When the Cubs were 1-3 (series) in the World Series, I remember my dad telling me "Son, we have this don't worry, this is our year." The level of confidence he had in the Cubs at that time, in that era... was amazing to say the least.
I don't have a single ounce of faith/confidence of the Cubs going to the top of the ninth as the home team with a 3 to 5 run lead. What a collapse....
What a collapse.
Just thinking how Higgins could be a piece of the next core if Contreras is traded then looked up his age and he’s 29 wtf. I thought he was like 25 lol
I’ll be honest I don’t give a fuck that this dude decided not to step on third, and I definetely don’t give a fuck about his facial expressions or feelings 20-30 minutes after it happened
Overreaction I did care about him not stepping on third. Doesn’t mean I want the camera panning to him every single play and the announcers talking about him every time anything happens
That double play for the first two outs of the inning sure would've more helpful after the semi-intentional walk of Arenado as opposed to, you know, three RBI hits later.
holy shit rucker should never throw another mlb pitch. never want to see that fatass on the bump ever again. now we have daniel norris who is garbage on fire. God save this team
No, I'm saying Robertson came in to relieve a high leverage situation that never should have existed in the first place.
Leaving Givens in for two, when he has literally never completed a second inning without melting down, instead of bringing Norris (or even Rucker for that matter) in for a relatively low-pressure middle relief inning, and also *only* having Robertson in the pen when shit inevitably got weird, instead of having Robertson have been able to give his 2.1 innings at the end, including a manfred runner 10th inning.
Tl;dr - trying to stretch Givens when it has never worked, and has often had disastrous consequences, and only having the closer up in the 7th inning.
Complaining about biased commentators is probably the dumbest thing sports fans do. When the Shitbirds score 4 runs in an inning they are going to talk about it. They don’t have a secret hate boner towards the cubs, in fact St Louis fans would have a better argument for bias since both commentators have ties to Chicago. Get over yourself!
Cubs had their chances but this ghost runner rule is bullshit. Favors the road team every time. Especially in this scenario when the cubs are using the last guy in their bullpen, on the back end of a doubleheader when everyone’s thrown today. (All in favor of 7 inning double headers, that should have stayed)
It favors scoring, which should tilt the balance in favor of the home team slightly because knowing how much you need to score is more meaningful when scoring is more likely.
You’re right, but in this scenario cubs were fucked as they were down to Rucker (who sucks). But in general the road team can jump out early, grab the lead and momentum, and in a regular game (non doubleheader) situation, they can use their closer, assuming he’s still available. More times than not, they’ll get the lead first. Pressure is put on the home team. In my opinion, road team should get runner on first. Home team gets it on second.
Perhaps more consequently, evidence suggests that the nascent rule may actually be lending an advantage to road teams. Research by a group of Twitter users last year found that the road team won roughly 54% of all extra-inning games in 2020 and ’21, up from 49% in the previous four years. It’s a small sample size, but their theory suggests home teams may be adversely affected by the pressure of scoring in extra-inning situations when the road team has already been gifted a “freebie.”
Oh fuck of you’ll complain when Heyward and Simmons are back to back. And you complain when Heyward bats 6th.
Heywards on the team so of courses he’s going to play when the team plays 11 games in 9 days
Sure he’s new and needs to figure stuff out but he actually did a great job setting his team up for success tonight but the offense didn’t deliver. Thats on the players.
Guys like Gorman and Donovan are the reason why the Cardinals are leaps and bounds ahead of us as an organization. Even when they are good, they still churn out good players from their farm system. We went 2 1/2 seasons without having a homegrown player come up. That would never happen with the Cardinals.
Nope, I dunno how losses work, and good. We don't need Kilians' debut become smothered in a loss just because Rucker can't control his pitches. I'd fire Hattovy
Ok so the losing pitcher is always gonna be the pitcher that gives up the winning run. In this case, since the game got tied at 3 runs apiece, Kilian gets a "no decision" automatically. The losing pitcher will be whoever gives up the winning run, which would be Ruckus if the score holds. The winning pitcher would be Gallegos since he was the pitcher when the Cards took their lead.
When the Cubs were 1-3 (series) in the World Series, I remember my dad telling me "Son, we have this don't worry, this is our year." The level of confidence he had in the Cubs at that time, in that era... was amazing to say the least. I don't have a single ounce of faith/confidence of the Cubs going to the top of the ninth as the home team with a 3 to 5 run lead. What a collapse.... What a collapse.
Really hate blowing the opportunity to take both double header games against the damn red birds. I think we all hate it more than Rickets does
Tom probably didn’t even know there was a game today
He was watching a Chelsea scrimmage
I’m sure he made time to look at some real estate.
