Panic in Wrigleyville

[ramfandan]

Cubs fans are quite nervous as their once vaunted offense is struggling big time.

In the first 63 games , the Cubbies were 39-24 with a .297 RISP. ranked 2nd

In last 29 games, they are 15 wins -14 losses with a .213 RISP ranked 28th

The Brewers are breathing down their necks for 1st place in NL Central.

Merch orders for those ‘W’ flags are declining.
Get caught by Brewers and fans will go nuts pointing fingers.
Can’t wait !

[82birds]

Cubs fans are quite nervous as their once vaunted offense is struggling big time.

In the first 63 games , the Cubbies were 39-24 with a .297 RISP. ranked 2nd

In last 29 games, they are 15 wins -14 losses with a .213 RISP ranked 28th

The Brewers are breathing down their necks for 1st place in NL Central.

Merch orders for those ‘W’ flags are declining.
Get caught by Brewers and fans will go nuts pointing fingers.
Can’t wait !

will it to happen !
LOL

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Cubs fans are quite nervous as their once vaunted offense is struggling big time.

In the first 63 games , the Cubbies were 39-24 with a .297 RISP. ranked 2nd

In last 29 games, they are 15 wins -14 losses with a .213 RISP ranked 28th

The Brewers are breathing down their necks for 1st place in NL Central.

Merch orders for those ‘W’ flags are declining.
Get caught by Brewers and fans will go nuts pointing fingers.
Can’t wait !

Well, what does that say about STL when that lagging Cubbie offense absolutely toasted Cardinals pitching in 3 games to the tune of 28 runs?

[ramfandan]

Cubs fans are quite nervous as their once vaunted offense is struggling big time.

In the first 63 games , the Cubbies were 39-24 with a .297 RISP. ranked 2nd

In last 29 games, they are 15 wins -14 losses with a .213 RISP ranked 28th

The Brewers are breathing down their necks for 1st place in NL Central.

Merch orders for those ‘W’ flags are declining.
Get caught by Brewers and fans will go nuts pointing fingers.
Can’t wait !

Well, what does that say about STL when that lagging Cubbie offense absolutely toasted Cardinals pitching in 3 games to the tune of 28 runs?

It says that Mikolas and Fedde are terrible! That’s been true quite often lately. Nothing new about that.

[CCard]

Cubs fans are quite nervous as their once vaunted offense is struggling big time.

In the first 63 games , the Cubbies were 39-24 with a .297 RISP. ranked 2nd

In last 29 games, they are 15 wins -14 losses with a .213 RISP ranked 28th

The Brewers are breathing down their necks for 1st place in NL Central.

Merch orders for those ‘W’ flags are declining.
Get caught by Brewers and fans will go nuts pointing fingers.
Can’t wait !

Who cares if the Cards can't win. I'm not one of those "As long as it's not the Cubs!" guys. If they're good enough to win then good on them, lord knows as a franchise they've certainly suffered. I have no love for the Brewers but as good as they are, their history is littered with futility. One year someone other than the Cards will win something.

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Cubs fans are quite nervous as their once vaunted offense is struggling big time.

In the first 63 games , the Cubbies were 39-24 with a .297 RISP. ranked 2nd

In last 29 games, they are 15 wins -14 losses with a .213 RISP ranked 28th

The Brewers are breathing down their necks for 1st place in NL Central.

Merch orders for those ‘W’ flags are declining.
Get caught by Brewers and fans will go nuts pointing fingers.
Can’t wait !

Well, what does that say about STL when that lagging Cubbie offense absolutely toasted Cardinals pitching in 3 games to the tune of 28 runs?

It says that Mikolas and Fedde are terrible! That’s been true quite often lately. Nothing new about that.

Fedde only allowed 3 of 11 runs. King and Svanson teamed up to allow the other 8.

[12xu]

Panic on the streets of Chi-town
Panic on the streets of Wrigleyville
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again?
The Sheffield street that you slip down
I wonder to myself

Hopes may rise out on Waveland
But, Honey Pie, you're not safe there
So you run down to the safety of the town
But there's panic on the streets of Lakeside
Rosemont, Skokie, Evanston
I wonder to myself

Burn down old wrigley
Trash the friendly confines
hang the cubbies
hang the cubbies
hang the cubbies

(with sincere apologies to Marr and Morrissey)

[Strummer Jones]

Panic on the streets of Chi-town
Panic on the streets of Wrigleyville
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again?
The Sheffield street that you slip down
I wonder to myself

Hopes may rise out on Waveland
But, Honey Pie, you're not safe there
So you run down to the safety of the town
But there's panic on the streets of Lakeside
Rosemont, Skokie, Evanston
I wonder to myself

Burn down old wrigley
Trash the friendly confines
hang the cubbies
hang the cubbies
hang the cubbies

(with sincere apologies to Marr and Morrissey)

Well done, man. I'll give flowers for that!

