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Nice.

At least he lost it on the 69th pitch.

What's monty's pitch limit here (he asks, assuredly jinxing the no-hitter)? Edit: Duke and Mojo furiously scrolling, looking for some line that involves a number.

You'll get your likes from some people, but I'm sure I'm not the only one thinking you forced this one after seeing the 'follow you into combat' gif.

KB was at Disneyworld all day yesterday, so I guess we should have known he was due for one of his hangover/dehydration days. In case anyone is actually worried, Cubs twitter account doesn't seem concerned:

I know Maddon was talking about how they're going to make Wade available for multi-inning saves from here on out, and Len/JD were talking about this being a test run of some sort, but...extremely weird timing given that it's game one of a big series and our bullpen has thrown a lot of innings the last two days. Please be ok Javy.

Eh...close enough.

I had a pretty good 1:1 ratio on hearts given/received until this winning streak. Oh well.

Almora in center, Happ in right (or second, Zobrist in right)? Might as well give it a shot while Russell is out.

I'm not even really reading the gifs anymore. If I see sterling cooper I'm giving out the heart.

What the horsefeathers is going on

Thank god other teams suck too

horsefeathering redneck Jim halpert getting a sympathy start

It's interesting. I think I like that idea the most. KB has been really good when he's played in the outfield. And Zobrist is horrible out there. Yet, Zobrist has played second very well. Before all the injuries and sucking, I was all for that. And I think I still am. You lose the Javy/Russell DP dynamic. But it's probably the best way to deploy the skills of all of those guys. I don't see them going that way, though. Yeah I'd prefer KB in right, but the overall difference isn't enough to worked up about when Zobrist inevitably ends up there (assuming they actually bench Heyward). It's just a scary defensive outfield. Somewhat related, but I would really like to see Russell get a week or so of ABs before October. If Joe keeps Heyward in the lineup, or even looking at what LaStella has done this year, I don't think the starting shortstop job should be handed right back over this year.

Fair points. Assuming Heyward on the bench, any reason to explore Zobrist staying at second, Baez at third, Bryant to right? Figure athleticism is more important in RF than at second, but I know KB hasn't played a ton of it this year. Also thought about throwing Contreras out there if Avila kept hitting, but after the injury I doubt that's a possibility.

Not to mention Heyward is playing tonight too. Yeah. He needs to go to the bench with Jay when Russell comes back. He's just bad. He has no power and there's no hope in him finding it this year. Zobrist becomes your RF. Heyward comes in and plays defense late. I haven't been too critical of who's playing, because we've scored a ton of runs since the break. And we've had guys out, which has affected our depth. But with guys getting healthy, and Zobrist coming to life, no more. horsefeathering park them on the bench if they can't hit. I don't think this is a dire situation or anything like that. We have 6 guys that are gonna hit well over 20 homers. Plus Russell, who has that in him if he's healthy. And we have some great platoon-type guys like La Stella and Almora. It's just that it's time to buckle down and quit horsefeathering around. I hated defense as much as anyone...until last year. Now, the idea of tossing out Schwarber/Happ/Zobrist across the outfield is something concerning. You think Zobrist as an offensive upgrade over Heyward is enough to offset the defense? If it was up to me, platoon Schwarber and Almora, Happ starts every day in either center or left. Heyward starts against righties, Zobrist plays right against lefties (which is when Almora is playing). Only leaves two spots at SS and 2B against righties for Russell/Baez/Zobrist, but who knows what we're getting from Russell and Baez' 85 wRC against righties isn't a must start. Can also throw Bryant in a corner outfield spot and let Baez/Russell shut down the left side.

At this point I'm still mostly rooting for wins just as a Cubs fan, but also pretty excited about a Mad Men fueled winning streak. It needs to go into syndication, I could hop in wherever and thoroughly enjoy myself.

Almora makes me wish baseball had a loan program like soccer so we could pay some shitty team to start him everyday for 3 months to figure out what he actually is.

Jesus christ

Coming from you, in a thread post and not a front page article, this helps a lot.

Given the starting pitching, the offense is going to have to get very dong friendly in October if we want to make a run. Which would be a pretty horsefeathering great way to win it all.

It'd be pretty amazing if a ton of Cubs fans showed up in Milwaukee to cheer for the Marlins.

And I was making the point that relievers are dumb and fickle, and we shouldn't be writing this dude off because of 12 innings of work. Unless you think his skill level is 10 walks per 9 innings, which goes against everything he's done the rest of his career, it's clear he's dealing with something mentally (or possibly mechanically). His hard contact is down compared to when he was on the Tigers, and he hasn't given up a home run yet.

It is a shame that he has gone Adam Warren because a good late inning lefty would have been useful in a few weeks against the Nats and maybe the Dodgers. Well let's hope Wilson is Adam Warren because I'd definitely take a 2.40 ERA over 60 innings from a lefty reliever next year. Also, Wilson's last 150 innings before joining the Cubs were pretty impressive, so I'm not going to write him off for 12 innings where he's clearly mentally screwed up.

Nope, given his social media demeanor, we're going to get pacifist Pedro Cerrano tonight. "That last pitch man, that was beautiful"