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>Oakland Athletics
1. Marcus Semien (R) SS
2. Robbie Grossman (S) LF
3. Matt Chapman (R) 3B
4. Matt Olson (L) 1B
5. Mark Canha (R) CF
6. Stephen Piscotty (R) RF
7. Jurickson Profar (S) 2B
8. Chris Herrmann (L) C
9. Chris Bassitt (R) P

>Chicago Cubs
1. Jason Heyward (L) CF
2. Nicholas Castellanos (R) RF
3. Kris Bryant (R) 3B
4. Anthony Rizzo (L) 1B
5. Javier Baez (R) SS
6. Kyle Schwarber (L) LF
7. Victor Caratini (S) C
8. Tony Kemp (L) 2B
9. Kyle Hendricks (R) P

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▩ Chicago Cubs placed RHP Craig Kimbrel on the 10-day IL with right knee inflammation (retroactive to 8/4)
▩ Chicago Cubs recall RHP Duane Underwood Jr. from Iowa Cubs
▩ Chicago Cubs placed C Willson Contreras on the 10-day injured list. Right hamstring strain.
▩ Chicago Cubs Willson Contreras (hamstring) to be out for 4 weeks
▩ Chicago Cubs recall C Taylor Davis from Iowa Cubs.
▩ RHP Brad Brach cleared waivers and has been granted his release.
▩ San Francisco Giants claimed RHP Ryan Dull off waivers from Oakland Athletics.

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Go Cubs

>Contreras is dead for a month
>3 days after we traded away the third catcher
>Kimbrel dead
>Back to closer by committee
We're in for dark times.

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>davis rather than maldanado
not sure there is much of any difference
both are garbage

castie anos

CASTELLANOS WITH A SOLO SHOT HOMER!

1-0

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Good hit, tricky Nicky.

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Glorious AB by Schwarbie!

Schwarbie with a double!

>Bases loaded
>Hendricks up
Time for the pitcher to show these baby leaugers what they can do with the bat.

>No one else screencapped this

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Goddamn it Hendricks.

man has a 176 average idk what you expected

good heyward
bad heyward
which

I read that as 176 average dick

>RISP

FUCK.

My dick hits for average and power :-)

>cusb

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This will more than likely be a World Series preview

>IP count didn't rise
Come clean, which one of you are the shitposter?

oh this fucker really rustles my jimmies

Hendricks you stupid fuck.

Technically, all of us.

Too bad they're not in Oakland today. I like hearing the drums.

This.

KEK SCUBA KEK

To the person who says Hendricks is better than Quintana, APOLOGIZE.

why did baseball allow for the astros to load up on pitchers again...

Pine tar surplus

Nah

fuck that fake fan who caught the ball

Castellanos is the speed demon this team desperately needed

>fuck that fake fan
Isn't this all of you?

Tricky Nicky sticks it to the vaunted A's defense.

Pretty much busted . Where's that Eye-tallion and Leaf?

Nobody beats the Riz.

fuck the niggerville assholes

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>schwarshit

>risp

Is it, dare I say, our year?

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who know that leaving the bases loaded with one out would come back and back the cubs in the arse

Perhaps that moneyball will finally pay off. The A's have the Astros to deal with.

gonna be one of those games where the team that plays blatantly better then the other loses

feels bad

>Team batting avg with risp
espn.com/mlb/stats/team/_/stat/batting/split/39/sort/avg/order/true

Welcome to Cubs baseball

kek scuba

BAEZ WITH A BOOMING BLAST!
2-2

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>no risp

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In the Colosseum that's a routine flyout

>Group tickets on sale
>You now imagine the gamethread all going to a Cubs game

Fuck off

>Losing the Raiders to Las Vegas
>Trading Mack to the Bears
I don't know what's a bigger fuck up for you guys.

Probably losing the Warriors.