Also, Johnny Marr is STILL a genius.

[Jatalk]

Sort of sad our pleasure comes entirely from Cubs misery. Remember when a good Cardinals team was our joy.

My guess is Cubs get it back on track. They will make some deals at trade deadline and spend some money.

[45s]

so.....

the measure of success for a cards season is the cubs losing...

seems about right....

[12xu]

so.....

the measure of success for a cards season is the cubs losing...

seems about right....

It is not the true "measure of success", candy, but it is always gratifying for a Cardinal fan to see their long time rival fail even when they have the more talented team. I always root for two teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and whoever is playing the small bears.

[Futuregm2]

so.....

the measure of success for a cards season is the cubs losing...

seems about right....

It is not the true "measure of success", candy, but it is always gratifying for a Cardinal fan to see their long time rival fail even when they have the more talented team. I always root for two teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and whoever is playing the small bears.

It’s less gratifying when it’s the Brewers taking over the Cubs though. Brewers have stolen our devil magic.

[BrummerStealsHome]

Panic on the streets of Chi-town
Panic on the streets of Wrigleyville
I wonder to myself
Could life ever be sane again?
The Sheffield street that you slip down
I wonder to myself

Hopes may rise out on Waveland
But, Honey Pie, you're not safe there
So you run down to the safety of the town
But there's panic on the streets of Lakeside
Rosemont, Skokie, Evanston
I wonder to myself

Burn down old wrigley
Trash the friendly confines
hang the cubbies
hang the cubbies
hang the cubbies

(with sincere apologies to Marr and Morrissey)

"hang the Cubbies" I like the sound of that.

[12xu]

so.....

the measure of success for a cards season is the cubs losing...

seems about right....

It is not the true "measure of success", candy, but it is always gratifying for a Cardinal fan to see their long time rival fail even when they have the more talented team. I always root for two teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and whoever is playing the small bears.

It’s less gratifying when it’s the Brewers taking over the Cubs though. Brewers have stolen our devil magic.

If the Cardinals cannot even make the playoffs this season, it would be extremely satisfying for this baseball fan to see the Brewers eliminate the small bears in the playoffs - with their low payroll and savvy manager - who took over after Counsell abandoned them for more money with the cubs. It would even be more exciting to see the Brewers win their first ever World Championship by beating the huge favorites like the teams from LA and NYC.

[Futuregm2]

so.....

the measure of success for a cards season is the cubs losing...

seems about right....

It is not the true "measure of success", candy, but it is always gratifying for a Cardinal fan to see their long time rival fail even when they have the more talented team. I always root for two teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and whoever is playing the small bears.

It’s less gratifying when it’s the Brewers taking over the Cubs though. Brewers have stolen our devil magic.

If the Cardinals cannot even make the playoffs this season, it would be extremely satisfying for this baseball fan to see the Brewers eliminate the small bears in the playoffs - with their low payroll and savvy manager - who took over after Counsell abandoned them for more money with the cubs. It would even be more exciting to see the Brewers win their first ever World Championship by beating the huge favorites like the teams from LA and NYC.

It wouldn’t be that satisfying for me because the Brewers have won the division 3 of the last 4 years and have been to the playoffs for 6 of the last 7 years. They have been more relevant to the division than the Cubs, whose only playoff appearance during that time was 2020 and haven’t won a playoff game since 2017.

But it would be nice to see the Cubs miss the playoffs and then lose Tucker.

[12xu]

so.....

the measure of success for a cards season is the cubs losing...

seems about right....

It is not the true "measure of success", candy, but it is always gratifying for a Cardinal fan to see their long time rival fail even when they have the more talented team. I always root for two teams - the St. Louis Cardinals and whoever is playing the small bears.

It’s less gratifying when it’s the Brewers taking over the Cubs though. Brewers have stolen our devil magic.

If the Cardinals cannot even make the playoffs this season, it would be extremely satisfying for this baseball fan to see the Brewers eliminate the small bears in the playoffs - with their low payroll and savvy manager - who took over after Counsell abandoned them for more money with the cubs. It would even be more exciting to see the Brewers win their first ever World Championship by beating the huge favorites like the teams from LA and NYC.

It wouldn’t be that satisfying for me because the Brewers have won the division 3 of the last 4 years and have been to the playoffs for 6 of the last 7 years. They have been more relevant to the division than the Cubs, whose only playoff appearance during that time was 2020 and haven’t won a playoff game since 2017.

But it would be nice to see the Cubs miss the playoffs and then lose Tucker.

IF the cubs advance to the NLCS or better and then sign Tucker long term then they could be strong contenders for many years. They have the money and their org. has been making intelligent moves. It will be very interesting what improvements they make during the rest of this month.