slojoe Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Cubs win 6-1 on good starting pitching as Darvish held KC to 1 in 7 IP. BTW, Colin Rea out of ISU pitched the 9th for the Cubs. He struck out 2. The lead off hitter got on on an error. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slojoe Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 OK. Cubs not playing today, and I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms. The Cubs v. Cards on this week-end in St. Louis. Can the Cubs put another nail in the coffin of a Cards team that is struggling and has several holes due to COVID-19? Or can the Cards put it together at home and bring the Cubs down to earth? As mentioned above the Cubs starters have been historically dominant. The Cubs starters were seen as questionable pre-season. Will they come back to earth? The hitting has been erratic. Bryant has sucked and is still below the Mendoza line. Rizzo, Schwarber, and Baez having their moments but not hitting at the level that they can. Cubs getting a lot from bottom of line-up. The BP is still pretty hopeless. It's only 12 games, but that's 20% of the regular season schedule. Brewers and Reds only middling teams so far. Cards are sinking fast. They have injuries and COVID victims to important players, and they will have to play a lot of games in a few days just to catch up schedule wise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 2 hours ago, slojoe said: OK. Cubs not playing today, and I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms. The Cubs v. Cards on this week-end in St. Louis. Can the Cubs put another nail in the coffin of a Cards team that is struggling and has several holes due to COVID-19? Or can the Cards put it together at home and bring the Cubs down to earth? As mentioned above the Cubs starters have been historically dominant. The Cubs starters were seen as questionable pre-season. Will they come back to earth? The hitting has been erratic. Bryant has sucked and is still below the Mendoza line. Rizzo, Schwarber, and Baez having their moments but not hitting at the level that they can. Cubs getting a lot from bottom of line-up. The BP is still pretty hopeless. It's only 12 games, but that's 20% of the regular season schedule. Brewers and Reds only middling teams so far. Cards are sinking fast. They have injuries and COVID victims to important players, and they will have to play a lot of games in a few days just to catch up schedule wise. Nothing like a Cubs Cards matchup in either place. Been many times in both old Busch Stadium and Wrigley. And I think it's about time to dispense with the Bryant leading off nonsense. .194 BA and .310 OBP ain't gonna cut it... Kipnis has been a nice surprise so far... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Watching some of the Cubs and Royals game last night. Everyone knows how I hate the shift and last night it cost the Royals two runs. Cubs up 2-1 and the Cubs had a runner on 1st and Rizzo was up. They had 3 defenders on the right side and of course Rizzo hit a routine ground ball right where the SS should have been and a easy DP. Instead ha runners on 1st and 3rd and now Baez was up. Another shift but to the other side and Baez hit another ground ball right where the 2nd basemen should have been for another DP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 16 minutes ago, IU Scott said: Watching some of the Cubs and Royals game last night. Everyone knows how I hate the shift and last night it cost the Royals two runs. Cubs up 2-1 and the Cubs had a runner on 1st and Rizzo was up. They had 3 defenders on the right side and of course Rizzo hit a routine ground ball right where the SS should have been and a easy DP. Instead ha runners on 1st and 3rd and now Baez was up. Another shift but to the other side and Baez hit another ground ball right where the 2nd basemen should have been for another DP. Couldn't what Baez and Rizzo did (the old "hit em where they ain't") possibly lead to the end to these radical shifts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 20 minutes ago, IUFLA said: Couldn't what Baez and Rizzo did (the old "hit em where they ain't") possibly lead to the end to these radical shifts? Probably should blame the pitchers because if you are playing them to pull the ball you better be pitching inside. I know the stats won't say it but to me when I am watching the games it seems like the shift allows as many runs as they stop runs from scoring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, IU Scott said: Probably should blame the pitchers because if you are playing them to pull the ball you better be pitching inside. I know the stats won't say it but to me when I am watching the games it seems like the shift allows as many runs as they stop runs from scoring. The shifts have been around since the 20s. 1920s, that is... Lou Boudreau used it against Ted Williams (nothing worked against The Splinter)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 6, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 52 minutes ago, IUFLA said: The shifts have been around since the 20s. 1920s, that is... Lou Boudreau used it against Ted Williams (nothing worked against The Splinter)... It's one thing to use it against Ted Williams. It's quite another thing to use it against a team's backup catcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 28 minutes ago, 5fouls said: It's one thing to use it against Ted Williams. It's quite another thing to use it against a team's backup catcher. It looks like they use the shift on about everyone today and it is the normal defense. