8/28 Cubs (Lester) @ Dodgers (Stewart), 3:10 PM, CSN/TBS

[UMFan83]

You'd never know the Dodgers are in a playoff chase with the way they drew the last two days.

 

its amazing how the stadium with the highest average attendance is so empty all the damn time

 

http://www.espn.com/mlb/attendance

 

Well even at 45k, that leaves 11k seats empty on average

[Omar]

I wonder if that number is tickets sold and not gluteus maximus in the thrones

[David]

I wonder if that number is tickets sold and not gluteus maximus in the thrones

yes

[Omar]

Don't really want to play these guys in the playoffs. I fear our offense goes cold in this Grand Canyon of a stadium

 

I can only a take a team so seriously when Joe Blanton is one of their primary late/8th inning relievers who pitches in high leverage spots

 

Cubs fans are just petrified of the playoffs.. I guess sorta rightfully so with our history. (Granted as discussed before our lack of rings is mostly just for not being in the playoffs for an extended time).

 

But, I've read posts of every NL playoff team from posters who are afraid of running into them in the playoffs.

 

The only team I want to face in the playoffs is the Nationals because I know Dusty Baker will just horsefeathers it up

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Being worried about the playoffs is reasonable. The odds of this team being eliminated by an inferior team are about 80%

[Sammy Sofa]

No horsefeathers. That doesn't stop people from having dumb ass playoff fears.

[David]

Being worried about the playoffs is reasonable. The odds of this team being eliminated by an inferior team are about 80%

Nobody here doesn't know that, dumbass

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Yeah, having a fear of the playoffs, specific to being afraid of the playoffs is fine. Having a fear of any certain team, or stadium, or whatever is silly. Having a fear of playing this Dodgers team is really silly. The team that "scares" me the most is the Nationals, because they are the clear second best team in the NL. And Scherzer + Strasburg is scary. Though, it looks like Dusty may have killed Strasburg, so maybe there isn't really any team to fear.

[Derwood]

 

You're so perplexing.

 

As is your constantly saying he's perplexing. He's just a guy

 

there goes derwood commenting on stuff without reading/knowing stuff again

 

he's definitely a weirdo and has always been one

 

Is he saying this stuff in some forum I don't read like the minor leagues or amateur baseball? Can you cite some examples? I feel like I'm missing out on some good weirdness

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

As is your constantly saying he's perplexing. He's just a guy

 

there goes derwood commenting on stuff without reading/knowing stuff again

 

he's definitely a weirdo and has always been one

 

Is he saying this stuff in some forum I don't read like the minor leagues or amateur baseball? Can you cite some examples? I feel like I'm missing out on some good weirdness

 

The minor league forum has basically turned into his own private www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts

[Derwood]

 

there goes derwood commenting on stuff without reading/knowing stuff again

 

he's definitely a weirdo and has always been one

 

Is he saying this stuff in some forum I don't read like the minor leagues or amateur baseball? Can you cite some examples? I feel like I'm missing out on some good weirdness

 

The minor league forum has basically turned into his own private http://www.creedthoughts.gov.www\creedthoughts

 

 

Ah, see, I see "Minor League Forums" and my mind goes "There Be Dragons" and I run the other way

[David]

probably doesn't even know he's gato

[Derwood]

I read a couple of the threads and outside of him just musing to himself, I don't see anything terribly crazy. I mean, Fred did it in every game thread of 2014 pretty much

[Ding Dong Johnson]

probably doesn't even know he's gato

what a dumb son of a bitch

 

(I don't get the reference)

[David]

tom is banned poster senor gato who was banned poster king kong vs. godzilla and i think wegotwood98

[Derwood]

tom is banned poster senor gato who was banned poster king kong vs. godzilla and i think wegotwood98

 

I don't remember why any of them got banned, but generally if the mods know it was the same guy, they'd re-ban him, so....

[David]

tom is banned poster senor gato who was banned poster king kong vs. godzilla and i think wegotwood98

 

I don't remember why any of them got banned, but generally if the mods know it was the same guy, they'd re-ban him, so....

 

christ

 

it's 100% him. it is known.

 

he was gone for 4-5 years and i guess they just don't care.

[Gmoney08]

 

I can only a take a team so seriously when Joe Blanton is one of their primary late/8th inning relievers who pitches in high leverage spots

 

Cubs fans are just petrified of the playoffs.. I guess sorta rightfully so with our history. (Granted as discussed before our lack of rings is mostly just for not being in the playoffs for an extended time).

 

But, I've read posts of every NL playoff team from posters who are afraid of running into them in the playoffs.

 

The only team I want to face in the playoffs is the Nationals because I know Dusty Baker will just [expletive] it up

 

Eh, i'd rather face the least talented teams.. look at teams like the Royals that have gone deep back to back years and won a WS title while being Yosted.. and Dusty has went to a WS and went to an NLCS despite his preference for players to not clog the base paths.

[David]

I read a couple of the threads and outside of him just musing to himself, I don't see anything terribly crazy. I mean, Fred did it in every game thread of 2014 pretty much

 

hey i read a couple posts and he's totally not a weirdo despite what several people who have actually been paying attention across multiple sites for years think

[Derwood]

I read a couple of the threads and outside of him just musing to himself, I don't see anything terribly crazy. I mean, Fred did it in every game thread of 2014 pretty much

 

hey i read a couple posts and he's totally not a weirdo despite what several people who have actually been paying attention across multiple sites for years think

 

Link me up to some weirdness. Stop keeping the fun to yourself

[Gmoney08]

Don't really want to play these guys in the playoffs. I fear our offense goes cold in this Grand Canyon of a stadium

 

These guys suck. The only concern with them is if Kershaw is back, healthy, and pitching well, which seems unlikely. Also, our offense plays well pretty much anywhere. We don't really rely on home runs, anyway. Take them away. The only two guys whose power really matters are Rizzo and Bryant, and they have the power to go deep anywhere. Hitting homers ranks as like Thing #22 that we do well. We are much better at other things, like getting on base, and relying on our pitchers inducing weak contact heading out to our historically great defense.

 

I agree Kershaw in a short series is a bit scary... but hell obviously not unbeatable. The Dodgers have been bounced in the 1st round back to back years or three in a row or something right?

 

I'd like to run into the Dodgers in the NLCS. Preferably where Kershaw had to win game 5 of the NLDS vs someone and is pitching game 3 or 4 against the Cubs of the NLCS. I like how the Cubs match up with the rest of the Dodgers team.

 

We automatically will face the winner of the WC game if we our the number 1 seed correct?

 

Just putting two and two together I'd assume thats true because the Cardinals had to face the 97 win Cubs last year despite leading the NL. Im sure they would've rather have drawn the Mets or Dodgers offenses last year instead of our DongSmiths..

 

So I hope the Dodgers win the NL West... then we face whoever wins the WC game out of SF, STL, Pitt, FL, & maybe the NYM.

 

Assuming all teams are healthy I guess I'd like to face off the Cardinals the most in a 5 game series... that or maybe FL after burning Fernandez in the 1 game playoff. If Cole is on the shelf I prefer Pittsburgh.

 

Giants vs Cubs could hold a big advantage if we just work their starting pitchers, stay patient & build the series off a battle of bullpens.

 

Obviously all of this is all hypotheticals with pretty small variances in odds to win that series but hell we got nothing else to talk about at this point after owning the league all year.

[soccer10k]

If you want to face less of Kershaw, you should hope the Dodgers are a wild card team. He'd probably start the WC game and then would only to be able to pitch once in the NLDS (like Jake last year).