Jason Hammel, RHP (0.75 ERA, 3.95 xFIP) vs Gerrit Cole, RHP (2.78 ERA 3.53 xFIP)
Cubs Lineup:
1. Dexter Fowler (CF)
2. Tommy La Stella (3B)
3. Kris Bryant (LF)
4. Anthony Rizzo (1B)
5. Ben Zobrist (2B)
6. Addison Russell (SS)
7. Matt Szczur (RF)
8. David Ross (C)
9. Jason Hammel (P)
Pirates Lineup:
1. John Jaso (1B)
2. Andrew McCutchen (CF)
3. David Freese (3B)
4. Starling Marte (LF)
5. Francisco Cervelli (C)
6. Gregory Polanco (RF)
7. Josh Harrison (2B)
8. Jordy Mercer (SS)
9. Gerrit Cole (P)
First pitch at 7:05 ET from PNC Park in Pittsburgh
LEICESTER
FUCHS GIVEN 0
VARDY PARTY HERE
>>67298177
we get it
Europeans are the worst, fuck soccer
>>67298320
FOOTBALL
YOU'RE PLAYING EGGBALL A RUGBY UNBORN SPoRT
>>67298163
>xFIP
>not SIERA
>>67298320
B A N G E D
fowler will homer in the fourth
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well this is fun isnt it
>>67298390
Checked
I hope they never start federowicz again (obviously there not gonna start ross until montero's back so hop off).
I'm just saying, I think we all wanted contreras and while I understand the reasoning it would have been so sick to see him get a few major league ABs.
LOL, fowler out cuz of wrist. Just say it
he's sitting cuz he can't hit shit. Hopefully the days off will get him back on track.
>>67298558
Fuck obviously I meant heyward.
>Joe Maddon
A literal fucking madman.
Is it just me or does something look really weird with how the backstop ad looks behind these lefties?
Go Cubs
how the fuck does jaso live with himself with that fucking """"" hair""""""
>>67298652
420 blaze it
>tfw hammel is out pitching gerrit cole significantly this season so far
>>67298743
His FIP is higher tho
>>67298652
hes rich, playing a sport he loves, and doesnt give a shit
Good guys strike first :^)
>>67298985
>Bad guys strike first )^:
Fixed that for ya
Somebody help me out...
A few years ago, if I remember correctly, one of our guys was traded midseason to a team we were playing at the time. cubs uniform one day, opposing team the next day..
I wanna say reds or braves was the team but i'm not sure if this is even happened. I tried looking it up and found nothing..
Am i imagining this?
>>67299097
Mike Fontenot was traded to the Giants like that I think
>>67299097
I remember d lee to the barves but that seems too long ago
>>67299266
YES thank you! I knew I remembered it happening
>>67298390
if he bats in the 4th... how bout the third
>GOD DAMN IT
Heard some degenerate talking about how the Brewers are world series contenders they just have to play better this season. What a fucking twat. Almost saw them get no hit by the marlins.
Why is the run machine not working?
PNC Park looks abandoned. Is everyone watching the hockey instead?
Stealin' in steel city
ah yeeah fellas
>smoke in the dug out
fucking pissburg trying kill us
HEY HEY
Cubs tie! Yessss
>>67299891
It's working now. Just needed a little kick start
> rizzo bats .200 all season but has over .400 average with RISP and 120 rbis. Based
fucking umpball
>>67299904
yes. penguins are still going strong so all the focus is on them right now. once the season is over the bucs will be back in the spotlight.
Rizzo struck out looking, but umpball allowed him to keep hitting.
>>67300035
IT's amazing how he has managed to suck and kill it at the same time
What the fuck is this yazz flute going on in the background?
Hmmm another Gerrit Cole collapse in prime time against the cubs. This much be the new norm
>>67300054
it was inside
>>67300058
> suck
Lad he's just captain clutch. Be glad that's the new problem. Last year the cubs RISP was misery
>>67300093
lol no
>>67300095
>>67300115
lol defs not trying to shit on him i know its early. always liked rizzo and yeah he is hitting when it counts but you can't say that you don't want his average to go up
Do you guzzle food at the ballpark /sp/?
>>67300171
hell yeah
>>67300171
Your mom just got done guzzling my ballpark if you know what I mean
>>67300171
>Go to the ballpark
>Buy an unfathomable amount of food
>Throw all my trash on the ground
One of my fav parts of the experience.
ump sucks
Whatevs. Cole can't keep letting the leadoff runner on in the first place. I'll check back in on the Pens 1st intermission.