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Cubs on national TV tonight on Fox going for 7th in a row. Schedule is going to pick up a bit in coming weeks but we've played the Reds and Brewers. Can't help that they are under .500. Cubs on Fox, PGA on Laptop. Beer cold and windows open enjoying this phenomenal weather here this week. Hopefully the Cubs get the sweep before heading to the the STL for a little fun this weekend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seeking6 Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 6 hours ago, slojoe said: OK. Cubs not playing today, and I think I'm having withdrawal symptoms. The Cubs v. Cards on this week-end in St. Louis. Can the Cubs put another nail in the coffin of a Cards team that is struggling and has several holes due to COVID-19? Or can the Cards put it together at home and bring the Cubs down to earth? As mentioned above the Cubs starters have been historically dominant. The Cubs starters were seen as questionable pre-season. Will they come back to earth? The hitting has been erratic. Bryant has sucked and is still below the Mendoza line. Rizzo, Schwarber, and Baez having their moments but not hitting at the level that they can. Cubs getting a lot from bottom of line-up. The BP is still pretty hopeless. It's only 12 games, but that's 20% of the regular season schedule. Brewers and Reds only middling teams so far. Cards are sinking fast. They have injuries and COVID victims to important players, and they will have to play a lot of games in a few days just to catch up schedule wise. Didn't want to be correction guy but Cubs on Fox at 7pm EST. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 I'm not sure why there's so much angst over defensive shifts...isn't a manager just playing the odds just as he would with a left handed pinch hitter against a right handed pitcher? Baseball is a game of percentages, and stacking as many as you can in your favor leads to more wins. My problem with baseball is that through the DH mainly, they've taken all the strategy out of the game. A zombie can manage it now. I liked the Whitey Herzogs and Leo Durochers putting 5 guys in the infield, or 4 guys in the outfield in certain situations. I liked them replacing a pitcher but keeping him in the game in the outfield so he could choose the matchup he wanted. That's what made the game fun and interesting to me. My oldest daughter loved going to Cub games with me. I'd tell her what I thought the strategy was going to be, and most of the time, I was right. Good way to makes kids believe you do know a little bit. We went to a White Sox game and she asked me why I wasn't guessing along with the managers on the strategy. Showed her my scorecard with the lineups made out and said, "That's about it." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Reds need to get Moustakas back in the lineup because they are 5-2 with him but 0-5 without him. He is out of the lineup tonight and Reds already down 1-0 in the third. They are wasting their great starting pitching which is on of the best rotations in baseball. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 1 hour ago, Seeking6 said: Didn't want to be correction guy but Cubs on Fox at 7pm EST. Not here...Astros-D-Backs 😡 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 6, 2020 Report Share Posted August 6, 2020 Can't believe just how fast an inning can just fall apart. Reds were down 1-0 in the bottom of the fifth and Costillo got the first two batters out. Was ahead in the count 0-2 but then walked the batter and a triple and single later it is 3-0. With how the Reds are hitting this game is all but over. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 I sometimes wonder why I am a baseball fan because there is so much losing in baseball. Even the top teams in a normal season will have to go through 66-72 losses. For a person who hates losing it is tough to be a baseball fan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Wow totally surprised the Reds are this bad right now. Bottom of the 7th they have given up 10 runs to fall behind 13-0. 4 of those runs have come on bases loaded walks from their bullpen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 Just looked at the Reds lineup for tonight's game where after 7 innings we have 1 hit. 6 of the 9 hitters are batting below .200 and 2 under .100. Costellanos is hitting .346, Senzel .250 and Votto .235. You can have the best starting 5 in baseball but you hit like this you have no chance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
5fouls Posted August 7, 2020 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 I have a tryout for a bullpen spot with the Reds tomorrow. Pretty confident I can make the cut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IU Scott Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 5 minutes ago, 5fouls said: I have a tryout for a bullpen spot with the Reds tomorrow. Pretty confident I can make the cut. You will be the closer but lately it is just not the relief pitching that has been the problem. when you get shutout 2 straight games and only get 7 hits in those games that is a problem. Moustakas has to get back into the lineup since we are 0-6 without him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 8 hours ago, 5fouls said: I have a tryout for a bullpen spot with the Reds tomorrow. Pretty confident I can make the cut. You been working on your ephus pitch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 The Reds Reliever named Jones is a cousin of my sons college roommate. Felt bad for the kid. Not too bad though he is in the bigs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IUFLA Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 1 hour ago, rico said: You been working on your ephus pitch? Whitey Kurowski use to spit at it when Rip Sewell threw it...I always found that funny... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rico Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 36 minutes ago, Billingsley99 said: The Reds Reliever named Jones is a cousin of my sons college roommate. Felt bad for the kid. Not too bad though he is in the bigs Have any idea as to how much money he is making? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingsley99 Posted August 7, 2020 Report Share Posted August 7, 2020 7 minutes ago, rico said: Have any idea as to how much money he is making? I don't. We were in Florida with his aunt and uncle when my son was playing in March. When spring got shut down they were upset because they thought he had a real chance of making the team. The other night when he was struggling I said to my son this guy sucks and Oakley said yeah thats Bradys cousin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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