10/25 World Series Game 1: Cubs (Lester) vs Indians (Kluber) 7 p.m., FOX

[jersey cubs fan]

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/24/art-institute-lions-get-cubs-caps-for-first-time-ever/

The lions also wore helmets for the Bears, White Sox, and the Blackhawks during their championship runs also.

 

things like this drive me nuts when they come from media companies

[Mark Priors Calves]

Game 1 Umpire Assignments:

 

UMPIRE EXPERIENCE WS

HP Vanover 24 years 1

1B Guccione 10 years 1

2B Hirschbeck33.5 years 5

3B Hudson 17.5 years 1

LF Randazzo 17.5 years 1

RF West 39 years 6

Replay Holbrook 16.5 years 2

[Brian]

http://img.huffingtonpost.com/asset/scalefit_630_noupscale/580e15e11a000074285bb5ee.png

 

should tilt it to the left for Strop.

[Agony and Ivy]

http://wgntv.com/2016/10/24/art-institute-lions-get-cubs-caps-for-first-time-ever/

The lions also wore helmets for the Bears, White Sox, and the Blackhawks during their championship runs also.

 

things like this drive me nuts when they come from media companies

 

Yup I closed the page as soon as I read that.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

there's not a [expletive] thing on this earth short of a hospital that would keep me from watching a cubs potential world series clinching game

 

Maybe I'm just old and dead inside, or maybe I'm haunted by the fact that we were bad in 2012, but this stuff just doesn't feel as transcendent as it did when I was a kid or even in my 20s.

 

If they win in game 5 while I'm out doing other things, I'll check my phone and see that they won and be happy. I'll watch all the replays and buy some merchandise and read the threads.

 

Hell, if any of the games I'm home for turn into a five-hour extra inning monstrosity, I might just wait till the morning for the end of those too.

[USSoccer]

Game 1 Umpire Assignments:

 

UMPIRE EXPERIENCE WS

HP Vanover 24 years 1

1B Guccione 10 years 1

2B Hirschbeck33.5 years 5

3B Hudson 17.5 years 1

LF Randazzo 17.5 years 1

RF West 39 years 6

Replay Holbrook 16.5 years 2

 

Great Joe West will be here to make sure we know that Joe West is an umpire in the WS. Joe West.

 

Joe West.

 

Also, it looks kind of like Game 1 at least will be rained out.

[Omar]

Greetings from beautiful Edison, NJ !!

 

Cubs v. Kluber

Name              PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Ben Zobrist       13 13 1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .077 .077  .077  .154  0  0   0   0         0
Dexter Fowler      8  7 0  0  0  0   0  0  5 .000 .125  .000  .125  0  0   0   1         0
Kris Bryant        3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Chris Coghlan      3  3 1  1  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333  .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Heyward      3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella    3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Lester         3  1 0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  2  0   0   0         0
Miguel Montero     3  3 0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Anthony Rizzo      3  3 1  0  1  0   1  0  1 .333 .333 1.000 1.333  0  0   0   0         0
David Ross         3  3 1  0  0  0   0  0  2 .333 .333  .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Total             45 42 4  1  1  0   1  0 16 .095 .116  .167  .283  2  0   0   1         1
Has not faced: Albert Almora, Javier Baez, Willson Contreras, Addison Russell and Jorge Soler & Has not faced pitchers: Jake Arrieta, Aroldis Chapman, Carl Edwards, Justin Grimm, Kyle Hendricks, John Lackey, Mike Montgomery, Hector Rondon, Pedro Strop and Travis Wood

 

Indians v. Lester

Name                PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Rajai Davis         51  46 14  3  3  1   6  4 13 .304 .373 .565  .938  0  0   0   1         0
Carlos Santana      19  15  4  0  0  0   3  2  4 .267 .368 .267  .635  0  1   0   1         3
Mike Napoli         17  15  6  1  0  2   5  2  3 .400 .471 .867 1.337  0  0   0   0         0
Coco Crisp          15  13  2  0  0  1   2  1  5 .154 .200 .385  .585  0  1   0   0         0
Yan Gomes           12  12  4  0  0  0   0  0  3 .333 .333 .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Brandon Guyer        8   7  2  0  0  0   0  1  1 .286 .375 .286  .661  0  0   0   0         0
Jason Kipnis         8   8  3  0  0  0   2  0  3 .375 .375 .375  .750  0  0   0   0         0
Francisco Lindor     4   3  1  0  0  0   0  1  2 .333 .500 .333  .833  0  0   0   0         0
Chris Gimenez        2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Corey Kluber         2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Michael Martinez     1   1  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total              139 124 36  4  3  4  18 11 35 .290 .353 .468  .820  0  2   0   2         4
Has not faced: Lonnie Chisenhall, Tyler Naquin, Roberto Perez and Jose Ramirez & Has not faced pitchers: Cody Allen, Cody Anderson, Trevor Bauer, Mike Clevinger, Jeff Manship, Zach McAllister, Andrew Miller, Dan Otero, Bryan Shaw and Josh Tomlin

 

Go CUBS !!

[David]

there's not a [expletive] thing on this earth short of a hospital that would keep me from watching a cubs potential world series clinching game

 

Maybe I'm just old and dead inside, or maybe I'm haunted by the fact that we were bad in 2012, but this stuff just doesn't feel as transcendent as it did when I was a kid or even in my 20s.

 

If they win in game 5 while I'm out doing other things, I'll check my phone and see that they won and be happy. I'll watch all the replays and buy some merchandise and read the threads.

 

Hell, if any of the games I'm home for turn into a five-hour extra inning monstrosity, I might just wait till the morning for the end of those too.

