That Bellinger at bat tells me they're grinding the wood out of their bats, trying too hard to make something happen. Baseball seems to be one of the few things where trying too hard can possibly make things worse. Something positive has to happen for this to turn around, maybe a two out bases loaded hit, something.
Dodgers at Mets, tied, bottom of the 9th, one-out, Mets load the bases, get up on the count 3-1 and, of course, the Mets Cub their way into not scoring.
They're not hitting mistakes, it's frustrating but, at some point it's going to turn around. Plus, they're not going to be facing this absolute gauntlet of starting pitching, that's going to even out as well.
Lopez and Sale going today for the Braves in day-night DH, at least they're removed as possibilities for the upcoming Braves series. This has got to be good thing right?
And the Padres are up, into the Braves bullpen. Would love to see a team besides the Cubs have to burn through their bullpen prior a series.
In regards to the conference finals I was thinking Edmonton/Dallas would be more entertaining than Vancouver/Dallas. I just chose to root for the Canucks.
My head tells me Edmonton will win tonight, they are the better team and series should have never gone 7. Nevertheless, I'd still like to see the Canucks win tonight.
Doesn't appear Vazquez is much of an upgrade, if at all, with the bat over Mastrobuoni. Definitely an upgrade with the glove and maybe, with Hoerner theoretically returning, that's more important.
According to strike zone that called first strike to Mastrobuoni was higher than ball three to Suwinski, excellent. So ready, for umpires and their subjective strike zones to be replaced.
A Cubs pitcher not throwing batting practice and, guess what, Pirates lineup is terrible, who would have thought? Disappointed in the Cubs vs Falter so far, they hit him pretty hard last time out.