As usual last night, had some Cubs texting going on, and suddenly I sent this out: "Keegan Thompson is my current favorite Cub".
Twice this season he's come in, gone for 3+ innings, shut the other guys down and got the W.
Game-changing performances.
In total, 9.2 innings, 4 hits, 2 walks and 10 Ks.
He's 27, the age when baseball people say baseball players are at their peak.
Their prime.
And he really looks the part. So confident. Scary. In control.
His cheeks flush with adrenaline and... I've seen that look before.
It's right before someone lands a haymaker on someone else's chin.
Which is basically what he's doing from the mound.
That Brewers game... when Rossy "didn't" ask him to plunk anyone, and Thompson just decided to "try out" some different pitches during the game, and one got away from him... Of course no one wants anyone to get hurt, right?
That's what I always say out loud.
But in my old school head when that happened... let's say I wasn't politically correct in my thinking.
Anyway... having any fun yet?
The bats are crazy.
The Cubs are 2nd in ALL baseball in OPS (.803), 2nd in OBP, 3rd in SLG, 2nd in doubles... it's the opposite of the last Core.
Seiya Suzuki was voted Player of the Week, and he's really truly WAY beyond anybody's expectations.
Patrick Wisdom might be making the right adjustments...
It's just been really fun to watch and yeah, still not gonna write any sentences with "sustainable".
"Sustainable" is for fish.
Okay tonight we've come around again to Justin Steele.
Super fun, like watching a live grenade.
Did you see him last time out?
Cubs up 3-0 in the bottom of the 5th, and he gives up a single, a line out, and a walk. Rossy pulls him.
He wasn't angry about being pulled, I don't think, but he looked like a wild animal in the dugout.
Love this kid.
Okay 2 more against the Rays and 4 vs the Pirates in Chicago, and then it gets really rough with the freaking Braves, Brewers, White Sox and Dodgers.
The Cubs just might turn out to be that team with no real expectations, but who play like they don't care about any of that.
Yeah it's early but nobody wants to play a team like that.
Fun.
It's all I ask.
Lastly, did this for Jackie Robinson Day:
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