Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

darwinstheory

HesCalledDyer said:

pjhawks said:

ok just saw this story. this guy might be the real life Biff Tannen - predicted Cubs to win the world series in 2016 in his sr. high school quote...in 1993

http://www.nbcphiladelphia.com/news/sports/1993-High-School-Yearbook-Quote-Predicted-Cubs-World-Series-Win-for-2016-398397051.html

I hope he is!!

I too predicted 2016...but that wasn't until the day Theo signed with the Cubs.

Degeneratefk

Fucking a that was low. Fowlers pitch was right down the middle. Bryants should have been ball 4

Degeneratefk

I'm not liking how lester is getting squeezed

Gtilley8

Degeneratefk said:

I'm not liking how lester is getting squeezed

Well, Kluber has absolutely been given 3 Ks at the very least, and Lester has been squeezed. That said, he gave up those runs. And his inability to make a throw other than 60 ft 6 in is a serious problem. That said..... How about Kyle fucking Schwarber! On a summer night, that ball is gone.

Gtilley8

Degeneratefk said:

I'm not liking how lester is getting squeezed

Well, Kluber has absolutely been given 3 Ks at the very least, and Lester has been squeezed. That said, he gave up those runs. And his inability to make a throw other than 60 ft 6 in is a serious problem. That said..... How about Kyle fucking Schwarber! On a summer night, that ball is gone.

pureoc

When you have 2 strikes do us a favor, swing the fn bat!

Gtilley8

pureoc said:

When you have 2 strikes do us a favor, swing the fn bat!

Exactly. I think Kluber is getting a serious benefit of the doubt, but the reality is, we're not protecting the plate. We're still taking early pipe shots, and late borderline pitches. Not a good recipe.

elvistheking44

Pete Rose said it best. Step off the plate.

cutz

OUCH! >bases-loaded & no outs & NO runs!!

Gtilley8

Why the fuck is Ross batting there? Bases loaded, no outs. Just have to get 1 or 2 across. That was terrible game management.

pureoc

Awful. Loaded no outs and no runs. Absolutely had to score there. Really wanna light up Miller. Sick of hearing about him.

Gtilley8

Edited for being slightly out of line.

pureoc

Hope that's the last we see of Rondon this year. He's been dog shit since comming back from the injury.

Wobbie

that bat flip was "bush league."

that's all I'll say.

HesCalledDyer

pureoc said:

Hope that's the last we see of Rondon this year. He's been dog shit since comming back from the injury.

He's thrown ONE good inning since he came back. One. Fucking garbage.

HesCalledDyer

Also fuck the home plate umpire. If it's a strike for Kluber, it needs to be a strike for Lester. I don't understand how there can be a rule defined strike zone and umpires call it differently a) than the rule suggests and b) for different pitchers.

bootlegger10

I don't like it when the team that cruised through each series so far cruises through Game one of this series.

bootlegger10

HesCalledDyer said:

Also fuck the home plate umpire. If it's a strike for Kluber, it needs to be a strike for Lester. I don't understand how there can be a rule defined strike zone and umpires call it differently a) than the rule suggests and b) for different pitchers.

Are you saying the game was "rigged"?

HesCalledDyer

bootlegger10 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Also fuck the home plate umpire. If it's a strike for Kluber, it needs to be a strike for Lester. I don't understand how there can be a rule defined strike zone and umpires call it differently a) than the rule suggests and b) for different pitchers.

Are you saying the game was "rigged"?

No, I'm saying umpires need to call the strike zone consistently for both pitchers.

Wobbie

HesCalledDyer said:

Also fuck the home plate umpire. If it's a strike for Kluber, it needs to be a strike for Lester. I don't understand how there can be a rule defined strike zone and umpires call it differently a) than the rule suggests and b) for different pitchers.

as a semi-unbiased observer, I don't thing strike zone inconsistency was a big deal, one way or the other.