Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

PJ-Cubs

Working the counts to get walks.

Great 13 pitch AB by Rizzo.

HesCalledDyer

Fly the W, not the curly one either.

8K, 2BB by the staff and 5K, 6BB by the offense. I like seeing that. 

PJ-Cubs

Bote!!!!

darwinstheory

Ho-Lee-Fuk that was bad ass!!! And a monster shot too! His trade value is skyrocketing by the game!

Gtilley8

David Fucking Bote.  Unreal.  Can't believe I turned the game off and went to bed.  

HesCalledDyer

Cole Hamels can keep proving me dead wrong all he wants. He’s the ace of the team now.  Lester has like a fucking 32.00 era in his last 5 starts. Hendricks better in his last few starts.  If this damn staff could get it together all at once, we could start playing like Boston or Houston or Cleveland.

Bote kicks ass!

Outscored in the series 14-11.

Gtilley8

HesCalledDyer said:

Cole Hamels can keep proving me dead wrong all he wants. He’s the ace of the team now.  Lester has like a fucking 32.00 era in his last 5 starts. Hendricks better in his last few starts.  If this damn staff could get it together all at once, we could start playing like Boston or Houston or Cleveland.

Bote kicks ass!

Outscored in the series 14-11.

Hamels has, so far, been about as dominant as a pitcher can be.  Looks like the change of scenery and the playoff race has worn well on him.  If Darvish can come back and be the pitcher he can be, we're going to be looking solid.  I always expect certain ruts like this for Lester.  He seems to always have them - usually in the first half of the season, though.  

bbiggs

^ Agreed on Hamels. Looks great. Lester will show up when it matters most. Darvish...I’ll keep my mouth shut to stay positive. 

Gtilley8

bbiggs said:

^ Agreed on Hamels. Looks great. Lester will show up when it matters most. Darvish...I’ll keep my mouth shut to stay positive. 

If you think about it, we should be incredibly positive.  The starting staff has stunk, sans Lester's first half, Montgomery at times, and now Hamels.  Bryant has been, by his standards, pretty much a no-show even when out on the field.  Rizzo is batting leadoff.  If you told me at the beginning of the year that Javy would be carrying this team, Bryant injured for a significant time, Yu not living up to a quarter of potential, Chatwood with more walks than innings, we lost our closer around the midpoint, and Almora and some guy named David Bote lead the team in hitting - AND we still have the best record in the NL - I wouldn't have believed that.  Any one of those pieces injured right now that comes back and plays to near potential, and we'll see a significantly better play.  

Last night felt like that Aramis Ramirez walkoff in 07 - might just be the spark we need to put together a run.  

bbiggs

^ Agreed on all points. The Cubs are beyond fortunate to be in this position, all things considered. Now they need to go and earn it. New season starting now. 

2-feign-reluctance

Ready for the Cubs annual collapse

Gtilley8

2-feign-reluctance said:

Ready for the Cubs annual collapse

Except, that play was against the Cubs, and began the march to the NLCS in 2015.  

HesCalledDyer

Gtilley8 said:

bbiggs said:

^ Agreed on Hamels. Looks great. Lester will show up when it matters most. Darvish...I’ll keep my mouth shut to stay positive. 

If you think about it, we should be incredibly positive.  The starting staff has stunk, sans Lester's first half, Montgomery at times, and now Hamels.  Bryant has been, by his standards, pretty much a no-show even when out on the field.  Rizzo is batting leadoff.  If you told me at the beginning of the year that Javy would be carrying this team, Bryant injured for a significant time, Yu not living up to a quarter of potential, Chatwood with more walks than innings, we lost our closer around the midpoint, and Almora and some guy named David Bote lead the team in hitting - AND we still have the best record in the NL - I wouldn't have believed that.  Any one of those pieces injured right now that comes back and plays to near potential, and we'll see a significantly better play.  

Last night felt like that Aramis Ramirez walkoff in 07 - might just be the spark we need to put together a run.  

Therein the bold type lies the problem

HesCalledDyer

HesCalledDyer

I'm so glad we gave up Jiminez for Quintana.  We clearly won that deal.

HesCalledDyer

FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCK RYAN BRUAN!!! God damn I HATE that motherfucker!!!  Cheating, lying, date-rape-looking, bug-eyed fucker!  FUCK HIM!!!

bbiggs

He’s hot garbage. I was just talking about this trade last night. It could end up being the Lou Brock trade part 2. 

HesCalledDyer

2 fucking hits.  I stand by my previous comments that this is the most pathetic first place team I've ever seen in any sport.  If you're in a slump, play the fucking Cubs because you'll waste no time (usually 1st inning) snapping right the fuck back out of it.  These guys fucking suck.

bbiggs

^ LMAO! I’m with you Dyer. Bunch of fucking bums. 

HesCalledDyer

"When everyone is healthy..."

"When everyone gets going..."

"When everything start clicking..."

"When they get firing on all cylinders..."

All we've heard all year long.  None of it has happened.  And it ain't gonna.

Fuck it, I'm pulling a Wobbie and rooting for the Indians the rest of the year.  At least those fuckers play hungry, like they're trying to win.  I'm sick of this bullshit every damn day with the shitty Cubs.