From SB Nation’s Cubs Blog:
- “Matt Harvey is really, really good. Not just because of the “phenom” tag, but he reminds me a lot of Mark Prior. There’s no shame in losing a game to Matt Harvey. But there is in losing a series to one of the worst teams in the league… gotta win the next two so that doesn’t happen.”
- “The next Verlander – I hope he stays healthy”
- “Harvey may be in the process of having a season like Steve Carlton’s 1972 As the pitcher on a bad team that no one can beat. He’s 5-0. The rest of the team is 11-23”
- “They lost today because they were facing the latest incarnation of Cy Young.”
- “We need the DH in the NL to keep these opposing pitchers from beating us with their bats.”
- “I bet the Cubs and Mets finish with about the same record. Some good young players, some veterans hanging on … I’ll still say the Cubs win around 75. I bet the Mets fall a few wins short of that (health of players’ permitting).”
- “If the Mets win 75, it will be because Harvey wins 20+”
- “That game just annoyed me to no end”
From the Cubs MLB Forum:
- “I’m dying to see this Harvey kid also-been lights out so far!”
- “Pray that he stays healthy. He is a special pitcher.”
- “Jackson delivered a quality start. By definition, 6 plus innings and 3 earned runs or less. Bad base running and a bad missed catch in RF sabotaged the chance to win. Give Harvey credit. He’s a frontline pitcher.”
- “1-6 with 5.76 ERA. But what a great quality start!”
- “That’s worth $50 million?”
- “I agree, Jackson has been a total disaster.”
- “I live on Long Island and my wife is a Mets fan but I don’t watch them that often but I have watched a couple of Harvey’s starts this season. Brings back memories of a young Gooden.”
- “since barney is japanese/korean he hoped he could jump over buck”
- “Let’s be fair. Bell is not use to sending people on close plays.”
- “True, he’s just used to slapping hands as the hitter rounds third on his solo homer.”
- “At least lower a shoulder into the catcher. This team is soft”
- “This team has no guts.”
- “If Barney had charged Buck and bowled him over (even if out), he would have become a permanent Chicago legend. But, alas, it wasn’t to be…”
- “Uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh”
