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  1. Out of curiosity, I looked it up - Eric Gagne in 2003.
  2. How great would it be if Horton dominating and not Skenes was the story of the game? I'd like to see Horton minimize the mistakes, trust his stuff, including the change up, no more straight FB's down the middle. Just curious, does anyone know, since coming up, if the Cubs have missed a Skenes start in a Pirates series? I'm guessing Skenes has faced the Cubs more than anyone else thus far in his career. I know there's been some frustration with the lack of offense but, holy horsefeathers the Cubs have lately faced a truckload of good to great starting pitching - Gore, Skubal, Flaherty, Wheeler, Luzardo, Heaney, today Skenes, after finishing up with Abbott and Lodolo. This might have something to do with the lack of offense.
  3. I was thinking Lynn McGlothen but, he wasn't a Cub until 1978.
  4. Guess we have a series now, the Oilers looked done after the first. An amazing turn-around for them.
  5. Palencia needed the work, don't mind Pressly closing against the Pirates.
  6. 3/4 be would great, of the Pirates, Marlins and Rockies, the Pirates, after the Rockies, might have the worst line up. They've better pitching than the Marlins or Rockies which helps to keep them games but, their line up? A total WAR of 3.9, PCA' WAR is 3.9. And even though statistically the Marlins line up may be worse than the Pirates, the Marlins, no matter how ****** they are, always give the Cubs fits.
  7. He started against the Tigers vs. Skubal and did pretty damn well, went toe to toe with Skubal. So, I don't know if user an opener is the answer, guess it couldn't hurt to try. You can almost tell what you're going to get out of Brown from the first batter, if he's all over the place, he's going to put the Cubs in a hole, usually a big hole. If he's not all over the place he's going to be real effective and, at times, dominating. Don't know how the Cubs can go along with him as a starter hoping to hit the lottery once in a while.
  8. Watching the Tigers and Orioles here in Michigan scrolling along the bottom of the screen - Jackson Jobe done for the season with UCL surgery. They've Casey Mize and Skubal but, I gotta think that's a big blow to their rotation. Elfin started, wouldn't mind him taking Rea place in the rotation, was hoping to see Bautista but, it's 7 - 1, now 10 - 1, Orioles bottom of the 8th.
  9. Sure but, their weak bullpen and defense have not been factors at all. That's OK, they'll show up in the PS.
  10. It'd be even sweeter if the Cubs are facing Luzardo in the deciding game and kick his ass.
  11. it really, really annoys the horsefeathers out of me that the supposedly stumbling Phillies righted the ship vs. the Cubs twice. But, you know, these type of things have a tendency to turn around in the playoffs. Maybe, they come in facing the Cubs, all confident, with the National Media predicting a relative easy series win for the Phillies. And the Phillies' weaknesses finally show up - the bullpen and defense - helping the Cubs to a series win.
  12. Maybe, Brown is just a bad match up for the Phillies? It's, what, 14 runs in his two starts vs them? If the Cubs face them in the playoffs I hope Counsell really tries to spot Brown.
  13. Luzardo is at 50+ pitches, if the Cubs can keep it close and drive up his PC, they'll get to the Phillies BP.
  14. I just knew the dipshit would be "on" today, has a great track record vs. the Cubs, could see it coming from a 1000 miles away.
  15. Really did we expect anything of Brujan? Is realistic to do so? Soon, could Alcantara be an option? Don't know his splits however, I'm certain he'd be more of threat than Brujan has ever been. Guess, then you have to keep Berti.
  16. Of course, Luzardo coming struggling looks unhittable, Brown coming in hot, may not even get 5 IP out of him. At least the Cubs got a hit off Luzardo, I sincerely doubt they'll come remotely close to scoring a run.
  17. Can we bitch if, for TV or streaming, we're forced to listen to the opponents' announcers?
  18. Was thinking about this, obviously the right call on your part and wrong on my part. Post was more frustration, Horton' not a finished product, good things will come in time.
  19. What was the medical concern? Could it be why Luzardo been cold?
  20. Lately Brown' been hot and Luzardo is not, Cubs will win today. Think they'll pick up some ground on someone.
  21. Down go the pissbirds, absolutely love the fake rally.
  22. More frustration on my part, it would be great to see what Horton can do when he's hitting his spots. It's going to happen one of these starts maybe, it'll be against the pissbirds.
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