10/6 NLDS Game 1 Cubs(Hendricks) vs Nationals(Strasburg) 6:30CT TBS

[Omar]

Nationals v. Hendricks

                                                                                         
Name             PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP  SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Adam Lind        17 16  3  1  0  0   1  1  4 .188 .235 .250  .485  0  0   0   0         0
Daniel Murphy    16 15  4  1  0  3   4  1  3 .267 .313 .933 1.246  0  0   1   0         0
Bryce Harper     15 13  4  0  0  1   1  2  0 .308 .400 .538  .938  0  0   0   0         1
Anthony Rendon   12 11  2  1  0  0   0  1  3 .182 .250 .273  .523  0  0   0   0         0
Ryan Zimmerman    9  9  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Michael Taylor    5  5  1  1  0  0   0  0  0 .200 .200 .400  .600  0  0   0   0         0
Jayson Werth      5  3  0  0  0  0   0  2  1 .000 .400 .000  .400  0  0   0   0         0
Brian Goodwin     4  4  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Wilmer Difo       3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Howie Kendrick    3  3  2  0  0  0   0  0  0 .667 .667 .667 1.333  0  0   0   0         0
Tanner Roark      3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000 .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Max Scherzer      3  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000 .000  .000  1  0   0   0         0
Matt Wieters      3  2  0  0  0  0   0  1  2 .000 .333 .000  .333  0  0   0   0         0
Total            98 89 16  4  0  4   6  8 18 .180 .247 .360  .607  1  0   1   0         1

 

Cubs v. Strasburg

                                                                                               
Name                 PA  AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP missG
Jason Heyward        41  37 15  4  0  1   4  3  6 .405 .463  .595 1.058  0  0   0   1         1
Anthony Rizzo        13  13  2  0  0  0   2  0  6 .154 .154  .154  .308  0  0   0   0         0
Jon Jay              10   9  1  0  0  0   0  1  3 .111 .200  .111  .311  0  0   0   0         0
Tommy La Stella      10  10  3  1  0  1   1  0  2 .300 .300  .700 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Albert Almora         6   6  2  2  0  0   0  0  2 .333 .333  .667 1.000  0  0   0   0         0
Javier Baez           6   6  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         1
Kris Bryant           6   5  2  1  0  0   0  0  2 .400 .500  .600 1.100  0  0   0   1         0
Ben Zobrist           6   5  1  0  0  1   1  1  2 .200 .333  .800 1.133  0  0   0   0         0
Rene Rivera           5   5  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Alex Avila            3   3  1  0  0  1   4  0  0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667  0  0   0   0         0
Willson Contreras     3   3  1  0  0  1   2  0  0 .333 .333 1.333 1.667  0  0   0   0         0
Ian Happ              3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Leonys Martin         3   3  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Addison Russell       3   3  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .333 .333  .333  .667  0  0   0   0         0
Eddie Butler          2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
John Lackey           2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Mark Zagunis          2   2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0         0
Total               124 117 29  8  0  5  14  5 36 .248 .290  .444  .735  0  0   0   2         2

[UMFan83]

I mean 10 AB is not a large sample size and I have no idea where you'd play him but....Seal Boy with 2 XBH including a HR in 10 ABs is pretty solid right?

[Omar]

more impressive than Baez's 0 for 6 with 3 Ks

 

however, would still start him for the RGIs

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Rizzo is due like August rent

[Banedon]

I would pay some "to be negotiated" sum of money if MLB would do a special broadcast online with the hometown announcers. I know Len will do some radio, but I wanna hear a full Len and JD call of the playoffs.

 

Worst part of playoffs in the MLB and NHL is the lack of hometown announcers. I know NBA does it too but I don't care.

[David]

I would pay some "to be negotiated" sum of money if MLB would do a special broadcast online with the hometown announcers. I know Len will do some radio, but I wanna hear a full Len and JD call of the playoffs.

