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When was this not part of the team narrative??

Fairly certain I batted out of order a couple of times in that Google game.

FIFY

Is it really around to me to start a game thread already?!? Sheesh! Well, “schlubs” Yep, that pretty much describes them. Their play of late has been pretty piss-poor. Yu is going for the schlubs. He’s never won at home. But the game is on the road. Won’t matter, he’ll have a 90+ pitch count by the end of the 4th inning and most likely get a no decision. The Vaunted Pirates (every schlubs opponent team name should be preceded by “vaunted”) are supposed to have former schlub prospect Chris Archer going. He was injured in his last start and exited. So who knows? I actually hope he pitches. The schlubs have a better shot at success against him as opposed to the “guy making his first MLB start”. Of course, the Bucs could always throw Adam Frazier on the mound. He’s dominated at the plate so far this series with 9 hits in 10 ABs. Why not let him try to dominate on the mound as well. I’d consider having Yu throw at him, ya know, to send the message that Frazier’s too comfortable at the plate. But it would probably take Yu 4 or 5 pitches to hit him. And I’d hate to add to his already soaring pitch count. Just lose schlubs so I don’t have to start another game thread from my phone.

He did save that first game with a great catch, though. So there’s that.

The trickle down effect of not having Morrow, compounded by the Strop absence, has made the BP options undesirable all season. Throw in Monty and Carl mostly sucking and Joe really doesn’t have a bunch of options every night.

NEXT!!

Umm, I would go with “no”. He just doesn’t necessarily suck as much as he did.

Bigger teeth - Lackey or Caratini?

Since 2016, only two other teams have won a World Series. What the hell is the rest of the league doing?!?!?

Q only at 79 pitches. Why the quick yank??

Well, Descalso hits like a pitcher, so.....

I refuse to give up on Chompers just yet. Speaking of illusion. I can't figure out if its his teeth that are giant, or if it's that lower jaw. Or both?

I'm okay with Rizz getting a day off. Gotta keep 'em fresh for the playoff run, right? Maybe Joe is punishing him for the TOOTBLAN yesterday. Would like to see Teeth do something at the plate.

Wonder if Joe is gonna keep using Descalso to force Theo’s hand. That’s probably not it.

should have done the poop thing

Much like the Cubs offense of late, I put a marginal amount of effort into Tuesday game thread. Yesterday, I gave one of my better efforts. Today - bubkis!! Vargas sucks so the Cubs bats will struggle. No poop photos today. Just this: That is all.

I’m on it now.

Derwood - start swinging a bat. You’re on deck buddy.

Don’t like it as it will really skew home/road splits.

So the Cubs split the series with the 'not so good' White Sox after facing Ivan Nova and Lucas Gioloto. They pound one pitcher and get dominated by the other. One would think it would Gioloto that dominated the Cubs' bats. But it was the sad-sack Nova the Cubs couldn't hit. And yesterday against soon-to-be All-Star Gioloto, the Cubs' offense whipped out their dongs. So in come the Mets for a 4 game series. And the Cubs offense is back on track, right? Well, to quote a highly-respected baseball savant: It would be nice for the Cubs offense to continue what they were able to do yesterday. Hit dongs / score runs. And the Mets starter - who??? I mean, this favors the Cubs, right? Well, to quote another highly respected baseball savant: Rizzo's been mashing of late. Schwarbs has been mashing of late, Willy with a breakout game yesterday. Baez hitting liners and laying off pitches in the dirt the past few games means he's do for a hot streak right? All of this against a "some-guy" pitcher. Well, to quote another baseball savant: I'm not buying it for this game or the series. The Cubs are just too hot an cold. And would be fitting for them to go cold against a couple of junk pitchers in the Mets' rotation. Besides, as I type this at 8:30 AM on gameday, I look out my window and it appears to be overcast. Even thought the game is not for 10 1/2 hours, I live no where near Wrigley Field, I have not checked in with Accuweather for tonight, I will quote a highly-respected weather forecasting savant: So yesterday's game thread got the ol' sad face poop emoji. But I'm not buying the bats coming to life two days in a row. I'm thinking the offense is till poopy. So to quote anotehr baseball savant: So the Cubs' offense is still a "poop" in process. But on this morning, they're a happy "poop". http://www.rewildthyself.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/poop.jpeg