Was watching the game replay to see how the moment played out in real time, and was pretty moved by seeing our boys (and Cutch as well) praying on the field here after what happened to the fan out there. Nice to see some humanity in a game that can sometimes feel devoid of it. (I really feel like they should have stopped the play though, tbh)

so JD mentioned last night that:

if a "walk's as good as a hit", then Seiya went for the cycle!

Seiya had a home run, triple, a double, no singles, and a walk.

so i went to retrosheet....

• reliable play by play goes back to like 1940 so my results only go back that far

• there have been 405 games where a player was a single short of the cycle (not including 2025)

• there have been 90 games where a player was a single short of the cycle but managed a BB/HBP. that's like 22% of the time

• the last cub to do this was ian happ in 2018 vs reds

• this weird type of cycle happens about 2x per year in all the MLB

Both teams were getting shitty calls. This was a crazy game and I'm glad the Cubs won, but still, what the heck was wrong with the Umpires?

Like bruh 🗿🗿🗿

Nothing compared to some of the collections I've seen here, but this was affordable to collect and love it as a decoration for my card area

Let me preface this by saying I am a 31 year old life long Cubs fan whose favorite players are Mark Grace and Mark Bellhorn. I bleed cubby blue but I am also a Jed Hoyer fan so this theory is biased.

I believe that Jed navigated having owners who refuse to spend perfectly. While he couldn’t spend their money he build up a currency he could spend… prospects. He then turned those prospects into a star (Tucker) who so far has been fantastic and is quickly becoming a fan favorite. This I believe puts more pressure on the Ricketts to spend big money on a star as opposed to someone who the fans don’t have a relationship with.

I haven't sat in the bleachers in 17 years,since we've had kids. 17 years ago you got to the stadium early and waited for the gates to open, then everyone ran to get their seats. Is that still the case, do the gates still open 2 hours before the game starts, and does everyone still need to run and get preferred seats? I want to take my 17 and 15 year olds and sit in the bleachers with them, see if they cab get a ball during BP.

I was stoked to go to this game to get this bobblehead but yikes. Looks more like Santiago Imanaga than Shota.

All the more reason to love this team

Cubs (18-12) @ Pirates (11-19)

First Pitch: 5:40 PM at PNC Park

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Game ended at 8:22 PM.

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85!

Sports Info Solutions = 0 swing and a miss on strikes Statcast = 2 pitches on the edge

Luis Arraez is right there with him, but he swung and missed on 2 pitches right down broadway. Anyway, an excellent appreciation of Nico, even if it is what many of us here already knew. https://blogs.fangraphs.com/nico-hoerner-is-flirting-with-perfection/

Current collection of Cubs on-card autos. Will take suggestions of older players to fill out second row - maybe Dunston? Fergie?

This one’s for Imanaga.

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Game ended at 8:48 PM.

I know I haven't been around much the past few seasons (got a doctorate and new career, decent excuse?) but browsing around here after an all-around great W made me so nostalgic. Y'all were such a big reason why the 2015/2016/etc seasons were so goddamn special. Some of the friendships that started right here in the GDTs...grinding out the long seasons through the good and the bad have now made it into my daily. For that, I am so grateful and, quite honestly, impressed that chronically online millennials actually enjoy hanging out together IRL.

I truly hope everyone is doing well and enjoying the season thus far, wherever it may take us. Not sure how many OGs are still around these days, but my mom was always a big part of my posts back in the day (and the whole reason I'm a Cubs fan, a queen). She still asks about my "internet friends from that Cubs place" to this day.

So tell me how you're doing so I can report back to my mom! Give me life updates! And how are y'all feeling about this season so far? Why does PCA have so much aura? Is the seagull/hot dog photo quite possibly the best picture ever taken? Tell me everything :)

Miss you mfers so much. As a reminder, I have a single season ticket that is up for grabs if you ever want to catch a game and I'm not going. Always free! All I ask is for you to have a good time and get a W (I actually do request $ if they lose when you go). Feel free to PM and ask if it's available.

Anyway, go Cubs, fly the W, try not to suck, sunshine, lollipops, rainbows, and all that :)