Dusty Baker?The smartest manager in baseball is probably rethinking his decision to intentionally load the bases.
Dusty Baker?The smartest manager in baseball is probably rethinking his decision to intentionally load the bases.
Said nobody everDusty Baker?
It puts a lot of stress on a pitcher who struggles to throw strikes and relies on swings at balls out of the zone to get outs.
Agreed. But Edwards is a strikeout pitcher. Sure he can get outs with weak contact off his fastball, but he is hunting Ks and when you have the bases loaded, it stresses his approach.Agree with the bolded, disagree with the unbolded. There are plenty of ways to get outs by throwing strikes
Can we take a moment to appreciate that Almora catch? Dang...
He reminds me of a young Griffey Jr when he was fearless at the wall and just outran and randown every ball hit near him.Can we take a moment to appreciate that Almora catch? Dang...
That jump looked JUST like Jr.He reminds me of a young Griffey Jr when he was fearless at the wall and just outran and randown every ball hit near him.
Didn't even watch the game but the box score says it all:
11 K's
2 walks
out hit Atlanta 8 to 7 but gave up 7 walks to them
Edwards blows it in a high pressure situation
McCarthy went 6 innings for just the 2nd time in 9 starts tonight giving up just 1 run and striking out a season high 8. It's frustrating how this offense can light it up 1 night then make a mediocre pitcher look like Cy Young the next. This was even one of Chatwood's better statistical outings too. The bullpen for the most part has done it's job so far. The main relievers Strop, Duensing, Cishek, and Wilson have got guys out when called on. Edwards up until lately was in that group too. Montgomery and Butler are good long relievers to clean up short outings by starters but they have been either lights out or a little iffy at times.
The starting pitching and inconsistent offense has been the surprising weakness so far. Cubs currently have the 5th best pitching staff in the NL statistically but they have had the 3rd most walks and have the 5th worst for quality starts. Surprisingly the Cubs have the 2nd best offense in the NL, 4th best BA, 2nd best OBP but seems like so far most of that production is bloated by some blowout games against weaker teams since they sit 8th in the NL in Win %.
You have to be a manager to be the smartest manager in baseball...Dusty Baker?
Watching on TV sorry. You're missing a fun startAny other Vue subscribers having issues with the NBC Chicago stream? One minute it will be working flawlessly, the next the picture will get choppy and produce a brief green/static screen. Haven't had this issue on any other channels.
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Well it used to be Comcast but it looks like it's now called NBC Sports ChannelChannel?
Watching on TV sorry. You're missing a fun start
Well it used to be Comcast but it looks like it's now called NBC Sports Channel