Tanner Roark, RHP (2.35 ERA, 3.65 xFIP) vs Jake Arrieta, RHP (0.84 ERA, 3.06 xFIP)
Nats Lineup:
1. Ben Revere (CF)
2. Anthony Rendon (3B)
3. Bryce Harper (RF)
4. Ryan Zimmerman (1B)
5. Daniel Murphy (2B)
6. Jayson Werth (LF)
7. Wilson Ramos (C)
8. Danny Espinosa (SS)
9. Tanner Roark (P)
Cubs Lineup:
1. Dexter Fowler (CF)
2. Jason Heyward (RF)
3. Kris Bryant (3B)
4. Anthony Rizzo (1B)
5. Ben Zobrist (2B)
6. Jorge Soler (LF)
7. Addison Russell (SS)
8. Tim Federowicz (C)
9. Jake Arrieta (P)
First pitch at 1:20 CT form Wrigley Field
>Federowicz
When will this meme end?
Jesus glad that's over
>that anthem
What an awful way to start the game
Will this be the day? Will the Gnats best Natty?
>>67444847
shrill ass bitch is gonna give me nightmares
First for Bryce Harper getting BTFO
PERFORMANCE
BRING THE BROOMS LADS WE SWEEPIN
>>67444950
Arrietta will strike him out 3 times
when did mother's day become breast cancer awareness day?
>>67445058
They've been doing it for like the last 10 years mate
>>67445058
how dare you, you cis piece of shit misogynist.
>>67445058
When did players become forced to wear faggy pink gear?
>>67445058
I'm watching the game with my mom and she asked the same thing
>>67445083
I can't remember ever seeing the fucking ump where a pink mask. It's kind of overkill at this point
MORE SHITTY UMPS
CAN'T WAKE UP
>>67445058
>players will never where light blue for prostate cancer awareness on father's day
>>67445184
This whole series has been brutal in that regard
>>67445192
Seriously. Is it gonna take a player getting prostate cancer?
Why not put murphy behind bryce? He might get more pitches to hit since murphy is on a tear.
This catcher is making good pitches look like shit
>>67445293
No, the ump is just autistic.
Nats are trying to kill Fowler
Plz don't be ded dexter
>lead off man doin his thing
>Drake blasting at Wrigley
GOAT
stream?
>Bryant
>.300+ avg
Pick two
players wear pink for mother's day? lol?
cmon benny
hello i am new to this sport pls be friendly
go cubs
>>67445690
ayyyy new fans are always welcome m8
So the bit that is x-y underneath the pitch count
I understand y=outs. What is x?
>>67445732
The balls and strikes (also known as a 'count')
0-0 (balls, strikes), x outs
>bases loaded
>soler steps up to the plate
just fuckin' kill me
These umps need to go back to ump school.
>>67445759
So what are the balls and strikes
Why can't George Soler get hits, lads?
SOLER, REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! God dammit, how many times is maddon going to fall for the soler is a work in progress meme.
Shit fielding and strike out machine
>>67445801
4 balls is a free base, 3 strike and youre out. fouls count as strikes but once you have 2 strike you can foul the ball off as much as you want.
>>67445856
So the 4 balls is a foul count for the pitcher? Like they're illegal throws?
>>67445810
>>67445819
To be fair that at-bat was more Roark working the ump's zone and getting outside strikes, but it would be nice for Soler to take a fucking swing
>>67445801
balls if the pitcher misses the strike zone while the batter doesn't swing
4 balls and the batter advances to first base
strike if the batter doesn't swing and ump calls it in the strike zone, strike if he swings and misses or hits a foul(can't get out on a foul hit though, unless it's caught)
>That baby's face
JUST
>>67445946
looks like zika 2bh
Why are these dickweed umps still allowed to umpire games?
