10/11 - NLDS Game 4 - Dusty's Gone Fishin' (A sickly Dickensian orphan) @ Corbs (The Bearded Bastard) 3:08 CST - TBS

[javy knows my name]

Why are we so mad at Maddon right now?

 

Pulling Lester with 2 outs and a runner on first, not pulling Carl until 2 batters after it was clear he was bad Carl, letting his closer pitch to 2 extra batters in a 5 run game with Game 5 in 24 hours

 

Could it be we are witnessing a really great manager in the Regular Season and a very average one in Postseason play?

 

It could not.

[kente777]

 

Pulling Lester with 2 outs and a runner on first, not pulling Carl until 2 batters after it was clear he was bad Carl, letting his closer pitch to 2 extra batters in a 5 run game with Game 5 in 24 hours

 

Could it be we are witnessing a really great manager in the Regular Season and a very average one in Postseason play?

 

It could not.

 

I don't know, man. A few head scratchers tonight.

[Cubswin11]

It wouldn’t be the dumbest thing in the world to fly Quintana to LA tonight in prep for a Game 1 NLCS start and avoid a cross country flight tomorrow. Edited October 12, 2017 by Cubswin11

[Cubswin11]

Will Lester be able to go in game 2 of the NLCS?

 

Cubs will roll tomorrow

It’s gonna be Jake/Lester short rest.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Is tree starting the Game 5 thread?

[ConstableRabbit]

KingCubsFan and I were sitting behind Elizabeth Moss all night. She was there the entire time in a plastic Cubs poncho. Rizzo’s Mom stopped by to say hi to her.

 

Also we’re both Scientologists now and we should stop using her in memes.

[Brian707]

Will Lester be able to go in game 2 of the NLCS?

 

Cubs will roll tomorrow

It’s gonna be Jake/Lester short rest.

 

Lester only threw 55 pitches. Jake 90sh

My guess on NLCS rotation

 

Q

Lester

Hendricks

Jake

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

Could it be we are witnessing a really great manager in the Regular Season and a very average one in Postseason play?

 

It could not.

 

I don't know, man. A few head scratchers tonight.

 

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[17 Seconds]

the series is tied 2-2, but the cubs performance in this series is disappointing

 

The only thing that has really disappointed me has been the defensive lapses. I expected runs would be at a premium, and the Nats caught a huge beak with the rainout.

 

sale, kluber, kershaw, and grienke gave all been knocked around this postseason. 8 runs in 4 games is disappointing. it's hard for me to care too much about the rainout when we got the massive scherzer break to begin with.

 

oh well, if we do end up losing, I guess it's easier to swallow this way instead of heartbreaking losses

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Will Lester be able to go in game 2 of the NLCS?

 

Cubs will roll tomorrow

It’s gonna be Jake/Lester short rest.

 

Lester only threw 55 pitches. Jake 90sh

My guess on NLCS rotation

 

Q

Lester

Hendricks

Jake

 

Q likely won't be available if the Cubs advance.

 

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[minnesotacubsfan]

I blame MLB for not rescheduling yesterday

[Wilson A2000]

Dusty said it will either be Roark or Gio tomorrow. He's not sure who will start yet.

[raw]

Will Lester be able to go in game 2 of the NLCS?

 

Cubs will roll tomorrow

It’s gonna be Jake/Lester short rest.

 

Q regular rest

Lester 3 days rest from 3.2 innings of relief

Hendricks regular rest (also puts him in line for Game 7)

Arrieta

[Cubswin11]

It’s gonna be Jake/Lester short rest.

 

Lester only threw 55 pitches. Jake 90sh

My guess on NLCS rotation

 

Q

Lester

Hendricks

Jake

 

Q likely won't be available if the Cubs advance.

 

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Why the distrust in Monty? And why is Lackey on the roster then if he can’t be a long guy?

[raw]

It’s gonna be Jake/Lester short rest.

 

Lester only threw 55 pitches. Jake 90sh

My guess on NLCS rotation

 

Q

Lester

Hendricks

Jake

 

Q likely won't be available if the Cubs advance.

 

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Hendricks is going 7 so......

 

But yeah, if they use Q tomorrow I'd imagine that would put Montgomery in line to start Game 1 unless they do something stupid like go with Lackey.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

the series is tied 2-2, but the cubs performance in this series is disappointing

 

The only thing that has really disappointed me has been the defensive lapses. I expected runs would be at a premium, and the Nats caught a huge beak with the rainout.

 

sale, kluber, kershaw, and grienke gave all been knocked around this postseason. 8 runs in 4 games is disappointing. it's hard for me to care too much about the rainout when we got the massive scherzer break to begin with.

 

oh well, if we do end up losing, I guess it's easier to swallow this way instead of heartbreaking losses

 

Yes, sometimes great pitchers aren't great. But when they are, it's hard to beat them. Good thing our starters have given up a grand total of 1 earned run this series.

 

It's the playoffs. Anything can happen in a short series.

[Wilson A2000]

Strasburg said he's surprised at how well he pitched

[TMan92]

 

Lester only threw 55 pitches. Jake 90sh

My guess on NLCS rotation

 

Q

Lester

Hendricks

Jake

 

Q likely won't be available if the Cubs advance.

 

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Why the distrust in Monty? And why is Lackey on the roster then if he can’t be a long guy?

 

The lack of Rondon is really irritating.

[LeonDurham]

You guys have to stop talking about the NLCS rotation.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

You guys have to stop talking about the NLCS rotation.

 

Um... why?

[CaliforniaRaisin]

 

Lester only threw 55 pitches. Jake 90sh

My guess on NLCS rotation

 

Q

Lester

Hendricks

Jake

 

Q likely won't be available if the Cubs advance.

 

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Hendricks is going 7 so......

 

But yeah, if they use Q tomorrow I'd imagine that would put Montgomery in line to start Game 1 unless they do something stupid like go with Lackey.

 

Maddon won't trust Hendricks to go 7. He didn't trust Hendricks to go 5, up 5-1 in Game 7 of the World Series.

[Cubswin11]

You guys have to stop talking about the NLCS rotation.

Trust the process, dude. It’s like when you are fishing and running low on bait then you catch a fish with a crawler that you knew was too big to put on the hook but the fish ate none of it so you can now rip that crawler in to 3 pieces and suddenly you have too much bait.

[UMFan83]

the series is tied 2-2, but the cubs performance in this series is disappointing

 

The only thing that has really disappointed me has been the defensive lapses. I expected runs would be at a premium, and the Nats caught a huge beak with the rainout.

 

sale, kluber, kershaw, and grienke gave all been knocked around this postseason. 8 runs in 4 games is disappointing. it's hard for me to care too much about the rainout when we got the massive scherzer break to begin with.

 

oh well, if we do end up losing, I guess it's easier to swallow this way instead of heartbreaking losses

 

What massive Scherzer break? One of Strasburg/Scherzer was going to start twice and the other once and that's what happened. Plus Scherzer absolutely dominated in his start and should be available out of the pen in game 5. And Strasburg dominated in both his starts so it's not like you can say the Nats would be better off with Max starting twice instead.

 

The ability of the Nats to start Gio a second time instead of Tanner Roark, by far the worst starter on either team, was a dramatic break for Washington

[soccer10k]

I feel like this is a good time to point out that Dusty's teams are 3-12 all time with the chance to close out a series including 1-12 starting with the 02 World Series and have lost their last nine.

[UMFan83]

You guys have to stop talking about the NLCS rotation.

 

Why not? It's not going to affect the outcome of the game and I'd rather display confidence and swagger then pessimism and weakness