7/28 Cubs (Mills) at Reds (Mahle) 5:40 CT Marquee

[Brian]

strikes this time sadler

[UMFan83]

Man I really wish we could have tried to get another inning from Mills

[Brian]

Nick making up for the dong

[Brian]

inning extending dropped/passed 3rd strikes are not fun

[Bertz]

Holy horsefeathers that was dominant

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Let's go, Cubs! Close this out.... but score some more runs first!

[Cubswin11]

That was really solid by Sadler. Much better when he wasn’t sweating like crazy in his first appearance.

[Cubswin11]

Sadler/Tepera/Wick/Jeffress/Ryan can kinda be in the circle of trust for now

[PackLandVA]

Regarding the facing three batters rule. I know you’re allowed to face less than that if it ends the inning. But if you gave one batter one inning and you go back out to start the next, are you required to face two or can you only face one and be removed (so two total).

 

If you start the next inning you have to get to three total batters faced.

 

I'm thinking this is a bad rule change. One of the main factors for instituting the 3 batter rule was to speed up the game. So now if a reliever faces one or two batters and the inning ends, he comes back out for a batter, only to probably/possibly stop the game for a pitching change when it could've been done in between innings.

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Bote!

[Cubswin11]

Sadler only gets to go 1 inning for now on

[soccer10k]

I really am just talking to myself at this point!

 

Just like Fred circa 2012.

[Cubswin11]

horsefeathers off ump

[Transmogrified Tiger]

single on strike 4, baseball is truly back

[Brian]

horsefeathers off ump

 

at the very least that idiot had no right not swinging at that

Edited July 29, 2020 by Brian

[Brian]

NICE!

[Cubswin11]

Nice

[Regular Show]

Bote!

 

He deserves more playing time. I think he'll have a great year.

 

Edited July 29, 2020 by Regular Show

[squally1313]

Standard 6-5-3 double play

[Andy]

Regarding the facing three batters rule. I know you’re allowed to face less than that if it ends the inning. But if you gave one batter one inning and you go back out to start the next, are you required to face two or can you only face one and be removed (so two total).

 

If you start the next inning you have to get to three total batters faced.

 

I'm thinking this is a bad rule change. One of the main factors for instituting the 3 batter rule was to speed up the game. So now if a reliever faces one or two batters and the inning ends, he comes back out for a batter, only to probably/possibly stop the game for a pitching change when it could've been done in between innings.

You can make the change between innings if you want. It's just if you don't, the 3 batter minimum holds for the pitcher you leave in.

[Cubswin11]

Bote!

 

He deserves more playing time. I think he'll have a great year.

 

At the very least they should give Bryant a little bit of extra time to get right with Bote looking like this and not overly rush him. But I think Ross has done a good job so far picking the right guys on a given day and getting the guys in who should be playing

[squally1313]

Bote!

 

He deserves more playing time. I think he'll have a great year.

 

At the very least they should give Bryant a little bit of extra time to get right with Bote looking like this and not overly rush him. But I think Ross has done a good job so far picking the right guys on a given day and getting the guys in who should be playing

Can bryant be trusted in right field?

[Brian]

Javy the dong king is way back

[Derwood]

Woo, Baez

[Tim]

JAVY [expletive] BAEZ