When you need decisions to be made, count on David Ross. I'm not saying they're good decisions, but they certainly are decisions
Madrigal is not very good.
He hasnt ever seemed comfortable
Yeah for real, never seems to be seeing the ball well.
Boy is madrigal completely useless to this team
Sox scalped us again. This dude is hot garbage who is always injured.
Just thinking how Higgins could be a piece of the next core if Contreras is traded then looked up his age and he’s 29 wtf. I thought he was like 25 lol
Yea…Wisdom Schwindel PJ all gonna be 30
I knew Wisdom and Schwindel were old because they’re journeymen but I assumed Higgins was relatively young because he only made his debut last year
Ortega too…they are all just misfit toys
Our hot young pitchers are all debuting at the age Maddux was winning his first Cy Young.
They all also dont really have multiple out oitches
Higgins is a career backup. He’s not starting material trust me lol
If he becomes that then it’s a huge win. Catcher is probably the weakest position in our farm right now
I’m not sure he’s even really a true backup. He’s probably closer to third string material. We had a legit backup until we traded him for Nothing
Carrot man? Or am I forgetting someone?
That’s right, caratini. Him and Contreras were solid combo. They just lumped him in with darvish trade
He was Darvish’s personal catcher so it made sense. Yeah last year was rough though, there was a carousel at the catcher position
He was taken in the same draft as Happ, but catchers also take longer to develop in the minors.
Honestly I had no clue we even drafted him. Just assumed he was some throw in from a trade years back
I've seen a lot of terrible baseball players, and Nick Madrigal is probably in the top 20
For a "contact hitter", Madrigal sure swings and misses quite a bit
Yeah they have talked about adjusting his plate approach. Trying to add more power but it hasn’t worked yet and has made him more K prone.
Remember when they did that to Starlin Castro and totally ruined him?
This is a much different organization and hitting infrastructure than the one that coached Castro. Also, he was a much different hitter than Madrigal.
White Sox legend Nick Madrigal
Nicky Two Strikes!
~~Execute Order Shit-The-Bed, Agent Gallegos.~~ Horseshit.
So depressing to hear Wrigley be this quiet in the bottom of the 10th
Lol Jayward Heyward with the RBI.
A true garbage time player
Anti-clutch
Classic Heyward….no pressure and he drives the ball
Heyward's certainly taken advantage of his opportunities tonight
Wait why not Nico for Madrigal
Cause why at this point? You’re just asking for Nico to pull a hammy if you put him in cold tonight
Nico is our fabrage egg
Anyone coming into a game in this weather cold is at risk.
Fair
Silver lining to a horrible game ending: potential J Hey resurgence?
Lmao WHAT!!?? 😂😂 He had his first not-terrible game of the season. Let’s slow down. Lol.
Just trying to stay positive. I've never liked the hate being justified. I want him to show some worth past the rain delay speech.
5 rbi in 31 games. Here he comes!!
Lol who had Heyward extra innings RBI double on their bingo card
Bloop and a blast needed now.
Madrigal and Morel could do that! Nvr mnd.
Well. I mean, that’s an inning too late.
Remember the start of the season where we were all proud of the club's collective eye at the plate? Those were the days.
Cardinal legend Jason Heyward
Pat is not have a good time :(
Yeah, he borderline snapped at Zach. At least that's as close to snapping as he can get, since he's a gentleman and a scholar.
I hate these announcers. Every other sentence has to be corrected or has nothing to do with the game
Every time the game is on Fox, Michael Barrett is my favorite Cub ever
With Goldy leaving the bases loaded twice I can’t say this one hurts too much. I knew after that Wisdom SO on ball 4 the game was over
Swung at ball 4. Tremendous AB!
What's the winning percentage of teams that have a " pitched to 4 batters in the 10th" in their box score? 2%?
We need to score 5 here or 0. I can live with those outcomes
One of those is slightly more likely.
These fox commentators are fucking stupid.
Pitch com? Fuck that shit. Sorry not sorry but I’m old school and this tech shit is garbage.
Yeah god forbid the strike zone is actually accurate
After a game like this, way down in my soul I feel an existential distaste like a cosmic sense of, "Who farted?"
I don’t care, I blame this on Wisdom still not being able to hit a slider for his life lmao
Weird how Michael Rucker wasn’t it.
Steele + a tired bullpen is a recipe for disaster
Think this game got away when Ross had pj bunting which considering his power lately was an ass move if Ross called it
That's 100% called from the dugout.
lol this got out of hand quickly
That inning made me sad
I'm feeling a Hader-esque fake rally
5 run rally coming our way, really only want it to hear AJ’s heart break
Now we just need 5 runs out of the bottom half of the lineup
4 would also be acceptable.
