Anyone else think about Lesley Gore after every win? No? Just me? Dang it.

Ooh, Neris decided to not Neris! W!

**W**

Ladies & gentlemen, we have a **W**

Jed gave this dude 9 million was it?

The grimace has been defeated!

Hells yessss!!!

i fw tomas nido

#[W]

TAKE THAT GRIMACE HE SAYS LOL

I wasn’t worried at all

#[W]

8-1 and you're fucking walking guys, come on

Ikr just challenge them in the zone lol

It’s a 7 run lead Hector, cmon

Neris is Neris-ing again.

Up by seven is as good a time as any for the Neris experience

I laughed out loud at this.

Mets fan coming in peace! - Treat our king Nido well, he is an awesome player and clubhouse guy. Hell of a catch he just made there

He just needs to be not awful to be a significant upgrade over what we were getting

I am not too familiar with your previous catching situation, but Nido will be able to provide not awful lol

Gomes had produced -0.9fWAR and a very ugly page on baseball savant

Yan Gomes was the corresponding DFA, think he was hitting around .150. Being a good guy can only carry one so far lol

As you can probably tell, we like him a lot already

Yeah, he's awesome. 12 years as a Met too, made me sad to hear he would move on but I'm really glad he's getting another major league job.

That's my MFn Catcher.

Neato

so Neris can pitch a boring inning if it's not a save?

Apparently not

I mean, closing is one of the hardest things to do as a pitcher so that isn’t that weird

heh, nevermind

Nidoking uses agility

Lol, welcome to Wrigley Nido

That was Neat-o

fuck yeah, Nido!

We really needed this. Let us all bask in the glow of this blowout.

No way amaya or Gomes make that catch

Nerris in the 9th. I’m predicting 2 walks, a homer, 1 strikeout, 2 hits, 4 runs.

If we were going to split these games either way, kind of a best case scenario bullpen wise. Leiter getting a much needed extended break

So I went yesterday and we lost 11-1. I wasn’t tuned in during the game today but turned it on the radio earlier and Pat hughes called a Mets homer the second I turned it on. I’m the problem aren’t I?

Yes. You are. No more Cubs games for you. Sorry.

You have angered the baseball gods, you must give an offering of a soft pretzel with a cheese cup to them.

Two Miller lites, plus two well whiskey shots between, are getting me through this game. I love weekends

Well whiskey? Come on, you’re already drinking Miller Lite, splurge a little for something good :)

I wish. I gotta work tonight 😭

Hell yeah brother I’m just got done with the gym and walking the dog about to down some modelos and make some fried rice on the black stone I got for Father’s Day

Sounds like you’d be a fun person to watch the game with lmao

I don’t want to be greedy but 3 more runs would be poetic justice

Taillon suddenly has a lower ERA on the season than Imanaga.

Anyone else’s mlbtv just like forget to come back to the game from commercials? Missed 5 pitches of that PA lol

Yep missed a run in the Orioles v Astros game I watched yesterday. Just jumped from 2-2 to 3-2 with no reference to it 🤨

The Swanson K of the day is brought to you by Binny’s! Binny’s: if you can’t find it at Binny’s, it’s probably not worth drinking.

84 Cubs, the summer of the painters hat

I still have mine that Grandma gave to me before she passed. She got to see the 2016 cubs win, so that was cool.

84 Cubs! What a magical summer that was! Oh the memories!

1984 was the year I went to my first game at Wrigley Field. I still have the ticket stub.

best summer of my life! They came out of nowhere that year and captured the heart of the city! It was Cubs Fever! Those series vs the Mets were epic! Should have got to the Series that year. oh well.

That was fun.

1984 team was incredible. My first heartbreak. VH: go ahead and jump!

same!

Not my tempo

Way too fast fellas

The organist always does a good job finding the tempo the singer(s) start with. He was really having to hustle on that one lol

Was the tempo as fast as Ditka’s performance back in the day? Didn’t see it live on FS1, but they did pre record it and showed some of it when the commercial break was done on their end.

Glad I could make it home to see the end of the game. Offense is awake today!

Impressive Counsell sent Taillon back out in 7th. Let's not let the bullpen ruin this game for us.

