2019 Other Games Thread

[PackLandVA]

Tied, 2 on, and noooobody out!

[Schwarber Fan]

Hate to say it, but the Cubs would’ve gone 1-2-3 against Iglesias in this spot. Cards tied it, still no outs and about to win it. Not a great day in the standings.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

horsefeathers off Reds

[Schwarber Fan]

Reds didn’t get a single out.

 

Cards will win 2 more tomorrow so we better win our game.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Reds going to get beat 2 times tomorrow as well. No point to follow along.

[Cubswin11]

Iglesias is the perfect example of how teams should trade RPs during their good seasons when the team sucks vs holding on to them thinking they’ll ever contribute when they hit a competitive window

[UMFan83]

Gotta hand it to the Cardinals, easy as hell schedule but they are 17-4 in their last 21 games. They are doing what the Brewers did last year.

[Cubswin11]

Gotta hand it to the Cardinals, easy as hell schedule but they are 17-4 in their last 21 games. They are doing what the Brewers did last year.

Yeah it’s annoying as horsefeathers because they aren’t good, but good on them. Hopefully they don’t keep it up for September and normalize to their true talent. Annoying we’ve won 9 or 13 and stayed neutral (or lost?) ground. Still gonna have a chance with the 7 against them and them hopefully cooling off.

[17 Seconds]

Gotta hand it to the Cardinals, easy as hell schedule but they are 17-4 in their last 21 games. They are doing what the Brewers did last year.

Yeah it’s annoying as horsefeathers because they aren’t good, but good on them. Hopefully they don’t keep it up for September and normalize to their true talent. Annoying we’ve won 9 or 13 and stayed neutral (or lost?) ground. Still gonna have a chance with the 7 against them and them hopefully cooling off.

 

how are they "not good"?

[Cubswin11]

Gotta hand it to the Cardinals, easy as hell schedule but they are 17-4 in their last 21 games. They are doing what the Brewers did last year.

Yeah it’s annoying as horsefeathers because they aren’t good, but good on them. Hopefully they don’t keep it up for September and normalize to their true talent. Annoying we’ve won 9 or 13 and stayed neutral (or lost?) ground. Still gonna have a chance with the 7 against them and them hopefully cooling off.

 

how are they "not good"?

Because they aren’t. It took a 17-4 record vs horsefeathers teams to get on a 90 win pace and where they’re at. They did this last year in August too. I’m dubious they finish with more than 85 wins. It’s like the Brewers last year that took the heater of all heaters to take us down, maybe it happens again. But we’re better and have 7 shots vs them and they can’t keep playing like .850 baseball for the next month, a correction is due.

[TMan92]

Yeah it’s annoying as horsefeathers because they aren’t good, but good on them. Hopefully they don’t keep it up for September and normalize to their true talent. Annoying we’ve won 9 or 13 and stayed neutral (or lost?) ground. Still gonna have a chance with the 7 against them and them hopefully cooling off.

 

how are they "not good"?

Because they aren’t. It took a 17-4 record vs horsefeathers teams to get on a 90 win pace and where they’re at. They did this last year in August too. I’m dubious they finish with more than 85 wins. It’s like the Brewers last year that took the heater of all heaters to take us down, maybe it happens again. But we’re better and have 7 shots vs them and they can’t keep playing like .850 baseball for the next month, a correction is due.

 

I uttered these exact same words last year.

[Cubswin11]

 

how are they "not good"?

Because they aren’t. It took a 17-4 record vs horsefeathers teams to get on a 90 win pace and where they’re at. They did this last year in August too. I’m dubious they finish with more than 85 wins. It’s like the Brewers last year that took the heater of all heaters to take us down, maybe it happens again. But we’re better and have 7 shots vs them and they can’t keep playing like .850 baseball for the next month, a correction is due.

 

I uttered these exact same words last year.

Oh sure, it is similar to last year. Except like 6-8 wins less on projections to win the division. Yes the Cubs are disappointing and underachieving, that is true and annoying. But luckily the team they’re competing with is worse and hopefully doesn’t play .800 baseball for over a month.

