7/4 - Cubs (Hendricks) vs Brewers (Miley): 3:10pm, Marquee

[Brock Beauchamp]

Woof, tough loss yesterday. But either way, a good performance from Hendricks is vital for trade value or just a good ol' fashioned win.

[CubinNY]

This game may be an hour and half long. 

[Nolansomebody]

The Hot Dog Contest is cancelled, so my July 4th has not gone well.

For the love of all that is holy about our pastime, please keep a lead and win a game.

Edit: Nevermind, the Hot Dog Contest is on TV now.

Edited July 4, 2023 by Nolansomebody
Poorly aged

[Rex Buckingham]

If it makes sense, would love to see Palencia directly follow Hendricks today. Talk about a contrast in stuff

[Brock Beauchamp]

5 hours ago, CubinNY said:

This game may be an hour and half long. 

Good point. If the starters are on their games, expect several nine pitch innings.

[PackLandVA]

CHC Batters	AVG	HR	RBI	SB
1Hoerner2B	.282	5	42	19
2SwansonSS	.259	9	35	4
3HappLF	.254	7	38	6
4Morel3B	.285	15	38	1
5Suzuki, SRF	.245	6	26	1
6Mancini1B	.241	4	25	0
7BellingerCF	.276	7	24	10
8GomesDH	.265	7	24	1
9AmayaC	.271	2	7	0

[UMFan83]

Not really worth a topic but the Padres DFA’d Nelson Cruz today. Given the Cubs will be higher on the waiver priority due to their record, he seems like a pickup the Cubs would make given their need for power and the Madrigal/Wisdom injuries potentially pushing Morel out of DH for a bit. 
 

I don’t think he’ll be any good but seems like a move they’d consider. 

[UMFan83]

Leadoff triple, this should be fun

[PackLandVA]

20 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Leadoff triple, this should be fun

They tried to squander it, but Yan put one just out of reach of the RF.

Dansby, OTOH, put one way out of reach of the CF.

[UMFan83]

Not watching but seems like Kyle is on today 

[PackLandVA]

Kyle nabbed a 108 mph come-backer in the second for the third out and then casually walked to the dugout. Jim D said if he were on the mound, it would’ve hit him in the ass. But followed up by saying he would’ve then picked it up and thrown out the hitter.

[Brock Beauchamp]

12 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Not watching but seems like Kyle is on today 

Tons of weak contact, he's looking pretty good.

[PackLandVA]

13 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Not watching but seems like Kyle is on today 

13 batters faced thru 4 innings.  1 ball hit out of infield (FO CF).  1 BB, 0 hits so far.

[Nolansomebody]

Suzuki's 2-for-3? That's a breath of fresh air.

[Nolansomebody]

Welp, Hendricks' second bid for a no-hitter ends at that 5th inning.

[Irrelevant Dude]

The idea of picking up Hendricks' option seemed to be a non-starter going into the season, but now?  Especially if Stroman is gone, it might be a worthwhile move.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

lol Contreras ran over top of the ball when it was a foot and a half in the grass

[Irrelevant Dude]

It's nice that that umpires can arbitrarily decide when to enforce the "out of the baseline" rule going to first 

[UMFan83]

Wait Yelich is decent again now?

[CubinNY]

Oh horsefeathers, it’s the bullpen’s game now.

[Tim]

16 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Oh horsefeathers, it’s the bullpen’s game now.

The top four guys have been money since about mid-April. It's all of the other guys that are carrying gas cans with them to the mound.

[Tryptamine]

Amaya bails Ross out.

[Hunter]

Amaya making up for some earlier miscues.

[Tryptamine]

Nearly half a foot outside,  but called strike 3. Inept umpires as usual. 

[PackLandVA]

13 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Nearly half a foot outside,  but called strike 3. Inept umpires as usual. 

Wrung up Tauchman on an equally bad outside pitch on a full count a few innings earlier.