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Despite living in Illinois, yesterday I made my first drive to wrigley field and back in 25 years It was worth being stuck in slow moving traffic for 2 hours on the way back. That was the best 6 inning performance I have seen in person from a pitcher.

A few notes from the game about the little things we did well.

1. I liked seeing Rowdy Tellez hustlng on the base paths and getting us an extra run on the throw to get Grandal at the play that went long. Good to see him trying. I hope our fans are done booing him, unless it is just a lack of effort.

2. Nick Gonzalez doing what he is supposed to at the plate again with a successful sac fly. Whether it is a moving a runner from second to third by a fly ball or a sac bunt, he moves the runners when it is called for.

3. I don't know if it it just because there was a slow pitcher on the mound or we made it a priority, but we ran the bases well.

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Friday, May 18

21 down. 60 to go.

Pirates 9-3 over the Cubs at Wrigley. They stand in third place, four games behind the second place Cubs and 6 games behind the first place Brewers.

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CARROTS ON THE HOUSE!!!!

@> Granny for his 2 for 5, 3 rbi day.

@>@>Triolo for his 2 for 4, 3 rbi day.

@>@>@> Baby Skenes for a historic six-inning no hitter featuring 11 Ks, seven of which were the first seven batters he faced.

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Ya gotta give some fresh summer squash to Telles for hitting a bright spot and also some radishes to Nick the Stick for having some nice at bats since his recall. Wasn’t sure it would happen, but the Stick may be latching onto the long-term starting 2b job… and that’s with the very glovey Triolo driving in runs at a decent pace. Granny already got his carrot for the day, but it is nice to see him, late start and all, starting to find a groove. There’s three guys who you hoped to see something from who are starting to produce. Let’s hope it continues.

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The ogres at the bat rack are back! I mean, Connor Joe goes 3 for 5 and doesn’t even get an over-ripe rutabaga? Daaaaannngggg!

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“Alright, Rabbit! Where’s Rocky? Where’s he hidin’?

“He’s not in this stove!

“Oh-ho! He’s hidin’ in the stove eh?

“Would I turn on the gas if Rocky was hidin’ in the stove?

“You might, Rabbit. You might.”

“Well would I throw a lit match into the stove if my pal Rocky was hiding therein?

“Alright, Rabbit. You’ve convinced me.”

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-Wabbit

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