I’m glad Maddon started Kyle Hendricks last night.
I believe that he’s the current “ace” of the Chicago Cubs starting pitchers. What a great performance last night. Like Greg Maddux, he can be overpowering, without a crushing fastball.
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Fire Ryan Poles | Fire Matt Eberflus 
October 7, 2017 at 4:06 pm
Lester’s starting today. Oh boy. Chucky where are you, son?
October 7, 2017 at 7:40 pm
Lester pitched like an ace. Too bad the bullpen decided to revert to form. I knew that 3-1 lead wouldn’t last. They go home tied 1-1. The starters are going to have to pitch long into the game. That bullpen is the Cubs major weakness. Has been all year long.
October 7, 2017 at 7:56 pm
Way to shit the goddamned bed. Jesus fucking Christ! What the fuck was that? Goddamn Carl Edwards looks like a deer about to get hit by an 18 wheeler every fucking time he goes out, and quite frankly, the rest of that bullshit bullpen isn’t worth pissing on if they were on fucking fire. This isn’t going to end well.
October 7, 2017 at 8:45 pm
If they lose game 3, they lose the series. That bullpen has got to be priority #1 if they have any realistic thoughts of going on a run next year.
You cannot win playoff game with a shoddy bullpen. And the Cubs, other than Davis, have one of the worst in baseball.
October 7, 2017 at 11:13 pm
Yes…Carl Edwards helps win a WS last year, pitching very well under extreme pressure…and now this? Headcase?
October 8, 2017 at 5:52 am
Bruuuhhh…fuuuuuuck.
Even Pedro Strop managed to go an inning without fucking up. Dafuck, gents?
October 8, 2017 at 9:22 am
Edwards has been unreliable at best…lights out one minute, out to lunch the next. Or maybe I’ve missed more of his “good” appearances.
October 8, 2017 at 3:47 pm
“That was the only option,” Maddon said after the game. “That was the right option. C.J. was the right man for the job. Harper is good, C.J. is really good. C.J.’s numbers against left-handed hitters are amongst the best in all of baseball.” Joe Maddon
Okay, guys, this is just flat-out dumb! Obviously, Edwards cannot handle Harper. Just because he did well against left-handers throughout the year means nothing, zilch, nada, when facing arguably the best left-handed hitter in all of baseball.
If Maddon blows this series (especially against Dusty!) I say fire his butt as soon as possible. His bull-headedness will cost the Cubs way more than last years run was worth. I very much appreciate what he did last year. But, the Cubs cannot afford dumbbell managers. They’ve had too many in the past.
October 8, 2017 at 8:44 pm
C’mon ernie…you’d really fire Maddon?
He’s not a “dumbbell manager”….can you imagine how difficult it was to win it all last year, given 108 years of futility, etc. He guided a very young there, and helped them to “believe”….
…let’s see how it plays out, my FRENDT!
October 9, 2017 at 12:11 am
“C’mon ernie…you’d really fire Maddon?”
If he’s too pigheaded to admit he made a bad decision? You bet! I don’t mind when a manager makes a mistake. They all do. But, I do mind when the manager not only refuses to admit the mistake, but doubles down on the idiocy by saying he’d do the same thing again!
As I said in my comment. I very much appreciate Maddon leading the Cubs to victory last year. But, as I said after the Series, I believe the Cubs won in spite of Maddon, not because of.
October 9, 2017 at 12:16 pm
I think they can win the series, but they’ll probably lose Game 3.
October 9, 2017 at 5:09 pm
GOD-FUCKING-DAMN YOU PEDRO FUCKING STROP!!!!!
October 9, 2017 at 5:50 pm
GOD-FUCKING-DAMN YOU PEDRO FUCKING STROP!!!!!
And that’s why Maddon’s a cementhead! He never thinks his moves are wrong, even when they are demonstrably wrong!
October 9, 2017 at 6:24 pm
CUBS WIN!!! CUBS WIN!!!
Not to be a butt or anything, but Pedro F’N Strop has pitched 2.1 scoreless inning in this series.
Maybe he’s found God?
October 9, 2017 at 6:25 pm
That being said, I’m glad the Cubs are where they are, but it would be nice to see a Cubs starter pitch into the seventh or eighth. Jus’ sayin’.
October 9, 2017 at 6:30 pm
Big win. Our #3 beats their ace. Sets us up nicely for tomorrow.
October 9, 2017 at 7:00 pm
My comments stands. Strop is a goddamned piece of shit, and should NEVER be put in a tight game like this. Never!
October 9, 2017 at 11:10 pm
Reading comment threads on the Washington Nationals facebook page, they are blaming toothpick for the loss. Welcome to our world haha.
Good chance tomorrow for Jake, who will be better rested than Scherzer was, to send Dusty to the unemployment line. And third straight NLCS for the Cubs!
Also, Strop is pretty damn good, but Chucky is entitled to his opinion haha.
October 9, 2017 at 11:20 pm
Strop is decent (“serviceable”?), but Chucky is right, he is not good in pressure situations.
October 10, 2017 at 9:20 am
This is an amazing stat right here!
Postseason starting pitching so far:
CUBS (3 games): 0.49 ERA
Nats (3 games): 1.99 ERA
Indians (3 games): 3.60 ERA
Astros (4 games): 3.96 ERA
Yankees (4 games): 4.50 ERA
Dodgers (2 games): 5.23 ERA
Dbacks (3 games): 12.00 ERA
*Red Sox (4 games): 12.97 ERA
October 10, 2017 at 12:01 pm
Cue Yeti….just kidding, Dave!
