10/21 Mets (Matz) @ Cubs (Hammel) 7:07 pm TBS

[soccer10k]

We'll always have Pittsbugh and St Louis.

 

Go Cubs!

[SheffieldBoy]

Let's go Cubs!!!!

[Cubswin11]

Don't let it end with this one, boys

[SouthSideRyan]

Hey guys, this Illinois/Notre Dame/Bears/Celtics fan has nothing to cheer for until baseball starts again or I get over Patrick Kane, so extending the season until November would be much preferrable!

[SouthSideRyan]

Win game 4 means Lester/Arrieta to push a game 7.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Quintin Berry center stage.

[OleMissCub]

[davell]

This isn't our last game.

[TMan92]

Need to see Arrieta and a bloody sock.

[Omar]

Need Mets fans to ask Lester who his daddy is.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Well, we got 2/3rds of the way through the boring month between the end of the regular season and the start of the offseason. I'll take it. Bears aren't even any good at a sport that is basically watching people debilitate themselves for our entertainment, trying to cheer for the Hawks is ruined by Patrick Kane, and basketball is dumb.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Fowler leadoff hr in game 7 then grand slam in the 2nd.

[Guest]

Win game 4 means Lester/Arrieta to push a game 7.

 

find a way to win game 4 and the path becomes clear

[Guest]

Win game 4 means Lester/Arrieta to push a game 7.

 

find a way to win game 4 and the path becomes clear

 

It's kind of weird how it matches up with the Red Sox in 2004.

 

Playing a division winning NY team as the WC team.

Both teams started their best two pitchers in Games 1 and 2 (Lester/Arrieta, Schilling/Pedro).

Both teams starting a weaker starter in Game 4 (Lowe an 89 ERA+, Hammel 105).

Both teams have best two pitchers set up for Games 5 and 6.

Long World Series drought.

 

Plus (from Michael Schur): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8Rh40ciRlU&feature=youtu.be&t=1m6s

 

And I just got myself a little excited for Game 4.

[wvcbxl]

Everything to play for.

 

Go Cubs!

[Moller1679666555]

It would please me if the Cubs were to emerge victorious in the baseball game.

[Fro]

Well, I guess we're gonna have to take control

 

 

First half Hammel, we actually take a lead in a game

[hawkeyecub]

Win game 4 means Lester/Arrieta to push a game 7.

 

"Don't let us win tonight..."

[minnesotacubsfan]

Can Mark Bellhorn throw out the first pitch?

[RammyFanny]

butters where art thou

 

ride the soccer wave

[Little Slide Rooter]

Not sure how confident I am with Hammel in this situation. But if we can win this one, Lester could easily get us back to New York, and Arrieta can easily get us to Game 7, at which point all bets are off. Stranger things have happened, right?

[Guest]

So is Joe gonna sit Schwarber against the lefty?

[Omar]

Name                 PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Kelly Johnson        32 30  9  1  0  2   6  1 10 .300 .313 .533  .846  0  1   0   0         0
Curtis Granderson    27 24  8  2  0  2   3  3  5 .333 .407 .667 1.074  0  0   1   0         0
Daniel Murphy        12 11  6  2  0  0   0  1  1 .545 .583 .727 1.311  0  0   0   0         0
David Wright          8  7  1  0  0  0   1  0  3 .143 .125 .143  .268  0  1   0   0         0
Michael Cuddyer       7  7  1  0  0  0   1  0  1 .143 .143 .143  .286  0  0   0   0         1
Lucas Duda            3  1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .667 .000  .667  0  0   0   2         0
Wilmer Flores         3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Matt Harvey           3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Kirk Nieuwenhuis      3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Kevin Plawecki        3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               101 92 25  5  0  4  11  5 24 .272 .317 .457  .773  0  2   1   2         2
Has not faced: Yoenis Cespedes, Michael Conforto, Travis d'Arnaud and Juan Lagares & Has not faced pitchers: Tyler Clippard, Bartolo Colon, Jacob deGrom, Jeurys Familia, Sean Gilmartin, Steven Matz, Jon Niese, Addison Reed, Hansel Robles and Noah Syndergaard

 

No stats for Matz v. Cubs

[UMFan83]

Any scouting reports on Matz? The CSN guy said he has sick stuff, but his numbers other than ERA (with admittedly a very small sample size) are rather mediocre.

 

I'd go with this lineup but I know it won't happen

 

Fowler, CF

Schwarber, C

Rizzo, 1B

Bryant, 3B

Soler, RF

Castro, 2B

Jackson, LF

Hammel, P

Baez, SS

 

You could make an argument for moving around Rizzo and Bryant or whatever, but it doesn't matter imo because if they don't hit regardless of where they are in the order we aren't winning much.

[Schwarber Fan]

So, it's finally BTTF day. We went down 3-0 just so the part about the Cubs being "100:1" could come true.