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Cubs Win!  I had to experience the game via proxy of the thread because every time I turned the game on something awful happened, and every time I turned it off the Cubs scored.
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The comeback begins  Gonna be really interesting to see how long a good bullpen and (usually) good offense can buoy a garbage time rotation. Lester was the only starter pitching decently and now that he's run smack into his garbage peripherals Cubs are really gonna have to hope they can keep their weird comeback luck going.
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Jul 20, 2018 20:08
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Cubs loading the bases with three incredible AB's but then getting nothing because the next two are some of the ugliest hack fests you'll ever see is peak Cub.
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Jul 20, 2018 20:48
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Let Javy Pitch
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Jul 20, 2018 21:07
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One pitch one out lol
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Jul 20, 2018 22:04
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Imagine sucking so bad you can't get 3 outs with a 15 run lead lol
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Jul 20, 2018 22:39
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And the first Cubs pitcher to not allow a run is... Ian Happ.
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Jul 20, 2018 23:08
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Eh, I stopped caring once it was a blowout. While it would have been nice to sweep 5 and absolutely bury the Cardinals season, they only need to really take 3-5 to make me happy.
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Jul 20, 2018 23:17
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lmao Chatwood gets a win. Sure why not.
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Jul 21, 2018 21:23
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I love how MLB.tv lists this as the "Free Game of the Day!" then won't let me watch it because it's a national broadcast and I'm blacked out.  Wouldn't be the Cubs if we didn't give up a first inning run.
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Jul 22, 2018 00:24
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Please get well soon, Yu Hickey said the other day that Darvish is still "weeks away" and that's assuming there are no further setbacks. Honestly at this point I've written him off for the season. Maybe he comes back in time to pitch in the postseason, but even that I doubt.
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Jul 22, 2018 00:47
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Back to back lead off hits the Cubs weren't even able to advance a base, let alone cash in.  It's great how you can tell exactly how the Cubs offense is going to perform the entire game after a single time through the order. Enjoy your win Cards, series rubber match tomorrow I guess.
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Jul 22, 2018 00:59
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Pancakes posted:Greg "White Flag" Holland. Good game, Cubs. I don't think you've been watching the Cubs offense closely enough this game. Holland is going to go 1-2-3.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:15
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Ambassador of Funk posted:Care to put a I would but Holland already walked a guy.   If the Cubs actually score off Holland this game I'll get a Greg Holland AV.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:18
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Cubs are absolutely gonna gently caress this up and not score book it.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:21
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Haha welp. Ideas on the text? Was thinking of "Matheney's Proven CloserTM" but I'm open to anything wittier.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:24
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Decided to match Ambassador's.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:29
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Carpenter has transcended seriously what the gently caress.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:36
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Pancakes posted:Seriously guys, just walk him. He's a force of nature right now. "B-b-but Rosario is a lefty! Matchups!"  - Joe Maddon, furiously giving bullpen instructions via phone from his office.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:38
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Pancakes posted:Honestly, I'm not going to fight you on this one. He's probably a CHUD, he's just quiet about it. If it makes you feel any better I don't hate him in the slightest, it just annoys me that he's mashing so well against us.  I have no goddamn clue how the Cubs are going to get these last six outs. Morrow is on the DL, Edwards is presumably unavailable after pitching in Game 1 today, and Strop has already thrown 9 pitches. Guess have Strop try to also throw the 8th and bring Cishek in for the save? That feels really dicey.
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Jul 22, 2018 02:44
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Sydin posted:I have no goddamn clue how the Cubs are going to get these last six outs. Morrow is on the DL, Edwards is presumably unavailable after pitching in Game 1 today, and Strop has already thrown 9 pitches. Guess have Strop try to also throw the 8th and bring Cishek in for the save? That feels really dicey. Guess it just took one prediction for my senses to return to me, second one was pinpoint. 
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Jul 22, 2018 03:09
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Not sure why you leave Strop in there, he's always terrible if you ask multiple innings out of him. Probably should have gone to Cishek for a four outer.
