Sammy Sofa
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This is the third team they've faced him on, right? What the heck is the record for that kind of thing? -
But unusual or not, that's exactly what happened until a month ago. And so because of that, by far the most likely scenario was that they would finish up at 83ish wins, because projections are progressive, not regressive. It assumes their 4 months of .500 ball would combine with 2 months of the slightly above average ball their true talent level suggested. The fact that they've instead played at a 110 win pace the past month is like the 98th+ percentile outcome. It wasn't at all wishful thinking to assume that wouldn't happen, given what we knew a month ago. To suggest that it was reasonable to expect their record to "even out" this much assumes they were "due" some hot streak, which is not how probability works. These things have a not so weird way of balancing out over the season. I don't think them them tearing it up for a month is anymore unusual than how they were under .500 in June and July; we've seen plenty of teams go through some variation of that. They're going to end up with about 90 wins and a decent run differential as expected, so that they got there with the help of a big month doesn't really stand out to me as something all that odd. It reminds me somewhat of the 2015 Cubs, TBH.
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Bless you, Mr. Baez.
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Make this Pizzicato Five's last inning. OR ELSE.
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Alright, Quintana has 2 hits and is pitching awesome for once. Don't waste this, you scumbags.
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Oh my horsefeathers; score a horsefeathering run already.
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What the holy horsefeathers was all that, tinyface.
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Oh yeah. I get things.
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More like David Butte.
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Im new here as you all know, it refreshing to see you all just say what you want without getting scrutinized or called out because it "negative" against the cubs.. Say something bad about Maddon and most attack you with 3 NLCS in a row, WS championship, he knows what he doing , etc etc etc.. youre an idiot.. Sent from my SAMSUNG-SM-G935A using Tapatalk Whut. Joe is often a walking buttface when it comes to his lineups. Pretty much everyone except David mocks him over it (and for being a drunk).
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Yeah, he seems to get ahead a lot and then throws the same garbage 2-3 pitches that aren’t close and every count goes full. Mix it up! That was my meathead take, too; too often it feels like when he gets to 2 strikes he has no idea what to do next.
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Wait, why the horsefeathers isn't Schwarber playing? He's a platoon guy already, so it's not like he won't get extra days off. Get fucked, Joe.
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Montgomery, without a second of hesitation.
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Please don't suck, Quintana.
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Why the hell are you letting this clearly misguided child run pizza night.
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Probably not, given the weather this weekend and how late in the season it is. Looks like there might be a good shot at a 1-2 hour delay window and then they can get it in.
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http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2013/05/sarcastic-wow.gif
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Hahaha wtf is a playoff manager? Jesus christ guys who managed in the playoffs last year and were still fired Holy Derwood.
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But that's not what anyone was expecting; that's just what has happened. It could have happened earlier in the season. It could have been more spread out. Regardless of how it went down, it's playing out so that they're likely to end up more in line with the pre-season projections; baseball being baseball. It would have been unusual for them to just sputter and drastically underperform as a .500 team for the season, and it would be unusual for them to continue to keep playing out of their minds for another month. They're likely the team in between those performances, and that's what they're more likely to do for much of the next 4+ weeks than to go back to sucking or to keep kicking bonkers ass.
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That's like suggesting that someone is looking to dump their perfectly serviceable RV because they passed 3 abandoned wrecks on the highway.
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Presumably you're not going to be encouraging us to check the Pizza League forum about this: https://www.pizzatoday.com/pizzeria-rankings/2017-top-100-pizza-companies/ http://mentalfloss.com/article/65518/top-10-us-pizza-chains I'm glad to now know there is a pizzatoday.com.
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Right, and now it's not. The position they are in now is more in line with where they were predicted/"expected" to be than how they were doing a month ago. Similar to how it would be unrealistic to think they just be a middling .500 team largely just because, assuming they will keep playing at this type of pace for the rest of the season is a stretch. As we were reminded so many times when the Cubs were farting in each other's faces, these things have a tendency to even out in the end.
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And the Cubs should have run away with it while the opposite when the Cubs had the easy stretch and the Cardinals and Brewers had the tougher stretches. Baseball is baseball like that; what's more likely is the Cardinals' pace slows down despite them playing "easier" teams. It can't be overstated how they essentially have to keep winning like maniacs AND the Cubs have to really play flat or worse for the division to really be an issue.
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Confusingly, 538 thinks the Cubs have the starting pitching advantage in this one.
