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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    Why is Heyward playing against a lefty? Did everyone else die? Or did his .463 OPS earn him the start?
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    It just annoys me because he's supposed to be a team leader...the closest thing the Cubs have to a captain, and he's among the people preventing the team from relaxing COVID regulations. Maybe his doctor advised him not to or whatever but whatever the reason its almost certainly based on false information I agree, but I can also see an argument that he is coming out and saying this as the team leader. In a way, it takes the pressure off everyone else now that Rizzo himself has become the face of the unvaccinated Cubs. I have no idea whether that is what he intended, or if he was just speaking candidly, but I assume this had something to do with Garlin's comments and Rizzo feeling like he had to say something to defend the team.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    Rizzo's decision is disappointing, especially for a well-respected figure in a public position, but I think it's time to stop asking these questions and move past flogging the unvaccinated. It isn't getting us anywhere. It feels like the more we call people out for not being vaccinated, the more the other side pushes back and entrenches themselves in the anti-vaccine position. It is unfortunate that this is where we are as a society, but we aren't changing any minds.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    What a dumb slide.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    Oh my...
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    Pirañas
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Hot take - The Cubs are better with Heyward on the DL.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    He is getting hit extremely hard. This team needs 3 starting pitchers.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    Uh oh. JD said "poop emoji." Does he have to take sensitivity training now?
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    I loved the discussion earlier in the inning where Boog was running through the list of things Davies doesn't do. Doesn't throw a lot of pitches, doesn't go deep in games, doesn't strike batters out, doesn't throw a lot of strikes... In other words, he is a bad pitcher.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    Phew. That was a close one!
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    It isn't the rule's fault that the Cubs lost. It is the rule's fault that extra innings have now become a completely unfulfilling mini-game.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    There doesn't seem to be any opposition to it, except from the fans, which won't matter. the only opposition I ever see from the fans is right after their team loses in extra innings maybe kimbrel should have just not given up the legitimate run after the first one Not true. Win or lose, the rule sucks.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    He probably thinks this new rule is a rousing success There doesn't seem to be any opposition to it, except from the fans, which won't matter.
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    Make this stupid extra innings BS stop.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    Losing our best outfielder for the season wouldn't be ideal.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    Hell of a job by Steele.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    Yes he started out like a trainwreck, but a little credit to Maples for not completely imploding and keeping the score within striking distance. I still don't trust him one bit, but at least he righted the ship
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    What a disaster.
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    Cue the wild pitch to advance the runner.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    Oh but I'm sure the Cubs can get that extra innings baserunner in, no problem.
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    But they have no problem making players sit around at the ballpark all day to get that extra gate. The game was a 6:30 start and they called it before 5. Don’t think any fans would’ve been inside yet. And I’m sure a lot of guys would’ve been at the park anyways today to get some work/treatment/whatever in, game or no game. I was talking about the doubleheader. MLB is concerned about the players, but not concerned enough to play a traditional doubleheader to avoid having a long break in between games.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    No idea how the tickets work but think they kept the 7-inning DH thing to help limit pitcher innings/fatigue off the shortened year. But they have no problem making players sit around at the ballpark all day to get that extra gate.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    I guess we're doing split 7-inning doubleheaders now. How stupid is that? I don't know if fans with tickets have any recourse, but I wouldn't want to make the trip to Wrigley for a single 7-inning game.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    I was going to say the same exact thing. You play the 10th and 11th and if still tied, you get a tie. I hate the idea of a tie just as much, if not more, than putting a runner on second base. But why not compromise... if the game is still tied after the 12th, go ahead and put a runner on second base. Still not ideal, but it allows 3 extra innings for a "true" finish, while also all but eliminating the possibility of a 16-17 inning marathon.
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