>>67300171
i eat peanuts whole
Is Jake Arrieta juicing? He used to be a mediocre pitcher for his entire career, and all of a sudden last year happened.
>>67300245
>>Throw all my trash on the ground
What's the matter with you?
>>67300245
Tfw you leave a pile of empty beers and peanuts behind. Comfy
>cole's first pitch of the inning is straight into the dirt
oh so it's gonna be like that tonight
>>67300311
(you)
>>67300319
people get paid to clean it up, we are job creators
>>67298390
gonna be a big 4th inning
>>67300311
I think wed have known by now
>>67300171
>>67300337
Jake shows signs of improvement the last 4 seasons. Becomes elite. Juice...just let this meme did
>70 pitche§ not even through four
>>67300329
He's struggling with location. This is painful to watch.
holy shit put cole back in the freezer. i'm already done with his shit tonight.
>>67300360
Players get away with it for years. Look at Jose Bautista.
Its crazy how well you can hear the players and umps because its so dead there
>>67300449
Has his velocity drastically increased? Otherwise I don't see how PEDS really help a pitch all that much.
>>67300497
pens are at home tonight. i'm surprised there's anyone there to begin with.
>>67300354
We are doing our patriotic duty.
>>67300449
What i mean is look at all the suspicions. If he was taking peds they likely would have found out by now, perhaps before the 2015 season
>>67300497
> playoff hockey
Hendricks gotta be a little butt hurt.
>>67300311
In Baltimore, the pitching coaches wanted him to pitch a certain style and he couldn't do that.
Once he got traded to Chicago, the pitching coaches let him pitch the way that he wanted and he's been able to perform much better with his own style.
>>67300561
Why are you letting this happen?
>82 pitches
>>67298390
so close...
>>67300543
massively
>>67300561
>Once he got traded to Chicago, the pitching coaches let him pitch the way that he wanted
You mean pitching on roids, right?
>>67300698
He got progressively better over the years. According to this meme he's been juicing for 4 seasons. I think he'd get caught by now considering how strict they are on roids now.
man polanco smashed that. i thought it was an easy fly out.
damn i came to this game late, what did i miss?
>>67300963
A total of 3 runs scored
>>67300963
>lackluster bucco's pitching
>lackluster bucco's hitting
basically nothing new
This fucking pitch count...
>>67301322
>4.2 innings
>105 pitches
Ouch
It's not fair! !!
>>67301358
don't fucking reply to me
>>67301421
Wanna hear a knock knock joke?
>>67300171
Alcohol yes, food no.
Can someone explain to me why Cole is trash? I'll wait.
>>67301421
Don't fucking reply for me
>>67301450
No cause they're offensive to homeless people
>All the streams on Feed2All are dead
Fuck my ozone, I don't want to get out of bed to watch the game.
Ross grand slam when?
>>67301469
this is not me I did not make this post
Choo choo motherfuckers, run train keeps chugging along
>>67301463
He's elite the cubes are just gud.
Git gud pishits
blown the fuck out
>>67301489
http://nfl-watch.com/live/channel-6-live-stream-free/ Here you go senpai
Old man Ross can still swing a fucking bat.
Let's go Grandpa Rossy! That old man can hit!
ROSS YOU FUCKING CHAMPION.
Holy shit, I can't believe they fell for that with a 70 year old man
>>67301495
We're just happy he can hit decent enough this year
>letting old man Ross run trick plays on you
you're better than this Pittsburgh
AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
>pie rats
yo end my life family. i can't stand to watch the buccos choke like this.
>>67301497
I'll fuck your nun you cuck
Holy fucking shit.
>>67301603
At least this isn't a one game playoff. You still have another 120 games till they choke one of those again.
I remember when the Cubs used to play as terrible as the Pirates are playing right now.
>>67301616
don't fucking reply to me
THE RUN MACHINE IS FUNCTIONING AT FULL SPEED AGAIN BOYS!!!!
>>67301603
Have a you, it could be worse. You could be addicted to meth and live in Missouri
>>67301632
Don't fucking reply for me
Did they ignore finishing Ross off in the run down to get the runner going to home?
If the runner got home before the Ross was tagged out, would the run count?
>>67301658
don't fucking reply to me
>>67301658
Fuck you shitlord
>>67301725
Yea it counted. It's still top of the inning
>>67301658
no fuck YOU
>>67301732
As a Shitlord-kin I'm triggered
>>67301725
Yeah, as long as the run scores before the out. The only time that doesn't count is if the batter is out.
Why the fuck is the Texas Toronto game taking up 75% of my screen? Who cares about these fucking teams??
>>67301725
Yes
>>67301820
> espn in charge of providing a quality game.
