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You ever get your Google 2FA code for a login and it’s composed of the same two numbers and you’re like are they even trying over there?
I tell you what, the dog in the coaches booth is funny stuff
every time I see the bubble gum shower happen after a walkoff, I imagine a short, mustachioed man shuffling on to the scene with a broom and a garbage can who sighs, shrugs, and goes “eh, it’s a livin’” before having to pick up all the discarded gum.
new information coming in from the scene: they’re singing Go Cubs Go
NEVER MIND CUBS WIN FUCK YEAH
oh no that stat about Atlanta’s record in one run games feels like another kiss of death from the booth
99
Oh?
Oh shit I recognize both of these actors. And that does not reflect well on me!
Losing to yet another last place team. That’s fun.
The Mariners released Donovan Solano today. 41 hits/3 HRs/21 RBI on the season. The Cubs in just the three-game series managed to allow 9 of those hits, 2 of those home runs and 8 of those RBI.
I'm sure he appreciated the robust exchange of ideas and viewpoints
I do hate to bite the hand that feeds me, but imagine if they could add those two AND another two players. A better world
I mean that's fine too
September 1 used to be more fun and useful to MLB teams. I'm not saying we need to go back to allowing teams to call up the entire remainder of their 40-man roster, but only two extra spots is too few, and leaves a lot of deserving September looks in the minors. Four spots seems reasonable.
it is Florida
can I interest you in Dominican Turner instead?
you can practically see the numbers on that bee’s credit card (it’s a Bee-sa)
yeah hopefully Palencia outwits his manager and doesn't let that shit stow away in his suitcase on the flight home
putting your young closer in a tie game to get walked off twice in four days is some kind of work
Nomar debuted as a Cub on 8/1/04 at Wrigley, the day before that series
is his name Braxton? If it's not, it's some other fucking dumb name like Blaze or Blade or Carsyhnn or some shit
fucking assholes
even if Palencia had gotten through the inning I'm curious as to exactly which member of the bullpen Counsell would have trusted for one of Manfred's video game extra inning save opportunities
Ryan Ritter? Braxton Fulford? Orlando god damn fucking no talent piece of fucking shit Arcia? Come the fuck on.
he excels at that
I just don't know how you as a major league pitching staff with any self respect spend a whole day getting burned by this complete piece of shit Rockies lineup
well that just fucks shit. fucking christ. not one fucking major league player in the fucking bunch and they still managed to get walked off
Baseball is frustrating but I did just manage an 11 on Immaculate Grid, so I have that going for me.
2003? Are we talking Aramis' first game?
Arcia's 3 hits today are a season high.
is it some complete burner year like 2006 or 2012?
sounds like the “GAME OVER” music for a generic N64 platformer which, well
2015?
what if Arcia is actually on Ricketts’ black ops payroll as an agent whose mission is to continually keep the Cubs from succeeding at anything thus keeping expectations low and more money in Tom’s pocket
yeah probably best for me to write this one off and try and be content with the series win
if this fucker tries to plug PCA in the head one more fucking time
the booth is again doing their best to politely say “this pitcher sucks mightily and the Cubs should be ashamed for making him look good”
🙄
continued great work against hitters who would have trouble cracking any other MLB roster
I hate to keep harping on the Cubs making bad players look good but that discussion about them flailing away helplessly at the guy with the lowest whiff rate is incredibly pointed
@klausbromi.bsky.social @wolter.bsky.social has the answer been in front of us all this time?
that’s why Galactus has never eaten the Milky Way
he’s got better stuff than Adbert ever did, but yes, 2023-2024 Adbert and 2024-2025 Hodge are reminders to never love relievers because they will not love you back.
aka Da Gods
sounds like a reasonably good animal horror movie to me!
see I dunno, I feel like the bear-sized beaver would still be pretty docile as long as you aren’t a tree?
Would you rather face one bear-sized beaver or a hundred beaver-sized bears
Relievers are volatile, so who knows what Palencia will be next season or even next week, but he’s got the closer starter kit, which is no fear, a short memory, and a good fastball.