 

If this is how you feel, what the hell are you doing even posting on a Cubs message board?

[jersey cubs fan]

there's not a [expletive] thing on this earth short of a hospital that would keep me from watching a cubs potential world series clinching game

 

Maybe I'm just old and dead inside, or maybe I'm haunted by the fact that we were bad in 2012, but this stuff just doesn't feel as transcendent as it did when I was a kid or even in my 20s.

 

If they win in game 5 while I'm out doing other things, I'll check my phone and see that they won and be happy. I'll watch all the replays and buy some merchandise and read the threads.

 

Hell, if any of the games I'm home for turn into a five-hour extra inning monstrosity, I might just wait till the morning for the end of those too.

I'm sorry for your loss.

 

 

Of your soul.

[USSoccer]

Can we add Joe West to each Gam Thread title because after all its the World Series of Joe West

[jersey cubs fan]

My wife has a work thing Tuesday and won't be home until after the first couple innings. So we're having the babysitter put the kids to bed.

The question is do I go straight to a bar from work and wait until they are asleep before going home, or sit in my living room and ignore the kids as they go to bed like some kind of Mad Men dad?

[Old Style]

http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2016/10/cleveland_indians_jason_kipnis_17.html

 

This article begs the question

 

A) you are a huge lifelong Cubs fan, and are at the NL clincher

B) your good friend is on the AL Champion

 

Would you root for the Indians as he claims his friends are going to be?

 

I don't think I would.

If I was a player on the Indians, I would expect my whole family to root against me in this series and I would be OK with that.

Edited October 24, 2016 by Old Style

[David]

I don't even understand how you could both, at the same time, want to buy WS merchandise but be totally fine with missing the clinching game.

 

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

[jersey cubs fan]

I don't even understand how you could both, at the same time, want to buy WS merchandise but be totally fine with missing the clinching game.

 

Not to mention, choose reading threads on a message board over watching.

[Old Style]

Game 1 Umpire Assignments:

 

UMPIRE EXPERIENCE WS

HP Vanover 24 years 1

1B Guccione 10 years 1

2B Hirschbeck33.5 years 5

3B Hudson 17.5 years 1

LF Randazzo 17.5 years 1

RF West 39 years 6

Replay Holbrook 16.5 years 2

 

Great Joe West will be here to make sure we know that Joe West is an umpire in the WS. Joe West.

 

Joe West.

 

Also, it looks kind of like Game 1 at least will be rained out.

Which way do they rotate? In other words, will West be behind the plate at any time in the series?

[USSoccer]

Game 1 Umpire Assignments:

 

UMPIRE EXPERIENCE WS

HP Vanover 24 years 1

1B Guccione 10 years 1

2B Hirschbeck33.5 years 5

3B Hudson 17.5 years 1

LF Randazzo 17.5 years 1

RF West 39 years 6

Replay Holbrook 16.5 years 2

 

Great Joe West will be here to make sure we know that Joe West is an umpire in the WS. Joe West.

 

Joe West.

 

Also, it looks kind of like Game 1 at least will be rained out.

Which way do they rotate? In other words, will West be behind the plate at any time in the series?

 

Joe West will make sure he's behind the plate, because Joe West looks out for one guy-Joe West.

[jersey cubs fan]

Game 1 Umpire Assignments:

 

UMPIRE EXPERIENCE WS

HP Vanover 24 years 1

1B Guccione 10 years 1

2B Hirschbeck33.5 years 5

3B Hudson 17.5 years 1

LF Randazzo 17.5 years 1

RF West 39 years 6

Replay Holbrook 16.5 years 2

 

Great Joe West will be here to make sure we know that Joe West is an umpire in the WS. Joe West.

 

Joe West.

 

Also, it looks kind of like Game 1 at least will be rained out.

Which way do they rotate? In other words, will West be behind the plate at any time in the series?

Angel Hernandez went from behind the plate to RF, so if that holds he's at the end of the line and available behind the plate for game 7.

[USSoccer]

That just makes it more imperative to wrap it up in 6 or less.

[Andy]

I will have to do radio for Game 1 because of work and won't even be able to do that for most of Game 3, also because of work. Stupid adulting.

[David]

I know this sounds stupid, and my perspective would obviously change after a while, but right now, like 80% of how badly I want this to happen is just so that I can wear my damn World Series shirt the entire time I'm in Vegas in 2 weeks.

[UMFan83]

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This ought to rile White Sox fans up

[Omar]

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This ought to rile White Sox fans up

 

I'm not sure if its been posted in any of these threads, since we want to keep the positive energy. I wont quote or hyperlink, but the posts on WSI - Cubs subforum (For some reason this exists) have been so butthurt and boderline suicidal lately.

[RammyFanny]

Man prices are dropping for games in Cleveland and now the weather isnt cooperating...looks like lots of rain Wednesday

 

Rain Thursday too. That will be interesting...

Thursday's a travel day though.

[Banedon]

Man prices are dropping for games in Cleveland and now the weather isnt cooperating...looks like lots of rain Wednesday

 

Rain Thursday too. That will be interesting...

Thursday's a travel day though.

 

Right...but if it's rained out on Wednesday, Thursday would be the likely make up day. If it rains both days....then it will be interesting to see how they handle it.

[jersey cubs fan]

Man prices are dropping for games in Cleveland and now the weather isnt cooperating...looks like lots of rain Wednesday

 

Rain Thursday too. That will be interesting...

Thursday's a travel day though.

the suggestion being that a rain out wednesday won't be able to be made up Thursday, which would affect when games are played in chicago (not to mention the usefullness of Jon Lester)