9/8/18 cubs @ nats - game 2

[UMFan83]

According to the weather I’m looking at, it’s supposed to rain in DC every hour until Monday at 10am

[UMFan83]

This is turning into a disaster

 

It’s almost like when you make someone pitch in heavy rain, they have trouble throwing strikes. Imagine that.

Edited September 9, 2018 by UMFan83

[Schwarber Fan]

Enough screwing around. This is basically the bottom of the 9th.

[chibears55]

Maddon needs to start barking about the conditions

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Was hoping for 7 now Hamels might not get 6

[Sammys Boombox]

I hate baseball so much.

[soccer10k]

Oh, the rain is going make our stud lose his command? Awesome.

 

Don’t worry. Edwards is warming and he never had command problems.

[raw]

Hey, pitcher with no control issues as a Cub is having control issues in the rain. Maybe he shouldn't have to pitch in the rain

[Schwarber Fan]

By the way...

 

Inexcusable to have a ceremony. Rain is gonna start in the 6th and not stop.

[UMFan83]

HUGE

 

That’s how you do it Kris

Edited September 9, 2018 by UMFan83

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Big play!!

[Schwarber Fan]

Bote showing KB how to play 3rd

[soccer10k]

Huge!

[Sammy Sofa]

Game is too close.

 

Like I said before, we don't have many relaxing games. There will be more nervous moments to come in this one.

 

We really don’t. Even the ones where we have big leads we usually allow the teams to come back enough to where we have to have our good relievers come in and save us

 

Yeah, it must be confirmation bias, but it feels like so many games they'll have 1 inning where they score, like, 3-5 runs, but then that's it. And then even if the starter for the Cubs does well and goes 6 and only gives up 2-3, Joe's bullpen woes are amplified because he has to burn through relievers in what should be a relatively easy win.

 

I always come back to how it really seems as simplistic as being because their slugging is so relatively slow this season. If they had hit just, say, 25 more dongs (really not unreasonable given their roster; that would still only have them 11th in HR), it would have made a decent difference.

[soccer10k]

One more and bring the tarp on.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm a half hour away from the stadium, and it is an absolute deluge out here right now.

[TMan92]

horsefeathers this gamr

[Sammys Boombox]

This is just freaking dumb.

[UMFan83]

Of course, jam shot double with 2 outs.

 

Cubs are kings of getting into jams, then getting that huge 2nd out before blowing it

[Schwarber Fan]

JUST GET ONE MORE OUT

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Quick poll: Do we end the 6th inning ahead one run, tied or trailing?

[UMFan83]

Come on Cubs. I really don’t want to be 2.5 games up tomorrow morning

[Schwarber Fan]

This is literally the game right here. Whoever leads after the next out wins.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

This is literally the game right here. Whoever leads after the next out wins.

 

So you're saying this is the bottom of the ninth, two outs?

[chuckywang]

Nothing anyone can do about rain. Stop complaining about it.