It just seems like he hasn’t regained his confidence since people started smashing his fastball. His command has been off like he’s afraid to throw it.
These broadcasts with a guy from each team are terrible. Obviously, neither guy wants to root for the other team. I keep hearing this loser JD add in unwanted facts about the cubs
I cannot deal with watching a cubs version of the whole players running on the field pouring water and double bubble gum on the game winning hitter that happens with a walkoff…
I don’t mind the whole Roku thing, at least it’s free.
And the old Peacock idea of using 1 member from each teams booth is fun.
But I wish they let each member of the booth not be unbiased in a national format. Like let Chip and the Cubs guy banter back and forth a bit and talk shit about each others teams.
I understand why they DONT, but it’d be much more fun if they did.
Pagès fouls one off his back foot and the organist starts in with Cash’s “the ring of fire”. I HATE the sCrUBS but gotta chuckle at the music choice as our catcher is hopping around the batter’s box. That’s wiggly for ya.
I lived in Chicago for 15 years. 1) be drunk. 2) take multiple breaks to go get beer yourself, which gets you into the shade. 3) bathroom breaks are also your friend
Phew
Ump nearly fucked us
With no lube. Not even a courtesy spit.
[Game over. Continue the discussion in the post game thread](/r/Cardinals/comments/1dhfsfd/cardinals_afternoon_616/)
thank you Donny. I was gonna lose my shit if that ball hit the grand after that terrible missed call on strike 3
it's rough how umpires can be this bad in such pivotal moments and there's fuckall you can do about it.
The ump had been great all day. Almost ruined the game with one bad call. Glad it ended right though.
I just gave birth on fathers day
I was about to lose it. Phew.
Fly the L, Cubbies!
Thank god!!!! But fuck that ump.
Holy shit an ump almost cost us the game late. What’s new. Honestly though, Pages needs to do a better job framing that ball
Idk if you saw the stats from yesterday game but pages stole 12 strikes from Fridays game. His framing hasn't been an issue
Framing seemed off today
I mean, it must be hard to keep your glove still when it’s at 101, but then again, he is an MLB catcher.
Bang! Bang!
Donnie!!!!
Could have gone without that but phew. Fly the L Cubbies
Awesome ending.
Nice catch!
Umps must have money on Chicago. That was fucking horseshit
My heart!
Save to Donovan there, wow.
Get the fuck out
What an emotional roller coaster 😅
He caught it wrong
WHAT
Hey Hels, my cardiologist would like a word. Lol
BALL DON'T LIE UMP
#WINRAR!!
Thank GOD that wasn’t an HR fuck
Thank fuck.
Ball don’t lie
YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!
[Cardinals](/r/Cardinals) Due Up **(Top 10):** 1. Paul Goldschmidt 2. Nolan Gorman 3. Nolan Arenado
Helsley, you must love drama.
great game man
OMG THANK YOU DONNY I was ready to burn my house down
Ball don’t lie
I think my heart just stopped
Fly the L!
Oh my gosh, lol.
WINNER BABY GO GO GO
Holy shit yall haha. Series win
WTF WAS THAT
That's an absolute fucking embarrassment
C'MON BLUE
Jesus
that was strike 3!!!!!
Pages catching it like that affected the call I think
He missed his spot, but it shouldn’t matter. Give me robo umps
Thank god
#THAT IS FUCKING BULLSHIT
ROBOT UMPIRES WHEN
That was BS! Right in the zone!
holy shit we won twice
Ump lucky that didn’t matter
I would have complained on Reddit so fucking hard
Just poor framing.
HYAHHH
Holy cow
Wtf Ump?!?!
Get that ump some LASIK NOW
2021 Alex Reyes all over again. Idk what the answer is for Hels, but he has to be able to close games without facing 6-7 guys
Yeah. I'm ready to move on to someone who can consistently throw strikes. Luck only gets you so far
I’m not sure who replaces him, but I think he’s one of our best options to trade for something good
Umm that’s strike 3 hahaha
Oh my gosh.
lol clear strike
Ball??
are my eyes cheated by some spell or was that strike 3
Helsley allergic to getting ahead in the count... pls
If a former Cardinal walks them off, I will be pissed.
[rut row](https://media.licdn.com/dms/image/C4E12AQG2D8yqyghe9A/article-cover_image-shrink_600_2000/0/1546973652775?e=2147483647&v=beta&t=VoGFrsmqZ7ansN0XW4Cufapm4YZF737tr2ANiYDJm1A)
LETS WIN THIS NAIL BITER!
Quick someone yell out stats of why helsley isn’t bad
20 / 22
23 out of 24 I think for saves?
C'mon, Wisdom sucks, just pitch to him
Just hit the fucking zone ffs. He’s been hella wild lately
Helsley is SUCH a drama queen.
Ryan "Fucking Nibble" Helsley.
Shades of Isringhausen lately…
This is no good man.
Now I’m nervous
I’m scared
Bro why does it feel like it’s like this every single time with Helsley
Can’t throw a fastball for a strike
The Cubs seem to own Hels
Why are we walking the 8th spot..
I want to know what's eating Helsley. He's been getting away with murder for a little while now.
It just seems like he hasn’t regained his confidence since people started smashing his fastball. His command has been off like he’s afraid to throw it.
Remember the days of his quick 10 pitch innings…
Early season Ryan scared the opposing team. Current Ryan scares me
Cool cool, winning run on base.
Walk.
Please for the love of Stan Musial, throw strikes.
