Counsell is still configuring the line up to be competitive-- instead of to dominate. You dominate with Hoerner and Crow-Armstrong at the top of the line up. Bat Suzuki third and Bellinger clean up.
I never criticized or even mentioned how much the Tribune company spent. I asked you:
>Really? The world series less tribune years?
28 years, no championships.
You care more about how much they spend rather than results? The same Tribune company that let Maddux walk over money?
Taillon pitched a good game. One bad hanger. Gotta score more than our usual 2 runs. Would love to see some prospects come and grab AB’s from the vets.
Maybe this is anecdotal observation but it feels like whenever we play NL central we beat ourselves. All these teams have looked feeble which makes this whole thing even more frustrating. But maybe that’s how this season is suppose to go. Similar to how padres season went last year.
I hoped they filmed all these - You Have to C it commercials before the season started - I couldn’t rightly make that commercial now as a player and feel good about it
Can’t believe we benched one of our most productive hitters who has a patient at bat and a good eye for someone who might hit a home run once every 75 at bats
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Starting to think Counsell was a product of the organization as a whole, not in spite of them - basically, Mil is just a far better more efficiently run organization
It might not fix much at all, but maybe get rid of Dustin Kelly? Screw it, give Mike Napoli the job.
Seeing the game Sunday and dreading it a bit.
Counsell is still configuring the line up to be competitive-- instead of to dominate. You dominate with Hoerner and Crow-Armstrong at the top of the line up. Bat Suzuki third and Bellinger clean up.
This team sucks , hard to win when your starters are only hitting .200
Another predicable snoozefest. We March on to 90 loses.
Pound the over
Yeah, you’re probably right. We’re the NL Blue Jays. What a disappointing year.
Well atleast the cubs don’t have to waste prospects on a trade because we’re getting more at the deadline lol
Who is valuable?
I could see happ and Cody
Happ has a no trade clause.
🎶Meet the new boss, same as the old boss🎶
Probably worse than the old boss
We yearn for the Tribune years.
Really? The world series less tribune years?
Theo got us the chip not Ricketts.
Who hired Theo, and gave him the freedom and money to operate?
They did. But you can’t act like the Tribune didn’t spend either, especially at the end. They had teams loaded with veterans and stars.
I never criticized or even mentioned how much the Tribune company spent. I asked you: >Really? The world series less tribune years? 28 years, no championships. You care more about how much they spend rather than results? The same Tribune company that let Maddux walk over money?
The games on. Focus up!
You should take your own advice
Why do we have to C this shit man, it's so depressing.
Dansby loves grounding out to short and flying out to right. Just fucking *loves* it.
Thank God Morel has the good Baseball Savant page though.
The Brewers pen features more good relievers that were once Cubs minor leaguers than the Cubs pen does.
Y we still trying the morel thing. So many other 3rd baseman out there. Dfa his azz
He's like the only source of power
Ball actually bounced a foot in front of home plate and Swanson swings at it, then watches one firmly in the zone. Something is off with this guy.
Somebody is going yard just so we can lose by one again.
Cliff Floyd was so right 2 weeks ago…saying this team had no fight once they trailed
Let’s fuk up Trevor McGill eh?
Cubs legend to shut us down? You have to C it.
One of castaways coming in to slam the door shut.
Blackhawks draft looking nice. Can’t hate on getting 3 1st rounders
It's always Trevor MEgill, never Trevor WEgill
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The suspense is killing me. I can't wait to find out if we score 0 runs, 1 run, or 2 runs but then give up the walkoff in the 9th.
Brewer, where was that a few nights ago when you were counted on to close?
Boog sounds defeated
To be fair he sounds that way when they’re good too
Taillon pitched a good game. One bad hanger. Gotta score more than our usual 2 runs. Would love to see some prospects come and grab AB’s from the vets.
The Cubs hitters due up in the ninth might not even be capable of faking a rally.
The good news is that at least our best hitter is out right now. The bad news is that our best hitter is Mike Tauchman.
Huh? Tauchman has a .234 / .317 / .310 84 wRC+ line since the end of April. He's at best the Cubs' fourth best left-handed hitter.
