Cardinals (Mikolas) vs Cubs (Rea): 9/26/25, 1:20pm

[Brian707]

25 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

If he's gonna bean him it wouldn't have been with a slider.

That's what they want us to think

[Illiterate Scholar]

Great all around win*

 

*Due to this result, it cannot be used as a referendum on the team and season, nor can it be used as an example of how they will fare in the playoffs.

[Bertz]

Tongue mostly in cheek but Colin Rea has 29 strikeouts and one walk over his last 4 outings to go along with a 1.48 ERA.  The flipside to pretty much any argument for removing Shota from the post-season rotation implies Rea should slide in, right?

[The_Achiever]

90 wins.

[We Got The Whole 9]

28 minutes ago, Post Count Padder said:

Fun trivia time! Seiya, PCA, Busch all with 30 HR this season. Last time the Cubs had 3 guys hit 30 HR in the same season?

 

  Reveal hidden contents

2004 (Sosa, A-Ram, DLee, Alou all did it)

 

KB and Javy came 1 HR short of being the 3rd in 2017 and then in 2019, respectively.

 

Crazy that I thought Tucker was the shoo-in.

[javy knows my name]

48 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I didn't hear it. What did I miss?

He played The Victors, of course

[Geographyhater8888]

Cubs have outscored the cardinals by a combined score of 71-37 this season and they’re only 6-5 so far. 

Edited September 26, 2025 by Geographyhater8888

[Soul]

21 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

With the offense looking better I'm starting to worry about the fact that I'm going to be in Greece the week of the NLDS.  If we get night games thats gonna be a tough few days.

(not an intentional humblebrag but one nonetheless)

I’ve followed MLB from overseas before, it’s kind of fun.  Not sure if they block it now but years back MLB.TV let you get the games internationally with your subscription.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

16 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Cubs have outscored the cardinals by a combined score of 71-38 this season and they’re only 6-5 so far. 

12-1, 9-1, 11-0, 11-3, 3-0, 8-0 are the scores in the Cubs wins.

Edited September 26, 2025 by Tangled Up in Plaid

[javy knows my name]

1 minute ago, Soul said:

I’ve followed MLB from overseas before, it’s kind of fun.  Not sure if they block it now but years back MLB.TV let you get the games internationally with your subscription.

Was able to get MLB.tv in France a recently as ten days ago. And can confirm it is fun

[BKHoo]

6 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Cubs have outscored the cardinals by a combined score of 71-38 this season and they’re only 6-5 so far. 

That is CRAZY. 

[UMFan83]

2 minutes ago, Soul said:

I’ve followed MLB from overseas before, it’s kind of fun.  Not sure if they block it now but years back MLB.TV let you get the games internationally with your subscription.

I've been looking it up, I think I should be able to get MLB.tv in Greece.  I don't subscribe to it but I'm sure they have a playoff package.  Or I'll just find a stream somewhere.  That's what I did back in like 2014 when the Blackhawks were in the playoffs and I was in Germany.  Woke up at 3am, watched the game and then fell back asleep lol.

Selfishly I want day games though, a 1pm start is 9pm in Greece, perfect timing.

[Geographyhater8888]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

12-1, 9-1, 11-0, 5-0, 11-3, 3-0, 8-0 are the scores in the Cubs wins.

Remove the 5-0 score and you’ve got their 6 wins 

[NorthsideAvenger]

Well done. Nice start to the weekend.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

5 minutes ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Remove the 5-0 score and you’ve got their 6 wins 

Woops.

[Brian707]

13 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I've been looking it up, I think I should be able to get MLB.tv in Greece.  I don't subscribe to it but I'm sure they have a playoff package.  Or I'll just find a stream somewhere.  That's what I did back in like 2014 when the Blackhawks were in the playoffs and I was in Germany.  Woke up at 3am, watched the game and then fell back asleep lol.

Selfishly I want day games though, a 1pm start is 9pm in Greece, perfect timing.

