Brewers (Misiorowski) vs Cubs (Rea): 8/20/25, 7:05pm

[Rcal10]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

He faced a reliever. That’s why. One at bat is different from being placed in the lineup. It’s complete speculation on my part but his slump coincided right after those starts vs lefties handed pitchers. 

Ok, got it. I don’t necessarily disagree that he should sit against most lefties. I just didn’t understand the timing of your comment. Now I see you are going back to when he did actually play a bit against them and suggesting that is why he started slumping. Ok, not sure on that. But at least I know why you said what you said. He did have a great AB in the 8th. I was glad to see him face the lefty. 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Our team is probably heavily Republican. I could see maybe Nico and PCA not being, possibly Happ. A lot of white bread country folk on that roster, though.

[Geographyhater8888]

31 minutes ago, CubUgly said:

He is in the process of silencing the "we traded the wrong prospect" rage from a couple of months ago.   Cams numbers have been regressing for a bit while Matt's are continuing to climb. 

And Jed traded the wrong third baseman too. You left that one out. . 

[Geographyhater8888]

2 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Ok, got it. I don’t necessarily disagree that he should sit against most lefties. I just didn’t understand the timing of your comment. Now I see you are going back to when he did actually play a bit against them and suggesting that is why he started slumping. Ok, not sure on that. But at least I know why you said what you said. He did have a great AB in the 8th. I was glad to see him face the lefty. 

Like I said, complete speculation. Maybe it caused him to tweak his swing path or something mental if there’s any shred of truth to my spitball take. 

[Gjfificifjdej]

7 minutes ago, We Got The Whole 9 said:

Our team is probably heavily Republican. I could see maybe Nico and PCA not being, possibly Happ. A lot of white bread country folk on that roster, though.

Anybody who is surprised that professional male athletes who grew up being worshipped due to their abilities and in an environment that promotes unquestioned deference to an authority figure (the coach) and largely come from money (atleast in the case of US/Canadian born players) would lean towards or atleast be cool with the Republicans is pretty naive. Doesn’t make it less disappointing obviously. 

[Derwood]

Is the “6-4-3…Mozzarella sticks for everyone!” Obvious Shirt up for order yet?

Edited August 21, 2025 by Derwood

[CubUgly]

25 minutes ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

Anybody who is surprised that professional male athletes who grew up being worshipped due to their abilities and in an environment that promotes unquestioned deference to an authority figure (the coach) and largely come from money (atleast in the case of US/Canadian born players) would lean towards or atleast be cool with the Republicans is pretty naive. Doesn’t make it less disappointing obviously. 

Is there an area on this site for political discourse that those who want to have at this can got to and have at this?  All due respect, and I may be in the minority here and I may get blasted for this - so be it - but I come here for baseball discussion and to get away from that toxic and hateful discourse that things like this always turn into.  

[cl smooth]

28 minutes ago, CubUgly said:

Is there an area on this site for political discourse that those who want to have at this can got to and have at this?  All due respect, and I may be in the minority here and I may get blasted for this - so be it - but I come here for baseball discussion and to get away from that toxic and hateful discourse that things like this always turn into.  

i come from the "call out fascists" school of sports fandom.

[mul21]

30 minutes ago, CubUgly said:

Is there an area on this site for political discourse that those who want to have at this can got to and have at this?  All due respect, and I may be in the minority here and I may get blasted for this - so be it - but I come here for baseball discussion and to get away from that toxic and hateful discourse that things like this always turn into.  

Charlie Kirk is a trash human being who thinks it's okay for a man to force himself on a woman if they're on a date.  As the father of a 17 year old daughter, I'm 100% fine with people calling out anyone who supports that kind of behavior and I feel like that shouldn't be any kind of political statement whatsoever.

[DrCub]

1 hour ago, Brian707 said:

Athletes tend to support horrible political people.  Rich and not too intelligent is a hallmark of voting GOP. 

See also Brian Urlacher

What a massive and insane jump and stereotyping. So we can say that, easy to control, super emotional, and intolerance of anyone with a differing opinion is a hallmark of voting Democrat?  No, that would be ridiculous.  This political horsefeathers should be kept elsewhere.  

