Backup CF is a good point, but this is almost a little annoying. Dumping one guy doing well to bring up another instead of getting rid of some dead weight.
Standing O the first time. Full stop.
If they want to give him a chorus of boos as a joke-that's-maybe-not-totally-a-joke the 2nd time he bats, I'm ok with that too.
I'm so glad we wasted 5 innings of pitching in the middle of 3 straight weeks without an off day to get back to where we would've been without the 9th inning rally
I used to go out of my way to watch extra inning games if I saw one was happening but I just flat out will not watch one that isn't the Cubs. A small protest but still.
I know I've read that Wood said his arm hurt when he did that fist pump after #20, and that that was the first time his arm had hurt all day. I think maybe he also said he wasn't totally 100% the whole rest of the season? That part I'm not sure of.
Marlins get the first 2 on. I can't wait to watch them effortlessly turn this into 2 runs as if the book on hitting with RISP isn't written in hieroglyphics.
That exact thing has been shown on the ribbon boards pregame for years. They also acknowledge Gabby Hartnett, Grover Cleveland Alexander, Mark Grace and a bunch of other former Cubs.
That should be great news, but all it tells me is a team that probably needed some breaks to be a playoff team this year anyway hasn't gotten them and they're unlikely to play like a 21-10 team much longer.
If they do, outstanding.
Ross saying Mervis will be a regular (i.e. he's not getting the Velazquez treatment). Hosmer getting rave reviews for his willingness to move to a bench role, as you'd expect Ross to give.