Cubswin11

Well hello there, Mr. Tepera

Almora climbing the wall on a no doubt HR to CF, what a horsefeathering try hard bag of suck

That missed strike 3 call on Moncada was maybe the worst framing job I’ve ever seen by Vic

I think we can meaningfully conclude that Cotton is nothing more than a warm body who will never pitch in the majors (if it can be prevented) There’s still some sort of useful major league pitcher in Cotton (whether that’s RP, SP or a combo, idk). The Change Up is real and he has some pedigree. I figured he was more a development guy for this year anyways and would mostly be in the minors to see what the tracking data says and get him in the lab/pitching coaches and see where tweaks can come. I’m not ready to give up on him after a rougher 1+ innings in an exhibition game.

That was Nico, I thought it was Javy in real time too. Pretty slick tag by him.

Would assume this is mostly the OD lineup except Rizzo at 1B hitting second, Happ in CF and then two of Kipnis/Nico/Vic making up 2B/DH.

Lol, nope

No idea who this horsefeathering guy is but he’s starting vs us tomorrow

Sounds like they’re more trying to game the system with the local rules more than anything.

No way Q is ready by next Friday and doubt they keep both Descalso and Miller over another pitcher and/or Nico. Some amount of Winkler, Wieck, Rea, Tepera, Sadler and Cotton are making it. Also who the horsefeathers is Gamez?

They should just basically bullpen 2-3 games a week after Kyle and Yu with the expanded rosters at 30.

That was a very bad matchup for Ryan, I fear he’s gonna be a big regression guy (especially with 3 batter min). Hopefully he has a short leash, lots of that good year then completely useless Duensing vibes on him. Unless there’s 2 lefties due up in an inning I wouldn’t want to use him a lot. Jeffress and Wieck should be in ahead of him in innings with only 1 lefty due.

They’re piggybacking him, at least early on, with Rea it sounds like and he only went 2.1 innings in his exhibition/scrimmage start. Don’t think he has a real chance to get there if he’s only going 3-5 innings his first few starts. I still think unless he's just awful the option gets picked up anyways. $15 mil ($25 option, $10 mil buyout) isn’t going to be nothing in this upcoming FA market. I don’t really know what to expect with how they handle him and the option/buyout.

They’re piggybacking him, at least early on, with Rea it sounds like and he only went 2.1 innings in his exhibition/scrimmage start. Don’t think he has a real chance to get there if he’s only going 3-5 innings his first few starts.

And like clockwork

Almora has hit leadoff on one of the teams in all the scrimmages so far. So that’s cool they keep being complete horsefeathering morons with that idea.

Jake’s run is still horsefeathering insane. Don’t think we’ll ever get that feeling again where you know pitcher is going 7+ and if the offense gets to 2-3 runs we are going to win. I remember games we scored 1 in the first he started and it was like “well this is over.”

I grew up playing baseball only in summers, think I took one golf lesson when I was like 10. Started playing a little in college and after but still played softball mostly in summers until I was ~25 (32 now). Started taking golf serious about 5 years ago and basically taught myself from scratch using YouTube, going to the range a lot, and read a lot/follow golf social media to learn and I would be lucky to stay under 100 on a good day early on. Last 2-3 years I’ve really turned a corner and am down to a 6 handicap, still have my blowup rounds but it’s such a fun sport when you can get to being a consistent sub ~85 golfer. Unless you have a coach or friend who knows their horsefeathers, use YouTube. They have everything you need to basically get started and have lessons. I played whistling straits 2 weeks ago (have had pga championships and was suppose to have the Ryder cup this year) and I shot a 75, including 2 under on the back. It was a really rewarding feeling. Nice! What tee did you use for that 75 at Whistling Straits? Always awesome when you have a fun round like that, esp. shooting under par on the back. I went there 3 yrs ago with my cousin's husband and his brother. Shot 73 from the blues and then 85 from the black the next day. Black tees is just insanely brutal! That 73 is probably the best round I've ever had (considering the course and tees). Better than my 67 at a local course here although that was a fun round for an entirely different reason. I played the blues and it was the straits course. I was with 2 buddies who work at Kohler and they got a deal and they knew Ryder cup wasn’t happening before it was officially canceled so we got out for cheap and we played 2 of the Par 3s from the pro tees. I live ~20 min away so I’ve played there a bunch on the Irish course and the blacks there have kicked my ass but that was like my 3rd time on straits. Pretty much same with the local course thing though, I’ve gone sub 70 a few times but it doesn’t compare to a “real” course like whistling. Don’t know if you come to the area often but Blackwolf is another great course Kohler owns and I’d highly recommend (in the spring they do their championship 18 combining the 36 holes in to 18 and I’d argue that plays as hard as whistling unless you get a weird Lake Michigan weather day). There’s also The Bull which is a Jack designed course and probably the hardest course I’ve ever played with the Lake Michigan weather caveat again. There’s days I’ve played whistling where the wind off the lake makes it insane.

That first picture of Rizzo, holy horsefeathers