4/10 Brewers (Peralta) v. Cubs (Stro); 1:20, MSN

[Tryptamine]

Ump misses 2 strikes in a row.

[CubinNY]

Boy if they can keep this up I will happily eat the biggest plate of crow ever.

[UMFan83]

How horsefeathering drunk is Belushi

[Irrelevant Dude]

Get drunk Jim Belushi off the air.

 

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[Irrelevant Dude]

How horsefeathering drunk is Belushi

Drunk enough that they should have known to pull the plug on that interview before it happened.

 

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[UMFan83]

Boy if they can keep this up I will happily eat the biggest plate of crow ever.

 

I’m happy with the start but trying to put it into perspective. You don’t have to go back too far to find a team that started out great against a contender and didn’t keep it up very long. *cough2021Orioles*. This team will be considerably better than that example but their ultimate ceiling is still TBD

 

What excites me the most is the working the counts and putting pressure on the pitchers. I still think this team is going to struggle to hit for power but if they can keep grinding out ABs they can score some runs.

[Tryptamine]

It's game 3 and I'm already developing an Irrational dislike for Madrigal.

[We Got The Whole 9]

I would not have Madrigal at the top of the order. Bat him like 6th or 7th behind the guys that will actually work good ABs and get on base frequently.

[We Got The Whole 9]

It's game 3 and I'm already developing an Irrational dislike for Madrigal.

It's not really irrational. He swings too much.

[CubinNY]

Boy if they can keep this up I will happily eat the biggest plate of crow ever.

 

I’m happy with the start but trying to put it into perspective. You don’t have to go back too far to find a team that started out great against a contender and didn’t keep it up very long. *cough2021Orioles*. This team will be considerably better than that example but their ultimate ceiling is still TBD

 

What excites me the most is the working the counts and putting pressure on the pitchers. I still think this team is going to struggle to hit for power but if they can keep grinding out ABs they can score some runs.

Their approach is what is was getting at. I agree the need a big LH bat.

[ChiCubsFan]

I would not have Madrigal at the top of the order. Bat him like 6th or 7th behind the guys that will actually work good ABs and get on base frequently.

 

Hasn’t Madrigal came up with guy(s) on base in all 3 ABs?

[UMFan83]

It's game 3 and I'm already developing an Irrational dislike for Madrigal.

It's not really irrational. He swings too much.

 

So great to have a hitter that you don’t have to worry about striking out almost ever

 

*hits into a double play*

 

Well horsefeathers

[Bertz]

I would not have Madrigal at the top of the order. Bat him like 6th or 7th behind the guys that will actually work good ABs and get on base frequently.

 

Yeah I'd like to use Madrigal to break up a couple of low contact guys. Something like Happ-Madrigal-Wisdom

[Tryptamine]

It's game 3 and I'm already developing an Irrational dislike for Madrigal.

It's not really irrational. He swings too much.

 

So much weak contact after getting behind in the count over and over.

[UMFan83]

Not feeling the 2018 vibes from Jesse Chavez

[Tryptamine]

Nicely done Chavez

[UMFan83]

Jeez lol

[Bertz]

Yikes

[CubinNY]

Chavez is not going to be around long.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Welp. Cross him off the bullpen roulette list.

 

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[soccer10k]

We’ll that didn’t take long to blow the lead.

[Tryptamine]

Chavez is not going to be around long.

 

He shouldn't have been around to begin with. He hasn't been anything but terrible since 2018.

[UMFan83]

Wonder if Ross pulled Stroman for pitch count (79 when the target was 85-90) or facing the top of the order for the 3rd time.

[d_money]

Chavez is not going to be around long.

Agreed. I thought he was gonna retire after 2018. Here we are 4 years later

[We Got The Whole 9]

I would not have Madrigal at the top of the order. Bat him like 6th or 7th behind the guys that will actually work good ABs and get on base frequently.

 

Hasn’t Madrigal came up with guy(s) on base in all 3 ABs?

He has. I mean there's not really a great place to put him in my eyes because I'm not a fan of his approach. He just doesn't work good ABs.

 

Boy did Chavez suck the air out of the stadium.