Mack is one of the most overrated players in the league, he's big play or nothing

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Can we get a Wick version if cwep and chavez is awesome

He's a rookie, we got to watch for regression first.

hitting some real long balls tonight

IAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN

HAPP ATTACK SOLO SHOT HOMER!
3-2

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cusb score without using the solo hr
>no risp

DOUBLE BY CASTELLANOS!
HEYWARD SCORES!

4-2
We got insurance!

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HERE WE GO BOYS

runner on 3rd, 1 out

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2 outs now

Save us Baez!

BEAZ DOES IT AGAIN WITH A 2 RUN BASKET HOMER!!!

6-2

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Once upon a time we were winning the game

But now it seems we're losing again

Nothing I can do

Total collapse of the pen

The sad thing is, this applies to the Cubs too.

I g-got this Joe

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I bet Happ poster is still stroking it to replays of that 470 footer

Cishek!
With
Extended
Protection!

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Is he roomies with that Rizzophrenic at the asylum?

Fuck off to AAA, Treinen

>bullpen

cursed image has struck again

Cishek... Why...?

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I wanna fuck Martini girl

hahahahahahaha its his 1 home run of the year

BACK2BACK

This is all your fault

Nervous.jpg

kekitty scubatty kekitty

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worth
every
pfennig

why is he still in the game

Joe gonna spank steve after game one spank per penny

just stop using the bullpen send in another start to finish the last three and rotate them. jesus fucking christ joe

umpball bullshit

Cishek had strike 3 on a ball way lower then that bullshit he called on Schwarber

He's been used and abused this season.

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FUCK YOU THEO FUCK YOU...FIRE JOE NOW

You're a dick

Oh, you just gave up a 2 run shot in the 8th?
>Let me leave you in there.
Oh, you just gave up back to back dingers?
>Sure, keep pitching.
Oh, you're going to walk the next guy?
>Hmm, maybe I should go get him.

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>cusb
lmao

I don't know why I laughed, it's all very sad.

this fucking zone

>Left hander just k's a guy looking.
You're coming out immediately.

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>things looking up

>7 key players suddenly go on the DL

Jesus christ Cubs, lucky if we win this one.

...JOE IS BETTING ON GAMES

for or against us?

Hold onto your butts

glad all these shitheads waited until the trade deadline was over to blow the season

Kyle Ryan to close it.

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It's up to Ryan

did you rename this from schlitter entering?

It's too late for that.

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>schlitter is on the A's after not being in the league for years

1 down

2 down

cubs win cubs win

UMPBALL!

fuck

i hit the enter button hoping to jinx the cubs

Please don't give up a home run Ryan

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incoming 3-run blast

cubs win cubs win lets go sox

>Phelps

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come extra inning are in order

[W]
It didn't feel like one, but a win is a win and they don't grow on trees in the central.

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holy shit!

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W, gg A's.

[W] oh my god cubs we are so lucky. Well played A's

what an ending

holy fucking shit

>You thought it was going out, didn't you?
Stuff it JD, I don't want more gray hairs.

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lets go doggie doos

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jesus christ

Added Happ bonus interview for Happoster.

That was dramatic as fuck. GG A's see you tomorrow

Now it's time to go to the Dodgers thread and call them Doggie Doos

oh it was bucknor behind the plate

that really explains it now

nah fuck the cardinals, dodgers are alright

Fuck'em both

Dodgers are alright, let's face it boys we're not making it to this big show this year with this level of inconsistency.
It's gonna be Dodgers-Yankees and i hope the Doyers win it, they deserve it after three losses in 4 years.

No they don't. Let'em be the Bills of Baseball.

but the dodgers are actually a good team.
it's either them or the fucking yanks this year and i know who i prefer
you aren't a crypto-yankee are ya?/

Who gives a shit? I'd rather they both lose.

Also Kintzler is injured so the bullpen is fucked now

>Kintzler is injured so we're fucked
that's my whole point enjoy the rest of the regular season but we are not a WS team anymore. Anybody but the yankees.

Fuck you, we'll bullshit through this and then everyone will be healty for the playoff run.

i hope you're right man