5/7/23 Marlins (Alcantara) vs Cubs (Wesneski): 1:20pm Marquee

[Irrelevant Dude]

3 minutes ago, itisallpartoftheplan said:

The fact that the Wendle at bat had to start 1-0 is just dumb. Be better baseball.

I get that there needs to be a penalty or else the timer is meaningless, but I think too many at bats are starting 1-0 or 0-1.  It is not the rarity that I expected it to be. Maybe there needs to be an adjustment to the rule between batters.

[Irrelevant Dude]

If Madrigal runs a relatively straight line there, he's safe easily.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I get that there needs to be a penalty or else the timer is meaningless, but I think too many at bats are starting 1-0 or 0-1.  It is not the rarity that I expected it to be. Maybe there needs to be an adjustment to the rule between batters.

Through yesterday there were 356 violations of any type at any time in 503 games.

[UMFan83]

Nice piece of hitting by Nico. Come on Dansby, walk it off

[Irrelevant Dude]

With Arraez due up, the Cubs need to finish this here.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Double post 

Edited May 7, 2023 by Irrelevant Dude
Double post

[Transmogrified Tiger]

lol Seiya got so bored being rested he's out here trying to steal every base

[UMFan83]

Dammit. More Manfred Man baseball. I seriously don’t even want to watch extra innings because of the rule

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Dammit. More Manfred Man baseball.

You know he's sitting at home smiling every time someone refers to the runner as the Manfred Man.

[Andy]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Dammit. More Manfred Man baseball. I seriously don’t even want to watch extra innings because of the rule

I used to go out of my way to watch extra inning games if I saw one was happening but I just flat out will not watch one that isn't the Cubs. A small protest but still.

[soccer10k]

Walk this horsefeathers off please.

[Irrelevant Dude]

3 minutes ago, Andy said:

I used to go out of my way to watch extra inning games if I saw one was happening but I just flat out will not watch one that isn't the Cubs. A small protest but still.

Same here. It's not any sort of protest from me, but I just don't enjoy it.  I used to see extra innings games and think "let's see how far this will go." Now I know it's going to be over in an inning or two, and usually anticlimactically.

[UMFan83]

5 minutes ago, Andy said:

I used to go out of my way to watch extra inning games if I saw one was happening but I just flat out will not watch one that isn't the Cubs. A small protest but still.

Yeah I just don’t find it very entertaining. I’m not a traditionalist at all and don’t mind changes to the game but this particular one makes the game worst imo

[Irrelevant Dude]

Ok Mervis, let's do it.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Don’t bunt

[soccer10k]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Ok Mervis, let's do it.

Just don’t K looking please.

[UMFan83]

The bunt killed me. Why are you giving up an out?  Sure a runner on 3rd and 1 out is a good situation to be in, but i just don’t agree with it. 

Edited May 7, 2023 by UMFan83

[Irrelevant Dude]

 

Just now, itisallpartoftheplan said:

Don’t bunt

Normally I would agree, but with Wisdom having a 50% chance of striking out there, I have no problem with the bunt.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Damnit. Mervis had a pitch to hit and Hosmer'd it.

[Andy]

Stop horsefeathering bunting

[UMFan83]

Is this the first Cubs game to go over 3 hours this season?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

The bunt killed me. Why are you giving up an out?  Sure a runner and 3rd out is a good situation to be in, but i just don’t agree with it. 

When you only need one run, you're more likely to get it, especially with a good contact hitter waiting behind Wisdom that will be hitting against a drawn in infield.  There's risk that he doesn't actually get it down so it's not automatic, but it was a great bunt that validated he can handle the bat in such a situation.

[UMFan83]

Yowza that was incredible

[Irrelevant Dude]

I'm a little surprised the runner didn't get doubled off on that one.

[soccer10k]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

 

Normally I would agree, but with Wisdom having a 50% chance of striking out there, I have no problem with the bunt.

Isn’t that one of the rare situations where it’s at least semi-justifiable stats wise to bunt? You only need one run to win the game so there is benefit to getting the guy to third.