If I had to guess since they are playing west coast team. Start times for at least game 1 and 2 would be 4pm ish. If there is a game 3, and a couple series are done maybe 7 ish

[Soul]

18 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

I've been looking it up, I think I should be able to get MLB.tv in Greece.  I don't subscribe to it but I'm sure they have a playoff package.  Or I'll just find a stream somewhere.  That's what I did back in like 2014 when the Blackhawks were in the playoffs and I was in Germany.  Woke up at 3am, watched the game and then fell back asleep lol.

Selfishly I want day games though, a 1pm start is 9pm in Greece, perfect timing.

Day games for sure. If you are vacationing in Greece, sitting out by a pool or restaurant on a beach, watching Cubs playoff baseball?

Yes please.

[Rcal10]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

Mikolas totally told him to bean PCA

 

1 hour ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

If he's gonna bean him it wouldn't have been with a slider.

If he was going to BEAN him it would have been on the head, not the knee. No one gets beaned in the knee. 

[Rcal10]

6 minutes ago, Soul said:

Day games for sure. If you are vacationing in Greece, sitting out by a pool or restaurant on a beach, watching Cubs playoff baseball?

Yes please.

I was in Italy the year the Cubs lost to the Brewers in the one game for the division and then the Rockies for the wild card. I got the final few innings on the radio when I woke up, through mlb. Heard Pat call the elimination game. 

[Rcal10]

15 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

If I had to guess since they are playing west coast team. Start times for at least game 1 and 2 would be 4pm ish. If there is a game 3, and a couple series are done maybe 7 ish

If the Yankees win the division I would guess the Cubs might get a little better game time. If the Dodgers, Cubs and Yankees all played in rd 1 my guess is the Cubs would be a day game. I would say AL central winner plays the first game, Cubs second, Yankees 3rd and Dodgers the late game. If Yankees win the division maybe the Cubs get the prime time game. 

[Bertz]

23 minutes ago, Brian707 said:

If I had to guess since they are playing west coast team. Start times for at least game 1 and 2 would be 4pm ish. If there is a game 3, and a couple series are done maybe 7 ish

I think this is right.  We're currently looking at a pretty stellar slate:

Dodgers vs. Mets

Cubs vs Padres 

Cleveland vs Detroit

Yankees vs Red Sox

In this scenario it's pretty obvious how it'llget scheduled.  The AL Central battle is the early window, Cubs in the afternoon, Yankees/Sox prime time, Dodgers late.

I think if Yankees/Red Sox gets broken up but Dodgers/Mets doesn't that has a chance to slide into prime time?  Then the Yankees would get the afternoon slot and Cubs/Padres would be late.

[Gjfificifjdej]

1 hour ago, UMFan83 said:

With the offense looking better I'm starting to worry about the fact that I'm going to be in Greece the week of the NLDS.  If we get night games thats gonna be a tough few days.

(not an intentional humblebrag but one nonetheless)

If you have MLB TV you could just mute any game updates/baseball social media and watch after the fact at a normal local time, works whenever Im overseas atleast

[Rcal10]

22 minutes ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

If you have MLB TV you could just mute any game updates/baseball social media and watch after the fact at a normal local time, works whenever Im overseas atleast

This is probably true, but if you are on vacation in Europe do you really want to sit and watch the game? I am a huge fan, but even I wouldn’t do that. Typically I try not vacationing in October. 

[Stratos]

46 minutes ago, Gjfificifjdej said:

If you have MLB TV you could just mute any game updates/baseball social media and watch after the fact at a normal local time, works whenever Im overseas atleast

FYI to all:  The Padres game is free on MLB.TV tonight.  8:40 central start time.

[Gjfificifjdej]

1 hour ago, Rcal10 said:

This is probably true, but if you are on vacation in Europe do you really want to sit and watch the game? I am a huge fan, but even I wouldn’t do that. Typically I try not vacationing in October. 

Fair enough, Im a degenerate and only missed the Tokyo series this year so watching a ball game on vacation sounds perfect to me 😂