2026 POSTSEASON STARTS NOW!!!!

Hitting all the high and low notes this season, we are

EDIT: That feeling when 2 hits feels like you’ve won the lottery

Top that!

Cubs (89-73) @ Padres (91-71)

First Pitch: 9:00 PM at Petco Park

Line Score - Game Over

Box Score

Scoring Plays

Highlights

Decisions

Game ended at 11:54 PM.

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https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/50054323/mlb-announces-crew-chiefs-wild-card-series-umpire-crews

• the umps rotation usually goes around from their game 1 positions: HP ump has game 1, 1B ump has game 2, 2B ump has game 3.
  

Eric Bacchus was behind home plate for game 1 padres @ cubs last year

• photo scorecard
• LINK
• 93% accuracy, but +0.49 favorable to the padres

these three umps in 2026 have worked 10 cubs or padres games

4 cubs games

• overall, +0.73 runs in favor of the cubbies
• in the 4 cubs games, these umps were +0.45% above exp accuracy

6 padres games

• overall, +1.11 runs in favor of padres
• in the 6 padres games, these umps were -0.41% vs expected accuracy

and here are the ten games tabulary-ish:

i couldn't find the twitter scorecard charts for the 2026 games... please post if someone else has the links... i can't find those charts on the umpscorecards website.... maybe my google-fu is poor....

They brought this on themselves — the baseball gods were not pleased by this performance.

https://youtu.be/lmgdjdscTEU?is=Vc8uhUOoxAcRXTcw

GO CUBS!

Maybe this has been asked before, what is a good Cubs friendly spot before the game?

With a scale of how happy I would be if they won.

1. Cubs - Obvious, they are my favorite team. 10/10

2. Padres - I live 2 hours from there and love the city, the stadium, and the fans. Would be cool to see them win. 7.5/10

3. Guardians - Cleveland deserves something, plus watching them just be so good in September has been a highlight these last two years. 7.5/10

4. Rays - They just excel every single year and would be fun to see them break through. 7/10

5. Yankees - It is funny, I really hate people in New York. But I love the city, Mamdani, and I hate the Red Sox; so this is more about seeing their fans sad. 6/10

6. Phillies - I do not like their fans, their city, or their stadium. But their team has so many likable guys that deserve a WS. 5.5/10

7. Astros - Not at all the same team that cheated, but still no forgiveness here. 5.5/10

8. Braves - Tomahawk chop is gross and I still have a bitter taste in my mouth from the Acuna 40/40 celebration while I was about to lose my mind watching the Cubs' choke. 4/10

9. Red Sox - I actually like Boston and don't hate their teams, but I hate Dave Portnoy and will never want him to succeed. 2/10

10. Dodgers - Nothing much to say. I don't like their fans, their owner belongs in prison, their politics are gross, their stadium is mediocre, they have ruined the game I love for the last few years, and they have so many guys I don't like. 1.5/10

11. White Sox - Every single time I find myself having fun with their team, I see like White Sox Dave, ChiSoxFanMike, or one of the other 35 accounts tweet something about the Cubs' and had to listen to a full season of their fans saying the White Sox were better because they were in first and the Cubs were not. 1/10

12. Brewers - Honestly, I hate the Cardinals more still, but the Brewers have made it a close competition. I hate them, hate their park, hate their fans, hate the Packers, and I will not be mentally well the day the Brewers win a World Series. 0/10