Reds (Burns) vs Cubs (Imanaga): 08/30/26, 6:20 PM

[Irrelevant Dude]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Reminds me of 1987

A last place team?  You guys have seen actual last place Cubs teams, right?  Flawed as the 2026 squad may be, this isn't even close.

[chibears55]

5 minutes ago, squally1313 said:

• Phillies: 47 runs in 6 games, 5-1 record
• Dodgers: 32 runs in 6 games, 4-2 record
• Braves: 5 runs in 3 games, 1-2 record, another series to come

So I guess just hopefully not the Braves unless we score a bunch of runs against them in a few weeks, which is certainly possible given our most-runs-in-baseball offense?

Itll be much different in the playoffs

 

 

[squally1313]

Just now, chibears55 said:

Itll be much different in the playoffs

 

 

oh ok, got it, my bad

[chibears55]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

A last place team?  You guys have seen actual last place Cubs teams, right?  Flawed as the 2026 squad may be, this isn't even close.

Talking about wasting players really good season,  PCA and Dawson, not their record.

Obviously this season isnt wasted yet

[gflore34]

1 minute ago, chibears55 said:

Itll be much different in the playoffs

 

 

Only thing I can could see possibly happening is Cabrera getting hot, stuff is there to dominate.  But that's a long shot.

[chibears55]

Need 2 baserunners to give PCA, Suzuki,  or Busch a chance to tie it up

Edited yesterday at 02:36 AM by chibears55

[squally1313]

what a freak

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Tungsten Crow-Armstrong

[Rex Buckingham]

[Derwood]

We're going to lose but at least PCA hit two solo HR's

[chibears55]

PCA, too bad nobody got on base

[SparkMark1]

That was nice

[PeanutPunch33]

PCA is why you can never change the channel 

[We Got The Whole 9]

Yet another milestone and one that likely will never be topped - 5 bombs in 2 games.

[Soul]

MVPete is worth the price of admission even when we lose.

[Andy]

Really would've been nice to have a guy or two on for Pete there. He's in full 2005 D Lee mode where you're always doing the math to figure out when he bats next

[abuck1220]

one generational superstar and 23-25 horsefeathers bums, depending on the day. 

[UMFan83]

Can’t believe the Cubs haven’t had a 40 HR hitter since DLee in 2005

[Soul]

I think the next 10 games determines the season.

[abuck1220]

at least the next series is 4 vs the best team in baseball who would love nothing more to ruin the cubs season 

[chibears55]

4th series loss in last 5 

6-9 record

Tied with Phillies 

25 games left

7 of 10 with Brewers

Phillies next 10 they have Az, Atlanta,  and Houston 

Edited yesterday at 02:41 AM by chibears55

[Irrelevant Dude]

Funny you should mention 2005 Derrek Lee.  It is insane to think that PCA is doing everything he is doing, but is still nowhere close (.954) to 2005 Lee (1.080) in OPS.  I get that it was a totally different environment for hitters, but interesting nonetheless.

Edited yesterday at 02:42 AM by Irrelevant Dude

[Derwood]

5-8 since Dansby got hurt

[chibears55]

4 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

Can’t believe the Cubs haven’t had a 40 HR hitter since DLee in 2005

What even crazier is the last left hander to hit 40 for them was Billy Williams in 1970

[CledusSnow]

3 minutes ago, Derwood said:

5-8 since Dansby got hurt

It’s good to have at least 2 in the lineup that can hit a top tier fastball.  Sarc