6 (7 for MIL) games left.

[Mizzou]

BBB, do you find yourself rooting for the Padres to win the NL West, the Diamondbacks to be the wild card and the Cubs winning the NL Central so the Cubs will play in San Diego in the NLDS? :)

 

No. I am not rooting for any particular scenario. And if the Cubs do come here, the only way I go to a game is if my buddy serves up his season tickets behind the Padres dugout. The smoking law really turned me off from going to games. Special seats is about the only thing that would stop me from watching the game in the comfort of my own home.

 

And Petco couldn't touch Wrigley with a 10 foot pole. It's just another boring ballpark built in the '00's and a pain in the butt to get to. If it was at Jack Murphy, I'd be all over it.

 

Well, I want to see the Cubs in the playoffs and the Dodgers are tanking and I'm not likely to get tickets and a plane flight to Wrigely, so the Padres are my chance.

 

I take the trolley in to Petco so I never had a problem getting there.

If Columbus Day weekend games were going to be road games for the Cubs, then I'd be rooting hard for the Dodgers, but since those will most likely be home games (assuming the Mets and Phillies don't both collapse), I'm going to try and score tickets at Wrigley and catch a flight.

Oh wow, I completely ignored the fact that that weekend was Columbus Day weekend. Columbus Day is a holiday where I work, and I took that previous Friday off already anyways. This is shaping up to be quite the ideal setup for me as far as road tripping up to Chicago to watch us win the NLDS series.

[CubmanPi]

Oh wow, I completely ignored the fact that that weekend was Columbus Day weekend. Columbus Day is a holiday where I work, and I took that previous Friday off already anyways. This is shaping up to be quite the ideal setup for me as far as road tripping up to Chicago to watch us win the NLDS series.

Do you have any backup plans for tickets if you don't end up getting them in the lottery Sunday morning? I'm not ready to let not getting tickets that day ruin my plans, but at the same time, I'm not looking to pay obscene prices to be at these games, since I'll already be in need of a plane ticket for the weekend. I'm just worried that they'll end up being impossible to get for any less than 4x face value if the VWR doesn't work out.

[XZero771679666304]

My only real chance is Arizona.

 

Of course, If the Cubs were to make it to the World Series and win one or both of the first two, I would ditch work and fly to Chicago just to be there, even If I had to stand on the street outside Wrigley.

[weis21]

My only real chance is Arizona.

 

Of course, If the Cubs were to make it to the World Series and win one or both of the first two, I would ditch work and fly to Chicago just to be there, even If I had to stand on the street outside Wrigley.

 

Me and my fiancee are grad students, so to say that we are broke is an understatement. But, if the cubs are to make it to the afore mentioned series, I will do everything in my power to be there. I would hate myself forever if I didn't.

[Mizzou]

Oh wow, I completely ignored the fact that that weekend was Columbus Day weekend. Columbus Day is a holiday where I work, and I took that previous Friday off already anyways. This is shaping up to be quite the ideal setup for me as far as road tripping up to Chicago to watch us win the NLDS series.

Do you have any backup plans for tickets if you don't end up getting them in the lottery Sunday morning? I'm not ready to let not getting tickets that day ruin my plans, but at the same time, I'm not looking to pay obscene prices to be at these games, since I'll already be in need of a plane ticket for the weekend. I'm just worried that they'll end up being impossible to get for any less than 4x face value if the VWR doesn't work out.

The only real backup plan at this point is craigslist/ebay/whatever else. My dad has never been to a Cubs game at Wrigley, and if I'm lucky enough to get tickets to an NLDS game, I'm going to fly him and myself up there as an early Christmas present to him. So I'm hoping that I'm successful come Sunday morning, and if not I hope that I can find something that isn't too ridiculous on the secondary market.

[soccer10k]

Oh wow, I completely ignored the fact that that weekend was Columbus Day weekend. Columbus Day is a holiday where I work, and I took that previous Friday off already anyways. This is shaping up to be quite the ideal setup for me as far as road tripping up to Chicago to watch us win the NLDS series.

Do you have any backup plans for tickets if you don't end up getting them in the lottery Sunday morning? I'm not ready to let not getting tickets that day ruin my plans, but at the same time, I'm not looking to pay obscene prices to be at these games, since I'll already be in need of a plane ticket for the weekend. I'm just worried that they'll end up being impossible to get for any less than 4x face value if the VWR doesn't work out.

 

Wait, so Columbus Day is October 8, right? I'm totally going to look into going to Chicago if the Cubs made the playoffs. Since the 8th is a holiday, we probably won't have a paper that day which means I wouldn't have to work Sunday night. If I could get Saturday night off that would give me Friday, Saturday, Sunday and Monday off from work. One of my girlfriend's best friends lives in Chicago so I could probably stay with her as well.

[CubsBears29]

Wow.

 

10 games over .500, with 6 left to play, and a 3.5 game lead on the competition [Magic Number now at 4]. Hell of a way to start the last week of the regular season (considering a week & a half to 2 weeks ago).

 

10-2 in last 12; 11-3 in last 14 [yes, vs some very questionable competition, but nonetheless, gotta win regardless].

 

 

So, are we peaking just the right time (especially offensively [power]), or could it be just a bit too soon?

[Mephistopheles]

Let's just not a pull an 87 Blue Jay.

