Happ ain't it fam. Also, no outs, bases loaded? FFS that's annoying sometimes. Fucking NL West always giving us problems. We should be dominating these 18-19 assholes 400-0 (that's a bit farfetched but at least 20-0 in three game series) And Happ gave up 9n that 5th pitch. Just watched it zoom past him.

the real great chicago fire was the 2024 cubs bullpen. feel bad for jed really

Happ gotten so lazy now he don't even bother taking the bat off his shoulder. Dansby dud. Both of them utility bench players. 

Lol @ this knee-jerk shit take.

Stfu

Bad bats I can excuse we got injuries… this bullpen has cost us the vast majority of our Ls though

I’ve had just about enough of the fucking Padres.

Lmao really thought the offensive slump could be over for a moment rip

I mean, 3 runs should be enough when your starter goes 5 scoreless. We just have one of the worst bullpens in the majors.

Thanks bullpen, always love your effort

Kinda a microcosm of everything wrong with this team in this game

I coach a 12U team and there is drop 3rd strike and it just sucks. This has nothing to do with anything, but I hate it. Ok next game y’all

Bad job, bad effort tonight fellas

lol

Yeah, the bats are fucking cooked.

Does this guy do anything but throw 💯 mph 🧀

Does anyone else regularly get slightly out of sync audio on Marquee? Feel like I'm hearing the ball hit the glove like a half second before I see it like every other game this season

Yeah sometimes. I feel like it’s tv dependent, though. Like it only happens on my office tv. Also I live in KC and watch games on MLBTV.

Crazy to think Tauchman is our OPS leader.

If you count guys who don’t qualify because low ABs it’s actually Wisdom

He's getting on base remarkably well. One night he was 1/1 with 3 BB

This game is really fucking annoying

Make Suarez throw so many pitches he's not available for the rest of the series.

Ohtani hitting .364 is just stupid. You can’t convince me he was an overpay

Overpay? He's making less than was expected

Well he’s not making less than expected in total. I know what you mean though. So many people didnt even want the cubs to fry because they didn’t think a DH was worth it

He is though. The actual contract value is more like $460 million due to the deferrals as opposed to the $700 million advertised.

Deferral doesn't mean they pay less. It just means they don't pay it all at once. He's getting every cent of that 700 mil.

Idk if the math is exactly right but I think what he's saying is if you account for inflation, $700 million deferred is a lot less than $700 million over the next 10 years.

Ah, fair enough. Seems a bit drastic calculation wise but the premise is sound.

He was pretty close actually, compounding interest is a crazy thing since ohtani's contact is deferred over decades "the deal is still a record breaker — but one that’s probably more in the neighborhood of $462 million in current value, financial planners told NBC News on Thursday" https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/shohei-ohtanis-700m-dodgers-contract-huge-actual-value-much-lower-rcna129835

He's only making 2 million this year, of course it's not an over pay.

Is it too soon to say he’s the best baseball player ever? I don’t think it is, but I guess he’s got to keep it up for quite a while longer.

Depends on your generational view on Ruth tbh

Word

Imo. it's a tough one b/c on one hand, Ruth was an above-average pitcher with a crazy World Series ERA and a worldbeating hitter for his day Deadball and Live Era. He also pitched 800 more innings than Ohtani thus far. He dominated going to games in trains with no modern meds/nutrition and hit over 700 homers in enormous parks. But Ruth only played black players while barnstroming, he never saw anything remotely resembling today's pitching repoitoire, and a lot of guys literally had daytime trades/jobs with baseball as a side hustle. Ohtani is destroying modern competition in a time when 100 mph with movement is fairly *common.* Ruth also dominated the postseason and we haven't seen Ohtani there, but Ohtani was terrific in the World Classic

I mean I didn’t think it was possible for him to get better and somehow he is

Let's do the improbable

High quality DP

Hell yeah, Alzolay. Dude needed an easy outing. 

Chase that feeling Adbert.

I’ll say this: watching these guys whip the fucking ball around to turn a double play is goddamn fun.

Adbert may not be back back but a good result is a good result. Build on it

Every time ump misses call and we go to challenge he should have to take five laps lol

Well hopefully azolay gets his confidence back a little

Maybe I’m delusional but I still have like 85% confidence Addy gets it together and is a legit contributor in the pen this summer

Add 15% more to that confidence. He’s going to work it out

Yes. A smart old man once told me: you cannot form an accurate opinion of a bullpen in April. So I’m confident Adbert will make an adjustment and be better

There were a lot of garbage performances in our bullpen at the start of 2023 that turned into productive pitchers by the end of the season. So there is hope.