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Jul 22, 2018 03:12
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Of all the loving pitchers we could have used in both games, we use Justin Wilson.
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Jul 22, 2018 03:29
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What an ugly loss. Cardinals handled the Cubs the game on a silver platter by putting in their worst reliever for no reason, so the Cubs countered by having Justin Wilson inexplicably throw despite having done so in the first game today and, surprise surprise, he was gassed as gently caress and walked two guys. Absolutely pathetic.
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Jul 22, 2018 03:36
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Sure glad we gave up one of the best prospects in baseball for a fringy middle of the rotation starter who can barely even live up to that "ceiling"
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Jul 22, 2018 19:25
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This pitching staff is such a dumpster fire. Even if the Cubs somehow manage to make it to the postseason because the Cardinals and Brewers continue to implode for the rest of the second half, there's no way they're beating the Astros, Yankees, Red Sox, or loving anybody with a postseason rotation of anybody they're starting right now. Hell, this rotation is so bad it might actually get the Nationals to the second round.
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Jul 22, 2018 19:48
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 at Cardinals fans 'ing about how they need to sell when this series started. The only team that should be selling is the Cubs, because they're getting nowhere with what they have now.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:02
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So how many Cardinals players get to demonstrably show displeasure with the ump without being instantly ejected like Javy was yesterday? Oh right, all of them will because MLB will never give the Cardinals anything but a slap on the wrist for anything.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:08
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Epic High Five posted:this thread is funny because the doomsaying about the Cubs is so extreme that you'd never think that it's the middle of the third and only 1-0 right now Go back and watch the last four games and you will see why I'm doomsaying. Our rotation is an absolute loving catastrophe and has been held afloat by Lester working miracles to outperform his peripherals, except now he's regressing so lol. Our closer is on the DL for the second time, this time with news that an MRI found "stuff" (Morrow's words) in his forearm, and without him our bullpen is held together with sticks and chewing gum because nobody else can reliably close. Our offense is a coinflip between scoring a billion runs or scoring absolutely nothing and have shown no signs of leveling out the entire season. This is a team in first only by the grace of an honestly much better Brewers team imploding for a long stretch of games, not by any actual improvements on the part of the Cubs.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:18
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I am so sick of watching Quintana nibble and nibble and nibbble and nibble and nibble until he's in a 3-2 count and has to throw a meatball or walk a guy. Pancakes posted:Threw his helmet. If only there were a memorable example of a Cardinal throwing his helmet and getting ejected for doing just that... Honestly I'm still just mad that Yadi got into an actual shoving match with an ump and received zero punishment, but Contreras threw his mask at the ground and because it grazed the umps leg he got two games. I realize ejections and punishment from the umps is inconsistent as gently caress.
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Jul 22, 2018 20:32
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I mean to be fair who could have guessed the key to getting Matt Carpenter out was to throw elevated low 90's sinkers?
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Jul 22, 2018 20:35
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R.D. Mangles posted:what the hell, q's back out there on 112 pitches The unholy force of Carpenter's salsa has been cast down, Joe learned the ancient secrets of sacrificing a starter's arm on the alter of the mound to do this thing.
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Jul 22, 2018 21:33
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R.D. Mangles posted:whoa this chavez dude somehow owns
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Jul 22, 2018 21:55
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Sydin posted:The unholy force of Carpenter's salsa has been cast down, Joe learned the ancient secrets of sacrificing a starter's arm on the alter of the mound to do this thing.
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Jul 22, 2018 22:27
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I'm too lazy to find what page it's on but imagine I quoted my post about how while 4-5 wins would have been nice to bury the Cardinals forever I can live with taking 3-of-5. Also the Brewers had the decency to lose again so the Cubs are 3 games back on top. Better keep an eye out for the unstoppable Pirates though, 9 in a row now 
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Jul 22, 2018 22:30
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Big Mean Jerk posted:
Dude is throwing 90+ and has an actual delivery, not bad. e. And he just got a swinging K.
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Jul 23, 2018 00:42
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POSITION PLAYER PITCHING IN ANAHEIM