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Augie...ex-cub factor?

Did Z look like he was dropping his arm angle again that last AB? maybe its just me. As I type that, another K. Nice work Z.

Dero!

Damn another runner on 2nd and no out scoring opportunity wasted

Gah! Don't come unglued Z.

seriously, who is the color guy? Terrible. F.

Wow, the color guy is awful! Who is that?

ooooh, he thought that would hang damn, before the bottom fell out, I thought he was gonna crush it.

Z is a ballplayer.

Sweet! pitcher's best friend. Oh man, I'm feeling a cliche fit coming on for me tonight. My apologies in advance.

Geez this TBS choppiness is killing me...

Huge K. Nice job getting out of it. hopefully he can get into a groove.

Love the backdoor movement on that last pitch

Nice recovery Z

Yikes, this has been a terrible sequence for Z

Z!!!!!!!!

argh! SB

JJ BB?!?!?!? :shock:

Wow, i was expecting more users browsing this forum. I guess there are a lot of people out at the sports bars in Chicago tonight.

I was at that game so that one is forever in my memory. I was at the Neifi-bunting-with-2-out-in-the-9th game. Just terrible. And equally embedded into my memory.

Of course it has the obligatory bolded Bartman reference.

I just bought a seat in section 511 from stubhub for Saturday's game. About as far up as you can go, but looking right down on the infield. Had buyers remorse for about half a second (because of the cost). Totally psyched now. There were definitely closer seats available (for a steep price), but from the seatdata site, it looked like there was a good chance of obstruction. I will probably have some obstruction of the outfield as well, but at least a clear view of the infield.

A matchup like that would mean jr. doesn't go to college. I did check playoff ticket prices today, and there were people on stubhub trying to sell WS tickets for the Cubs for $20,000 each! I am as passionate about the team as they come, but seriously, who buys those? Mark Cuban? We can only hope...

A matchup like that would mean jr. doesn't go to college. I did check playoff ticket prices today, and there were people on stubhub trying to sell WS tickets for the Cubs for $20,000 each! I am as passionate about the team as they come, but seriously, who buys those?

Neither time with a team that won 90 games So? Because that is the traditional standard of a good team. It doesnt mean anything but I would venture to say that every team that has ever made the post season with less than 90 wins probably have a very low percentage of returning the next season. That's an interesting question. Let's look at the WC era (I have no idea what the results will be until I type them out): 1995: only played 144 games 1996: Baltimore and St. Louis made it. Baltimore went back the next year while St. Louis did not. 1997: Cleveland and Houston made it, reached the next year 1998: Cleveland and Texas made it, reached the next year 1999: nobody made it 2000: Yankees made it, reached the next year 2001: Cleveland, Atlanta, and Arizona made the postseason with less than 90 wins. Atlanta and Arizona returned the next year, Cleveland did not. 2002: no team reached the postseason with less than 90 wins 2003: Cubs reached the postseason, didn't return 2004: nobody reached 2005: Houston and San Diego reached. San Diego returned, Houston did not 2006: St. Louis, Los Angeles, and San Diego reached, none returned in 2007. So 9 out of the 16 went back to the playoffs the next year. Of the 7 who did not, 3 of them were very close to making the playoffs (Cubs in 04, Houston in 06, San Diego in 07). Only 3 of the 15 had a losing record the next year (Cardinals in 97, Indians in 02, Cardinals in 07) Still not a lot of evidence, but it seems to show that if you make the playoffs with less than 90 wins you'll tend to have a pretty good shot of making it again. Pretty sure the 2001 Diamondbacks had 92 wins, but it is an interesting point anyway.