MLB Playoffs 2021

[CyHawk_Cub]

There isn't a 'good' fan basein pretty much all of professional sports.

 

I went to one of my nephew's little league games in July. Any shred of faith I had left in humanity left me that day.

[squally1313]

There isn't a 'good' fan basein pretty much all of professional sports.

 

I went to one of my nephew's little league games in July. Any shred of faith I had left in humanity left me that day.

 

Just moved out to the suburbs and we're right down the street from a huge park with a ton of baseball/football/soccer fields. Only have a 2 year old, so don't have to deal directly with it for a while, but walked over and started watching a football game with 10 year olds and my god, the Dads involved. At this point that's probably better argument for me than the health issues.

[Backtobanks]

but there's like 8 dudes on their team that I'd trade anyone on ours for, both talent wise and personality wise.

 

The Tribune used to post an all Chicago team at the all star break. Even before the trade deadline, you would be hard pressed to put anyone except Bryant and Contreras in the starting eight.

[Cubswin11]

horsefeathers the White Sox and their petty little brother fans who have to relate everything to the Cubs for no reason on top of the local media mostly fawning over them. I was told rebuilds were easy and they’re a dynasty. Lol

[Brian707]

Abreu gets accidentally hit by pitch and Larussa loses his horsefeathers down 7-1. This team will never sniff a WS with him as manager

[d_money]

Altuve comes up to bat in the top of the 9th with 2 on. The fans are booing him before he steps in the box. He drills the first pitch for a 3 run bomb making it 10-1. Haha Edited October 12, 2021 by d_money

[UMFan83]

Can you believe that the Astros now have players who are 3rd (Altuve - 20), 5th (Springer - 19) and 10th (Correa - 17) in all time post season HRs?

[UMFan83]

but there's like 8 dudes on their team that I'd trade anyone on ours for, both talent wise and personality wise.

 

As Cubs fans have seen, the easy part is acquiring talent when the expectations are very low and you can afford to make mistakes and grab players off the scrap heap and give them playing time to find hidden gems because you are tanking. In 2017, the Cubs had 8 dudes on our team that Sox fans would trade anyone on theirs for. Things change quickly.

 

If the Sox want to win and sustain winning they have to hit on a high percentage of their moves from here on, otherwise they will end up with a flawed offense of good hitters, middling farm system and no room to add payroll. We are lucky the Cubs put it together and won, but did not succeed in our goal to build a sustainable consistent winner that does not require a teardown rebuild. Time will tell if the Sox can fare differently, but I will say I was never a big fan of Hahn. He did the easy part but I'm not sure if he can do the hard part.

[d_money]

Then you look at the Astros, Red Sox, Dodgers…who have put it together consistently year after year. White Sox could fall into this category.

[17 Seconds]

these playoffs have been delightful so far

[Cubswin11]

Then you look at the Astros, Red Sox, Dodgers…who have put it together consistently year after year. White Sox could fall into this category.

The Red Sox have been under .500 3 of the last 7 years. Far more likely the White Sox are just kind of good and not some juggernaut, sustainable success team since they don’t really have a super star and seemingly are tapped out on spending. Their division gives them a little handicap but they really aren’t all that good or set up all that well. This core hasn’t won a playoff series yet, they might just be perfectly mediocre without the ability to really add.

[UMFan83]

Then you look at the Astros, Red Sox, Dodgers…who have put it together consistently year after year. White Sox could fall into this category.

 

Yeah but like I said before I don’t know if I see Hahn or the White Sox organization as the kind that will stay ahead of the curve and make good decisions more often than not. I guess time will tell

 

For example, they hired Tony LaRussa. Yes there is a

belief that Hahn didn’t want to hire him but that says a lot about the organization

[cl smooth]

Frederick Freeman just took Josh “Hard R” Hader deep. Braves up 5-4, top of the 9th.

[UMFan83]

Aww boo hoo Brewers

[sweetpeteman]

Frederick Freeman just took Josh “Hard R” Hader deep. Braves up 5-4, top of the 9th.

 

 

Just confirms that Rizzo is a better pitcher than Hader.

 

 

And Yelich k's on 3 pitches to end the Brewers' season.

[UMFan83]

Frederick Freeman just took Josh “Hard R” Hader deep. Braves up 5-4, top of the 9th.

 

For someone who puts up such great numbers he sure seems to give up big hits a lot

 

Also when do the Brewers regret that Yelich contract? $26 million a year for the next 7 years for a guy that hasn’t gotten his OPS over .800 the last 2 seasons

[cl smooth]

Frederick Freeman just took Josh “Hard R” Hader deep. Braves up 5-4, top of the 9th.

 

 

Just confirms that Rizzo is a better pitcher than Hader.

 

 

And Yelich k's on 3 pitches to end the Brewers' season.

 

Yelich looked so lost at the plate during that at-bat.

[17 Seconds]

all that winning in the regular season, and they couldn't even get by an 88 win team missing it's superstar

[Cubswin11]

lol Brewers and Hader. Yelich is broken and the Brewers horsefeathering suck. Spend money and resources this offseason Jed because this division sucks.

[UMFan83]

The AL and NL Central have combined to go 4-21 in the playoffs over the last 2 seasons, 0-10 in playoff rounds

 

Cubs 0-2

Reds 0-2

Twins 0-2

Indians 0-2

Cardinals 1-3

Brewers 1-5

White Sox 2-5

[17 Seconds]

i love how teams lose in the playoffs and it's always "only the beginning" for that team, according to their fans.

[cl smooth]

 

[d_money]

Then you look at the Astros, Red Sox, Dodgers…who have put it together consistently year after year. White Sox could fall into this category.

The Red Sox have been under .500 3 of the last 7 years. Far more likely the White Sox are just kind of good and not some juggernaut, sustainable success team since they don’t really have a super star and seemingly are tapped out on spending. Their division gives them a little handicap but they really aren’t all that good or set up all that well. This core hasn’t won a playoff series yet, they might just be perfectly mediocre without the ability to really add.

True about the Red Sox recent history, I guess I was thinking the 4 WS championships beginning in 2004.

[UMFan83]

Then you look at the Astros, Red Sox, Dodgers…who have put it together consistently year after year. White Sox could fall into this category.

The Red Sox have been under .500 3 of the last 7 years. Far more likely the White Sox are just kind of good and not some juggernaut, sustainable success team since they don’t really have a super star and seemingly are tapped out on spending. Their division gives them a little handicap but they really aren’t all that good or set up all that well. This core hasn’t won a playoff series yet, they might just be perfectly mediocre without the ability to really add.

True about the Red Sox recent history, I guess I was thinking the 4 WS championships beginning in 2004.

 

They aren’t consistently good but they are never 2 years away from being good it feels like. They retool like when they traded Betts but they always seem to put it together shortly afterwards

[PackLandVA]

 

Also when do the Brewers regret that Yelich contract? $26 million a year for the next 7 years for a guy that hasn’t gotten his OPS over .800 the last 2 seasons

 

Wasn't there talk of some of Milwaukee's own 'home-cookin' hijinks' during the 2018 & 2019 seasons? I'm seem to recall Yelich's number being absurd at home, especially his power number those two seasons (22/14 & 27/17). Then the Astros got busted at the end of 2019 and remarkably, Yelich becomes worse, like horrible.