]

Is it totally meatball-y to say that in general baseball players coast along at like 70-80% effort in the regular season, and the Cubs, as world champs, are seeing everyone at 100%?

 

As you can clearly tell, I'm getting to the desperate rationalization point.

 

that's more like the bargaining stage of grief than meatbally.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Is it totally meatball-y to say that in general baseball players coast along at like 70-80% effort in the regular season, and the Cubs, as world champs, are seeing everyone at 100%?

 

As you can clearly tell, I'm getting to the desperate rationalization point.

 

I don't know. If we are going to get all meatball-y, I will still stick with the thinking this team pulled off the last great American sports story and partied and enjoyed the offseason so much (except for J-Hey) that they weren't able to flip the switch and start over so soon.

[Derwood]

Meatball-y is saying we will never lead in a game again.

 

Which we won't.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

OK. Who willing to call an Ian Happ home run this inning? Obviously, calling a K would be easy.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Meatball-y is saying we will never lead in a game again.

 

Which we won't.

 

Well that's just stupid. We WILL have a lead in a game again. But we will never again not give it right back the next half inning.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Oh, wow. The Cubs really are looking to get into a brawl with Arrieta on the mound today.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

0% chance that was getting out. He could have hit it 200 mph.

[UMFan83]

Runner on 3rd, less than 1 out. Time to fail to get the runner home

[Sammy Sofa]

This team just spazzes out with RISP.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

That's exactly how we will score runs for now on.

[Cubswin11]

Well, that was something

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

Well that was something I guess lol.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

tbh I'm shocked Contreras stopped running at all around 2nd, if he hadn't he would've been safe at 3rd

[Ding Dong Johnson]

OK. Who willing to call an Ian Happ home run this inning? Obviously, calling a K would be easy.

haha, that guy's never going to get another hit

[Sammy Sofa]

Way to hold that lead, Jake. Good effort.

[Cubswin11]

Jesus horsefeathers, who are these bums beating us

[KrisBryantisaBeast]

That's the Jake we are familiar with!

[Bryants Disco Ball]

The Cubs suck.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

why are you people even watching this team?

[weis21]

amazing that aybar snaps an 0-15 against jake like that

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Is the world series trophy one of those talent sucking totems like in Space Jam? Is Bryant gonna have to play a bunch of aliens to get it back with only the Animaniacs as teammates?

[Sammy Sofa]

Jake's gonna have a pretty good back half of his career once he gives up on this whole starter thing and just accepts being a closer, right?

[Sammy Sofa]

Jake's gonna have a pretty good back half of his career once he gives up on this whole starter thing and just accepts being a closer, right?

 

Actually, no; I take it back.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

What's Edwin Jackson up to these days?

[Banedon]

Arrieta needs to bean someone and start a brawl to get this team fired up or something.