Clem Fandango

Now the broadcasters volume is super low and audience is super loud

'Sup

I now expect to see one of these for every one of our starting pitchers

OH GREAT ANOTHER STELLAR FS1 BROADCAST Well the Cubs are up 2-0. This feels very familiar. I have to admit going into yesterday's game, with a tough matchup against Cueto, I was a bit nervous. Confident, but nervous. there's something about going into the playoffs with a target on your back that amps up the nerves. This is why Joe is here to guide us and teach us to embrace the target. Game 1 win = soothed nerves. Game 2 matchup against Samardzija = 100% cocky confidence. That confidence was rewarded with another victory over the even year Giants. Hendricks was good, had a scare, but came out okay. Meanwhile Travis Wood helped dong us into another victory becoming only the 2nd relief pitcher in major league history to hit a home run in the postseason. Neat! Game 3 brings perhaps the toughest matchup yet. We'll have Jake Arrieta going for us. He's a Cy Young winner. He has been, by and large, an excellent pitcher this year, but not Cy Young caliber. He appeared to have many struggles with his command, but then he majestically returned to God mode Jake for a start and showcased what appeared to be the slider movement and command we've been missing all year. WAS IT A PLOY TO SAVE HIS ARM FOR THE PLAYOFFS?!?!? LETS FIND OUT Here's a picture of Jake: http://i.imgur.com/mM2ybfQ.jpg?1 Only intense pictures of our Cubs for the playoffs. Here's Jake's 2016 regular season numbers: W L ERA G GS CG SHO IP BB SO ERA+ FIP WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 18 8 3.10 31 31 1 1 197.1 76 190 129 3.52 1.084 6.3 0.7 3.5 8.7 2.50 Jake walked a lot of guys this year. In fact that mysterious start where he was God mode Jake disappeared in his next and last start of the season. NOT COOL, JAKE. But the evidence is there that he has the ability to dial it up when he needs to. Maybe that was a tune up, to make sure he still had it, and then his last start he was going at 50%!?!?! I JUST WANT TO BELIEVE IN GOD MODE JAKE. The Cubs will be facing this pile of hillbilly horsefeathers: http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/madison-bumgarner.jpg "I've made a huge mistake" Look at him, realizing he's down two games to none against the best offense in baseball. "But Logan, Madison Bumgarner is the best playoffs pitcher in basebaaaallll!" Shut the horsefeathers up. 2012 he was amazing, yes. This is true. And he's been a tremendous World Series pitcher. This isn't the World Series. This is the NLDS. Career NLDS numbers for Bumgarner: Year W L ERA G GS IP BB SO WHIP H9 HR9 BB9 SO9 SO/W 3 NLDS 1 2 4.15 3 3 17.1 3 15 1.269 9.9 1.0 1.6 7.8 5.00 So if you wanna walk in here and start swinging your worried dick around acting like Bumgarner is this insurmountable goliath of the postseason you're wrong. Bumgarner can be beat. He's not going to be easy, but he's not going to be impossible. So if you wanna get all worried about having to face Bumgarner with all that loser talk... http://i.imgur.com/avaUO3O.gif One more to go. Keep winning, Cubs.

Awwwwwwwwww yissssssss

Looks like he went head first into the knee.

horsefeathers YES

Thanks for not swinging at that meatball, Gillaspie

NOOOOOOOOO

He's not on the roster

I love you, Kyle Hendricks

If you walk Javy, you just don't have it.

Definitely, even though I was confident yesterday, I was still a bit guarded. But after getting the lead, it's pure confidence. No doubts.

WHOOOOOOOO

Silky

IT BEGINS

SEXY DEXY!!!!

http://i.imgur.com/6MWvwWI.gif

ugh, CF camera.

In case you were avoiding that Fox Sports special about the history of being a Cubs Fan that aired last night after the game, it was actually a really fun watch and very well made.

Schwarber looks a hell of a lot healthier than Gibson did.

https://twitter.com/TonyMassarotti/status/784768333707112451 LMFAO For real? Yup! Lester: 2.63 ERA 31 ER in 106 IP 31 + 34 = 65 * 9 = 585 / 106 = 5.52 ERA David Price ERA: 5.56

For better illustration, it feels like this is how it was set up last night: http://i.imgur.com/JsZ3JW4.png They said on the radio that it is on top of the scoreboard. They also said that Fox and ESPN have done this the last three times to Wrigley. http://i.imgur.com/Br00TCn.gif

It was useful to see what pitches actually were inside vs. outside, even though the ump didn't seem to care, but if that was their purpose then why the hell did they have that awful K-Zone camera in the camera well? It looked like they ran out of cameras and dusted one off from the '82 World Series. I also dislike the elevated angle because it completely ruins the visual aesthetic of breaking pitches. As long as there's a good K-Zone, the off center look is the best look. There's a reason every baseball team in the majors uses it. It's superior.