8/1: Cubs (Lester) @ Cardinals (Flaherty) 6:15, NBCSCH

[UMFan83]

Cubs will fall to 28-33 over their last 61 games.

 

Yes I’m doing this again

[Edith Cox]

They need to bring Russell back up when they can. I don't care if he doesn't know the signed he had a .798 OPS as a starter was hitting in the second half when they sent him down and is 4-for-7 with 2 BB back in Iowa

[Sammy Sofa]

They need to bring Russell back up when they can. I don't care if he doesn't know the signed he had a .798 OPS as a starter was hitting in the second half when they sent him down and is 4-for-7 with 2 BB back in Iowa

 

This is a shitty bit.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I know I’m the irrational, optimistic, prognosticator around here 99% of the time. But I think we sweep the vaunted Brewers this weekend and are up 2 games or more on the Cardinals by next Sunday.

You clung on till the bitter end last season so I would expect no different...

 

But our core guys better snap out of this. This is a broken offense as of right now. There's no way around it. These guys are very slow to make adjustments.

[Edith Cox]

They need to bring Russell back up when they can. I don't care if he doesn't know the signed he had a .798 OPS as a starter was hitting in the second half when they sent him down and is 4-for-7 with 2 BB back in Iowa

 

This is a horsefeathers bit.

 

Yeah sorry for wanting to make the playoffs

[UMFan83]

They need to bring Russell back up when they can. I don't care if he doesn't know the signed he had a .798 OPS as a starter was hitting in the second half when they sent him down and is 4-for-7 with 2 BB back in Iowa

 

This is a horsefeathers bit.

 

Yeah sorry for wanting to make the playoffs

 

Oh my god I’m stuck in a time loop

[Sammy Sofa]

They need to bring Russell back up when they can. I don't care if he doesn't know the signed he had a .798 OPS as a starter was hitting in the second half when they sent him down and is 4-for-7 with 2 BB back in Iowa

 

This is a horsefeathers bit.

 

Yeah sorry for wanting to make the playoffs

 

Stop acting like the Cubs are missing out by sending down completely average at best at baseball/completely horrible at life Addison Russell.

 

He's a marginal upgrade at the most, and willfully acting like he's some kind of ignored asset based on the tiniest of sample sizes is beyond moronic.

[BigSlick]

One hit, wow

[CyHawk_Cub]

One hit, wow

I know, total [expletive].

 

The least they could've done is gotten no-hit to at least make it interesting as a baseball story.

[Edith Cox]

You guys do know our 2B are 5-for-40 since the last time Russell started right?

 

He has one hit in 2 AB in the majors over that time and went back to Iowa and started 4-for-7 with 2 BB and is about to hit right now in Reno.

[d_money]

 

A non-Cubs fan friend just pointed this out before the game.

 

It's crazy. I look at tonight's lineup with Costellanos now added, and it looks imposing on paper. It looks pretty damn deep. But then they just don't do anything if they don't hit home runs.

The 4 stars all just can’t be slumping at the same time, it’s that simple. KB, Rizzo, Javy and Willy can’t be running ~50 wRC+’s all at the same time for 2+ weeks.

 

Bryant is like a fragile little swan. The minute he tweaked the knee you could see this coming.

He’s a bit of a prima dona. His horsefeathers don’t stink. I wouldn’t be surprised if he’s never said “horsefeathers” before.

[Edith Cox]

We scored 1 ER in a series with 1st place on the line.

[UMFan83]

It’s absolutely insane that a team that is supposedly built to win it all has gone 11 weeks without winning a single road series Edited August 2, 2019 by UMFan83

[Sammy Sofa]

You guys do know our 2B are 5-for-40 since the last time Russell started right?

 

He has one hit in 2 AB in the majors over that time and went back to Iowa and started 4-for-7 with 2 BB and is about to hit right now in Reno.

 

You do know this is one of the dumbest things ever posted here, right?

[Edith Cox]

You guys do know our 2B are 5-for-40 since the last time Russell started right?

