Re: Cubs lose extra-inning duel to Brewers in walkoff fashion

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Jul 28, 2019, 2:11 PM

When is this going to stop. The Cubs on the road are snakebit. I can't think of any other way to put it. No matter what they do it backfires. What's a manager, a player to do? Our bullpen sucks. This has been a an ongoing issue since last year and has not been addressed. One measly left handed reliever in the bullpen doesn't equal a road to the world series. I'm sure these guys are trying so my question is what is the pitching coach doing? Someone has to be accountable. I've lost count the number of games this team has lost in the 7th and 8th inning. No one expects a perfect outing every game but no one expects a poor outing each and every game. Every team knows if your down a run or two and can get to the Cubs bullpen your chances of winning increase exponentially.

I don't agree with pulling the starting pitcher after 5 or 6 innings and less than a 100 pitches thrown especially knowing that the bullpen is ineffective. These are big, young players, if they can't throw 110 pitches a start something is wrong. If the thought process is saving the arm for something that very likely may not come, like the playoffs makes no sense. Ballplayers and their agents are a bunch of sissies. It's sad how the game has changed and its all about money. Maybe we need a hard nosed old school manager like Joe Girardi, who wouldn't put up with lackluster play, complaining about everything. Also, what's with all the injuries, I've never seen anything like it these days. These guys are put on the IL for a hang nail. I say dump all the ridiculous technology and get back to playing baseball. However, with free agency and money hungry agents the game will never be the same. None of these kids are worth the millions they're being paid. I'm in favor of fining players that don't run hard on a pop-up, making more than one error in a game. Maybe if you start getting into their pockets they may change.

For the supposedly talent that this has has not been showing up on the field. I don't want to go back to being the loveable losers or wait until next year.

Start playing fundamental baseball, show some fire and desire to win, have a killer instinct. Don't waste opportunity after opportunity. Know the situation at hand, take a walk, give yourself up to move the runner up, in other words play fundamental baseball that's all we fans ask. I know this team can do it but takes the whole team. I don't care about personal performance it's past time to start playing for the team. Knowing you can as a team get it done, it's now time to prove it and get it done. Never quit, never assume. Get out there and make the other team fear playing you. Earn the respect, it's not free. It's time to get out there and start beating the #### out of the teams I know you are can beat. Run up the score, t #### with what the other teams think. This is a war a war you can win. Adapt, improvise, overcome. Show the other teams that you are better than them and you will be successful and a better Team for it

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Cubs lose extra-inning duel to Brewers in walkoff fashion

Re: Cubs lose extra-inning duel to Brewers in walkoff fashion