10/07 CUBS (ARRIETA) @ PIRATES (COLE), 7:00 PM CDT, TBS

[Sammys Boombox]

Not to get too far ahead of ourselves, but if we do reach the NLDS tickets for the Friday and Saturday games in St Louis are not insane. Pack that place in blue, please.

 

Funny you should mention this. I have a Cubs fan coworker with season tickets at Busch that just told me he'd sell me 2 of his bleacher seats for Friday at face value if the Cubs win Wednesday.

 

JACKPOT!!!!!

 

They had $13 seats on StubHub and didn't sell out their NLDS games last year.

[badger1679666666]

If I keep clicking on this thread, will it make the game happen any earlier? I don't think my heart is going to be able to handle waiting 2+days.

[UMFan83]

If I keep clicking on this thread, will it make the game happen any earlier? I don't think my heart is going to be able to handle waiting 2+days.

 

Sure if you click on it 60 times within the next 60 seconds, you will move 1 minute closer to game time.

[Guest]

If I keep clicking on this thread, will it make the game happen any earlier? I don't think my heart is going to be able to handle waiting 2+days.

 

Sure if you click on it 60 times within the next 60 seconds, you will move 1 minute closer to game time.

And I'll be grateful.

[SouthSideRyan]

For what its worth. Cubs open as a slight money line favorite of -130 and the run total for the game is 5.5

 

I know that's low, but the under seems so obvious here.

[Ski]

Please win this game and prove that karma exists, Cubs. I know that Pirates have been historically awful until their last few seasons, but [expletive], we deserve it more than they do.

 

I want nothing more than this game to follow the expected narrative of the better pitcher winning. Please shut them down, Jake. And score 8 in the first three innings so we can daydream ahead to the LDS.

[weis21]

i have decided that i'm probably going to feel like jesse spano hopped up on a bunch of caffeine pills during this game

[mul21]

I certainly won't, but that's because the booze will start flowing down my throat the minute I get home from work. I'll be numb and completely irrational by the end of the game, win or lose.

[Ski]

Also, I'm guessing there's not going to be any finger-wagging for rampantly irrational venting posts in the game thread. ;p

[Guest]

Also, I'm guessing there's not going to be any finger-wagging for rampantly irrational venting posts in the game thread. ;p

 

if you do that [expletive] in here you should be banned

[Guest]

holy [expletive], already basically asking for permission for it too

[Ski]

Also, I'm guessing there's not going to be any finger-wagging for rampantly irrational venting posts in the game thread. ;p

 

if you do that [expletive] in here you should be banned

Relax, I'm not planning on it. I'll be out somewhere watching the game.

[Guest]

Postseason times through Sunday are up:

 

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

 

5:45 CT Friday and 4:30 Saturday for the Cards/WC matchup

[Guest]

wtf FIVE THIRTY?

[mul21]

wtf FIVE THIRTY?

 

Would you have been happier with 12:45? That's the best it was going to be with the west coast game the same day.

[Ski]

Friday is the best day for watching baseball all year.

[SouthSideRyan]

I'm in the air from 5:55 CT until 8:30 CT. Anyone have experience streaming games on an airplane?

[jersey cubs fan]

I'm in the air from 5:55 CT until 8:30 CT. Anyone have experience streaming games on an airplane?

streaming don't work on the aeroplane

 

if you are on united their directv service has TBS. Not sure about other airlines.

[apete6]

I'm in the air from 5:55 CT until 8:30 CT. Anyone have experience streaming games on an airplane?

 

Yeah. You're screwed. There's not enough bandwidth to support streaming. Netflix, etc... never works unless it's content already downloaded to your machine.

 

Unless it's a plane that has DirecTV, in which case that will be the best $8 you'll ever spend.

[Soul]

Also, I'm guessing there's not going to be any finger-wagging for rampantly irrational venting posts in the game thread. ;p

 

if you do that [expletive] in here you should be banned

Relax, I'm not planning on it. I'll be out somewhere watching the game.

 

There's gonna be drunk posting in here for sure. And drunk posting is melodramatic posting. Unless you're David.

[Guest]

wtf FIVE THIRTY?

 

Would you have been happier with 12:45? That's the best it was going to be with the west coast game the same day.

 

no id have preferred 7 pm LIKE NORMAL PRIME TIME THINGS wtf

[Guest]

Just a heads up guys, this stuff is happening tonight

 

MONDAY, OCTOBER 5

 

5:30 PM – SportsTalk Live presented by The Chevy Silverado– Extensive Cubs playoffs discussion & analysis with host David Kaplan (@thekapman) and numerous baseball experts.

 

6:30 PM – SportsNet Central presented by Comcast Business – The latest Cubs playoffs news, player/coaches interviews, and much more.

 

7:00 PM – Cubs Classic: Cubs vs. Pittsburgh (from 5/15/15)– This thrilling 12-inning battle between the Cubs and Pirates at Wrigley Field saw the Cubs holding on to a 10-5 lead heading into the eighth inning (featuring a 3-run HR from Kris Bryant in the third and an Anthony Rizzo solo shot in the fourth), but the Pirates stormed back to tie it at ten apiece in the ninth. The unexpected, however, took place in the bottom of the 12th inning when Pirates RF Gregory Polanco slipped on a routine pop fly, allowing Starlin Castro to score the winning run.

 

10:00 PM – GMC SportsNet Central – The latest Cubs playoffs news, player/coaches interviews, and much more.

 

10:30 PM – We Are Good: A Celebration of the 2015 Chicago Cubs– Hosted by Cubs beat reporter Kelly Crull (@Kelly_Crull), this brand new, half-hour, magazine-style special includes a number of fascinating feature stories highlighted by a recap of the Cubs postseason-clinching celebration from Sept. 26 at Wrigley Field. Plus, fans can look forward to a number of additional special features, including the following among others:

 

- #WeAreGood – Feature on how Miguel Montero’s April 18th hashtag created a team slogan that caught on all season long in both the Cubs clubhouse and with fans throughout the nation.

 

- Walk Up Music – How do players pick their walk-up music, and why they do it? Cubs players weigh in on the new walk up feature brought to Wrigley Field, thanks to the brand new in-stadium video boards.

 

- Maddon on atmosphere – Cubs manager Joe Maddon discusses what makes the Wrigley atmosphere arguably the best in baseball.

 

- The ‘Old Scoreboard’ – With most of the attention on the ‘new’ video boards in 2015, SportsNet Central’s Luke Stuckmeyer (@LukeStuckmeyer) takes us inside the old scoreboard to show us it’s still very much a part of Wrigley Field.

 

- The Best of the Cubs – A rollout feature with all the key highlights of the 2015 Chicago Cubs playoff-bound season.

 

- Jake Arrieta – A detailed look at the overall dominance of the best pitchers in all of baseball.

 

- NOTE: We Are Good: A Celebration of the 2015 Chicago Cubs will re-air Tue, Oct. 6 at 9pm on CSN+

[philosophizer75]

I JUST WANT THE GAME TO START ALREADY

[Banedon]

Just a heads up guys, this stuff is happening tonight

 

But...I was gonna catch up on shows on my dvr.......

[UMFan83]

I'm in the air from 5:55 CT until 8:30 CT. Anyone have experience streaming games on an airplane?

 

Yeah. You're screwed. There's not enough bandwidth to support streaming. Netflix, etc... never works unless it's content already downloaded to your machine.

 

Unless it's a plane that has DirecTV, in which case that will be the best $8 you'll ever spend.

 

I don't know, if I was in that situation and the game was any bit as tense as it should be, I could see myself getting escorted off the plane by air marshalls upon landing.