The Cubs Took 17-Innings To Lose To The Junior Varsity Miami Marlins 2-1
Obviously losing 2-1 to the Marlins in 17 innings sucks for a lot of reasons. No one likes losing to shitty teams. Not after scoring just 1 run. Not after only allowing just 2 runs. And certainly not after taking 17 INNINGS over 5 hours and 18 minutes get there.
But all is not lost after just one really, really shitty game. There are some bright spots behind this masterpiece. Kyle Hendricks looked good enough to scatter 1 earned run over 6 innings while striking out 5, walking 3 and smiling just once. We also saw the first KB Yabo of the season. I’m not opening the gates to scoop city but I think there’s 45-50 more of these coming:
Bryant and Zobrist combined for 6 of the Cubs 8 hits. That’s pretty shitty, not but nearly as shitty as Jason Heyward was. He subbed in the 9th as a defensive replacement yet still managed to go 0-3 with 2 strikeouts and a bases loaded double play to end the 15-inning. I know he’s a nice guy and plays great defense but jesus fucking christ (happy Easter) does he stink at the plate. Hey carl take it easy it’s just 2 games. Blow me. He stinks and it’s seemingly inescapable.
Outside of that, tip of the cap to Eddie Butler for throwing 7 scoreless innings, all of which were EXTRA which makes me think Eddie Butler needs to pitch under extremely sensitive circumstances from here on out. Like Theo needs to kidnap his parents or something and tell him if he gives up more than 3 runs in any appearances, he’s going to murder them violently. Maybe that works. Maybe it doesn’t, but I’m not a sucker thinking Eddie Butler is man who needs to be backed into a corner at all times. After all Abe Lincoln once said the worst thing in the world is unfilled potential. Makes you think.
Also:
That was a cool moment, mostly because Rizzo definitely wasn’t joking around. That’s a guy who just doesn’t have the patience to field 108mph two-seamers from his catcher. No fuckin thanks. And that’s okay, because for the billionth time, Anthony Rizzo is a champion of men. He can do whatever he pleases, which very well includes being bush league and showing up his catcher.
Speaking of showing people up, here’s a very casual point-tag from Javy. These have become a thing, and I gladly welcome point-tags to grow across all levels of baseball. Basically if you’re not point-tagging then you’re a nobody.
Game 3 of this god awful series to start the year is tonight at 7pm. No off days for the best team in the NL. Darvish makes his debut at -230 which means that’s 3 straight games of being -200 or greater. Lots of -1.5 this year it is.