George Hayduke

Ugh, BABIP.

This bench full of catchers and pitchers is really starting to piss me the [expletive] off.

Those last two strikes to Lester both looked a touch inside.

Old Man Ross.

Coggy!!!!

Sexy play by Addison!

Come on, Addy!

meatballs were right I know it's meatbally, but I actually did have the thought earlier today, "[expletive], I wonder if Bryant staying down for two weeks DID cost the Cubs a win or two?"

Lol, MLB.TV like 3 minutes behind by the end of this thing. Oh well, go Cubs!

Cmon, one more....

Bryant is unstoppable.

Strop bringing the nasty nast.

Every time JD mentions the wooing fans, he reduces the number of fans in the park. It's like the reverse Gob.

*****

Lol, well....whatever!

Dat bat speed doe.

Most definitely worse, he's a serial rapist.

Was wondering the same, isn't there like a 20 sec limit?

I find the "on pace" argument to be meaningless. The Cubs have played a series of games that were close in the late innings. That won't always be the case. There will be stretches later in the season where the opposite happens and you can rest them then. Win the game in front of you. what a ridiculous argument. burning them out now damages them in the near term, long before the convenient-to-your-argument stretch of low-leverage games I don't think the argument is ridiculous, but this team is probably going to play in a lot of close games and hoping or expecting that they'll have some long stretch of blowouts is probably a bit optimistic.

What a meatball that was.

I do not care for these unis at all. The alternate road ones they have now are a bajillion times better.

Wow, not only have you taken his vowels, but even a sometimes-vowel like "y". That's harsh dude.

It was a two run game and they needed a single out. You're way underestimating how quickly late inning guys can get taxed when you go 2 weeks without a true day off. Like 90+% of bullpen usage criticism, it's missing the forest for the trees. So if they get taxed, stop using them until they are untaxed. Again: You're intentionally entering into the downside you are purporting to avoid. The leverage index when Schlitter entered the game was 2.47. That's plenty to qualify it for your best relievers. Using Schlitter for a single out in that situation is far better than the downside I'm purporting to avoid. Maddon tried to get through the 7th without using one of his 3 best relievers, probably because today is one of many consecutive games and he knows better than to manage each game like it's a play in game. Without Holbrook's buffoonery it would have worked splendidly. There's room to disagree here, but bullpen usage criticism is a pet peeve of mine. So much of it is reactionary silliness built on the idea that any blown lead is a failure and that every game should be optimized for the best relievers pitching until they have to have a day off and then they're unavailable. Both are nonsense. This is an interesting discussion. Is the thinking that, you shouldn't use your best relievers in really short outings unless it's just a crazy high leverage situation?

Oh man, that was a pitch to hit....

Isn't it only ground rule if it isn't touched?