Look. The Cubs are terrible. Horrible. Putrid. Unwatchable.
However, I would be remiss if I didn’t comment on the . . absence . . of certain people around these parts lately.
If you people think you’re going to go off galavanting around God knows where for the rest of the season while Carl and I stay here and do headlines and game threads, you’ve got another think coming. It’s not like we WANT to be watching this team, you know. But dammit, if Carl and I are in, we’re ALL in. So suck it up, turn on your tv, and dive back in to LOHO, because I’ll be damned if I have to spend the rest of the game threads this season talking to myself. Or Doc.
Oh, and if you missed the game yesterday, this happened:
The Cubs scored two runs apiece in the seventh and eighth innings, but it wasn’t enough for them to overcome five errors and a key baserunning gaffe, as they fell to the first-place Reds, 10-8.
It was the ninth loss in the last 10 games for the Cubs, who committed five errors for the first time since booting six balls on Sept. 12, 2006, against the Dodgers.
It went like this: (cue ‘Yackety Sax”)
The third inning started innocently enough, when first baseman Anthony Rizzo couldn’t corral Brandon Phillips’ one-out grounder. Then, Ryan Ludwick hit a two-run homer to center.
Xavier Paul singled and Todd Frazier struck out before the Cubs’ left side of the infield made consecutive two-out errors. Wilson Valdez hit a hard shot to third that ricocheted off rookie Josh Vitters, and then Castro capped the three-error frame by letting Devin Mesoraco’s ground ball go through his legs to bring in a run.
In the sixth, Cincinnati’s Drew Stubbs attempted to steal second after a leadoff single … and ended up scoring. Catcher Welington Castillo’s throw went by everybody — including rookie center fielder Brett Jackson — as Stubbs scored. Castillo was charged with a throwing error and Jackson with a fielding miscue on the play.
Brett Jackson also struck out twice. Bwahahahahahah!
But seriously.
The Cubs and Reds go at it again this afternoon at 3:05 pm CT on CSN. Aaaaaand it looks like were back to Travis Wood (already?)
Lineup to come.
*crickets*
Hey!!!
This is a year!
Yeah it is.
I can’t wait for this to be an off-season.
I’ll write a game thread if you want, not today, but in general
Remember when everyone said that Soriano would be put on waivers and maybe traded? How come that hasn’t happened yet?
I’m pretty baffled, the Cubs are trying to give him away. I guess no one is offering anything.
I think it is safe to assume that the Cubs indeed put him on waivers and that he cleared waivers.
I’m guessing the Cubs are just waiting for the Red Sox to cave and they send us Jacoby Ellsbury.
Good morning! CA had another earthquake this a.m., and we are all going to boil today-it is 80 degrees and only 8:45 right now. I’m going to take a wild guess that I’ll be watching the game on the computer. Does anyone know why there is no national Fox game today? Or is this just a CA problem?
No national fox game for anyone today,for no particular reason that I can tell
Go team!
Travis Wood is our ace.
Probably more like our six of clubs
Overall, the Cubs just don’t have a very good hand.
Look, I can watch this disaster, or I can watch the team I literally live across the street from win every single day. This is not a difficult choice for me.
I could do the same thing, but I just could never lower my standards to root for the Dodgers. I feel it takes character to root for a seemingly lost cause like the Cubs.
I’ve been busy rooting for whoever faces the US Men’s basketball team. Mainly because I can’t stand Mike Krzyzewski and Duke; LeBron and Kobe don’t help, either.
That said, I’d be very surprised if the US don’t beat Spain by at least 20.
…Meanwhile, the US women’s team is winning 69-37 in the gold medal match. They’ve been scary good. And in 2016 they’ll have Brittney Griner. At that point, do we just let them take over for the men’s team when we face Nigeria/Angola/Tunisia? They’d still win by 40…
Ok, how do I make that stupid WordPress black Line thing go away? It’s making it real hard to scroll down the page….
Go to your profile and uncheck “Show Toolbar when viewing site”.
Cueto v Raley today might be the biggest SP mismatch of the year. Of course this means the Cubs will touch up Cueto while Raley throws 6 shutout innings