10/12 Cardinals (Wacha) @ CUBS (ARRIETA), TBS, 5:07 CT

[Banedon]

So, the good news is that this game is officially at 5:07pm. The bad news is that Game 4, tomorrow, is officially at 3:37pm per the email I just got from the Cubs.

[Banedon]

Only one of the starting pitchers tonight was an all-star.

[Thurman Merman]

Only one of the starting pitchers tonight was an all-star.

 

Even though the first half was Jake's "bad" half, he still bested Wacha in every single statistic except for Win-Loss percentage.

[wvcbxl]

The bad news is that Game 4, tomorrow, is officially at 3:37pm per the email I just got from the Cubs.

 

To me, that's good news (but I know I may be the only person on this board to feel that way :wink: )

[Sammy Sofa]

EARLY GAMES 4 EVER, LATE GAMES NEVER.

 

:flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew: :flythew:

[Banedon]

EARLY GAMES 4 EVER, LATE GAMES NEVER.

 

http://i.imgur.com/zwP8l5g.gif

[Sammy Sofa]

The sooner I can watch the better. If you can't watch it at work, get a cooler [expletive] job, jerks.

[SouthSideRyan]

So, the good news is that this game is officially at 5:07pm. The bad news is that Game 4, tomorrow, is officially at 3:37pm per the email I just got from the Cubs.

 

Thanks Chase Utley!

[Guest]

Has the winner of the Cy Young ever not been an all star? It must be pretty rare.

[Brian]

last year

[Brian]

Don Newcombe – 1956 – MLB Cy Young

Mike McCormick – 1967 – NL Cy Young

Mike Cuellar – 1969 – AL Cy Young (shared)

Jim Palmer – 1973, 1976 – AL Cy Young

Gaylord Perry – 1978 – NL Cy Young

Mike Flanagan – 1979 – AL Cy Young

Pete Vuckovich – 1982 – AL Cy Young

LaMarr Hoyt – 1983 – AL Cy Young

John Denny – 1983 – NL Cy Young

Rick Sutcliffe – 1984 – NL Cy Young

Bret Saberhagen – 1985, 1989 – AL Cy Young

Roger Clemens – 1987 – AL Cy Young

Doug Drabek – 1990 – NL Cy Young

Greg Maddux – 1993 – NL Cy Young

Pat Hentgen – 1996 – AL Cy Young

Johan Santana – 2004 – AL Cy Young

Felix Hernandez – 2010 – AL Cy Young

Corey Kluber – 2014 – AL Cy Young

[Guest]

After some quick BRing, the last NL Cy Young winner was Maddux in 93.

 

Has happened quite a bit in the AL during the same time frame:

Kluber 2014

Hernandez 2010

Santana 2004

Hentgen 1996

 

In other words, not as rare as I thought it would be.

[Guest]

18/108 total cy youngs given out = 17% of all awards were given to someone that wasn't an all star that year.

 

How did you generate that list so fast?

[Guest]

I think this question gets asked like weekly here.

[ctcf]

[Banedon]

I enjoy knowing that there are Cards fans sweating this series.

 

http://www.vivaelbirdos.com/2015/10/11/9497093/an-off-day-consideration-of-various-things

[Guest]

So I was thinking about things this morning and I like to look at this as a three game series where we have: 1) home field advantage; 2) Arrieta in game 1; 3) Lester to close it out in game 3 (if required).

 

Nothing earth shattering there, but was a bit more fun for me to think of it that way.

[Brian707]

Dong them into submission. This thing isn't getting back to St. Louis.

 

 

That's what I told those people leaving Busch stadium that the next time they are watching the Cardinals at home is April 2016. A lot of them agreed with me

[Brian]

18/108 total cy youngs given out = 17% of all awards were given to someone that wasn't an all star that year.

 

How did you generate that list so fast?

 

I googled 'Cy young winners not an all star' or something similar and a couple of articles down had the list.

[Guest]

Lol

 

What's this Googled thing. Are you some freaking computer wizard.

[Brian]

i have a ph.d. in internet

[BigSlick]

God, Arrieta probably already is in the pantheon of great Cubs pitching seasons and he can keep stacking up achievements. Shut em down baby

 

Pound the Cardinals

[Clem Fandango]

God, Arrieta probably already is in the pantheon of great Cubs pitching seasons

 

No probably. He's there. Cards are in trouble and they know it.

 

http://www.bleachernation.com/2015/10/03/jake-arrietas-incredible-2015-season-was-probably-the-best-in-modern-cubs-history/

[Guest]

[expletive].

 

I guess I shouldn't try to do things the old fashioned way by exploring reputable sources.

 

I was hoping that there was some sortable search feature I couldn't find on Baseball Reference.

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm to the point of anticipating such an absolute bloodbath delivered by the Cubs against Wacha that I wish it lined up so that Jake was pitching tomorrow to seal the deal.