Cubs (Taillon) vs Angels (Hendricks): 8/24/25, 3:07pm

[Jazz]

Cubs WIN! 

[Hortonhearsawho]

Well that was an inning but we got the sweep!

[Eeyore]

Seems like a gift. I'll take it 

[Jason Ross]

W

[SpongeWorthy]

pretty cool that palencia can get his confidence back in the middle of what looks like a disaster outing

[chibears55]

Phewwwww

Never a doubt there..lol

Looked like Mitch Williams that inning 

[Caesar]

Good win. That announcer needs to go! He’s annoying as hell. It’s like he’s trying to hard.

[BigSlick]

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[itisallpartoftheplan]

A rare sweep for us! Hopefully keep it going vs SF and maybe Milwaukee drops a couple vs Arizona.

[DYMNO]

I’m I completely nuts for still holding out hope for the division?

[Geographyhater8888]

First road sweep since April 2nd.

[BigSlick]

I’m not so sure that was a swing but the umps wanted to go home. I’ll have to stuff that one in my pocket later when I lament how the umps always rule against my teams 

[Jason Ross]

Just now, DYMNO said:

I’m I completely nuts for still holding out hope for the division?

No. It's possible. The Cubs have a really weak schedule and the Brewers have a much harder road. The Cubs hold the season tie-break over the Brewers. 5GB is not impossible today. It's unlikely, but this week has given the Cubs a chance.

[bukie]

Despite the near constant cynicism of the game thread crowd, the Cubs have won 6 of 7 and cut the division deficit near in half in a week.

[chibears55]

5 back, If there's an opportunity for the Cubs to pick up a few games on the Brewers it going to be over the next 10 games.

Brewers have 4 against the Dbacks 3 against the BlueJays and 3 against the Phillies 

Cubs have the Giants Rockies and Braves 

 

Let Go

[Soul]

2 minutes ago, DYMNO said:

I’m I completely nuts for still holding out hope for the division?

Brewer fans are also quite doom-oriented so making them nervous is kinda fun.  They’ve been lamenting peaking too soon even in the middle of their streak.

[Tryptamine]

Man, it's a damn shame they couldn't win the 5th game of that Brewer series. The division is still on the table, but it feels so much more reasonable if they win that game. 

[soccer10k]

2 minutes ago, Jason Ross said:

No. It's possible. The Cubs have a really weak schedule and the Brewers have a much harder road. The Cubs hold the season tie-break over the Brewers. 5GB is not impossible today. It's unlikely, but this week has given the Cubs a chance.

If they can at least maintain this 5 game gap in the next series (we play in SF, Mil hosts Arizona), then the next 6 games will be a big chance with us playing Colorado and Atlanta while Milwaukee gets Toronto and Philly.

[BigSlick]

Division is possible but likely requires a Brewers collapse, which honestly, they’re due for 

[bukie]

I would say that in order for the Cubs to win the division and get the 1 overall seed, they would need to finish 24-7. Difficult, but not impossible.

[Connor McConnor]

If we get within 3-4 games of the division it likely means that we will definitely be ok with the wildcard and make the playoffs.   I'm good with that.  Just avoid the epic collapse.  

[chibears55]

Counsell just said Taillon had left groin tightness, precautionary and see how he is throughout week.

🙄🙄

[Hortonhearsawho]

24 minutes ago, DYMNO said:

I’m I completely nuts for still holding out hope for the division?

It's certainly possible. I wouldn't bet on it but it's not out of the realm of possibility.

Edited August 24, 2025 by Hortonhearsawho

[Caesar]

If Palencia in the future can improve on that secondary pitch it will help him tremendously. His fastball is definitely good but lacks any movement and his secondary pitch in my opinion is below average. It’s roughly 87mph and doesn’t really move which in turn is just slow fastball. He will get many more strikeouts by getting better at second pitch. His strikeout percentage is decent but considering he throws 100 mph batters make a lot of contact due to lack of movement and below average second pitch. What do you fellows see?

[BKHoo]

17 minutes ago, BigSlick said:

Division is possible but likely requires a Brewers collapse, which honestly, they’re due for 

Or them playing .500 and the Cubs getting hot.