Reds (Abbott) vs Cubs (Rea): 5/30/25, 1:20pm

[Rcal10]

10 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

A 97 win team would exceed everyone’s wildest expectations. In your mind, how do they lose the other 65 games in a way that doesn’t trigger this kind of panic?

Every loss is going to trigger panic by those who want to complain about every loss. It will be not hitting, bad defense, staring pitcher sucks, Counsell is an idiot,or the bullpen blew another game. 40% of the time people will panic, period! It is annoying, but that is what fans do. 

Edited May 31, 2025 by Rcal10

[BKHoo]

Let’s go Rangers. 

[gflore34]

To earlier suggestion that Abbott was good today - every Tucker at bat he got a meatball, popped up two of them, smoked one of them but it was on the ground resulting in a DP.  He was more lucky than good, it's baseball it happens.

[JHBulls]

Cardinals down 9-0 to Texas in the 6th. That’s good. 

[Bobson Dugnutt]

3 hours ago, PackLandVA said:

Carson Kelly is batting .190 in his last 15 games (50 ABs). Counsell has to drop him way down the order.

I do feel like he hit a few balls on the screws against the Rockies, but they were dead center into the wind.

[We Got The Whole 9]

3 hours ago, PackLandVA said:

Carson Kelly is batting .190 in his last 15 games (50 ABs). Counsell has to drop him way down the order.

Our leadoff hitter is hitting 156/269/178 in hit last 50 PA 

[gflore34]

55 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

Cardinals down 9-0 to Texas in the 6th. That’s good. 

Pissbirds got their asses kicked today 11-1, very good.

[Stratos]

7 hours ago, Tryptamine said:

Yes, the pitching was good the offense was not. It's like you're all trying to miss the original point on purpose. "The offense better wake the hell up" is what i prefaced the whole argument with.

I get your point, on first glace one could say the Cubs should have scored more runs vs Rockies.;  But wasn't the wind blowing in for at least a couple of those games vs Rockies?  And maybe Abbott is just pitching really well.  Too early to really say the offense is scuffling.

[CubUgly]

7 hours ago, Stratos said:

I get your point, on first glace one could say the Cubs should have scored more runs vs Rockies.;  But wasn't the wind blowing in for at least a couple of those games vs Rockies?  And maybe Abbott is just pitching really well.  Too early to really say the offense is scuffling.

The wind I think was blowing in all 3 games vs. Rockies, but I thought Tuesday was the only game that really penalized us - kept probably 3 balls in the park and we hit a lot of line drive outs that were just bad baseball fortune.   Today, did not look like we were seeing the ball well vs. Abbott, lots of pop ups and lazy fly balls.  Were making much better contact against their bullpen.   I'm not overly worried........YET!!

[BKHoo]

11 hours ago, gflore34 said:

To earlier suggestion that Abbott was good today - every Tucker at bat he got a meatball, popped up two of them, smoked one of them but it was on the ground resulting in a DP.  He was more lucky than good, it's baseball it happens.

He is a very good pitcher. Might be NL pitcher of the month in May. His ERA is microscopic. 

[CubUgly]

16 minutes ago, BKHoo said:

He is a very good pitcher. Might be NL pitcher of the month in May. His ERA is microscopic. 

We were not making good contact, now you can argue as to how much of that was him and how much our hitters but when he came out of the game we made more hard contact in those two inning than in the 7 he pitched. 

[CubinNY]

****** games happen. I see these threads as people blowing off steam. 
 

I get a kick out of the fan policemen. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

It is entirely obvious that he is hard to pick up/deceptive as hell. Nobody has hit him. 

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

It is entirely obvious that he is hard to pick up/deceptive as hell. Nobody has hit him. 

Actually, the first time Abbott faced the Cubs they hit him hard. He was more lucky than good. They squared him up all game and he only gave up one run. Yesterday he pitched well. Sometimes you have to acknowledge the other team did something well. In this case it was Abbott. 

[chibears55]

15 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Our leadoff hitter is hitting 156/269/178 in hit last 50 PA 

Should of went to Iowa first 🤷‍♂️😅

Lol, just playing now

[gflore34]

4 hours ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

It is entirely obvious that he is hard to pick up/deceptive as hell. Nobody has hit him. 

I think you hit the head, there's nothing special about his stuff, it's how he throws that's special.  He struck out Swanson on a hanging slider, every Tucker at bat he hung something over the plate, there were several other meatballs to other hitters.  Yet, they couldn't pick them up, last time out the Cubs were seeing the ball well out of his hand hence, them crushing the ball, this time they weren't seeing the ball well.

Edited May 31, 2025 by gflore34

[Bobson Dugnutt]

5 hours ago, Rcal10 said:

Actually, the first time Abbott faced the Cubs they hit him hard. He was more lucky than good. They squared him up all game and he only gave up one run. Yesterday he pitched well. Sometimes you have to acknowledge the other team did something well. In this case it was Abbott. 

No, he was intentionally inducing hard contact to the center field warning track, remember?

[We Got The Whole 9]

5 hours ago, Bobson Dugnutt said:

No, he was intentionally inducing hard contact to the center field warning track, remember?

I never once said that. I said they were having a hard time picking up his pitches. They couldn't get the bat head out and pull any of that hard contact. Thats what I said. You guys twisted my words and had a nice circle jerk you obviously wish to revisit.