4/18 Cubs (Stroman) vs A's (Waldichuk): 8:40pm Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

Playing the A's is fun!

(provided you don't actually have to sit in their stadium)

The pitching and hitting advantage couldn't be more in favor of the Cubs tonight, which reduces their chance of winning to 40%, tops.

[Cubs2023]

Gotta win this one.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

[Bertz]

I really wanted Waldichuk last summer.  It looks like his Stuff+ numbers are way down on his fastball and curve YoY.  That Montas trade is looking like a wash all around.

[Derwood]

[squally1313]

Our new overlord stepping right into the middle of our (less so now but still) sacred game thread routine to pump off a long winning streak is really going to throw off the playoff plan. 

[CubinNY]

It's important to not get too high or too low in a short stretch of games, but the Cubs historically have not done well on west coast road trips, regardless of the level of the competition. It's really nice to see them playing good baseball. This A's team is an embarrassment to major league baseball. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Catching up on last night's game and the A's are somehow worse than I thought they were.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

38 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Catching up on last night's game and the A's are somehow worse than I thought they were.

They're on pace for 28.5 wins. I'm tempted to take the under (he says right before the A's take the last 2 of this series).

[UMFan83]

45 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Catching up on last night's game and the A's are somehow worse than I thought they were.

I was a bit worried that we were underrating them until I saw the Tony Kemp poster giveaway ad behind home plate.

But seriously though its baseball so anything can happen the next 2 games.

[Bertz]

He probably won't work deep inti the game, but Miller is really good.  I'd love to win tonight and lock in that series W before we see all thia velo tomorrow 

 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Miller's trajectory is kinda hilarious.  14 innings all of last year(28.2 IP total as a pro).  This year makes one start at AA, gets promoted, one start at AAA, gets promoted, and makes his MLB debut.  The AAA start was pretty obscene(5 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 11/0 K/BB) and Wednesday is a getaway day game after night so yeah winning today would definitely be preferred.

[Brock Beauchamp]

Are the Cubs winning yet?

[Omar]

So. many. empty. seats. 

What do season tix cost here? $200?

Edited April 19, 2023 by Omar

[Brock Beauchamp]

6 minutes ago, Omar said:

So. many. empty. seats. 

What do season tix cost here? $200?

Fans are rightly pissed off at the franchise. The modern A's are doing a hell of a job of impersonating the St Louis Browns.

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Fans are rightly pissed off at the franchise. The modern A's are doing a hell of a job of impersonating the St Louis Browns.

Wikipedia is amazing. So I decided to go back and check to see if the Browns were as bad as I think they were.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Louis_Browns

This is a line from the page:

"As of April 2023, there are only three living former St. Louis Browns players: Billy Hunter, Ed Mickelson, and Frank Saucier."

Someone in the world is out there updating the Wiki page for the St Louis Browns. In the past 18 days.

[Nolansomebody]

Cody Bellinger was soooooo close. That would've been a fun way to start this game.

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

Cody Bellinger was soooooo close. That would've been a fun way to start this game.

Welcome to the site! Are you an old member re-registering or completely new?

[UMFan83]

Stroman has zero command in the 1st

[Nolansomebody]

2 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Welcome to the site! Are you an old member re-registering or completely new?

Completely new. Just wanted to talk with other Cubs fans out there.

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

Completely new. Just wanted to talk with other Cubs fans out there.

That's outstanding! Thank you for registering and welcome to NSBB!

[Brock Beauchamp]

4 minutes ago, Nolansomebody said:

Completely new. Just wanted to talk with other Cubs fans out there.

Just be forewarned, NSBB went through a big new transition just a couple of weeks ago but we're a GREAT place to talk Cubs. It's a moderated forum that prioritizes smart discussion over flame-throwing... but our game threads are slow right now. We're working on it but please check out the Cubs forum as well and contribute!

[Tryptamine]

Can we fire Hosmer into the Sun yet?

[Brock Beauchamp]

2 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Can we fire Hosmer into the Sun yet?

[Brock Beauchamp]

How are the Cubs not winning this game yet?