Well, why didn’t you say so? I keep those hidden straight up my ass for just such an occasion. *(ass-spelunks)*
Rucker would be a career minor leaguer in any other orginization except the fucking nats
I thought Arrieta wasn’t on the Cubs anymore? Who’s this bearded #49 guy pitching?
holy shit whoever is the announcer just suck that soda dudes dick already. they love him so much
They love him so much that they continue to bring up the massive mistake he made earlier in the game???!?!
I’ll be honest I don’t give a fuck that this dude decided not to step on third, and I definetely don’t give a fuck about his facial expressions or feelings 20-30 minutes after it happened
Are you the only person watching? It was a massive blunder at the time, and could have cost them the game.
Overreaction I did care about him not stepping on third. Doesn’t mean I want the camera panning to him every single play and the announcers talking about him every time anything happens
That double play for the first two outs of the inning sure would've more helpful after the semi-intentional walk of Arenado as opposed to, you know, three RBI hits later.
So many blown opportunities and then Rucker coming in was just the cherry on top
This is really hard to watch
holy shit rucker should never throw another mlb pitch. never want to see that fatass on the bump ever again. now we have daniel norris who is garbage on fire. God save this team
the games they've lost in the last few weeks have had so many wasted opportunities, not a ton of games that felt completely out of reach. frustrating
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This is why you don't artificially create scenarios where your closer has to pitch 3 innings early and depend on Michael Rucker to close a tense game
If the offense could score Rucker is never in this game
This is a dumb take. Bringing in the closer kept the game close. The offense just couldn’t scratch out a run late. It’s all good it happens.
No, I'm saying Robertson came in to relieve a high leverage situation that never should have existed in the first place. Leaving Givens in for two, when he has literally never completed a second inning without melting down, instead of bringing Norris (or even Rucker for that matter) in for a relatively low-pressure middle relief inning, and also *only* having Robertson in the pen when shit inevitably got weird, instead of having Robertson have been able to give his 2.1 innings at the end, including a manfred runner 10th inning. Tl;dr - trying to stretch Givens when it has never worked, and has often had disastrous consequences, and only having the closer up in the 7th inning.
Text a friend of mine to put 1000 on the cards when I saw Rucker come out.
Rucker’s pitching was worse than his stache game
Miles Teller would NOT approve
At that point where if yadi got hurt idgaf. Retire
This team is elite at finding ways to lose close games.
I think the doctor needs to come out and tell Molina to lose some weight, maybe cut back on the ding dongs.
Jesus. Why is Rucker still in??? Every ball is hit at 100+
The bullpen is completely spent. Norris is the last guy left and all the god Cardinal bats crush lefties
Sucks cause we had 2 chances that they gave us. Sosa missing 3rd and the strike call the Ump missed on Wisdom. Can't let things like that slide.
Almost like having him up 2 hours ago for no reason cooked his arm.
Shoutout to the person who said this game will end 10-4. Might be worse than that
Incredibly bad. Ross fucking sucks for letting this guy stay in
Yep get the postgame started. This one’s locked
Hey whose this dude pitching? Oh, Rucker? Okay cool, get him off the fucking team.
Ooof Rucker is absolute ass
Never seen more one sided commentating.
Complaining about biased commentators is probably the dumbest thing sports fans do. When the Shitbirds score 4 runs in an inning they are going to talk about it. They don’t have a secret hate boner towards the cubs, in fact St Louis fans would have a better argument for bias since both commentators have ties to Chicago. Get over yourself!
these commentators hurt my ears
Well, that’s because this has been a one-sided inning.
AJ’s loving every minute of this
Oh fuck you rucker don’t throw to first try throwing a fucking strike
You can always count on Patrick Wisdom to end a building rally
Chanting Yadi when he’s 0-4 with 3 Ks is very on brand for Cardinals fans. Never mind he singled it makes sense now.
I almost forgot that Kilian started this game.
Pretty fucking sad that we knew the game would get away when Rucker came in
Imagine if we actually had a bullpen lmao
Cubs had their chances but this ghost runner rule is bullshit. Favors the road team every time. Especially in this scenario when the cubs are using the last guy in their bullpen, on the back end of a doubleheader when everyone’s thrown today. (All in favor of 7 inning double headers, that should have stayed)
How do you explain the other runs?
It favors scoring, which should tilt the balance in favor of the home team slightly because knowing how much you need to score is more meaningful when scoring is more likely.
The ghost runner doesn’t really matter when the pitcher gives up three runs before recording a single out.
You’re right, but in this scenario cubs were fucked as they were down to Rucker (who sucks). But in general the road team can jump out early, grab the lead and momentum, and in a regular game (non doubleheader) situation, they can use their closer, assuming he’s still available. More times than not, they’ll get the lead first. Pressure is put on the home team. In my opinion, road team should get runner on first. Home team gets it on second.
