MiddleCoastBias

Remember when the team slogan was "Ricky's boys don't quit?" Watching how they're playing for him now, well.... that seems like a long time ago.

The umps are looking at him like the principal in high school that refuses to give detention to the goodie-two-shoes that skips school on senior skip day because "he's just too nice and didn't really mean it".

Why in all holy hell is he throwing Cordero AGAIN. He's pitched half the season. We know who he is. Throw literally any other arm to get them some work in this game. Good LORD Ricky is the worst.

After this absolutely bizarre Bill Murray broadcast, I'd like to go back to the world where ESPN forgets we exist.

Where's the "I'm laughing because I'm crying under the crushing weight of reality" response emoji?

ESPN is just a joke of a network and has a joke of a broadcast team.

Nah, he's just charting his way back to familiar waters the best way he knows how.

Yeah, but then Ricky is going to put in the ghost of Ruiz, so which is worse?

The players look as depressed as we are as fans. Just listless, no energy, no swagger, no fun.

Could use a Moncada dinger, bust out of his homerless streak

We got bat-flipped to the fucking moon. No one is afraid of this team right now.

You local guys won't realize this, but for us out of towners ESPN's cameras use a slightly different camera location and angle on the plate, and it's weirdly noticeable compared to the normal home broadcast. Little quirky anachronism that doesn't make it seem like a 'home' broadcast. (Doesn't help that ESPN is going to be up the cubs' ass all night).

I wish this was a day game - I'm in a hurry to wash the taste of the Indians series out of my mouth. Turn the tide, right the ship, whatever metaphor is needed - let's get a damn win. ?

WE are, a while ago. It's a matter of when Jerry let's Hahn can him.

Rick's harshest words are that "an off day is being considered" after what he's watched Robert do recently. What an unrepentant weenie. No faith in RR. He's on "fool me 43 times" at this point and still saying "shame on you".

Angel Hernandez DEFINITELY calls that a strike Welp, there's another one.

Angel Hernandez calls that a ball.

I think it's fairly obvious that he's a poster here or at the very least reads the site. A few days ago he tweeted about how fans should expect Hahn to target Quintana and Pederson in the off-season.... after there was a discussion in a thread here suggesting those should be our targets.

I was thinking last night "man, I'd hate to be in that clubhouse right now." Timmy was fired up after his last AB (spiked his bat) and then obviously reacting to Angel's terrible calls. Team looks angry. Hopefully they can channel that into the right kind of anger - on the field, not at themselves. This is the time for guys like Keuchel and Abreu to be leaders in that clubhouse and get people in the right headspace to compete. Let's show it tonight, boys.

TA getting the start and leading off again. Thought he might be given the night off with the hamstring tightness, but hopefully this means it was nothing. Let's get back into a rhythm and get some Ws.

A number of our top-30 are committed to Glendale. Really looking forward to hearing reports of what they look like in action.

Same thing as looking at last night's lineup without TA. Only one player different, but world's different look to the lineup. Give the bullpen a final piece like Crochet to glue it all together and the puzzle really comes together.

We want the B-team, so maybe we ARE resting some guys by letting Mazara play ?

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