7/14 Cubs (Mr. Last Out) @ Orioles (Gausman) 6:05 CT CSN/670

[Bryants Disco Ball]

More good than bad tonight. A bunch of slumbering bats woke up. The pen had an off night, but they've been really solid. And we don't have to rely on Monty as much, since he's no longer, like, our second-best pitcher.

 

The dongs are very welcome, though.

 

Quality take. Part of me feels like maybe they woke up for two innings against a clearly struggling pitcher and then went back to bed for the next seven innings, but can't afford to worry about that right now. Need wins and will take them however they have to come.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

More good than bad tonight. A bunch of slumbering bats woke up. The pen had an off night, but they've been really solid. And we don't have to rely on Monty as much, since he's no longer, like, our second-best pitcher.

 

The dongs are very welcome, though.

 

Quality take. Part of me feels like maybe they woke up for two innings against a clearly struggling pitcher and then went back to bed for the next seven innings, but can't afford to worry about that right now. Need wins and will take them however they have to come.

 

He did bring in all of his top relievers in the middle of the game. Not many people are getting to Britton.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

More good than bad tonight. A bunch of slumbering bats woke up. The pen had an off night, but they've been really solid. And we don't have to rely on Monty as much, since he's no longer, like, our second-best pitcher.

 

The dongs are very welcome, though.

 

Quality take. Part of me feels like maybe they woke up for two innings against a clearly struggling pitcher and then went back to bed for the next seven innings, but can't afford to worry about that right now. Need wins and will take them however they have to come.

 

He did bring in all of his top relievers in the middle of the game. Not many people are getting to Britton.

 

Other than Britton, I know nothing about the Orioles' bullpen, so yeah maybe it was some quality guys going against us. Which then wouldn't be so bad.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

Quality take. Part of me feels like maybe they woke up for two innings against a clearly struggling pitcher and then went back to bed for the next seven innings, but can't afford to worry about that right now. Need wins and will take them however they have to come.

 

He did bring in all of his top relievers in the middle of the game. Not many people are getting to Britton.

 

Other than Britton, I know nothing about the Orioles' bullpen, so yeah maybe it was some quality guys going against us. Which then wouldn't be so bad.

 

The back of their pen is really solid, with Britton back now. The rest of the pen is horrible, and they've had trouble even filling it out.

 

They threw all the good ones tonight, though. ERAs: 1.38, 3.77, 2.20, 2.08, 2.75. The 3.77 is O'Day, who has a sub-3 FIP and has been really good in the past.

 

If we didn't horsefeathers the bed in the 5th, we probably score 15 runs.

[soccer10k]

The good news is the Cubs won today.

 

The bad news is it means they'll lose tomorrow.

[weis21]

this game was a microcosm of 2016 + 2017 cubs

 

*cubs score 8 runs* - damn look at us, we are dong kings and we're shutting them out and we're awesome!

 

*cubs surrender 8 run lead* - damn...look at us. we totally can suck if we aren't playing well i guess. ugh

 

*cubs dong in 9th and Davis shuts the door* - ok! well, we have the talent and we know we can horsefeathers it up if we don't play well. we just need to get our horsefeathers together in second half but we know it's doable

 

i'll say it. this game (or i guess maybe the ASB) will be the turning point. the cubs win 8 of their first 10 games of the second half.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

i'll say it. this game (or i guess maybe the ASB) will be the turning point. the cubs win 8 of their first 10 games of the second half.

 

Paging Sofa. Weis21 is due a dick punch.

[weis21]

i'm an optimist (usually). sorry i'm not sorry. it's going to happen