Cubs (Rea) vs Astros (McCullers Jr.): 6/28/25, 6:15pm

[Geographyhater8888]

Efficient use of base runners.

[chibears55]

Tucker...  that what they needed

Nice response inning after giving up the lead 

[Jason Ross]

[Eeyore]

That was closer than I thought it would be. The slide slowed him way down.

[Nolansomebody]

Juggling this game with NASCAR, and how is it 7-2

[javy knows my name]

3 minutes ago, javy knows my name said:

I can't believe someone decided that that whiny turd of a bitch should be paid to call games

Hey look, he shut up

[chibears55]

Zuki triple...

 

[Wilson A2000]

14 minutes ago, Banedon said:

I hate national broadcasts so much.

Kenny Albert should not be doing this game. He’s not a baseball PBP guy.

[Andy]

I could feel that Tucker bomb coming when he stepped in. Awesome inning

[WhyCantWeWin]

The Cam Smith hate in this thread is wild

[javy knows my name]

Favorite inning of the year!

[Derwood]

Keep pouring it on

[Eeyore]

Is this going to be one of those games where they get bored with the current game and switch to another, or are they locked in?

[chibears55]

Ok, Rea can go another inning 😏😏

[We Got The Whole 9]

Funny how PCA canceled out his walk with a sac fly in regard to his OBP 

[JHBulls]

Rea and the bullpen needs to walk back home to Chicago if we don’t get the W today. 

[JHBulls]

9 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

The Cam Smith hate in this thread is wild

The fact is he plays for a different club now and the national commentators are being annoying about the trade now (including Boog, who commentates national games and brought up the trade a bunch of times yesterday). 
 

I guess that the storyline in this series will be the Cam Smith/Kyle Tucker trade, and when the schedule moves onto the Cleveland series, the storyline will be the 2016 World Series. But the suggestion that anyone is giving Cam Smith hate is, IMO, inaccurate. More power to him if he has a solid career. 

[Rex Buckingham]

For all the hand wringing about Cam Smith, dude has fewer HRs than Nico this week.

Also, I watched from Nico's bases loaded groundout through the Smith HR. I will not turn it back on. 

[Rcal10]

21 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

The Cam Smith hate in this thread is wild

I don’t sense hate. Just because some fans aren’t going to induct him into the HOF off of a decent start in the majors doesn’t mean anyone hates him. I don’t want him to do well in this series, because he is playing the Cubs. Other than that, I really don’t give him much thought. He has been solid this year. Good for him. 

[chibears55]

11 minutes ago, JHBulls said:

The fact is he plays for a different club now and the national commentators are being annoying about the trade now (including Boog, who commentates national games and brought up the trade a bunch of times yesterday). 
 

I guess that the storyline in this series will be the Cam Smith/Kyle Tucker trade, and when the schedule moves onto the Cleveland series, the storyline will be the 2016 World Series. But the suggestion that anyone is giving Cam Smith hate is, IMO, inaccurate. More power to him if he has a solid career. 

Yea, I dont see the hate, I see more of wishing they kept him over Shaw in here.

Edited June 29, 2025 by chibears55

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, Rex Buckingham said:

For all the hand wringing about Cam Smith, dude has fewer HRs than Nico this week.

Also, I watched from Nico's bases loaded groundout through the Smith HR. I will not turn it back on. 

Does. Nico hitting 2 homers in 8 AB in this park diminish the HR totals of the Astros? I mean Nico has 2 homers in Houston. 

[Rcal10]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Yea, I dont see them hate, I see more of wishing they kept him over Shaw in here.

True. But maybe Houston wanted Smith. We don’t know. And perhaps in the end people will be happy they have Shaw instead of Smith. 

[WhyCantWeWin]

13 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

I don’t sense hate. Just because some fans aren’t going to induct him into the HOF off of a decent start in the majors doesn’t mean anyone hates him. I don’t want him to do well in this series, because he is playing the Cubs. Other than that, I really don’t give him much thought. He has been solid this year. Good for him. 

I don’t think anyone is anointing him a hall of famer either. Its just a little odd how hard some are trying to highlight some flaw in his game, like hes a 22 year old with a 126 wRC+. Yes he will have some warts but its funny to see how weirdly defensive some are when its brought up that Hoyer might end up losing this trade (theres still the rest of this season to go so thats a premature statement too)

its ok to admit hes having a good year so far  

 

Edited June 29, 2025 by WhyCantWeWin

[Derwood]

AJ sounds like he did zero prep for this game

[Rcal10]

9 minutes ago, WhyCantWeWin said:

I don’t think anyone is anointing him a hall of famer either. Its just a little odd how hard some are trying to highlight some flaw in his game, like hes a 22 year old with a 126 wRC+. Yes he will have some warts but its funny to see how weirdly defensive some are when its brought up that Hoyer might end up losing this trade (theres still the rest of this season to go so thats a premature statement too)

its ok to admit hes having a good year so far  

 

I think I did say he is having a solid year. In fact in the post you quoted I said that very thing.