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

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Home field advantage, facing short rest pitchers most of the way, and haven't even used the MLB era leader yet.

 

This has all the makins

 

Only Jered Weaver and James Shields gave up more homers than Tomlin this year. We are going to dong the ever-living hell out of him.

[CoolHandLuke]

Run Heyward out in LF in a Schwarber jersey and hope nobody notices. Then let Kyle bat, I think we can get away with it.

 

Could Schwarber have DH'd for Heyward in rf and Arietta hit for himself tonight?

 

And if so, would you have preferred that?

[Sammys Boombox]

#FlyTheW

[NotSoSober]

My god, who's idea was it to let Pete Rose be on the post game show? He's horrible.

someone has to play the role of lee corso

[Billy_Buck]

holy horsefeathers could be 35MPH out at the end of the game on Friday

Best be cashin' those baserunners in for runs, boys!

[Thrilho]

Can we just pencil him in at left and have him sit in a lawn chair in foul territory and let the 8 other guys handle it themselves?

Or you could just go have him stand on the spot where Soler's statue usually is. Shift JHey like 150 feet off the line and you're good.

[LeonDurham]

Well should've won 12-0 but a win is a win.

[Thusly Boned]

holy horsefeathers could be 35MPH out at the end of the game on Friday

 

Josh Tomlin had the third highest HR/9 among qualified starters in MLB this year. Hendricks had the sixth lowest. Bring the wind on.

Edited October 27, 2016 by XZero77

[bcl412]

Playoff/World Series swings of emotion are weird, last night I was freaking out about falling down 2-0 and telling myself it isn't that big of a deal if we don't win the series and tonight I'm dreaming of winning Sunday (granted I was still doing that yesterday)

[mul21]

I was telling people at work today that Bauer is the kind of guy the Cubs abuse and he'd be lucky to get through 5. Glad to see I was right.

 

Their pen will be in shambles by the end of game 4. This game went about as well as it could have.

[illiniguy]

I still keep thinking I am going to wake up. Love this team.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Run Heyward out in LF in a Schwarber jersey and hope nobody notices. Then let Kyle bat, I think we can get away with it.

 

Could Schwarber have DH'd for Heyward in rf and Arietta hit for himself tonight?

 

And if so, would you have preferred that?

 

No, he could not have. DH is for pitcher's spot only.

[ConstableRabbit]

Guys it's a best of 5 series with the next 3 at Wrigley.

[Thrilho]

Schwarber is playing the OF. This is a smokescreen imo.

With you. I'd guess they knew long before they let on that Schwarber was likely to play. Has to weigh on Cleveland's mind more wondering than if they just knew they had to beat him too.

[PackLandVA]

Cubs start Schwarber in LF so fans can cheer the hell out of him when they announce the starting lineups. Theo loves him and would love KS to have that thrill!

[Brian]

RIDE THE FRED WAVE!!

[minnesotacubsfan]

No, Schwarbs isn't playing lf guys

[Old Style]

RIDE THE FRED WAVE!!

Dammit. I came here to post this exact thing. :)

[JudasIscariotTheBird]

No, Schwarbs isn't playing lf guys

http://www.stpaulsteinbach.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/doubting_thomas.jpg

[Exile on Waveland]

Oh, Cubs won a World Series game, no big deal.

 

PS They're winning three more.

[Sammy Sofa]

Run Heyward out in LF in a Schwarber jersey and hope nobody notices. Then let Kyle bat, I think we can get away with it.

 

Could Schwarber have DH'd for Heyward in rf and Arietta hit for himself tonight?

 

And if so, would you have preferred that?

 

No, he could not have. DH is for pitcher's spot only.

 

I feel slightly vindicated at the wave of people revealing that they too didn't know that the DH could only hit for the pitcher like I revealed earlier this season.

 

STUPID SOLIDARITY.

Edited October 27, 2016 by Sammy Sofa

[imb]

Home field advantage, facing short rest pitchers most of the way, and haven't even used the MLB era leader yet.

 

This has all the makins

 

horsefeathers yeah it does

[BigSlick]

Y'all. We won a World Series Game. Lol

[TMan92]

Terry Francona is now 9-1 in the world series

[CoolHandLuke]

 

Could Schwarber have DH'd for Heyward in rf and Arietta hit for himself tonight?

 

And if so, would you have preferred that?

 

No, he could not have. DH is for pitcher's spot only.

 

I feel slightly vindicated at the wave of people revealing that they too didn't know that the DH could only for the hitter like I did earlier this season.

 

STUPID SOLIDARITY.

 

But the sad question is would Arietta over Heyward be the right call?