Mark Grote
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Appearances Over Time
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Cut the tape right there.
That's what we've been asking us to do for the Cubs for several days, but they keep rolling them out there, and guess what?
The tape playback isn't as discouraging this morning.
It's not as discouraging this morning.
The Cubs won last night, 8-6, in convincing fashion, ladies and gentlemen.
For everybody to see, Matt Shaw opened it up with a blistering line drive to right field, which turned out to be a triple, which turned out to score two runs.
A nice 2-0 lead early on in the game for the Cubs.
It didn't stop there because...
The guy who has been your Cub of the Week, your scrutinied Cub of the Week, if I can say that.
Dansby Swanson with a two-run homer to be celebrated.
What did you feel on the Dansby Swanson home run?
Did you feel relief?
I felt relief for Dansby Swanson and for all of Cubsness at that moment.
Okay, so I didn't feel relief because his average went up from 175 to 176 because he went one for four with the home run.
What I will say is this is who Dansby Swanson is.
He's a guy that is going to hit around 200, maybe a little bit more, give you some pop, give you some speed on the base pass, and give you gold glove level defense.
I'm comfortable with that.