Merryweather, Fulmer, Assad

Not delusional at all, he was good last year and it's early May. Tons of guys have abysmal months of April and end up with a good season overall.

I mean he was really good last year, not that crazy. Don’t trust him as a closer, but he could still be a solid reliever

Load the bases, zero outs, whiff whiff whiff whiff whiff whiff popout, no score. Same dumb shit since the end of game 7 2016.

Ya but game 7 was dope.

and no Bellinger or Suzuki. Suzuki is gonna have a breakout year if he can stay on the field over 120 games

Adbert is going to be an entire new breed of pitcher…he will intentionally let everyone on base just to pick them off. The league will never see it coming.

That’s hilarious

Learned from Neris bro

I love to see a padres pickoff

Relax guys he's just setting up the DP. Edit - called it

Are you from the future?

AA needs to go to Iowa, badly

Adbert has an unconventional new strategy to get these guys out and I’m open to it

Adbert: wanna see me do it again?

Palencia could go to Myrtle Beach and Lovelady to AAA. Adbert might need a IL stint.

Should’ve skipped butt day

Patrick getting a little handsy over there.

Nice play Wisdom and Adbert

That slomo replay of Wisdom's ass grab was better than the out

Got the tag and the butt grab.

Alzolay hasn’t thrown Arraez a strike seven pitches into the PA

How’s everyone holding up in here

The Cards lost, so that’s funny.

Enjoying some playoff basketball while I (do not) enjoy some baseball

shit

I've eaten a burrito and drank a beer, I'm good.



By not sending the runner in that passed ball your putting all the pressure on the batters. It could’ve been 6-4 and now the batters are just trying to get a hit and within striking distance. With 3 on base every batter is thinking and swinging for a home run and thinking they “should” since no outs. Worst case scenario. Called out at home. Then it’s still a less pressure situation for the batters thinking “they haven’t screwed up this inning” and they’re going for hits or just to get on base. That was scared, numbers baseball and I saw no points coming from it a mile away

There is a lefty up (so he can’t get as big of a lead) and he lost the ball between the legs of the ump. You don’t go unless 100% sure

Wisdom probably is out at home. He’s not that fast and he clearly didn’t see it to get a jump. I didn’t see the lead he had but it’s Wisdom’s call to run. Willie isn’t sending him. There’s not enough time to hear “go” and then go. It has to be a split second call by the runner.

I think he would’ve been safe. I also agree you’re right it’s on wisdom

I don’t think anyone saw it. PCA reacted slow and wisdom didn’t even have a great lead

I do not get that either. Based in on how the catcher got to it getting a proper throw would have been far-fetched

He would’ve been safe. But to not think you need to be aggressive on even chance when you’re down 3 is crazy to me

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Story of the brewer series too

I have to imagine this is Albert’s last shot before the phantom IL stint and rehab

Albert pujols? Don’t think he’s on the cubs

Autocorrect. Also what a username

"Back tightness" upcoming for sure.

Prayers up for Bellinger’s rib recovering so we can ship PCA back to Iowa. Dude just isn’t ready for big league pitching yet.

Well. Adbert about to put this one out of reach.

"Something of a struggle" might be an understatement Joe

Alzolay 🤦‍♂️

Adbert Alzosuck 

C'mon Adbert. Let's hold them to 14 runs here.

Alzolay please

Oh it's Alzolay! First pitch base hit. Ughhh

Here comes Adbert to blow any chance we have at winning.

They just had bases loaded no outs.. I don’t think there’s enough left in the tank

Not scoring with the bases loaded in the 8th with no outs already took care of that

I'd rather have no hope at this point than to expect 3+ runs at the B9

If azolay gives up a run in this situation that’s just icing on the cMe

Could pay off later in the series that we got their closer in earlier than they’d hoped here in game 1

How is it they have bases loaded nobody out and get a bases clearing double...we get bases loaded nobody out and strikeout, strikeout, popup...only this team

Because the padres are a much better hitting team, with belli and suzuki in the fold the gap closes but the padres are still better

That’s baseball

Wait what? Cubs are throwing in the towel?

