8/2 - Reds (Williamson) vs Cubs (Smyly): 7:05pm, Marquee

[minnesotacubsfan]

It is a lot of fun watching Wrigley lose its mind such as when Morels hit the double off the wall,  never mind he also had 2 hrs

go cubs

 

 

[soccer10k]

Was fun reading the first couple innings worth of posts. Lot of them aged quite poorly. And I’m sure had I actually been able to watch the game, I would have contributed a couple of those as well.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

3 hours ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

Honestly baseball-reference claims Choi spent parts of five years in the majors and hit 40 career home runs. 10 of them for us.  I do not remember that at all, I thought he crashed out in like AA

He crashed out into Kerry Wood. 
 

Edit: my bad already discussed. Just reading the game thread after and reacted!

Edited August 3, 2023 by itisallpartoftheplan

[UMFan83]

It's days like this you wish Thom wasn't a douchebag homophobe so we could have heard "Enough Already Pt. 2"

Edited August 3, 2023 by UMFan83

[UMFan83]

One more cool factoid from the last 2 days: If it wasn’t for Patrick Wisdom going 0-2 tonight, every single Cubs hitter that came to the plate the last 2 nights would have had a hit. 
 

21 different Cubs hitters came to the plate, 20 of them had at least 1 hit

Edited August 3, 2023 by UMFan83

[Stratos]

8 hours ago, David said:

Seriously, though, body language aside, his wording implied that there are negotiations to (not) comment on in-season, which is news in and of itself.

I agree.  I think he's implying there's discussions going on.  The Cubs would be kinda silly to want to let him walk and Belli would be a fool to want to pay elsewhere as long as the Cubs can get near his price.

He's been a fantastic fit in every way.  Next year he'd be a nice player to bring back so there's flexible backup options at 1B and CF for Mervis and PCA next year.

Edited August 3, 2023 by Stratos

[David]

10 hours ago, Hairyducked Idiot said:

Honestly baseball-reference claims Choi spent parts of five years in the majors and hit 40 career home runs. 10 of them for us.  I do not remember that at all, I thought he crashed out in like AA

Dusty frustratingly wouldn't play him ahead of Karros in 03.  He also had the collision with Wood in the Wood/Clemens game when the ambulance came on the field (how the hell did you forget that)? He was hitting pretty well (.246/.392/.500 through 167 PA) when it happened but was never the same the rest of that season.

We traded him (straight up, IIRC) for Lee after that year, though, so it turned out OK.  I think my first post on here was to discuss that trade lol. 

Also, incidentally, the only foul ball I've ever gotten at a game came off Choi's bat in early 03 (crowd was very sparse).

[CubUgly]

8 hours ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

This is the worst infield defense performance I’ve ever seen.

And their outfield hasn't been much better. 

[Derwood]

The Reds have allowed eighty (80!!!) more runs than the Cubs this season. 

[Brian707]

Why is today's game a night game? Especially with a 1:20 start tomorrow.  Braves have a day off today too

Edited August 3, 2023 by Brian707

[Petrey10]

9 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Anyone from the “we should have sold our guys for mid-level prospects” crowd care to chime in?

I mean it’s been a fun 2 games… but if we don’t make the playoffs that crowd is going to have a pretty good argument. Relax

[David]

52 minutes ago, Petrey10 said:

I mean it’s been a fun 2 games… but if we don’t make the playoffs that crowd is going to have a pretty good argument. Relax

No, they're not.

[jersey cubs fan]

5 minutes ago, The20thK said:

Always that one guy who wants to introduce his politics into a baseball discussion… 🤦‍♂️ 

Politics? I don’t think that word means what you think it means 

[Derwood]

7 minutes ago, jersey cubs fan said:

Politics? I don’t think that word means what you think it means 

Hey man, there are two sexual orientations (Straight and Political)

Just like there are two races (White and Political) and genders (Cis and Political)

Get with the times

[mul21]

21 minutes ago, The20thK said:

Always that one guy who wants to introduce his politics into a baseball discussion… 🤦‍♂️ 

This might not be the place for you if you think that's getting political.

[bukie]

10 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

It's days like this you wish Thom wasn't a douchebag homophobe so we could have heard "Enough Already Pt. 2"

It's a shame he didn't get to continue his membership in the Bitter Ex-Cub announcers club with Steve Stone and Chip Caray.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

2 hours ago, Petrey10 said:

I mean it’s been a fun 2 games… but if we don’t make the playoffs that crowd is going to have a pretty good argument. Relax

They'll still be completely wrong even if we lose out.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

MF'er Windermere and thick onion gravy. A 12 page gam thread???

[Sammy Sofa]

Couldn't Thom just talk baseball? He's the one tha-there's a drive into deep left field by Castellanos, it will be a home run. And so that will make it a 4–0 ballgame.

[jersey cubs fan]

4 minutes ago, The20thK said:

 

Can’t we just talk baseball? 

No

[Hairyducked Idiot]

33 minutes ago, The20thK said:

 

Can’t we just talk baseball? 

Yes.

 

It was disappointing that we couldn't enjoy the schadenfreude of listening to a specific rival baseball team's announcer talk about the baseball game that our baseball team was winning by doing baseball better than their baseball team did baseball, because that baseball announcer was fired for accidentally letting slip that he's a vile bigot during a previous baseball game.

Edited August 3, 2023 by Hairyducked Idiot

[jersey cubs fan]

[entbird79]

42 minutes ago, The20thK said:

 

Can’t we just talk baseball? 

That's never been what this place is about. 

[jersey cubs fan]

1 minute ago, The20thK said:

I totally get it. Brennaman was wrong. 
 

He views are gross and dehumanizing. But the point I’m making is that by someone here bringing it up… they are doing the same thing. 
 

let’s just talk baseball. 

Different things aren’t the same 

[entbird79]

2 minutes ago, The20thK said:

It should be…

 

Please don't open the social forums to the newbies