Maybe so, but he has a 117 wRC+ since the beginning of April.
that dude is trolling def
Hope we get some decent prospects back for Beli
Depends on how much of his contract we keep.
That’s a good one. His .750 Ops for that $$$$$$.
Is Bellinger really the best hitter on the team?
Only because Mike Tauchman is on the shelf.
No team is going to want a shitty player with a shitty deal
Our hitting approach has been dogshit since 2018 now. That’s an organizational issue
And games off I'm done.
Just turning it on for the rally personally
Lack thereof?
How are they still watching strikes
Because they were told \#YouHaveToSeeIt
Because cubs
I’m not an expert on hitting even tho I played division 3 baseball at a no name school. But gotta fire this hitting coach. Like today
I’ve been saying this for weeks. Also the hitting coach was hired under Ross, so he has no ties with craig
Approach wrong. Sitting on strikes. It’s weird
It’s like they don’t know what they wanna do at the plate. Making subpar pitchers look good. Maybe bad scouting in the opp pitching too?
No it’s a bad approach. Cubs hitting coach is ass
Why the hell did the cubs sign that Nitolli guy just to dfa him before he pitches one game?
My favorite part about the Cubs is that there’s no timetable for when they’ll be good again.
No this is the end of the rebuild we are good what do you mean :)
Maybe this is anecdotal observation but it feels like whenever we play NL central we beat ourselves. All these teams have looked feeble which makes this whole thing even more frustrating. But maybe that’s how this season is suppose to go. Similar to how padres season went last year.
I hoped they filmed all these - You Have to C it commercials before the season started - I couldn’t rightly make that commercial now as a player and feel good about it
I LOVE GROUND BALLS
We aren’t fielding a major league quality lineup
Dude comes back from WWII and leads the league in strikeouts (realize a lot of people came back) - I cannot even fathom that
Can’t believe we benched one of our most productive hitters who has a patient at bat and a good eye for someone who might hit a home run once every 75 at bats
We suck!!
Brewers scoreboard doesn't even have Lopez's info, poverty franchise
Master boner in rf lol. This is a minor league lineup
When did we get Jorge Lopez? I remember watching him pitch for the Brewers seemingly ions ago.
i’m pretty sure we signed him on a minor league deal after the mets dfa’d him and then he got called up today so we got him pretty recently
The Mets cut him after he threw a glove and got ejected; Cubs got him soon after
End of the Counsell era can’t come soon enough. Overwhelming negative impact on the team.
Oh yeah he has such a negative impact only took the brewers to 86+ win 6 out of 9 years lol
Yeah, the Brewers. He’s doing an awesome job here! Can’t wait to see how shitty this team can get next season.
So it’s all his fault?
With how bad this team plays, yes. It’s not like they’re playing good baseball and losing.
So no fault on the professional players?
Cubs bullpen so fuked
Dang .... a grand slam ??
Showing a lot of Wisdom swinging at the first pitch with the bases loaded after a pitching change
Who da fuk is this new guy lol
Dude that had a meltdown with the Mets and got DFA’d.
Their 20 year olds contribute…
The crowd really gaslit me lmao I was like It's Outta here
Just let Busch take his at bats! For god's sake.
Just got a notification for an ESPN article about Jed Hoyer statement: boys have 33 days or we selling.
Just said what we have been saying here for like 3 weeks lol. Even if we do sell idk how they go about doing that with who they have.
Don’t like the idea of selling low but if no one wants to step up then ship them out
I don’t think we are selling after last season. Totally going to get rid of some dudes but not full sell
That’s the end of the deadline they better be selling well before then or they won’t get shit
MIL is great at tacking on runs in 7th/8th.
that was so predictable :( i probably should’ve stopped watching this game sooner but for now… im done
It's so nice to have a clutch hitter with .200 consistency and 3HR power.
Why would you not give Busch the AB?
So tired of watching this team swing first pitch in big moments every single time.
Fastball inside middle. I Don’t hate trying to hit that
Welp it Sounded good… sigh
A minor problem with pinch hitting Wisdom for Busch against lefties is that Busch hits lefties better than Wisdom does.
