CubsBears29

Why take chances with players and fans' lives? Just move it somewhere where a team isn't home this weekend, relatively close by, and be "safe than sorry". The Saturday and Sunday games, at least, if make Friday a day game to accomodate the approaching storm. Let the Astros' players and fans beetch and moan all they want about getting screwed out of home games, but at the end of the day, its better they're safe and alive to do that B&M'ing.

And both teams are in playoff contention, too [thanks to Houston's white-hot play of late]. Not a good deal at all. (unless all 3 games are moved to Wrigley... even despite how the very recent series between the 2 teams just turned out) ;)

Magic number for Central Division Crown : 13 Magic number for Postseason birth : 9 (Cubs have 17 games remaining, everyone still in contention for a playoff spot has 16 left [after tonight]; save for NYM & ARI, who also have 17 left)

No CC for the 8th? He's a horse, Yost! You got him ride him through to the end, PC be damned!!

If Ted Lilly were pitching in this game, Votto would be 4-4 with 4 HRs. Up yours, Joey.

I'd say its a given. DBR has no reason to care anymore this season, so unless CC inexplicably starts throwing BP, this game's pretty much over already, even at just 1-0 in the b3rd.

Just imagine the Cubs had played to their season average of .600, instead of .800, over that 25-6 stretch before this 1-8 skid? :doh:

The way both teams are playing, its a good thing BOTH teams can't get swept in those final 6 games.

Not that I expect any team to just "roll over" for us, but wow does the rest of our schedule look like a real "running of the gauntlet" all of a sudden. 19 games remaining for all teams listed; 3 @ StL (currently 5.0 back of MIL for the Wild Card) 3 @ HOU (currently 6.0 back of MIL for the WC) 3 vs MIL (currently WC leader; 4.0 back of CHC for the Central) 3 vs StL (currently 5.0 back of MIL for the WC) 4 @ NYM (currently 2.0 up on PHI for the East) 3 @ MIL (currently WC leader, 4.0 back of CHC for the Central)

Thanks to the Brewers' suckage today, MN stays the same. Still 16. 19 left to play for both. With the Phillies winning their early game today, does that keep the Wild Card MN number the same or does it go up 1? So, either still 13 or now 14. (OT, but with LAD already up 0.5 games on ARI for the West, winning first 2 of 3 this weekend... tied @ 2 in the 3rd in LA. GO DODGERS!)

Let me paint this in whatever light people want to see me in... but until the Cubs put a W on the board, someone else can take the up the mantle of updating those numbers. 6 in a row, and 4 of those coming vs HOU and 1 @ Cincy?? Thank the Lord Above that we had that 25-6 stretch before this big skid. no, 2 to PHI, 3 to HOU, and 1 to CIN I can stomach losing 2 (of 4) to PHI... but 3 straight to HOU and getting blown out @ Cincy, in a game going in we knew we had just lost 5 straight and the playoff spot not clinched?

Let me paint this in whatever light people want to see me in... but until the Cubs put a W on the board, someone else can take the up the mantle of updating those numbers. 6 in a row, and 4 of those coming vs HOU and 1 @ Cincy?? Thank the Lord Above that we had that 25-6 stretch before this big skid.

Another small reassurance; other than the Angels (thanks to the division they call "home"), the Cubs have the smallest Magic Number of all the other divisions. Angels (6) - AL West ------------------------------- Cubs (18) - NL Central NYM (20) - NL East Tampa Bay (21) - AL East Arizona (22) - NL West ChiWS (22) - AL Central Wild Card Magic Numbers for Division Leaders: Cubs (14) Tampa (15) Angels (21) *NYM (24) [22] *ChiWS (26) [23] *Arizona (32) [23] * - indicates the Magic Number is larger than the number of games the team has remaining on its schedule, [xx] is games remaining

All we have to do is split the series. The pressure is on the Brewers, they have to sweep or at worst take the series. The split is the key. The split means Milwaukee needs to beat us outright in order to win the division. It also knocks 6 games off the schedule with nothing lost. Milwaukee isn't making up 6 games in the standings over those other 16 games. Based on that, I'll say a 9-13 finish does it as long as we split with the Brewers. Let's make it 11-11 - splitting the series vs MIL, at worst - and pretty much end all doubt. 2 of 3 in Cincy 1 of 3 in St Louis 2 of 3 in Houston 2 of 3 vs Milwaukee 2 of 3 vs St Louis 2 of 4/1 of 4 in New York 1 of 3 in Milwaukee That would put as at 11-11/12-10. Should be attainable unless this current bad streak of play continues. If we're 96-63 going into that last 3-game set in Milwaukee, the Brewers will have to have went at least 13-6 [93-66] in the same timespan, to make that series mean anything in terms of the division and HFA. MIL still has 4 games @ Philly, 3 @ Cincy, and 6 vs the Cubs in their remaining 22. There's a foreseeable 6-8 losses in those games [2 or 3 in Philly, 1 in Cincy, and 3 or 4 vs the Cubs]. 4 @ PHI, 3 @ CHC, & 3 @ CIN is the road trip staring the Brewers in the face after finishing up this 10-game home stand they are on - of which they are off to an 0-4 start - starting a week from tonight (Thur), on 9/11.

I love it when the Brewers try to "out-suck" the Cubs. Lose 5 in a row? No sweat, we'll keep pace. Lose badly to Randy Wolf? Watch us get shut down by Shawn Estes! :thumbsup:

Are the Cubs & Brewers attempting to recreate last year's "thrilling & dramatic" NL Central race?? /sarcasm One team has lost 5 in a row and the other just lost its 4th straight; all 9 losses coming at their respective home fields. Either way... keep losing MIL, just in case... that Magic Number just keeps getting smaller. :good:

Man, updating that "Reassurance Thread" has become quite the chore lately. But at least the MN's keep going down.

WAS holds on. 9-7 So, 14 still for WC, or now 13?

And speaking of the Natspos, they are going to blow it yet! Now 9-7

At least its Houston and not Washington, or San Diego.

Well, I had it all set up, but ahh forget it. Soapdrop this losing skid!!! "Well, an ultimate fake rally is now set up - even against that douchebag Valverde... - ARam goes yard. 3-1, no outs. - Soto singles to center. 3-1, 1 on and no outs. - DeRosa flies out to the ivy in left center (hit real hard, but a big wind gust, at just the right time, keeps it in the park). Soto can't or doesn't tag. 3-1, 1 on and 1 out. - Johnson walks. 3-1, 2 on and 1 out. - Cedeno gets a hit that would normally be a double, but is only a single, and scores Soto. 3-2, 2 on [1st and 3rd], 1 out. - PH hits into a game-ending GIDP."

9-5 Nats now! Thank God someone out there loves the Cubs

Weak fly balls on a wind-blowing-in night..... good times.

Remember when this team was money for runs in the 8th & or 9th to make comebacks for wins at home....... plz stir the memories tonight, Cubbies!!