9/6 - Cards (Dakota) vs. Cubs (Jon) - 6:08p ESPN

[PackLandVA]

This guy's pitching for the Cubs:

 

 

Here's what's behind him in the field:

 

 

Here's the batting order:

 

 

Here's the probable production today (and every day) with man on third and less than two outs:

 

 

Here's the decision Ross males at a critical point in the game

 

 

Probable outcome for a Cubs fan after this nationally televised disaster

 

[Brian707]

Wind appears to be blowing out 99mph. Be good Jon

[soccer10k]

Wind appears to be blowing out 99mph. Be good Jon

 

Off to a bad start.

[UMFan83]

Love that graphic. Cubs 0 for their last 28 with 11 Ks with runners on base

[Cubswin11]

May need 20 tonight

[abuck1220]

which of the 2016 WS heroes is the most worthless right now

[Brian707]

which of the 2016 WS heroes is the most worthless right now

 

Bryant

[itisallpartoftheplan]

which of the 2016 WS heroes is the most worthless right now

 

Russell

[UMFan83]

I was laughing about how people were saying the Cubs of the last few years don’t know how to put divisions away but here we are again, instead of putting away the division they are giving the Cardinals pole position

[abuck1220]

yeah arod, “pitch to contact” is working great for lester right now.

[abuck1220]

does bryant like baseball?

[UMFan83]

does bryant like baseball?

 

I doubt anyone likes baseball when they are hitting .169

[Brian707]

I was laughing about how people were saying the Cubs of the last few years don’t know how to put divisions away but here we are again, instead of putting away the division they are giving the Cardinals pole position

 

I guess big picture just get in the top 8, as the first round is a best of 3 crapshoot. This team isn't going far anyway

Edited September 7, 2020 by Brian707

[Cubswin11]

I was laughing about how people were saying the Cubs of the last few years don’t know how to put divisions away but here we are again, instead of putting away the division they are giving the Cardinals pole position

2016 and 2017 they put it away, 2018 they failed but still won 95 games and last year were just bad and never even had a chance. Weird narrative but there’s also a recency and frustration bias. Also willing to see how a 2 run game in the 4th with Wrigley playing like coors plays out before declaring this a loss and the division given away.

 

And I guess with the current set up just finish top 2 and maybe we catch a heater with Yu/Hendricks and 2-3 of the bats. And really other than the Dodgers everyone else in the NL seems pretty even.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Lol @ letting Lester start this inning.

[Bertz]

2016 is the last year that Lester had an above average fastball by velocity. That year he threw hard pitches (4 seam, sinker, cutter) 82% of the time. This year, down more than 3 MPH from that heyday, he's still throwing "hard" stuff 74% of the time. To be fair he has substantially cut down on his 4 seamers, but IMO he really needs to embrace his offspeed stuff if he's going to have any chance at being a decent starter going forward.

[CubinNY]

The boys are bumming me out.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Wow Kyle got fucked good

[Cubswin11]

Things are going great

 

[Brian707]

Something wrong with Heyward?

[NonProfitCow]

Something wrong with Heyward?

Feeling "under the weather."

[Andy]

This ump has called at least 5 STL pitches off the plate as strikes.

[UMFan83]

How is this team so incompetent at hitting with RISP?

[Forgotmyoldlogin]

Something wrong with Heyward?

Feeling "under the weather."

Any other year I’d consider this good news.

[abuck1220]

this is....something