I had no idea….if they can keep that up and start hitting again, they’ll win it all. Not predicting that at this time, but they have been one of the best teams in baseball since the all-star break.
October 10, 2017 at 12:09 pm
…did anybody see the video of Dusty’s reaction when Rizzo’s blooper dropped in for a hit, putting the Cubs ahead?
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
October 10, 2017 at 12:19 pm
I agree with you Genre my frendt; IF they can keep the pitching at that level, they win it all! Pitching wins the World Series.
October 10, 2017 at 2:55 pm
Interesting idea from the illustrious Steve Rosenbloom. And, yes, I like it. A lot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/rosenblog/ct-kyle-hendricks-jake-arrieta-cubs-rain-20171010-column.html
October 10, 2017 at 4:28 pm
Hey, Chicago frendts! Is the game today going to be rained out?
I hope not, but that’s what I’m hearing.
October 10, 2017 at 5:40 pm
Ernie….it’s official. It’s a washout. They’ll play tomorrow.
October 10, 2017 at 5:51 pm
Thanks Chucky my frendt! I just wonder if that’s good news, bad news, or “whatever” news for Arrieta and the Cubs.
October 10, 2017 at 6:16 pm
I’m hoping for Rosenbloom’s idea to happen. I’d pitch Hendricks instead of Arrieta.
October 10, 2017 at 7:54 pm
https://www.cubshq.com/update/Baker-blaming-Chicago-mold-for-his-players-being-sick-23869?ref=fb
***DUSTY EXCUSE ALERT***
Locked and loaded with fresh excuses for tomorrow’s inevitable defeat.
October 10, 2017 at 8:28 pm
Jesus fucking Christ. What will be his next fucking excuse? That alien pod people came to Earth and invaded the bodies of his “horses”?
Go fuck yourself Dusty, and stop whining like a goddamn bitch.
October 10, 2017 at 8:42 pm
FUCK! The toothpick chomping idiot strikes again. So glad he’s gone, regardless of how this series ends.
October 10, 2017 at 9:27 pm
It was the walks clogging the bases that spelled doom for the Dustbucket!
October 11, 2017 at 7:22 am
That is why he didn’t walk Rizzo.
He’s finished today, or the Nats front office lacks any semblance of what could be considered intelligence.
October 11, 2017 at 3:40 pm
I’m ok with Arrieta getting the start today (even though so far he’s not fooling anybody)…he has a lot to prove.
But what do you guys think? I know Hendricks is the current “ace”, etc.
I hope the Cubs can get to Strasburg soon…
October 11, 2017 at 6:39 pm
So long Game 4, it was nice knowing ya! Hello Game 5 and Max Sherzer!
Cubs are in serious danger of losing to the toothpick. Shameful!
October 11, 2017 at 7:13 pm
Well…shit. Maybe Dusty has finally gotten good. One might even call that Strasburg thing a dirty trick.
Or maybe he will be same old Dusty and find a way to screw it up… Hendricks vs ???? tomorrow. I think mad Max wil be in the pen, but not starting.
October 11, 2017 at 8:37 pm
Probably Gio. No way Max starts unless they’re willing to start him for just the first few innings and then go Gio.
October 12, 2017 at 5:52 pm
Who’s willing to bet money the Cubs win today? Anybody, anybody, Buehller, anybody….
I won’t bet 2 cents on their chances today.
October 12, 2017 at 8:01 pm
Seems to be time for this.
FUUUUUUUCCCCCKKKKKK!!!!!!!
October 12, 2017 at 8:08 pm
Hendricks throwing batting practice now. 4-1 Nats with more to come.
Dusty is a better manager than Maddon. Who’d a thunk it.
Seriously, this is pathetic losing to that toothpick chomping moron.
Chucky has it right again. Chokers are back!!!
October 12, 2017 at 9:39 pm
Well, Chucky, we might have been a little premature with our Cub funeral. 7-4 Cubs in the 6th. Still plenty of time for Cubs bullpen to blow it. Rizzo and Bryant are useless, however. And these are Cub “stars”? Wow.
October 12, 2017 at 10:16 pm
I’m not the only one who thinks Maddon overthinks and makes changes when no changes are needed:
“Is Madden on Crack !!! Even thinking of putting Montgomery in after what they did to him the other night … is insane !!!”
October 12, 2017 at 10:25 pm
…is there any pitching left?
October 12, 2017 at 11:26 pm
Goddamn, my nerves are fucking shot. Can’t the Cubs win a deciding game in a laugher?
October 12, 2017 at 11:36 pm
FUUUUUUUICKKKKKKKKK!!!!
October 12, 2017 at 11:49 pm
FINALLY!!!!!!
I’m out of here men. I’m going to go drink some shoe polish to try to slow my heart down a little.
Out.
October 12, 2017 at 11:52 pm
This team has some motherfucking heart! Wade Davis is the man…I’m toasting him and the Cubs with a top shelf bourbon.
October 13, 2017 at 12:01 am
Fuck off, Dustdick!!
Fly the motherfucking W!!
The Dusty curse is alive and well!!
But now who the hell pitches game 1?
Celebrate briefly and get copius sleep, Cubs!
October 13, 2017 at 12:09 am
“I don’t believe what I just saw!” Jack Buck from the grave.
I see no possible way this team beats the Dodgers…now watch them go out and beat the Dodgers.
October 13, 2017 at 2:03 am
HA HA HA…..what a game!