FergieJ31

If I were a Mets fan, this little snippet of NLCS Game 7 just became a lot more bitter:

+1 Great posts in this thread. Like many others I'd love to see the Cubs win it for a family member: in my case my older brother, who passed away two years ago. The greatest Cub fan I ever knew, and I miss him very much.

Trachsel's always been a little high strung. Remember in Sept '98 when he gave up HR #62 to McGwire at Busch? Trachsel was really pissed that McGwire got high-fives from some of the Cubs infielders (I know for certain Grace gave him one). I actually don't blame him for being pissed -- after all, the Cubs were in a playoff drive so it wasn't a meaningless HR in the bigger picture -- but IIRC Trachsel publically called out his teammates for doing that.

I want to echo this post. Any fanbase in baseball in the Brewers' position would have people feeling the same way, but it's a pretty small and deliberate sample size represented in the quotes in this thread. I don't have the time now, but when I get home, I'm sure it won't be too tough to pull up quotes of a much more level-headed nature from over there. By and large, that's a decent community. Completely agree with the last few posts. There are wingnuts in every fanbase. brewcrewfandave is absolutely right, as far as I can tell, when he says it's mainly one poster spewing sour grapes. The Cubs have had more than their share of hard luck since . Nobody cried for us when we had tough breaks in the 2003 NLCS and late 2004, and key injuries + more tough breaks in 2005 and 2006. And so I'm sure the more rational Brewer fans out there understand this completely: There is no such thing as karma or law of averages ... but .. if there were such as thing, we're still far from being in the black on the ledger of lucky breaks.

This one is really awesome. Especially since it's got _______ ____ in it. Geovany Soto? The ump is surreptitiously feeling up Soto's lat, and who can blame him. Great pics siuc! Thanks for taking the time to share. That Wrigley wide angle shot is now my laptop's desktop.

This footage is pretty cool too, Sori's game-winner in the crazy 10-9 win over Colorado: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=miHHT5jxrWk&mode=related&search=

That was before today, at least I am assuming it will go down after today. Cubs = 97.4 Brewers = 2.6 Wow, it's really that much in our favor now? I could see the crew ripping off, say 5-2 in their last 7 at home. Cubs would need to win 2 games, on the road. That's losing 2/3 in each series. Ok, it's definitely in our favor big time but I would have thought more like 80%. Going strictly by a conservative even odds assumption for all remaining Cubs & Brewers games, the Cubs have a 91.0% chance of winning: Set aside the baseballprospectus method of calculating odds for a moment: There are 13 games left, and for the Brewers to win outright at least 10 must go their way, or 9 to draw even with the Cubs for a tie-breaker. Assume even odds in all contests, prob = 1/2. Out of 2^13 scenarios (8192), the Brewers win outright in just C(13,10) + C(13,11) + C(13, 12) + C(13,13) = 286 + 78 + 13 + 1 = 378 scenarios, or 4.6%. Out of the C(13,9) = 715 tie scenarios assume the Brewers win half of these, giving an extra 715/2 = 357.5 winning scenarios. 378 Brewers win outright 357.5 Tie, Brewers win tie-breaker --------------------- 735.5, or 8.98% chance of Brewers winning. I don't think p=1/2 is a bad default assumption for each remaining game. I like the Cubs' chances but this thing ain't over yet.

Silverchair - Straight Lines here's the song as I uploaded it to Megaupload: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=C2JCU8VP Thanks - cool tune. "Lately I'm a desperate believer" pretty much sums up the feeling right now.

Ohhh -oh -ohhhhh Ohhh -oh -ohhhhh Thank you Thorman, thank you Braves.

Cool video - does anyone know the song?

Thank you Braves - hitting a game-typing HR down to your last out, wow: http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270922115_Brewers_Braves_53252218_live.png

Just remember, the camera adds 150 lbs. Then I think he's got a couple of cameras pointed at him.

I am a die-hard Braves fan!! for the weekend

Wow, thanks Mr Whiny Brewer Fan, thanks for taking the time to type all that out. I really enjoyed the post. Some nice memories of the Cubs capitalizing on situations as good teams usually do.

The trend is your friend: http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270921116_Pirates_Cubs_52483172_live.png

I predict one actual DP for every five predictions. Go Cubs!

then i don't think you understand the question The question posed by the OP is pretty clear: It's a ridiculous question - why do we give a rat's ass about this type of "fan"? Who cares? It's not the case for 99.9% of the posters on NSBB.

I think the lefty part is a red herring: the Cubs (or pretty much any team for that matter) don't fare well against finesse pitchers w/good control that change speeds well. The southpaws who have faced the Cubs this year tend to fall into this category.

+1 Wasn't there a thread on this last month, based on some dumb Mariotti column?

What part of last night was on "stupid crap"? A walk, a line drive single by Lee, a gapper by Aram? It was the part where the Cubs got a buttload of borderline calls from the umpires and their centerfielder made a leaping catch into the ivy wall to rob a ball that would've been a homer in any other spot in the ballpark. Oh you say that was the Reds? Sure, but there was that botched call at first on an inning-ending DP (or what should have been) which directly resulted in a run. Oh wait ... you say that was the Reds too? Ooops, never mind. :oops:

Like so many things in baseball (and in life), he isn't as bad as his detractors say nor is he as good as his backers say. But according to my wife, he is as hot as the Lincoln Park Trixies say.

i like soto just fine. but come on, he's not in THAT league. there are at least 100+ posts that are just his name right now. it's ludicrous And we're gonna keep on posting his name til you learn to spell it right, mister.

Trachsel is 0-2 as a Cub vs KC going back to summer of 1998 and 1999. In those two starts he gave up 13 ER in 13 IP I had to check :D

http://www.fangraphs.com/lgraphs/270912118_Cubs_Astros_49100735_live.png

Yes, we do. W