5-23 This is NOT the Mets at Cubs Game Thread

[PackLandVA]

But feel free to give commentary of your choosing.

 

HOLY SCHNIKES!!!!! 
 

Two games in a row without giving up a run+ in the first inning. Way to bear down Cub pitchers!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Seiya doing first pitch damage is an excellent sign

[PackLandVA]

Jess opened up the Powerade recently. 

[jersey cubs fan]

The Mets catcher can’t catch 

[CubinNY]

Mervis!

[jersey cubs fan]

Hey hey, I saw Matt Mervis do something 

[Nolansomebody]

MATTY!

[CubinNY]

When Wisdom goes cold it’s a deep freeze 

[CubinNY]

Zademan Dempster team on the radio is something else. Zademan can’t modulate his voice and Dempster is Mr Obvious. 

[PackLandVA]

14 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Zademan Dempster team on the radio is something else. Zademan can’t modulate his voice and Dempster is Mr Obvious. 

Zaidman has a face for radio, and a voice for....well, I have no idea.  But it ain't sports play by play. 

I have no reason to believe he's anything other than a decent human being.  But there's something about him that makes me want to punch him in the face if I ever saw him.

[UMFan83]

5 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

Zaidman has a face for radio, and a voice for....well, I have no idea.  But it ain't sports play by play. 

I have no reason to believe he's anything other than a decent human being.  But there's something about him that makes me want to punch him in the face if I ever saw him.

I’ve hated Zaidman ever since he pre-emptively blocked me and 90% of Cubs Twitter for no reason

[Irrelevant Dude]

What's the deal with game threads not being in the game threads forum anyway?

[UMFan83]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

What's the deal with game threads not being in the game threads forum anyway?

I believe Brock instructed us to create game threads in Cubs Discussions in order to draw a bigger audience. He moves them to Game Threads afterwards. 
 

kind of hard to measure whether it’s helped traffic during a 6-16 stretch

[TomtheBombadil]

Vogelbach!

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Nimmo runs well and it'd be an awkward throw so it's not an outright mistake, but a little surprised Wisdom didn't commit to what looked like his first reaction and go home

[CubinNY]

Ross loves to let his starters pitch to failure. Tough spot for a rookie here

[TomtheBombadil]

^ It was a good spot for Estrada, someone showing high lvg potential

Goood stuff from Estrada that inning 

Edited May 24 by TomtheBombadil

[Transmogrified Tiger]

lol how does JD come up with these puns even when it's not sure if they're still on air

[PackLandVA]

 I had pizza for lunch. Rocco's Chicago in Tucson.  Full disclosure - it was thin crust, yet delicious.

Mervis on base three times (so far) is nice.

[TomtheBombadil]

Mervis seems alright enough. The game’s not too fast and he can make some plays, I’ll take it at 1B 

[cl smooth]

So Eduardo Escobar is afraid of cats. They are talking about this on the cubs radio feed. Someone brought a cat into the batting cage during the WBC and he ran away screaming.

[TomtheBombadil]

Whoahoho changeup from Merryweather…third pitch is a good idea 

[Irrelevant Dude]

This Morel fella is on some kind of heater.

Edited May 24 by Irrelevant Dude

[Derwood]

Have I mentioned lately that starting Morel in AAA was idiotic?

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I swear half of Morel's home runs look almost unintentional, like he hit that 108 off the bat and it didn't particularly look like he got his best swing on it