Your PE teacher and your English teacher are actually both hot dogs
The Cased Meat Celestials have come to pass judgement, just as Jack Kirby foretold
This pitcher has so little working and the Cubs have managed to bail him out twice already
I didn’t realize he was from Chicago
his content causes me low level pain
Swanson, Dawson, Williamsson
let's not pretend they didn't try
they're going to lose
this is the least secure 4 run lead in history
this is the least secure 6 run lead in history
okay Dansby
what the fuck are you doing giving up RBI doubles to Orlando Arcia. come the fuck on. I'm aware the inning should have been over. Not the point. Send the fucking .512 OPS back to the dugout crying and move on.
quit skeeting and get back to the gd potato stand
you're not wrong
Been a bit of a week. I sit down and turn on Georgia Tech-Colorado and the first thing I see is TMcG doing sideline. Sometimes there are no wins.
The thing about games at Coors is that they don’t matter. They’re meaningless. You learn nothing about your team when they play a road series in a pinball machine. The problem is that the losses still count and that sucks when it’s August and your team is badly in need of wins.
also a guy named "Pay Tolle" is just lazy writing. Do better, MLB.
Cardinals added a guy named "CROOKS" and that's the most redundant jersey since the Brewers rostered a guy named "JUNK". Like yeah no shit we know.
the first person who tries to tell me AI is more culturally relevant than Star Fox 64 is getting barrel rolled straight to hell
If there's any question as to what variety of weather lays claim to legitimacy, look no further than NWS. Current Chicago weather is "refreshingly cool air" while summer conditions are "oppressive" and "dangerous" and "sweltering". Sixty-three degree supremacy.
every NL West road series should be automatically written off as a series loss at best and if they manage to exceed those low expectations, all the better.
we talk about the house of horrors that is Arizona, and rightfully so, but I have no memory of the Cubs ever convincingly winning a series or even a game in San Francisco. Seems like it’s either ugly wins, or bad losses there. (Not counting the postseason, of course)
nothing good ever happens in NL West ballparks. Abolish traveling west of the Mississippi.
christ
ah fer chrissakes
the Cubs are going to play shitty enough to provide Verlander his second win all season. After allowing home runs to what's left of Wilmer Flores and a recently awful Matt Chapman. Boosting bad players on bad teams is this team's forte. Has been all season.
you know why Crocs have holes? To let the shame out
and there’s Bob Melvin acting like I’ve forgiven him for the 2007 NLDS. I haven’t, Bob, and I never will. Be advised.
a whole season of allowing home runs to the Wilmer Floreses of the world playing for the Giants of the world
oh jesus christ. A home run to Wilmer Flores in 2025. fuck off.
or he just sits there thinking “the people need to know” and nods at himself
mute him. Even block him. He's not a bad person but clipping EVERY fucking interview the guy does is not the public service he thinks it is
the "according to..." reads like a parody
Willson (handshake) the 2025 Cardinals kicking the bucket
it's a legitimate concern, isekai happens
I don't think they had PSLs back then
sounds like he had a destructive outburst on the field tonight, involving an ejection, a thrown bat, and more. I say again AH SAY AH SAY AGAIN never make important, long-term life decisions based solely on spite.
decades of Illinois governors have left me skeptical as to whether Pritzker actually believes the things he says or if it's simple political expediency, but if it is the latter, he is very good at selling it
I’m not sure I need this sweater but I’m also not sure I don’t need it
I'm SO ready
that’s right
Cubs wage war on heaven, sweep Angels.
oh Dansby no. You can’t do that.
we should be so lucky
what are they stuffed with?
The theme of today’s game is that 2-out RBI get you into heaven
I feel bad for the birds who have to hatch chilis. Has to sting
I gave so little shit about FX’s first attempt at a soccer documentary show that they went and started a second one. That’ll teach me.
great, he can go from not winning anything in front of 10,000 people to not winning anything in front of 50,000 people. Just get him out of the division.