7/27 - Cubs (Steele) vs Cardinals (Mikolas): 6:45pm, Marquee

[Derwood]

Tonight's broadcast has been hilarious, and only because of the chemistry between Boog and JD. No way Girardi or Mowins or Sutcliffe would be stretching out Taylor's semi-formal story over several innings

[ILMindState]

7 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

First order of trade business - Find a serviceable left-handed reliever not named Anthony Kay.

Start Wesneski and move Smyly to BP

[UMFan83]

I’d love to keep the moral high ground here, but I can’t help but wonder what the fallout would be if Rucker put one behind a Cardinal batter right now. 

[UMFan83]

We did it! .500!

[Outshined_One]

I did not have July 27th, 2023 in the "return to .500" pool.

[We Got The Whole 9]

They horsefeathers did it! A month ago I would have told you there is no way they will ever get to .500. 

 

That RD yo 

[Nolansomebody]

Just under 3 hours, too.

[SOFNR]

Dub. Back to .500. Keep streaking. Maybe they can make Jed a buyer.

[PeanutPunch33]

Ross deserves a lot of credit

[itisallpartoftheplan]

These son of a guns did it!! Back to .500!! Hopefully a some baseball with something on the line at the end of the season!!

[Bobson Dugnutt]

6 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

That RD yo 

5th best in baseball after the Rangers, Rays, Braves, and Dodgers.

[CubsRule08]

Cubs with another dub.

#FlyTheW

[UMFan83]

The Cubs pythag record is 57-45 lol

[s2obed]

Keep rolling into the playoffs Cubs. Idc if it’s vs crappy teams, these boys are rolling.

[Tryptamine]

Take 2 of the next 3 and Jed basically has to buy.

[chibears55]

I just hope that Hoyer truly believes they have a great opportunity to not just make the playoffs but win too, hate to see them stay as is, or just add a couple minor upgrades, only to dip back under 500 by mid August or to be a one and done in the postseason.

[soccer10k]

Prior to this winning streak, Fangraphas had our playoff odds at 6.3 percent. It's now at 21.8 percent.

The Cards in that same span want from 11.6 to 4.0.

Edited July 28, 2023 by soccer10k

[thawv]

8 hours ago, ILMindState said:

Start Wesneski and move Smyly to BP

I said the same thing to a buddy of mine.  

[Brian707]

Just saw the Chip Caray clip. Holy horsefeathers,  shut the horsefeathers up. I know he is just pandering to that terrible fan base but come on

[Derwood]

6 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

Just saw the Chip Caray clip. Holy horsefeathers,  shut the horsefeathers up. I know he is just pandering to that terrible fan base but come on

 

By contrast, Boog and JD did not go full meatball at Happ getting hit, but instead were just "well that was silly and that'll cost them." I imagine had the scenarios been reversed, that Chip and the other dude would have lost their minds over their batter being hit

[pitchcs]

7 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Take 2 of the next 3 and Jed basically has to buy.

No, he doesn’t 

[Andy]

1 hour ago, Derwood said:

 

By contrast, Boog and JD did not go full meatball at Happ getting hit, but instead were just "well that was silly and that'll cost them." I imagine had the scenarios been reversed, that Chip and the other dude would have lost their minds over their batter being hit

Len and JD were also great about this, explaining what was happening and why and giving their takes without being stupid about it. We're lucky to have a booth of adults.

It's kind of funny how so many STL fans have been complaining about this because, paraphrasing, 'this is just the way it's done', meanwhile the only person in either booth who actually played in the 20th century - JD - was immediately calling Mikolas out as being bush league before the 2nd intentional pitch was even thrown.

[mul21]

2 hours ago, Andy said:

Len and JD were also great about this, explaining what was happening and why and giving their takes without being stupid about it. We're lucky to have a booth of adults.

It's kind of funny how so many STL fans have been complaining about this because, paraphrasing, 'this is just the way it's done', meanwhile the only person in either booth who actually played in the 20th century - JD - was immediately calling Mikolas out as being bush league before the 2nd intentional pitch was even thrown.

Brad Thompson is the Cards color guy, so he's a former MLer but he's still a moron.

[mul21]

14 hours ago, Andy said:

He replaced Dan Mclaughlin after the latter DWI'd himself for at least the second time because apparently 2 dumbass players killing themselves by driving drunk is still not enough for that organization.

Remarkable that even when they're a complete disaster they remain so hateable.

McLaughlin's mea culpa was actually pretty sincere and from the heart and involves some mental health issues causing a relapse so while I won't excuse his actions I'm not going to bag on him too much.