Cubs (Brown) vs Marlins (Cabrera): 5/19/25, 5:40pm

[DYMNO]

Well that sucked.

[chibears55]

Fuckkkkkk

 

[UMFan83]

Tucker could have had that and palencia pitching 3rd time in 4 days and was warming up yesterday was bad. 

[Rex Buckingham]

Baseball is dumb

[JHBulls]

I guess I got my answer five minutes later. 
 

What an absolute gut punch. 

[CUBDOM4life]

Bummer. Bad loss against a really bad team

[Thusly Boned]

If he had just gone with another fastball on 0-2 to Hill we wouldn't be here

[Connor McConnor]

1 minute ago, Illiterate Scholar said:

I'm guessing the catch probability on that double was not exceptionally low but hard to tell on TV

Id like to see a replay.  Looked catchable.   

[BKHoo]

Why not Hodge?! 

[gflore34]

Don't know why he just didn't go with 100+ plus to Hill and say here hit it, just a terrible call for a slider.  The only pitch that clown could handle.

[Hot Sauce]

58 minutes ago, Hot Sauce said:

I have zero faith in this pen to close out a 1-run game.

And there it is. 

Edited May 20, 2025 by Hot Sauce

[Cuzi]

Just now, Rex Buckingham said:

Baseball is dumb

Throw a single strike to a #9 hitter with a 500 OPS.

[LachoV12]

That was just about the dumbest thing I’ve seen all day. Clown show. 

[Derwood]

They haven't had a closer for like 2 1/2 years. Come the hell on, Jed

[Thusly Boned]

1 minute ago, BKHoo said:

Why not Hodge?! 

Hard to trust him at this point either

[UMFan83]

0-2 2 outs no one on and he throws a hanging slider over the heart of the plate to the 8th place hitter and then walks the 9th hitter on 4 pitches. Unreal

[Chicago Al]

Wish Nico would’ve gotten a hit with runners on 2nd and 3rd to give a little cushion but hey…

[Soul]

Well shhhheeeeaaat.

[Thusly Boned]

2 minutes ago, gflore34 said:

Don't know why he just didn't go with 100+ plus to Hill and say here hit it, just a terrible call for a slider.  The only pitch that clown could handle.

Trying to be cute, I guess

[Derwood]

Just now, Chicago Al said:

Wish Nico would’ve gotten a hit with runners on 2nd and 3rd to give a little cushion but hey…

I wish Ben Brown hadn't given up 6 runs, but here we are

[UMFan83]

Just now, Thusly Boned said:

Hard to trust him at this point either

But I mean Palencia pitched Friday, Saturday and warmed up Sunday. Seems like a weird time to try him out to close a 1 run game. 
 

that said it was 6-7-8 in the order and he was 1 strike from shutting them down in order. 
 

bottom line is there are no easy answers when you don’t have reliable bullpen guys. 

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

0-2 2 outs no one on and he throws a hanging slider over the heart of the plate to the 8th place hitter and then walks the 9th hitter on 4 pitches. Unreal

He no intention of swinging either, had Palencia manage to throw strikes the Cubs would have won.

[cl smooth]

does tucker get bad reads on balls hit to him? not the first time where he looks like he's got horsefeathers in his pants while fielding fly balls. 

[chopsx9]

I guess the no doubles defense is a thing of the past.

It;s a funny game, with 2 outs I'm thinking "Wow, maybe they've found the closer for the next 3 or 4 years"  SO maybe it's my fault.  ....and he could still turn out, obviously.

 

[Soul]

Just now, Thusly Boned said:

Trying to be cute, I guess

This was definitely a case of beating yourself.