Chicago Cubs vs. Philadelphia Phillies Game Thread

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Cusb time!

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start time update

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Can we please not get swept again?

GO CUBS!

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>tfw intelligent to have bullpen stability

if this was in philly we'd have played by now. they say it's just a light mist in shitcago

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Update: 8:30 start

>>75650384
>too intelligent to have starting pitching stability
Which one is less shitty

VV has gotten better with every start so i'm hopeful

>>75650855

Starting pitching is pretty good. It's the bullpen (especially in the 9th) that shits the bed.

>>75651055
The starting pitching comment was in reference to the cubes and their love for giving up 5+ runs

>>75651055
Yeah everyone's been solid to good so far, Nola is injured so I won't count his slow start and Velasquez has just walked too many batters.

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>>75651554
Velasquez in his first 2 starts had a lot of strikeouts, but at bats took forever. In his last 2 starts he he didn't have a lot of strikeouts but at bats were shorter and he was generating good contact. I think he's learned that it doesn't have to be on his shoulders. He doesn't have to throw every single pitch like it's his last.

good news from the weekend series against the sox is we wont see uehara or strop since joe decided he didnt want to win last nights game.

>>75651612
Yeah I think he broke the philly record for strikeouts in a certain amount of inning his first start? His stuff is definitely filthy, it's just a matter of form/location

It's not fucking raining!

Google earthcam Wrigley field. I'd post the link but the spam detector bot is being retarded.

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Man the social media guy is going all out this year lol

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You know, I wonder what the Phillies would do if they decided to make new uniforms for the new generation. I'd like for them to try at least one thing unique without going full Dbacks if they did. Though even they did something right with the dark grey roads. Phillies could go back to the powder blue roads

>>75651749
How about a nice game of chess?

They shoulda started earlier. This was a retarded delay

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Go Cusb!

Someone's gonna slippy

ALTHERRRRRR

what a surprise the cubs are losing in the 1st inning again. Our starting pitching is beyond shit this year. No one looks like their former selves.

>>75652096
its been bad, but lester & arrieta & hendricks should all still have relatively good seasons

anderson was never good
lackey is a walking corpse on his last gasp

prediction time:

will anderson be in the cusb rotation at the end of the year?

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TOMMY JOSEPH

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This is why I watch cubs games

TOJO HOLY SHIT

was ready to give up on him if he had another shit at-bat

>>75652244
t. buttmad whos fan

We honestly need more rainy or snowy games. It would be incredibly baseball

cubes starters have given up 32 first inning runs - the most in MLB

#firebosio

>>75652209
He will, probably. Who takes his place? Montgomery?

>mr. anderson

gg phils although it wouldnt surprise me if the cubs some how figure out how to win this game

>>75652209
yes, anderson will get DFA

The bats are so unpredictable I have no clue what to think.

>>75652347
>Cubs gave up the most 1st Inning Runs
>Phillies gave up the most 9th inning runs
It's like pottery

>>75652347
Bosio is widely regarded as one of the best pitching coaches in baseball why would they get rid of him because of one bad month

>>75652361
that would be one option

call a guy up from desmoines is option 2

trade for a guy midseason is option 3

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>92
what the fug

How many more innings until Chicago starts scoring? I say two.

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>>75652393

This. You're still in it, Cubs.

>>75652405
because he's consistently not got his rotation ready to start games

>$100 to food pantry for leadoff home run

That's the cheapest, stingiest grab for attention by a sponsor in television history. The announcement probable cost them ten grand.

feelin a CGSO lads. it's like that Padres game from last year

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>Comcast showing RBI stats

how the fuck do we fix kyle and baez?

Kyle isnt making good contact and basically anyone on earth can strike out baez with a low and away pitch.

>>75652433
Wind's blowing out.

>>75652433
Just wait until the 9th. You'll hit as many consecutive homeruns needed to tie it

Take the risk, pete. Let him swing over Bryant's head

>>75652551
desmoines

happ could use a call up to let him get a taste of the show while baez works on not swinging at shit in the dirt

schwarber too - Almora/jay/heyward/zobrist will work for awhile

>Dallas Green
He built that 84 team that should have gone all the way.

