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Cubs will be on the fox sports go app too. If you get FS1, you should be good.

What am I missing about Joe's managing tonight? I'm reading multiple people saying he was really bad tonight. I didn't have much of an issue with anything he did.

Welp, games 2 and 4 appeared to be great matchups for us before this series started. Go Lackey.

It's much too late for that review to take that long.

I'd think Lester. Today is his day for "side work", no? Could be. I'd just be really scared to horsefeathers up game 5, but you may be right.

Have to think Ross is after Edwards, given we're up 2-0. Though maybe Carl could give us 3 innings if he's economical.

You can do it, Mike. I need to see that Skip Bayless commercial at least two more times.

That ain't on rizzo.

Let's go ahead and take an extra arm for the NLCS. I think the chance of the last pitcher making a difference is greater than the last guy on the bench when you have the potential for these marathon games.

Just bring in Carl's Jr if he gets into scoring position. Deal with Ross pitching later if we can't score.

That's now how you chew gum.

I guess I don't blame national broadcasters for not realizing Almora is in Heyward's league on defense, but I think AA has the better range. Heyward might be the better RF because of his cannon but I don't think Heyward was getting to that triple either.

This is a great matchup for Rizzo, Zobrist, and either TLS or Coghlan btw. Plus Bryant's pretty good.

On the plus side, I think the pitchers the Giants entrust to pitch the late innings are worse than the guys in the middle innings.

I didn't have anything else to do tomorrow night anyway.

Just no passed balls and I like our chances.

Wood is a good loogy, this is fine.

I might be weird but I also much prefer watching games where the players and fans don't look miserably cold. Playing half the world series in a depressing city like Cleveland and the other in 40 degree Wrigley would be lame. Give me the warm Dong Dome in Toronto.

I was not expecting this. Wasn't it in SF earlier this year when Soler miraculously robbed a homer? Maybe he'll do that again.

Yup. horsefeathers the west coast. I want the Nationals to win their series for so many reasons, but ESPECIALLY this one. The NLCS games will be starting around 7pm central time regardless if it is Washington or LA. Most likely, unless the Red Sox come back and win the DS; they'd probably get a few primetime slots. Go Indians.

I just don't think Maddon trusts him to play defense in the playoffs, especially in a place like San Fran. Jesse Rogers is saying either Heyward or Almora will be in RF with the other spots staying the same.

Yeah, the Giants' beat writer for their official website wrote before the series that Bochy might start Moore in game 3. Safe to say he's no longer considering that given their current predicament.

This is nice. I won't even be nervous for game 3. If we lose, oh well, we still have a better SP going in game 4 (and of course a better team).

I have no sound. I assume Costas was getting off on Ross teaching Javy the right way to play the game?

Agreed on all cononuts. Would be great to get Cogs bat in the lineup but can't see sitting Zo, Javy, or JHey sitting yet. And I've reversed my position from earlier this year. Javy is too valuable at 2B and KB too good at third to keep Zo on the IF. You get a LF upgrade with KB but at least in Wrigley's small confines I think you want the IF strength more. So...same defensive alignment with hopefully Willson getting the call. I wouldn't be broken up if it was Montero though. If the Cubs were, say, the Giants and wondering where they'd get their offense from each series, OK, I could see really trying to get Coghlan in there. Or Contreras. But since this is a lineup of sexy bat-monsters, they have the luxury to go with someone like Heyward, who is at least all but a lock to give you baller defense (I don't trust the sorcerous deception of Coghlan's supposed late-career defensive renaissance for a second, and especially not if it means him or Zobrist ending up in RF), or someone like Montero, who frames with the deft touch of a Baroque master. Let the good bats do their thing, maximize your defense and pitching strengths and you still have Coghlan and Contreras to hopefully do damage off the bench if needed. Coghlan's working on like 940 straight innings of plus LF defense. He'll take a weird route every now and then, but even with the eye test, he's looked very good to me the last few years. I thought everyone realized this was more of a fun NSB meme than reality at this point. Coghlan in LF with Zobrist in RF isn't a bad alignment, though like I said, I don't think it will actually happen.