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On comcast, the jump back goes farther back the faster you rewind. I wish I could turn off that feature.

It's the only civilized option.

I was hoping that you meant Rickey Henderson.

Oh god why did I read the comments. I didn't get past the first one before I closed the page. I made it through three comments.

where they getting 30 of those wins from? Hey, 5 wins means the cupboard wasn't completely bare.

It has a meaning similar to "driving around with a bucket of thick onion gravy".

The only reason I can't do that now is that my kids won't let me sleep much past 7 on the weekends.

The only difference between question mark Pederson and sure thing Bryant is 112 points of BABIP. They K at the same rate and Pederson walks a decent clip more. Sure, I just didn't want to get into that part of the debate. The Dodgers are definitely in a good position.

I'm 39 and I don't have problems with any of these things. Maybe it will hit hard next birthday? :-k

What was Ryu's injury? Shouldn't he be back? Wood was rough with the Dodgers in the second half, but he's still a quality arm. There's still about a 90+% chance they re-sign Greinke. They have De Leon ready in the minors. McCarthy will be back at some point. Kershaw Greinke Ryu Wood McCarthy Beachy De Leon Cotton I'd love to have that heading into 2016. Urias might be ready at some point in 2016. Also, Pederson has questions similar to all of the Cubs prospects other than Bryant. Hernandez is a good player as well.

Oh, I know he's not responsible for the 300ish they've spent. But I do put blame on him for not going harder after an elite SP at the deadline, with where their teams win curve is. And considering they can blow past where their payroll is even now, I guess I lay some blame on them not getting an elite arm last offseason. To not address it at either point seems like a true mistake for sure. They definitely could have spent on the pen at either time too, but went for lesser guys, instead of the elite guys in that instance as well. I may be nitpicking him, but they've got money coming off, had the ability to do much more monetarily, and just didn't utilize the payroll advantage nearly as much as what I would have thought he would have. They have two cy young caliber guys and a crapton of depth. And you are criticizing him for the exact opposite reason you stated in the first place. My original stance on Friedman is that I'm not convinced he'll handle having a large payroll as effectively as some others might. They certainly have depth, no question there. It's not a matter of how much he spends, in my mind. He had the chance to add elite guys instead of depth for both starting pitching and out of the pen and did neither, in a season where they were at/near/maybe slight past their best shot at all of this.....And went safe, instead of taking a risk. I get that playoffs are a crapshoot for the most part and that very well may weaken my stance here. But for THAT team, with THOSE resources, to not have done more over his reign than building depth, it makes me wonder how he'll handle it going forward. They have just as much of a window as the Cubs. They have tons of young players, an excellent system, and tons of money. If everyone should be happy with the Cubs season, why doesn't the same apply to them?

It's still real to him.

I'm rooting (but not watching any further games) for whichever team will beat the Mets.

Just make a thread, it's not like we're running out of room.

Yep. Mets were always the team I hated, not the cardinals.

I'm not going to bother watching next regular season.

Yep. We need some fire hot taeks up in here to get the Cubs motivated.

Unlikely. They are getting dominated.

Lmao. What do you think the Mets have?

I hear ya, man. Give me at least 2 wins, though a series win after an 0-3 deficit would be simply magical. Coming back from 0-2 is magical enough for me.

This is going to look worse when the Mets get swept by the Royals.

Does game six move to prime time if there is no game 7 of the ALCS? Yes, it would be at 8 ET. Hopefully the ALCS ends early if the Cubs haven't finished off the Mets by then.

Does game six move to prime time if there is no game 7 of the ALCS?

Mark Prior

Fire in the sky, [expletive].