7/9 - Fan interferes with ball down the line preventing Cubs OF from catching it

[UMFan83]

Cubs actually got the call this time

 

 

Also the Cubs are up 3-0. The team can suck but beating up on the Cardinals is always fun.

[Schwarber Fan]

How did we get so lucky without KB getting injured in 2015/16? The man is made of glass.

[UMFan83]

Oh look the Cardinals are back to plunking Willson. This time it was a 95 mph fastball to his head.

[d_money]

How did we get so lucky without KB getting injured in 2015/16? The man is made of glass.

For as soft as he is,he’s the best they got.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

KB off the bench. Wild.

[Bertz]

Cameraman got way too excited on that one haha

[NOLA]

Gotta admit, as shitty of a situation as this Cubs team is in, it almost makes it that much sweeter to blast the Cardinals. If only they could follow up 1-12 stretch by sweeping these jerkoffs.

[UMFan83]

2017 the Cubs were 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central, the added at the deadline and finished 92-70 and won the division

 

2021 the Cubs are 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central.

 

(I am absolutely not advocating being a buyer, its just funny to compare similar situations that are going to be handled in different ways most likely)

[The_Achiever]

Could Patrick Wisdom actually be good, or is this still residual pixie dust?

[NOLA]

2017 the Cubs were 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central, the added at the deadline and finished 92-70 and won the division

 

2021 the Cubs are 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central.

 

(I am absolutely not advocating being a buyer, its just funny to compare similar situations that are going to be handled in different ways most likely)

Doesn’t context matter though? That 2017 team had just won the WS and still felt like they could go on a run. This team has regressed ever since then, doesn’t hit well or pitch well. (or apparently defend well either).

[Derwood]

Could Patrick Wisdom actually be good, or is this still residual pixie dust?

 

He seems like he’ll settle into yet another .240 hitter with 25 HR and a crap ton of K’s

[d_money]

Could Patrick Wisdom actually be good, or is this still residual pixie dust?

 

He seems like he’ll settle into yet another .240 hitter with 25 HR and a crap ton of K’s

So basically Baez

[UMFan83]

2017 the Cubs were 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central, the added at the deadline and finished 92-70 and won the division

 

2021 the Cubs are 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central.

 

(I am absolutely not advocating being a buyer, its just funny to compare similar situations that are going to be handled in different ways most likely)

Doesn’t context matter though? That 2017 team had just won the WS and still felt like they could go on a run. This team has regressed ever since then, doesn’t hit well or pitch well. (or apparently defend well either).

 

Yeah of course context matters a ton, thats kind of what I was trying to say in parenthesis

[soccer10k]

2017 the Cubs were 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central, the added at the deadline and finished 92-70 and won the division

 

2021 the Cubs are 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central.

 

(I am absolutely not advocating being a buyer, its just funny to compare similar situations that are going to be handled in different ways most likely)

 

4 games further back of Milwaukee this year than in 2017. Q trade not technically at the deadline (July 13) and by the time the deadline came around (when they traded for Avila and Justin Wilson), they’d erased the whole deficit and were 2.5 up. Of course, that’s a point in your favor since they made up 8 games between July 15 and July 30.

[Bertz]

Could Patrick Wisdom actually be good, or is this still residual pixie dust?

 

Good might be strong, but I'm starting to think he's a legit 2nd division starter type. Something like .230/.310/.450 with good defense at 3B? The fact that he's getting hot again after going cold for a few weeks says a lot. The hallmark of a AAAA guy is being unable to make adjustments.

[NOLA]

2017 the Cubs were 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central, the added at the deadline and finished 92-70 and won the division

 

2021 the Cubs are 43-45 and several games behind the Brewers in the Central.

 

(I am absolutely not advocating being a buyer, its just funny to compare similar situations that are going to be handled in different ways most likely)

Doesn’t context matter though? That 2017 team had just won the WS and still felt like they could go on a run. This team has regressed ever since then, doesn’t hit well or pitch well. (or apparently defend well either).

 

Yeah of course context matters a ton, thats kind of what I was trying to say in parenthesis

Oh, I know. I was mostly being rhetorical. It’s pretty amazing that nearly the same situation a few years ago feels completely hopeless now.

[Backtobanks]

Could Patrick Wisdom actually be good, or is this still residual pixie dust?

 

He seems like he’ll settle into yet another .240 hitter with 25 HR and a crap ton of K’s

 

He makes Bote trade bait.

[soccer10k]

Cubs win, Brewers lose and we’re only 8.5 back. Another week and a half of this and we’ll be in first!

[UMFan83]

Cubs win, Brewers lose and we’re only 8.5 back. Another week and a half of this and we’ll be in first!

 

If we just win all our remaining games against the Brewers we’re right there pretty much