Phillies (Backhus) vs Cubs (Boyd): 4/22/26, 6:40pm

[chibears55]

15 minutes ago, jorbloss said:

I’m out of the loop - what’s the celebration they’re doing?

Lmao,  i think jd and boog read our posts

They answered your question 

[Old Style]

1 minute ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Don’t see much of a reason to challenge Bregman’s triple with nobody out

I don’t think we challenged it. I think the umpires initiated it themselves, no?

[CUBDOM4life]

MB has officially left the yard

[chibears55]

Hello Michael Busch, welcome to 2026 😅

[Soul]

Buschy banger!

[SparkMark1]

Good job Busch

[Jason Ross]

Guys, I think Taijaun Walker might suck.

[Papa Cub]

Is it me, or is anyone else glad to see Busch shaking the belly?

[JHBulls]

Can the Cubs play the Phillies and Mets every day? 

[mk49]

Buschy must be super happy.  And, I'm happy to see his 1st HR.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Finally Michael was able to let it rip. Let's f'n go.

[Derwood]

Heat it up, Busch

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

Don’t see much of a reason to challenge Bregman’s triple with nobody out

It a ump review,  it not a manager challenge 

If it close,  umps will review homeruns 

[JHBulls]

One thing I know for sure is that Baseball celebrations are horsefeathers weird. 
 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

obviously foul

[chibears55]

Ump went by sound, didn't see the ball at all 

[jorbloss]

7 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Lmao,  i think jd and boog read our posts

They answered your question 

I must have turned it off for radio right before they talked about it 😂 what’d they say?

[Wilson A2000]

7 minutes ago, Old Style said:

I don’t think we challenged it. I think the umpires initiated it themselves, no?

I don’t know. I didn’t think they were going to look at it without Counsell asking them to, so is that a challenge?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

2 minutes ago, Wilson A2000 said:

I don’t know. I didn’t think they were going to look at it without Counsell asking them to, so is that a challenge?

whether a ball is a home run is always a crew chief review as far as I know, it doesn't cost a challenge

[chibears55]

3 minutes ago, jorbloss said:

I must have turned it off for radio right before they talked about it 😂 what’d they say?

Boog was saying something about not being a type, so they do the typewriter thing with fingers. I wasn't really listening til the end.

So im not exactly sure

[Post Count Padder]

3 hours ago, Bertz said:

It's *probably* just a slump, but it's worth noting that this is by a slim margin the worst slump of his Cubs career.

https://www.fangraphs.com/players/michael-busch/26319/graphs?position=NP&statArr=50&legend=1&split=base&time=game&ymin=&ymax=&start=2024&end=2026&rtype=mult&gt1=22&dStatArray=

His bat speed is down and his groundball rate are up, both bad things but I think we still need more runway before they hit a sample size we worry about.

He let us know tonight he's gonna be ok.

[chibears55]

Cardinals and Reds loss, Brewers and Pirates losing,  gotta chance to take sole possession of second and pull within half game of lead

[Derwood]

It's always a kick in the nuts when a pitcher gets pulled after 4 2/3 and they're winning

[Papa Cub]

What’re we thinking folks? What Ben Brown will we see?

[BKHoo]

Phew. Harper lined out.