Anthem time! 🎵🇻🇪🎵 pic.twitter.com/yigLc9Awbs— Cincinnati Reds (@Reds) September 19, 2019
― earlnash, Friday, 20 September 2019 01:28 (four years ago) link
this Flaherty has big (figurative) balls
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 September 2019 01:52 (four years ago) link
Uugh, this 9th has been excruciating
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Friday, 20 September 2019 02:30 (four years ago) link
Feels so weird to say this but.......go.......Cardinals
― frogbs, Friday, 20 September 2019 02:38 (four years ago) link
Aw heck just caught up
― frogbs, Friday, 20 September 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
I Hurt myself todayTo see if I still felt
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Friday, 20 September 2019 02:40 (four years ago) link
isn't that a shame
― mookieproof, Friday, 20 September 2019 03:46 (four years ago) link
glad the Cubs have acquired future HOFer Craig Kimbrel to shut down the opposition.
― omar little, Friday, 20 September 2019 03:47 (four years ago) link
at least the Mets may finish ahead of the Cubs.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 September 2019 23:14 (four years ago) link
AH, THE PIRATES
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 September 2019 23:37 (four years ago) link
YADIER
(first time ive ever posted that)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:22 (four years ago) link
Kimbrelol
― WmC, Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
DEJONG
LOL Kimbrel
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 21 September 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
a perfect final cubs game on WGN
― mookieproof, Saturday, 21 September 2019 23:02 (four years ago) link
― omar little, Friday, 20 September 2019 03:47 (yesterday) link
― omar little, Saturday, 21 September 2019 23:38 (four years ago) link
Or as I said further back in the HOF thread:
Kimbrel looks like he's toast. he had that massive 2017 w/Boston but otherwise the two seasons before and the two since don't seem exactly Rivera-like in terms of consistency and microscopic ERAs. He's a guy that i do not want to see on the hill for the Cubs in an important situation in the World Series (lol?)
― omar little, Sunday, 22 September 2019 00:09 (four years ago) link
Kimbrel threw a meaty fastball up, in Wrigley, in a one run game. And after he got taken deep, he threw exactly the same pitch to the next batter! Juiced ball or not, that's dumb baseball.
― NoTimeBeforeTime, Sunday, 22 September 2019 06:01 (four years ago) link
Darvish was again incredible...til he wasn’t.
― omar little, Sunday, 22 September 2019 21:02 (four years ago) link
how'd the Pirates win 65 games?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 22 September 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
it is a mystery
― mookieproof, Sunday, 22 September 2019 22:23 (four years ago) link
Assuming the Brewers snatch this WC slot, it's amazing that they gave Travis Shaw 261 PAs (mostly at 3B i think) to the tune of .157/.280/.274.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 September 2019 16:33 (four years ago) link
SLG < OBP is always an amazing accomplishment
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Monday, 23 September 2019 16:34 (four years ago) link
not only that but he was constantly coming up during pivotal moments, like it would always be 2 on, 2 out, 1 run game, 8th inning, here's Mr .150
tbh I have no clue what happened to him, he was pretty damn good the last 2 years and he's too young for that sharp of a decline. I wonder if he's been hurt all year.