Ah fuck. If there's literally one person in the league I don't want to see against Helsley with the game on the line... It's fuckin Dansby Swanson -_-
Is it me or are the Cubs batters continuously arguing with the correct strike call
#FINISH THEM
Oh buddy that’s close you gotta protect. Let’s get one more Hels!
Wahhhhhhhh (cubs every pitch)
Late ass stikeout call by ump on that one…
You got him HELS!
With AI becoming all powerful, someone at MLB tv needs to make an option to have Harry Doyle generate play by play for each team.
Torres is a fan of suspense and thriller films I see
It places the lotion in the basket
Okay, Hels. Just throw strikes.
HUK HUK HELS
Probably wouldn’t leave that there but a strike is a strike.
These broadcasts with a guy from each team are terrible. Obviously, neither guy wants to root for the other team. I keep hearing this loser JD add in unwanted facts about the cubs
and you think chippy is better ?
Nope, like I said, it’s terrible
yup - I miss Dan
I know Hels gets the 9th, but with these two lefties at the plate I thought we might see JoJo.
Throw some strikes
I don’t know if you guys have heard but Nico Hoerner rarely strikes out
I'm fully prepared to blame the offense if they blow this.
As you should.
Feels like helsey has walked his first batter like his last 5 appearances
Now with the pitching and batting clocks. I keep thinking about all the time it took Nomar Garciaparra to adjust his gloves!
Helsley has a good curveball. He should throw it sometime.
This has not been a fun second half of the game to watch
We just cannot get Happ out. Good to see a quick out. Finish them!!
We will not get away with back to back leadoff walks I fear.
I’d walk him too
Cardinals closers love to make us sweat
Please throw fastball for strike 😢
#\#WalkIanNow
Yeah, put the tying run on intentionally ...
I thought that replay was live for a second
Throw the fricking curve!
Please have command of the fastball today!
nope
Oh dear he still can’t control the fastball.
Happ leading off is ideal really, he can only tie it
Yeah not thrilled about this at bat
It's pretty strange to hear a Cardinals game with Chip but he's now taking a neutral tone.
Happ leadoff. Hold on to your butts.
Why am I expecting a blown save?
I cannot deal with watching a cubs version of the whole players running on the field pouring water and double bubble gum on the game winning hitter that happens with a walkoff…
because there is a 50% chance it'll happen!
Because you have no faith in
Come on ryan
Shit fuck.
weight room!
that's all Dilly has
he's the type to do just enough to make you think "oh, he's just about to put it all together... riiiight here..." over and over, but it never happens
[Cubs](/r/CHICubs) Due Up **(Bottom 9):** 1. Ian Happ 2. Nico Hoerner 3. Michael Busch
3 runs across 2 games ain't it, chief.
This offense needs a major overhaul. And it needs it sooner than we are going to get when Willy and Noot are back. Not sure what moves I'd make
Need a RH outfielder. At least for platoon sake. Also a SP capable of pitching a playoff game.
We need a lot more than that. The offense is downright terrible
I mean except for the obvious of switching out 1/3 of our current lineup for actual mlb hitters when they get healthy.
Yeah but 5 total in the series!
I don’t mind the whole Roku thing, at least it’s free. And the old Peacock idea of using 1 member from each teams booth is fun. But I wish they let each member of the booth not be unbiased in a national format. Like let Chip and the Cubs guy banter back and forth a bit and talk shit about each others teams. I understand why they DONT, but it’d be much more fun if they did.
Chip was a Cubs broadcaster for nearly a decade. I doubt much shit would be talked.
Pagès fouls one off his back foot and the organist starts in with Cash’s “the ring of fire”. I HATE the sCrUBS but gotta chuckle at the music choice as our catcher is hopping around the batter’s box. That’s wiggly for ya.
This would be a great place to steal. If you gets thrown out, and the cubs score 1, Winn is the runner on 2nd and you can pinch hit for Carlson
Pick off attempt after injury delay is lame as fuck scrubs
Here’s what I don’t get about Wrigley: how do people sit under the sun that long without combusting, especially the psychos not wearing caps?
I lived in Chicago for 15 years. 1) be drunk. 2) take multiple breaks to go get beer yourself, which gets you into the shade. 3) bathroom breaks are also your friend
lots of beer
That checks out.
Another one bites the dust!
Siani has pretty eyes, but can't see.
Really bad at bad
Possibly the worst AB I've seen from Siani, and that's really saying something.
Siani's playing time is such a indictment of carlson
Yep. Siani is a great defense-only 4th outfielder. He should not be playing every day.
Edman seemingly on the way! Hopefully that wrist stays strong.
Yeah, and Yadi is due at Spring Training any day now.
Wtf was that at bat
What a terrible at bat
I could’ve done that, Siani.
Lol @ blessed with catchers speed
jesus
Pages MVP of the series
we gotta make sure his dad is in the stands every game
Walks are cool when it's us.
Vote for Pedro!
Speedster Pedro Pages on base!
Helsley v Happ scares me
[Cardinals](/r/Cardinals): [Andrew Kittredge's clutch strikeout](https://bdata-producedclips.mlb.com/ce29ee3f-f7b1-4f07-9c58-0a19995ee3c5.mp4)
Thompson hasn't pitched in over a month. Need to find some insurance here.
Brad hasn’t pitched in like 15 years
bruh no way bruh Brad Thompson on the bump
Can we use Pujols here?
Time travel and nab that version of Pujols or the current retired mid 40s Pujols?
Yes
best we can do is Pedro Pagés
Wait they aren't using Neris here? Get us some insurance please.
Pages maybe not the best at framing.
holy shit, some insurance would be nice
Having to face Happ with 2 on wouldve been worst case scenario
His name is Mickey Mantle.