OFFICIAL ST. LOUIS CARDINALS VS CHICAGO CUBS GAMETHREAD

Michael Wacha, RHP (4.56 ERA, 3.99 xFIP) vs Jake Arrieta, RHP (1.74 ERA, 3.04 xFIP)

Cardinals Lineup
1. Matt Carpenter (2B)
2. Aledmys Diaz (SS)
3. Matt Adams (1B)
4. Stephen Piscotty (RF)
5. Jhonny Peralta (3B)
6. Brandon Moss (LF)
7. Yadier Molina (C)
8. Kolten Wong (CF)
9. Michael Wacha (P)

Cubs Lineup
1. Chris Coghlan (LF)
2. Jason Heyward (RF)
3. Kris Bryant (3B)
4. Anthony Rizzo (1B)
5. Ben Zobrist (2B)
6. Miguel Montero (C)
7. Javier Baez (SS)
8. Matt Szczur (CF)
9. Jake Arrieta (P)

First pitch at 1:20 CT from Wrigley Field in Chicago

>two ABC7 broadcasts in a row

JUST fuck my watching experience up senpai

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>Sweden's deciding game at the euros
>Arrieta starting vs the Cards
>both clashing
Thank god you can easily divide attention while watching baseball. I love this sport.

>Maddon batting the two worst hitters 1st and 2nd

Well meme'd my friend.

go cusb, no sweeps today!

>pressbox fire alarm

>kolten wong still in center

Absolutely retarded

That was getting annoying typical degen cards fans

Put the broom away tardinals

Mfw I don't live in Chicago anymore so I can't sit in the Confines and drink Old Style right now

>sloppy high-count pitching while Cardinals' pitchers cruise
>non-existing hitting and shitty flyballs
>shitty umping
>probably going to lose by 1 run again

this entire series

I can tell that most of these Cubs fans don't know shit about baseball by all the excitement over routine fly balls.

Reminds me of going to a Royals game desu senpai

>Cardinals fans
>talking about knowing baseball

literally THE dumb fairweather fanbase

Wrigley is the place to be seen and a hangout for dumbass frat boys

Bulls traded Rose

Szczur is the most underrated player on this roster

Damn. Jake is scared to go inside the strike zone isn't he? After that fly ball it seems confirmed in my opinion

>Tardinals fans think it's still the 90's

also dat Caesar

lol holy fuck it's real.

>Slopez, Grant and Calderon for Rose and a draft pick

Why?

>Heyward
>Coghlan
JUST

Heyward literally can't do anything right on offense. The guy INVENTS new ways to be a liability.

>Fairweather Cardinals fans

Somebody thinks it's the 90's too

that's all your fanbase is

>muh best fans in baseball
>but you know, only when they're actually good

Fuck Rizzo, that isn't like you

Drawing 3 million fans for 12+ years and well over the league average for 21 yeats (coming off a strike shortened season) is surely the sign of a fair weather fanbase.

I get that this site is popular with teenagers, but god damn, don't be a retard.

>based Diaz

And the Cardinals continue to be the most lucky bullshit team.

Oh boo fucking hoo.

We lost all three games last week against the rags by 1 run, twice in the 8th inning+. This is just reversing that.

Isn't it funny to see the Cubs memeing their way to the All Stars game?

I can't believe I'm starting to like Brandon Moss.

>people still think Contreras' defense is worse than Miggy's

When is maddon going to admit hid shitty meme managing doesn't work. Heyshit needs to move down the line up and miggy needs to stay on the bench.

Holy fucking shit grimm. Kys

What happened to the Cubs? Are the Cardinals just that good?

Cardinals were always a good team that just weren't clicking at the start of the season.

Cubs are a better team but the cards are a top-6 or 7 team, not the middling team you'd be led to think they are

BASED

FUCKING

DIAZ

Jesus fuck. Cubs are so exposed its disgusting. 2nd half collapse incoming

Here's to another choking, trophiless year by the looks of the game.

Pitching is starting to come around. The entire rotation has been inconsistent and each pitcher has had spurts of being down right terrible.

If they can start winning home games they're a playoff team.

>People freaking about a losing streak in the middle of June

jesus fuck, calm down. better to lose now than in a few months

>get swept
>still have a 9.5 game lead
I think we're still good here

Think of the Cubs as soccer's England
Cardinals are Brazil, favelas and all.

FUCKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!!
Honestly I love that this rivalry goes beyond the standings. GG cards see you in the playoffs if you make it out of the wild card round

>Cardinals are Brazil, favelas and all.

Pot calling the kettle black

Maddon will only shit up the line up even worse and you know it.
> soler will play
> miggy will play
> Richards will play
> heyward will continue to hit in the 2 hole for double plays.

Honestly maddon is a fucking meme. Most of his moves are retarded. His favorite thing is to pull a reliever who is untouchable cause he constantly falls for the pitching match up meme.

2006.
Cards were basically a meme team that year. Also way far back, but they got in on the last day.

>the cardinals will NEVER overcome a 10.5 game deficit

Where have I heard this before?

I'm from St Louis.

If the Chicago kettle is black then the St Louis pot transcends black

2011 my bad

Never missed Soler Fowler and Lastella this much.
Gave them so much depth and soler was just starting to get hot

How u doin cubbies?

5 players on the roster were in AAA at the start of June, and another one was in Oakland

Fly the L

exactly. I dont mind keeping Contreras and Almora up though. Coghlan is another piece for depth.
Kind of like Sczur and LaStella. Those two haveto be the best utility guys to compliment this team

It's worth noting that they're both out of options, meaning they'd have to clear waivers (they wouldn't) in order to be demoted.

And if it weren't for Schwarber's injury one of them would have been demoted in April when Baez came off the DL

PLease get rid of Montero

WILLSON

he's going on the DL prolly

Well, good game Cards. First two were close but you certainly deserved this win.

Reminds me of that series where we got swept in St. Louis last year

but we still won when it counted

Well, minus that whole NLCS debacle.

Against the Mets?

was specifically referring to facing the Cardinals

but debacle-ing still beats watching it from the couch