10/26 World Series Game 2 CUBS (Arrieta) @ Cleveland (Bauer) 6:08pm CDT, Fox

[Fred Hornkohl]

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/453562.jpg Jake Arrieta (0-1) ERA = 4.91, WHIP = 1.18

 

vs.

 

http://mlb.mlb.com/mlb/images/players/head_shot/545333.jpg Trevor Bauer (0-0) ERA = 5.06 WHIP = 1.50

 

Go CUBS !!

[Banedon]

Go Cubs!

[Boris]

Win

[Sammy Sofa]

Hooray!

 

Pull one out of your ass, Jake, and prove me wrong for really, really wishing Hendricks was pitching tonight.

[TripJ]

Jake's gotta get the "2015 Kyle Hendricks" treatment in this one, right? Third time through the order you pull the plug at the slightest whiff of danger?

[Sammy Sofa]

And Contreras better horsefeathering be in LF tonight.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Jake's going to be good tonight. And even if not, we are going to make mincemeat out of Bauer. Rizzo, Javy, and Schwarber homer. Cubs win big. And we'll have Cy Hendricks waiting at home for Game 3.

[WrigleyField 22]

The goal today is to try and stay busy and focused at work and maybe even get out a little early. Big game tonight Cubbies. Keep that dream of winning at home alive.

[JennieGarthAlgar]

I will be at this game. I do hope it does not rain too hard.

[Sammys Boombox]

Games 2, 3 and 5 are probably the most confident games for me considering the likely pitching matchup. I'll probably feel pretty good about any game 6 matchup as well.

 

Also, a rested Hendricks versus another short rest start for Kluber would make me confident.

 

Shoot, even Lackey throwing in his only start of the World Series versus a short rest Kluber makes me happy.

 

We're winning this thing.

Edited October 26, 2016 by Sammys Boombox

[USSoccer]

Winning tonight opens up a lot of positive outcomes going forward.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

[SouthSideRyan]

LFG

[Old Style]

[17 Seconds]

i made the mistake of venturing outside of nsbb for baseball discussion.

 

did you guys know that the cubs blew it by not giving up schwarber for andrew miller?

 

also, the cubs are SHOOK

[Little Slide Rooter]

Hats off to Kluber and Miller for last night. Last night was more about their strengths than our weaknesses. Fortunately for us, The Indians rotation has a pretty sharp drop off between Kluber and other (at least without Carrasco and Salazar likely limited to the pen.) I know that Miller's capable of pitching back to back to backs, but he threw 46 pitches last night, so I don't know how much he'll have left for tonight; though I don't expect it to matter.

 

Lester was due for a loss. And Jake's due for a win.

[Schwarber Fan]

I know Jake has been awfully mediocre for a while but he knows how important this game is I think he comes out and twirls a gem. With Fred leading the charge, we win 4 in a row and celebrate at Wrigley on Sunday.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Winning tonight opens up a lot of positive outcomes going forward.

 

Not so much as losing last night only closed one positive outcome, that being a sweep.

[wvcbxl]

Activate god-mode Jake pls.

[Agony and Ivy]

i made the mistake of venturing outside of nsbb for baseball discussion.

 

did you guys know that the cubs blew it by not giving up schwarber for andrew miller?

 

also, the cubs are SHOOK

 

Yeah I hate when they lose because it means I can't listen to any radio at work, venture anywhere on Twitter or talk to people at work due to the overwhelming stupidity.

[UMFan83]

This feels awfully unfair for a guy that pitched a complete game shutout in a winner take all game just over a year ago, but Jake needs to come out and dominate this damn game like the big game pitcher he knows he can be.

[TripJ]

Up-Up-Down-Down-Left-Right-Left-Right-B-A-Start

 

That activates God-Mode, right?

 

(I'm showing my age, aren't I?)

[CaliforniaRaisin]

I know why they moved it up but the game time is super frustrating on the West Coast.

 

Go Fred !!

[soccer10k]

So if by some miracle the Cubs lose another game in this series, is Mojo giving up his start or are we just inserting Fred in the rotation and Mojo would start after the next loss (again, if that actually happens)?

[soccer10k]

I know why they moved it up but the game time is super frustrating on the West Coast.

 

Go Fred !!

 

Glad I noticed it last night so I could get to work early.