UMFan83

Speaking of squaring up, our guy is getting hit hard too

Hey Pirates....

Yuck I don't like that decision at all. They are still way under the cap and its 2 years max.

OK, I'm seeking some kind of middle ground with this...The Cubs' numbers in these situations have been rank last year and, I think, in 2015, too. 2016 was better, but, I believe, not too far off (if at all) of middle of the pack. Obviously this shows that it's not some crippling problem that's going to prevent the team from being good or even winning the WS...but is it too crazy to want/hope/expect a team this good to be at least somewhat better at would should be more often (but obviously not all the time) essentially a gimme situation for a team this good? Like, I'm not saying the improvement in 2016 was THE reason they were that great that year, but it sure as horsefeathers helped, right? I'm not expecting them to get in every runner they get to 2B or 3B with 1 or 0 outs, but why have they been seemingly SO bad at it for such long stretches? I'd be overjoyed with just league average at this point. There might be some approach issues of course which was stated as the reason we hired Chili Davis. I wouldn't have expected him to fix it overnight, so I'm willing to give him plenty of time. That said, they were bad last year right? and ended up just 2 runs behind Colorado for most runs scored in the NL. As long as they are towards the top of the league in chances in those situations we will be fine for the season as a whole. It's the playoffs where I worry with smaller sample sizes, better pitching etc. Hopefully Chili is able to make some progress by then.

This is the same team as last year You say that like it's a bad thing. Why do even watch sports if they make you this miserable? It gives him good fodder for his Twitter rants

Just need to go 20-1 to match our start in 2016.

Man...when Heyward was up I had a coworker vehemently argue that a grand slam would be a rally killer and he'd prefer a 2 run double there.

Only bench bat left after Caritini, pitcher spot due up after Javy. Did Seal boy already bat? I tuned out for a little bit

yeah wtf umps, way to start off the AB in a hole

2 weak hits with 2 outs followed by a home run....just not our day

The 78th big league hit is always the most magical

Yes, his teeth are quite respectable and considerably less horselike thus making him less annoying

Oh yeah I'm definitely feeling the vaunted vibe now.

Is he getting hit hard? Pat and Ron are making it sound like he's been the victim of awful luck on weak contact. Definitely a good amount of weak contact but they did mix in some harder hit balls. I would say it was more bad luck than anything but he hasn't helped himself out either.

We all thought Chatwood was only good on the road because of Coors, but in actuality he just really hates pitching at home.

dammit

Damn starting to square Chatwood up a bit

ok fine you guys got your soft contact run too. (not on the RBI but on the other 2 hits)

Looks like Wrigley will have to wait another few years to get another ASG. The only NL team with a longer drought just got it [tweet] [/tweet]

Hey it might have won us a playoff series last year so I'm all in favor of it. Until it fucks us royally.

Glad Bryant managed to crossed the plate, it looked like he wasnt going particularly hard, assuming that Contreras wasn't going to be thrown out.

cubs facebook page is streaming it live right now. Thanks! I checked there right after I posted and they didnt have anything up but they obviously do now.

anyone know of a stream where we can watch the home opener festivities?