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  1. And the Bears starting offense fumbles a hand off, gets a false start and then Caleb holds onto the ball and has to throw it away
  2. Well it’s the entire Chiefs starting offense and it’s still preseason but that was not a great looking defensive series for the Bears
  3. Cubs fans/media are incredibly whiny right now, Not even really talking about here, mostly twitter and radio. Calling Counsel a colossal failure, Tucker a bust that they dont even want to resign (when 2 months ago they were saying the Ricketts would be cheapasses if they didnt offer him $500m). Not just random twitter users, radio guys, beat guys all questioning everything assuming that they know better than the guys doing it for a living. I'm not saying that we might not have an outside perspective that has merit, but in general Craig knows what he's doing. 1908 laid out a perfectly reasonable argument for why Shaw didn't play today. Bottom line is we came into today 6 games out in the Central and 6.5 games up in the WC. Division was super unlikely, the WC is super attainable barring historic collapse. How do you prevent collapse? By keeping guys fresh. I'm not saying I love the job Craig is doing necessarily (especially being pantsed by the small market team he was stolen from despite IMO a superior roster) but like this is the kind of stuff we hired Craig for. To prevent what happened in 2023. Now we're in the position where only a collapse worse than 2023 would keep us out of the playoffs, so lets maybe let the man do his job.
  4. Just in case it wasn’t obvious that person was trying to be funny. He posts stuff like that all the time pretending to have meatball takes. but maybe that is blatantly obvious to everyone
  5. The Cubs only scored more than 4 runs once on this 8 game homestand (barring a 4 run outburst in the 9th). But will finish 5-3
  6. Well at least once we get past PCA we're past the brutal top of the order so we could have a chance to get another run in the last 2 innings.
  7. oh look Seiya takes a strike 3 on the inside corner. that never happens
  8. guess they did have a lefty available, just saving it for the L-L-R-L part of the lineup
  9. Remember when Reese McGuire hit 2 HRs in his first game with the Cubs?
  10. nevermind I just assumed they would bring in a lefty for PCA
  11. As bad as Seiya has been, I did not want him walked on 4 pitches to get to PCA ugh. And now they're bringing in a lefty making it even worse. I might consider PHing PCA, this is kind of a big spot in the game. I know that sounds crazy but I don't hate it.
  12. We're in the 8th game of this homestand. The Cubs have hit 3 total HRs - 1 each by Castro, Shaw and Caissie
  13. But how much of that is the conditions and how much is it our hitters not performing? Evidence supporting it being the conditions is that the other teams aren't exactly crushing the ball either (24 runs allowed in 8 games on this homestead). But at the same time, we're not seeing an uptick of run scoring on the road either, for the Cubs or their opponents. Only 2 games in August have had at least 1 team score more than 6 runs in a game - 8/9 the Cubs scored 9 at St Louis and 8/18 the Brewers scored 7 at Wrigley. As much as the Cubs have regressed offensive, the pitching has largely picked up the slack
  14. Honestly its kind of amazing that the Cubs have been able to mostly tread water in the 2nd half despite our 4 best hitters completely falling off a cliff.
  15. Its mildly humorous that we had the bases loaded and 2 outs for the spot Shaw usually bats in.
  16. Can't say I love at the 3 batted balls that inning had xBAs of .910, .390 and .410 with the last 2 being over 100 mph but no harm no foul
  17. 6 pitch leadoff single is sub optimal edit: 1 pitch double play afterwards is more optimal
  18. Yes. If they lose today its clear that Tucker is a blight on the 2025 Chicago Cubs and must be exiled.
  19. We still have room for more teams. The draft is schedule for next Tuesday (8/26). Not super high stakes, $20 buy-in. Feel free to view the settings and if you like it, you're welcome to join! https://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/701607/invitation?key=3bb958a19e17e368&ikey=335e3dcebc86bbf5&soc_src=app-sh
  20. I remember in April when we played a ton of west coast games feeling relieved that we wouldn't have to go to the West Coast against until late August. Wow that came up quickly
  21. I’d be interested to know Shaw/Busch’s black teammates’ thoughts on them supporting a guy who called MLK an awful person if the Cubs…umm had any black players on the roster.
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