SWEEP! CUBS WIN!

[MIButterfly]

Beat the Mets 4-3 in 10 innings! My Cubbies! Fly the W, baby!

Now this is where the fun starts. They're playing the first-place Brewers this weekend, starting tomorrow.

GO CUBS GO!!!!!

[buzzycrumbhunger]

1. Wheeeee!

It was a little iffy there for a while…

[MIButterfly]

2. I was holding my breath there for the last couple of innings

It sure wasn't a blow-out like it was both games yesterday. In any case, it's still a W and I'll take it!

On to Milwaukee.....

[buzzycrumbhunger]

3. I just read that Ben Brown is out now...

Sounds like a repeat of his neck injury. These guys really aren’t making it easy for themselves, are they?

[Morbius]

7. It's not an injury.

In 2024, they found a tumor, thankfully benign. He is now facing pain in the same place. They're being very careful (and close-lipped), but it doesn't look good. They won't let him pitch for a month or so, and then they will re-evaluate.

He was having a terrific season, too. Best pitcher on the team. He's a great kid; I hope he's going to be okay.

[buzzycrumbhunger]

8. Yeah, I remember this

But the immediate story as soon as they took him out of the game was “injury” or “repeat injury.” I shattered my knee in a slip & fall years ago (stepping around the rear of my car in a grass parking lot in the rain and managed to step in a foot-deep hole as I turned) and over a decade later, I’ve only just reached a point where I feel safe enough to walk without a brace. Gives me the heebie jeebies to think of a neck injury. At least if my knee fails on me, I won’t have to worry about being paralyzed. Hopefully, he’s young enough to be able to bolster his anatomy and come out stronger in the long run.

[Morbius]

9. There's an update.

It wasn't a tumor, they're saying now.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb/chicago-cubs-update-on-ben-brown-doesn-t-sound-good-at-all/ar-AA26KBoV?ocid=hpmsn&cvid=6a41c76cb6fb47b197071da3a6f37d44&ei=221

According to Brown, the 2024 diagnosis of a benign bone growth (osteoma) in his neck turned out not to be a correct one. So, the task is now to figure out what’s actually causing the recurring neck issue and to fix any of the mechanics that may be causing it.

“There’s a stress on my bone, something in my throw or in my mechanics that’s leading to that,” Brown said. “It’s not a freak injury anymore. There’s something that I’m doing that’s causing it. I’m working night and day to get to the bottom of it. And the people here are, too. As far as career outlook goes, there’s almost like a positivity around that, like: ‘Hey, we might be able to figure this out.’”

[buzzycrumbhunger]

10. Hope it's that simple

He’s really been getting it together this year and it’s a shame he’s got another hoop to jump through to get back to it. Fingers crossed!

[MontanaMama]

4. It was a glorious series!

Now, as you say, on to Milwaukee. I always dread playing the Brew Crew. Dansby has had a heck of a week so far.

Go Cubs Go!!!

W

[BidenRocks]

5. My first 18 years were in Milwaukee.

Exciting season, eh?

[ShazzieB]

6. Go, Cubs, Go!