Fat Lady is Warming up her Vocals....She Sang

[TL1961]

Good win.

Not shocking.

Wisdom not in line up.

It's a cliche, but David Ross is the master of closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

 

[TL1961]

Blue Jays DFA'd Cub killer Paul Dejong after three weeks.

He went 3 for 44 in Toronto with 18Ks and 0 BBs.

I can't believe I am even suggesting picking him up, but he'd be a better option than Wisdom.

 

[Diehardfan]

Ahhh, more Cub weirdness. Just tuned in to see that a guy that's 3-13 with an ERA over 6 has just morphed into Greg Maddux at Wrigley.

 

[TL1961]

Ahhh, more Cub weirdness. Just tuned in to see that a guy that's 3-13 with an ERA over 6 has just morphed into Greg Maddux at Wrigley.

He’s now 3-14, so unpucker a little. ? jk

 

[Castor76]

Kind of crazy how there's 5 teams within 1.5 games of the final 2 WC slots. Hopefully the Cubs won't have to worry about it by season's end.

 

[TL1961]

At the time of the trade deadline, the talk was that the Cubs had a better shot at the division title than the wildcard. And it actually may still be true. But as of today they are closer to the first wild card than they are to first place in the central.

But they are also behind two teams and there are a lot of teams right behind as you said.

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Big 11 game stretch coming up vs Pitt, Milwaukee and Cincy

 

[CSF77]

It's a cliche, but David Ross is the master of closing the barn door after the horse is gone.

Jed should shoot that horse(Wisdom). Problem solved.

 

[CSF77]

Big 11 game stretch coming up vs Pitt, Milwaukee and Cincy

One day at a time. Just look for the pending lefty match ups.

 

[TL1961]

Let’s not let this one get away.

 

[DrGonzo]

Palencia looked great for five seconds. Hopefully a sign of things to come.

 

[Castor76]

Way too close for comfort, but got the outcome we needed.

 

[TL1961]

Way too close for comfort, but got the outcome we needed.

Palencia fooled me on that final out. I thought he dropped his arms as though he had given up a home run.

 

[MDB111™]

grinding out wins the Cub way

 

[TL1961]

Remember Bryce Harper’s father grooving him balls during the home run derby? Throwing in pitch after pitch that just got knocked out of the park (as designed)?

Drew Smyly is making Mr. Harper look like Sandy Koufax.

 

[RuszBron1]

Different day, the same shit with Smyly pitching..

 

[TL1961]

After the three run homer, which means he’s allowed seven runs by the fourth inning, Ross decided to leave Smyly in just a little longer so we could increase the damage

 

[Hawkeye OG]

Cuas control is sketch

 

[MDB111™]

After the three run homer, which means he’s allowed seven runs by the fourth inning, Ross decided to leave Smyly in just a little longer so we could increase the damage

Smyly got touched up too quick. Not much you can do.

Can't win em all!

 

[CSF77]

Smyly got touched up too quick. Not much you can do.

Can't win em all!

You can put him back in the pen where he was effective though.

Ross dumbfounds me.