4/27 & 4/28 is it time for series threads?

[itisallpartoftheplan]

3-0 Cubs.

 

Jesse Chavez gets out of a 1st and 3rd 1 out jam.

Edited April 28, 2022 by itisallpartoftheplan

[d_money]

Sayow had a great 10 pitch AB earlier which resulted in an RBI double. He wore out Morton

[CubinNY]

Cubs are good again

[squally1313]

Snarky, troll post: BABIP dice running hot tonight!

 

Actual post: 4 BBs/4Ks against someone like Fried (and assorted relievers) will fix a lot of problems, good work.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Ross doesn't believe in the 4 out save

[UMFan83]

2 outs no one on in the 8th turns into at least 2 runs and a tie game lol

[17 Seconds]

the sad part is that i think part of jed really thought we might compete this year Edited April 28, 2022 by 17 Seconds

[Andy]

I can't horsefeathering stand making no effort to throw a competitive pitch to the #8 hitter just because there's a base open. Now you have to get Ozzie damn Albies or you probably lose the game.

[UMFan83]

Now you bring in Robertson?

[abuck1220]

ross is such an obviously bad in-game manager. just painful to watch.

[abuck1220]

that whole thing started with what has become maybe my biggest baseball pet peeve…pounding the outside corner with the pull shift on.

[We Got The Whole 9]

Now you bring in Robertson?

It was so obviously gonna happen. The good managers realize when their pitcher has unraveled and step in before they blow it. Givens blew the first 2 hitters away but after that he had no feel at all for the strike zone.

 

Ross is a dummy.

[Andy]

And now because of that mismanaged 8th we get our first game of the year with the stupid ass fake runners.

[d_money]

Wis-bomb

[Andy]

That was a serious bomb by Wisdom. Hopefully the not Robertson pen can hold a 3 run lead.

[Andy]

Starting to think Madrigal might just take his "Nicky 2 Strikes" nickname a little too seriously

[We Got The Whole 9]

Man last year I started to get some hope that Nico's approach had progressed and he would draw some walks. This dude just wants to swing his ass off this year.

[abuck1220]

good job making that painless and thankfully that hilariously bad check swing call didn’t matter

[Cubswin11]

That’s the best Wick has looked since before the injury I think

[Bertz]

Man last year I started to get some hope that Nico's approach had progressed and he would draw some walks. This dude just wants to swing his ass off this year.

 

A lot of guys walk when they're cold and hack when they're hot. I don't think we have enough tape on Nico to know if he's one of those but it wouldn't be that weird.

 

This bullpen is horsefeathering shoving this year. Even with Givens blowup it's still 3 runs over 8 innings with a bunch of strikeouts and groundballs tonight

[mul21]

that whole thing started with what has become maybe my biggest baseball pet peeve…pounding the outside corner with the pull shift on.

 

I said the exact same thing to a buddy last night. Why the hell are you shifted to the left side if you're throwing nothing but fastballs on the outside corner to a RH hitter. Makes zero sense.

[UMFan83]

Loved this reaction to Wisdom's HR last night by Seiya

 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Keep it going here

[OleMissCub]

Heyward needs to retire and go count his money on a beach somewhere. He’s a walking rally killer.

[Bertz]

He hasn't done it in super high leverage, and maybe because it's so predicated on funk it'll dry up quickly as the league sees him more, but Effross has been nothing short of incredible so far in his career.