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WHO ARE THESE MEN AND WHAT DID THEY DO WITH THE PHILLIES

holy shit is anderson terrible

>>75652746
They were just concealing their powerlevels.

We still need more runs

I feel like I trust this team more in shit weather

Jesus Christ. If Swedebro tunes in he'll have an enrichment attack.

>>75652746
>>75652746
nothing brett anderson is on the mound. Enjoy the win

>>75652798
stop being a cunt. last start he was fantastic

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If Franco hits a dinger here it's not just the meme water falling from god's house

>>75652813
last start he walked 6 and gave up 5 hits in 6ip

that's hardly fantastic

>>75652813
did brett actually fool you into thinking he was going to sustain that? He could barely pitch to kids in spring training trying to make a team. Shit man even a blind squirrel can find a nut sometimes

anderson has pitched 5 games for the cubes

1-good
2-good
3-awful
4-okay
5-really awful (tonight)

>>75652947
He only needs to be okay, he's the bottom of the order guy

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>it's now 7-0

WHERE THE FUCK WAS THIS OFFENSE DURING THE DOYERS SERIES REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>Cubs losing
>Spurs losing
And I just realized I forgot to take out the trash, what a shit night.

>>75652995
he's trending the wrong way

even in his good starts he couldnt get 6ip

you cannot keep a 6+era guy on the staff if you want to be in the postseason

>>75653005
its anderson you fucktard

Fuck you niggas. Don't act like the Cubs aren't fully capable of coming back from this. Don't even fucking @ me.

Velasquez has a sinker, right?

>>75653099
No, it's a changeup that looks like a sinker

>literal tripFag appearance

could this game be any worse?

>>75653096

Who's the most loyal cubs fan here and why is it Venezuelanbro?

>>75653096
Hey buddy you been kissing any men for some booze? Got any tips besides whoring yourself to get free beer?

>>75653206
>ecubro?

>>75653206
I have prior, fukudome, and Baez jerseys

Does that count as loyal

>>75653229
Same 3rd world shithole

>>75653206
>Venezuela
They don't even have internetz m8. Or computers. Or electricity.

>>75653332
Bestzuela

>>75653332
>its a bernie sanders socialist utopia episode

This inning taking forever. Just lay down and take the VV dick cusb

>>75653206
I watch every fucking game, despite the memes the fags perpetuate. The only reason I don't post in the threads is because I watch the games with my step son. He's in bad now tho lmao

You'll get them next time Contreras.

>>75652813
brett is dog shit and I hope you find out fast before it is too late
t.a fan

>>75653541
>your wife's son

go back to the general faggot

Why don't all the players wear cage/extended faceplate on helmets if its such an issue?

How's lester been this year so far cubesfags

>>75653604
>hurr durr muh wife's son lmao XD
Lmao where did I say that, fag? He's my step son. Stop projecting cuck memes onto me now. Please just watch the game and quit bothering me.

>>75653675
not up to his standards
but generally above average

We might actually get more hits than the Nats game

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>why doesn't everybody just drive the speed limit?

How low does your BA have to get before you get sent back to minors?

>>75653718
There's no set BA dumbass. Everyone know OBP is better anyways, but you probably don't understand Jamesian theory tho

>>75653718
.200 is usually the cut-off line. Depends what you're doing. Franco is hitting .216 but he's hitting for power and generally doing his job. He's not in danger

>>75653789
Bro I need some advice on getting free beer, can you help me out?

>>75653817
Steal beer from a convienince store idk

Baez finna hit a bomb lmao

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>>75653817
Offer underage people to buy them beer than call the cops on them

>mo in MY cubbies thread
Fuck this

When tf is Kruk coming back. Better be around next homestand

>>75653885
Got any personal anecdotes you could use to enlighten me?

