Scholarship table
Simple fix. Unless there is a mound visit, you throw a pitch in 20 seconds from the time a pitcher gets the ball back in his hand or a ball is calledPitchers would adjust quickly and game times would be shorter. And, if the batter decides to not be in the batter's box? Too bad. The pitch stands.
after Puig got on second there were a LOT of mound visits and steps off the mound. 50? no, but there were way too many. You can fault your manager for having Lackey in but he was never allowed to get into any kind of rhythm. Ya gotta admit it was unusual at a minimum.
Yes, 50.
Wow, did you not get the hyperbole there?Clearly it wasn't 50. But he was a rain delay.
He freaks out over any perceived slight on anything the Chicago Cubs do, whether it's obvious hyperbole/sarcasm or not.
Absolutely got it. Thought it was silly based on the magnitude of the situation and a SP in an unfamiliar role.
Exhibit 1,000.I'll respond for you: What do you mean exhibit 1,000?! I only have 600 posts! It's not possible to have 1,000 exhibits when I haven't posted 1,000 times! Genius! Silly use of hyperbole! (Insert cute GIF here)
Absolutely got it. Thought it was silly based on the magnitude of the situation
No doubt the catcher was saying the same things over and over again. We all know how pointless that is.
Ok, but I think 2 separate mound trips without throwing a pitch is silly.
As a Brewer fan, I don't have much experience with playoff baseball. Is the using the starters in relief a new thing? I understand wanting your best arms in the game, but at some point, you have to do what got you there. Relief is so different than starting. I can see as a long reliever to eat innings, but not 1 or 2 inning stints.
0-27 against dodger relievers at the time of this post. Say what you want about pitching and Joe's mound choices. But you can't win if you can't hit and the cubs have been eating cold soup the entire playoffs.
Yep. Cubs have just been dominated.
Wrong time to go cold. Saw it against the Nats but they squeezed out some wins and then the nationals gifted them game 5.
This whole Cubs season has really been a bit of a struggle. Well, as much of a struggle as it can be for a 92-win team in the NLCS. It just hasn't had the same feel as 2016 or even 2008. This is a very good team with some obvious flaws - the lead-off spot has never been figured out, pitching has been inconsistent, defense is average, huge reliance on HRs, etc. Assuming they lose 1 of these next 4, it'll be a disappointing end to the season but it's hard to be disappointed in this season as a whole. They won the division and made it to the NLCS. Only 4 of the last 10 WS champs have even made the playoffs. This team also projects to be good for a number of years going forward. They'll need to fill some rotation spots (bring back Arrieta? Alex Cobb? Yu Darvish? Make a trade?) and get the lead-off spot sorted out (Almora?). I trust that Jed and Theo will get that done.
"Give Montgomery a chance"-Brewers fans
Would love to see where I said/implied that.
Honest question for all Cubs fans who think Arietta has never taken PEDs. Beyond any players who have failed a drug test and been suspended by the MLB already, over/under 0.5 players currently in the Cubs organization that have taken PEDs. What are you taking?
Every Cubs starter lost 1-3 MPH on his fastball this season. Hmm...
Maybe if it was 1 of their 5 starters. All 5? Hmm...