― frogbs, Monday, 23 September 2019 17:17 (four years ago) link
fire emoji
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/the-cardinals-lay-waste-to-the-cubs-2019-season
― mookieproof, Monday, 23 September 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
don't want to gloat too much - the cubs could very easily be spoilers to the cardinals hopes to win the division. cardinals get dbags + cubs to end the season. brewers get reds + rockies
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Monday, 23 September 2019 19:00 (four years ago) link
for those who might care, wainwright is in line to start the final game of the season, against the cubs. could be his last regular season appearance, if he decides to retire and the cardinals get their asses kicked by the braves/nats
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Monday, 23 September 2019 19:01 (four years ago) link
rough inning for the cubs
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 01:31 (four years ago) link
Brewers officially have a run differential of 0
― frogbs, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 01:41 (four years ago) link
flaherty looking good as he heads toward the bottom of the seventh
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Wednesday, 25 September 2019 03:37 (four years ago) link
In his 4th Major League start today, Cardinals rookie Randy Arozarena has beaten out an infield single, stolen second, stolen home, thrown out a runner at third base from CF, and homered.— Andrew Simon (@AndrewSimonMLB) September 25, 2019
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 25 September 2019 21:56 (four years ago) link
rip cubes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 September 2019 03:10 (four years ago) link
positives for the cubs 2019 season - javy maintaining his 2018 breakout, darvish's second half, heyward's best season as a cub, contreras rebounding from his bad offensive season last year, hoerner looks like a viable 2b and leadoff hitter option going forward
biggest problem i think was the feast-or-famine offense, so many 1-run losses and cold streaks
i like a lot of the players but cubs games moving from WGN to the ricketts-owned pay channel next season is going to make it hard for me to be an active fan. going to try and follow the white sox more closely instead.
― na (NA), Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:06 (four years ago) link
free agents: hamels, zobrist, castellanos, strop, cishek, lucroy
dudes getting raises: kimbrel (+$6m), hendricks (+$4.5m), bryant/baez/schwarber/russell arb 2, contreras arb 1
i could see them non-tendering russell, although he shouldn't be that expensive
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 September 2019 15:48 (four years ago) link
brew crew is on FIRE
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 26 September 2019 21:10 (four years ago) link
it helps that they've been playing the padres, reds and pirates, of course. but still, they've been relentless. next up: the feared colorado rockies, playing for nothing
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Thursday, 26 September 2019 21:12 (four years ago) link
the cubs' attachment to russell is mystifying to me. a below-average hitter/decent fielder at a position where they already have an mvp candidate. and that's not even factoring in his domestic violence allegations.
― flopsy bird (voodoo chili), Thursday, 26 September 2019 21:14 (four years ago) link
and nico hoerner appears to be a viable younger/cheaper/less assholish option
― mookieproof, Thursday, 26 September 2019 21:18 (four years ago) link
true but they had like 10 games vs. the Cardinals in April so that's kinda how it goes
― frogbs, Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:46 (four years ago) link
we need a schedule overhaul w/ more intradivision games, and 32 teams to make Howie Rose's head explode
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 September 2019 23:55 (four years ago) link
the double-a texas league covers a big geographical area and only has eight teams, so division rivals play each other 30 times a year. it's kinda crazy
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 September 2019 02:23 (four years ago) link
Gotta say I enjoyed the division format for threads
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 27 September 2019 18:13 (four years ago) link
same
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 September 2019 18:15 (four years ago) link
only division where we have fans of each team?
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 September 2019 18:17 (four years ago) link
i will make individual threads for every team not in this division next year
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 September 2019 18:23 (four years ago) link
I think Jays and Mets can have individual threads because they have an outsized # of fans on ilx.
― Van Horn Street, Friday, 27 September 2019 18:25 (four years ago) link
cubs need a win this weekend to beat their notorious pecota projection
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 September 2019 18:51 (four years ago) link
With Cubs out, Maddon isn't playing his "A" lineup in St. Louis, so @Brewers can start their bitching now: "Of course they're going to bitch, and I get it, but quite frankly, there are certain things I really don't give a shit about, and that would be one of them."— Paul Sullivan (@PWSullivan) September 26, 2019
― Sally Jessy (Karl Malone), Friday, 27 September 2019 23:17 (four years ago) link
maddon otm
anyway his 'A' lineup last won a game 10 days ago, so
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 September 2019 23:22 (four years ago) link
I can sense he's on his way to Queens
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 September 2019 23:29 (four years ago) link
nah, mets are too cheap. i'm thinking san diego
― mookieproof, Friday, 27 September 2019 23:48 (four years ago) link