5/1/24 - CHC (Imanaga) @ NYM (Butto) 6:10 MSN

[Jason Ross]

Just how you draw it up. 

[Bertz]

I think replay should go the other way in these situations.  You can clearly infer that his hand got in.  HOWEVER given that's not how we choose to operate I would have been real pissed if they overturned that.

[BKHoo]

We still have a huge closer problem.  But we will take the W!! 

[SparkMark1]

That pleases me.  Now let me go apologize to my wife for the last 5 minutes of swearing. 

[Crusader]

Amaya’s set up there couldn’t have been better.

[LBiittner]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Hell of a relay there, putting the ball in the only place it could have gone to get the out.

Thank God Madrigal was the relay man

[CUBDOM4life]

Wow.

 

Between tonight and game 1 of this series, I’d imagine this must be what it felt like to be a STL/MIL fan of recent years.

[Brian707]

[Jason Ross]

Tonight is a good reminder the next time we blow a game...they go both ways. But I'll take it!

[Dfan25]

Looks like they may have caught a break 😆

It’s amazing that this team has a chance to have a winning trip tomorrow with the lineup they are running out there . 

[UMFan83]

That was awesome but being stuck in the car having to listen to Zaidman call it ruined some of the excitement.  He kept saying that there were 2 outs after Happ's play at the plate. He said it so much that Coomer must have believed him and when they confirmed the outcall he said "ok then, 2 outs now for the Cubs".  And it took maybe 10 more seconds until they realized that the game was over and the Cubs had won.

Anyways, get better relievers and start hitting again.  The fact they keep winning despite the lack of those 2 things is amazing, this team will be good when they're whole

Edited May 2, 2024 by UMFan83

[Irrelevant Dude]

Cliff Floyd is talking himself in circles on the postage show.

[abuck1220]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

That was awesome but being stuck in the car having to listen to Zaidman call it ruined some of the excitement.  He kept saying that there were 2 outs after Happ's play at the plate. He said it so much that Coomer must have believed him and when they confirmed the outcall he said "ok then, 2 outs now for the Cubs".  And it took maybe 10 more seconds until they realized that the game was over and the Cubs had won.

Anyways, get betting relievers and still hitting again.  The fact they keep winning despite the lack of those 2 things is amazing, this team will be good when they're whole

it is truly shocking how bad he is at play by play. listening to the game on the radio I often have absolutely no idea what  is happening on the field. can’t believe he’s been doing it for this long and nobody has said to him “hey man, you have to describe what is happening.” 

[PeanutPunch33]

19 minutes ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

The bullpen is neither terrible or depleted, and Shota has to pitch again in 5 days when he's used to pitching every 6.

I disagree, they blew an 8 run lead against San Diego and they blew a save against the 8-24 Marlins, not to mention all the other debacles between then and now.  This is the worst bullpen in MLB, which makes them the worst bullpen in America

[JHBulls]

19-12 record, minus Steele, Bellinger, Suzuki, Merryweather. This team will be getting some much needed reinforcements back over the coming weeks. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

1 minute ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I disagree, they blew an 8 run lead against San Diego and they blew a save against the 8-24 Marlins, not to mention all the other debacles between then and now.  This is the worst bullpen in MLB, which makes them the worst bullpen in America

Bullpens giving up runs is not equivalent with them being terrible, trusting the pen to throw 2 innings after they used 1 reliever of note yesterday is fine.

[cl smooth]

Good times!

[PeanutPunch33]

1 minute ago, Transmogrified Tiger said:

Bullpens giving up runs is not equivalent with them being terrible, trusting the pen to throw 2 innings after they used 1 reliever of note yesterday is fine.

That's true.  I expect it'll get better once they get fully healthy, and they can start moving some guys into the pen, like Brown or Hendricks or whatever.  Won't hurt to get Smyly back either and Merryweather. 

[PeanutPunch33]

It's just frustrating when they could have the best record in the NL possibly with a better pen

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, abuck1220 said:

it is truly shocking how bad he is at play by play. listening to the game on the radio I often have absolutely no idea what  is happening on the field. can’t believe he’s been doing it for this long and nobody has said to him “hey man, you have to describe what is happening.” 

Honestly, I thought good PBP was enjoyable and bad PBP was background noise but Zaidman has taught me that bad PBP can actively lessen my enjoyment of following the game.  I was legitimately upset when I realized I was going to be in the car for the 9th knowing that I had to rely on his attempts to describe what's going on during a tense moment.  I'm still not quite sure what happened on the double that PCA tried to catch.  Was it a HR he brought back in? Was it a catchable ball that he didnt come up with?  Somewhere in the middle?  Who the hell knows...I'll have to catch a replay.

[Brian707]

6 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

I disagree, they blew an 8 run lead against San Diego and they blew a save against the 8-24 Marlins, not to mention all the other debacles between then and now.  This is the worst bullpen in MLB, which makes them the worst bullpen in America

[UMFan83]

Mets seem to be taking this well

 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Here is the definitive angle. 

And for the Mets fans whining about blocking the plate, the plate was open but Alonso simply didn't touch it.

[squally1313]

20 minutes ago, PeanutPunch33 said:

It's just frustrating when they could have the best record in the NL possibly with a better pen

Would they still have the best record if you gave all the other teams wins in games where the bullpen blew a lead 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

I think Neris will pick things up but this still got me