4/17 - Cubs (Wesneski) vs A's (Muller): 8:40pm CT Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, Omar said:

So sick of listening to Sutcliffe. Thank god for the radio audio option on MLBTV. 

He’s not a good announcer. 

[cl smooth]

I don’t think the Oakland Athletics are a very good baseball team.

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Ding Dong Johnson said:

The Tony Kemp poster should be an oral history of his effort on the Gomes single. 

I mean, do you expect him to BEND OVER?  He has a family to think about.

[Omar]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

He’s not a good announcer. 

How much longer do we have to listen to him? When will JD be back? 

[Tim]

Did this ball bounce off the plate before Madrigal hit it?

[Ding Dong Johnson]

1 minute ago, Tim said:

Did this ball bounce off the plate before Madrigal hit it?

Close

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, Omar said:

How much longer do we have to listen to him? When will JD be back? 

No doubt JD will be back just in time for Boog to have a couple days off.

[Andy]

4 minutes ago, Omar said:

How much longer do we have to listen to him? When will JD be back? 

Presumably the next series when they're back at Wrigley

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

I don’t think the Oakland Athletics are a very good baseball team.

Slightly subpar. No more than 74 wins, I think. 

[Andy]

That was quite a fun inning. Nico and Happ are a heck of a lot of fun to watch right now. Really nice to see Bellinger looking like a version of himself again.

[Irrelevant Dude]

6 minutes ago, Andy said:

That was quite a fun inning. Nico and Happ are a heck of a lot of fun to watch right now. Really nice to see Bellinger looking like a version of himself again.

More than just Nico and Happ, the Cubs 1-3 looks like it's going to be a real problem for other teams.  If Seiya can take the step forward that we all hope for, Bellinger continues to show signs that he is closer to his MVP form, and Wisdom puts up anything close to his current numbers, suddenly this is a really potent lineup.

Edited April 18, 2023 by Irrelevant Dude

[Tim]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

More than just Nico and Happ, the Cubs 1-3 looks like it's going to be a real problem for other teams.  If Seiya can take the step forward that we all hope for, Bellinger continues to show signs that he is closer to his MVP form, and Wisdom puts up anything close to his current numbers, suddenly this is a really potent lineup.

Then all they have to do is give up on the Hosmer experiment and call up Mash.

[champaignchris]

Insert Simpsons “Stop, stop, he’s already dead,” meme here. 

[bukie]

Cubs now with 13 hits and 12 outs offensively.

[bukie]

Oh look, a Familia face.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Live look-in from the A's press box.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

More than just Nico and Happ, the Cubs 1-3 looks like it's going to be a real problem for other teams.  If Seiya can take the step forward that we all hope for, Bellinger continues to show signs that he is closer to his MVP form, and Wisdom puts up anything close to his current numbers, suddenly this is a really potent lineup.

There's 2 or 3 potential all stars in there  

[Sosa21MVP]

Any possum sightings yet?

[UMFan83]

They may be better but they're still the Cubs so of course they have to load the bases with 0 outs and not score lol.

[UMFan83]

26 minutes ago, Omar said:

That outfield wall extending up vertically in the deepest part of the park. 

Funny enough, that hit was only a HR at 3/30 parks and not Wrigley:

 

[Cubs2023]

I guess they all made contact instead of striking out, but man that was pretty brutal stuff right there. Especially with two of the hitters being Nico and Dansby.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

They may be better but they're still the Cubs so of course they have to load the bases with 0 outs and not score lol.

That’s Cub

[soccer10k]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

They may be better but they're still the Cubs so of course they have to load the bases with 0 outs and not score lol.

Very consistent too there. Two grounders to SS and one to 3B.

Good thing they’re up 5 or that would annoy me more.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Oh shut up Sutcliffe.  The Cubs have a lead so Wesneski is supposed to just start grooving fastballs?

[Cubs2023]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Oh shut up Sutcliffe.  The Cubs have a lead so Wesneski is supposed to just start grooving fastballs?

He’s insufferable.