>>67445909
there is a strike zone and if the ump decides you threw a pitch in the zone its a strike. balls are pitches thrown outside the zone. Its all done by the discretion of the ump and this one is calling a shit game so this is a really bad game to watch as your first
>Arrieta getting 5-6 balls called on the exact same pitches that Soler went down with
>>67446023
most of them are pretty good. theres like 4 that are just awful. Ted Barret might be the worst HPU
Thanks for info bros, I won't shit up the thread with too many more.
Are the cubs a good team? I've went with them solely cos I'm a Bears fan so it makes sense. Chicago seems a pretty cool place.
>>67446143
South side where the sox play is a run down shit hole of a ghetto. Cubs play in a wealthy neighborhood on the north side. Comfy as fuck and lots of fun stuff to do.
>this catcher
Bring up contreras
>Federowicz
CONTRERAS NOW
>>67446143
Well right now they're the best team in the majors. They also had a really good season last year.
However they are also infamous for not being good - no World Series since 1908, no WS appearance since 1945
FUCK FEDEROVIC YOU KURWA
>>67446143
The Cubs started a rebuild a few years ago and are last season jump-started the contending phase. They have almost their entire great positional core locked up for the next 5 years and are winning at a literally historic rate this year.
wew that grounder.
>>67446143
Hello britbong.
Yes the Cubs are good. I think they are easily the best team in the league at the moment.
Chicago is fun.
>fedorawicz
>>67446143
arguably the best team around now m8, but they havent won anything in over 100 years which is laughable compared to any other team
they were cursed by a goat
>>67446194
>>67446197
>Implying Contreras is fully developed
Montero should be back soon, no need to start the service time clock yet.
>>67446143
tell me about london. How fucked are you guys realistically
>>67446197
calm down, Fedora has been great overall for what he is - a short DL stint stopgap.
>>67446251
I wanted to post this
>>67446256
he can't be worse than Timmy Fedora
call him up, let him share time with Ross and then send him down when Montero is back, then he can continue his development
Nothing small about this manlet ump's strike zone.
>All this pink for mother's day
>>67446262
I'm in Glasgow, London might as well be another country for me.
>>67446262
if you mean the mayor then khan is a liberal guy and might sort out the housing situation - so ok - he's a great example of a muslim actually integrating unlike most of the fuckers
otherwise london has fantastic parts but the main issue is ghettoisation and it being unaffordable for most average people in that way it's fairly fucked
>>67446384
muh referendum
>>67446340
Just look at how much irregular playing time has fucked up Soler.
Contreras should stay in the minors until he can handle the pitching staff and get regular playing time
>>67446364
>>67445058
>>67445088
>>67445164
Why the fuck do you guys care?? Theyre happy to wear that stuff and show their mothers some love. Do you not buy your mother nice shit for mothers day?
>>67446262
what's wrong with London
>>67446434
gonna ask you to take a few moments to get woke
>>/pol/
>>67446424
it worked fine for Schwarber
>>67446423
>but the main issue is ghettoisation and it being unaffordable for most average people in that way it's fairly fucked
to be fair this is the issue with literally every big city in the world these days, Chicago included.
>>67446502
Schwarber was a shit defender though lel
>>67446502
schawbs was good the second he entered the majors. Soler has been in and out of the majors and still cant handle being an every day player.
Dat mad af BRUTAL cubs guy.
>>67446426
I called her on the phone
>>67446502
Schwarber was playing pretty much every day, just not at catcher. Contreras with would be sitting on Ross days since he doesn't play other positions.
>>67446540
>Soler has been in and out of the majors
>>67446426
buying stuff for your mum is fine and you should do it, wearing this garish shit though???
>>67446527
true, i got offered a job in san francisco a while ago and lol at some of those rents
>>67446566
Its the easiest thing the players can do to represent their mothers during the game. Its only 1 day, at least its not an entire month like the nfl. Plus I believe they auction the mothers day stuff off and doante all the money to breast cancer research
>>67446423
>Referendum
No, i hear enough from Nats here. Comfy sports threads are to be free of referendum pish
The Mothers day stuff is a bit garish but I guess its a nice message.
