6/24 Cubs (Probably Montgomery) at Reds (Romano) 12:10, NBCS

[SouthSideRyan]

Hey hey! I've been in Reno for 3 days did I miss anything?

[Perd]

Well, I was hoping for a sweep when the series began.

[PackLandVA]

My guess is the Cubs’ bats break out on Sunday only to be silenced again in LA. They’ll win one in LA but not the Lester start. Probably Hendricks or Q game with BP being lights out.

 

Then at least they can limp home and get good against bad teams. Isn’t that the theme lately?

Edited June 23, 2018 by PackLandVA

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[Bryants Disco Ball]

My guess is the Cubs’ bats break out on Sunday only to be silenced again in LA. They’ll win one in LA but not the Lester start. Probably Hendricks or Q game with BP being lights out.

 

Then at least they can limp home and get good against bad teams. Isn’t that the theme lately?

 

Wondering if going against good pitching might help the offense.

[Sammy Sofa]

The Cubs are mostly a good team, but they're too often the better team by simple default as opposed to being truly awesome.

 

Wait, that doesn't make a [expletive] shred of sense. NEVERMIND.

[CaliforniaRaisin]

Hey hey! I've been in Reno for 3 days did I miss anything?

 

Hey, I'm down for a nice long win streak with Simpsons GIFs.

 

[Bryants Disco Ball]

The Cubs are mostly a good team, but they're too often the better team by simple default as opposed to being truly awesome.

 

Wait, that doesn't make a [expletive] shred of sense. NEVERMIND.

 

Feel like this is an extension of your RD theory, but not really sure.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Did you know? Entering Sunday, we have scored three or fewer runs in exactly half our games this season. That 50 percent mark is quite high for us during our good years.

 

ETA: However, a team like the Nationals also have scored three or fewer the same number of times, and have only played a few more games. Maybe their offense sucks this year and I haven't been paying attention, but at least it's not crazy or something.

[Sammy Sofa]

The Cubs are mostly a good team, but they're too often the better team by simple default as opposed to being truly awesome.

 

Wait, that doesn't make a [expletive] shred of sense. NEVERMIND.

 

Feel like this is an extension of your RD theory, but not really sure.

 

Which is clearly insane, soooooooo....

[SouthSideRyan]

I really hope Sal Romano looks like Danny Aiello, that should help our chances

[17 Seconds]

The Cubs are mostly a good team, but they're too often the better team by simple default as opposed to being truly awesome.

 

Wait, that doesn't make a [expletive] shred of sense. NEVERMIND.

 

Feel like this is an extension of your RD theory, but not really sure.

 

Which is clearly insane, soooooooo....

 

unfortunately, you're making a lot of sense. it feels like they've been getting the least out of their talent for a while.

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

Feel like this is an extension of your RD theory, but not really sure.

 

Which is clearly insane, soooooooo....

 

unfortunately, you're making a lot of sense. it feels like they've been getting the least out of their talent for a while.

 

Yeah, the 97-win average of the past three years, the 92-win pace this year, the two consecutive division titles, the 3 straight NLCS appearances, and the World Series championship really make me feel this way too.

[Sammy Sofa]

 

Which is clearly insane, soooooooo....

 

unfortunately, you're making a lot of sense. it feels like they've been getting the least out of their talent for a while.

 

Yeah, the 97-win average of the past three years, the 92-win pace this year, the two consecutive division titles, the 3 straight NLCS appearances, and the World Series championship really make me feel this way too.

 

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[NonProfitCow]

I'm trying to play catch up with my bookie, so I'm betting a pretty good bit on you guys tomorrow. I can't bet on my team of stupid idiots.

 

Go Cobs.

[17 Seconds]

 

Which is clearly insane, soooooooo....

 

unfortunately, you're making a lot of sense. it feels like they've been getting the least out of their talent for a while.

 

Yeah, the 97-win average of the past three years, the 92-win pace this year, the two consecutive division titles, the 3 straight NLCS appearances, and the World Series championship really make me feel this way too.

 

oh god, get the horsefeathers over yourself man

[Derwood]

 

unfortunately, you're making a lot of sense. it feels like they've been getting the least out of their talent for a while.

 

Yeah, the 97-win average of the past three years, the 92-win pace this year, the two consecutive division titles, the 3 straight NLCS appearances, and the World Series championship really make me feel this way too.

 

oh god, get the horsefeathers over yourself man

 

Duke is, like, reverse Kyle-ing right now

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

Yeah, the 97-win average of the past three years, the 92-win pace this year, the two consecutive division titles, the 3 straight NLCS appearances, and the World Series championship really make me feel this way too.

 

oh god, get the horsefeathers over yourself man

 

Duke is, like, reverse Kyle-ing right now

 

Just stating facts. I think it's odd people hate the best Cubs' teams of their lifetimes.

[Sammy Sofa]

Bruh, nobody hates the team except for that r_mack guy.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Bruh, nobody hates the team except for that r_mack guy.

 

And that guy who pretended to be a Cubs fan but got mad about an insult toward the Cardinals' crappy infield defense.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

Bottom line? Duker is right 93 percent of the time, and it's even a better rate when he predicts the most important stuff, i.e. where our team will finish at the end of the season etc. Right now, I trust Duker even more than I trust the Cubs.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

One more thing, I know it doesn't make a ton of sense, but I really would like Machado for the rest of the season.

[Derwood]

 

oh god, get the horsefeathers over yourself man

 

Duke is, like, reverse Kyle-ing right now

 

Just stating facts. I think it's odd people hate the best Cubs' teams of their lifetimes.

 

Also a fact: this team was a massively not fun suckfest in the first half last year. By the end, the NLCS run was awesome, and as a whole, the year was a success. But to pretend that on a day-to-day basis the team was fun to watch is revisionist history.

 

And despite the good overall record/pace right now, the team is not fun to watch as often as it is a blast to watch

[Fro]

There was a especially dumb caller on WLW's postgame show (Reds Radio station) on the way back from the game talking about how "nobody wants to play the Reds now!" and how the Cubs suck, "they've only won one World Series in 108 years, let me know when they've won TWO IN A ROW LIKE THE BIG RED MACHINE... I don't think they'll ever be able to do it!"

 

Hopefully we drop about 30 runs on the Reds

[Aaron_Kennelly]

 

Duke is, like, reverse Kyle-ing right now

 

Just stating facts. I think it's odd people hate the best Cubs' teams of their lifetimes.

 

Also a fact: this team was a massively not fun suckfest in the first half last year. By the end, the NLCS run was awesome, and as a whole, the year was a success. But to pretend that on a day-to-day basis the team was fun to watch is revisionist history.

 

And despite the good overall record/pace right now, the team is not fun to watch as often as it is a blast to watch

 

Yeah, that's how baseball goes. Even the best teams lose like 70 games and only win 90. There's almost always going to be a near equal amount of fun and not fun, if we are just looking at wins and losses. They've definitely had some stinkers. But I've enjoyed watching them both of the last two years.