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Three in a row! First time that's happened since we won four straight from July 13-19. I have to say, this has been an enjoyable run of game thread starts. But that will likely come to an end on Saturday due to the combination of Sofa being at the game and Chatwood starting. I know we won the last two games by only scoring one run in each game but - please bear with me here because this might sound crazy - I think we're going to have to get at least two to win this thing. And hey, maybe the combination of Sofa and Chatwood works like a double negative and they cancel each other out resulting in a Cubs victory. GO CUBS!
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HAHAHA!!
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Just walk him already to set up the double play. That's the only way we get outs tonight anyway.
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Well so much for that.
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Don't worry guys. GIDP coming up here.
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Nice and easy here, Steve.
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I'd go up to 90 seconds but I definitely agree. Same goes for basketball also.
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Get at least one, please.
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Nice throw!
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Can't tell either way so call should stand.
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LOL!
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At least it's not Duensing?
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Runner on first, one out? Got the Pirates right where we want them.
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Good thing Happ tried to go to third there.
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What are you doing?
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Most times GIDP in a game is 7, by the Giants in 1969. Only 14 other teams have ever hit into 6 in a 9 inning game.
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Lol. Another GIDP.
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pitchtrax or whatever has been showing pitches about 3 ft higher than they actually were. I haven’t been playing super close attention but there was a strike 3 that Happ swung that was definitely in the zone and the pitchcast on the broadcast had it almost off the screen.
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Yeah, my total meatball take is that it's still better to go alternating sides as much possible while allowing to make lineup adjustments in regards to crazy splits. Joe seems to love the idea of stacking to one side whenever he can like it's going to lead to an offensive onslaught, and any anecdotal evidence I can think of makes it seem like it almost never works out. I think he likes to mix it up a lot and alternates righties and lefties. That’s how we’d end up with Almora batting ahead of Schwarber against a righty sometimes. Last night he went R L R L S R R P R. Day before he went R L R L R L R P R (Almora 5th and Schwarber 6th against a righty). I’m sure he’s got plenty of lineups where righties are stacked. Even tonight it looks like it’s stacked with lefties at the top but he’s alternating with switch hitters so there’s no run of righties or lefties when the Pirates go to the pen.
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It’s definitely Sammy Sofa’s fault.
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Believe it or not but one of those was actually started by Chatwood. He threw 7 shutout against the Brewers on April 29.
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Two in a row? Today was a good day. Cubs won, Cardinals lost, Lester looked good and Happ hit his first homer in nearly a month (I assume he finally found the right person to sacrifice last night). This is an important one to win because it means we'll end up with a split since Sammy Sofa will be cursing the Cubs with his presence over the weekend, likely bringing the Cubs a pair of losses. GO CUBS!
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Hopefully the Cards pull 2 of three from the brewers and we do the same from the Buccos i think i'd rather have the brewers win 2 of 3 Same. But really I'm okay with 2 of 3 either way. I just don't want one of them to sweep.
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I actually looked at the whole NL standings for the first time probably all year, and it's just weird. WTH are Atlanta and Arizona doing up there, and why is LA on the outside looking in. And isn't St. Louis supposed to be having a bad year and not 0.5 out? The Nats have got to be done. That's too much ground to make up on too many teams. They’d have to play at a 110 win pace the rest of the year just to get to 88 wins.
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Finish this off, Strop.