5/29 cubs (lester) @ pirates (kingham) 605 cdt wgn

[treebird]

wow two in a row cubs are tempting me i will stay strong with my promise of no real gam thread until three straight wins can they do it

 

(no)

[JennieGarthAlgar]

What would happen if Rizzo caught the ball aimed for his ribs with his bare hand and then threw it halfway to the Monongahela? What would Nick Kingham do then, huh?

[treebird]

this would be a cool spot for the cubs to have rizzo lead off again. it kind of antagonizes the pirates, it precludes the possibility of a two out, nobody on situation in the first that allows the pirates to put a man on first with relatively little impact, and joe could have a nice talk with the umpires immediately before the game about how he sure is going to be mad if his first batter gets drilled.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

this would be a cool spot for the cubs to have rizzo lead off again. it kind of antagonizes the pirates, it precludes the possibility of a two out, nobody on situation in the first that allows the pirates to put a man on first with relatively little impact, and joe could have a nice talk with the umpires immediately before the game about how he sure is going to be mad if his first batter gets drilled.

 

The downside is that with 8 and 9 in front of him, it's more likely that a later at bat is a bases empty, 1 or 2 out situation

[Brian707]

I think a more likely situation is if one of the Pirates tries to take out Addison or Javy at 2nd base

[imb]

I think a more likely situation is if one of the Pirates tries to take out Addison or Javy at 2nd base

 

"Why are the Cubs playing Chatwood at 2nd base and heyward at SS????"

[Cubswin11]

Rizzo is getting hit tonight

 

[Cubswin11]

“Oh the guy you asked me about throwing at, no we aren’t going to throw at him. But you know he gets hit a lot and we are going to throw inside on him and one might get away.”

[Sammy Sofa]

Wait, is he saying that they need to throw extra hard because Rizzo already gets hit so much? Or that Rizzo gets hit so much because of plays like the slide?

[Agony and Ivy]

Rizzo is getting hit tonight

 

 

Hard nosed, old school baserunning is not allowed and I will show my disapproval by hitting the base ball man with some equipment!

[Cubswin11]

Wait, is he saying that they need to throw extra hard because Rizzo already gets hit so much? Or that Rizzo gets hit so much because of plays like the slide?

None of the above? I think he’s just saying Rizzo gets hit a lot and the strategy is to pitch him hard and in so he might get hit and it’s not on purpose “wink, wink.”

 

Also I think he thinks he’s being clever or throwing shade or something by referring to Rizzo as the player who had the hard slide instead of just saying his name.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I started reading Big Data Baseball a long time ago, and every time I think to come back to it I remember that it's trying to make Hurdle into a protagonist that is full of pragmatic and progressive ideas, and it kills my desire to continue reading.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Clint Hurdle is, and always has been, a friggin turd

[bcl412]

Hurdle is on the top of the list of people I feel would love hard slides

[Jaxbro]

Win turds

 

But alas the Bucs have their rallying cry and red faced Lester probably gets tossed for retaliating the retaliation.

[abuck1220]

lol he looked up those rizzo stats

[TMan92]

You need to send Bryant on that play.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Easy to say now, but if it was 50-50 for KB to score, probably want to send him with two outs. Considering he sent Almora with less than two outs and a 0 percent chance to score.

[Cubswin11]

You need to send Bryant on that play.

I think he would’ve been out with decent throws. Rizzo hit that too hard

[Sammys Boombox]

I think a more likely situation is if one of the Pirates tries to take out Addison or Javy at 2nd base

 

"Why are the Cubs playing Chatwood at 2nd base and heyward at SS????"

 

I feel like I’m missing something really funny here, and I want to understand the joke more than I care about looking like an idiot for having to ask for the explanation.

[Gilby]

I'm sending everyone with two outs and would have there, but I'm also pretty sure he'd have been out judging by those throws.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

I think a more likely situation is if one of the Pirates tries to take out Addison or Javy at 2nd base

 

"Why are the Cubs playing Chatwood at 2nd base and heyward at SS????"

 

I feel like I’m missing something really funny here, and I want to understand the joke more than I care about looking like an idiot for having to ask for the explanation.

 

I think it's just joking about having two of our crappiest players playing at the positions and then not having to care if they get hurt.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

holy horsefeathers, Happ needs to never play the field

[Bull]

Hitting Contreras is weird and cowardly. You hurt our catcher we’ll hit yours.

[NotSoSober]

ian happ is a terrible center fielder