Cubs (Steele) vs Brewers (Myers): 6/29/24, 3:10pm

[Brock Beauchamp]

[Tryptamine]

Now that the Cubs are 11.5 out of division and 5 games out of the WC. Are we all to the point where everyone has accepted the team's fate this year? No more desperate souls praying for .600 ball from here on out? 

[BKHoo]

Never give up. 

[Bertz]

7 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Now that the Cubs are 11.5 out of division and 5 games out of the WC. Are we all to the point where everyone has accepted the team's fate this year? No more desperate souls praying for .600 ball from here on out? 

I think we're at the point where you should expect and plan around selling, but not so far back that it takes a ridiculous heater to get them back on track.  Both 5 and 6 seeds looking like they'll require <85 wins makes a lot of things possible.

[CubinNY]

They are a bad team and there does not appear to be any accountability in the organization. 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

42 minutes ago, TomtheBombadil said:

I’m at the point where Cubs fans want to be the Jets of the NFL, possibly get off on rebuilding. Don’t they have like 100 games left? 5 games out? Are we srs? 

5 games is a lot to make up when you’re bad at hitting, defense, baserunning, bullpen-ing.

[Cuzi]

1 hour ago, TomtheBombadil said:

I’m at the point where Cubs fans want to be the Jets of the NFL, possibly get off on rebuilding. Don’t they have like 100 games left? 5 games out? Are we srs? 

5 games out is misleading. They have to leap 7 teams to get a playoff spot. They've been sinking for going on 2 months. I dont want them to sell for some prospects that are 3+ years away again, but there's really not much hope for the 2024 season. This team is horsefeathers cooked. I'd like to see some moves with some of these prospects they have to maybe pry a pre arb player away from someone in an "attempt" to salvage the season and squeek into the playoffs, but it's more about next season for me and it has been that way for a while now.

Edited June 29, 2024 by Cuzi

[Bertz]

Fans don't really get how streaky MLB teams are just inherently.  Like the Angels have won 5 in a row as part of a 14-8 run.  The Yankees, the clear class of the AL, are in a 4-10 stretch.  Last year's historically awful Oakland A's had a 7 game winning streak.  Etc.

Even if the Cubs are a 75 win true talent team, them throwing up a 20-10 stretch over the next month is imminently plausible.  Do you plan for it or expect it?  God no.  But like we just saw the frigging Royals start the season 34-19 this stuff happens all the time.

[CubinNY]

Can’t help it. I’m watching 

[CubinNY]

How about that-two runs on two pitches

[Eeyore]

Can Steele get a win?

This has helped.

[JHBulls]

8 minutes ago, CubinNY said:

Can’t help it. I’m watching 

I am watching in the hope that any week now the Cubs will win 3 games in a row. That hasn’t happened for 768 days. 

Edited June 29, 2024 by JHBulls

[Derwood]

The only 2 runs the Cubs will score all day

[UMFan83]

Nice to see him take a high fastball (I think) out for a HR

[Derwood]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Nice to see him take a high fastball (I think) out for a HR

yep, top of the zone

[Derwood]

Morel swings through two taters

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, Derwood said:

Morel swings through two taters

Him swinging through extraordinarily hit-able pitches is getting really tiresome, something has got to change.

[Andy]

Another gem of an AB from a Cubs catcher with RISP

[Andy]

15 minutes ago, Derwood said:

The only 2 runs the Cubs will score all day

Happened before I turned the game on, fully expect this outcome

[WhyCantWeWin]

Not a fan of PCA bunting there

[DYMNO]

This is so exhausting. 

[Chicago Al]

Nico that was terrible

[DYMNO]

What a joke. 

 

[Eeyore]

They just can't stop clowning 

[profisme]

That was pathetic. Also, Steele could have just thrown to first. So many ****** decisions made too often by this team.