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I found a leaked video of Chatwood pitching tonight

Is there Chatwood thread? https://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/checking-in-on-tyler-chatwood/

Game 7 was on my birthday and my wife insisted on throwing a small party when I got home from work, so I couldn't immediately drive down to the city. I decided I'd watch the start of the game at home (in Wheaton) and if the score was anything other than an Indians blowout, I'd drive down mid-game to the city to be there for the end. I was going to stay until the end of the 5th inning but with 2 outs in the 4th, Kyle got squeezed on a pitch and ended up walking the guy and Lester was coming in. Finally got downtown after all the mid-game drama and looked everywhere in Wrigleyville for parking. Ended up parking super far away at Damen and School. Turned off the car as the Cubs made the last out in the top of the 8th. Started walking towards Wrigley, I am passing by bars and I see the first out, and then the 2nd out, and then the hit and Lester pulled. I get to Southport and School as Chapman gives up the hit to make it 6-4. Friends walking around Southport/Addison so we agree to meet at D'agostinos. I can barely see the TV as I'm walking up but can hear the group of ~100 people huddled around make a loud audible groan. I can finally see the TV and see Indians players celebrating. They didn't just....? It took me a few seconds to realize what happened. Strangely, half the people there couldnt grasp what had happened, many of them were just there for the party and didn't understand that the game was now tied. I remained positive thinking the Cubs would score in the 9th and all would be good but when Fowler grounded out, I turned into a dejected ninny and decided I was too upset and would just go home. If they ended up winning so be it. So I slowly walked back toward my car and tried really hard to not hear any noises from the crowd. I didn't know how I wanted to find out about a walkoff World Series loss so I just tried to block everything out and occasionally refresh this board, but it was too bogged down to load often. I did hear about the rain delay and thought maybe I could make it home before the game resumed. But it was a super short rain delay obviously, so I literally sat down in my car right before Schwarber singled to lead off the 10th. I just sat in my car and watched the game on my phone until I saw the Zobrist double. Now all the sudden I HAD to get back to Wrigleyville so I basically power walked/jogged back and caught what was going on from the bars I passed. Got back to Dags right as Carl got the 2nd out and watched the rest there. When the Cubs won, the entire growing crowd just instinctively sprinted down Addison towards the park. somewhere between Lakewood and Racine the crowd was large enough that you couldn't walk without having to push through people. I ended up getting to somewhere close to the Cubby Bear before I turned around and found some random bar to meet up with my friends. Anyways GREAT story I know, I just felt like typing all of it out and remembering it.

All I have to say is that I’m glad I was glumly walking around Wrigleyville after Lindor somehow robbed Fowler of an RBI single and made it look routine. I was too scared to watch a potential Indians walkoff so I followed the Bottom of the 9th based on the sounds of the bars I was walking by. I never saw the Kipnis foul ball in real-time and thus did not shave 2 years off my life expectancy

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Gotta give rmack credit there. He just layed the smackdown on Gabriel

Based on our pythag record, we’ve played like a 109 win team this year (29-15 pythag record). That’s pretty good considering until recently our starters had a negative WAR for the season.

Agreed

I swear like 75% of Zobrists HRs as a Cub have been at GABP

Pop out to second is kinda like a homer for Heyward

Piling on to the tweet earlier in the week: https://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=lf&stats=fld&lg=all&qual=y&type=1&season=2018&month=0&season1=2018&ind=0&team=0&rost=0&age=0&filter=&players=0

40 pitch 1st the afternoon after playing a doubleheader nice. Thankfully Q managed to keep the pen rested most in game 2.

You’ll have to be more specific

Except for the game tying 2 out double in the 8th earlier today

You should write a “Wilson sucks ass” article. Worst case it’s cathartic, best case you fix him.

What an unbelievably bad baseball player

DFA this bum

Oh Javy

At least we aren’t the Nats. Because of 2 scheduled off days and 3 rainouts they will have gone from last Sunday to tomorrow without playing a full game

There are SO many ad reads during games now. It's hard to believe Pat can broadcast the game sometimes between shilling Binny's, Benjamin Moore, Office Revolution, etc. I wanted to make a joke about how Pat should move his scorecard business out to the office park in the suburbs, but I couldn't remember which suburb it is (Bethel Park? Melrose Park?) Bedford Park

Ugh it’s probably not a big deal but a run like that was the only thing able to successfully slow down the Super Cubs in 2016

Heyman making horsefeathers up again https://frsbaseball.com/mlb/cubs/heyman-cubs-could-be-landing-spot-for-manny-machado/ He wants to will it into existence so he cant be wrong about not including the Cubs as a top destination for Harper

Nit: The first highlight is from Game 1, which we lost. That was the only game of the series in which we wore gray. [expletive] youre right, and I even thought that when I was looking for a gif but then somehow forgot when i selected the final gif. For shame

Sorry I couldn't help myself (this isn't negative to the cubs but funny) (whoops) https://twitter.com/jamfan40/status/794028664438587392 https://twitter.com/jamfan40/status/794068472842113024

I like Porter, but we need to be careful about drafting players with back issues. I'm sure the Bulls will do a full physical and MRI on him. I want to avoid drafting a player who is chronically injured. Porter has a high ceiling, but he also has a low floor (could bust). We all remember how much potential Jabari Parker had, and injuries have taken their toll on him. He's not the same player anymore and that's why Milwaukee will let him walk. I am worried about Porter's health and slightly above-average athleticism. There's the problem with where the Bulls are at and where they are drafting. They have no superstar, no go-to guy, they go safe and they might get a 5th guy in their rotation or more likely 6th-7th man. That does nothing. They need a superstar, they've failed miserably at getting that in FA, they need to do it in the draft. They're probably better off having the pick bust and stay around 25 wins rather than drafting a guy who might help them get to 30 wins. I want them to draft guys with the highest ceilings, if that comes with the biggest risk, it's what they have to do. This exactly. At their spot in the draft and in their position, to get a potential superstar you have to get one with risks. Many had Porter #1 on their draft boards before the season started.