[Outshined_One]

It's admittedly next to impossible to keep politics out of discussions involving this team considering their ownship situation.

We try to keep things civil, but feel free to report posts when things go completely off the rails.

[DrCub]

11 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

i come from the "call out fascists" school of sports fandom.

So Shaw and Busch are Fascists?  Cool. Got it. 

[cl smooth]

another thing: before we go saying "let's not bring politics to the game threads"...

charlie horsefeathers kirk, a political talking head, took a picture with two members of the chicago cubs who scored all four runs in last night's ballgame. it is LITERALLY politics mixing with sports. 

if some posters have issues with other posters calling his ass out for what he is...a horsefeathers FASCIST...then i suggest they get the other posters who give the thumbs up to all the pro-charlie kirk messages, pool their money together and start a MAGA cubs messageboard. myself, and others, will call that horsefeathers out for what it is. 

respectfully. 

(not directed at any one poster, i'm talking to everyone here).

[mul21]

1 minute ago, DrCub said:

So Shaw and Busch are Fascists?  Cool. Got it. 

Nobody said that, but Charlie Kirk is a known fascist and they're unfortunately associating themselves with him and people are unsurprisingly disappointed in that.

[17 Seconds]

43 minutes ago, CubUgly said:

Is there an area on this site for political discourse that those who want to have at this can got to and have at this?  All due respect, and I may be in the minority here and I may get blasted for this - so be it - but I come here for baseball discussion and to get away from that toxic and hateful discourse that things like this always turn into.  

ahh yes, it's the discourse that's the toxic and hateful part

[Tryptamine]

11 minutes ago, DrCub said:

So Shaw and Busch are Fascists?  Cool. Got it. 

They referred to Kirk as a fascist, not Shaw and Busch, though that is truly disappointing that they'd associate with that piece of horsefeathers.

[Sammy Sofa]

Why the horsefeathers is that scum even on the field on the first place.

Oh, right: the Ricketts of it all.

Still feeling pretty damn good about not giving this team one damn cent for years now.

[Brian707]

17 minutes ago, DrCub said:

What a massive and insane jump and stereotyping. So we can say that, easy to control, super emotional, and intolerance of anyone with a differing opinion is a hallmark of voting Democrat?  No, that would be ridiculous.  This political horsefeathers should be kept elsewhere.  

Ok I will put you down as offended for being called out for what you are? A supporter of terrible people. 

[Brian707]

And horsefeathers the Ricketts too each and every one of those horsefeatherss. If it weren't for them, that fascist piece of trash wouldn't even be at Wrigley 

[UMFan83]

I’d be interested to know Shaw/Busch’s black teammates’ thoughts on them supporting a guy who called MLK an awful person if the Cubs…umm had any black players on the roster. 

[Donzo]

This nonsense on a sports forum- awful

Edited August 21, 2025 by Donzo

[Tryptamine]

11 minutes ago, Donzo said:

This nonsense on a sports forum- awful

Is Wrigley not a place where sports take place? Are Matt Shaw and Michael Busch not professional athletes playing for the team this website is dedicated to? 

[Sammy Sofa]

4 minutes ago, Tryptamine said:

Is Wrigley not a place where sports take place? Are Matt Shaw and Michael Busch not professional athletes playing for the team this website is dedicated to? 

Right? The horsefeathers is he even talking about; THE STUPID SPORTS TEAM ARE THE ONES WHO DID THIS.

[Bobson Dugnutt]

I kinda miss the days when this place was a barren wasteland but was mostly free of maga shitheads.

Edited August 21, 2025 by Bobson Dugnutt

[Rob]

1 minute ago, Donzo said:

This nonsense on a sports forum- awful

If politics was about less important issues, then we wouldn't be having this problem.

Unfortunately, half of this country refuses to defend democracy, to acknowledge basic human rights, or even say things like "genocide is bad." In that context, it's completely understandable that we might call them out for it.

If you don't like politics invading sports, destroy the fascists who have invaded our everyday lives.