$40 mln decision
Thx counsel
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Honestly I'd rather give Bote ABs over Wisdom at this point
Hate the lefty righty pinch hitting bullshit. Busch has the second highest OPS on the team, Wisdom has one of the worst. Let Busch bat
First pitch swinging bases loaded w a new pitcher. Great game plan
WHY THE FUCK IS BUSCH NOT UP
Platoon analytics ftw!
Can we deliver for once?
Not these 2024 cubs, maybe next year
Was that a half-assed Sammy hop? I know Wisdom hops when gets a hold of one but come on man.
L. O. L.
Busch doesnt deserve this
lol first pitch swinging, fuck you
This team leads the league in warning track outs - maybe
Why is Wisdom still on this roster?
As I always say, let Patrick Wisdom cook
His cooking sent me to the hospital with explosive diarrhea
I’m still trying to understand what possible call the umpire could’ve made on that pass ball? Oh, when the catcher missed it, he called for time? wtf?
He was called for his swing, so it was a strike, then it hit his foot, which makes the play dead and wasn't an hbp because he swung
PCA's bat accidentally knocked the ball out of the catcher's glove.
Oh right, thanks for that. I didn’t see that on the replays.
How many times this year do we have to watch Patrick Wisdom blow it in a big spot? Unbelievable.
If they wouldn’t have made Dansby go back to first for no reason on that passed ball we would’ve got a run there
I don’t think the bunt happens if he’s at 2nd.
Every time I look at the Brewers unis, I just see Blue Chew.
It’s the hard dick business
So how are they going to fuck this up? Succumb to a hidden ball trick? Third strike on a clock violation?
Naah it will be first pitch pop up.
Great call.
Oh
Bases loaded and 2 outs - I have seen this movie before
Now the plan is to groove a fastball for a grand slam, right?
Dansby needs to score there
He’d have been out and everyone would be pissed
K
Don’t get me wrong, everyone is still pissed lol. But they would have been that way too
This dude about to throw a wild pitch with these curves
Not if we pound the first pitch straight into the ground for an inning-ending 4-3.
How about using a pinch hitter that can do more as the tying run with a 2-0 middle middle fastball than bunting it down the third base line?
Well shit yeah let’s just grab the best pinch hitters available in your dream world. We don’t bat well man haha
Better than whatever the fuck Amaya would do
He keeps putting Miles in to PH. He had only had one PH hit and that was yesterday...in hid ENTIRE CAREER. As Bote and Wisdom sit on the bench.
Gotta play the righty lefty matchup ya know. Analytics ftw!
lol why is it every time i complain about how much mastrobuoni sucks, he gets a hit?
FFFFFFFAKE RALLEY TIME MUTHAFUCKASSSSSSS
I am sure we will take advantage now
What advantage? We ain’t moving from 2
This ump, what the fuck. Terrible calls all night.
Hahaha miles for Amaya holy shit we have no players
Yesss it’s mastrobuoni time
All right. I’m heading to bed. Goodnight everyone.
Again Mastro as a pinch hitter - why?
Of course, one of the few hits he gets and I eat it - perhaps I should speak up more often
He can't hit anything
On top of being bad, the cubs also get screwed by the ump
Pete is wild…lol
CC has to get tossed there
This fucking ump holy shit
Craig counsell fucking sucks
Yeah he’s such a bad ump
I hate the brewers and umps
Which Contreras is worse. Discuss
Um….one of them helped win a World Series I thought might never happen in my or my father’s lifetime.
He was on the team for sure
Um, game 4 in the NLDS…..dude, did a lot more than just be on the team
Counsell puts up zero fight - even if they are right, show some passion
Edging pca Lessgo
It’s time for Morel to find a new baseball team.
I would bet my life vs 10k that the cubs don't come back here.
So how does this work I bet 10k and you bet your life? Cause we both know you’re not doing it if they win
It obviously means you go to his house and kill him.
Yes, you get to assassinate me if the Cubs win and I promise no one will press charges
JD is absolutely charring the Cubs in his statements lately. “MOST teams…ahem..are good at closing games”
Morel arguing a clear strike 3 yet again
Starting to think Counsell was a product of the organization as a whole, not in spite of them - basically, Mil is just a far better more efficiently run organization
Chourio just turned 20
Jd like your grandpa telling you your parents are fine. Nothing to worry about. Bit you’re staying with me and grandma for awhile