Alex Bregman calls for adjustments as Cubs' losing streak grows to 10 games
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What are Alex Bregman's thoughts on the Cubs' 10-game losing streak?
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On the Northwestern Medicine Cubs radio network. It's not the same. I'm sorry. It's not the same when they've lost 10.
I know. It hurts.
This is Rahimi Harrison-Grody on 104.3 The Score. And you know what that song is called that Tyler Buterbaugh brought us back with? Mark? Everybody mad.
Everybody, man.
Everybody, man. It's true. Except the problem is OT Genesis was getting too much money, and that is not the case here. I feel like people are losing money by the day.
We're taking receipts on who the Cubs have angered. Otherwise, mild-mannered humans like Ron Coomer and Brett Boone texted me. We got the national folks converging on Chicago trying to get answers from us. So we're keeping a list here. This is upsetting families all over Chicagoland.
Yeah, it's one thing if I get mad. Like, that's going to happen. But it's another Wednesday. It's Craig Council getting ejected, and then Ron Coomer gets in the mix. Now, Kevin Alcantara got an at-bat in the game, and I would also like to see more of that out of Kevin Alcantara, and I get it. They ease guys in. They ease them in. Ease them in.
Yeah.
I don't know that that's the—nothing is the best practice anymore is how I feel about it. So Alcantara gets in, and I see why he wanted to get his money's worth, so to speak, or at least get what he felt like was an honest A-B. But listen to what happened during the game when the Cubs were down 12-1, and this occurs.
Santana ready in the 3-2 on the way. Strike three called, and now the batter, Alcantara, wants that pitch to be looked at again. And Alcantara.
Now, wait a minute. I'm going to say he didn't challenge in time, I think.
How are fans reacting to the Cubs' recent performance?
Counts is not going to accept this. No, that's not right. No, he did it right away. That's just not acceptable.
Greg's going to go out and get his money's worth. I don't blame him.
This is just bad. They just didn't like the young kid challenging the call in a blowout game. That's all it is. And that's just wrong. Yeah, he's got to still play the game. Just what we were talking about, and now we've got the umpires not doing that. That's just not good. The pitch is in for a strike. He goes right away, taps his helmet. He doesn't even make the call yet for strike three. And then they did not give him a chance. That's just terrible umpiring. There should be a penalty for the umpires when they do stuff like that. Because that's just them being upset that a young kid challenged it. And that's just bad. And they should have some issue with that. The league should. Because that's just terrible baseball by the umpire, Dan Marzell.
Nico Horner, the batter, one away, first and second. 12-1 Pirates lead here in the ninth inning.
That's embarrassing.
Wow. I mean, you don't hear Ron Coomer call out umpires by name like that very often. And let me just set this up a little bit because I heard it both ways. I heard that walking home last night. I was listening to them, and I'm trying to catch up on what's going on. I get home. I put the game on my DVR. I'll go right to that first. I want to see what exactly happened. It should be pointed out that it was a 3-2 count. Alcantara gets called out, but Alcantara sort of emphatically, that should be pointed out, because apparently he got under the umpire's skin, sort of emphatically goes to the helmet. Pats it like three times, like, oh, you've got to challenge that. The first base umpire, who is, as Coombe said, Dan Merzell, also emphatically...
When the ruling came and we all saw it, it was a strike. There was no doubt about it. Emphatically then calls him out, like gets the fist up. He's like staring him in the eyes.
What happened during the controversial call involving Kevin Alcantara?
So that needs to be pointed out, just the visual of everything that was going on. And I guess that's what happened. Because I still don't know exactly.
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What are Alex Bregman's thoughts on the Cubs' 10-game losing streak?
0:01–2:20
2
How are fans reacting to the Cubs' recent performance?
2:20–4:34
3
What happened during the controversial call involving Kevin Alcantara?
4:34–7:22
4
How does Craig Council defend his players during tough games?
7:22–10:21
5
What are the implications of the Cubs' current offensive struggles?
10:21–15:51
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