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DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Well Played Mauer posted:

In the spirit of legalized betting, I bring you the MLB N/V And Around Baseball Over/Under Series, powered by FanDuel.

These over/unders are for the length of the regular season threads. No playoffs.
  • Number of Cubs posts: 8,038
  • Number of times Craig Counsell is denigrated: See Cubs Post O/U

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DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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mcmagic posted:

Incredibly bitchmade that there are no 1PM games today.

DemihumanResources
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Popete posted:

probably hit this tonight in the GDT

probably even before the game starts

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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jfc I don't want to watch lovely ESPN announcers let alone Joe Bcuk

DemihumanResources
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Do people actually like it? Does anyone say "oh, good, here's Joe Buck and some of the most insipid trialog that often just ignores the game and even the teams playing. Give me more?" I refuse to believe they do but I also refuse to think even ESPN/ABC/Disney lacks that level of introspection

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Slimy Hog posted:

is mlb.tv working for anyone? I'm not able to watch the phillies pregame and I'm sad.

Not for me. I was able to see some of the Blue Jays intro stuff, but it's dead now.

Season has officially begun.

DemihumanResources
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explosivo posted:

Been watching on mlb.tv with no interruptions for the last few hours here :shrug:

going to be sure to not refresh the page though now that i've said that..

stop hogging all the baseball :mad:

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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inside you there are two birbs

DemihumanResources
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Sydin posted:

I'll be honest I liked the idea of the balanced schedule on paper because I was sick of playing the loving Cardinals 19 times a year but now that we actually have it I feel like it's kinda lame.

It's more fun when they're both vying for playoffs which hasn't felt like a realistic thing for a while. 2019? I remember the last game I went to at Wrigley was that year and it was the September game where Kimbrel hosed everything up in the 9th and that's when it really felt like all the magic was gone for me (also the last WGN game)

DemihumanResources fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Mar 28, 2025

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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zoux posted:

Interleague to open the season is somewhat satanic



also the DH

DemihumanResources
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bawfuls posted:

ESPN is such trash and I'm glad they're not going to carry baseball next year.

:) Thanks for reminding me of this

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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zoux posted:

Alright boys we got our own rob lowe



absolutely depraved

DemihumanResources
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Timmy Age 6 posted:

The Colorado Rockies have played one game and are 0-1. They are 2.5 games out of first place already.

:) That will be a high mark for them

I'm actually fond of the Rockies for nostalgia purposes due to the fact they somehow are the team I have seen most live due to a combination of 90s family vacations to Colorado, business travel, and them randomly being in town for the teams I have lived near. Once Dexter Fowler joined the Cubs he was probably locked in to be the player I'll see most live for my lifetime.

DemihumanResources fucked around with this message at 13:37 on Mar 29, 2025

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Maybe I'm stupid, but it is almost 11AM in Chicago and the Tribune does not have an article for last night's game up. Sun-Times does and has for several hours. Is it normal for local newspapers to just not give a gently caress at this level anymore? (I know the Tribune is bad and has gotten worse, but this is newspaper 101 stuff)

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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R.D. Mangles posted:

i'm impressed you were able to penetrate the ad and video hellscape of the chicago tribune website to even see this

my ad blocking game is strong

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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R.D. Mangles posted:

the Cubs bullpen is going to kill me

Thanks goodness for Dansby, this is one of the most insane plays I've seen end a game.
https://www.mlb.com/cubs/video/ryan-pressly-in-play-out-s-to-corbin-carroll

This owns and I forgot the Cubs were allowed to make plays like that. Other teams, sure. But Cubs? More please.



:allears:

DemihumanResources fucked around with this message at 13:55 on Mar 30, 2025

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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This Cubs schedule is the most dogshit thoughtless thing I've ever seen for a team with a fanbase their size.

NL west all month? Have them come home for a couple series and then head out west again? Two loving Padres series in two weeks? Like, six games that start at a normal person time for the first three weeks IGNORING THE OVERSEAS SERIES?

