Reassurance Thread

[Schwarber Fan]

We are guaranteed to trim AT LEAST 4 more games off the magic # during the MIL/PHI series, right?

[Bull]

We are guaranteed to trim AT LEAST 4 more games off the magic # during the MIL/PHI series, right?

 

no

 

well sort of. cubs will lose 4 off their numberS

like 1 off division and 3 off wildcard

or 2 off division and 2 off wildcard.

 

Unless St louis overtakes Philly by then. In that case a milwaukee sweep over PHI doesn't help either number.

[rynefan]

Last night's game (Friday vs. Cincinnati) was horrible because Cinci is horrible, and they smoked us. Weren't these the teams we were supposed to be beating, and weren't we supposed to be winning at home? It's not happening.

[Derwood]

Here's what I don't get about the "panic". Yes, the team lost 6 in a row. But how is losing 6 in a row worse than, say, losing the first 2 games to PHI, then winning 1, losing the next 2, losing 1, then winning the next 2? It's still losing 6 of 8 games, but the fact that the 6 losses came in a row suddenly has everyone jumping off cliffs

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Last night's game (Friday vs. Cincinnati) was horrible because Cinci is horrible, and they smoked us. Weren't these the teams we were supposed to be beating, and weren't we supposed to be winning at home? It's not happening.

 

This is not a very good contribution to the Reassurance thread.

[C.C.]

Still tied for the most wins in baseball?!?!

[anabiono]

i was at a bar last night getting hammered and i saw this little stat on ESPN

 

recent teams to have a 6 game losing streak in august-september to win the world series:

 

1993 Blue Jays

2000 Yanks

2006 Cards

 

just kind of a surreal moment

[C.C.]

How about 7 games?

[Cynosure]

Just that we need a thread like this is LOL.

 

The Cubs are going to playoffs... cmon now.

[Guest]

How about 7 games?

 

White Sox did that in 2005.

[anabiono]

How about 7 games?

 

White Sox did that in 2005.

 

how about 8 games?

 

9 games?

 

10 games?

 

surely we won't go past 10...

 

surely...

 

:beg:

[SouthSideRyan]

81ish% and 99.3%

[Bote McBoteface]

The Cards lost 8 in a row in 2006 in September.

[rynefan]

Tomorrow's predicted headline: "Cubs End Hibernation"

[NCCubFan]

Last night's game (Friday vs. Cincinnati) was horrible because Cinci is horrible, and they smoked us. Weren't these the teams we were supposed to be beating, and weren't we supposed to be winning at home? It's not happening.

It hasn't been happening over the last week. It has been happening over the course of the entire season.

[Cubs 32]

First post here...hope you guys don't mind me updating the thread of reassurance.

 

NL Central

Cubs 5-15...MIL 9-11 to tie (10-10 to win)

Cubs 6-14...MIL 10-10 (11-9)

Cubs 7-13...MIL 11-9 (12-8)

Cubs 8-12...MIL 12-8 (13-7)

Cubs 9-11...MIL 13-7 (14-6)

Cubs 10-10...MIL 14-6 (15-5)

Cubs 11-9...MIL 15-5 (16-4)

Cubs 12-8...MIL 16-4 (17-3)

Cubs 13-7...MIL 17-3 (18-2)

Cubs 14-6...MIL 18-2 (19-1)

Cubs 15-5...MIL 19-1 (20-0)

Cubs 16-4...MIL 20-0

 

To make playoffs (Cubs "head-to head" w/ PHI, STL, HOU)

Cubs 5-15...PHI 14-7 to tie (15-6 to win)...STL 15-5 (16-4)...HOU 16-4 (17-3)

Cubs 6-14...PHI 15-6 (16-5)...STL 16-4 (17-3)...HOU 17-3 (18-2)

Cubs 7-13...PHI 16-5 (17-4)...STL 17-3 (18-2)...HOU 18-2 (19-1)

Cubs 8-12...PHI 17-4 (18-3)...STL 18-2 (19-1)...HOU 19-1 (20-0)

Cubs 9-11...PHI 18-3 (19-2)...STL 19-1 (20-0)...HOU 20-0

Cubs 10-10...PHI 19-2 (20-1)...STL 20-0...HOU (E)

Cubs 11-9...PHI 20-1 (21-0)...STL (E)

Cubs 12-8...PHI 21-0

Cubs 13-7...PHI (E)

[C.C.]