 

He has one hit in 2 AB in the majors over that time and went back to Iowa and started 4-for-7 with 2 BB and is about to hit right now in Reno.

 

You do know this is one of the dumbest things ever posted here, right?

 

Whats dumb is how triggered Russell makes you. You would rather lose watching guys go 5-for-40 since he last started, rather than use the better player Theo gave 3M to play.

 

You accused me of liking Trump but people like you are how he somehow got elected.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

You guys do know our 2B are 5-for-40 since the last time Russell started right?

 

He has one hit in 2 AB in the majors over that time and went back to Iowa and started 4-for-7 with 2 BB and is about to hit right now in Reno.

 

You do know this is one of the dumbest things ever posted here, right?

 

Whats dumb is how triggered Russell makes you. You would rather lose watching guys go 5-for-40 since he last started, rather than use the better player Theo gave 3M to play.

 

You accused me of liking Trump but people like you are how he somehow got elected.

What’s truly dumb is you. Go away.

[Cubswin11]

I know I’m the irrational, optimistic, prognosticator around here 99% of the time. But I think we sweep the vaunted Brewers this weekend and are up 2 games or more on the Cardinals by next Sunday.

You clung on till the bitter end last season so I would expect no different...

 

But our core guys better snap out of this. This is a broken offense as of right now. There's no way around it. These guys are very slow to make adjustments.

And they pretty much came through. 10 over in the second half, 100 win pace in August and ~95 win pace in September. It took a team playing 130 win pace baseball for 2 months or something dumb for them not to come through. I’m still betting on the best team coming through this year.

[Edith Cox]

You guys will have more time to SJW if we miss the playoffs

[Sammy Sofa]

You guys do know our 2B are 5-for-40 since the last time Russell started right?

 

He has one hit in 2 AB in the majors over that time and went back to Iowa and started 4-for-7 with 2 BB and is about to hit right now in Reno.

 

You do know this is one of the dumbest things ever posted here, right?

 

Whats dumb is how triggered Russell makes you. You would rather lose watching guys go 5-for-40 since he last started, rather than use the better player Theo gave 3M to play.

 

You accused me of liking Trump but people like you are how he somehow got elected.

 

What in the world are you babbling about.

 

It's stupid because you want to call him up over TWO MINOR LEAGUE GAMES, as if that is more indicative of what he can do than nearly 2 full seasons' worth if games where he was varying degrees of ass offensively.

 

That he's also a terrible person who should have been dropped is just a bonus to how absolutely hard you are willfully cratering yourself in a dirty diaper over him.

Edited August 2, 2019 by Sammy Sofa

[Edith Cox]

You guys wanted to send him down due to one bad game

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, no. Don't project your ridiculous micro-sample size nonsense on everyone else.

[Cubswin11]

You guys do know our 2B are 5-for-40 since the last time Russell started right?

 

He has one hit in 2 AB in the majors over that time and went back to Iowa and started 4-for-7 with 2 BB and is about to hit right now in Reno.

 

You do know this is one of the dumbest things ever posted here, right?

 

Whats dumb is how triggered Russell makes you. You would rather lose watching guys go 5-for-40 since he last started, rather than use the better player Theo gave 3M to play.

 

You accused me of liking Trump but people like you are how he somehow got elected.

[CyHawk_Cub]

"SJW"...."triggered".....this douchebag is hitting all marks.

[Edith Cox]

Yeah, no. Don't project your ridiculous micro-sample size nonsense on everyone else.

 

Yet you guys wanted to send him down due to one game sample size of him getting doubled up an losing a couple balls in the sun?

[Andy]

Yeah, no. Don't project your ridiculous micro-sample size nonsense on everyone else.

 

Yet you guys wanted to send him down due to one game sample size of him getting doubled up an losing a couple balls in the sun?

I wanted him sent down because he blatantly disregarded the actual horsefeathering defensive positioning the team had him playing on July horsefeathering 3rd and threw home when he was playing back, then said he didn't regret doing it. Then he played like a dumbass for two more weeks straight, THEN he was sent down.

 

You really need to shut the hell up with this.