Who the gently caress wants to see any of that?

DemihumanResources
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Forrest on Fire posted:

The snowbird contingency on the West Coast who won't move back until it's 70 and sunny for a week+

gently caress them. You want to watch Cubs you come up north and suffer physically AND mentally.

edit; that or just move the team to Tuscon and be done with it.

DemihumanResources fucked around with this message at 13:50 on Mar 31, 2025

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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I'm going to see my doctor before I overdose on my blood pressure meds

Any responsible city news paper would have this as front page news, especially for any team that asked for city money.

Also the Mets number is unfair unless you separate out whatever they're still paying Bonilla

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Popete posted:

Yeah Axe Bats are still a thing, Mookie swings them.

I see we've discovered the source of his power...

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Jesus the A's are going to be there for at least THREE years?! What a fuckup

DemihumanResources
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Paul Zuvella posted:

I dont understand why this is breaking peoples brains so much. Its such a banal thing, its a slightly different bat.

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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They're arguing about torpedo bats on loving hackernews if you want to know how overhyped and overwrought this is

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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I've been to a lot of those walkable ones and agree, though I'd put Wrigley ahead of Fenway for about every reason.

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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More like Mike MuchMisski

DemihumanResources
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

The Padres are yet to play a bottom of the ninth inning

lol

They really tried to keep warm weather teams at home these first couple weeks, didn't they?

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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KurdtLives posted:

That is loving terrible, is it just moved to a different spot or is it just another sign of our hellscape?

You know in your heart the truth.

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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I don't understand why the geese at Wrigley are not simply removed.

DemihumanResources
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Popete posted:

you do it

pay me and I will

I ain't working for the Ricketts for free

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Ah, good, Cubs back to being unwatchably late again for another week

DemihumanResources
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

The March/April schedule loving sucks and if the Cubs finish the month above .500 somehow, they'll be in really good shape for the rest of the season.

Hell yes! Gonna get my hopes up! This time for sure!

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Glad we adopted the DH from them to prove that. Experiment over, let's go back to real baseball.

DemihumanResources
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R.D. Mangles posted:

going to be close to 80 degrees with 40 mph wind gusts at wrigley this afternoon and colin rea on the bump :getin:

Wind's going to be carrying straight out, too

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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"Too expensive? Did you considering going to gently caress yourself?" - Baseball Since Forever

DemihumanResources
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FlamingLiberal posted:

Cubs are trading for Drew Pomeranz from the Mariners

I can hear the barrel scraping all the way in the suburbs

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Mustached Demon posted:

There's that many active AAA-ish pitchers over 35?

lol if you think AAA is as low as they will reach

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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I literally cannot remember a time in my life where the Cubs were first in the division followed by the Reds.

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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I baffled how reading the news from the Cubs game has takeaways like "Ben needs to be better" after giving up 6 runs and "bats go quiet". Ben gave up 6 which is extra lovely, but he could have given up 1 run, you wouldn't be talking about him because *you still lost the loving game* because the bullpen gave up 4 runs in two innings. and your offense scored four loving runs on 8 loving hits which is about league loving average for a game

Why is the bullpen not fired into the sun? Does Chicago collectively have bullpen blindness? I feel like I'm losing my mind.

DemihumanResources
Apr 16, 2019

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Lord Of Texas posted:

Bullpens are expensive if you can't develop your own

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Apr 16, 2019

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Bregor posted:

Ben’s stuff clearly faded but he also got BABIP’d like a motherfucker. Multiple grounders just out of reach for Dansby, seeing eye pop ups, etc. It happens sometimes when you don’t have your put away pitch working. I’ve been happy with his development so far so I hope he gets a few more turns at least.

All bullpens are bad. You can’t find seven guys who are nails every time out. CC isn’t especially adept at managing workloads either.

I won't argue with that. I agree with what you're saying, and I'll add this bullpen is far below average and I think the weakest link to this team doing something meaningful this year.

Bregor posted:

And tonight is another loving ESPN game. Fml

:barf:

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