Welcome and thanks!

[weis21]

welcome aboard cubs 32

[BigSlick]

The best thing about this whole bad stretch was if you follow Baseball Prospectus' playoff odds report, the Cubs only lost .33% of a chance to miss the playoffs

[Cynosure]

The best thing about this whole bad stretch was if you follow Baseball Prospectus' playoff odds report, the Cubs only lost .33% of a chance to miss the playoffs

 

Gotta love that!

[CubsBears29]

Thanks to the Brewers' suckage today, MN stays the same. Still 16. 19 left to play for both.

 

With the Phillies winning their early game today, does that keep the Wild Card MN number the same or does it go up 1? So, either still 13 or now 14.

 

 

 

(OT, but with LAD already up 0.5 games on ARI for the West, winning first 2 of 3 this weekend... tied @ 2 in the 3rd in LA.

 

GO DODGERS!)

[UMFan83]

Thanks to the Brewers' suckage today, MN stays the same. Still 16. 19 left to play for both.

 

With the Phillies winning their early game today, does that keep the Wild Card MN number the same or does it go up 1? So, either still 13 or now 14.

 

 

 

(OT, but with LAD already up 0.5 games on ARI for the West, winning first 2 of 3 this weekend... tied @ 2 in the 3rd in LA.

 

GO DODGERS!)

 

The magic number stays at 14. If the Phillies win tonight it again stays at 14

[ChiCubsfan0502]

Thanks to the Brewers' suckage today, MN stays the same. Still 16. 19 left to play for both.

 

With the Phillies winning their early game today, does that keep the Wild Card MN number the same or does it go up 1? So, either still 13 or now 14.

 

 

 

(OT, but with LAD already up 0.5 games on ARI for the West, winning first 2 of 3 this weekend... tied @ 2 in the 3rd in LA.

 

GO DODGERS!)

 

The magic number stays at 14. If the Phillies win tonight it again stays at 14

 

As of now it's 13. If they lose tonight it's 12. They'd be 8 or 7 back with 19 to play.

[Cubs 32]

Updated. Despite the loss yesterday, the Cubs lost no games to their closest pursuers (MIL and PHI).

 

NL Central (Cubs magic number: 16)

Cubs 4-15...MIL 8-11 to tie (9-10 to win)

Cubs 5-14...MIL 9-10 (10-9)

Cubs 6-13...MIL 10-9 (11-8)

Cubs 7-12...MIL 11-8 (12-7)

Cubs 8-11...MIL 12-7 (13-6)

Cubs 9-10...MIL 13-6 (14-5)

Cubs 10-9...MIL 14-5 (15-4)

Cubs 11-8...MIL 15-4 (16-3)

Cubs 12-7...MIL 16-3 (17-2)

Cubs 13-6...MIL 17-2 (18-1)

Cubs 14-5...MIL 18-1 (19-0)

Cubs 15-4...MIL 19-0

 

To make playoffs: Cubs "head-to head" w/ PHI, STL, HOU (Cubs magic number: 12)

Cubs 4-15...PHI 12-7 to tie (13-6 to win)...STL 15-5 (16-4)...HOU 14-5 (15-4)

Cubs 5-14...PHI 13-6 (14-5)...STL 14-5 (15-4)...HOU 15-4 (16-3)

Cubs 6-13...PHI 14-5 (15-4)...STL 15-4 (16-3)...HOU 16-3 (17-2)

Cubs 7-12...PHI 15-4 (16-3)...STL 16-3 (17-2)...HOU 17-2 (18-1)

Cubs 8-11...PHI 16-3 (17-2)...STL 17-2 (18-1)...HOU 18-1 (19-0)

Cubs 9-10...PHI 17-2 (18-1)...STL 18-1 (19-0)...HOU 19-0

Cubs 10-9...PHI 18-1 (19-0)...STL 19-0...HOU (E)

Cubs 11-8...PHI 19-0...STL (E)

Cubs 12-7...PHI (E)

[C.C.]

So we can play several games under .500 the rest of the way, and still pretty much coast in.