9/24/19 Cubs (Hendricks) @ Pirates (Keller) 6:05 Central NBCSCH

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

[soccer10k]

Oh look, three games the Cubs actually have a chance to win!

[Brian707]

Oh look, three games the Cubs actually have a chance to win!

 

 

[HawkeTrackler]

 

Me, 27 times tonight

[squally1313]

 

Me, 27 times tonight

 

Well hopefully you'll be watching the Nats offense, as the Cubs don't play until tomorrow.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

It's still sort of difficult to believe that on Sept. 5 the Cubs were five games up on a playoff spot, and just 17 games later and with six contests still remaining, they are already basically eliminated.

 

horsefeathers.

[Cubswin11]

Should’ve known the season was screwed when Almora took the first AB of it

[Andy]

Kyle took a no-hitter into the 6th and will be leaving the 6th trailing, if you're wondering if anything has changed with this bunch.

[Schwarber Fan]

How bad is this team? Wow.

[UMFan83]

I mean I know they probably aren’t trying that hard at this point but losing to a team you outscored 45-17 10 days ago and is 25 games under .500 since the All-Star break is always bad

[UMFan83]

The pirates have been outscored 87-26 during the 9 game losing streak they are currently on.

 

87-26

[itisallpartoftheplan]

We were supposed to lose this 2-1 in the bottom of the 9th. What a curveball we were thrown tonight.

[UMFan83]

It took 8 hitters but we finally got the 1st out of the 7th

[Rex Buckingham]

Magic number for elimination: 3, soon to be 1.

[Derwood]

Just lose out for craps sake

[cl smooth]

[Cubswin11]

[Rex Buckingham]

Shut down everyone important. Javy, KB. Rizzo, Schwarbs, Willson, any pitcher you want to count on next year... just shut it down.

[Guancous]

Not even worthy of two pages

[gobigred]

Two straight long offseasons without a playoff run should seal Joe's fate. I don't know what the payroll looks like but will Ricketts and Co claim they bare cash poor again to make any moves?

[Brian707]

Not even worthy of two pages

 

 

[Sammy Sofa]

Whether or not jersey start's today's game thread is more exciting than the game itself.

[Andy]

Two straight long offseasons without a playoff run should seal Joe's fate. I don't know what the payroll looks like but will Ricketts and Co claim they bare cash poor again to make any moves?

They will have some spare money available to make a move or two without raising payroll much if at all (I think TT did a breakdown recently and figured there'd be about $20M to play with), which is what I assume will happen.