7/7 The Cubs play baseball today against the Pirates CSN

[itisallpartoftheplan]

0-2 count.. Zobrist has to protect..

[David]

 

It's really okay to admit that this team is kind of bad.

 

and then you look at the roster and you're like....uh, nope.

 

But...their record.

 

Good and bad baseball teams will be capable of hovering around .500 for 80 games because baseball is weird.

 

I'm not saying there aren't any causes for legitimate concern, but to me, basically being .500 with lots of things going pretty damn badly (I won't say worst case, because that would be like everybody being out for the season or something) is almost a testament to the talent on this team.

[David]

only two innings in but this is one of the weirdest games all year already

[UMFan83]

Haha 5 baserunners in 2 innings, all reaching with less than 2 outs, and 0 runs scored for the Cobs

[Derwood]

So, going for the record for combined LOB today?

[soccer10k]

More stellar hitting with RISP.

[Flames24Rulz]

 

and then you look at the roster and you're like....uh, nope.

 

But...their record.

 

Good and bad baseball teams will be capable of hovering around .500 for 80 games because baseball is weird.

 

I'm not saying there aren't any causes for legitimate concern, but to me, basically being .500 with lots of things going pretty damn badly (I won't say worst case, because that would be like everybody being out for the season or something) is almost a testament to the talent on this team.

 

My concern is that they don't do anything well. Maybe walk, but that's about it. They don't hit well, they don't pitch well -- it's not like there's a huge outlier between their record and the way they're playing.

[David]

nice, russell

[Sammy Sofa]

It's almost the kind of play you'd see if you put a catcher and a second baseman in the outfield.

 

Oh wait...

 

second isn't really happ's primary position and he's been more than fine in CF so

 

Stay out of the way of the doom boners that think this team went from dominant 103 win team to a true talent 80 win team.

 

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

What a play.

[Sammy Sofa]

only two innings in but this is one of the weirdest games all year already

 

Sure, "weird" is certainly A way you could describe it.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Most runners LOB while being shutout is 16.

Goals.

[David]

only two innings in but this is one of the weirdest games all year already

 

Sure, "weird" is certainly A way you could describe it.

 

bunch of weird ass bounces, two 2nd and 3rd no out situations resulting in no runs, and like 8 million runners stranded between both teams in 2 innings

 

oh and the OF collision (which, again, did not lead to any runs)

[Sammy Sofa]

only two innings in but this is one of the weirdest games all year already

 

Sure, "weird" is certainly A way you could describe it.

 

bunch of weird ass bounces, two 2nd and 3rd no out situations resulting in no runs, and like 8 million runners stranded between both teams in 2 innings

 

oh and the OF collision (which, again, did not lead to any runs)

 

Two two teams playing a lot of cruddy baseball playing cruddy baseball when they clash isn't all that unexpected.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Schwarber is going to hit a really long dong this inning.

[CyHawk_Cub]

Hey, Butler is pitching a shutout. What a stud.

[David]

rizzo swung at ball 4 but this ump has loved calling low and outside strikes

[David]

happ just hits

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Schwarber was camped under it. I know the CF is the captain but when a COF is camped under the ball he needs to stay the horsefeathers away

 

Today is the day Happ and Schwarber truly became outfielders.

[David]

fastest guy in baseball

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Schwarber is going to hit a really long dong this inning.

it'll be a miracle if he doesn't soil himself

[Sammy Sofa]

Schwarber is going to hit a really long dong this inning.

it'll be a miracle if he doesn't soil himself

 

Bryant has mentored him well.

[JonJayCutler]

Schwarber is going to hit a really long dong this inning.

 

Only when he brushes Heyward on the way back to the dugout.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Would like to see Happ try to steal third with the hope they throw the ball in the outfield and he can score.

[Sammy Sofa]

Schwarber is going to hit a really long dong this inning.

 

Only when he brushes Heyward on the way back to the dugout.

 

Nice.