Game Thread (8/28/2022): Cubs (Sampson) at Brewers (Lauer) - 1:10 PM CDT

[yfinn6]

Yeah, why would the pitching staff want to hold onto a lead. 

[LouisEly]

3 minutes ago, bulldogboy0733 said:

Too late. Come on Craig.

He was on the phone, they had a guy warming up in the pen.

[BruisedCrew]

The game reaches the halfway point at an hour and 50 minutes. 

[Pugger]

1 minute ago, LouisEly said:

He was on the phone, they had a guy warming up in the pen.

Ray Charles could see Lauer didn't have it today.  He struggled all afternoon.

[LouisEly]

2 minutes ago, Pugger said:

Ray Charles could see Lauer didn't have it today.  He struggled all afternoon.

"All afternoon"?  He had retired 7 of the last 8 before the start of that inning.

You don't panic because a guy gives up a leadoff hit.

[bulldogboy0733]

Wong jersey with a wong bomb catch. Sweet

[Pugger]

Holy fright!!Wong!!

[BruisedCrew]

This lefty is having trouble with lefties. 

But no trouble with Hiura. 

[Pugger]

4 minutes ago, LouisEly said:

"All afternoon"?  He had retired 7 of the last 8 before the start of that inning.

You don't panic because a guy gives up a leadoff hit.

He was walking guys the first 3 innings.  Lauer usually doesn't do that.  Two of those scored.

[Nola Beery]

I was trying to listen to the Brewers' game. But instead I got some team that's getting hits and scoring runs.  I'll pretend it's the Brewers and take it.  

[Zad Fnark]

7 lefties at bat.  None out.

Nuts...

[Brewcrew82]

No shame in scoring more runs. 

[BruisedCrew]

24 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

I get all teary eyed every time a player gets their first hit.  The family shots always get me.  

I remember sitting a row behind BJ Surhoff’s family when he got his first hit in the second game of the 1987 season. That was pretty cool.

His Dad passed away from a heart attack about 2 weeks later. 

[Robocaller]

23 minutes ago, Simba2020 said:

Apparently they just had to call Mitchell up for Yelich and the offense to take off. 

The thing is, Mitchell might be well served if he emulates Yelich earlier this year where he ground everything into the the turf. That would work for Mitchell.

[Robocaller]

17 minutes ago, Pugger said:

Ray Charles could see Lauer didn't have it today.  He struggled all afternoon.

His command was off.

[Pugger]

1 minute ago, Robocaller said:

His command was off.

And he is in line for the win.  Whatever works, right?  ?

 

[bulldogboy0733]

This pitching staff just seems to lose focus with two outs. You have to question the pitching coach at some point. It's terrible.

[Pugger]

2 minutes ago, bulldogboy0733 said:

This pitching staff just seems to lose focus with two outs. You have to question the pitching coach at some point. It's terrible.

Do they try to get too fine instead of being aggressive?

[bulldogboy0733]

1 minute ago, Pugger said:

Do they try to get too fine instead of being aggressive?

Seems that way but it also seems like they just lose focus with the fact they are almost out of the inning. How they just lose it so quickly is very strange. It's everyone too not one or two guys.

[Pugger]

Alright, who is this guy and what happened to Christian Yelich?

[Nola Beery]

42 minutes ago, jason21nl said:

I get all teary eyed every time a player gets their first hit.  The family shots always get me.  

This is the real reason for watching these wonderfully silly games we call sports.

 

[Brewcrew82]

Also worth noting the spike Yelich might get in his stats from the banning of the shift next year...

[DuWayne Steurer]

2 minutes ago, Brewcrew82 said:

Also worth noting the spike Yelich might get in his stats from the banning of the shift next year...

The same could be said for a lot of guys though. If he continues to be the same guy we have seen most of this year, I'd expect his OPS+ to not really change all that dramatically. 

[Brewcrew82]

Just now, DuWayne Steurer said:

The same could be said for a lot of guys though. If he continues to be the same guy we have seen most of this year, I'd expect his OPS+ to not really change all that dramatically. 

I wouldn't be so sure considering all of the line-outs to the right side he's piled up over the course of this season. Of all the players in baseball, the stats pretty clearly show that he'll be one of the main beneficiaries. He does need to elevate the ball more frequently, for sure. 

[phnxcrew]

What is happening? Are we allowed

to score like this!?