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  1. UMFan83
    It's true regardless of how the postseason weighted crapshoot plays out. The Cubs are the best team at virtually every area of the game
  2. UMFan83
    Wasn't that Javy? I thought I remembered giving Cards fans down here a bunch of crap because our backup SS hit a mammoth dong off their amazing greatest hero pitcher ever. Nope definitely Soler. Javy only had 1 HR in the postseason and we all remember it. If fact I'm pretty sure Addy started that game, but I'm not sure if he had injured himself by that point in the game or not.
  3. UMFan83
    I still think that was the right move. He actually pulled him early so that he could bring him back on 3 days rest in game 4. The Cubs had a good back end of the bullpen, and the Cubs really didn't have a 4th starter by that point. Marshall I believe was at his innings limit by that point, Marquis had a 5.73 ERA in the second half of the year, and Trachsel had just been terrible. 1 inning of Zambrano even in a big leverage spot was not worth having Marquis pitch vs having Lilly pitch a second time in the series. Obviously it ended up working out the worst way possible. trying to make guys go on short rest in playoffs is bad Javy seems to think its good.
  4. UMFan83
    are you considering skokie and lincolnwood as "west burbs?!" anyway, the sandwiches are fine. can be hit or miss. i've definitely had better, but that's usually been in florida. Nooooo, I'm saying there's nothing here in the West Burbs. I have family in Skokie I visit probably once a month so I'd stop down there next time if it was worth going.
  5. UMFan83
    The Braves will be very disappointed to know that after tonight they will have no shot at the best record in baseball.
  6. UMFan83
    Do you recommend this Taste of Cuba place? Not a ton of good Cuban options out there in the west burbs. I used to go to Cafe 28 in Lakeview all the time but they closed down.
  7. UMFan83
    Not favored tomorrow too (49/51), and Sunday is 50/50. Of course for tomorrow's game they don't have a Dodgers starter listed,which somehow no starting pitcher is worth only -4, while Hammel is worth -21. Actually looking down the slate of games, I wonder why teams have different adjustments for no listed starter. Like for instance, the Cubs get -6 points when no starter is listed while someone like the Reds get +13 points.
  8. UMFan83
    More like a mix between playful fun and pointing out how awesome it is. Trust me I've done the 14 hour Disney day w/my daughter, and while I'm not necessarily belting out 'let it go' at the top of my lungs I'm pretty disney brainwashed by the time the closing parade is going on.
  9. UMFan83
    What's the problem? He's giving his kid(s) an awesome experience. Good for him. I am grateful I'm going to get to avoid the Frozen stuff when we go to Disney this November though. I didn't say there was a problem. I just didn't know how to articulate what you were about to see.
  10. UMFan83
    I....don't know what to say about this [tweet]https://twitter.com/benzobrist18/status/769052863951699968[/tweet]
  11. UMFan83
    Yeah I remember we were all like 'LOL look at that run differential, we are going to clown these fools in the playof- what the hell we just got swept' 2003 was painful for obvious reasons, but I think 2007 was a little more soul-crushing, personally. I still can't get over the fact that Lou pulled Z after 6 innings (I think 85 pitches) in a tie game in Game 1 because he wanted him sharp for game 5. He was pitching great and you win the game you are playing in first. And it doesnt help that Marmol immediately gave up a HR to the first batter he faced to break the tie.
  12. UMFan83
    Who has won all 4 (non-consecutive)? I don't think anyone has. Buster Posey and Bryce Harper - Missing Minor League POY Jose Canseco and Mike Trout - Missing the Golden Spikes award Kris Bryant - Missing the MVP award (for now)
  13. UMFan83
    Yeah they won 90 games despite being outscored for the season. Then kicked our ass in the playoffs to boot. Yeah I remember we were all like 'LOL look at that run differential, we are going to clown these fools in the playof- what the hell we just got swept'
  14. UMFan83
    Yeah but doesn't ERA+ equalize the ERAs relative to the environment they play in?
  15. UMFan83
    Oh God they are already plotting out their way to downplay the Cubs winning the World Series "yeah you might have won the World Series with one of the more dominant teams ever but you didn't pitch 4 consecutive complete games in the LCS." or "Yeah but it took you losers 5 games to win the World Series. YOU ARE NOTHING until you SWEEP your opponent"
  16. UMFan83
    What did this say? Someone said Cubs fans always throw shade on Grichuk and they don't know why. Then someone responded saying something like they knew Grichuk was more valuable than Bryant last year and they don't forget it or something dumb like that.
  17. UMFan83
    https://twitter.com/jstriebel22/status/768622246726242305
  18. UMFan83
    The Cubs have the best record in baseball by 7.5 games. If the Nats score holds they will have a bigger lead for best record in baseball than any 1st place team's divisional lead
  19. UMFan83
    That was good Chapman for sure
  20. UMFan83
    I hate this Schimpf [expletive]
  21. UMFan83
    Now he gives a hint to a question "this player played with the Cubs in 2002-2003 at first base" and Ron goes "it's not Robin Ventura is it?"
  22. UMFan83
    Lmao. Mark Grote is asking trivia questions on air for Pat and Ron. He just asked "Who was the last player before Betts this year to hit 3 home runs in a game twice in a season?" After some wrong guesses Grote gave them a hint that it happened in 2006. Coomer then guessed Paul Goldschmidt, who made his MLB debut in 2011
  23. UMFan83
    I kind of wish all weekday day games started at this time. Nice to have something to follow in the afternoons at work, then listen to on the drive home and then watch the last 2 innings at home.
  24. UMFan83
    Yuck 2 bad Javy ABs after a good result in his first
  25. UMFan83
    I love how many times the Cubs score runs on weakly hit balls simply by being aggressive and forcing the defense to make a play. Running on contact with the IF in, executing a squeeze even though everyone knows its coming. Sure they sometimes get burned on it, but I think it's helped more than it's hurt, and it actually won them a freaking playoff game last year.
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