4/8/24 - Cubs (Assad) @ Padre (Darvish) - 8:40 WFT MARQ

[JHBulls]

Impressive hitting in the early going.  

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Pirates gonna Pirate.  Just when you think they might be for real, they will lose 12 of 14 and bury themselves in the standings.

Yea, that what I always get a kick out of in April, we'll see sometimes divisions being flipped with the better teams on the bottom half and the bad teams on top..

 

[Tim]

We might be really good, guys.

[WhyCantWeWin]

That was an ugly at bat for morel

[CubinNY]

They keep scoring them in bunches

[JHBulls]

Must say that I love the pitch clock, that inning would have been 40 minutes without it lol. 

[Bertz]

If you're the Padres you probably can't send Yu back out there.  40 pitches in an inning is usually a red line these days.

So presuming we get 7 innings of the Padres' crappy bullpen right away in game 1....things look really good for winning the series.

[chibears55]

Great inning by the bats, come on Assad, how about 6-7 good innings tonight.

[Illiterate Scholar]

Those were some fantastic ABs that inning, my goodness 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Christopher Morel go one (1) game without missing the 1B challenge

[chibears55]

Morel reminds me a little bit of when Contreras was whipping the ball down to first his first couple years , it seems Morel is kinda doing that with his throws to first, throwing as hard as he can and they're off line.

[JHBulls]

Let’s not give multiple runs back. Work through it Assad. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

Good job by Assad to get out of that, need to be more efficient though. He might not make it through 5 at this rate

[Irrelevant Dude]

Thank you for the insane non-send to help the Cubs get out of that inning without giving up a run.

[Tim]

Tightrope walked.

[JHBulls]

Yes, great work. 

[Crusader]

Whew.

[Bertz]

13 minutes ago, Bertz said:

If you're the Padres you probably can't send Yu back out there.  40 pitches in an inning is usually a red line these days.

So presuming we get 7 innings of the Padres' crappy bullpen right away in game 1....things look really good for winning the series.

Surprised he's back out there.  I'd guess for at least 20 teams his night is over right now.

[UMFan83]

C'mon Nico

[Jason Ross]

4 minutes ago, Bertz said:

Surprised he's back out there.  I'd guess for at least 20 teams his night is over right now.

I'd be surprised if he comes back for the fourth. He looks gassed.

[JHBulls]

Disappointed end to that inning. 

[Jason Ross]

Of course he makes that play. 

[Andy]

That was damn slick by Morel

[Jason Ross]

Wow. Great throw Amaya!

[Andy]

That was pretty damn slick by Amaya too.

This is a really fun team