8/3: Fodders (Ross) @ Cubs (Quintana) 1:20 NBCS

[Aaron_Kennelly]

hahahahaha

[Brian]

Muskat, a NSB lurker, somehow

 

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[Derwood]

Keeping Rizzo at second is dumb. No one signaled timeout

[UMFan83]

The umpire reasoned that there is no way Rizzo actually made a heads up baserunning play so time had to have been called. Edited August 3, 2018 by UMFan83

[Andy]

Far be it from me to complain about anything on that play, but I didn't see anyone call time. Too bad Rizzo doesn't get rewarded for a rare smart baserunning play.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Only righty in the lineup gets IBB....MVP

[BigSlick]

i love Javy getting inflated BB stats by getting all these IBB

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Cmon ump

[squally1313]

Load the bases for the 16.4% walk guy. Ok.

 

God this umpiring is an embarrassment.

[UMFan83]

wow that was an awful call for strike 1 to Happ. That could dramatically change the game because it looked for sure like that AB was gonna end in a walk if he had to throw 3 straight strikes. Edited August 3, 2018 by UMFan83

[Sammy Sofa]

This damn ump.

[soccer10k]

It always bugs me when a pitch like that gets called a strike because it was never a strike. At least if it curves across the plate and ends up a couple inches off, it was in the zone at some point. That pitch never was.

[UMFan83]

This bot thinks that strike 3 should have been ball 4 (although the picture looks like a strike to me)

 

[Andy]

Umps probably cost us at least 2 runs with the Rizzo gaffe and that absurd strike 1.

 

The CB/Angel Hernandez crew is always good for horsefeathering up at least 1 game beyond recognition.

[Andy]

This bot thinks that strike 3 should have been ball 4 (although the picture looks like a strike to me)

 

The square is the rule book strike zone, but they use the actual calls made to determine whether a ball/strike call is 'wrong'.

Edited August 3, 2018 by Andy

[squally1313]

Umps probably cost us at least 2 runs with the Rizzo gaffe and that absurd strike 1.

 

The CB/Angel Hernandez crew is always good for horsefeathering up at least 1 game beyond recognition.

 

The Rizzo gaffe never happens if they make the LaStella call correctly, to be fair.

[BigSlick]

Sigh.

 

Can't complain too much with scratching another run across but that coulda been a biiiiiig inning

[Sammy Sofa]

The scene at 3B now:

 

[Sammy Sofa]

The name Hunter Renfroe is like a punch to the spine.

[BigSlick]

Maybe don't commit 3 outs on 4 pitches

 

Someone needs to sit Albert Almora down and be like, listen buddy, if you're gonna suck, at least take a few pitches to do it

[UMFan83]

I can't quite put my finger on whats been ailing the offense lately. I guess it seems like we're not getting a lot of hard contact and even a lot of our hits have been soft contact. As much as we joke about Chili Dongs, this team is comprised of dongsmiths and its disappointing so see us struggle to hit for power.

[BigSlick]

Shocking nobody, Almora leads the lead in the fewest pitches seen per at bat, by quite a bit

[Sammy Sofa]

[BigSlick]

hella good job Carl

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That's the first time Q didn't walk anybody in a game this year. Last time he didn't walk multiple batters was on April 28.