9/28 - Cubs (Stroman) vs Braves (Smith-Shawver): 6:20pm, Marquee

[cl smooth]

Just send the cubs to the glue factory already, my god. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, CubinNY said:

They’re beat. It’s over. 

Eh. If they can limp into Milwaukee still tied, they have a shot. Maybe getting out of Atlanta, and with the Cubs fan energy in Milwaukee, they can bounce back and put one more mini run together.

I know I'm probably being over-optimistic, as all signs point to this being over, but I'm not completely ruling them out yet.

[muntjack]

They really look like they have no urgency whatsoever.  There is a look a boxer gets when they have nothing left and 90% of this roster has that look. 

[Irrelevant Dude]

What is this cheat code that everything the Braves hit carries over the outfielders' heads, while the Cubs' batted balls all die in the outfielders' gloves?

[Brock Beauchamp]

30 minutes ago, Chicago Al said:

Can anything else possibly go wrong? 

Welcome to North Side Baseball, even at this unfortunate time.

[s2obed]

Hey Little is alive and well! Forgot he was on this team. 

[mfcubs22]

25 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

As hopeless as this all feels, all it takes is a Mets win tonight and then Cubs still have a reasonable shot. If the Marlins win, then it becomes highly unlikely.

Pretty much this. The only thing still giving the Cubs hope, is that the Marlins are terrible too. 
 

 

[Andy]

10 hours ago, Andy said:

I suspect today's the day we mercifully just get our ass kicked but Miami loses in some stupid way to try to convince us that we might stumble ass over tea kettle into the playoffs.

This post looks fairly promising right now

[Chicago Al]

7 minutes ago, Brock Beauchamp said:

Welcome to North Side Baseball, even at this unfortunate time.

Thank you

[Irrelevant Dude]

Man, Candelario has been really disappointing after that hot first week with the Cubs.

[squally1313]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Man, Candelario has been really disappointing after that hot first week with the Cubs.

Yeah personnel wise, I can’t really think of a decision made that yielded good results, besides fixing their own mistakes with their early season cuts and I guess Wicks. One good week of Jeimer and that’s about it. 

[s2obed]

Rather see Morel get ABs who can change the game with a swing than Candy who has been pretty unproductive with the Cubs. 

[Chicago Al]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Man, Candelario has been really disappointing after that hot first week with the Cubs.

The front office will blame it on his injury, they’ll say he was still playing with some back issues but was feeling good enough to play.

[mfcubs22]

Candy and Stroman were terrible decisions. They were both struggling prior to injury and then we just throw them back out there with no rehab in the middle of a must win series? 

[UMFan83]

Mets up 1-0 bottom 8 lol

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Mets up 1-0 bottom 8 lol

Only a 1 run lead, so the Marlins can't lose by that score.  I expect the them to score 2 in the 9th.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Anthony Kay in to close it out for the Mets with 1 out and a runner on. I'm sure this will go great!

[mfcubs22]

Anthony horsefeathers Kay? Are you serious?

[squally1313]

And it’s tied

[Ding Dong Johnson]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Anthony Kay in to close it out for the Mets with 1 out and a runner on. I'm sure this will go great!

The fish just missed a 2-run dinger to take the lead.  1-1 now.

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, mfcubs22 said:

Anthony horsefeathers Kay? Are you serious?

He's the gift that keeps on giving.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

On one hand, you want the Marlins to lose.  On that same hand and the other one too I want a sinkhole to swallow Citi field and both franchises forever.

[s2obed]

Gotta stop with the scoreboard watching. Cubs are cooked.

[squally1313]

And it’s 2-1

[s2obed]

Marlins up.

Edited September 29, 2023 by s2obed