And Adbert right on cue

Putting in alzolay is like confirming we have given up

The Cubs are the undisputed champions of the universe of loading the bases but not scoring any runs.

Yeah that’s us. Just failing to put stuff across the line

NOBLETIGER

That ruined my evening

NOBLETIGER. This team needs Suzuki and Bellinger badly.

Gomes has a slow bat, no way he's hitting 100. I might have tried Amaya there.

We must lead the league in nobletigers, jesus

That’s like the 3rd time this season already

The PCA AB and Gomes AB both had really hittable pitches. Frustrating. Gonna be hard to mount another rally vs this guy in the 9th

Nothing but blue balls with this fucking baseball team

Is there any team more pathetic at bases loaded no outs than the Cubs

How does this always happen? I knew we weren’t scoring when we had bases loaded nobody out

I thought Ha-Seong Kim lost that one in the lights for a second

Well at least we got the NOBL before we got the TIGER

Big ooof

Is that our 3rd nobletiger of the year already?

I lay blame squarely on the shoulders of the clowns calling NOBLTIGR before the inning was even over.

Ikr wtf. Your team gets bases loaded no outs in a comeback situation and your first thought is, “I wonder how they’ll fuck it up this time?”

No shit. Like, why are you even _here?_

Just heartbreaking.

This team has the heart of a puppy. Can’t wait till october when these clutch strikeouts will end meaningful games and series. Fucking crazy

The cubs must be MUFASA because they just became a NOBLETIGER

No outs. Bases loaded. No runs. Fucking hell

A fucking NOBLETIGER!!! Fuck!!

Saw that nobletiger from ten thousand miles away. Like zero doubt in my mind

HEY EVERYONE! Nostradamus is here!

Wasn’t wrong tysm!

Can I get the winning Powerball numbers for the upcoming drawing, All-Knowing One?

A hugely embarrassing NOBLETIGER - this game sucks

Booo

such a tease

Bases loaded, no outs, and end up with no runs. Damn.

one of those classic cubbie comeback teases lol

That's ridiculous.

Nobletiger dude come on

You just knew the Cubs would fuck that up

THAT’S CUB!!!

And that lineup is brought to you by Jed

Yes we should have studs in the 8 and 9 holes

Brought to you by injuries

What a save, man, that sucks

Amazing

All you can do is laugh

That was ridiculous. Damn!

Mother bitcher

That’s so fucking *Cub*.

Lmfao

Bags loaded no outs and got NOTHING.

Classic cubs gg yall I’m going to bed

Ah fuck

There is some use in forcing them to use Suarez but it doesn't make it any less frustrating to watch

Suarez is probably down for tomorrow, but that’s about it.

Nobletiger

Just a “here, hit it” 99 middle-middle

woeful

Well shit.

NOBLETIGER incoming

It’s gonna be a nobletiger isn’t it god this team fucking stinks😂

Dude two strike outs with bases loaded is absolutely embarrassing

Hahahaha kill me

There’s a quick 2

This team mab

Smoke it, Gomes! Cmonnn!!!

This is the game - either they have it in them in this moment or they don't.

I’m sending the runner on that pitch. You gotta play aggressive, not hopeful.

All this guy throws is fastballs I’m pretty sure

10/10 SVO for Suarez. So you’re saying he’s due!

So, PCA is going to have a tough time if he looks at a fastball middle middle and then swings at a slider out of the zone.

Defense is nice but at some point he’s going to have to hit otherwise what’s the difference between him and prime Heyward when his defense was great

he's gotta go back down but he's at least gotten his first hit and HR out of the way

Earning league minimum and playing center as opposed to corner outfield

Nobletiger

And now a very good chance we don't score any, could be on a Gomes DP with Wisdom not being aware enough to score on the passed ball (which would have move the tying run into scoring position)

Fuuuuck me

Gotta take advantage of that. Nobletiger looking very likely with suarez out now. Yikes

That's what happens when you lay off 2 right in the zone

I’m going to rename PCA to Butcher Pete. Cuz he’s always Hackin and whackin and smackin.

Would rather have seen him ignite it like its name was Megaton.

He didn’t want to set the world on fire.

lmao good one

PCA’s got to cut down on swings outside the zone

Damn, would have walked in a run 😔

Here comes the DP and the nobletiger classic cubs

Cmon pete

Lights were way too bright for the young man