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  1. CubUgly
    Yeah, man Anderson hung several pitches that we did nothing with. The one PCA threw his bat on in frustration was a classic cement mixer you couldn't have put on a tee any better. Quintana is not as bad as some make him out to be - I think we just still resent the trade. He has a career ERA of 3.7 and has not had an ERA over 4 since 2022 and he must have been hurt that year as he only pitched in 5 games.
  2. CubUgly
    Well, he certainly thinks he's well connected, I've seen him be wrong enough to not believe that.
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    Honestly, I don't trust anything Jesse Rogers stated. But it's not exactly something 90% of us here already believed anyway so not exactly going out on a limb - but whatever sources he claims to have - in my experience have not done him well in comparison to other guys like him that make a living trying to break news.
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    I don't know that I agree that the Cubs looked loose on Thursday, maybe when the game was over. But I get what you are saying. I just think the Brew Crew looked looser from game one first pitch, but you are probably right.
  5. CubUgly
    Doesn't it seem like the Brewers are loose and having fun and the Cubs are tight and stressed? I mean from jump! The contrast of the in game interviews with Murphy and CC illustrate that perfectly. Does that matter? I don't know, but sure seems like it. When you say the thoughts have crept in.....this is part of it I do believe.
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    I went to sleep right after the 3-run bomb to make it 7-3. It seemed obvious to me we were not going to string together a rally against the hard throwing kid that taunted us after his first inning. And it was absolutely no surprise what happened to Shota, it's the same thing he's been doing for the 6 outings or more before this one. I mean it's unfortunate the two hits before the first homer were jam shot bloopers, but he also gave up 2 home runs and that was absolutely predictable. What else would you have done is always the refrain. I suggested here yesterday a bullpen game -our pen was all rested we have tomorrow off, and the pen has certainly fared better of late than Shota. I thought Shota would have fared better game 3 in the colder - pitcher friendly weather or Wrigley tomorrow. Alas, Palencia throws a tomato over the plate 0-2 so maybe that would not have worked either but I never for a minute felt comfortable with Shota starting this game.
  7. CubUgly
    I'd love to know if we even talked and if so who they asked for, then we could all really weigh in on whether we thought the cost too high or not.
  8. CubUgly
    Exactly, we new before the season started we'd need another starter and that was before Steele got hurt. Again, we were VERY fortunate Boyd made the whole season and Horton pitched as many innings as he did and was as good as he was.
  9. CubUgly
    Yeah, I'm about in the same boat. My expectations are not very high to win tonight and I'm not very positive about our chances tonight and therefore of course the series. But let's play the game and see, I'd just like to go down swinging both figuratively and literally.
  10. CubUgly
    Do you think Bieber would have helped us? Toronto got him for not too much it seems. I wonder if we made an offer for him?
  11. CubUgly
    This, we were VERY fortunate Boyd made it the whole year and Horton pitched as many innings as he did. I did not expect either, nor did I think it reasonable to expect. I honestly thought we'd need two SP's at the deadline.
  12. CubUgly
    You make good points. I just REALLY don't like Shota here and I think it will end up being a bullpen game by default anyway. I just think Wednesday's the much better option for him, but hey, there's a guy we're paying a lot to make the decision and he has.
  13. CubUgly
    Fair enough, I think we are going to go bullpen early regardless of whether you call it a bullpen game or not, I doubt Shota makes it past the third inning, but - my next option would be start Rea tonight. I am really uneasy about starting Shota, just as most here were uneasy about starting Boyd Saturday. I just think Shota's best shot off succeeding is Wednesday, and we should put our guys in the best situations to succeed. We should be able to score some runs tonight, SHOULD being the emphasis. So that is just as important if not more.
  14. CubUgly
    Looks like we might have some cooler weather in Chicago Wednesday and a it could be a good pitchers day that day. Honestly, I'd try to save Shota for that game and do a bullpen game today since all of our high leverage guys are well rested and ready to go. The we get another off day and Wednesday might be the best time to pitch Shota. He really scares the hell out of me tonight with the number of homers he's surrendering and I don't care that Milwaukee is not a big homer team, that does not seem to matter right now for Shota.
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    And let's be clear, Neither K-Zone or any other iteration of the robot ump is 100% perfect - in fact I don't think there is a way to accurately measure how accurate it even is as they are several factors that go into how it's implemented and factors that can affect it that are never talked about that it's just impossible to put a number on it. It is better than the humans - that we can say.
  16. CubUgly
    No Woodruff is out.
  17. CubUgly
    I agree - hell Dansby was the MVP of this series because of his glove. Shaw has shown he can make similar type game saving plays at third, and certainly significantly better than anyone that would replace him.
  18. CubUgly
    Boog always makes like that K-Zone is 100% - it's not......especially up and down. But it did look low.
  19. CubUgly
    To be fair - No. 1 he's our 9 hole hitter and the expectations were not as high for him.
  20. CubUgly
    Yes, he seems almost unhittable - so we better score early. I noticed his ERA was over 3.76 in Oakland this year, pretty big sample size. Hard to believe. The change of scenery can't be all that changed? .77 ERA since being in San Diego.
  21. CubUgly
    You make some good points Jason, I hear you. My point on the opener is I'm not opposed to it but not sure I'd have choses Kittridge - even if you dismiss he faced the same guys yesterday, I'm wondering if Kittridge was the best choice for it? But ultimately that did not matter at all, we didn't score a run. So it's kind of useless to beat our heads against the was about something that in the end made no difference. As for the we hit some hard thing, I know the randomness of baseball is something that makes it so great but so maddening at the same time - the "we hit it hard" stuff I just can't do anymore. We need to score runs early today!!! LFG!!
  22. CubUgly
    Yep gotta get to the early, we know this.....very disappointing. Cease has not been good this year and even worse on the road. Yes, it was puzzling that Kittridge was the starter an faces Tatis and Arraez just as he did just a day earlier, I'm not sure I'll ever really understand that - but it really didn't matter in the end because we did not score a runs. Happ, if you're going to hit 3rd you gotta do something. PCA, calm it down and help us!! LFG!!
  23. CubUgly
    I can't manage it at work, the game is so stressful for me - even on my phone next to my computer with the volume off - I would be a complete mess and unable to function. I just check the score occassionally and watch the highlights after - if we win.
  24. CubUgly
    Agreed, think we're going to have to get to them early and hope Boyd can survive the first and make it two times through without much damage. His first inning the several games before his last outing were pretty brutal. I think our pen can hold their own - and I think the shadows later in the day will make it tough for hitters on both sides in addition to the pitching.
  25. CubUgly
    I always heard it was because Wrigley didn't have lights - so that's an urban legend?
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