4/16 Cubs (Smyly) vs Dodgers (Urias) - 3:10pm CT Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

That’s certainly a way to hit a double. 

[champaignchris]

I’m here for Boog busting Sut’s chops.

Edited April 16, 2023 by champaignchris

[Andy]

Just now, champaignchris said:

I here for Boog busting Sut’s chops.

I'm Ron Burgundy?

[Bertz]

Really enjoyed Boog putting Sutcliffe on blast for not understanding how to do an ad read

[Andy]

Uh oh

[Andy]

So it's gonna be one of those again huh

[UMFan83]

[expletive]. horsefeathering sun

[CubinNY]

Do not like. 

[PackLandVA]

10 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

That’s certainly a way to hit a double. 

And a crappy way to give up an RBI single.

[UMFan83]

Was there a particular reason they removed Smyly after 81 pitches and getting weak contact for the first 2 outs of the inning?  Just third time through the order stuff?

Alzolay looked off from the start, even though obviously can’t blame him for Seiya losing a ball in the sun

[Andy]

And now Dansby boots one. There's no way we're getting out of this

[Transmogrified Tiger]

it is profoundly weird that the only thing this team hasn't been good at so far this year is fielding the ball

[Andy]

Holy crap was that clutch pitching from Leiter

[champaignchris]

I didn’t have “Leiter gets possessed by the ghost of Bruce Sutter” on my 2023 Cubs bingo card. 

[Ding Dong Johnson]

MLJ day

[UMFan83]

Weird fact: 8 of the 12 Cubs runs this series have been on solo HRs. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Leiter has been unbelievable this year, especially considering that the spots he is getting brought into are typically the ones that would be pitched by the lefty reliever(s) on any other team that actually has them.

[CubinNY]

Over Mancini and Hosmer. Bring up Morel and Mervis. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

3 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Over Mancini and Hosmer. Bring up Morel and Mervis. 

Mancini has been a disappointment so far, but I'm willing to give him a bit of a longer leash. Hosmer has been, well, exactly who we all thought he was.

[UMFan83]

Fulmer in the 8th?  Gonna go Boxberger in the 9th or Fulmer for 2 innings?

[UMFan83]

Robot umps, that was a terrible terrible missed call to keep Vargas from striking out.  It was so in the zone that it didn't even touch the black.  Luckily he got a fly out anyways.

Edited April 16, 2023 by UMFan83

[Irrelevant Dude]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Fulmer in the 8th?  Gonna go Boxberger in the 9th or Fulmer for 2 innings?

It's gotta be Boxberger. Fulmer for 2 innings after pitching last night would be insane.

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

It's gotta be Boxberger. Fulmer for 2 innings after pitching last night would be insane.

That's a tall order for Boxberger (but I agree that it'd be insane to use Fulmer again). He has little to no leeway coming, Betts is due to be the third batter of the inning with Freeman following.

[UMFan83]

And then the ump calls a strike on Swanson on a pitch in the same area, but this one 95% of the way out of the zone.

[UMFan83]

Just now, Brock Beauchamp said:

That's a tall order for Boxberger (but I agree that it'd be insane to use Fulmer again). He has little to no leeway coming, Betts is due to be the third batter of the inning with Freeman following.

Not sure what other options they have.  Doubt they'd put Hughes in there.  Keegan pitched 2 innings last night but only 28 total pitches