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  1. UMFan83
    I know this is premature but next Monday's high in Chicago (first division series home game) is 79 degrees. Translation: nice weather for some donging
  2. UMFan83
    I'm going to avoid this thread if you are going to constantly talk about how awesome Saad is :(
  3. UMFan83
    Can we get the 08 Cubs and whoever the rainout was against back together to play that makeup game so we don't have a half game separating us. If they win I can live with it. You have to choose a night Jim Edmonds isn't escorting. Sent from my A0001 using Tapatalk you get a heart even through your formatting is all jacked up.
  4. UMFan83
    At Wrigley, SRO is at the very back of the 200 level. Terrible place to watch a game as pretty much everything besides the actual field is blocked from the overhang. So you might see all the fielders (or might not depending on pole placement where you stand) but you won't see the OF wall or the stands or scoreboards etc. I can understand wanting to just get in the park and for an NLCS or World Series game I would totally do it...would never do it for a regular season game.
  5. UMFan83
    Also...Buster Olney on The Dan Patrick Show today on Jake:
  6. UMFan83
    Being emotional is fine, but making irrationally negative posts is not fine imo. You do not better the board or discussing by declaring game over in the third inning or other even more irrational thoughts. But the scolding of such posters makes the game thread infinitely more enjoyable. Exactly...baseball sometimes a slower paced sport...you have to do something to entertain yourself during the lulls in action.
  7. UMFan83
    they start friday? i could've sworn i'd been hearing for weeks about how the hawks opener was going to be the same night as the NL wild card game It is...Hawks and Rangers at the UC on Wednesday
  8. UMFan83
    Good, I'd much rather cocaine be in the NHL than Torres
  9. UMFan83
    Fly United First Class, DirecTV is free. Otherwise as was said before its like $8 depends on which plane you're on, some have directv, some do not. pretty sure he'd be good to go on southwest, though. My experience with United is about 85% of the flights I've been on domestically have DirectTV installed. Also Southwest has free TV for selected channels, but I do not believe TBS is one of them. They do have a channel called "MLB.tv" but I think it only shows the MLB.tv free game of the day on it.
  10. UMFan83
    Being emotional is fine, but making irrationally negative posts is not fine imo. You do not better the board or discussing by declaring game over in the third inning or other even more irrational thoughts.
  11. UMFan83
    Yeah. You're screwed. There's not enough bandwidth to support streaming. Netflix, etc... never works unless it's content already downloaded to your machine. Unless it's a plane that has DirecTV, in which case that will be the best $8 you'll ever spend. I don't know, if I was in that situation and the game was any bit as tense as it should be, I could see myself getting escorted off the plane by air marshalls upon landing.
  12. UMFan83
    The only game that really kinda intrigues me is Cal @ Utah. You aren't excited for M 0 0 N part 2? (That's Michigan/Northwestern referring to their notorious 10-9 game last year where no points were scored until more than midway through the 3rd)
  13. UMFan83
    Sure if you click on it 60 times within the next 60 seconds, you will move 1 minute closer to game time.
  14. UMFan83
    My biggest takeaway from that was that Jake was noticeably bigger than he is now. Oh and that Pirates announcers get over the top excited about beating the crappy version of the Cubs. Was that in 2013 or last year?
  15. UMFan83
    I would consider it, but Coghlan picked it up over the weekend with his bat making the decision tougher. It's a tough choice. Coghlan is better against righties..you could start Jackson and bring Coghlan in if we need a bat later or start Coghlan and bring in Jackson if we have a small lead for defense. The difference is if we started Jackson and PH Coghlan later, the Pirates would probably bring in a lefty, nullifying him and getting Jacksons D out of the game.
  16. UMFan83
    had his best FIP and second best xFIP of any month this season and joe wouldn't do that. My thought process is that I think he really doesn't trust Hammel at all and the Cubs might need a 4th starter for game 4 of the NLDS. But Joe seems to be married to the bullpen day idea either in game 2 or 4. Obviously it's all a moot point if the Cubs are down 2-1 going into game 4 because Lester would start on 3 days rest. What'd I miss? Only reference I've seen was several days ago when he said he wouldn't rule it out. Nothing I guess. Married is probably the wrong word. I just get the impression that he doesn't trust Hammel at all and even if he did start him he'd be on a really short leash making it essentially a pen game
  17. UMFan83
    Because of his home run rate and the fact that he's a junk baller I don't think I'd want to see him come out of the pen.
  18. UMFan83
    had his best FIP and second best xFIP of any month this season and joe wouldn't do that. My thought process is that I think he really doesn't trust Hammel at all and the Cubs might need a 4th starter for game 4 of the NLDS. But Joe seems to be married to the bullpen day idea either in game 2 or 4. Obviously it's all a moot point if the Cubs are down 2-1 going into game 4 because Lester would start on 3 days rest.
  19. UMFan83
    I don't mind that, I would prefer just giving it to whichever team has the best overall record. What's the reasoning again? Something about hotel rooms? I don't understand why its a challenge for the MLB but not for the NBA
  20. UMFan83
    Call your boss and tell them a dingo ate your baby
  21. UMFan83
    I love it because it shows how loose he is. He's not stressing at all imo
  22. UMFan83
    the way it was determined for years before that lasted even longer and was arguably dumber. just as bad at best. It's hard to top "winner of July exhibition game where 90% of participants will not actually play in the World Series"
  23. UMFan83
    This will get lost in the playoff talk but for a guy we vilified, Dan Haren had a really nice final month and change of his career. After September 1st: 6 starts, 32.2 IP, 8 ER, 2 HR allowed, 2.20 ERA, 3-0 record, Cubs were 5-1 in his starts. I'm sure his FIP was atrocious and he was very lucky or something but nice work. Now hopefully Joe doesnt see his last 2 starts against STL (11.1 IP, 1 ER) and slot him into a potential NLDS rotation
  24. UMFan83
    [tweet]https://twitter.com/adamjahns/status/650847206287769600[/tweet]
  25. UMFan83
    One more thing: on this schedule http://m.mlb.com/postseason-schedule they do not list game times but they way the schedule is ordered does seem kind of random, it has WC/Royals listed at the top then WC/STL, NYM/LAD and then TOR/TEX last. But that doesn't make any sense to have the latest game by the only game played in the Eastern Time Zone. Ok I'm thinking about this way too much
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