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  1. bukie
    #99: La Stella and Rizzo Double Up to Rally Cubs Over Brewers Why on the list? - Cubs came back from a 4-0 deficit after 5 innings of being stymied by Javy Guerra. By the 7th they finally got him to throw enough pitches to chase him, and they rallied off Will Smith with two doubles bookending an intentional walk to Bryant. This was also the last time La Stella provided net value to the Cubs this season, as he started just one more game before going into operation shutdown for a month after being annoyed at being demoted for Coghlan because the Cubs wanted to hold on to an extra LH bat. La Stella may not be on the Cubs next year, but he gets a ring too.
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    #100: Trevor Cahill Blanks Brewers, Flashes Leather Why on the list? - This was the first action Cahill had seen in over a month, after coming off the DL to toss in the first game of a double header, and he basically shut down the Brewers. This is your Trevor Cahill highlight of 2016, punctuated by a nice bang-bang play at first to nab Cub annoyance Kirk Nieuwenheis and help lock down a 4-0 victory in game 1 of the doubleheader.
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    I know Illinois is one of the lower ones, maybe one of the ones in the 20s, and Indiana is 120 I think... Is Rutgers a way lower number than they should be also? Oh, and I'm pretty sure Indiana will be Illinois by about 20 this Saturday, but then Illinois will inexplicably beat a good team and the Groce era will continue as it has until it inevitably ends after a First Four or NIT loss. Minnesota and Illinois are the low two, Indiana and Iowa are the high two. Also on the high end are Michigan and Ohio State, and the other low ones are Maryland, MSU and Nebraska
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    Yes and Schilling is right behind him too. There are easily 7-8 no doubt HOFers on the ballot this year thanks to the stupidity of the BBWAA, and the problem is just going to perpetuate until we actually get a year with 6-8 inductees. However, since there's a 10 vote limit and 20 arguable HOF players on the ballot now, the only way that happens would be to shaft actual HOF players on votes like with Lofton, McGwire or Posada this year. When you're the 20th best option on a 10 name ballot with the best hitter and pitcher since racial integration on it, and even they aren't getting inducted things are messed up.
  5. bukie
    Your tune will change when the Cubs are 80-20 in July.
  6. bukie
    One week into the conference season and the RPI is already hilarious. Particularly in the B1G. Guses which teams have which RPIs: 10, 25, 29, 34, 46, 48, 50, 56, 68, 81, 91, 120, 129, 145.
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    The "I've been pretty patient..." line is the biggest example of misplaced entitlement I've seen this year.
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    Nice to see Edwards on the list too, and that Jansens cutter isn't on it was that Lackeys slider was too good in comparison.
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    #101: Vedder Teams Up With Harry to Sing Final 7th Inning Stretch of 2016 Why on the list? - Didn't really affect the game itself, but have to give it to Vedder to really nail this one, especially in what had to be an extremely tense Wrigley crowd, in a 1-run elimination game. Plus, the stretch is a Wrigley tradition, only makes sense for the best stretch of the year to make the list.
  11. bukie
    Following the HOF ballot tracker via Ryan Thibodaux, through 143 public ballots there are 8 candidates over 70% : Bagwell, Raines, Rodriguez, and Guerrero are over 75%, Bonds, Clemens, Hoffman and Martinez are above 70. All I want at this point is enough votes for those 8 to get them all in, and enough votes for the other 9 viable candidates (Mussina, Schilling, Walker, Sosa, Wagner, Sheffield, Kent, McGriff, Ramirez) to keep them on the ballot for next year. Lee Smith is not getting voted in, and is off the ballot next year. Posada is the only other name on the ballot that could get enough support to make next year's ballot.
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    A good bit of the enjoyment of the thread stems from abject denial of just how bad the Cubs system was at that point. Hand wringing about giving up Jackson, Barney or Colvin because that was the best the Cubs had at that point.
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    Oh good, the Bills fired Ryan so the Bears can scoop him up next week.
  14. bukie
    I don't know why the prior post breaks the board width. Nothing is extra wide.
