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I remain a huge fan of Jay and LaStella batting 1-2 with Bryant and Rizzo 3-4.
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I realize many will disagree, but going 8-5 wasn't totally fine by me, although I'd admit it was adequate. I think 10-3 would have been perfectly fine. With the talent we have -- even minus Willson -- when we have a 13-game stretch against last place teams in August, I hope for them to perform at a better than around 100-win pace and more on the "we are going to fulfill Duke's 117 wins prediction pace." Anything can happen in a short series, so losing to the Phils is always possible. But it sucks to lose two of three when we didn't even have to face Nola. Oh, well. They still get a bunch of games against below average teams and hopefully take even bigger advantage of it. That's just not how baseball works so I can't get upset when a 10-3 stretch doesn't happen. Those are insanely ridiculous and unrealistic expectations. Look at it this way..... We have 33 games left wouldn't you be fine with going 20-13 the rest of the way? That would certainly get us the division and that's playing at the 8-5 pace/rate over 13 game chunks. I suck at math, so if you are guaranteeing that we win the division going 20-13, then I have to agree that I'd be fine with it.
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Going 8-5 over a 13 game stretch, regardless of the competition, is perfectly fine by me. There's nothing disappointing about that. That's playing at around a 100 win pace. I realize many will disagree, but going 8-5 wasn't totally fine by me, although I'd admit it was adequate. I think 10-3 would have been perfectly fine. With the talent we have -- even minus Willson -- when we have a 13-game stretch against last place teams in August, I hope for them to perform at a better than around 100-win pace and more on the "we are going to fulfill Duke's 117 wins prediction pace." Anything can happen in a short series, so losing to the Phils is always possible. But it sucks to lose two of three when we didn't even have to face Nola. Oh, well. They still get a bunch of games against below average teams and hopefully take even bigger advantage of it.
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At first I thought this somehow was directed at me, then I realized it was at the Cubs from from Cincinnati. I hope. Definitely not you. CincyCubsFan only shows up when things aren't going well, though. And there are others like him that do nothing but bitch and moan. And they only show up to lash out during losses. People complaining isn't a problem. Being pessimistic, also not a problem. Being a troll is another story. Haha. OK. Good. I know my 2,000 posts on here aren't quality, but I was hoping it wasn't that bad.
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It is not okay to use game threads/NSB as your personal dumping ground for all the irrational anxieties you can conjure up when things inevitably don't always go perfectly over the course of 162 games. Especially when that makes up most/all of the posts you make. At first I thought this somehow was directed at me, then I realized it was at the Cubs from from Cincinnati. I hope.
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Everyone I know is Brewers fans. And that is rough for a variety of reasons.
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It's in both teams hands. They play seven games in September. It up to either of them to get it done. I mean, I guess I feel pretty good if I'm the vaunted Brewers. They didn't even try to get better at the deadline, they have a payroll that's less than $100 million then the team they are fighting with and the Duke of their board is probably laughing that we lost two of three to the Phillies. Let's see what happens. Would love for the Cubs to win the division. The Brewers suck and they aren't winning the division. Those head-to-head games are a lot more important for them, considering if they don't fare well in them, they are toast. Also, they've already blown a 5.5 game lead and trail a superior team by 2.5 games. But, sure... let's start start in with this horsefeathers again. I actually think everything I said in the post you quoted is right. Are you disagreeing that they probably feel pretty good (or lucky) right now, or that their board isn't good enough to have a Duke? OK, That part I might have been wrong about.
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Now that is a team that sucks. I don't think they will win the division, although I do suppose they could play a factor in who does.
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Yeah, but it's still disappointing in a way. On August 1 we were 2.5 games ahead and on Aug. 27 we are 2. Considering we just played 13 games against last place teams and the vaunted Brewers went on a 10-game West Coast trip that some thought would be the end of them, that kind of sucks. It must suck more to be 2.5 back of a team that is clearly better than you. You had a whole month to make up ground, and you didn't and now there is only a month left. It's in both teams hands. They play seven games in September. It up to either of them to get it done. I mean, I guess I feel pretty good if I'm the vaunted Brewers. They didn't even try to get better at the deadline, they have a payroll that's less than $100 million then the team they are fighting with and the Duke of their board is probably laughing that we lost two of three to the Phillies. Let's see what happens. Would love for the Cubs to win the division.
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That's where I'm at. Losing two of three to the Phillies certainly isn't ideal. But if someone had told me, at the break, that by late August, the Cubs would be three games up in the division, I'd have been ecstatic. Yeah, but it's still disappointing in a way. On August 1 we were 2.5 games ahead and on Aug. 27 we are 2. Considering we just played 13 games against last place teams and the vaunted Brewers went on a 10-game West Coast trip that some thought would be the end of them, that kind of sucks.
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I see no reason why the Cubs wouldn't have been fine going into the season with Lackey as the fifth starter, and quite frankly, they probably are fine with it now. Considering we have won like 82 straight games he has started, it's not like his spot in the rotation has cost us many wins the past few months. The Cubs shouldn't be in such a tight race. But Lackey as the fifth starter isn't the reason why they are.
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They better literally score more than five or it won't matter much.
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Screw it. Javy doesn't have to run when Javy doesn't feel like it.
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It's so not a huge deal, but Javy didn't even run right there. If Surez somehow drops that, Javy is about 50 feet still from first. Very different then Sunday when the dude went 100 mph to first to help save the game.
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Yup. But also, yup. It does tell us that he can mash Triple A pitching, at least.
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X ray negative. That's a huge positive.
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Do I fear KB has an injury? I do. But remember, I'm a ninnie.
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Maybe we still win, but those four at-bats were so Impressive and huge.
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Based on this info, I say no to a trade for Verlander.
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Didn't trae turner stay in the game to run when we hit him and broke his wrist?
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He's fine, ninnies. ETA: unless X-rays show his arm is broken.
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I just pray and try to hope that KB always overreacts.
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Damn, I thought the same thing. He was all hunched over. Maybe he's stiff from the car ride.
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I would have been so jacked had Javy walked there.
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I don't like that people have started to refer to them as the vaunted Cardinals. When we started calling the Brewers the Vaunted Brewers, they lost like 35 of their next 40 games. Oh. I didn't know that. Continue.