4/3 Cubs (Smyly) at Reds (Overton?) 5:40 PM CT, Marquee

[squally1313]

Well I guess starting game thread 4 is better than starting game thread 3. Rough weekend, but hopefully the Reds and their made up players are the cure to what ails us. Although this dude, of course, last pitched on 9/30 where he went 5 1/3, 2 hit, 3 K, shut out ball against (you guessed it!) our Chicago Cubs, so who knows. Pretty pissed Succession is already off the board, and for a Sunday game with minimal activity here anyways. Though I'm guessing we'll need to start reusing ideas pretty soon here. I never watched WKRP in Cincinnati but I have spent my fair share of time in southern Ohio, amongst the people who live there, and thus I think this show is appropriate thematically:

 

Let's go win a series. 

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Let's see that rotation depth I was promised 

[UMFan83]

Yeah I should have thought through the timing on the Succession thread.  I thought with the episode airing that night it would work, and maybe we'd get a couple days out of it.

Drew Smyly at 8:15 tonight:

[Sammy Sofa]

Checking out a game thread these days/years:

[jersey cubs fan]

putting some cash on the visitors

[Bertz]

Not facing back to back Cy Young candidates and getting out of the 30-something degree weather should bode well for the offense this series.  Otherwise

[CubinNY]

I have 0 faith in Smyly. He’ll probably throw 6 scoreless. 

[Bertz]

My wife after my "Overton Window" joke to her just now

 

[Derwood]

I don't know what y'all are complaining about, Bellinger is clearly fixed

[David]

belly bomb!

[17 Seconds]

he might suck but his home runs are usually majestic 

[CubinNY]

Cody! 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's a small thing but MLB.tv finally realized that if I have the Cubs listed as my favorite team they can automatically load the Cubs broadcast instead of asking me which one I want.  It's one click/button press but feels a lot smoother

[Irrelevant Dude]

Smyly is throwing batting practice right now.

[CubinNY]

Hosmer is useless 

[Bertz]

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, CubinNY said:

Hosmer is useless 

He got a hit!

[Derwood]

First to 20 runs wins

[CubinNY]

29 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

I have 0 faith in Smyly. He’ll probably throw 6 scoreless. 

Whoops 

[Sammy Sofa]

[Derwood]

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Between the two teams, that inning had 5 hits on below 85 mph EV balls in play

[UMFan83]

It’s early but Smyly is making a great case for being the person who is moved out of the rotation when Hendricks returns

[UMFan83]

You can’t waste a rare catcher hit dammit!

[Derwood]

BABIP game to end all BABIP games