>>67446566
yeah I remember reading that San Francisco rent is actually worse than Manhattan now, and even parts of west Oakland are more like what San Francisco was 5-10 years ago.
>>67446566
America's a garish, superficial place dawg
>>67446596
From my experience living in Canada and the US, there would be a lot less inter-ethnic hatred if different group had regular contact/communication, but forcing it is..questionable. Worked in Singapore, I doubt it in a place like the US where race is so central to society
Oh wow we're actually down...
FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!
>Bryant
Welp. With how shakey Arrieta has been lately, shit defense is going to cost us.
>>67446596
>mfw reverse gentrification happens and the suburbs become all black and rich white people move into the city
Shhiiiieeett
Steroids boy is spooked, won't throw a strike.
This was his problem in Baltimore.
Enjoy the collapse.
>Dwarfs
Bryant's a good defender overall but every once in a while he has these "fuckin' seriously?" moments
>>67446707
maybe but the numbers dont lie. Dallas tried doing this and it has been a disaster. The people who were moved into nice neighborhoods ended up fucking up their new towns. Crime spiked and these peoples kids didnt do any better in school despite having access to better education.
Why does Arrieta keep throwing the low pitch to Murphy? He loves that pitch
>>67446757
>petrified Natsfag comes out of nowhere after a 1-0 lead after being invisible all thread
Lol
>>67446757
>collapse
Hes literally setting MLB records. anything less than his usual self is far from a collapse. Its called above average pitching. stay mad.
>RBI double
Bullshit, that's an error. It clearly muffed the ball.
>>67446707
>inter-ethnic hatred if different group had regular contact/communication
but it's not inter-ethnic hatred really, it's hatred of the worst subsections of races. no one is trying to run law-abiding middle class minorities out of neighborhoods. It's contempt for the gang-related ones that don't even give a shit about their own neighborhoods and go around messing up others.
Minimum 5 run inning here.
>>67446800
That guy is clearly an O's fan
Fowler is unreal, man.
Fowler seriously making a case for allstar CF
>>67446979
>>67446972
This may be my fangoggles but he's one of the most underrated players in the majors
>>67446776
that part of the article about what happened to Dallas is terrifying. what a shitshow. but MUH DISCRIMINATION.
It's time to put Addi in the 2 spot and put Heyward down 7th or 9th.
>Heyward
Makes sense that he is in the #2 hole, because he is utter shit.
>>67447004
I thought he was playing over his head last year. This is just nuts.
Fowler is good, but he's not going to stay this good. His BABIP is .427. He's not going to stay this hot.
Plz rizz, dubs get for rbi
fuck you nashitnals
take storen back you fucking assholes
>>67446917
You stereotype all blacks as criminals!
>>67447125
:^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^)
We gave him up for a reason.
>>67447125
Lel they kept the guy who literally choked their best player over him, blatantly obvious how lowly they thought of him
BASEDrunning
/pol/ is that way ------>>>>
>>67447247
/comfy/ is thisaway
<-----
------->
Why can't Arrieta work a clean inning today?
>be cubs
>pay a gorillion for Heyward
>get no hits
>be complete shit
:^)
>>67447308
this ump is a chuckle fuck, also nats are a good team so they could just be waking up
Looks like a probable loss today
>>67447335
this was means for >>67447291
>>67447308
and the funny thing is if it weren't for his absurd contract, he could plausibly be benched for Baez/LaStella.
In b4 MUH D.
EHEHEHEHEHE
>Cubs
That was a nice one Jorge
Zobrist to OF full time when?
>Gameday says In play, out(s)
>Run scores
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>67447495
Had traumatic flashes of Alex Gonzalez there.
>>67447495
1B Rizzo
2B La stella
SS Russel
3B Baez
C Montero
LF Bryant
CF Fowler
RF Zobrist
>>67447568
Plz when
zimmerman pls
>>67447644
never cause heyward is on that muh large contract status and maddon is probably being pressured by theo to keep trying.
