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  1. UMFan83
    The cubs do [expletive] in the clutch. Don't expect anything. This team has absolved itself of any hope for the rest of the season. They had a chance to go to 9 games above .500 and they've performed like steamy garbage ever since. It's inexcusable. Yeah nothing at all in the clutch that's why they lead baseball in walkoff wins
  2. UMFan83
    I don't understand if Maddon is supposed to be this smart manager he doesn't see the advanced stats that suggest that he's due to suck. I don't necessarily care if the best reliever is a closer, I mean we've made the playoffs with Borowski and Dempster as our closers, but Motte is definitely not the guy when you have guys like Grimm and Strop (assuming you use Rondon for high leverage situations)
  3. UMFan83
    So glad Ross is batting 3rd instead of Schwarber. his pitch framing really kept the Cubs in this one
  4. UMFan83
    I get not wanting to put the go ahead run on but you are facing the hottest hitter in baseball who has crushed you tonight already. Plus walking him sets up a possible double play
  5. UMFan83
    So much for that season saving inning
  6. UMFan83
    Yep
  7. UMFan83
    Oh I forgot. Only the most dangerous part of the Rockies order too
  8. UMFan83
    Oh god. Maybe the only one I want in there less than Motte
  9. UMFan83
    Wow this is a disaster. Single from tying it
  10. UMFan83
    Soler has the worst luck ever
  11. UMFan83
    That was the first XBH of the inning to score the 6th run
  12. UMFan83
    SEASON SAVING INNING!!
  13. UMFan83
    STAR-lin!!!!
  14. UMFan83
    This is actually good. Castro can't GIDP here. A grounder might actually score a run. And they won't walk him because Hendricks will be PH
  15. UMFan83
    Man Bryant's OPS is under .800 and Rizzos under .900. Rizzo had an ops over 1.000 like 3 weeks ago and Bryant had an OPS in the high .800s
  16. UMFan83
    Cubs team warning track power is off the charts
  17. UMFan83
    31 pitch inning for Hendricks 10 pitch inning for De La Rosa
  18. UMFan83
    Welp hope the Bullpen is ready to pitch a bit today. Already 30 pitches and the inning isn't over.
  19. UMFan83
    Also apparently the Hawks championship DVD comes out tomorrow.
  20. UMFan83
    The Rockies are an insurmountable foe. 51-49. Book it!
  21. UMFan83
    I wish we had someone like that on last year's Bears to give us the inside dirt on how disfunctional it was.
  22. UMFan83
    Cubs are now 24-25 against sub-500 teams and 27-21 against +500 teams. At least I think so. Have to check to see if any of those teams went from under to over or vice versa since the ASB
  23. UMFan83
    I think getting that playoff experience will help them more than failing in the regular season brilliant insight
  24. UMFan83
    1) we were 3 games out last month and won 6 in a row and came back to eventually take a 4 game lead. None of the other 2 teams in the hunt are clearly better than us and I don't see any of the 3 teams pulling away so what's the point of worrying that much in July? 2) Worst team in baseball is 8-1 since the break (5-1 not against us) so obviously a team we caught in a hot stretch while we were in a down stretch. It happens during a long season. The 2006 Cubs were awful but swept the World Series winning Cardinals twice (1 a 4 gamer) during that season. They obviously bounced back. Again it's one series in July. Before that we weren't playing our best but we were still treading water (7-7 in previous 14). Most teams, even the best teams go through periods of mediocre play over a long season. It just happens. 3) don't know much about the effort thing but part of the reason we hired Maddon is because of his successful experience managing a group of young players and keeping their focused on giving effort every day. If there's an issue I'm pretty confident we have the right guy to address it. Key point is that this is one small stretch in a 162 game season. Every team has peaks and valleys every season and it's not worth getting upset over all that much in July. I'm not saying it doesn't suck but with perspective it sucks a lot less.
  25. UMFan83
    Umm win tomorrow? I don't know why everyone is so down. This weekend sucked but there are over 2 months of baseball to play and we've seen the team play a lot better than this
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