Quintana Settling in for Cubs, Brewers Change Time, Bryants Are Nice, and Other Bullets

Sep 13, 2017

I’m on the road back to Columbus today, so I’m gonna fire off these Bullets from a Taco Bell somewhere in Indiana. I often stop at this location because of its geographic fit within my trip, and every time it cracks me up: they’ve got free WI-FI here, but the “connect” button is not actually a button. It’s just an image that is not clickable. There is no actual way to connect to the internet. I keep thinking one of these times it’ll be fixed, but here I am, two years later, and it’s still going strong.

Thank goodness for tethering.

I had a blast at Social Media Night last night. It was great to meet so many new people, and also so many people I know as names on a screen … and now they have faces! Lovely faces! The Cubs did a great job this year, and I’m already looking forward to the next one.

Jose Quintana had his third straight solid outing for the Cubs, holding down the Mets, laying down a couple bunts, and embarrassing Jose Reyes:

No way, José! #CubsSocial pic.twitter.com/TL4V11NZOm

— Cubs Talk (@CSNCubs) September 13, 2017

Quintana’s season FIP (3.87) is now only a few clicks higher than his career mark (3.53), which is actually about what you’d expect in the new offensive environment. And with the Cubs, it’s an even better 3.64, together with an ERA that is now under four – 3.88. There have been ups and downs in his short time with the Cubs, but, on the balance, he’s been the guy the Cubs hoped they were getting: a solid 6/7 inning starter who gives the team a chance to win every time out, and occasionally drops a fantastic outing.

Lots of picture of Jake Arrieta (hamstring) throwing on flat ground at Wrigley Field yesterday, but no update on his timeline for return.

Kyle Schwarber is a really good dude, even setting aside the baseball stuff:

In a family of first responders, @kschwarb12 recognizes their sacrifices and raised $280K+ at his first block party. #NeighborhoodHeroes pic.twitter.com/gOYZDrYO38

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 12, 2017

More details coming on this shortly, but the postseason registration process is now open with a $50 refundable deposit:

Register now for the 2017 Postseason Ticket Purchase Opportunity! https://t.co/lAVx17BA21 pic.twitter.com/0pV5bV9Aji

— Chicago Cubs (@Cubs) September 13, 2017

Brewers gonna Brewer:

Brewers announce Sept. 22 game vs #Cubs at Miller Park will start at 6:35 pm CT, not 7:10 pm CT

— Carrie Muskat (@CarrieMuskat) September 11, 2017

TO WHOM DO I DIRECT MY VOCIFEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS UNREASONABLE SCHEDULE CHANGE!?!?!?!? https://t.co/wRSofXFbuY

— Brett Taylor (@BleacherNation) September 11, 2017

I’m not sure I ever fully participated in the thank you note thing for our wedding, and yet Kris Bryant and his wife Jessica are sending out hand-written notes to the very-likely-hundreds of Cubs fans who sent them gifts. Obviously it was very nice of Cubs fans to send them wedding gifts, but also good on the Bryants for being classy folks. (And also: thanks, The Wife, for I think taking care of that for us 11 years ago … )

The BN crew had a great time at Social Media Night, and we even got a cool pic of three of the four of us:

This is going to be the new BN masthead picture, and I'll photoshop in Luke's face. @Michael_Cerami @lcm1986 @ltblaize pic.twitter.com/EwuY94SUeT
— Brett Taylor (@BleacherNation) September 13, 2017

All that relative optimism about the Bears, and … wham:

The Bears Have Already Placed 12 Different Players On Injured Reserve https://t.co/Pif6SwrQ5g pic.twitter.com/tZQahWXuc9

— The Ten-Yard Line (@TheTenYardLine) September 13, 2017

A heads up: the MLB Shop is having a two-day end of season sale with up to 40% off and free shipping. I have perused the Cubs gear and I do see some shirts that I didn’t previously see on sale when they ran their specials. Also:

Even the Cubs fidget spinners are on sale, my fidgety friends. https://t.co/AgOj0n1QAe pic.twitter.com/6zHVenaW6Z

— Brett Taylor (@BleacherNation) September 13, 2017

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Brett Taylor is the Lead Cubs Writer at Bleacher Nation, and you can find him on Twitter at @BleacherNation and on LinkedIn here. Brett is also the founder of Bleacher Nation, which opened up shop in 2008 as an independent blog about the Chicago Cubs. Later growing to incorporate coverage of other Chicago sports, Bleacher Nation is now one of the largest regional sports blogs on the web.

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