8/1 - Reds (Lively) vs Cubs (Steele): 7:05pm, Marquee

[squally1313]

Ok fine, this can be a must win game 

[Rex Buckingham]

1 minute ago, 1908_Cubs said:

Did Ben Lively piss someone off?  Why has he not been taken out? 

starter didn't last long last night either... think he only went 4... 2 more games in the series, probably not any days off soon

[squally1313]

We are significantly better than this reds team 

[Brock Beauchamp]

3 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

The Reds are really letting Lively eat this one.

Yeah, it's not great. Get that guy out of there.

[Jason Ross]

Just now, Rex Buckingham said:

starter didn't last long last night either... think he only went 4... 2 more games in the series, probably not any days off soon

Feel bad for the guy.  This is embarrassing.  

[Derwood]

Reds announcers basically saying that the Reds are punting this one in order to save the pen for games 3 and 4. 

 

Poor Ben Lively

[Tryptamine]

Madrigal just keeps raking

[UMFan83]

Barnhart 0-3

Rest of Cubs 13-21

 

this is designed specifically to horsefeathers on Barnhart because Morel is also 0-3 and Happ is 0-2 with a walk but I couldn’t help myself

[Derwood]

Lively's ERA has gone up 1 1/2 runs 

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Reds announcers basically saying that the Reds are punting this one in order to save the pen for games 3 and 4. 

 

Poor Ben Lively

The Cubs are mashing him so hard they have no choice

[Jason Ross]

At this rate I kind of expect Ben Lively to retire from the MLB in the middle of the inning.

[Y2J]

Dansby,

I love you, man. 

Y2J

[Tryptamine]

Elly really shouldn't be a switch hitter.

[Tim]

2 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

At this rate I kind of expect Ben Lively to retire from the MLB in the middle of the inning.

At least fake an injury or something

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Y2J said:

Dansby,

I love you, man. 

Y2J

Remember when people we’re worried that his HR power was down?

[Derwood]

Elly is 0 for 8 with 6 K's in the series

[Irrelevant Dude]

2 minutes ago, 1908_Cubs said:

At this rate I kind of expect Ben Lively to retire from the MLB in the middle of the inning.

I'm imagining his response when the manager asks him in the dugout after the 4th, "Can you give us another inning?"

[Tryptamine]

Good thing the offense exploded because Steele does not have it tonight

[Rex Buckingham]

Steele giving up some hard contact too. Thankfully we have battered the computer generated pitcher

[chibears55]

10 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

I genuinely feel bad for the pitcher. There is no recovering your season numbers after this.

Gotta feeling he won't be starting for awhile after tonight

[Y2J]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Remember when people we’re worried that his HR power was down?

My brother is a Braves fan and we see each other/watch games together often. Even with as much as I saw of Swanson, he's still managed to impress me this year. 

[Brock Beauchamp]

7 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Barnhart 0-3

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

Good thing the offense exploded because Steele does not have it tonight

His ERA has actually gone down

[Tryptamine]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

His ERA has actually gone down

Thank you scoring change that happened like a month later

[Brock Beauchamp]

Whenever I see that, I kinda get mad at the front office for being incompetent and/or the manager for being a dick.

There are so few non-injury reasons to leave a pitcher out there to eat horsefeathers like that.