10/9 - NLDS Game 3 - Dusty Baker's Futility (Fat Asshole David Bowie) @ Corbs (The Newer Lester) 3:08 CST - TBS

[Sammy Sofa]

 

Edited October 9, 2017 by Sammy Sofa

[Derwood]

Please don'attend

[Sammy Sofa]

Don't worry; I don't ever want to go to a horsefeathering Cubs game again in my entire horsefeathering life.

[UMFan83]

Don't worry; I don't ever want to go to a horsefeathering Cubs game again in my entire horsefeathering life.

 

 

You can go to those games after they clinch and Mike Freeman is hitting 5th

[Sammy Sofa]

I would pay all of the money to conk you and Derwood's heads together right now.

[UMFan83]

I would pay all of the money to conk you and Derwood's heads together right now.

 

Doooo it. I've already gotten CTE from getting kicked in the head from sports all evening.

[Sammy Sofa]

Eh; I'm just going to bed. Nothing has any meaning. Life has no color anymore.

[Cubswin11]

[Gilby]

Now that there's a guaranteed game 4, I wonder if they'd consider moving Scherzer back a game.

[Cubswin11]

Now that there's a guaranteed game 4, I wonder if they'd consider moving Scherzer back a game.

Whatever Dusty decides I’m sure it’s the wrong decision

[Cubswin11]

Eh; I'm just going to bed. Nothing has any meaning. Life has no color anymore.

[Omar]

Nats v. Quintana

                                                                                   
Name             PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
Howie Kendrick   12 10 5  1  0  0   2  2  2 .500 .583  .600 1.183  0  0   0   0   0
Adam Lind         9  9 2  1  0  0   0  0  3 .222 .222  .333  .556  0  0   0   0   0
Matt Wieters      3  3 2  1  0  0   0  0  0 .667 .667 1.000 1.667  0  0   0   0   0
Total            24 22 9  3  0  0   2  2  5 .409 .458  .545 1.004  0  0   0   0   0

 

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Cubs v. The Rural Scherzer

                                                                                      
Name               PA AB  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA  OBP   SLG   OPS SH SF IBB HBP GDP
Ben Zobrist        30 25  5  0  0  3   6  4  2 .200 .333  .560  .893  0  0   0   1   0
Jason Heyward      12 11  4  1  0  0   0  1  1 .364 .417  .455  .871  0  0   0   0   1
Anthony Rizzo      12 10  3  1  0  1   1  1  2 .300 .417  .700 1.117  0  0   0   1   0
Kris Bryant        11 10  1  0  1  0   1  1  7 .100 .182  .300  .482  0  0   0   0   0
Jon Jay             8  8  1  0  0  0   0  0  1 .125 .125  .125  .250  0  0   0   0   0
Tommy La Stella     6  6  3  1  1  1   2  0  2 .500 .500 1.500 2.000  0  0   0   0   0
Javier Baez         5  5  0  0  0  0   0  0  3 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Addison Russell     5  5  2  0  0  1   1  0  3 .400 .400 1.000 1.400  0  0   0   0   0
Alex Avila          3  3  0  0  0  0   0  0  2 .000 .000  .000  .000  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  2  0  0  0  0   0  1  1 .000 .333  .000  .333  0  0   0   0   0
Jake Arrieta        2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  0 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Kyle Hendricks      2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
John Lackey         2  2  1  0  0  0   0  0  0 .500 .500  .500 1.000  0  0   0   0   0
Jon Lester          2  2  0  0  0  0   0  0  1 .000 .000  .000  .000  0  0   0   0   0
Total             106 96 20  3  2  6  11  8 28 .208 .283  .469  .752  0  0   0   2   1

 

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[Cubswin11]

Thinking about heading to this game to get Mojos stank off the team. Anybody else going?

[toonsterwu]

Quintana's the right man at the right time. As deep and balanced as the Nationals lineup is, I'd place more emphasis on containing the lefties, relatively speaking. That is, I'd rather not let Harper and Murphy get going. If Rendon/Zimmerman/Werth/Turner carry them, so be it, it's a deep and talented team.

 

So random thought on the game - I get why CJ Edwards was in there ... and if a similar situation came up in this series, I don't have a particularly problem with him pitching to Harper. Now, I'd rather roll the dice with Montgomery, but I get it, and then let Montgomery deal with the righties, but that probably shows, as my above comment does as well, that I put a lot of value in holding Harper down and not letting him carry them in a short series, and I certainly get managerial decisions might consider that to be a bit shortsighted.

 

All that said, if anything, with a chance to put a stranglehold on the series, I would've considered going to Davis for Harper. I mean, I don't know the numbers off the top, but weren't Davis' numbers against lefties superb? If I'm going down to Harper, I'd rather go down with Wade making a mistake, knowing that was my best guy. With the off day coming up, he should be rested enough for an inning in game 3. I get why Maddon didn't and wouldn't consider it, but all the post-game questions on Edwards by the media, while understandable, seems to fail to acknowledge the Nationals bench and balance, and how it makes it difficult to go batter by batter in these late-game situations with the Nats. I mean, Rendon raked against lefties this year. In some respects, I still sorta wish they had carried Rondon instead of a third lefty, or even Lackey. I mean, he struggled in August, but seemed to have found a rhythm in September again. I'm just not sure three lefties were necessary because I just don't see it as likely that they will definitively go batter by batter late in games, as it's simply too hard to do that against the Nats unless you burn out your pen (along with the fact that CJ and Wade were excellent against lefties).

 

Anyhow, entering the series, I think everyone would've been happy with a split, so Cubs are fine. Here's hoping Scherzer's great pen session was just ... a great pen session.

[Sammy Sofa]

I don't want to see Zobrist start another [expletive] game until next year.

[Sammy Sofa]

As per a friend of mine, so maybe it's just nonsense:

 

Random Sports fact of the night: Saturday was the first time in postseason MLB history two opposite handed relief pitchers gave up home runs in the same inning to opposite handed hitters. Cubs righty CJ Edwards gave up a game tying home run to Bryce Harper in the 8th inning then lefty Mike Montgomery gave up a tie breaking one to righty Ryan Zimmerman. It's the first time it's happened in 1,614.2 innings pitched in relief in the postseason.

[weis21]

that can't possibly be true, can it?

[Aaron_Kennelly]

that can't possibly be true, can it?

 

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[Sammy Sofa]

[UMFan83]

[Aaron_Kennelly]

Eh; I'm just going to bed. Nothing has any meaning. Life has no color anymore.

 

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

I would pay all of the money to conk you and Derwood's heads together right now.

 

Doooo it. I've already gotten CTE from getting kicked in the head from sports all evening.

 

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[Aaron_Kennelly]

weis21's philosophy for winning the World Series:

 

[imb]

I don't want to see Zobrist start another [expletive] game until next year.

 

[minnesotacubsfan]

I don't want to see Zobrist start another [expletive] game until next year.