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    #102: Travis Wood and Clayton Richard are Heroes in Milwaukee Why on the list? - Well, let's see...first Travis Wood gets out of a bases-loaded, no-out jam in the 12th inning in the most Travis Wood way possible, three straight pop-outs. Then, Wood walks in the go ahead run in the 13th. After that, Clayton Richard gets out of a 2nd and 3rd 2 out jam in the 13th to pick up his first career save. Basically, the Cubs had no business winning this game several times over, but the Brewers just couldn't get it done against Wood and Richard, and thus leave in shame.
  16. bukie
    Interesting week 17 scenario: If the Packers and Lions tie, they both make the playoffs. If they don't tie, the winner gets the 4 seed and the loser would be likely out of the playoffs.
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    #103: Hammel Hits and Heyward Throws to Down Cards Why on the list? - Hammel was the only offense for the Cubs that day, and combined with a solid early start, held on to defeat the Cards 2-1. Heyward's catch and throw basically extinguished the only other threat the Cards mounted that day, and combined were the biggest WPA effects of the game. Between the pitching and the hitting, it was Hammel's biggest combined WPA in any game.
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    #104: Javy Baez Justifies Instant Replay With Sick Slides Why #104? - Before replay, those are two obvious outs. Maybe not game changers, but it's fun to watch. Why on the list? - Javy shows the world what happens when Javy is not the one tagging the runner. Hell, the second one he's clearly picked off, and both fielders hold the glove in front of the bag, so Javy dekes them, swims over, and reaches around the tag to the base. Just amazing, and it worked multiple times!
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    #105: Kalish and Russell Hit It Where They Ain't Why #105? - Sometimes it's better to be lucky than good. It's not exactly a walkoff, so it's an enjoyable moment but not extremely memorable. Why on the list? - Always fun to beat Dusty Baker's Nats, right? This was maybe Jason Hammel's worst start of the first half, against Gio Gonzalez, and the Cubs pulled away anyway. Ryan Kalish played in 7 games for the Cubs this season, and this was his biggest contribution to the team.
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    #106: Gregory Polanco Gives the Cubs a Gift That Felix Pena Saves Why #106? - It's the season of giving, right? Sure, the Polanco error seemed irrelevant at the time, but after a string of Cub pitchers failed to get outs, it was suddenly the difference in the game that allowed Felix Pena to step up and make his lone statistical contribution to the season. Why on the list? - Polanco is the gift that just keeps on giving to the Cubs, right? Plus, Pena gets to contribute, the Cubs try their darndest to blow a game they should have won easily, but Polanco and Pena won't allow it. Sure, it's not the most memorable Polanco miscue that allowed a Cub victory, but that was last year...
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    I'm sure there's a more clever title in there somewhere, but that was Maddon's mad genius in action for sure. I just loved that it was essentially the Spencer Patton highlight of 2016.
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    #107: Maddon Uses a Strategy Out of Left Field to Help Cubs Win in 15 [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo] Why #107? - Using pitchers in the outfield and double switching them into the game to pitch? That's unique. However, nobody hit a flyball to LF during any of this, so the theory wasn't even tested in this game. Why on the list? - I mean, it's memorable, nobody had ever done it before, and it was obscure enough that even Len and JD had to double check the rules on it. Plus it annoyed Bryan Price to no end, which made it doubly worth it. Plus, the Cubs won the game, marking it as Spencer Patton's only career Cub victory, in a game he also played LF. This is also the lone Joel Peralta positive WPA outing as he got Votto to line into a DP to end the 13th. How did the Cubs score five runs in the 15th, you ask? Well, see for yourself: [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo]
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    I can do that. Not meaning to fake out, as I won't get to do 107 until later tonight, but it involves another seldom-used player that was interesting enough to make the list. Anybody have any other fond memories from Cubs at the All Star Game?
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    #108: Bryant Starts the All-Star Game with style [bbvideo=560,315] [/bbvideo] Why #108? - It was a Cub HR in the All-Star Game, which is rare, but it's still just the All-Star Game. It counts, but not for much, and not any more (thankfully). Why on the list? - Bryant's All-Star Game HR was the lone Cub highlight in an otherwise forgettable game that caused the Indians to get Game 7 of the World Series at home. Thanks, Johnny Cueto! The Cubs made some history in this game, as this was the first time the entire starting infield was all from the same team. Bryant was just the 8th Cub to HR in an All-Star game, joining Alfonso Soriano, Andre Dawson, Billy Williams, George Altman, Ernie Banks, Hank Sauer, and Augie Galan.
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