Game Day Thread 5/27/2021 Cubs (26-22) vs. Pirates (18-30)

MaineBucs · Post by **MaineBucs** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:57 pm

Also looks like the wheels have fallen off the Anderson has value bus. It was nice while the fantasy lasted.

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 5:57 pm

Holy shnikes!!! Polanco with a nice defensive play!

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:00 pm

5A767E797255627464170 wrote: Also looks like the wheels have fallen off the Anderson has value bus. It was nice while the fantasy lasted.
Well, those two runs from the boneheaded play of Craig/Perez/Frazier were of no fault of his own.

The Wisdom HR, IDK what to say. Guy is ruled HBP, but overturned. Yeah, he still served that gopher ball up, as well as Bryants.

He's actually done pretty good today considering the sh*t storm behind him

WildwoodDave2 · Post by **WildwoodDave2** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:03 pm

15333421282433252D460 wrote: Holy shnikes!!! Polanco with a nice defensive play!
Saw it- Think he had his eyes closed

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:06 pm

122C2921322A2A210124332077450 wrote: Holy shnikes!!! Polanco with a nice defensive play!
Saw it- Think he had his eyes closed
Luckily, he didn't have to make any kind of throw though. If someone had been on second, they may have tagged up and scored.

Bobster21 · Post by **Bobster21** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:07 pm

6C4A4D58515D4A5C543F0 wrote: Looks like I will now have to watch the tape of the game when I get home to watch the atrocity against the game of baseball that is disgusting you so badly.

As it was, I was going to watch to see Anderson's inability to hold runners at bay, and for Perez's ongoing inability to add any value behind the plate in trying to control a running game.

Seems like another trying day all around.

2 outs. Contreras at second after stealing without a throw. Baez hits a grounder to Gonzalez, throws across but Craig came off the bag on the throw. Baez stopped running, and headed back towards home plate. Craig started chasing him slowly, but got closer and closer to home. Contreras never stopped running. Craig panicked and threw to Perez, who went to tag Contreras, who was called safe.

However, Baez had still not even gotten to first, and started to run that way, and no one was covering. Perez's throw was wide of Frazier, and the ball trickled into the outfield, and Baez ended up reaching second base. A flare lands, and makes it 3-0 as Baez scores.

The thing is....even after Contreras slid in and was called safe, all they had to do was either tag Baez or get him out on the throw to first, and the run never counted.

Craig never needed to throw the ball, which was from about 5 feet and a shot put kind of thing. He just needed to just tag Baez, because it's a force out on the third out and the run doesn't count.

Just plain absolutely stupid, putrid baseball
At that point, Craig needed to turn around and walk calmly, responsibly and like a reasonably intelligent adult to 1B while Baez was running back to the plate. A first baseman should understand how to get a runner out of 1B while he has the ball in his glove and the batter is running in the wrong direction. Shelton's ST lessons on fundamentals must have skipped that.

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:08 pm

WTF is wrong with the producer of this game? You zoom in on a kid digging in his nose....and stay with it?

GGM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Even the broadcast is embarrassing

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:15 pm

Typical of our staff. Up 0-2 in the count and end up giving up a double off the wall.

Can't get a 1-2-3 inning

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:17 pm

Okay....Frazier, Gamel, Reynolds up

Need two more runs, get in this game FCOL

Surgnbuck · Post by **Surgnbuck** » Thu May 27, 2021 6:20 pm

Frazier with a leadoff single.....