Pirates (Keller) vs. Cubs (Taillon) - 5/19/24 1:20 CST - Marquee

[Transmogrified Tiger]

It's happening

[UMFan83]

Mastrobuoni adding tons of value out there🙄

[Irrelevant Dude]

I never really liked Beth Mowen, but what happened to her?  I would take her over Zaidman anyday.  Surely there are countless better options available?

[Rcal10]

Every ball hit is an adventure. I have no faith in anyone in the field. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

Mastrobuoni adding tons of value out there🙄

Scorer has been really generous with him today and yesterday. Should have 2 errors imo

[Irrelevant Dude]

This middle infield reminds me way too much of the Paul Noce / Mike Brumley combo the year that both Sandberg and Dunston were injured.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

2 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I never really liked Beth Mowen, but what happened to her?  I would take her over Zaidman anyday.  Surely there are countless better options available?

Guessing Mowins has ESPN obligations that supersede, she does softball and that NCAA tourney started this weekend.

[UMFan83]

4 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

I never really liked Beth Mowen, but what happened to her?  I would take her over Zaidman anyday.  Surely there are countless better options available?

Agreed. Zach Zaidman should never be the lead PBP person of anything.  Marquee talks all this game about being like a national TV broadcast but have nothing better to offer us than Zaidman?

Also I like Mowen in general.  She'd be the perfect "backup" PBP person when Boog is out.

Edited May 19, 2024 by UMFan83

[profisme]

1 minute ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

This middle infield reminds me way too much of the Paul Noce / Mike Brumley combo the year that both Sandberg and Dunston were injured.

Ugh, that is bleak.  I would take Jose Nieves and Chad Meyers over this infield any day.

[chibears55]

Every day they tell us Hoerner should be back tomorrow 😅

[profisme]

High pitch count in the first inning.  Not a good sign.  Hope Ben Brown and Tyson Miller are ready for today's action.

[Rex Buckingham]

Zaidman is the worst...

Taillon has thrown a lot of uncompetitive balls early

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

Every day they tell us Hoerner should be back tomorrow 😅

With the off day tomorrow, Tuesday's game will be day 8 of an alternate reality where Nico went on the IL right away.  I get that hamstring injuries can be difficult to project though...just frustrating. 

[Rcal10]

6 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

Scorer has been really generous with him today and yesterday. Should have 2 errors imo

I count 3.  2 yesterday and then this one. Maybe this one McCuthen beats it out. Was t hit hard. But yesterday he misplayed 2 balls.

[chibears55]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Agreed. Zach Zaidman should never be the lead PBP man of anything.  Marquee talks all this game about being like a national TV broadcast but have nothing better to offer us than Zaidman?

At least he has more enthusiasm in his voice then Boog when something good happens for the Cubs ..

Boog acts like it just interrupted him from talking about something dumb 😅

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

With the off day tomorrow, Tuesday's game will be day 8 of an alternate reality where Nico went on the IL right away.  I get that hamstring injuries can be difficult to project though...just frustrating. 

Very frustrating. But if he comes back Tuesday it makes sense to not have put him on the IL.

[WhyCantWeWin]

Just now, Rcal10 said:

I count 3.  2 yesterday and then this one. Maybe this one McCuthen beats it out. Was t hit hard. But yesterday he misplayed 2 balls.

I forgot about the other one, yeah that’s 3 total misplays. Bumped up pitch counts unnecessarily  

[UMFan83]

Meanwhile 9 pitch 1st for Keller

[JHBulls]

I’ll probably horsefeathers myself from excitement if this lineup scores 3 runs two days in a row. 

Edited May 19, 2024 by JHBulls

[profisme]

5 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

I’ll probably horsefeathers myself from excitement if this lineup scores 3 runs two days in a row. 

I wouldn't worry about having to do that anytime soon.

[Rcal10]

Homer after the umpire missed strike 3 that should have been called. Figures! 

[JHBulls]

Just now, profisme said:

I wouldn't worry about having to do that anytime soon.

Yeah, this is damn brutal to watch. Need Swanson and Hoerner back in the lineup soon, and that wouldn’t even be enough. 

[Transmogrified Tiger]

10 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

I’ll probably horsefeathers myself from excitement if this lineup scores 3 runs two days in a row. 

They scored 3+ in three straight and 6 of 8 before yesterday.

[JHBulls]

Just now, Transmogrified Tiger said:

They scored 3+ in three straight and 6 of 8 before yesterday.

Weird how it hasn’t seemed like it. 

[profisme]

Hanging curve in the zone and just whiffed for strike 3.  That is emblematic of this team's offensive woes currently.