Wasn’t the whole reason they kept Horan on the bench against Spain was so she didn’t pick up a yellow and be forced to miss the France game? Ellis got away with it but it doesn’t seem smart.
I’m getting kind of tired saying “well, at least the Cards and Brewers lost also”. Like if we were playing decent we’d be 5 games up and cruising. Not even playing great, just decently.
I’ll always remember seeing the headline in the newspaper of “McClendon steals first base” and thinking who the horsefeathers is McClendon and how did he steal first.
So they’re claiming sprained ankle but I’ll be shocked if that’s what it is. It didn’t look like he turned his ankle at all on the play. Plus he was down on the ground and didn’t put any pressure on it at all when being helped off. I hope they’re right that it’s an ankle sprain but that looks bad.
So I think we can all agree that the last two days have been enjoyable (maybe not the first 7 innings on Sunday but I'm not going to nitpick). Teheran pitched well against the Cubs in Atlanta but things didn't go so well for him tonight. Let's do the same thing to Fried. Keep that payback coming. Go Cubs!
I've got to say I'm surprised that it wasn't McCann behind the plate tonight getting into it with Contreras, although he must have rubbed off on Flowers. McCann is a notorious anti-fun horsefeathers.
First Game Thread win of the year and it feels good. I was behind 0-2 but just like Javy, I came through when needed. Cubs got swept in Atlanta in the beginning of the year so it’s time for some payback. Go Cubs!
*checks Descalso's OPS since, well, any date you want to measure it from* Nope. Doesn't make me feel any better. Not so fun fact! Descalso went 8-16 to start the year with a 1.279 OPS. Since then, he's at .148/.262/.219.
Much like the Cubs, it would appear my Game Thread starting skills peaked in 2016. Hope this series ends like the White Sox series did with the Cubs lighting up the opposing team's ace. Go Cubs!
Well at least the Brewers lost so that's good. Would be nice to pull away from them a bit but at least we're still 1.5 up. Cards only 2 back now though.