This is why they're in the red and everyone is leaving.
>>67301820
I'd understand if they were cutting away for something important like a no hitter, but that was uncalled for.
>>67300698
No I mean not forcing him to pitch his worst pitch and allowing him to pitch his slider/cutter combos
>white people with dreads
>jabroni yelling "FREESE YOU STINK"
lmao
If you hit the runner with the ball when he is off the bag it should be an automatic out. It'd make pickoff attempts way more fun.
>>67302150
Jesus christ. Baseball would soon become known as concussion ball
>>67302150
There's a reason they don't do that and it should be pretty obvious.
So happy Fowler came back to Chicago
>>67302343
The man is a monster
>>67302294
>>67302333
At least let them try it before you knock it. Some people are so obsessed with traditionalism they don't want to try anything new. I'm not saying they should implement it immediately or anything, but maybe try it in the minor leagues or in spring training. I think it'd be fun.
>>67302150
When I was a kid I thought you could get outs like that
>>67302343
I'd let him black my gf. Assuming I had one that is.
What the fuck was that Bryant
>>67302391
This isn't about traditionalism. This is about a massive injury risk
>>67302391
Pelting a guy with a baseball traveling at 80+mph will never work well.
>>67302391
>wanting to throw rocks at people
That's the worst idea I've heard in a while.
>>67302343
The best player on the Orioles this season
>>67302449
Pitchers would be way more cautious about it than you'd think. You think they'd just go throwing heat at the baserunner's heads? What happens if they miss and the runner gets a couple extra bags? I doubt they'd even throw at the head much since it's relatively small compared to the midsection.
>>67302538
>>wanting to throw rocks at people
>That's the worst idea I've heard in a while.
We're talking about throwing baseballs, not jagged rocks here. For all the talk about how dangerous this would be, how often do you actually see somebody getting hurt when they get hit? That guy on the pirates just got nailed and he's fine.
Why is Hammel only good at the start of the season
Is Fowler on roids you guys think?
>>67302545
Who cares where they hit them. You could easily cracked a rib, shatter and elbow, break a hand, etc doing that shit. Players union would never allow that bullshit.
How many homers is the riz looking at this season? I'm hoping for 40. He's on a good pace.
>>67302645
yeah I heard being on roids gets you walked at a record-breaking rate lol
>>67302409
Someone beat you to it
>>67302663
I would love to see 40, but realistically I'll guess 36
>>67302614
Better question. Why do we keep falling for his hot start and think he is actually good?
>>67302660
>Who cares where they hit them. You could easily cracked a rib, shatter and elbow, break a hand, etc doing that shit. Players union would never allow that bullshit.
If you don't want to get hit then stay on the bag, it's that simple. I think the player's union would go along with it once they realized it increased interest in baseball and thus increased player salaries.
Christ Baez, that shit was crazy
i hate the fucking pirate's base running so much. FUCK.
SENIOR to JAVYLINA
calling it early
javy is a cool guy
>>67302751
well last year he got injured in that Cardinals series around the mid-point of the year, he was never the same after that. I'll wait to see how he does over a full healthy season.
>>67302881
No friend, just no.
>new guy on Pirates hits new guy on Cubs
how fucking stupid is that?
>THESE TWO AL TEAMS HAD SOME DRAMA LAST YEAR
no one gives a fuck, e!spn
>>67302943
yes, bandwagoner. Literally the only healthy season he played for us he had a 2.98 ERA and was great. His career didn't start in May last year just because you aren't aware of it.
>SHITTSBURGH, PHLEGMSYLVANIA
that BASEDrunning
>>67302671
I mean technically bonds did.. sorry to be that guy. I know what you mean
>>67303031
You have way too much hope for him. He's a solid 4-5 pitcher, but he's not going to keep this up and be an all-star.
Baez has been pretty impressive after the sister incident
>zobrist scores
you happy you put him on base, Pittsburgh?
>>67303224
>incident
She flat out died
but YES, he's always been an exciting player despite his flaws
>>67303224
What you're saying is soler's sister must die?
>>67303261
Eh yeah same thing
On the other hand wtf is wrong with soler
>>67303293
Id be content with sending him down to the minors for a month or two depending on how the next few weeks go
>>67303281
>>67303293
>Schwarber and Heyward out
>still not starting
bad news
>>67303293
He still has a sister
>>67303293
Laziness, bat too light?
>>67303337
This. Caesar is doing well enough to split time with Bryant in left, who can then split 3rd with Baez (get him into the lineup more) or La Stella
>>67303293
I don't know if we will ever see him be what he could have been. You see spurts of it
Trust in Maddon by North Side Brothers
>>67303375
Lol
>>67303404
>>67303383
Hes a hell of a player when you see a patient approach to him send him to the minors get some confidence back up similar to what rhey did with baez.
