6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

[Jr.]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Not sure where you could get 50 games against the Reds when all I said was they were 1-14 against teams other than Cincy. Your math............way off.

Again, you didn't define your limits, so I assumed you were talking about the entire season. If they're 1-14 against any team not named Cincinnati for the season, it means they've beaten Cincinnati over 50 times to get to their season record.

That obviously doesn't make any sense, hence my comments. Your math isn't so great either when you don't define limits.

I understand what you're saying now, thanks to clarification from others. You just need to communicate your points more effectively.

[ShowTyme15]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Again, you didn't define your limits, so I assumed you were talking about the entire season. If they're 1-14 against any team not named Cincinnati for the season, it means they've beaten Cincinnati over 50 times to get to their season record.

That obviously doesn't make any sense, hence my comments. Your math isn't so great either when you don't define limits.

I understand what you're saying now, thanks to clarification from others. You just need to communicate your points more effectively.

I figured you would already know what I was talking about. Pretty much figured it was obvious.

[Jr.]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

I figured you would already know what I was talking about. Pretty much figured it was obvious.

You know what they say when you assume...

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

I don't know. Their flaws are showing pretty badly right now. They're striking out a ton again, and it's not like the rest of the starters are throwing well. Hammel has imploded sooner than usual, Lester has had his rough patches. Hendricks is the most consistent starter right now.

The bullpen is a major issue, but hopefully the offense resets when Dexter gets back. I don't think it will, but I'm hoping.

This is where Maddon is supposed to make his money; he's not a tactician. Can he do anything to get them back to being a killer team that's better than the sum of its parts? The main problem to me is as Arrieta has inexplicably turned from invincible to pumpkin and we've sustained key injuries, this whole team has lost confidence in its ability to win every single game. As those of us who have followed Cubs baseball for decades know, there is a huge difference between a confident team and a here-we-go-again Cubs team. It's getting dangerously close to the latter and only the Cubs would be capable of coughing up a 15 game division lead in a season they were 27-games over .500.

There is a lot wrong with this team right now. Those hoping that some rest and Dexter Fowler returning will fix everything are watching a different team than I am. The bullpen has been weak all season and especially bad lately. We could probably DFA about 3 guys there and get better. We have gone from having the best starting pitching in baseball to not having anything approaching an ace and with Hammel and his cramps, we're basically forfeiting 1 out of every 5 games. The offense is still good, but they're fighting from behind every game and not doing anything in high leverage situations lately.

Not sure where you could get 50 games against the Reds when all I said was they were 1-14 against teams other than Cincy. Your math............way off.

Reading back through, you didn't mention that your frame of reference was over the past 3 weeks. The Cubs have played 86 games this season, so 1-14 after subtracting out the Reds leaves a lot of missing games. That was Jr's [valid] point. That said, I thought it was pretty obvious the timeframe you were referring to even without stating explicitly. Just a misunderstanding. Other than the Reds series (not the most recent one, but the 2nd most recent) the Iowa Cubs would've won more games than us over the past 3 weeks.

The Cubs are 5-14 over the last 19 games. Subtracting out the wins against the Reds, it's 1-14 with a lone win against Miami.

[Jr.]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

White Sox turned another triple play. Three on the season for them now.

[ShowTyme15]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Gonzalez, Grandal, and Seager have each had a 3 HR game this year for the Dodgers.

[Chip Douglass]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Yasmani Grandal with the HR hat trick.

[WaitTilNextYear]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Yasmani Grandal with the HR hat trick.

If he can get another AB and hit a grand slam, it would complete all possible HR/RBI combinations. He has solo, 2-run, and 3-run dongs already.

[LambertandHam]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Surprised the Pirates beat the cubs tonight. Bell looked solid in his one at bat, really set up the inning. Curious to see how to rotation shapes up after the break.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

He already had the ball, knew he wasn't going to get the double play or the runner out at home so he clearly leaned into Norris to try and body check him to get the result that happened.

https://twitter.com/VocalMinoritySD/status/751606786919010305/video/1

Who fields like that?

You'd think he was playing basketball setting a screen or something.

[Chip Douglass]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Utley leaned in a little bit to exaggerate the contact, but Norris was going to run into him regardless because of where Utley was fielding the ball. It was a bang-bang play.

[steelerfan]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

Again, you didn't define your limits, so I assumed you were talking about the entire season. If they're 1-14 against any team not named Cincinnati for the season, it means they've beaten Cincinnati over 50 times to get to their season record.

That obviously doesn't make any sense, hence my comments. Your math isn't so great either when you don't define limits.

I understand what you're saying now, thanks to clarification from others. You just need to communicate your points more effectively.

So you ASSUMED that the Cubs are 51-14?

Ok.

I have to say it was quite obvious what was meant.

[DieHardYankee26]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

I'm still trying to recover from the fact that I heard Doc Emrick calling a baseball game. Awesome.

[Jr.]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

So you ASSUMED that the Cubs are 51-14?

Ok.

I have to say it was quite obvious what was meant.

No, I know that the Cubs aren't 51-14 and that they haven't played the Reds over 50 times this year, which made his stat make no sense. He didn't provide any context for his arbitrary timeline, which I was pointing out.

[Hockeynut99]

Re: 6/27 - 7/10 Game Discussion Thread

And the Giants with the best record in baseball and doing it with a bunch of minor leaguers and a ****ty bull pen. Wow! That even year **** must be legit.