Cubs (Boyd) vs Padres (King): Wild Card Game 1, 9:00pm CST

[We Got The Whole 9]

The Cubs closer for 75% of the season is coming in for some mop-up duty 

[Irrelevant Dude]

1 minute ago, UMFan83 said:

dont really remember 89

The only thing I really remember about 89 is Mark Grace and Will Clark both being on fire.  But especially Will Clark, he was ridiculous.

[mk49]

This game is pretty much worse than the worst game every Cubs fan imagined.

[Stratos]

3 minutes ago, UMFan83 said:

This is the 60th Cubs playoff game I’ve watched in my life (dont really remember 89 so 98 is when I started). I think this is the worst of them all

It reminds me of the Brewers series in the middle of last season in Milwaukee when Boyd got smoked and everything went to hell.  I believe the Brewers also smoked him the first game he pitched in the NLDS, then he somehow pitched fine in his 2nd start.

[Stratos]

Fun fact:  I can't remember a single pitch from 2007 or 2008 postseason

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Stratos said:

Fun fact:  I can't remember a single pitch from 2007 or 2008 postseason

you don't remember Ted Lilly giving up a HR to Chris Young and chucking his glove?

[Irrelevant Dude]

That's not a swing.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

the best offense in baseball, ladies and gentlemen

[NorthsideAvenger]

All i can do is laugh. I hope they enjoy their early start to their golf games in a couple of days. 

[UMFan83]

1 minute ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

you don't remember Ted Lilly giving up a HR to Chris Young and chucking his glove?

All I remember from those series:

-Zambrano pulled early to “save” for Game 5

-Theriot IF single for RBI

-Reynolds HR

-GEOVANY SOTO

-Ted Lilly thrown glove

-Chris Young first pitch HR

-DeRosa GIDP with the bases loaded 0 outs

-DeRosa 2 run HR into the RF corner

-Loney Grand Slam

-Every Cubs IF having an error in the first 3 innings

-Soriano striking out to end the series

[We Got The Whole 9]

5 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

you don't remember Ted Lilly giving up a HR to Chris Young and chucking his glove?

Or Manny hitting a 450 ft bomb on a pitch a half a foot off the ground 

[Stratos]

7 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

you don't remember Ted Lilly giving up a HR to Chris Young and chucking his glove?

It sounds vaguely familiar.  I'd have to see the replay.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

1 minute ago, Stratos said:

It sounds vaguely familiar.  I'd have to see the replay.

I used to have that gif saved but it got lost. Might be on youtube

[Irrelevant Dude]

Why are they going crazy for this guy?

Ah, I see.  So this is basically like Justin Steele entering a playoff game.

Edited yesterday at 04:41 AM by Irrelevant Dude

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, Irrelevant Dude said:

Why are they going crazy for this guy?

he's been injured for like 2 years

[Irrelevant Dude]

Gausman threw an extended bullpen today?  Wait, what?  Why?

[UMFan83]

I know that last pitch was a strike but…like you don’t even think about challenging there if you’re Conforto? What do you have to lose?

[Stratos]

7 minutes ago, Irrelevant Dude said:

Gausman threw an extended bullpen today?  Wait, what?  Why?

Maybe Game 3?

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Just now, UMFan83 said:

I know that last pitch was a strike but…like you don’t even think about challenging there if you’re Conforto? What do you have to lose?

Busch already blew the 2nd challenge

[soccer10k]

So... Peterson tomorrow?

-Gausman threw out of the pen today before the game so he's out.
-Holmes has given up 20 runs in his last four starts
-Shota pitching after watching what they did to Boyd inspires no confidence

[Stratos]

18 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

I used to have that gif saved but it got lost. Might be on youtube

I found it, I vaguely remember that, I haven't thought about that play in almost 20 years lol

[gflore34]

Let these turds enjoy their moment, won’t be many more after this series.  

Edited yesterday at 05:01 AM by gflore34

[UMFan83]

9 minutes ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Busch already blew the 2nd challenge

Weird I thought I saw one still on their scorebug 

[Irrelevant Dude]

Counsell just confirmed Gausman is starting tomorrow.  So was the story about him throwing a bullpen today erroneous?

[Stratos]

3 minutes ago, soccer10k said:

So... Peterson tomorrow?

-Gausman threw out of the pen today before the game so he's out.
-Holmes has given up 20 runs in his last four starts
-Shota pitching after watching what they did to Boyd inspires no confidence

Shota has been pretty good though.  And getting a lot more groundballs.  Peterson also gets grounders.  I'd be fine with either, but id lean Peterson because Shota could potentially implode with the HR ball.