2017 Game Thread for teams that aren't the defending World Series Champions

[bukie]

Vaunted Pirates walk off.

[Omar]

Haha. Such an idiotic move keeping him in.

 

Like what, you're gonna throw him out in the 11th?

 

Poor Rich Hill. He pitched a no hitter in my heart.

 

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[ConstableRabbit]

Man, that's hilariously brutal way to lose.

[bukie]

Dodgers fall to 89-36. If they win their next 27 games, they'd match the 1906 Cubs winning percentage.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

[Cubswin11]

Probably got a vaunted blister on that pitch too

[SouthSideRyan]

Haha. Such an idiotic move keeping him in.

 

Like what, you're gonna throw him out in the 11th?

 

Poor Rich Hill. He pitched a no hitter in my heart.

 

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I'd have thrown him out there for the 11th if he still had it and the Dodgers took the lead. Pitch count was at 95 through 9, and, the Dodgers can afford to give him extra rest aplenty over teh next month+

[SpongeWorthy]

I hope they limp badly into the playoffs and collapse in the NLDS

[Sammy Sofa]

Damn, I wanted Hill to pull that off. Stupid useless Pirates.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

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[Omar]

Haha. Such an idiotic move keeping him in.

 

Like what, you're gonna throw him out in the 11th?

 

Poor Rich Hill. He pitched a no hitter in my heart.

 

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I'd have thrown him out there for the 11th if he still had it and the Dodgers took the lead. Pitch count was at 95 through 9, and, the Dodgers can afford to give him extra rest aplenty over teh next month+

 

Yeah but HIll has been fairly injury prone lately, is it really worth it?

[soccer10k]

I hope they limp badly into the playoffs and collapse in the NLDS

 

I told a friend the other day that excluding the Cubs, there's not much I'd rather see in the playoffs than the Dodgers getting bounced in the NLDS. He asked if I'd like it even if it was the Cards eliminating them. I got annoyed just thinking about the possibility of an 85 win Cards team winning the WC game and bouncing a 110 win Dodger team.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

The Cubs now have the third best record in the NL. Still 7.5 back of Washington, though.

[Rob]

The Cubs now have the third best record in the NL. Still 7.5 back of Washington, though.

 

Passing Arizona and Colorado for the Wild Card is actually pretty helpful. Obviously the goal is still the division, but having a fallback option is never a bad thing.

[SouthSideRyan]

Haha. Such an idiotic move keeping him in.

 

Like what, you're gonna throw him out in the 11th?

 

Poor Rich Hill. He pitched a no hitter in my heart.

 

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I'd have thrown him out there for the 11th if he still had it and the Dodgers took the lead. Pitch count was at 95 through 9, and, the Dodgers can afford to give him extra rest aplenty over teh next month+

 

Yeah but HIll has been fairly injury prone lately, is it really worth it?

 

He missed a month for a blister issue in April-May.

[Liam Neeson]

I'm all for giving Rhys Hoskins the Harper treatment this weekend.

[Brian707]

The Cubs now have the third best record in the NL. Still 7.5 back of Washington, though.

 

Passing Arizona and Colorado for the Wild Card is actually pretty helpful. Obviously the goal is still the division, but having a fallback option is never a bad thing.

 

 

Yup.

 

Len brought up a good point. Would you rather play the Dodgers in a best of 5 or best of 7?

 

Obviously winning the division is best but his point was a team as Vaunted as the Dodgers its easier to win the shorter series

[UMFan83]

The Cubs now have the third best record in the NL. Still 7.5 back of Washington, though.

 

Passing Arizona and Colorado for the Wild Card is actually pretty helpful. Obviously the goal is still the division, but having a fallback option is never a bad thing.

 

 

Yup.

 

Len brought up a good point. Would you rather play the Dodgers in a best of 5 or best of 7?

 

Obviously winning the division is best but his point was a team as Vaunted as the Dodgers its easier to win the shorter series

 

I think its obvious a best of 5 would be preferred.

 

What's everyone's take on the Dodgers in general? Obviously they are playing historically well, but am not significantly more concerned about playing them verses someone like Washington for example. Maybe I should be?

[Cubswin11]

 

Passing Arizona and Colorado for the Wild Card is actually pretty helpful. Obviously the goal is still the division, but having a fallback option is never a bad thing.

 

 

Yup.

 

Len brought up a good point. Would you rather play the Dodgers in a best of 5 or best of 7?

 

Obviously winning the division is best but his point was a team as Vaunted as the Dodgers its easier to win the shorter series

 

 

What's everyone's take on the Dodgers in general? Obviously they are playing historically well, but am not significantly more concerned about playing them verses someone like Washington for example. Maybe I should be?

 

I don't think they make it out of the DS, whoever they plays. If Harper, Strasburg and Scherzer are all healthy I kinda think the Nats are a little tougher to be honest.

[Liam Neeson]

Nats have the much vaunted Daniel Murphy.

[Liam Neeson]

And Miguel Cabrera just punched Austin Romine in the face

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And Miguel Cabrera just punched Austin Romine in the face

 

brawl/slapfight video:

 

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[Liam Neeson]

I wouldnt be surprised if Gary Sanchez gets suspended. Castellanos was on his hands and knees and Gary strolled up and gave him a few cheap shots.

 

 

2nd one to Castellanos:

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[UMFan83]

 

 

Yup.

 

Len brought up a good point. Would you rather play the Dodgers in a best of 5 or best of 7?

 

Obviously winning the division is best but his point was a team as Vaunted as the Dodgers its easier to win the shorter series

 

 

What's everyone's take on the Dodgers in general? Obviously they are playing historically well, but am not significantly more concerned about playing them verses someone like Washington for example. Maybe I should be?

 

I don't think they make it out of the DS, whoever they plays. If Harper, Strasburg and Scherzer are all healthy I kinda think the Nats are a little tougher to be honest.

 

Or at least in the same realm. The Nats and Dodgers don't have 4 900+ OPS monsters in their lineup. The bottom of the Nats order is a little softer than the Dodgers, and the Dodgers definitely have a more scary pen.

 

I gotta think at some point Bellinger is going to hit a bit of a rough patch, and I refuse to believe that Chris Taylor is a .920 OPS player.