Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

PJ-Cubs

Big game from Lester.

HesCalledDyer

He needed that game! Big confidence builder and shows he can still pitch well when it matters most. Hope he carries that out the rest of the season and into the playoff(s).

HesCalledDyer

Travis Wood with the 2 inning save! Don't see those very often. 3 out of 4 on the road against another playoff team heading into a 10-game home stand. Let's keep rolling against the Cards this weekend!

pureoc

Huge confidence booster for this young team taking 2/3 in stl and 3/4 in pit as we will prob have to go to one or each in October.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Pittsburgh now goes on a 10 game road trip.
Have fun with that!

2-feign-reluctance

Thanks Cubs! You're helping out big time! Keep it up - and then we can destroy you in the playoffs.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thanks Cubs! You're helping out big time! Keep it up - and then we can destroy you in the playoffs.

Cubbies win that 1 game playoff against Pitt?

Ill take my chances against your Cardinals with Lester and Arietta.

lolobugg

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Thanks Cubs! You're helping out big time! Keep it up - and then we can destroy you in the playoffs.

Cubbies win that 1 game playoff against Pitt?

Ill take my chances against your Cardinals with Lester and Arietta.

Me too!
the Cards reign is about to come to an end.

HesCalledDyer

Dan Haren sucks donkey nuts. Way to replace Edwin Jackson with White Edwin Jackson.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

HesCalledDyer said:

Dan Haren sucks donkey nuts. Way to replace Edwin Jackson with White Edwin Jackson.

3 hits and 1 earned run.
Got in to the 5th inning.

Sometimes..... shit just happens.

HesCalledDyer

Starlin Castro earning his paycheck today!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

HesCalledDyer said:

Starlin Castro earning his paycheck today!!

Cubbies kicking some ass!

Castro got HOT last year, the last 3-4 weeks of his season. Then an injury put him down.
He has gotten HOT again this year. The last 3 weeks or so, he is hitting the ball with authority.

2-feign-reluctance

No Cubs no.

Last-12-Exit

I like seeing castro hit well. I've always been a fan. I know he has a lazy streak, but I'd like to see the cubs keep him.


If the cards keep up this pace, they will be in the wild card game.

pureoc

Nice win. Typical ahole cards throwing at rizzo. Matheny is an ahole just like larussa was.

Last-12-Exit

Anthony Rizzo is quickly turning into one of my favorite cubs of all time. He may top Sandberg if he stay with them his entire career.

HesCalledDyer

Last-12-Exit said:

Anthony Rizzo is quickly turning into one of my favorite cubs of all time. He may top Sandberg if he stay with them his entire career.

He should be NL MVP.

Last-12-Exit

HesCalledDyer said:

Last-12-Exit said:

Anthony Rizzo is quickly turning into one of my favorite cubs of all time. He may top Sandberg if he stay with them his entire career.

He should be NL MVP.

I don't think he should be mvp. Bryce harper will be the mvp unless he goes into a historic slump the rest of the way. Rizzo should and will receive votes based on the weather the cubs make the playoffs. Which is looking more and more likely.

Harper still leads the league in 3 of 4 major hitting categories. I think nationally, he's more known than rizzo. Which ultimately will lead to him getting the mvp. Even if rizzo is more deserving.

HesCalledDyer

Harper is having a phenomenal year, so it's hard to argue against him. But when I think of the true meaning of MVP, Rizzo means more to the Cubs this season than Harper does to the Nats.

MLB should have 2 awards, MVP and Player of the Year.

Last-12-Exit

HesCalledDyer said:

Harper is having a phenomenal year, so it's hard to argue against him. But when I think of the true meaning of MVP, Rizzo means more to the Cubs this season than Harper does to the Nats.

MLB should have 2 awards, MVP and Player of the Year.

Then you can't forget about Cespedes for the mets. Since the trade, they have went from 2 games behind the Nats to 8 games up.

Malroth

chicago sportsnet seems to play whitesox twice as much as cubs this year.
Would be nice to watch them like I have been able to for the past 36 yrs.

HesCalledDyer

Last-12-Exit said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Harper is having a phenomenal year, so it's hard to argue against him. But when I think of the true meaning of MVP, Rizzo means more to the Cubs this season than Harper does to the Nats.

MLB should have 2 awards, MVP and Player of the Year.

Then you can't forget about Cespedes for the mets. Since the trade, they have went from 2 games behind the Nats to 8 games up.

Valuable to the Mets, yes. But only 43 games with them. The Tigers haven't really gotten any worse without him than they already were.

Last-12-Exit

HesCalledDyer said:

Last-12-Exit said:

HesCalledDyer said:

Harper is having a phenomenal year, so it's hard to argue against him. But when I think of the true meaning of MVP, Rizzo means more to the Cubs this season than Harper does to the Nats.

MLB should have 2 awards, MVP and Player of the Year.

Then you can't forget about Cespedes for the mets. Since the trade, they have went from 2 games behind the Nats to 8 games up.

Valuable to the Mets, yes. But only 43 games with them. The Tigers haven't really gotten any worse without him than they already were.

I agree. But voters look at that shit. And I agree on the 2 awards.

HesCalledDyer

Yeah, it's good that they look at stuff like that. I'd rather Cespedes get it based on the Mets success with him than have writers justify their votes by theoretical "stats" like WAR, which seems to be coming more and more common.

Malroth

good win with a bullpen day?

pureoc

Hammell has been absolute shit the 2nd half. Id rather Harren be our 4th starter if we get to the NLDS.

HesCalledDyer

Jesus fucking Christ. I know we're up 9-5 but bases loaded nobody out and can't score a single fucking run. Ridiculous. No lead is safe with our bullpen. Get a fucking ball in the outfield and score at least one ffs!

2-feign-reluctance

Great race! Cards still the team to beat.

lolobugg

Jake going for his 20th win tonight. will be the first pitcher to 20 this year.

HesCalledDyer

2-feign-reluctance said:

Great race! Cards still the team to beat.

Meh, everyone's been doing that lately.