4/10 pirates (nova) at cubs (chatwood) 1:20 cdt abc7

[treebird]

welcome to gam thread i am treeburd

 

cubs are finally playing some good ball glad the nachos worked and now we can move on to something else

 

just kidding we will never get enough

 

Edited April 9, 2018 by treebird

[Brian]

I haven done zero research, and don't even know who they've played. But is there a reason the Pirates are 7-2 besides early season anomaly or is there a chance they'll be decent this year?

[Cubswin11]

I haven done zero research, and don't even know who they've played. But is there a reason the Pirates are 7-2 besides early season anomaly or is there a chance they'll be decent this year?

They’ve started so well/banked a lot of wins already they could end up being kinda Brewers or Cardinal like from last year. Kinda in it but not really for the division and a WC team until the end. They also haven’t really played a real team yet, Tigers for 3, Twins for 2 and Reds for 4. They’re probably still closer to a 78 win team than a 85 win team but the early wins/start will help them outperform projections a bit.

[Sammy Sofa]

tree has lead us to the promised lan.

 

[Cubswin11]

With snow/rain in the forecast tomorrow they should just cancel this game. The forecast for Tues, Wednesday and Thursday looks soo much better.

[Sammy Sofa]

With snow/rain in the forecast tomorrow they should just cancel this game. The forecast for Tues, Wednesday and Thursday looks soo much better.

 

It's, like, 5% chance of precipitation at game time and then basically 0% for the rest of the day.

[r_mack]

With snow/rain in the forecast tomorrow they should just cancel this game. The forecast for Tues, Wednesday and Thursday looks soo much better.

Forecast sucks until Thursday

[badger]

tree has lead us to the promised lan.

 

 

where, no, how does one find a gif like that?

[philosophizer75]

Probably typed in "nacho angel" and then scrolled through like 100 pages of gifs til that one revealed itself unto his unworthy eyes.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

With snow/rain in the forecast tomorrow they should just cancel this game. The forecast for Tues, Wednesday and Thursday looks soo much better.

Forecast sucks until Thursday

 

Outside of the temperature all week and maybe the precip during Wednesday's game (40% chance of scattered showers), it's actually not that bad for early April. Looked a loooooooooot worse a few days ago.

[Omar]

because of the mess that nachos make, i think its best if the chips are all crushed and mixed with the cheese and toppings, so they can easily be eaten w/ spoons & forks

 

i hate getting cheese on my hands at games

 

please don't hate me

[wvcbxl]

As I'll be able to watch this game, I feel obliged to purchase some nachos on the way home.

[bukie]

I haven done zero research, and don't even know who they've played. But is there a reason the Pirates are 7-2 besides early season anomaly or is there a chance they'll be decent this year?

They’ve started so well/banked a lot of wins already they could end up being kinda Brewers or Cardinal like from last year. Kinda in it but not really for the division and a WC team until the end. They also haven’t really played a real team yet, Tigers for 3, Twins for 2 and Reds for 4. They’re probably still closer to a 78 win team than a 85 win team but the early wins/start will help them outperform projections a bit.

 

Nine games have been played. Nobody has banked a lot of wins already.

[Bull]

As I'll be able to watch this game, I feel obliged to purchase some nachos on the way home.

As you should.

[Bull]

I haven done zero research, and don't even know who they've played. But is there a reason the Pirates are 7-2 besides early season anomaly or is there a chance they'll be decent this year?

They’ve started so well/banked a lot of wins already they could end up being kinda Brewers or Cardinal like from last year. Kinda in it but not really for the division and a WC team until the end. They also haven’t really played a real team yet, Tigers for 3, Twins for 2 and Reds for 4. They’re probably still closer to a 78 win team than a 85 win team but the early wins/start will help them outperform projections a bit.

 

Nine games have been played. Nobody has banked a lot of wins already.

Going 7-2 to start the season turns a projected 81 win team into a projected 85 win team.

[bukie]

They’ve started so well/banked a lot of wins already they could end up being kinda Brewers or Cardinal like from last year. Kinda in it but not really for the division and a WC team until the end. They also haven’t really played a real team yet, Tigers for 3, Twins for 2 and Reds for 4. They’re probably still closer to a 78 win team than a 85 win team but the early wins/start will help them outperform projections a bit.

 

Nine games have been played. Nobody has banked a lot of wins already.

Going 7-2 to start the season turns a projected 81 win team into a projected 85 win team.

Statistically it does nothing of the sort. If theu are projecting for .500, they've banked 1-2 wins. If they were projected for, say, 70 wins, they've banked 2-3 wins.

[bukie]

For reference, the preseason SPI for Pittsburgh was 1490, slightly below average (average is 1500). After their start, they raised their rating by 5 points and their record projects to 81-81 instead of 79-83, due in part to the ratings of the Cards and Brewers dropping.

[squally1313]

Going .500 over 153 games is 76.5-76.5, add in their current record and you’re at 83.5-78.5. Maybe their performance so far raises expectations by a game the rest of the year, there’s 84.5. Splitting hairs at this point over a team that’s going to be 12-15 games behind us in September.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

Given their preseason expectations and the light schedule they've had so far, probably fair to say Pittsburgh has banked 2 wins already. That's nontrivial when it comes to wild card contention(and going back to the Cole trade I liked their outlook a bit better than the media consensus), but ultimately 9 games isn't going to make them a Brewers-in-'17-caliber annoyance.

[Derwood]

As I'll be able to watch this game, I feel obliged to purchase some nachos on the way home.

 

But Belgian nachos probably have raw herring and mayonnaise on them

[BigbadB]

As I'll be able to watch this game, I feel obliged to purchase some nachos on the way home.

 

But Belgian nachos probably have raw herring and mayonnaise on them

 

As it should! My nachos will have to be bean dip and hummus instead of cheese. I'm on a diet. My nachos might even be carrot sticks.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

*3 months later*

 

"Vaunted Pirates"

[UMFan83]

Wrigley Field less than 4 hours before scheduled first pitch:

 

[treebird]

[UMFan83]

Make that less than 5 hours before scheduled first pitch