Astros (Lambert) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 5/24/26, 1:20pm

[JHBulls]

I can see where this one is going

[chibears55]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

JD couldn't even get "They don't have a lot if firepower in their lineup" out of his mouth before that happened.

Lol, he meant the cubs 🤣 

[gflore34]

I'll go with K, GB and FB on 11 pitches for Lambert this inning.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, gflore34 said:

I'll go with K, GB and FB on 11 pitches for Lambert this inning.

My money is on three FB

[chibears55]

Have they ever scored first/ led in any of these last 8 games since beating the Sox

[chopsx9]

2 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

Feel like the one thing we’re missing this series, probably because he’s a bad hitter playing a premium offensive position, is some big Cam Smith moment so that people can complain about trading for the 4.5 fWAR guy last year again. 

It's not really as simple as that - they traded for a guy they were probably never going to sign. How much worse would they have made out with Bellinger instead and the main point is they would still have Smith as trade chip now.

[chibears55]

Great read and baserunning by Mo there, now get him home

[Papa Cub]

Pedro!!!

[cl smooth]

Pedro Ramirez, you stud!

[chibears55]

Pedro !!!!!

Welcome to the big league

[Papa Cub]

That’s how you shake horsefeathers up in lineup - let the youngins eat 

[chibears55]

Wow, the Cubs lead 😂

[cl smooth]

When was the last time the cubs had a lead in a game?

[squally1313]

Just now, chopsx9 said:

It's not really as simple as that - they traded for a guy they were probably never going to sign. How much worse would they have made out with Bellinger instead and the main point is they would still have Smith as trade chip now.

They traded for a 4-5 win baseball player who put up 4.5 wins and we won home field advantage for the wild card by 2 games and then won that series and it was really cool. I know that stuff is in the past and therefore doesn’t matter or whatever, but we really need to stop fetishizing banking future wins at the expense of being good now. Bellinger at $25m vs Tucker (a better player) at $16m is maybe Matt Boyd in terms of the difference in salary. 

[JHBulls]

Ah ffs, save some runs for the rest of the week. 

[Rex Buckingham]

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, Papa Cub said:

That’s how you shake horsefeathers up in lineup - let the youngins eat 

Exactly,  you just never know..

Big hit has led to 3 runs so far and JD just said, first lead of homestand.

 

 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

8 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

My money is on three FB

perfect reverse jinx

[chibears55]

1 minute ago, cl smooth said:

When was the last time the cubs had a lead in a game?

JD just said first lead if homestand,  so guessing when they beat the Sox

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

2 minutes ago, cl smooth said:

When was the last time the cubs had a lead in a game?

10th inning against white sox

[Papa Cub]

2 minutes ago, Rex Buckingham said:

Yes!!! 🙌 

I was waiting for a post with this reference. Hats off to you sir 

[Jason Ross]

Hell yes Pedro. 

[Papa Cub]

2 minutes ago, chibears55 said:

Exactly,  you just never know..

Big hit has led to 3 runs so far and JD just said, first lead of homestand.

 

 

Absolutely! It’ll wake these vets up a bit too! Success breeds success, so wtf you have to lose by letting these young guys get some quality ABs? F it

[JHBulls]

This team and challenging lol. They will either challenge strike calls they shouldn’t be challenging or not challenge a strike call 2 inches out of the zone. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

hearing boog saying hitting balls at better angles for the 50 millionth time is why I want game audio without broadcasters