Maybe even bring conferred up for a few weeks til montero is back
>>67303337
How many times are the cubs going to experiment with the Soler can play baseball at an elite level meme. He's an average player. Szurzer is breddy gud, la Stella is playing well, fowler is based, Heyward is currently shitting the bed but I have hope.
how is that not the neighborhood rule?
Safe at second
>>67303538
they took that rule out
>>67303498
Heyward has been great on the defense tho
>>67303493
>conferred
Contreras?
>>67303498
Its not an experiment he actually is good
>>67303604
Maddon doesn't even want to start him despite Heyward sitting. He'd rather have zobs play outfield. That should say something
>>67303569
Yes contreras
>>67303498
He isa good baseball player just needs to pht a few things together but that can be said about tons of people that have yet to make it
What the fuck is going on? Just finish the damn game
STOP CHALLENGING
PLAY BASEBALL
>>67303666
DON'T CORRECT BLOWN CALLS
JUST PLAY THROUGH THEM
WHO CARES ABOUT THAT PERFECT GAME?
joe is getting tossed tonight
>>67303655
He's been in and out of the minors, and rn he's potentially the worst out fielder on the team and that's including kawasaki being in AAA. I want him to do well. Soler is so damn impatient at the plate. Strike out machine and swings at just garbage pitches. Low and outside, k him up all day
>watching the Pens game
>both times I switch back to the Buccos they're in the middle of two different challenges
I love baseball and all but holy hell.
>>67303662
>>67303666
Fucking challenges have always dragged the game out since they started. Lately it feels like it's just gotten worse.
I just want to watch some fucking baseball, not have to wait every inning for some twats in New York to spend 15 minutes flipping through wikipedia trying to figure out which rule they're checking on.
Just hire some Japanese dudes to develop robot umps and be done with it.
>>67303700
I'm all for getting the play right, but that was like 15 minutes of review on a 2 second play in a 5 run game. Fucking stupid.
>>67303716
Thats really key to his hitting his impatience kills him. We got a taste at how he can succeed when hes patient in the 2015 playoffs but god damn, when soler is on hes as good as any hitter. Would be a shame for him not to pan out. Could just be lake 2.0
If mcdavid wins the Calder the nhl is trash. No larkin, wtf. Panarin better win
>>67303742
You should probably stick with the pens game
>>67303774
And if the Pie Rats rally? This challenge could make or break things.
>>67303783
>no larkin
Still waiting for her to do a decent lesbian scene. To much coal burning.
>>67303782
>we had two caribinig outfielder who showed flashes of potential but didn't panned out
>>67303783
I agree. Is there any rule that declassifies him as a rookie cause he played in Russia?
Or felix pie 1.5
>>67303783
Panarin, if considered a rookie by the NHL, which he is, is so far in front that giving it to McDavid would just be pandering to the hype that surrounded him.
>>67302343
I was so happy when I saw the video of him walking on the field at spring training. I love the dude.
>>67303838
Nope he is under 25 and first year NHL so Breadman totally deserves to win it
>>67303830
>>67303830
>>67303830
sauce for the love of god pls
All fowler does is make good contact and walk. ogtta love him
>>67303917
Use google you south american monkey.
>>67303853
HOW DOES IT KEEP HAPPENING?
>that time pie got beaned in the nuts while stealing second
>>67303792
I am :^)
>>67304056
>that time felix pie bit for the cycle
>>67304235
no Cub has hit for the cycle since Mark Grace
>>67304263
What is baltimore
>>67304263
I hit for the cycle twice
>>67304263
Tfw your parents bought you a baby onesie and it was a mark grace jersey. Comfy feels.exe
starting to get impressed by javy. I never ever thought he could make it work with that bogus ass swing
>Clayton Richard pinch hitting
absolutely what
>>67304538
Fuck it mode engaged
Resd
HAHAHAHA when he said the reds bullpen blew the lead again I literally laughed out loud
[W]
[ W ]
They really need to make a rule that if you blow 3 saves or more, you get automatically demoted to the minors.
How hard is it to pitch one inning and not give up 4 runs?
GG, see you tomorrow Pirates and please stop trying to hurt the Cubs
I hope Maddon orders one of his pitchers to retaliate for all the balls thrown at them tonight.
>>67304829
how hard is it to get 1 out in an inning without giving up 5 runs and using multiple relievers to one of the statistically worst offensive teams in the AL?