 

Worst part of playoffs in the MLB and NHL is the lack of hometown announcers. I know NBA does it too but I don't care.

 

I'm the opposite. I like the change of pace and the presentation of national broadcasts for the playoffs...at least, once it's on Fox. And I love Len and JD.

 

That said, there are a few national guys I think are awful.

[jersey cubs fan]

I would pay some "to be negotiated" sum of money if MLB would do a special broadcast online with the hometown announcers. I know Len will do some radio, but I wanna hear a full Len and JD call of the playoffs.

 

Worst part of playoffs in the MLB and NHL is the lack of hometown announcers. I know NBA does it too but I don't care.

 

I'm the opposite. I like the change of pace and the presentation of national broadcasts for the playoffs...at least, once it's on Fox. And I love Len and JD.

 

That said, there are a few national guys I think are awful.

Yeah, a lot of national guys suck, but complaining about them is a big part of the process, and accepting them is how you get playoff pageantry.

[David]

I would pay some "to be negotiated" sum of money if MLB would do a special broadcast online with the hometown announcers. I know Len will do some radio, but I wanna hear a full Len and JD call of the playoffs.

 

Worst part of playoffs in the MLB and NHL is the lack of hometown announcers. I know NBA does it too but I don't care.

 

I'm the opposite. I like the change of pace and the presentation of national broadcasts for the playoffs...at least, once it's on Fox. And I love Len and JD.

 

That said, there are a few national guys I think are awful.

Yeah, a lot of national guys suck, but complaining about them is a big part of the process, and accepting them is how you get playoff pageantry.

 

Yep. It's part of what makes it different and special for me. The local Len and JD broadcast feels very routine after 6 months and 162.

[trushar]

Wife going in for C-Section tomorrow - twins.

 

She will be in the hospital for a few days....so in theory, I can watch the Friday/Saturday games unfettered (oh right, I'll be watching our 2 year old), but will probably be all over the place, so I'll be gamecasting on phone and reading this thread in its entirety at midnight or so.

 

We are going to win. It has been mentioned before, but I don't think it is meatbally to play the "we have been here before" card. The fightin' dustys (sorry, the VAUNTED FDs) will be feeling the pressure. Who knows if that non stats based proclamation has merit, but I say it anyway, because horsefeathers it, we won the WS last year.

 

I have a new Cubs sweatshirt, it's super ugly, one that only a fat old dad would wear. I'll unveil it at the hospital tomorrow. Let these Bay Area people know that winning a WS every other year is weak horsefeathers!

 

GO CUBS, here's to a memorable postseason.

[jersey cubs fan]

cheers to fat old dads

[CubinNY]

cheers to fat old dads

Indeed.

[Cubswin11]

 

I'm the opposite. I like the change of pace and the presentation of national broadcasts for the playoffs...at least, once it's on Fox. And I love Len and JD.

 

That said, there are a few national guys I think are awful.

Yeah, a lot of national guys suck, but complaining about them is a big part of the process, and accepting them is how you get playoff pageantry.

 

Yep. It's part of what makes it different and special for me. The local Len and JD broadcast feels very routine after 6 months and 162.

Yeah it’s all part of it, TBS graphics really suck to me though. The scoreboard on the screen seems small and even though I usually love having a K-zone tracker I don’t like theirs. Oh well, it is what it is but just don’t like it.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

TBS really sucks. They can't do anything right. I agree that national broadcasts make the stage feel bigger and that it is just part of the process. But TBS needs to get their horsefeathers together. They forget simple things, like showing check swings and who is up in the bullpen. Their K-Zone is, I'm pretty sure, a guy pointing to where he thinks a pitch went. The presentation is really horrible.

[Cubswin11]

TBS really sucks. They can't do anything right. I agree that national broadcasts make the stage feel bigger and that it is just part of the process. But TBS needs to get their horsefeathers together. They forget simple things, like showing check swings and who is up in the bullpen. Their K-Zone is, I'm pretty sure, a guy pointing to where he thinks a pitch went. The presentation is really horrible.

