Yes, and that year was similar in that the Mets just couldn’t lose, so every loss was amplified.
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35 runs in the last 12 games is brutal.
The hitting coach is the same guy who had these guys scoring 6 runs per game for the first two months + of the season. Blaming him his nonsense.
Guys just aren't getting the job done. Period. Players like Happ, Tucker and Swanson have been doing this WAY too long to pin their terrible performance on a bench coach.
At what point to the players get the blame?
bdutts
- Houston, Texas
Only 4.5 games up on the Reds in the WC…
I hope we tweak the lineup today. I like the idea of Hoerner, Busch, Suzuki, Tucker, Shaw, PCA, Caissie, Swanson, Kelly. We need to get more AB;s to Hoerner and Shaw. Happ needs the weekend off. I like the idea of the first 7 guys righty lefty which balances the lineup.
Seiya Suzuki humiliates himself in the first at bat back at Wrigley. Shocking!
Ryan Brasier has an ERA of 14.40 in his last 7 games, and 9 runs in his last 4.5 IP, so by all means, put him into a tie game.
Craig Counsel, ladies and gentlemen, at $8 million a year.
Craig Counsel, ladies and gentlemen, at $8 million a year.
Suzuki strikes out on an awful call.
Sadly, Suzuki can't complain because he's just as bad at his job as this umpire.
Sadly, Suzuki can't complain because he's just as bad at his job as this umpire.
And they still haven't. What awful baseball.
KBLEE
- Montgomery, IL
It's truly pitiful...
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Hey is it just me, or is anyone else feeling this isn't trending well?
This is getting really bad... sliding off of bases, getting thrown out taking extra bags.. ran into like 4 outs today. The hitting is just so, so bad. Dog days of August for sure.
Haha. He was batting cleanup. And, as was duly noted above by @Mr. Roberts, the person making that decision makes $8 MIL per year.
And the person who we wouldn't trade sat on the bench.
Yes, how is Hoerner not leading off every game when you have your everyday leadoff hitter get taken out when a lefty comes in?
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
Why is Counsell trotting Tucker out there every day to go 0-4? At least Happ was hitting .228 in August going into today, Tucker was at .150.
I like to consider myself the voice of reason among Cubs fans here.
If there’s a panic button, it’s time to hit it.
Not sure what they should do, but they gotta do something.
If there’s a panic button, it’s time to hit it.
Not sure what they should do, but they gotta do something.
I am getting a 1977 vibe. 25 games over in June, 81-81 to end the season.
Illiniaaron
- Geneseo, IL
I would start by sitting Tucker for a while. I'd rather have McGuire as DH than him right now.
DeonThomas
- South Carolina
Disheartening.
Saving grace = we keep winning 1 out of every 3. No sweeps.
Saving grace = we keep winning 1 out of every 3. No sweeps.
It’s frustrating how this lineup is constructed. Our best hitters now are batting near the bottom of the order. Hoerner, Shaw and now PCA after today, but on a separate note, how do you slide off the bag that badly? Counsell is pushing the wrong buttons right now.
I would rather have Ballestros up here being a solid lefty as DH and Caissie in LF. We need Tucker and Happ to take the rest of this series off and have them ready for Milwaukee.
Come on Happ has been terrible all year and we have another year of him
Today is the day I stopped caring about the 2025 cubs. If they don’t, why should I.
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