Cubs (Rea) vs Giants (Whisenhunt): 8/27/25. 8:45pm

[Eeyore]

What kind of pitch was that?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Cobs.

[Eeyore]

Devers won't be able to play tomorrow after all of this running 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Turns out a left handed bum reliever is still a bum reliever.

[Cubbies1996]

12 minutes ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

I don’t see how its the managers fault that Castro can’t see, or Shaw can’t make a simple pick, or Tucker can’t not throw the ball directly into a runners head but thats just me

Let’s also not overlook constantly leaving starters in too long, consistently batting the likes of Kelly and Turner in the top half of the lineup when they’ve been garbage for a month now while Shaw sits in the 8 or 9 hole. Playing Happ almost every single day when he has been one of the worst hitters in the MLB. Yes players make mistakes, but a lot of the Cubs issues fall at the feet of Counsell and he’s done almost nothing to change things up. 

[Eeyore]

If they had more than three outfielders on the roster they wouldn't have an infielder playing left field 

[Gjfificifjdej]

2 minutes ago, Cubbies1996 said:

Let’s also not overlook constantly leaving starters in too long, consistently batting the likes of Kelly and Turner in the top half of the lineup when they’ve been garbage for a month now while Shaw sits in the 8 or 9 hole. Playing Happ almost every single day when he has been one of the worst hitters in the MLB. Yes players make mistakes, but a lot of the Cubs issues fall at the feet of Counsell and he’s done almost nothing to change things up. 

Thats fair

[Dfan25]

Reds lost , so that’s all I got .  Feels like they are about to get swept for the 1st time here .

[UMFan83]

Yes the Giants bad offense trouncing the Cubs pitching is rough but the 5 total runs of offense in games started by pitchers with ERAs of 4.64 and 5.01 is more bothersome to me.

Edited August 28, 2025 by UMFan83

[JHBulls]

Saving money on not buying Metamucil these days. I’ve never been more regular. 

[mk49]

Should I go see the Cubs game in San Francisco tomorrow?  I really thought about it.  I still think they will win with Shota.  But, I'm so pissed now that I don't think I'm going.

[UMFan83]

Ball is flying out of the park tonight. For one team

[Gjfificifjdej]

Jordan Wicks is an earned run machine

[Soul]

5 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Yes the Giants bad offense trouncing the Cubs pitching is rough but the 5 total runs of offense in games started by pitchers with ERAs of 4.64 and 5.01 is more bothersome to me.

Feels like a theme.  We love to rescue bad starters.

[UMFan83]

Just now, Soul said:

Feels like a theme.  We love to rescue bad starters.

We also like to validate good starters

[Hot Sauce]

Remember when we were talking about sweeping the Giants?

[Eeyore]

Just now, Hot Sauce said:

Remember when we were talking about sweeping the Giants?

It feels like yesterday 

[soccer10k]

On the plus side, it's pretty likely we can give guys extra days off in September since we'll be locked in to a WC spot. Guess we have to root for the Padres-Dodgers race to go down to the wire.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Hot Sauce said:

Remember when we were talking about sweeping the Giants?

I can't stand them. I have to deal with Giants fans in my day-to-day and it's going to be even more insufferable than usual.

[Hot Sauce]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I can't stand them. I have to deal with Giants fans in my day-to-day and it's going to be even more insufferable than usual.

I live in St. Louis and work with a White Sox fan. You haven’t met suffering yet. 

[Eeyore]

Cubs are trying to wear them out tonight so that they're slow and sluggish tomorrow 

[Soul]

2 minutes ago, Eeyore said:

Cubs are trying to wear them out tonight so that they're slow and sluggish tomorrow 

It’s all part of the plan.

[Hot Sauce]

1 minute ago, Soul said:

It’s all part of the plan.

The Giants are playing checkers while the Cubs are playing a longer, slower game of checkers.

[JHBulls]

Would love to see non-pitches at least try like Nate Eaton did. He was throwing 70-95 mph throughout his first appearance. That would be fun. 

[UMFan83]

5 hits tonight. Meanwhile the Giants scored in 6 of 8 innings