5/31 - Rays (Eflin) vs Cubs (Steele): 1:20pm, Marquee

[Transmogrified Tiger]

am I crazy or is the K-Zone like 30% smaller

[champaignchris]

Take. 

[UMFan83]

Swung at ball 4 that would have tied the game lmao.  Tough one to lay off but still

[champaignchris]

Ball 5. 

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

am I crazy or is the K-Zone like 30% smaller

Isnt that what happens when the batter is 30% smaller?

[UMFan83]

This guys just begging to walk the tying run in

[Transmogrified Tiger]

yeah that's why I don't blame Mastro for swinging, this zone is an adventure

[champaignchris]

Please take. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Swung at ball 4 that would have tied the game lmao.  Tough one to lay off but still

Impossible to take that one, though.

[Brock Beauchamp]

What a game, though.

[UMFan83]

horsefeathering idiots.  Cubs fail in another high-leverage situation, coming 1 ball from tying it twice

[Nolansomebody]

Dang. What an Inning.

[champaignchris]

Crap. 

[champaignchris]

Umpire Scorecards will be something to see tomorrow. 

[UMFan83]

Cubs had 7 base runners in the last 3 innings and scored 1 run in a game they lost by 1 run

[Transmogrified Tiger]

watching all those top of the zone strikes this inning and now ever more salty about this at bat

 

[Brock Beauchamp]

Two out of three ain't bad.

[Derwood]

S-Tier fake rally

[soccer10k]

11 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

Solid fake rally in progress here.

Sigh.

[UMFan83]

7th:  Runner on 2nd, 0 outs
8th: 1st and 3rd, 1 out
9th: Bases loaded, 1 out

1 run scored.  The 7 outs after those situations were 3 strikeouts, 1 TOOTBLAN, 1 sacrifice bunt, 2 flyouts (1 coming with the bases empty and 2 outs after the TOOTBLAN)

Edited May 31, 2023 by UMFan83

[Andy]

All fans probably think their teams have fake rallies as often as Cubs fans do. The only difference is that they are unquestionably wrong and we are right.

[UMFan83]

 

Famous last words

[jersey cubs fan]

2 hours ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Two out of three ain't bad.

Cubs have accounted for 11% of all Tampa losses this season 

[UMFan83]

I saw this on reddit:

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Before todays game the Cubs had 49 PA’s with the bases loaded. Before the outs today they had a sOPS+ of 23 in this situation.

sOPS+ being like OPS+ compared to every other team in the same situation.

77% worse than league average and a .163 on base percentage.

 

[squally1313]

11 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

I saw this on reddit:

 

Well that just seems very unlucky and mathematically should turn around soon given the overall performance of the offense this year. Will it be too late? Probably! But hard to get like, specifically angry at anyone in particular.