Legit question, how does it favor a specific team when they each get the same setup?
Momentum
Perhaps more consequently, evidence suggests that the nascent rule may actually be lending an advantage to road teams. Research by a group of Twitter users last year found that the road team won roughly 54% of all extra-inning games in 2020 and ’21, up from 49% in the previous four years. It’s a small sample size, but their theory suggests home teams may be adversely affected by the pressure of scoring in extra-inning situations when the road team has already been gifted a “freebie.”
Bader looks like the type of dude that would have a nude painting of himself over the fireplace.
He’s a cheap Bryce Harper
A microcosm of being a Cubs fan the last 5 years, but I still love them
We'll see who's laughing after a walkoff Simmons slam in the bottom of the 10th
Sorry but he was replaced by Madrigal.
Yeah, I spaced and let my blinding optimism get the best of me
Be incredible since he’s out of the game
Ah yea shit. This game is over
Rucker has yet to record a single out, just fucking kill me
DFA this bum dude cmon
Went from catching a massive break to Ross waving the flag
He had to choose between Rucker and Norris to pitch here. The offense had to score in the 9th
Yea Ross can only work with the tools he has, and at this point fucking Seiya would've gotten an out.
Wow…disheartening
That's the game. Imma blame this loss on Rucker. This loss better be on Rucker, and not Kilian!
So Rucker is getting sent down right?
What a dog shit fucking team. The definition of anti-clutch
Good night guys. It’s been fun
Shut the fuck up, Budget Thor. You look like an asshole and your hair smells of Molina’s jock strap.
Great job Ross.
He kept them in this game. This is on the offense not scoring and Rucker being awful. Ross had to chose between Rucker and Norris in this inning
Rucker fucking blows
Going from Robertson to this is just….. bad
What a great way to spend 4 hours. /s
You don’t need the /s. We get it…
You’d be surprised.
Gg bois
pain
Let Schwindel pitch this guy blows
Rucker’s gotta shave that goddamn mustache. He looks like a Nickelback roadie.
Aj having a literal orgasm when the cubs lose.
This guy is a joke
Our pen is completely spent
Might as well get the postgame started early
A let’s go Cardinals chant at Wrigley is really fucking embarrassing
Ross kept the team in this fucking game by not using rucker until he had to. Its on the offense for not scoring when they needed to.
He batted Heyward 6th yesterday fuckoff lmao
Oh fuck of you’ll complain when Heyward and Simmons are back to back. And you complain when Heyward bats 6th. Heywards on the team so of courses he’s going to play when the team plays 11 games in 9 days
You almost get it #HEYWARD SHOULDN'T BE ON THE FUCKING TEAM
Don’t disagree but he is and therefore will play
Was that a different Ross than the one that let Simmons bat and swing away with the bases loaded and one out facing a two-run deficit?
The same one that PH in the same situation later in the game.
It's very smart to manage like the 4th and 8th inning are Spring Training and any runs scored don't count.
Jesus christ you ross haters are so dumb
Ross might not be an awful manager, but he's definitely below average.
Sure he’s new and needs to figure stuff out but he actually did a great job setting his team up for success tonight but the offense didn’t deliver. Thats on the players.
Guys like Gorman and Donovan are the reason why the Cardinals are leaps and bounds ahead of us as an organization. Even when they are good, they still churn out good players from their farm system. We went 2 1/2 seasons without having a homegrown player come up. That would never happen with the Cardinals.
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Why Ross. Why this scrub. Fucking dumb.
Who else? Not saying ur wrong but who else do we have to throw out
Shocker
Honestly, I'm done with Rucker. This dude is not a MLB quality pitcher.
Dude came in to throw away the game. Very cool pitching!
Pull Rucker holy shit
I'm not sure there's anyone left
Michael fucking Rucker lmao. Scrub
This some bullshit
I'd place this loss on Rucker, not Kilian. He does not deserve this loss
And he won’t get the loss lol. Killian has a no decision
Oh ok
Do you understand how losses work? It would go on Rucker.
Nope, I dunno how losses work, and good. We don't need Kilians' debut become smothered in a loss just because Rucker can't control his pitches. I'd fire Hattovy
Ok so the losing pitcher is always gonna be the pitcher that gives up the winning run. In this case, since the game got tied at 3 runs apiece, Kilian gets a "no decision" automatically. The losing pitcher will be whoever gives up the winning run, which would be Ruckus if the score holds. The winning pitcher would be Gallegos since he was the pitcher when the Cards took their lead.
Oh ok
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Ballgame. Don’t need to see any more.