[Sammy Sofa]

Because run differential is a sham stat, dammit.

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Don’t worry Reds are blowing it again.

[Derwood]

Verlander with no-no #3

[Andy]

Verlander with no-no #3

We're back to the days when all I had was to hope certain World Series matchups didn't happen, but since STL vs Houston looks like a mortal lock now that's gonna be a sad existence

[NWICubsFan]

Create-a-player homerun ties it for the Cardinals. Unbelievable how any horsefeathers they bring up mashes instantly for them. I’m so tired of this horsefeathers.

[TMan92]

Create-a-player homerun ties it for the Cardinals. Unbelievable how any horsefeathers they bring up mashes instantly for them. I’m so tired of this horsefeathers.

 

Three walks a triple and a homer so far. Fantastic.

[17 Seconds]

Yeah it’s annoying as horsefeathers because they aren’t good, but good on them. Hopefully they don’t keep it up for September and normalize to their true talent. Annoying we’ve won 9 or 13 and stayed neutral (or lost?) ground. Still gonna have a chance with the 7 against them and them hopefully cooling off.

 

how are they "not good"?

Because they aren’t. It took a 17-4 record vs horsefeathers teams to get on a 90 win pace and where they’re at. They did this last year in August too. I’m dubious they finish with more than 85 wins. It’s like the Brewers last year that took the heater of all heaters to take us down, maybe it happens again. But we’re better and have 7 shots vs them and they can’t keep playing like .850 baseball for the next month, a correction is due.

 

assuming they lose the game going on right now, they'd have to go 9-17 the rest of the way to finish with only 85 wins. and why does it matter that the 17-4 stretch just happened? those games count. you get a good record by having runs like that. you basically just said "it took them winning a lot of games to have a good record."

[Schwarber Fan]

Reds take game 2. Cards have a 4 game set at home with San Fran next before going to Pittsburgh. Hopefully we can pick up a game or two.

[Cubswin11]

 

how are they "not good"?

Because they aren’t. It took a 17-4 record vs horsefeathers teams to get on a 90 win pace and where they’re at. They did this last year in August too. I’m dubious they finish with more than 85 wins. It’s like the Brewers last year that took the heater of all heaters to take us down, maybe it happens again. But we’re better and have 7 shots vs them and they can’t keep playing like .850 baseball for the next month, a correction is due.

 

assuming they lose the game going on right now, they'd have to go 9-17 the rest of the way to finish with only 85 wins. and why does it matter that the 17-4 stretch just happened? those games count. you get a good record by having runs like that. you basically just said "it took them winning a lot of games to have a good record."

A 17-4 record over 21 is more than a “run” and it’s not something that just happens with the talent level they have. They accomplished it, good for them, but they really aren’t that good. The Cubs also aren’t that good but it’s still taking a team going on like a 99th percentile heater to keep them out of first.

[17 Seconds]

oh brother

[Cubswin11]

oh brother

I don’t know what’s so hard to get. You can think both the Cubs aren’t very good, annoying and underachievers while also thinking the Cardinals aren’t very good, worse than then Cubs and overachieving the last ~month.

 

After yesterday and today though the math is getting hard to win the division, it’s still possible but not probable and just because the Cardinals likely go on to win the division doesn’t mean my stance is necessarily wrong.

Edited September 2, 2019 by Cubswin11

[Cubswin11]

The Reds somehow beat the Cardinals in Game 2 tonight. Hopefully we can have a 4-2 week and the Cardinals can go 3-4 (home for, 4 vs Giants and at Rats for 3).

[17 Seconds]

oh brother

I don’t know what’s so hard to get. You can think both the Cubs aren’t very good, annoying and underachievers while also thinking the Cardinals aren’t very good, worse than then Cubs and overachieving the last ~month.

 

After yesterday and today though the math is getting hard to win the division, it’s still possible but not probable and just because the Cardinals likely go on to win the division doesn’t mean my stance is necessarily wrong.

 

you're a cool dude, but essentially saying that the cardinals aren't a good team because their wins came in bunches is silly. nobody is saying they're great, but they're clearly good.