>>67447568
>that shitty OF range
Slugging percentage would go through the roof
>soler on deck
Y'all need to realize Heyward never hits early in the year and he plays gold glove defense.
>>67447756
>gold glove defense
okay fine but we dont need gold glove defense cause our pitching has been doing so well. He is a shit at the plate
>>67447756
Then why the fuck is he in the 2 spot
>>67447783
To move Fowler to 2nd on the weak groundout.
>Free runs
Fuck yes
>cubs offense today
>>67448028
>Implying the offense normally shows up early
Don't panic senpai
SOLER DOUBLE CLUTCHED THE BALL!! PROBABLY COULD HAVE THROWN MURPHY OUT
>Arrieta doesn't have it today
>Bullpen has been shit
Welp
WTF!!! cubs offense is blowing this for jake
>arrieta almost air mailed it over rizzo.
Holyshit this game has been a shit show of crappy fielding and hitting
>Heyward
Incoming DP
Dubs and he hits a HR instead
>>67448764
saved by a wild pitch
heyward is fucking trash. His swing is horrible
>>67448883
he's an amazing fielder though
2 hits? Roark was that good?
cheeky rizz
cmon cubes
TOMMY PLEASE
3-1 count and he swings at ball 4
REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
>>67449816
he had a better chance of driving that pitch than Ross had with the bases loaded desu
>soler's gone
do we win?
>>67449873
grandpa has been hitting well
>>67449920
only after we get rid of heyward too.
Alright lads bottom of the 7th Heyward finally breaks out of his slump and goes deep. Screencap this. Unless dubs, then he'll ground into an unassisted triple play.
>>67450044
Fucking nailed it.
>>67450044
>>67450044
here we go lads
Holy shit that chick is tone deaf. She sung the entire song on the exact same note
CAHILL
>lifetime .102 hitter
Jesus Christ Cahill
>>67450159
some cub fan who survived breast cancer, theyre just letting her live out her dream of singing the stretch. Pretty comfy if you ask me
I can't wait for Heyward to ruin this inning
> Cahill running the bases
W E W L A D S
E
W
L
A
D
S
God bless Cahill.
>>67450227
this desu.He really needs to step up.
Look at that Hayward did something
is this the beginning of the end of the cubs?
> joe doesnt trust heyshit to swing the bat so he makes him lay down sac bunt.
>heyshit makes the 2nd most of any outfielder in baseball
> how you want that all star outfielder senpai??
lmao heyward bunting, good call joe
i hope they bring in a pinch runner for cahill, though i guess it would have to be baez (unless any of our pitchers can run)
CAHILL
FOWLER
BRYANT
THANK YOU BASED EVERYBODY
RUN
EQUALITY
W E W L A D S
NO DECISION
LGTSS
> the city of walgreens
clearly safe, challenges are getting out of control
>>67450428
challenging an obvious call should be punishable by death
>>67450428
Are you expecting anything else from ol' Dusty?
>>67450452
swede bro how did you become a cubs fan? I see you in every thread.
>>67450441
>>67450452
Joe did it yesterday too, it's getting silly
>>67450469
WGN Superstation :^)
>>67450469
Bandwagoned the bulls just after Jordan retired the second time, then went to Chicago a few years later and adopted the Cubs and Da Burrs. Didn't pick the Sox because I didn't think the atmosphere was as good.
>>67450530
>I didn't think the atmosphere was as good.
too say the least
>>67450530
Good decision. The sox are for dirty south-siders
>>67450504
In europe? I know when wgn owned the cubs they played the games across the nation and I have a paki friend who became a fan after he got a shipment of 2003 NLCS champion shirts for the cubs.
>>67450554
>2003 NLCS champion shirts
JUST
>>67450554
>2003 NLCS champion shirts
wew
>>67450584
>>67450597
I know depressing but once he moved to america and found out the news he didnt care hes still a fan to this day.
