4/15 Cubs (Taillon) at Dodgers (Grove) 8:10 p.m. CT Marquee

[soccer10k]

CUBS are 7-5 this year
CUBS are 6-5 in April
CUBS are 2-1 on the road
CUBS are 1-1 on Saturdays
CUBS are 0-2 when Taillon starts
CUBS are 985-1003 all time against the Dodgers

Go CUBS!!!!

[Bertz]

Taillon actually pitched well last time out.  Hopefully this is the start where balls start finding gloves.

[Derwood]

Game is also on MLB Network

[Ding Dong Johnson]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

Game is also on MLB Network

Oh sweet, another channel I do not get.

[Ivy.n.Denver]

I would like to see more of Rios and less of Hosmer 

[UMFan83]

 

[CubinNY]

Woof, Dansby 6 Ks in a row. 

[itisallpartoftheplan]

6 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Woof, Dansby 6 Ks in a row. 

Looks like the record is 10 by Rick Ankiel

[Matthew Trueblood]

Even when stuff works, it feels like Taillon misses every spot by 10 inches. Not just tonight, but all year. And that's so much the opposite of what he's been the last couple years. I don't know what to do with it.

[CubinNY]

Even though they have a winning record, I feel like they don’t have their best options on this team. 

[Matthew Trueblood]

2 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Even though they have a winning record, I feel like they don’t have their best options on this team. 

Mervis? Morel? Estrada? Which is or are your sticking points?

[Matthew Trueblood]

CODY!!!

[Bertz]

Wowza that was a hell of a catch from Bellinger

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Thank You Bellinger for saving me from being annoyed that Heyward homered off us from the rest of the night!

[Matthew Trueblood]

I like that the usual red numerals on the front are absent from both Cubs' and Dodgers' jerseys tonight. Just the old-style Dodgers 42 on the backs, for everyone. I don't think they've had that particular touch in the past.

[Bertz]

That Taillon sinker is nasty.  Eno Sarris wrote about it a bit earlier this week

 

[Bertz]

[Tryptamine]

Can we fire Hosmer into the sun yet?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Nice dong, whoever the horsefeathers #42 is.

[UMFan83]

Up to 0-8 with 7 K in his last 8 PA. He just all the sudden doesn’t look right at all out there. 

[Bertz]

Wonder if Hughes is going to be allowed into a game this tight right away.  This block of lefties is going to come back around at least one more time, and presumably it'll be really late.

[Matthew Trueblood]

10 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Up to 0-8 with 7 K in his last 8 PA. He just all the sudden doesn’t look right at all out there. 

I'm not sure how clearly or widely this has been articulated to Cubs fans, but from knowing some Braves fans and talking to them over the years: this is Dansby. He's as streaky a hitter as you'll ever find. Can carry the team for a few weeks, then will go absolutely frigid for almost as long.

Is that comforting? Troubling? Some of each? Not sure. But this isn't unusual for him. We might as well start getting used to it right away. 

[cl smooth]

not sure if this was brought up last night but why isn't JD in los angeles with boog? 

[Bertz]

2 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

not sure if this was brought up last night but why isn't JD in los angeles with boog? 

It seems like at this point JD never makes the west coast trips?  Not sure if that's a JD preference or if they need give Sutcliffe X number of games and they decided might as well choose the West Coast trips?

[Matthew Trueblood]

That strike one call was BRUTAL, man.