9/16 Cubs (Arrieta) @ Pirates (Burnett) 6:05 CDT, CSN

[Careless]

whew!

[Irrelevant Dude]

Never in doubt.

 

Now get the game tomorrow and make things interesting going down the stretch.

[NotSoSober]

man that feels good

[Ski]

YES! CUBS WIN!

[UMFan83]

We've surpassed our 2009 win total and have now won the most games since 2008

[UMFan83]

Magic number is Ron Santo

[Hunter]

Cardinals really need to start losing now.

[Ski]

Magic number is 10. Hell, we can take care of that on our own.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Cubs Win!! Feel bad for the Pirate fans. Gonna be a long night of scoreboard watching the Giants for them.

 

If the Pirates go .500 the rest of the way the Giants would have to Win out and go back in the past and win 2 more games to force a tie.

[ConstableRabbit]

That was a pretty tense game. PNC fans are awful.

[Schwarber Fan]

Nice win. Tomorrow becomes the biggest game of the season in terms of the GB swing.

[kujay]

That was a pretty tense game. PNC fans are awful.

 

My sister married into a rabid Pirate fan family and moved to Pitt. They truly are awful. And IC Light fuckin blows.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Denorfia owes us a homer. Just saying.

 

Dang, and to think I almost said Deforfia owes us a single and to be removed for Berry, who will then score the winning run, 3 innings from now.

 

Close.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

I [expletive] love Joe Maddon!! It's like he has separate post game high fives for everyone!

[Liam Neeson]

Will there be Giants live casting going on later?

[ARCubsFan]

Cardinals really need to start losing now.

The Cubs aren't making up 7 games in like 22

[badger1679666666]

That's it. I'm declaring that ARCubsfan is not real, and is one of the most ingenious trolls in message board history.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

That's it. I'm declaring that ARCubsfan is not real, and is one of the most ingenious trolls in message board history.

 

He's laying it on a little thick. For it to be truly ingenious, he would be a little more subtle in his approach.

[bukie]

Question is, will anyone remember this bullpen effort tomorrow if the pen gives up a run.

[ScrubMD]

That's it. I'm declaring that ARCubsfan is not real, and is one of the most ingenious trolls in message board history.

 

Ingenious? Everyone had him figured out within like 5 posts.

[ctcf]

Did anyone ever make a thread where folks predicted win totals for the season? Curious to see how it matches up now that they're at 84 already

[bukie]

Did anyone ever make a thread where folks predicted win totals for the season? Curious to see how it matches up now that they're at 84 already

I predicted the Cubs would win 100 games this season for the first time in over a century.

 

...I'm counting playoffs.

[Stu]

Cubs Win!! Feel bad for the Pirate fans. Gonna be a long night of scoreboard watching the Giants for them.

 

If the Pirates go .500 the rest of the way the Giants would have to Win out and go back in the past and win 2 more games to force a tie.

 

 

I howled when I first read this and LOLed again this am. Well done!

[Banedon]

Poor ESPN....

 

http://i.imgur.com/nOnSpo7.jpg

[Sammys Boombox]

It's easy to forget the Cubs are 10-5 in September with a 4-2 record against the Cardinals and Pirates because most of the losses have been heartbreaking and "must wins" in terms of getting back into the division race. And it's not like you can say the Cubs put themselves in this situation. The Cardinals and Pirates have been extremely good and the Cardinals have benefited from sequencing in head-to-head games. This team is really good and I love it.