Harper is not going to record an official AB today. I don't know whether to laugh or cry
I love the seagulls, so comfy
>>67450617
He's a good fan
Jesus Christ Cahill pitched better than Arrieta today.
Cahill doing his thaaang
>>67450688
yea hes a good shit skin. Defecting from his faith for the most part. Likes booze, slags, and good ol burrs and cubs baseball. Telling him they didnt actually win the NLCS was gold. I remember meeting him in 4th grade and he had an NLCS champion shirt on and I was to say "I have some bad news for you..." Still depressing but funny cause his face was priceless.
>sox won again
This is the most fucked up timeline.
>>67450831
>beating the twins
Also La stella is a fucking animal
>>67450849
It's more the fact that both chicago teams are currently just mauling everyone in sight. Crosstown will be nuts if they manage to keep up this pace.
Baez swinging at garbage again
Washington should just load the bases for Heyward
any /pol/tards here triggered by that mixed family?
>>67450922
/pol/ is a worse cancer than /b/
>>67450922
Not even triggered anymore. It is a losing battle. Just gonna start accepting it, and just raise my children right, because it is clear where society is going.
>>67450922
it's 2016
>>67450940
t. Bernout
fucking faggot murphy
>>67450940
>implying theyre not the same people who fap to furries on /b/ then go to /pol/ to shit post about current events.
>>67450947
If you are new to this thread.
see>>67446596
The Cubs defense finally decided to show up
>>67450978
what does t. [name] mean and where did it come from?
Ayyyyy
>>67451017
More like the same people who start cuck/interracial threads on /gif/
>>67451036
regards
t.________
this fucking pandora commercial with the tranny at the end
>>67451036
t. means "Regards" in another language, though I cannot remember which one
Basically it acts as a signature. So the Post was saying how retarded /pol/ is, and the reply was making fun of him by signing his post with "bernout"
No idea where it originated though
> Fowler, Pitcher, Bryant due up in the bottom of the 9th
Who /comfy/ here?
>>67451036
it's shorthand for the finnish word for regards. came from spurdo comics
>>67451072
If post ends in 4 or dubs cubs walk off victory. If anything else extra innnings
>>67451100
doubling the dubs
>>67451100
OH SHIT!!
>>67451100
Aww yiss lads lets go!
Holy shit did Heyward just get a hit?
>pink bats
wtf he got a hit
>Heyward
lol heyward
>>67451194
you bitch
FUCK YOU HEYWARD
Goddammit Heyward. He'll find a way to fuck us one way or another.
Too high.
>heyward
friggin double agent
>>67451162
nice one
FUKKK that's the most frustrating way that inning coulda ended
>>67451244
>gets hit first time in ages. Runs the bases like an asshole
Is there a bigger fraud in baseball rn?
>Try not to suck
Too late.
who /studyingforfinalshere/?
>>67451430
I should be working on a final project due tomorrow morning but instead I'm watching baseball and posting itt
>>67451430
Did my 6 hours earlier today for my final on friday, just so I could see Arrieta boss out.
At least the game has been good so I don't feel let down.
>>67451456
>>67451481
Should be but kind of listening to this and writing a paper.
>>67451430
Nah but my 1st class of the semester is tomorrow
>Harper still doesn't have an official at bat today
Harper is pissed lol
I dont think id mind if they go 16 innings today. sundays are comfy
Wow that paid off well
cmon boys
When are the Nationals going to invest in a real hitter to put behind Harper?
>Harper
>no at bats
top kek
Reminder if the cubs defense showed up the first half of the game it would be over.
>>67451668
I blame Soler
golden opportunity with Schwarber out and he's complete shit
Really hate how good Harper is when he plays the Cubs. Against most others that would have been a double.
>>67451430
>studying for finals
Grow up you fucking child
>>67451714
someone is mad they didnt get into college
t.neet
