Pirates (Ashcraft) vs Cubs (Rea): 8/15/25, 1:20pm

[Derwood]

sigh

[PackLandVA]

Kyle Tucker says, "Take THAT, number NINE!"

[Cubbies1996]

Atta boy Tuck. Lol

[squally1313]

8 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Hoerner
PCA
Shaw
Caissie
Kelly
Tucker
Seiya
Happ
Dansby

 

 

I mean, this is bad, if it wasn’t sarcasm. 

[chibears55]

6 minutes ago, PackLandVA said:

Counsell insists on the L/R/L/R/L at the top and middle of the batting order.

He can still mix it up, nothing wrong with putting Hoerner and Shaw closer to the top and separate Tucker Suzuki Happ and PCA a bit.

How many times do we need to see the 7-9 guys start a rally only to have those guys at the top destroy it

[Derwood]

1 minute ago, squally1313 said:

I mean, this is bad, if it wasn’t sarcasm. 

It's no worse than what they're trotting out right now. Top 4 or 5 players in the lineup are all hitting .220 or lower in the last several weeks

[chibears55]

1 hour ago, Chicago Al said:

Shaw and Happ should switch places in the lineup. 

Happ should sit the whole weekend and just let Caissie play.

 

[Andy]

28 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Apparently the Brewers are pushing Peralta to the Cubs series and using a bullpen game vs the Reds.  This is a double whammy for the Cubs, 1) giving the Reds an easier game to potentially win in the Brewers series (though lol at the thought of the Brewers losing a baseball game) and 2) pitting Peralta vs the Cubs when he was scheduled to miss the series (though the Cubs handled him pretty well last time).  

On the positive side, a bullpen game the day before a doubleheader vs the Cubs seems like a good thing.

I respect the petty

[We Got The Whole 9]

Lol

[UMFan83]

of course a ball likely headed through the middle is deflected by the pitcher saving a run and Dansby grounds out on the next pitch to end the inning

[Derwood]

Never change, Dansby

[chibears55]

12 minutes ago, Derwood said:

Hoerner
PCA
Shaw
Caissie
Kelly
Tucker
Seiya
Happ
Dansby

 

 

Only problem with this is it just in reverse, top guys will get on and bottom 4 will end the rallies. Gotta find a way to split up Tucker Suzuki and Happ, also where is Busch, who playing first

 

 

 

 

 

 

[mul21]

1 hour ago, Soul said:

Screw that.  I’m a big Brewers fan today.  A restaurant down the street is giving away burgers if they win today.  Their burgers are no joke. 

Webb's?  My gf worked there when she was in college and was telling me how much they dreaded a 12 game win streak.

[BigSlick]

we sucks 

[CubinNY]

I think all the guys just want to get this season over with. We are now 32 minutes into the game and already in the bottom of the 3rd inning. This might be a 1:45 game. 

[squally1313]

9 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Only problem with this is it just in reverse, top guys will get on and bottom 4 will end the rallies. Gotta find a way to split up Tucker Suzuki and Happ, also where is Busch, who playing first

 

 

 

 

 

 

Are you guys talking about a different PCA and Caissie?

[Cubbies1996]

19 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Happ should sit the whole weekend and just let Caissie play.

 

But then he wouldn’t be able to show off his coffee company bat

[CubinNY]

lol, that's striking out in style

[We Got The Whole 9]

Lmfao what the hell just happened 

[Cubbies1996]

Beating a dead horse here, but this team is so GD pathetic 

[Derwood]

2 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Lmfao what the hell just happened 

Reese asked for a timeout for a second time, which is against the rules

[We Got The Whole 9]

Where the hell did this guy with the 93 slider come from jeez

[Tryptamine]

I've never seen a team go from arguably the best offense in baseball in the 1st half to perhaps the literal worst in the 2nd half. 

[Cubbies1996]

Seiya’s been catching the routine fly balls with 2 hands. He’s been listening!

[We Got The Whole 9]

1 minute ago, Tryptamine said:

I've never seen a team go from arguably the best offense in baseball in the 1st half to perhaps the literal worst in the 2nd half. 

They'd have to make contact but I wish we would hire Jim Edmonds to teach these LHB how to slug to the opposite field. They are getting buried under pitches on the outer half and have no idea what to do with them.