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Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Pancakes posted:

That said, this had been the best-played of the divisional series so far, even if NY/CLE had the most entertaining game.

Uh, have we been watching the same series? Both teams have been ice cold offensively outside of very brief bursts, are committing errors like it's going out of style, and have been dogged by hilariously bad management. I guess you could argue it's been pitched relatively well, but that only goes for the starters.

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Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
Basically what I'm saying is that whoever wins, they're going to get mowed down by the Dodgers. That said go Cubs because gently caress Daniel Murphy and gently caress Dusty Baker.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
My drinking game for today:
1 Drink every time a Cub strikes out
1 Drink every time a Cub hits in to an out on the first pitch
2 Drinks every time the Cubs go down 1-2-3
Finish my drink if they go down 1-2-3 only on strike outs and/or first pitch swinging outs

I expect to be dead by the end of the game, wish me luck.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Lmao Dusty blowing his challenge on the first batter

You get two in the post season don't you?

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Surprised KB didn't swing at that honestly.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Popete posted:

What bizzaro world would it be if the Cubs scored in the 1st???

Incoming back-to-back-to-back K's

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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gently caress it I'll take it, although :lol: how do you ground out on a pitch at your eyeballs.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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#freealmora

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Wouldn't be the Cubs if they didn't manage to strand the bases loaded.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Maybe Heyward should should have been batting... lower in the order vs a lefty?

Nah.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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lol nice baserunning you nerd.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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bawfuls posted:

ok Hendricks your turn for early damage

C'mon now, a Dodgers fan of all people should understand how much Kyle Hendricks owns.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Ugh of course it was loving Murphy

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Kyle just can't keep the ball down.

He and Gio apparently traded places between innings.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Sorry it's my fault, I didn't realize walking away for 15 minutes to shower was going to cause the Cubs' best pitcher to melt into jelly on the field.

Seriously though who the gently caress is Michael Taylor?

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
bawfuls is cool and good, although that my bias may be reinforced by having a Dodger fan roommate who is also cool and having to live in the Bay Area which is full of obnoxious as gently caress bandwagon Giants fans.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Bryant did a thing that wasn't swinging and missing at a pitch a billion miles out of the zone. Huh.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Rizzo doesn't get to complain about outside calls though, that's the trade off for trying to gently caress the plate every AB.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Popete posted:

Oh great we got 2 3 stranded runners!

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
As soon as I saw "In Play, run(s)" I knew it was going to be on a sac fly or some piece of poo poo ground out that only scores one. The Cubs can't actually capitalize in a meaningful way off bases loaded.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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lmao nice one Gio.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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And then Heyward strikes out on a pitch even further off the plate than the previous wild pitch :lol:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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So does Joe let Hendricks try to rebound, or is it Q time?

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute

bawfuls posted:

I haven't watched a ton of Cubs games this year but I feel like that at bat must have captured the essence of Heyward quite well

He's been better than last year but that's not exactly a high bar to clear, and he's still been incredibly disappointing at the plate. Guy makes tons of solid contact but it's either flyballs he can't keep fair or grounders to the right side. His timing is still completely hosed.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
So I had to go pick up my roommate from the airport so I could only occasionally check gameday. Did Wieters seriously commit a passed ball error, throwing error, and catchers interference in the same inning?

How does that even work? :psyduck:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

Another spring commute
This strikezone is a tragedy.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Gameday says that got scored as a double :lol::lol::lol:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Dexo posted:

Games not over yet

The 8th inning looms large

The fact that our bullpen has to get 12 outs before they give up 4 runs for the Cubs to win fills me with dread.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Oh now the blue doesn't want to call pitches out of the zone :mad:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Joe gets cute with the bullpen, it backfires. In other news, grass still green, water wet.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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gently caress you Maddon and gently caress your bullshit. Strop would be out of this by now.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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gently caress.

THIS.

ZONE.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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:suicide:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Time for Wieters' redemption.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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At least we have one competent outfielder left playing :sweatdrop:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Sydin posted:

The fact that our bullpen has to get 12 9 outs before they give up 4 2 runs for the Cubs to win fills me with dread.

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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What the hell was that Javy :downs:

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Why is Schwarber PH'ing against a lefty?

Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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The most Schwarber single imaginable.

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Sydin
Oct 29, 2011

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Schwarber just tried really, really hard to BLAN there.

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