2018 regular season thread

hermes · Post #1 » by **hermes** » Thu Mar 29, 2018 11:49 pm

season kind of snuck up on me, anyway here is a thread to talk about the upcoming 161 games - one already in the books

and......

the cubs won!

lester had a rough day but the offense showed up, i'm already in on happ and he's off to a great start at the top of the order

go cubs go!

Ccwatercraft · Post #2 » by **Ccwatercraft** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 4:50 pm

Made work arrangements months ago to be in Lauderdale this weekend so i'm going with a friend to tonight's game in Miami, Hendricks is pitching. woot woot

just a quick "suck it" everyone that has to watch the game on TV!

Kizz Fastfists · Post #3 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 5:29 pm

I won't even be able to watch on TV for most of this season. I moved during the off-season and decided I didn't want to afford mlb.tv this year and I don't have a tv set up for the nationally televised games right now. We'll see how long I can go after watching 150+ games the last few years with mlb.tv.

One game in and one error on Schwarber resulting in one unearned run. I can't believe they still haven't accepted the reality that they need to trade him.

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Fri Mar 30, 2018 11:13 pm

Kizz Fastfists wrote:I won't even be able to watch on TV for most of this season. I moved during the off-season and decided I didn't want to afford mlb.tv this year and I don't have a tv set up for the nationally televised games right now. We'll see how long I can go after watching 150+ games the last few years with mlb.tv.

One game in and one error on Schwarber resulting in one unearned run. I can't believe they still haven't accepted the reality that they need to trade him.

we'll have to go through a year of 'new look' schwarber to see if there is any improvement

i will give him some kudos, he does look good and very different

Ccwatercraft · Post #5 » by **Ccwatercraft** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 5:56 am

17 innings! I left in the 14th. Got my money's worth on the tickets, not so much on the $13 beers, crazy prices on food & drinks.

hermes · Post #6 » by **hermes** » Sat Mar 31, 2018 1:49 pm

what a marathon, the bullpen is going to be in shambles and we're only two games in

good for butler going 7 innings though

hermes · Post #7 » by **hermes** » Sun Apr 1, 2018 2:55 pm

more extra innings. at least we came out on top this time

any thoughts on darvish's debut?

Kizz Fastfists · Post #8 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Sun Apr 1, 2018 9:26 pm

hermes wrote:any thoughts on darvish's debut?

It is one outing. I didn't see it, but I'm not worried about it. I'm not worried about Lester or Quintana either. If they are sitting with ERAs around 4.50 in June I'll start to be concerned.

hermes · Post #9 » by **hermes** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 1:33 am

should we be worried about the offenses feast or famine routine? that's got a trend that's been going on for a while now

Kizz Fastfists · Post #10 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Apr 2, 2018 7:16 pm

hermes wrote:should we be worried about the offenses feast or famine routine? that's got a trend that's been going on for a while now

It's too early to worry about anything. We know they will be a top offense. We know what the veteran pitchers should do. It is going to take a lot more then 4 games to get me to be concerned. Get back with me after 50 games and we'll see how things are looking. Right now they just need to get into the flow of the season and win games. If they are 25-25 then I'll start to be concerned. If they are 35-15 I won't care if they didn't score in those 15 games because they will be consistently, 70% of the time, scoring enough.

hermes · Post #11 » by **hermes** » Sat Apr 7, 2018 12:37 am

lester back on track

baez had a nice game

hermes · Post #12 » by **hermes** » Sun Apr 8, 2018 2:09 pm

ian happ with a big hit! hopefully that gets him going

Kizz Fastfists · Post #13 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Mon Apr 9, 2018 3:23 am

The pitching seems to be trying to do their part. Need to put the Pirates back in their place.

hermes · Post #14 » by **hermes** » Tue Apr 10, 2018 11:21 pm

not chatwood's day

rizzo on the dl, hopefully he can get back and healthy soon

hermes · Post #15 » by **hermes** » Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:20 pm

come on cubs

Kizz Fastfists · Post #16 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 7:47 pm

I'm not happy with how this season is starting. However, I also realize it doesn't matter much at this point as long as it finishes the right way.

hermes · Post #17 » by **hermes** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 8:22 pm

struggling again, hopefully whenever rizzo gets back he gives them a spark - not sure what to do about the pitching

bryant is off to a great start though

hermes · Post #18 » by **hermes** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:43 pm

baez! and they came all the way back!

finish this off cubs!

hermes · Post #19 » by **hermes** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:53 pm

now they're walking everyone

this is crazy

Kizz Fastfists · Post #20 » by **Kizz Fastfists** » Sat Apr 14, 2018 9:55 pm

It is going to be on the bullpen in the 9th.