Yeah, I remember 2015 with the Cardinals and Mets their K-Zone being laughably out of whack

[CaliforniaRaisin]

TBS really sucks. They can't do anything right. I agree that national broadcasts make the stage feel bigger and that it is just part of the process. But TBS needs to get their horsefeathers together. They forget simple things, like showing check swings and who is up in the bullpen. Their K-Zone is, I'm pretty sure, a guy pointing to where he thinks a pitch went. The presentation is really horrible.

 

Their broadcast team is horrible.

[TMan92]

The results of guys pressing the last two days was obvious. Really like we are playing with no pressure this year

[Regular Show]

TBS really sucks. They can't do anything right. I agree that national broadcasts make the stage feel bigger and that it is just part of the process. But TBS needs to get their horsefeathers together. They forget simple things, like showing check swings and who is up in the bullpen. Their K-Zone is, I'm pretty sure, a guy pointing to where he thinks a pitch went. The presentation is really horrible.

 

Yeah, TBS is terrible. I think FOX does a decent job, and I actually like listening to J. Smoltz and J. Buck has his moments. Ernie Johnson is great when he's hosting Inside the NBA on TNT and Open Court on NBATV. I even like his sense of humor, but it just doesn't translate when discussing baseball for some reason.

[Sammys Boombox]

I want more Matt Vasgersian.

 

"IT'S IN THE BASKET!"

[Ding Dong Johnson]

sweet fancy moses, Vasgersian and Smoltz suck balls. both those on dudes and those raised to the heavens.

[Thed Hoyerstein]

I want more Matt Vasgersian.

 

"IT'S IN THE BASKET!"

 

{chills}

[squally1313]

I want more Matt Vasgersian.

 

"IT'S IN THE BASKET!"

 

{chills}

 

That wind and camera work made those 4-5 seconds (which felt like about 6 minutes) just a horsefeathering roller coaster. Between the intial contact and the first camera shot, I thought it was landing on a rooftop. Then the camera panned down way quicker than it should have, and you hear 'Pagan is there...' and you just have this sense of dread (pre-Championship), and then Vasgersian explodes with the basket comment. Feels like a different era given everything that happened the rest of the month, but what a start.

[profisme]

Anyone else perturbed by the ESPN rankings calling Kyle the 19th best SP in the playoffs? I think that is ludicrous.

[Sammys Boombox]

I was at the game and had no idea where the ball went. I thought off the bat it was going onto the street.

 

Also, this is from 2014 season preview.

 

In 2017, when you first hear the Cubs are facing in the Astros in the World Series, you will stop what you're doing, grab a tablet or computer, and look up the word "callipygian" in an online dictionary. You will not know why you're doing it, but it's because of the subliminal messages implanted in this article. Seriously, though, the Cubs are on the right track. They'll be good. Just not this year. At all.

 

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/3/27/5555938/2014-mlb-preview-ironclad-surefire-predictions

[Bull]

Will we be getting awesome insight from the NSBB TBS Playoffs insider bot?

[Bull]

I was at the game and had no idea where the ball went. I thought off the bat it was going onto the street.

 

Also, this is from 2014 season preview.

 

In 2017, when you first hear the Cubs are facing in the Astros in the World Series, you will stop what you're doing, grab a tablet or computer, and look up the word "callipygian" in an online dictionary. You will not know why you're doing it, but it's because of the subliminal messages implanted in this article. Seriously, though, the Cubs are on the right track. They'll be good. Just not this year. At all.

 

https://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2014/3/27/5555938/2014-mlb-preview-ironclad-surefire-predictions

 

Just stopped b the BR page for the 2014 Cubs. Travis Wood led the team in games started and IP. Its almost like they were trying t---

 

Oh. Oh I see.