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>>75654282
Mouthwash is actually just as good as liquor but it has an additive for the taste so go to local hotels and look through the garbage

>>75654249
he's a big guy

This thread is shit

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>>75654518
this is a no bully zone

>fluke rings
time to put an asterisk next to 2016

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>>75654518
Cubbies bandwagoners got BTFO in the first 30 seconds

What did you expect?

>>75654591
>>75654518
thread was fine until the tripFaggot showed up

WTF ALTHERR

madman

nice snag

>>75654712
thanks you too

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>>75654732
Tommy Joseph gets in his motorized wheelchair and tries to chase down that foul ball

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>>75654710
I haven't showered or shaved since Thursdays game and the draft

If the Phils don't blow this lead I'll wait another week to again

VV you absolute dog

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>Phils still throwing a 1 hit shutout

JUST

Listening to game on radio for first time today.

So far the commentating is much better than on TV.

The only thing I miss is lack of commercials on MLB streams.

>>75654876
>filthadelphia

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>>75654888
nice trips

>>75654917
Going to the Iron Pigs tomorrow night so maybe I'll put on some knockoff AXE body spray to mask my musk

>>75654618
As long as that faggot doesn't post the threads are tolerable. As soon as he shows up the quality sinks like the titanic

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odds that the cubs come back?

>>75655090
Last digit of your post.

there goes the shutout

>throwing a pitch in the strikezone to Baez
why would you do this?
he swings at balls a foot off the plate

>>75655090
Given the Phils have blown more leads than mo'Lester has crackheads I'd say 50/50

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>>75655126
>Ecuadorians bullying Cubs fans

just end me senpai

>4 innings of phillie bullpen

hold me brehs

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>>75655266

It's official now

Start the shenanigans

>>75655266
when will neshek become closer and then give up a billion runs

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>>75655301
soon

>>75655301
Who the fuck won't give up a billion runs? Benoit might be the best bet

>>75655199
He is a Cubs fan you fool

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>>75655325
I dunno man

I JUST don't know

Ah, time for good ol Grim Reaper. Still like him more than Strop or Koji.

Tell me about Grimm, what's his deal?

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>>75655345
Phils fan

Marking his territory

>>75655378
garbagetime clanup

consistently chokes under pressure

>>75655413
GODDAMNIT COMCAST

My TV signal has been all screwed up since I got this new TV yesterday

Now they are gonna tell me I need to come down to their smelly headquarters and get a new box

>>75655461
I'll send a technician out.

He'll be there sometime between 7am and 8pm next Wednesday.

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>>75655266

>>75655499
hey it's mr skeltal

>>75655498
Also he is going to tell you about our stellar home security options once he scopes out your place so he can rob you next week

Any chance the rain saves us on this one?

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>he doesn't like le arguing batflip man

Why do you hate fun, anon?

>>75655612
Saunders you madman

DINGERS!!!!!!!!!!!

SAUNDGOD

>grimm

he still sucks

>>75655651
>bat flipping on a flyout
never change odoobie

FREDDY GOATVIS

Wow freddy!

is it safe yet?

THE STREAK CONTINUES

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>>75655729

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Freeman who?

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Make it stop.

it starts...

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>>75655864
Hey if the Cubbies World Series rings were made of spare ribs would you eat um?

I know I would

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maddon memes errywhere

>3 catchers in the game

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>>75656084
>>75656084
HEY

If the catcher was called a dropper would he be able to travel to Mars?

An 8-run lead should be safe enough, r-right?

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>>75656084
How many hits does it take to give up 9 runs?

>>75655796
My God

It's Habbening@

>>75656360
0

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>>75656084
Cubbies try and stop a "Let's the Phillies" chant

not enough people in the stadium

>>75656433
>"Let's the Phillies"

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>>75656423
gg cubbies

see ya next one

>>75656441
Yeeeeah boy

GG Cubs, see you tomorrow

gg lads

see ya tomorrow, i'm sure we'll be facing a much better starter

gg fils

this shitshow is finally over

>the corpse of Brett Anderson

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>>75656486
see ya tomorrow

the rings looked sweet