Russ Dorsey

You remember the leadoff triple by Pete Crow Armstrong in the third inning?

When he got doubled off.

he got doubled off because guess what nico horner made contact yeah he wasn't going to strike soft liner to second so so here's what mendoza had to say after the game about why he chose to pitch to the the guy with the highest batting average with runners in scoring position since the start of last season what was the thought process there in the tent did you consider walking horner to set up the double play now in that situation um especially with

That's bad.

That's really bad.

Especially given the context that, I don't know if you remember a long time ago when we were in Vegas, the Cubs had all the men on base and all the opportunities.

I saw guys like Seiya Suzuki just pop up after running a 3-0 count with the bases loaded to end the game.

Anybody but Nikko.

And while that is bad, it's still not worse than what Will Venable did.

Okay.

Because I'm sorry, it's 2026.

If you have the opportunity with the game on the line to put a pitcher, you think pitchers out here take a BP anymore?

The DH has been universal for quite some time.

You have Mark Kotze out there ready to put a pitcher to the plate because that's his only option.

You go see what you can do against that guy rather than getting a professional hitter, a guy who gets paid to hit baseballs, a chance to win the game.

It's easily Will Venable.

I would love to play Will Venable in Connect 4 because I think I'd just be a few moves ahead of him.

And I'm also pretty good at connect four.

But here's what I'll say to that.

You could also just get him to ground into a double play.