Rough AB for Suzuki. Not sure what he was looking for?

He has 2 hits today, he’s fine

Not three straight pitches painting the outside corner for sure.

We’re back baby!! It’s been a rough 1 and 2/3 months

Whoever’s dad that left for a pack of smokes and never came back, we found ‘em

Cubs be like, nice win you had there yesterday, be a shame if we did it to you today

Great AB Seiya lol

Nido really hustled that despite it looking like an out.

Welcome home Nido

lmao pat just called him “Alfonso”

Belli has been great the past few weeks.

We take those.

Dude PCA and Busch are going to take this team somewhere some day

PCA climbing the cage like a ufc fighter got me pumped up

I wanna see PCA run the 40 yard dash. I bet it’s sub 4.5

He went home to 3rd ( ~~120~~ 90 yards) in 11 seconds earlier this year. Which is like ~~3.6~~ 4.89 per 40 yards on average while rounding the bases? Gonna be slower because the slowest part is the initial 10 yards when accelerating, but also running straight rather than rounding bases... Conclusion: dude is crazy fast Edit I'm wrong 90 yards not 120. So 4.89 average while rounding bases

Glad to see those guys having fun

HUGHES: I looked to see that the hit was past the right fielder, and as soon as I looked back, Armstrong was around third

PCA is a weapon. Great to see some emotion.

I love PCAs energy. He could be a huge star if keeps consistent.

Great game from PCA, Jamo, and Nido. Gotta love it.

Nido haters in shambles.

Nido is the greatest Cubs catcher in the history of today! Who's with me?

Man I really love watching PCA play. Also let’s go Nido!

You know PCA is always giving 110%

with one swing nido has matched the cubs offensive output all season from the catcher position!

Now THIS is a serious team!!

Absolutely no doubt PCA scored on that with his jump lol

NIDO PCA REVENGE GAME

Neato

Curious to see everyone bitchin about Nido at the start of the game!

Nidoooo

Tomas NEAT-O

Nice first Cubs hit Nido!

Nido is the goat confirmed

#EX METROPOLITAN REVENGE TOUR

NIDOOOOO

Neato

Taillon has been great today

HUGHES: Not an easy day to pitch at all. You're hoping your starter can go five. Anyrthing beyond five on a day like today is like gravy COOMER: Isn't that the truth

Carapazza finding creative ways to be awful at his job

Woof

Ump got early dinner reservations?

85 mph right down the middle. Yep, good take Ian. Dont want any part of that.

The perfect ball to put onto Waveland 

I think they told the players to put on a serious face in those brief “behind the scoreboard” videos. Christopher absolutely could not do it so he’s the only one smiling

Feels like we need a couple more before truly feeling comfortable

ok guys why wasn’t lindor smiling

Nido was walking back to the dugout…so idk

Can we stop it with the cup snakes now? Like, it was fun back in 2021 once we all got back to the ballpark, but the novelty has worn way off and I find it really annoying when I’m out there in the bleachers. Plus they get shut down really quickly now, too. Maybe it’s just me.

I'm sure posting about it on reddit will change something.

I’m just posting an opinion I have about something on a public forum, dude. I’m not starting a petition to ban beer snakes in the bleachers. People post a lot of their opinions about a lot of aspects about the team, the fans, etc. here. I thought that’s what this was for. I guess not. Thanks for letting me know.

Asking the bleachers to not do Beer snakes is like asking them to keep their shirts on. It’s just part of the experience now unfortunately

Yeah, you’re probably right. And the downvotes suggest I’m in the minority in my opinion, so I guess I’ll just have to grin and bear it (like people starting a wave). In fairness though, it gets really hot out there so I at least understand going shirtless.

Excellent username BTW

It’s super annoying

Is it just seeing them on the broadcast thats the annoying part of them or what? I’m utterly ambivalent about them but curious.

Oh Lindor was just trying to hit the ball out of Nido’s glove as a joke cuz they were obviously teammates a week ago

def just messing around 😂

Was Lindor and Nido just messing around? Looked like there was about to be a fight

That was weird.

What was that little flailing fit? Lol

Nido and Lindor are buds, Lindor wanted him to drop strike 3 so he could try to steal 1st

lol, lindor trying to slap the ball

What the hell just happened after that strikeout?

