Cubs (Boyd) vs D-backs (Rodriguez): 08/26/26, 2:40 PM

[abuck1220]

if this is the best offense in baseball, watching the bad offensive teams must be unbearable. there are SEVEN teams with an OPS under .700. imagine sitting through that trash all season. an entire lineup of Craig counsells, all season long.

[abuck1220]

no way arias just hit there

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Another egregious ball not challenged

[UMFan83]

The Cubs still have 2 challenges left, why does PCA not challenge it and instead just yell at the ump?  Makes no sense

[profisme]

Does Alfonso Marquez remind anyone else of the principal from Buffy the Vampire Slayer series?

[Geographyhater8888]

Another god damn getaway shutout. What is that 3 in a row now?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

Another god damn getaway shutout. What is that 3 in a row now?

didn't they just score 19 runs in a getaway game?

[UMFan83]

So we were one out from leaving this series either 7 or 9 games up on the DBacks but instead we'll be just 5 games up unless we come up with a 9th inning rally.  Don't be another 2023 please.

[Geographyhater8888]

2 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

didn't they just score 19 runs in a getaway game?

The final game of either homestead or a road trip. Every 6th game?

Edited August 26 by Geographyhater8888

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Geographyhater8888 said:

The final game of either homestead or a road trip. Every 6th game?

wow, I guess I've been using that wrong for 30 years

[UMFan83]

6 outs away from going 2-4 on a roadtrip where we outscored our opponents 39-19

Edit: Oh wait I didn't realize Zeferjahn was pitching, should've held back before I submitted this post

Edited August 26 by UMFan83

[Geographyhater8888]

Zeferjahn is useless. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

fastball literally right down the middle and he pops it up. jesus

[Colgera]

I usually don't peep out of lurking, but that balk call was horsefeathers.

[UMFan83]

5 games ahead of Arizona with 28 games to play.

[abuck1220]

three walk off losses and a shutout. fun trip. 

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Arizona horsefeathers sucks. They aren't passing anybody

[UMFan83]

Just now, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Arizona horsefeathers sucks. They aren't passing anybody

I said that in 2023 too

[Soul]

Ain’t that a kick in the nuts.  Sailing to a 2-1 series win decent road trip.  Instead limping away with a 2-4 trip wondering how the hell we can get this relief staff to hold leads.

[squally1313]

2 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

5 games ahead of Arizona with 28 games to play.

This isn’t how making the playoffs work. There’s a reason going into today we had a 9% chance of winning the division and a 1% chance of missing the playoffs. There’s three wildcard spots, it’s not a two team race. 

[Soul]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Arizona horsefeathers sucks. They aren't passing anybody

I agree with you. They have what appears to be an entire bullpen full of 100 MPH fireballers though.

We had these guys nailed down and just let them get up off the mat.

Some days I question my sanity being a Cubs fan.

[UMFan83]

5 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

This isn’t how making the playoffs work. There’s a reason going into today we had a 9% chance of winning the division and a 1% chance of missing the playoffs. There’s three wildcard spots, it’s not a two team race. 

I know how playoffs work, just let me vent bruh

[Snott]

should of beat the umpire with a bat . Must of been paid off

[Snott]

Umpires are crooked. Owned by Las Vegas. Somebody take out their a.c. 

[soccer10k]

53 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

wow, I guess I've been using that wrong for 30 years

I think you’re right. I’ve always thought of it as a day game when a team is leaving for a new city right after the game. I mean, Sunday actually qualifies as more of a getaway day than today because the Cubs played on Monday night but are off tomorrow.