Irrelevant Dude
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Well, Stroman looking healthy is one bright spot for tonight. The only one. -
Tip your cap to.... Pfaadt?
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I think they just needed to get him in there regardless.
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Nope.
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The Cubs hitters see your challenge and go down in order in 8 pitches.
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I would have agreed with you at many other times over the past month, but they just had a break yesterday.
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And that's the ballgame.
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Whatever happens here, this should probably be the end of the night for Steele after the 6th. He seems to be fighting the command a bit more.
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Runner dances back and forth off first base. Pitcher throws over Crowd boos Baseball fans, amirite?
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Journeyman and underachieving pitchers are lined up outside the ballpark to face this offense.
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Gomes swung at Ball 4 twice.
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I hope I'm wrong, but this feels like a 3-0 final score.
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Can someone explain the science of how the humidor impacts the balls in the gaps more than straight away? Is Boog just making stuff up?
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I know he does that sometimes, but didn't he just have a 4 hit game?
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I just saw that Stroman was activated. Any word on how they plan to use him?
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Is it just me or does Gurriel kill the Cubs?
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Woah, JD traveled west of the Mississippi?
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It's nice to be on the other end of that for a change.
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Not really though. The Cubs can't get swept, but if they just win 1 out of 3 they still come out of the series in the #2 Wild Card spot regardless of what all the other teams do. Not that they would be in a great position at that point, but still far from "must win".
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I just read this article and had no idea that Steele and his fiancee were going through this: https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/cubs/ct-chicago-cubs-justin-steele-fiancee-lyme-disease-20230915-7k5fkplku5cs3bcwj4v7drb7v4-story.html Obviously I hope everything turns out ok and she is able to resume a largely normal life after treatments. I had an extended family member who died a few years ago with symptoms that were never able to be diagnosed and were likely caused by Lyme disease (although to my knowledge that was never fully confirmed). I do know that it can be a miserable experience to deal with. This makes what Steele has done this year all the more impressive. With a young son and sick wife at home, he has still been able to put together an incredible season with the Cy Young Award a definite possibility. Sometimes I think we forget that these are real people with real problems outside of baseball and those problems may occasionally impact their performance the same way that we might have an off day at work if we are struggling with something on a personal level. For him to be able to continue pitching consistently at such a high level is an impressive accomplishment. Hopefully he can cap it off with that Cy Young Award and a playoff berth.
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It certainly has. I guess this is what MLB wanted though - a bunch of mediocre teams tripping over themselves to claim the last few playoff spots.
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I still feel like the best play would be to trade Happ in the offseason and re-sign Bellinger. Happ's contract is tradeable, but probably won't bring a ton back in return. But if getting him off the payroll helps to open an outfield spot and bring Bellinger back (assuming he would be ok with playing a lot of LF), that's one way to create a spot.
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I'm a fan of anything that gets Anthony Kay off this roster.
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I completely agree that Tauchman has been awful recently, but even with that I have more confidence in him providing some offensive value over the next two weeks. I wouldn't hesitate to get PCA in as a late inning defensive replacement though.
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Obviously no smoking gun here, and really nothing but a loose connection, but would it surprise anyone if the guy who has been a freakish athletic specimen since high school and still is at nearly 40 years old maybe had a little help? https://deadspin.com/lebron-jameds-wife-biogenesis-anthony-bosch-1850834572
