Brewers (TBD) vs Cubs (TBD): 10/9/25, 8:08pm

[Wilson A2000]

10 minutes ago, CUBDOM4life said:

Did you not watch tonight’s game?

Yes. It’s about time.

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

Shout out to Drew Pom. We all thought he was losing the pixie dust but now he hasn't allowed a baserunner in 5 postseason innings.

[UMFan83]

6 hours ago, soccer10k said:

Boyd I assume would go in Game 2 on normal rest.

He just crossed the threshold for most innings pitched in a season for him. I think giving him as much rest as possible is better, plus he’s simply better at Wrigley. Taillon has been pitching great and Horton hopefully is still pitching somewhere near the level he was at in September. I think those are the guys I want going not just in game 1 and 2 but games 5 and 6

[Geographyhater8888]

Uribe will have pitched 1 inning over the last 14 days. I hope the bats have enough familiarity with the brewers pen by now to score enough runs early because 2 inning of Uribe trailing in the later innings is bad news. Busch continues to money. Great bounce back from Boyd too.

[CubUgly]

6 hours ago, Tangled Up in Plaid said:

Shout out to Drew Pom. We all thought he was losing the pixie dust but now he hasn't allowed a baserunner in 5 postseason innings.

His stuff looked ELECTRIC.  Brewer hitters seemed at a loss!!  And man.....Boyd......I thought the tank was empty but that dude is a flat out competitor! WOW!

[Derwood]

Honestly, beat Milwaukee tomorrow and anything else is gravy. To come back from 0-2 against the pixie dust team (and beat them in their house) would be amazing and the rest is just playing with house money

[The_Achiever]

Last night was fun, the crowd bullied FREDDY into giving up that home run from Happ.  Wrigley is simply the best.  

All hands on deck, LETS horsefeathers GOOOOOOO!

[CubUgly]

10 minutes ago, The_Achiever said:

Last night was fun, the crowd bullied FREDDY into giving up that home run from Happ.  Wrigley is simply the best.  

All hands on deck, LETS horsefeathers GOOOOOOO!

Totally agree, the Wrigley crowd played a role in both wins - no doubt.  Murphy even alluded to it. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

Pleasantly surprise that the Cubs showed some fight to force a G5. 

[UMFan83]

Fangraphs has the Cubs as an extremely thin favorite to win Game 5 (based on their playoff odds metrics) 50.5% - 49.5%.

They also do not respect either the Cubs or Brewers against the Dodgers, as LA has a 70.2% chance of winning the NLCS according to them and a staggering 44.8% chance of winning another title.

Edited October 10, 2025 by UMFan83

[gflore34]

5 hours ago, Derwood said:

Honestly, beat Milwaukee tomorrow and anything else is gravy. To come back from 0-2 against the pixie dust team (and beat them in their house) would be amazing and the rest is just playing with house money

Just getting to this point they're already playing with house money.

Edited October 10, 2025 by gflore34

[Soul]

So happy the Cubs got off the mat and got back to this point.

[bukie]

2 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Fangraphs has the Cubs as an extremely thin favorite to win Game 5 (based on their playoff odds metrics) 50.5% - 49.5%.

They also do not respect either the Cubs or Brewers against the Dodgers, as LA has a 70.2% chance of winning the NLCS according to them and a staggering 44.8% chance of winning another title.

I don't think the NLCS is being played in Japan, so I like the Cubs chances better than that already.

[Rcal10]

2 hours ago, UMFan83 said:

Fangraphs has the Cubs as an extremely thin favorite to win Game 5 (based on their playoff odds metrics) 50.5% - 49.5%.

They also do not respect either the Cubs or Brewers against the Dodgers, as LA has a 70.2% chance of winning the NLCS according to them and a staggering 44.8% chance of winning another title.

Just shows you have different playoff baseball is then the regular season. During the season the Cubs beat LA 4 or 5 in the US, and the Brewers were 7-0. Yet the Dodgers are huge favorites. Maybe if they had to go to Phillie for game 5 they would be that heavy a favorite. But it would still be substantial. Doesn’t matter. 30% chance is still a chance. 

[bukie]

3 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Just shows you have different playoff baseball is then the regular season. During the season the Cubs beat LA 4 or 5 in the US, and the Brewers were 7-0. Yet the Dodgers are huge favorites. Maybe if they had to go to Phillie for game 5 they would be that heavy a favorite. But it would still be substantial. Doesn’t matter. 30% chance is still a chance. 

Keep in mind FG odds are based on a model of the Dodgers that projects them as some 110 win super team that never actually manifested during the year.

[Rcal10]

Just now, bukie said:

Keep in mind FG odds are based on a model of the Dodgers that projects them as some 110 win super team that never actually manifested during the year.

Keep in mind they are healthier than they have been all year. And had they been healthy this year they may have won 110 games. This team, as presently constructed, probably is a 110 win team. Between that, them rested so they can go with fresh arms through the series, the Cubs having to jumble their staff, they earned their 70% chance of beating either the Cubs or Brewers. I don’t think anyone would pick against the Dodgers and be able to make a compelling argument for the other team other than baseball is weird, so anything can happen. 

[gflore34]

14 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Keep in mind they are healthier than they have been all year. And had they been healthy this year they may have won 110 games. This team, as presently constructed, probably is a 110 win team. Between that, them rested so they can go with fresh arms through the series, the Cubs having to jumble their staff, they earned their 70% chance of beating either the Cubs or Brewers. I don’t think anyone would pick against the Dodgers and be able to make a compelling argument for the other team other than baseball is weird, so anything can happen. 

I been watching the same thing, the randomness of baseball aside, no one has much of chance.

[gflore34]

Re-watched the condensed game highlights, Suzuki K'ed twice on balls that were almost balls out of the pitchers' hand.  horsefeathers, those were frustrating when they occurred and they're frustrating to re-watch.  That said, I like where some of them bats are trending, Tucker' going to keep on, Busch and we've not seen the best from PCA - it's coming.

Edited October 10, 2025 by gflore34

[NorthsideAvenger]

5 hours ago, gflore34 said:

I been watching the same thing, the randomness of baseball aside, no one has much of chance.

Why play the games then?

Edited October 10, 2025 by NorthsideAvenger

[Rcal10]

51 minutes ago, NorthsideAvenger said:

Why play the games then?

Because if the randomness of baseball. There is not a good argument to suggest either the Brewers or the Cubs could beat the Dodgers. But baseball’s weird. So anything can happen. 

[NorthsideAvenger]

7 minutes ago, Rcal10 said:

Because if the randomness of baseball. There is not a good argument to suggest either the Brewers or the Cubs could beat the Dodgers. But baseball’s weird. So anything can happen. 

I know I can be a ninny when the Cubs are not playing well, but when people are pretty much giving up on the NLCS before the Cubs (or Brewers) even get there is dumbfounding to me.

 

[Caesar]

I’m hoping the Cubs win but if they don’t I don’t understand how anyone would root for the Dodgers to win. Let’s be honest the Brewers have been an honorable opponent to thee Cub. I have sympathy for them knowing how I suffered as a Cub fan when everyone assumed we would choke.