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« Reply #2460 on: July 20, 2021, 11:09:15 pm »
Maybe the big hit will help Happ get going.

Kimbrel lights out again——just carved up Goldschmidt for final out.
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« Reply #2461 on: July 20, 2021, 11:16:32 pm »
Wooooooow.  What a comeback.  Kimbrel must have enjoyed getting those last three outs after what the Cards did to him when he first came to Chicago.
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« Reply #2462 on: July 20, 2021, 11:53:20 pm »
Cubs had 7 total bases tonight.

Extremely unusual to score 7 runs on 7 total bases.

Cards had 21 total bases.
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« Reply #2463 on: July 21, 2021, 12:10:35 am »
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« Reply #2464 on: July 21, 2021, 07:16:09 am »
I’ll take partial credit for this W…I went to bed after the top of the 8th…
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« Reply #2465 on: July 21, 2021, 01:52:36 pm »
Just saw StL’s win probability was 99.6% when Heyward filed out to end the top of the 8th…
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« Reply #2466 on: July 21, 2021, 01:58:27 pm »
Makes it hurt just much more.   heh heh heh.   A Cardinal fan I know said half the stadium left after 8.  Bet they got a shock when they turned on their radios.
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« Reply #2467 on: July 21, 2021, 02:46:15 pm »
I never left early, only to have the game change around, but there is one time that I regret leaving too soon.

When I was in purchasing, I would get offered a lot of free tickets by the vendors.  I usually turned them down, but I did get four tickets to Wrigley Field and took my wife and two small children.  As I usually did at these games, when there were two outs in the ninth, we would walk to the nearest exit and watch the last out.  When it was made, we would immediately go down the stairs, down Addison to the Church parking lot where I always bought a parking spot.  This would allow us to get to out of the lot and down Addison to the Outer Drive before the traffic became unbearable.

On this particular day, we took off as the last out was made and headed down Addison, but as we were still in front of Wrigley, there was suddenly a roar coming from inside.  I wondered what it was, but continued to the lot and took off.

This was the day that the Cubs clinched the division, and all the players, including Mark Grace who was wrapped in a towel, came out and made a parade around the field, acknowledging the fans, who (other than me and my family) had refused to leave.  I didn't find out about it until I got home and watched the News.
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« Reply #2468 on: July 21, 2021, 03:05:16 pm »
I’m no baseball fan at all, I can’t even stay awake and hear the fat lady sing.  I have nothing else to do but listen to Cub games and I gave up on the game before it was over.  I’m just a miserable excuse for a human being and this morning I discovered I have bad breath too.  I had my baseball glove on and was talking to myself with the glove close to my nose when the bad breath wafted up at me. 
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« Reply #2469 on: July 21, 2021, 04:00:55 pm »
As expected, KB not in the lineup

ESPN televises again

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« Reply #2470 on: July 21, 2021, 04:11:20 pm »
When Ortega and Happ are both in lineup, Ross lately has been playing Happ in LF and Ortega in CF.

That probably tells us that Happ’s future (if he has one) as a Cub will be in LF.
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« Reply #2471 on: July 21, 2021, 04:26:28 pm »
Does it tell us that the Cubs think they might have something in Ortega?
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« Reply #2472 on: July 21, 2021, 04:34:37 pm »
Sure. And I think Ross’ opinion of Ortega might have had some impact on moving out Pederson, as Ortega is out of options and Cubs facing a roster crunch with guys soon coming off IL. Ortega probably doesn’t get thru outright waivers.

I believe that Ortega had five years of control and seems like a useful 4th or 5th OFer going forward. So, he has value.
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« Reply #2473 on: July 21, 2021, 05:24:39 pm »
I think that at the very least the Cubs want to find out if they want to keep Ortega.  I wouldn't be surprised if, after the trade deadline, they also bring up Hermosillo, and have him take a lot of Heyward's ABs.  Perhaps that is wishful thinking.

I think the same thing will happen with the bull pen.  If they can get decent returns for any of the relievers, they have some at Iowa and perhaps even Tennessee that will get a long look.

And if they can't get something good for Kimbrel, there should be an investigation.  Time to see Leeper in the second half.
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« Reply #2474 on: July 21, 2021, 06:22:18 pm »
Quote from: davep on July 21, 2021, 02:46:15 pm
I never left early, only to have the game change around, but there is one time that I regret leaving too soon.

When I was in purchasing, I would get offered a lot of free tickets by the vendors.  I usually turned them down, but I did get four tickets to Wrigley Field and took my wife and two small children.  As I usually did at these games, when there were two outs in the ninth, we would walk to the nearest exit and watch the last out.  When it was made, we would immediately go down the stairs, down Addison to the Church parking lot where I always bought a parking spot.  This would allow us to get to out of the lot and down Addison to the Outer Drive before the traffic became unbearable.

On this particular day, we took off as the last out was made and headed down Addison, but as we were still in front of Wrigley, there was suddenly a roar coming from inside.  I wondered what it was, but continued to the lot and took off.

This was the day that the Cubs clinched the division, and all the players, including Mark Grace who was wrapped in a towel, came out and made a parade around the field, acknowledging the fans, who (other than me and my family) had refused to leave.  I didn't find out about it until I got home and watched the News.
  What did the parents of the two small children say?  Had they called the police?  Did you and your wife have to do time for kidnapping?
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