[MikeyLikesCubbies]

I'm rooting for the Rockies for the first time since I was in Jr. High. Anything for a shot to see the Cubs in the playoffs without airfare and hotels.

[Careless]

So, are we peaking just the right time (especially offensively [power]), or could it be just a bit too soon?

'

If we keep hitting into the playoffs, it's just the right time. If we stop, it was too early.

 

It's not like using nitrous in... what was that old arcade racing game?

[shnsajax]

So, are we peaking just the right time (especially offensively [power]), or could it be just a bit too soon?

'

If we keep hitting into the playoffs, it's just the right time. If we stop, it was too early.

It's not like using nitrous in... what was that old arcade racing game?

 

Without it we might not even go at all.

[cubweiser03]

Now i feel more comfortable using the Magic Number.

[Schwarber Fan]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

[Vanilla Ice]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

[Sammy Sofa]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

I'm incredibly optimistic right now, but I will believe everything about the Cubs going to the playoffs when I see it. Until they clinch, I must be even just a little wary.

[Airmandave]

So, are we peaking just the right time (especially offensively [power]), or could it be just a bit too soon?

'

If we keep hitting into the playoffs, it's just the right time. If we stop, it was too early.

 

It's not like using nitrous in... what was that old arcade racing game?

 

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THIS?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Off_Road

[CubsBears29]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

I'm incredibly optimistic right now, but I will believe everything about the Cubs going to the playoffs when I see it. Until they clinch, I must be even just a little wary.

 

+1

[Schwarber Fan]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

Cubs = 97.4

Brewers = 2.6

[Soul]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

Cubs = 97.4

Brewers = 2.6

 

Wow, it's really that much in our favor now?

 

I could see the crew ripping off, say 5-2 in their last 7 at home. Cubs would need to win 2 games, on the road. That's losing 2/3 in each series.

 

Ok, it's definitely in our favor big time but I would have thought more like 80%.

[UMFan83]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

Cubs = 97.4

Brewers = 2.6

 

Wow, it's really that much in our favor now?

 

I could see the crew ripping off, say 5-2 in their last 7 at home. Cubs would need to win 2 games, on the road. That's losing 2/3 in each series.

 

Ok, it's definitely in our favor big time but I would have thought more like 80%.

 

If you played the season out 100 times from this point, wouldn't you think a team thats 3.5 games up with 6 to play would win it more than 80 times? Remember the computer doesn't know that a few days ago it was tied. The Cubs could have been 20 games up in mid-August and now 3.5 up. Either way, the odds that a team has managed to be good enough amass a 3.5 game lead through 156 games will be able to win enough to make the playoffs an extremely high perentage of the time

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

Cubs = 97.4

Brewers = 2.6

 

Wow, it's really that much in our favor now?

 

I could see the crew ripping off, say 5-2 in their last 7 at home. Cubs would need to win 2 games, on the road. That's losing 2/3 in each series.

 

Ok, it's definitely in our favor big time but I would have thought more like 80%.

 

If you played the season out 100 times from this point, wouldn't you think a team thats 3.5 games up with 6 to play would win it more than 80 times? Remember the computer doesn't know that a few days ago it was tied. The Cubs could have been 20 games up in mid-August and now 3.5 up. Either way, the odds that a team has managed to be good enough amass a 3.5 game lead through 156 games will be able to win enough to make the playoffs an extremely high perentage of the time

 

In other words, the computer doesn't realize it's the Cubs.

[Soul]

The Cubs have a 91.1% chance of making the playoffs

 

Brewers = 8.9%

 

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today.

 

Cubs = 97.4

Brewers = 2.6

 

Wow, it's really that much in our favor now?

 

I could see the crew ripping off, say 5-2 in their last 7 at home. Cubs would need to win 2 games, on the road. That's losing 2/3 in each series.

 

Ok, it's definitely in our favor big time but I would have thought more like 80%.

 

If you played the season out 100 times from this point, wouldn't you think a team thats 3.5 games up with 6 to play would win it more than 80 times? Remember the computer doesn't know that a few days ago it was tied. The Cubs could have been 20 games up in mid-August and now 3.5 up. Either way, the odds that a team has managed to be good enough amass a 3.5 game lead through 156 games will be able to win enough to make the playoffs an extremely high perentage of the time

 

I guess that depends on what the sim takes into account. Are they factoring in the Crew's home record, which is excellent? Are they factoring in the Cards, who are a dead team playing like they're dead? Are they factoring in how difficult it has been for us against the Reds? Or the fact that the Marlins are still playing well with their young players?

 

I'll take it, don't get me wrong. I just think 97% is high, that's almost out of the realm of possibility for the Crew. But I could see them winning a ton this final week, and a stumble on the road is not out of the question IMO for the Cubs.

 

I know the odds are very much in our favor.

[shnsajax]

The Pads need to suck it up against the Giants and have everything to play for against the Brewers.

[Careless]

So, are we peaking just the right time (especially offensively [power]), or could it be just a bit too soon?

'

If we keep hitting into the playoffs, it's just the right time. If we stop, it was too early.

 

It's not like using nitrous in... what was that old arcade racing game?

 

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THIS?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Super_Off_Road

Now that is a lurker.

Nailed it

[Twiggy]

go cubs go