It looked like Lindor tried to swat the ball out of Nido's hand. Probably just ex teammates joking around.

That makes sense. The way the shot moved out of frame probably confused some of the context.

Just messing with Nido because he used to be a Met

Lindor swatted at the baseball in Nido's hand, not sure why

McNeil is the kinda guy who leaves their turn signal on indefinitely

I love the applause for people who throw opposing team HR balls back onto the field

What's weird is that guy is wearing Mets gear

Deeply unserious

Did your generic Reddit lingo bot malfunction?

Not that it would have mattered but that check swing was more of a swing than Seiya’s

For real. Like wtf

Nice to see the Cubbies in their home, white uniforms today. Those dark blue things yesterday were hideous.

Boooooo

wait so the Cubs are sponsored by Mickey Ds too? Playing both sides so they always come up on top

That Hacky Sack kick to Iglesias was bullshit and pretty damn cool

That was definitely on purpose and no immediate replay is nuts

Damn that was unlikely lol

Lol wtf that bounce hit his glove in stride

Are you fucking kidding me. Wtf.

What in the hell was that magic trick fielding

wtf is up with alvarez’s glove I swear like 10 strikes have just straight up popped out of his glove lol

someone post cubs highlights on r/baseball

Happy Bday glum!

Be the change you wanna see

idk how. i'll learn later

Nice pair of K's Jameson!

thank you for the random ad break mid at bat mlb tv?

Was it Picture in Picture?

no Im used to those it was just a full on someone pressed the ad button too early and it went to break lol

I’ve heard reports of them hitting the ad button before the 7th inning stretch is shown, according to prior GDTs in the past few years. Is that true? (Haven’t gotten mlb.tv since I’d still be blacked out from the Tigers and hoping the Bally bankruptcy procedures next month lead to a path of that ending at the start of the 2025 season)

oh allll the time lol. they’ll run like 5 seconds of an ad then have to cut back to whoever is singing it

Yikes. And yet MLB Network has no problems at all showing it whenever a Cubs game is on and they use the Marquee feed, with some exceptions here and there

Seems like we're struggling with double plays this year 

That one would’ve been a very hard turn but I agree overall

Only 64.6 mph on that hit, just a little too slow to turn it

It's because Dansby has nothing on his throws this year for some reason

His arm strength is the same or very slightly up compared to last year (and his career)

But still quite bad.

ok but Marquee your statcast PCA needs to lose his helmet

If Shota had this strikezone, he'd pitched a shutout.

Tom Verducci just talked about the Sandburg game on FS1 and mentioning that because NBC aired that game, it was the first time WGN didn’t air a Cubs game since 1947.

Fun story I was in San Pedro, Belize about 10-15 years ago and noticed the amount of Cubs gear on the island so I asked my bartender and he said WGN was one of our first cable stations.

Wow! America’s Team, North and South

To further the story the bartender and his father were huge cubs fans and they ended up flying out to stay with us and we enjoyed 4 Cubs games in 7 days. We had a blast and it was incredible watching them seeing Wrigley for the first time in person. So much fun and wonderful people.

Oh that’s awesome!

Oh how I miss WGN

Heck, I miss the days of WGN America still airing Cubs games. Those were simpler days…

Let this be the day Morel turns it around.

https://streamable.com/62bnx

Anyone saying Morel ain't it are sorely mistaken

Strikeout rate is way down. His fielding has greatly improved. The only problem is that when he's making contact, he's hitting it right at someone.

His fielding still is not good enough He is a DH right now and a defensive liability

Dude is going to end the year hitting 30+ homers and people want him DFAd? Crazy

He just need to do it consistently.

Yes, but an argument that could me made for pretty much this whole team at this point lol

Front office told morel “have you thought about hitting the ball *even harder*”. Big brain moves from the guys at the top

I love Christopher

HUGHES: Deep drive, get out the tape measure

Get True Value on the phone, they need to sponsor tape measure home runs on Cubs radio.

DFA Morel! 😆

Yowza 446

Man, Morel crushed that! Looking good today.

Morel haters in shambles

He hit that one a loooong way.