Prodigal_SOB wrote:
 

A shame. He was lights-out for the Sox for a long time. 

 He's had a few decent outings, but nothing close to what you would expect from looking at his pre-Cubs numbers, no.

Has Kimbrel ever pitched well since coming to the Cubs? He was lights out in the first half of the Red Sox's championship year but got progressively shakier in the second. 

 Prodigal_SOB wrote:
 
Especially if they put Kimbrel in again.

6:50 pm EST  At 9 -2 we are now tied for the best record in the majors with someone other than the Yankees.   It would be OK if you end it now I guess, but you better hurry this could all change in a few hours.

 

Cubs are now 7-2 and on top of the NL - end the season now, please.

I had the same reaction at a gut level when I stumbled across the Red Sox playing the Mets on Fox. From a distance it looked there was a group of fans behind home plate, surrounded by empty seats. I looked closer and realized those fans were just cardboard cutouts. Either Fox or the Mets were playing canned crowd noise. I couldn't watch that crap. 

First ever 2 run lead off home run last week. 

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 kcar wrote:
 

They're all doing it, and it's amusing at first but once you zen in on the game and announcers, that all disappears. Some (all?) teams are using audio from the MLB video game. A little cross promotion, it usually sounds okay.

 Prodigal_SOB wrote:
 

I had the same reaction at a gut level when I stumbled across the Red Sox playing the Mets on Fox. From a distance it looked there was a group of fans behind home plate, surrounded by empty seats. I looked closer and realized those fans were just cardboard cutouts. Either Fox or the Mets were playing canned crowd noise. I couldn't watch that crap. 

   I don't think I'm going to consider it a real season no matter what happens.  We had to endure our first extra inning nonsense last night.   It ain't baseball, but it's all we got for the time being.

   I don't think I'm going to consider it a real season no matter what happens.  We had to endure our first extra inning nonsense last night.   It ain't baseball, but it's all we got for the time being.

I think you might also want to consider playing more games than a high school chess team before you call it a season.

Yeah but the damn Yankees are half a game ahead of us with a winning percentage of .875.  If it stopped now they would surpass the 1906 Cubs' .763 for the highest winning percentage of all time.  We can't let that happen.   We need to wait till they lose a few more or we get ahead of them first.

Cubs are now 7-2 and on top of the NL - end the season now, please.

Cubs are now 7-2 and on top of the NL - end the season now, please.

 zevon wrote:
 

Well reasoned. Good rant.

Sad to say I think it’s time to throw in the towel on the ****season****, multiple asterisks intentional. Like a walk you no longer have to throw 4 pitches to accomplish.
MLB crammed 60 games into 70-71 days, Rainouts would cause pretty bad scheduling conflicts as there would not be many aligned schedule windows for makeup games. Rainouts are no longer relevant, the Rona has wreaked destruction on the schedule in two short weeks. Most teams have now played 8 or 9 games, all should have. Miami and Philly have each played 3. St. Louis is now missing games and likely won’t play this week. How in hell are all those games going to be made up? Teams can’t play 7 inning double headers ( a joke in the first place) every other day. There’s pressure to end the season on time, as the playoffs - expanded rather than contracted, another joke - will be up against winter weather by the time the Series rolls around.
MLB totally fucked up the scheduling in the first place. I’ll mention Boston here a couple times, not as a pIssued off fan but just because that’s who I follow and I see what’s going on with them. They are not in a unique situation.
First, playing 10 games against each division opponent and 5 against the other league’s same division has one common denominator. ThOse numbers are both divisible by 5. All series should have been 5 games, home and home against division rivals and 2 each home and away inter league series. Had they done this travel between division rivals would be cut down 33.3% (1 road trip for each rival to the other’s city, vs current 1 trip for 1 team, 2 for the other. It would cut down travel for inter league matchups down by 50% - 1 trip for 1 team vs 1 Trip for each team. Limiting travel and reducing exposure to the general public was in the players’ best interest. Big fail by the schedulers.
Here’s two other fails pertaining to Boston, again, I’m sure these aren’t unique. We go to NY twice, play 7 in Yankee stadium and 3 against them in Fenway. That sucks, could have at least been 6-4 if not the ideal 5-5. Second item, Sox will have played 10 days in a row assuming today“s game isn’t rained out. They get to fly to Tampa tomorrow to play a TWO game series, and then get another travel day back to Boston on Thursday. There goes 2 of 10 or 11 precious “off days” , which really aren’t “off” at all when you spend half of them dealing with transportation. 
 It hurts to say I don’t give a shit if another game is played. I love the game, but this is an abomination. Take the “Mina” out of that last word and replace it with an “r” if you wish, that’s what the season will end up as. MLB, do the right thing and terminate in it’s first trimester.
Enough from me. You can correctly assume I’d like to see Mannfred shitcanned ASAP, COVID can’t be blamed on him, but throwing a season together in unsafe and unreasonable conditions lands directly in his lap.