Aaron Kennelly

Sweep these sucky sucks.

Cubs have regained the lead from the Dodgers for most wins since the start of 2015. 277 to their 275. Nats are in third with 264.

Still time to go 0-for-2 and match Jim Hendry's 3-for-8. Eh, there's a slight difference in those 3-8's, even if it happens. Which it won't. Yeah, there was an extra team in our division. Hendry's was more impressive.

Kershaw's velo was down tonight, too. He's definitely not quite right -- at least not yet.

Or, you know, the Dodgers just might be kind of okay. There is nothing to flip, whatever they had shown was likely fraudulent and they are more like the well above average but still flawed team they've been the last 2-4 years. Cubs are still better.

Come on, Padres.

Joe passed out half and hour ago.

Just end this game.

Holy horsefeathers! Schwarber Fan thinks we're going to make the playoffs!

I think you're alone on #2. horsefeathers them. Yes, I am bitter. But I am relishing every minute of this after all the stupid articles about them being the best team ever. I hope they win 102 games, have a lower RD than the 2016 Cubs and then lose in the NLDS.

lol even Kershaw sucks.

Much better the last 2 innings. Just do that for the whole game next time.

Lester's pitching a complete game now.

The real question is if Jon can stay in long enough so that we can get him another AB.

Hell yea. Get them bats going.

That was a pretty nice throw, too. A little off line, but strong.

Nice tag. Didn't think he was going to be able to get him.

Yeah. Lackey, Monty, and Hendricks are starting this weekend.

Stanton's hit one on the birthday of every one of Addison Russell's children this year.

Have we talked about this yet? [tweet] [/tweet] Olbermann has been complaining on twitter for three days now about baseball players eating sunflower seeds when they are in the field. Does anyone else have a problem with this? And am I correct to think he is crazy for caring about it this much?

Imagine winning the division by 8 games. We've gone on a losing stretch and Cards have gone on a winning stretch and we're still up 4. Last time this happened they tied the division and then dropped all the way to 7 back. Our losing stretch involved an injury to a starter than things going haywire and a reliever blowing a late 1 run lead. I don't really see the need to sound the alarms. Definitely not time to sound the alarms. I already said it earlier in this thread, but the Cardinals being back in the race definitely sucks -- mainly because they are the Cardinals and they deserve nothing but misery. But we're still 4 up. We haven't blown anything yet. That's nice that they've made up a few games and once again became our toughest competition. But we've been between 2 and 4.5 games up every day since August 19. Our outlook really hasn't changed at all. We spent 1 day 4.5 up over this past weekend. But this 4 game lead is the largest we've had all year outside of that day. The teams behind us have changed order -- and one has dropped off the radar completely -- but we've just been cruising along with a steady cushion for a month-and-a-half now (outside of that one time you mention that they tied us). The recent losses stink because we couldn't expand that lead. And the Cardinals hopes have been revived. But we're still 4 up with not much time left. I'll start to worry if they get within 2 of us, I guess.

Imagine winning the division by 8 games.

horsefeathers off, Padres.

Including the normal 5 starters and Monty, (counting only games started for the Cubs) Quintana has the lowest xFIP and lowest FIP in the rotation, and the 3rd lowest ERA.