2019-05-10: Brewers (González) at Cubs (Quintana) [Brewers win, 7-0 -- Five hurlers combine to pitch shutout]

[pitchleague]

Pat Hughes is still fine to listen to but Ron Coomer is terrible as the color man. Just brutal.

[adambr2]

Have a seat Baez!

[Cool Hand Lucroy]

The worst part about Cubs radio is Ron Coomer, sure.

 

A close second is the sheer amount of ads. What other broadcast has a sponsor for such concepts as "The Northwestern Medical Heart of the Order."

 

Ueck talking about sausage can be annoying to some, sure. I get it. But the Cubs would sell access to Maddon's facial hair if they thought it would make 30 bucks.

[SeaBass]

I'm hardly the biggest Braun fan on the board, but it's so rich to see Cub fans loudly boo him after gleefully watching woman-beater Addison Russell turn a double play.

 

My only thought is, would we (our fans) do the same? I think we would for the most part which sucks.

 

Personally, I wanted Braun traded after the scandal, but that's neither here nor there, I get why they stood by him. I get why they stood by Hader too -- to me those things don't compare to what Russell did, all the evidence points to him (Russell) just being a genuinely terrible person, but I'm sure everyone has their own opinions on things.

 

I'd like to think someone like we'd have moved on from Russell and we'd never found out how fans would react, but who knows. We never distanced ourselves from K-Rod under similar circumstances.

It's an interesting debate and I don't know the answer. I look at the Chiefs, they moved on from Kareem Hunt and who knows what will happen with Tyreek Hill. But if another team is just going to scoop these players up for virtually nothing, like Cleveland did with Hunt, I would find it difficult to blame any franchise for making the decision to just keep their player and try to weather the bad publicity. It's a difficult road, if the league isn't going to step in and ban a guy for life how do you proceed?

[stoutdude04]

Quintana looks good today. Fortunately, Gio looking solid as well.

[adambr2]

This is more like the offense we usually see against Quintana.

[HarveysWBs]

I guess the creep can still roll. Only 30 pitches through three--that doesn't bode well.

[adambr2]

Don't...walk...the leadoff man.

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Gio has to get the out at 2nd on that bunt. Ugh

[pacopete4]

Gio has to get the out at 2nd on that bunt. Ugh

 

I'm good with him getting the sure out there.

[HarveysWBs]

Sac bunt from the pitcher? Weak. Chicks dig the long ball, Cubs.

[RollieTime]

Wow, what a fantastic play by Perez!

[Ron Robinsons Beard]

Gio has to get the out at 2nd on that bunt. Ugh

 

I'm good with him getting the sure out there.

 

It was a bad bunt, though. Hard, and right back at Gio. I think he had plenty of time to even try to turn two

[topper09er]

Of course the Cubs broadcast is saying Hernan Peréz, wrong pronunciation.

[topper09er]

Forecast calling for 10 mph winds all weekend from N to NE to E, so blowing in, with temps upper 40s today low 50s Tom and mid 40s Sunday. Imo brewers not a cold weather team, certainly don’t play many games in the cold like the Cubbies do, so I’d give a slight advantage to the Cubbies this weekend.

 

Sounds like the weather saved the Brewers 3 runs there

[HarveysWBs]

Of course the Cubs broadcast is saying Hernan Peréz, wrong pronunciation.

 

To be fair, Rock can be a little brutal with opposing player pronunciations sometimes. Heck, sometimes he screws up Tavern of the Game... But I still love the guy.

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Scoreless through three. Has managed to work around traffic on the bases so far.

 

Top of the order up in the 4th. Need the bats to push across a couple runs here.

[Fear The Chorizo]

not sure if anyone remembers that early season 4 game sweep at the hands of the Cubs at Wrigley last year early, when the same type of winds made that park virtually homer proof. The Brewers lost all four games after just crushing balls into the wind that died as harmless outs.

 

here's hoping for a complete 180 this weekend

[topper09er]

Ron Coomer just said Yelich is 1st in HR and second in RBI so "he is first or second in the 2 most important numbers in major league baseball"

[Brew crew 92]

Crushed that one!

[ReverendBrewmeister]

Braun defies the wind. Big fly to left-center.

[topper09er]

Of course the Cubs broadcast is saying Hernan Peréz, wrong pronunciation.

 

To be fair, Rock can be a little brutal with opposing player pronunciations sometimes. Heck, sometimes he screws up Tavern of the Game... But I still love the guy.

 

Yes, but Spanish includes the pronunciation right there in the spelling for you, so less excuse

[brooks_quichenick]

Braunie doesn’t care about a little wind

[RollieTime]

I love Braun homeruns at Wrigley more than anywhere else.

[adambr2]

Really nice to see the power resurgence from Braun this year.