7/12 Cubs (Darvish) vs Pirates (Archer) 1:20 NBC Chicago/MLBN

[Sammy Sofa]

Spite walk.

[Sammy Sofa]

WHAT THE horsefeathers IS THIS UMP SEEING. FEED HIM TO THE MACHINES.

[UMFan83]

Wow Riz

[Brian]

the old got to swing because everything is a strike apparently

[Sammy Sofa]

Heyward is one cool, cool dude.

[UMFan83]

now THAT is some nice aggressive base running!

[Brian]

today would be a good day for the first 1-2-3 inning from Kimbrel

[NotSoSober]

clutchy baserunning. and well done heyward

[d_money]

Heyward speaks with his bat.

[UMFan83]

Heyward is one cool, cool dude.

 

Makes me so unbelievably happy that he's kept this up to the point where I actually kind of feel good about him coming up in big spots.

[UMFan83]

I hate Russell

[Sammy Sofa]

STRICTLY TALKING BASEBALL...who ended up having the worse fall from nigh-can't miss-prospect grace between Russell or Schwarber?

[UMFan83]

today would be a good day for the first 1-2-3 inning from Kimbrel

 

Yes especially because I need to leave for my train in 5 minutes, come on Craig!

[Sammy Sofa]

today would be a good day for the first 1-2-3 inning from Kimbrel

 

Yes especially because I need to leave for my train in 5 minutes, come on Craig!

 

SAME. Hurry it up, dammit!

[Brian]

Get Randy this W

[Sammy Sofa]

[Brian]

[Sammy Sofa]

[Brian]

is there a chance or is this a "why not" challenge?

[Schwarber Fan]

Fly the W!

[Sammy Sofa]

Yessssssssssss.

[d_money]

5 games over .500. Holy crap they need to go on a run.

[soccer10k]

STRICTLY TALKING BASEBALL...who ended up having the worse fall from nigh-can't miss-prospect grace between Russell or Schwarber?

 

I would go with Russell. His ceiling was higher.

[Cubswin11]

:flythew: #WeAreGood #2ndHalfCubs. Solid win now go catch a heater

[squally1313]

STRICTLY TALKING BASEBALL...who ended up having the worse fall from nigh-can't miss-prospect grace between Russell or Schwarber?

 

I would go with Russell. His ceiling was higher.

 

It’s (highly) debatable that it would have worked out without the injury, but schwarber still having the ability to play catcher once or twice a week would have helped his value quite a bit. Schwarber has pretty much plateaued, which I don’t think anyone expected given how quickly he moved through the minors. Russell has gotten actively worse.