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The funny thing is Cubs fans don't like this narrative at all, either. I despise having it be brought up about how long it has been or talk of curses. So the Cubs can do him and us a favor and win it all so we never have to hear about any of this again.

 

Also it's funny that he is painting the Dodgers as the little brother who always gets screwed. Highest payroll. Spent big money on their baseball operations guy just like we did. Go after the same players we do. It was a column meant only to get people riled up, but it's really lazy even if it works.

 

That is what cracks me up the most about the Cubs fatigue stuff. You know who's even more sick of talk about lovable losers and curses and 108 years? CUBS FANS.

 

Also, sorry that the Cubs are by far the best team in baseball with a rabid fan base and are a more compelling story than the Dodgers' make-a-wish campaign for injured pitchers.

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Not to look too far ahead, but we probably want the Jays, right? They aren't quite as good as the Inidians, they don't have an "Ace" (vs Kluber with CLE), their bullpen isn't as good, they probably are worse defensively than CLE and we'd get to play some games in a dome instead of potentially cold weather.

Hours later and I'm still baffled at the notion that the Jays aren't better than the Indians. The Indians, as presently constructed, might've been the worst team to make the postseason (but probably not - the rangers are pretty bad). Second or third, for sure. And they're definitely the worst remaining.

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The Indians have trailed for 1 inning in this postseason, the Red Sox scored 1 in the top of the 1st in Game 1 and the Indians tied it up in the bottom of the 2nd.

 

That's great.

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Their #2 starter is Trevor Bauer (who just sliced his pitching pinky open) and #3 is Josh Tomlin. Whole bunch of mediocre in that rotation after Kluber.
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Their #2 starter is Trevor Bauer (who just sliced his pitching pinky open) and #3 is Josh Tomlin. Whole bunch of mediocre in that rotation after Kluber.

 

Right, was not intended as a counterpoint, I just heard the broadcast allude to it and found it fascinating. Although I will say the Indians pen certainly gives them more margin for error than the average team when it comes to rotation depth.

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Their #2 starter is Trevor Bauer (who just sliced his pitching pinky open) and #3 is Josh Tomlin. Whole bunch of mediocre in that rotation after Kluber.

 

Right, was not intended as a counterpoint, I just heard the broadcast allude to it and found it fascinating. Although I will say the Indians pen certainly gives them more margin for error than the average team when it comes to rotation depth.

 

Gotcha. I thought that might be it. Hesitated even replying to your post.

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The funny thing is Cubs fans don't like this narrative at all, either. I despise having it be brought up about how long it has been or talk of curses. So the Cubs can do him and us a favor and win it all so we never have to hear about any of this again.

 

Also it's funny that he is painting the Dodgers as the little brother who always gets screwed. Highest payroll. Spent big money on their baseball operations guy just like we did. Go after the same players we do. It was a column meant only to get people riled up, but it's really lazy even if it works.

 

That is what cracks me up the most about the Cubs fatigue stuff. You know who's even more sick of talk about lovable losers and curses and 108 years? CUBS FANS.

 

Also, sorry that the Cubs are by far the best team in baseball with a rabid fan base and are a more compelling story than the Dodgers' make-a-wish campaign for injured pitchers.

 

Actually, I'm fairly sure they're dedicating their season to that old ass dude that tells boring stories and messes them up all the time.

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Plaschke:

 

This is a confession I make carefully, knowing it could result in bleacher tourists showering me with bad beer, or teary eyed bandwagoners shouting at me during the overworked seventh-inning songfest, or somebody throwing a plasma TV at me from an expensive seat on an ugly roof.

 

But somebody has to say it.

 

I am sick of the Chicago Cubs.

 

http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dodgers-cubs-plaschke-20161014-snap-story.html

 

i would bet a lot of money that bill plaschke is a trump supporter.

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So, anyone else really enjoying the Fox studio guys? A-Rod, Rose and Big Hurt are actually all funny when they want to be, and pretty interesting to listen to when they talk baseball. And then Rose gets ridiculous on occasion...which I think is pretty damn funny.

 

Fox studio host guy: "We're gonna try a new segment tonight called Don't Bet On It"

 

Rose:"I wonder who that was named after?"

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So, anyone else really enjoying the Fox studio guys? A-Rod, Rose and Big Hurt are actually all funny when they want to be, and pretty interesting to listen to when they talk baseball. And then Rose gets ridiculous on occasion...which I think is pretty damn funny.

 

Fox studio host guy: "We're gonna try a new segment tonight called Don't Bet On It"

 

Rose:"I wonder who that was named after?"

 

that was pretty good. they've developed a bit of a pattern where everything is super awkward until pete rose says at least five things, then it opens up a little

 

pete rose burned rosenthal pretty good at one point when a picture of rosenthal next to shaq inspired rose to insinuate that rosenthal is small enough to be a jockey

 

because pete rose

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Do people really not know why he had a wound?? He cut his pinky on a drone he was working on last week. It required 10 stitches and forced his game 2 start back to tonigh

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