Cubs (HRendricks) @ Tigers (the guy Olney said he'd bet the family farm would sign with the Cubs) - 6:10pm CT - NBCSC

[soccer10k]

Good news: Rizzo will dong next inning.

 

Bad news: That will be our only run.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Like for real, though. We are losing this division

 

They are going to have to hope the combo of Zobrist and Murphy at the top of the order get on base and then have Rizzo dong. They also need to activate KB tomorrow and just put him in the lineup.

[Brian]

I'd just like to make it be known that I called (to myself) the .230 no home run 9 hitter having a big 2 games, he's 2 for 2 so far.

[Brian]

well here it goes

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Like for real, though. We are losing this division

 

But fangraphs...or whatever random website says we’re 90% in the playoffs or something.

[soccer10k]

4-0 Milwaukee.

 

That’s what the Cubs call a series worth of runs.

[TMan92]

At this point if we signed a guy to pitch or hit that killed kittens on YouTube I would be ok with it.

[imb]

it's hilarious how much a stupid 2-0 deficit changed my entire opinion about this team lmao. Before the game im like ok we added a bat, we got hendricks going, we're playing the ass tigers, things are good.

 

then the game started and mentally im just like we're going to finish third in the division

[17 Seconds]

Like for real, though. We are losing this division

 

who cares, even if we make it we'll just end up losing in the playoffs and then spend the offseason wondering if we're broken anyways. the bad things that are happening right now are things that are worrying long-term, too.

 

yes, full doom boner. all of our good players are turning to horsefeathers.

[Brian]

maybe that will spark the offense

 

(it won't)

[TMan92]

Luckier than horsefeathers.

[raw]

LaStella shouldn’t be tendered a contract next year, his salary won’t be nothing. Every million or 2 count with how close we’ll be to max LT penalties

 

He might not be tendered a contract tomorrow.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

That's all great and stuff, but we are still down 2-0 and have no hope to score runs.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Like for real, though. We are losing this division

 

But fangraphs...or whatever random website says we’re 90% in the playoffs or something.

 

There is a flaw in the projection systems that doesn’t seem to be picking up on that without Bryant and Darvish and with Rizzo kinda meh and with Lester, Hendricks and Quintana varying degrees of bad, this is actually a bad baseball team.

[Tim]

Ninnies.

 

We're winning this game, this division and this world series.

[UMFan83]

Like for real, though. We are losing this division

 

who cares, even if we make it we'll just end up losing in the playoffs and then spend the offseason wondering if we're broken anyways. the bad things that are happening right now are things that are worrying long-term, too.

 

yes, full doom boner. all of our good players are turning to horsefeathers.

 

Even if that were all true, I care because it’s one less playoff spot for the Brewers or Cardinals to claim

[raw]

Remember that play when the Cubs don't come back and it doesn't matter.

[Sammy Sofa]

it's hilarious how much a stupid 2-0 deficit changed my entire opinion about this team lmao. Before the game im like ok we added a bat, we got hendricks going, we're playing the ass tigers, things are good.

 

then the game started and mentally im just like we're going to finish third in the division

 

Yup. With the day off I was expecting to see them go out there and wallop on a garbage team, but after, like, 3 innings it was already the equivalent of trying to push a boulder up a hill all over again. With your face.

[Brian]

lol on bended knee, there's our run

[Hairyducked Idiot]

it's hilarious how much a stupid 2-0 deficit changed my entire opinion about this team lmao. Before the game im like ok we added a bat, we got hendricks going, we're playing the ass tigers, things are good.

 

then the game started and mentally im just like we're going to finish third in the division

 

In my head I accept the logic of the projection systems that say that we are probably going to be in our fourth straight NLCS in two months.

 

But when you watch a team play bad baseball for a month, it’s hard not to get down on them.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

There is our solo. A hilarious moment, too.

[Brian]

how fitting it takes a guy falling on his face to get our run

[TMan92]

I was going to call another solo shot. Even home runs by the Cubs look stupid.

[imb]

Rizzo jeez save it for a game where we're not down 2-0 already, we need our run in a shutout

[raw]

Like for real, though. We are losing this division

 

They are going to have to hope the combo of Zobrist and Murphy at the top of the order get on base and then have Rizzo dong. They also need to activate KB tomorrow and just put him in the lineup.

 

Maddon- "Murphy was hitting 7th in Washington. Obviously he's comfortable there."

 

But for real though, Heyward's not moving from 2. One of them will leadoff the other 6th or some horsefeathers.