Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Cubbies are now sitting 9 games over .500?
NICE!!!

No thanks to Lester, our $155 million pitcher, who wont get 12 wins.

But yeah, the Cubbies are playing some good ball these days.

Last-12-Exit

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Cubbies are now sitting 9 games over .500?
NICE!!!

No thanks to Lester, our $155 million pitcher, who wont get 12 wins.

But yeah, the Cubbies are playing some good ball these days.

Lester is not pitching bad. He has only given up more than 3 runs in just 3 starts this year. Once he gets a little run support, I'm sure you will approve! Lol

Last-12-Exit

Anthony Rizzo is one of three players in baseball with at least a .300 average, 10 homeruns, and 10 steals. Dude is a BEAST

PJ-Cubs

This team is good but the Cards showed us that we are not at their level yet
It will be interesting to see how the youngsters bounce back from this losing streak

jeff2040

It looks like the schedule gets a lot easier in the second half. There are a bunch of games against Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Cincinnati, Colorado, and Atlanta. Hopefully they are still within striking distance of STL or a while card where they can make some noise.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Maybe a Wild-Card team

HesCalledDyer

This year's Cubs team has far exceeded my expectations. And to be fair, this year's Cardinals team has exceeded their normal division rule. Fastest they've ever been to 20 wins in franchise history. Fastest they've gotten to 50 wins in over 6 decades. But the Cubs at 40 wins & 5 over .500 at 2 weeks before the All-Star break? I'll surely take it!

If they can consistently match good hitting with good pitching, they'll be a force to be reckoned with. For now though, it seems when the hitting is good the pitching is off, and when the pitching is good they can't string together 2 hits in any given inning.

And STILL need to work on plate discipline!! Still leading the majors in K's.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

The Cubs lack of pitching was/is by design. Right?
Theo's philosophy was to stockpile young hitting prospects, and when the time comes, pay for pitching. They REALLY need Lester to step up and pitch like a #1 starter. They need this guy to go something like 10-1 after the All-Star break. They need him to start earning that $155 million.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

7 innings of shutout ball from Lester.

Very nice.

Last-12-Exit

I've been saying all year they are another good ace and a closer away from being the team to beat in the NL.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Last-12-Exit said:

I've been saying all year they are another good ace and a closer away from being the team to beat in the NL.

Except that St. Louie is sitting 25 games over .500

But yeah, the Cubs need some pitching, no doubt.

PJ-Cubs

Need to take at least 2/3 from the marlins this weekend. Would like to see the bats heat up before the Cards come to town next week.

Last-12-Exit

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Last-12-Exit said:

I've been saying all year they are another good ace and a closer away from being the team to beat in the NL.

Except that St. Louie is sitting 25 games over .500

But yeah, the Cubs need some pitching, no doubt.

I really think the cards are playing well above their means. I don't think they will sustain. Lynn is good and carpenter is a rock star, but they will come back to earth. I think the cubs will catch them. Especially when they get cueto from the reds!!!

Last-12-Exit

Very awesome to see Ryan Dempster introduce Harry carey (in his best Harry carey voice) for the 7th inning stretch.

BinauralJam

Is Ed going to be at any of the games when he plays that benefit in a couple of weeks?

SPEEDY MCCREADY

Wouldn't it be nice, if the Cubs could return the favor, and kick a little Cardinals ass, the next few days?

Lester needs to go out there tonight, and pitch like a $155 million dollar man. How about a complete game, 3-hit, shutout? 0 walks, 10K's.

lolobugg

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wouldn't it be nice, if the Cubs could return the favor, and kick a little Cardinals ass, the next few days?

Lester needs to go out there tonight, and pitch like a $155 million dollar man. How about a complete game, 3-hit, shutout? 0 walks, 10K's.

A Man Can Dream. Just Don't Get Any Speed Runners On Base.

SPEEDY MCCREADY

lolobugg said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wouldn't it be nice, if the Cubs could return the favor, and kick a little Cardinals ass, the next few days?

Lester needs to go out there tonight, and pitch like a $155 million dollar man. How about a complete game, 3-hit, shutout? 0 walks, 10K's.

A Man Can Dream. Just Don't Get Any Speed Runners On Base.

$155 million.
And he cant throw a ball to 1st base.
Unreal.

lolobugg

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

lolobugg said:

SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

Wouldn't it be nice, if the Cubs could return the favor, and kick a little Cardinals ass, the next few days?

Lester needs to go out there tonight, and pitch like a $155 million dollar man. How about a complete game, 3-hit, shutout? 0 walks, 10K's.

A Man Can Dream. Just Don't Get Any Speed Runners On Base.

$155 million.
And he cant throw a ball to 1st base.
Unreal.

Yep. Blows My Mind. Dude From The Reds Freaking Ate Him Alive. Looked Like I Was Watching Little league

HesCalledDyer

A no-hitter thru 6. Castro grounds into a dp with a runner at 3rd & 1 out. Then 2 runs for the Cards very next half-inning, all resulting from an infield hit and an error.

This is why they win World Series and we don't.