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  1. CubUgly
    Can anyone remember ever, not just a Cub but any player going from quite literally the worst hitter in baseball at the time to about 2 weeks later having an historic offensive stretch like this? I mean the dude for Milwaukee who the Sox DFA'd last year had a pretty dramatic metamorphosis and improvement, but he didn't have 26 RBI in a week.
  2. CubUgly
    Same here - has given under 3 ERA his last 7 starts and only one earned run each of his last 3 starts including a win over the Dodgers in his most recent outing. But, let's play the game and see what happens.
  3. CubUgly
    Oh, It's not like I'm optimistic, just hoping and wishing because I do think he'll get more opportunity than many of us are comfortable with.
  4. CubUgly
    I mean it was just 9 months ago he was nails in the playoffs and at the end of the regular season too. Does it go that fast? Is there no hope at all? We've seen him look terrible for stretches before and recover to look pretty good before, it's not unprecedented. Well, all we can do is hope because he's gonna get some innings when he gets back and more than likely a relatively long leash, I would think whether I agree or not.
  5. CubUgly
    Yeah, gotta wonder how many games their contracts require, seems like they miss a significant percentage both. And if the hope was Elise might forge the chemistry with Alex others have not been able to, seemed to be a swing and a miss at least from my perspective. I really feel for Alex, seems like a nice dude.
  6. CubUgly
    Let's hope not. Not that I don't wish he could be.
  7. CubUgly
    Maybe not but I've seen a couple of other posts about Wicks being a leverage reliever here - I know recency bias is a thing but let's pump the breaks on this please. He would have to show more than once. I always liked his make-up but outside yesterday has not had very many even serviceable outings in the bigs.
  8. CubUgly
    Yeah, my feelings exactly, I've got enough of a sample size of Wicks that one inning against a team that struggled all day with RISP is not going to make me think he's a candidate to be our closer. And I'd be shocked if the Cubs even consider it for a second.
  9. CubUgly
    I know Wicks had a moment yesterday, but I just don't see it.
  10. CubUgly
    Maybe that's his only good game. Maybe he gives us what Flexen gave us last year. I have no idea, but he pitched great yesterday when we absolutely had to have it.
  11. CubUgly
    Yes, that was a Milwaukee Brewers type win.....and I'm loving it!!
  12. CubUgly
    I was thinking the same thing - We've had some nice wins this year but this one was different. There was no flukishness to it, their starting pitcher was one of the hottest in baseball and we drove his pitch count up and got him out of the game and when we got them on the ground stepped on their throat and kept adding on. Before the game I was feeling a serious send of inferiority given how thoroughly and completely the Brewers had embarrassed us this year. But we came with a sense of purpose tonight and punctured that narrative.
  13. CubUgly
    My thoughts exactly - Shaw was practically drawn and quartered for an almost identical situation earlier in the year and the runner in that case was safe!! Seiya seemed to have no clued the ball was going to be there in time. Now if Nico was signaling and Seiya just missed or ignored it my apologies. But I do think JD or someone wondered aloud if Nico had done it in real time on the broadcast.
  14. CubUgly
    As i said - I know it likely won't help. I certainly don't think it would hurt.
  15. CubUgly
    I'd play that video of him hopping around like a wounded giraffe after that strikeout last year in the playoffs on and endless loop in the clubhouse all day. I don't think anyone cared for that. I know it likely won't help but it would sure motivate me if I was a player to put some extra effort in.
  16. CubUgly
    I love his passion. He wants those tough situations. He may fail but he ain't pitching scared!!
  17. CubUgly
    Yep, considering how the pitching is lining up for Milwaukee, we need to win tonight.
  18. CubUgly
    Ha...yeah the K's have started to tick up lately, it was inevitable. But I'm comfortable Pete has proven who he is. there will be hills and valleys but he's a star.
  19. CubUgly
    Conforto starting and batting second very bold as well.
  20. CubUgly
    I of course don't agree now, but I had no big issue then and if most are being honest they did not either at the time, Schwarbs was awful in the Covid year and many were very frustrated with the extreme 3-outcome guy he had become. There were some like you who even at that time came out strong against it, but that number grows by the day, it wasn't really that high in real time.
  21. CubUgly
    I agree there is a lot of hindsight on the Schwarber thing, what he is now - he just wasn't then. He even said on the Lovable Podcast he flat out stunk at that time and he absolutely does not harbor hard feelings. I'm not sure what they could have gotten for him in a trade at that time but considering he had to sign a 1-year - 8 million dollar show me contract with the Nats at that time showed there was not a great deal of interest out there for a guy that basically hit .200, struck out a lot and did not really have a position on defense.
  22. CubUgly
    I don't have much confidence in Cabrera at all right now. I think both he and the Cubs are searching and have not found!
  23. CubUgly
    He pretty much won 3 games for us earlier in the year with clutch hits. I remember thinking if that's all we get that's more than I expected. And it looks like that may be all we get.
  24. CubUgly
    He's been consistently good his whole career, not sure if we even tried to get him but we should have.
  25. CubUgly
    My thoughts exactly, Boog is better as a national guy. For me as said earlier his tendency to want prove he's the smartest guy in the booth bothers me and it seems to me anyway, Boog does this constantly. I think Len was a great fit as a Cub broadcaster - a local broadcaster.....not a homer mind you, but a guy who you knew was a Cubs guy and not trying to pander to a national audience. One thing Boog does really well, and you see it at Cubs Con, he is a great interviewer. He's so good at that I wish they'd let him do all Cubs Con interviews.
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