2020-09-11: Cubs (Lester) at Brewers (Woodruff) [Brewers win, 1-0 -- Woodruff w/ 7.0 IP, 12 SO, 1 H, 0 BB; Braun walk-off sac fly in 9th]

[wildcat83]

Did it hit Caratini or not? The last angle looked like maybe it got his shoe laces.

 

I don’t think it hit him, but also don’t think it would’ve been over turned

[markedman5]

I thought Woodys command was shaky early on but it has been great the last few innings.

[Eye Black]

Did it hit Caratini or not? The last angle looked like maybe it got his shoe laces.

 

My mistake then. I thought it clearly didn't hit him at all. Missed that look.

It was weird. It obviously hit the dirt first, but on the ricochet it appeared to lightly graze the very top of his shoe on the laces.

[LouisEly]

That sequence to Hoerner was just nasty. Two knee-buckling sliders, a wasted pitch in the dirt, then 98 on the bottom outside corner.

 

You could hear the Cub's play-by-play guy just mutter softly, "Wow." Deshaies was speechless.

Edited September 12, 2020 by LouisEly

[adambr2]

I'm a Wisconsin sports fan, so I completely expect Woodruff to throw a no-no through 9 in a scoreless game only to lose it in the 10th on an inside-the-park homerun on a sky high pop-up lost in the lights.

[Devinep]

A good way to lose me is to post stats. The best indication to judge someone's performance is the the eye test, and Hiura and Yelich have been quite disappointing. Their only saving grace this year is they are hitting more dingers than anyone else on the team, but then again they're the only two guys playing nearly every day.

I agree that they have been disappointing and frustrating to watch, but I will agree to disagree that the eye test outweighs stats (which also indicate that they have been disappointing in relation to expectations, but it's certainly not a stretch to consider them at least average players still)

You know what they say. Stats can say whatever you want them to say, aka stats lie.

 

Ok-make it look statistically like Sogard is having a good season

[adambr2]

Is it just me, or does Rock always feel the need to subtlety correct the other commentator if they say something like "chased off the outside corner" and he disagrees? Edited September 12, 2020 by adambr2

[wildcat83]

I'm a Wisconsin sports fan, so I completely expect Woodruff to throw a no-no through 9 in a scoreless game only to lose it in the 10th on an inside-the-park homerun on a sky high pop-up lost in the lights.

 

Can’t believe you just referenced that thing that hasn’t happened yet, that your not supposed to talk about when it hasn’t happened yet....

[Eye Black]

This is a great example of a situation where one of Hiura or Yelich must come through.

[TURBO]

I am shocked that the windmill didn't send Taylor there.

 

SHOCKED I say...

[adambr2]

I'm a Wisconsin sports fan, so I completely expect Woodruff to throw a no-no through 9 in a scoreless game only to lose it in the 10th on an inside-the-park homerun on a sky high pop-up lost in the lights.

 

Can’t believe you just referenced that thing that hasn’t happened yet, that your not supposed to talk about when it hasn’t happened yet....

 

Pitch count too high anyway I think. He'd have to go 130-140 pitches unless he has a couple real quick innings.

[TURBO]

Stupid, stupid, stupid base running there...

[adambr2]

Wow. That was incredibly stupid.

[PinaMadness]

Why run there?

[Eye Black]

He looked safe by a split second on the replay. Counsell must be saving that replay for something good.

[Bulldogboy]

What the heck is Counsell doing?? That was terrible baseball

[markedman5]

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[Lostpawn]

What was the point of that steal attempt?!?!

[edfunderburk]

Why run there?

Agreed ... my exact question ... you beat me to it

[wildcat83]

Seemed close enough to challenge given the situation

[Bulldogboy]

The chance of Hiura actually putting the ball in play there was about 30 percent so maybe Counsell just said what the heck.

[markedman5]

So frustrating

[Lostpawn]

Ugh. You have 1 out, the heart of the order coming up, and a strikeout-prone hitter at the plate. Why take the risk of an out on the basepaths? It makes no sense at all. SMDH.

[MrTPlush]

Didn’t look safe at all and the fact he was called out that is an easy no challenge.

[adambr2]

Yeah I don't get the purpose of leaving the challenge in your pocket on those big plays once you get into the 5th/6th innings. After the 7th they'll let you look at basically anything anyway.