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Lol Baez.

I don't think most Cub fans realize that they have a 75 win team.

Vogelbach isn't hitting either. I'd at least want a good alternative. If there isn't one, then I'd rather stick with the option that at least has upside.

Not really sure what Rizzo was just standing there for. He pretty clearly went around.

BA with the obligatory "see that's a luck play, not a skill play" when the ball pops out of Omar's mitt on the foul tip. I figured it would have been Rock.

Unfortunately that AB by Happ may be the one that keeps Burnes out of the 7th inning tonight.

I did too. I have no read on anything today, honestly. I've gotten used to having no idea on low line drives or sharp groundballs, but I harbored the illusion that anything hit above the shift was still decipherable. Not today, anyway. Yep. The modern shift sure has ruined the momentary reaction of "Oh, nice hit up the middle." "Oh, nevermind, routine grounder."

I guess I'm as bad as Cub fans at judging flyballs because I thought that was gone off Bote's bat.

Wahhhhh !!! Don't throw inside if you can't avoid hitting guys! Wahhh!

Scary thing about Burnes is that he's clearly not at his best today. Missing a couple spots, falling behind some hitters. It's just that his "ok" is still better than most guys at their best.

Now what were the Cubs whining about? Did Ross forget that the bad call that inning went for him, not against him?

Really bad call. This umpire is easily influenced by framing, good or bad.

Does Happ ever not whine after a K? Obviously your sense of the strike zone kinda sucks because you've gotten rang up on two good pitches that had plenty of the zone the last two days.

Womp womp for the Cubs. Great defense by McKinney that inning.

Ugh. Omar's got to catch that.

Dang, just missed it. At least we've had 2 productive outs this inning.

Romine seems like a brutal framer. I think he's cost Arrieta 2 strikes already this game.

Atta boy Shaw.

Vogelbach needs to start hitting. He surely isn't on this roster for any other purpose.

I'm less certain, as it made all the sense in the world for him to PH in the 9th yesterday. Either he wasn't even healthy enough to take one AB, or they still are uncertain enough where they didn't want to reset the date on a potential retroactive IL stint.

I am still upset that we blew it last night. Don't let them take this series.

I appreciate how you promote decorum on BF. Reid’s dismissal from the Eagles was not long after his older son’s death. I was surprised he didn’t take a year off from coaching to tend to his family (and his personal health). Few people have the resources to do that, but I’ve got to believe that after his tenure in Philadelphia he had the money and the reputation to step aside for a bit and still have an NFL job waiting for him whenever he wanted to return. Maybe he felt he could keep an eye on Britt if they were working together in the same building every day? We are also talking about adult-age people here too. While they are his kids, they are adults who are making these errors in judgment. It has been stated that Andy and his wife have done everything they could for these kids, and some might say they've done too much which has led them down this road of continuing to make these really poor choices. I don't think I would call him a bad father because he has chosen to continue to live his life and do his job. And I'm not implying that you are but I know that it has been some peoples rationale for calling him a bad father or whatever. They are adult aged people now. But this was Andy's life long before they were adults, so certainly the way they were raised helped shape them as adults. It is true that you are not going to be able to work a 40 hour week as an NFL coach and spend the rest of it with your family if you want to be an NFL coach. Not when all the others are working 80-100 hours. There are some organizations however that do try to get their coaches out and emphasize a better work/home balance rather than just go go go. I think the Titans are one.

To clarify, I was more or less just rambling as I am prone to do, about Marcum and how he's different from the guys we have now. Didn't mean to specifically relate it to usage questions.

How do you not make Contreras take one tomorrow?

Ok, well then that goes back to my main point. This pen isn't very good after you get past Hader and Devin. Boxberger and JP have a 0.00 ERA. And you said earlier Suter is reliable. That's 5. Perdomo looked very good no? That would be 6 if he's the real deal. Back end of the bullpen? Yea, in flux like every other team. Do I love the BP in general this moment? No. But I'm not too worried, there's an endless strwam of other options. Well, I wasn't citing the 5-10 inning sample size of our guys in '21 in my evaluation of the strength of our pen. If I was I certainly wouldn't have put Devin in the strength category.