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Unbeatable Diamondbacks up 3-1 now -
I personally think they'll play their bats against us but aim to have their top pitchers go in the final series. There are 6 days between the end of the regular season and start of the NLDS and I imagine theres a goldilocks zone where you want to give them extra rest but not too much rest in between starts. I haven't looked at their rotation and how it lines up though.
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Yeah that the part that's wild. Seiya has been our best hitter for like 6 weeks, at least hit him 5th over Dansby who hit a flyout at 29 parks and a bloop single yesterday.
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Makes sense, I just hate seeing that stupid lineup 3-6, though I'm much more open to it against righties than lefties due to Happ not being terrible vs righties. Also Arizona and SF are tied at 1 in the 3rd
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Bears strongly denying reports of a raid and saying the league is not involved in this situation, etc etc.
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Wait thats seriously the lineup tonight? Not even shocked about the no Canario thing but Mastrobuoni getting his first start since like June and back to the Happ-Belli-Swanson-Seiya lineup that slumped through a 2-8 stretch? What are we doing here?
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In less disgusting news, Fields clarified his remarks earlier and completely distances himself from blaming the coaching
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Braves were 1 strike away from getting to bottom 10 tied 4-4 dammit. Would have been great to get to within 2 of the Phillies. Anyways, Reds are now 3 losses behind the Cubs. All scenarios tonight involving the 4 most relevant teams. Best case in bold, worst case in italics: Cubs win, Diamondbacks win, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs remain WC3, 0.5 GB Arizona, 0.5 GA of Miami, 2 GA of Reds Cubs win, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs move to WC2, 0.5 GA of Arizona and Miami for WC3/1st out, 2 GA o of Reds Cubs win, Diamondbacks win, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Cubs remain WC3, 0.5 GB Arizona, 1.5 GA of Miami from cutline, 2 GA of Reds Cubs win, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Cubs move to WC2, 0.5 GA of Arizona, 1.5 GA of Miami from the cutline, 2 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks win, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs 0.5 GB Miami for WC3, 1.5 GB Arizona for WC2, 1 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins win, Reds lose: Cubs 0.5 GB Miami and Arizona for WC2 and WC3, 1 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks win, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Cubs remain in WC3, 1.5 GB Arizona for WC2, 0.5 GA of Miami/cutline, 1 GA of Reds Cubs lose, Diamondbacks lose, Marlins lose, Reds lose: Everything remains as it is now, with 1 more game removed from the schedule (WC3, 0.5 GB Arizona, 0.5 GA Miami, 1 GA Cincinnati)
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Lets just call the rumor out in the open. There are multiple sketchy twitter reporters claiming that Alan Williams house was raided and Halas Hall was raided this morning in an FBI investigation. The internet is running with it but I've never heard of the twitter people who tweeted this out so its probably fake. It got picked up by enough people that other people on twitter are talking about it as fact but as far as I can tell its only those 2 randos that reported it. I would assume that unless it was raided at like 3am or something there would be some mainstream reporters aware of this already. There I saved the 7 people that read this thread some time.
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Hell yeah, 5-3 twins
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Still runners on 1st and 2nd with 1 out as the Twins attempt to take the lead.
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Went through a Wendy's drive-thru naked?
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Also the Reds are beating the Twins 3-2 in the 8th inning. This is the last game the Reds will play against a +.500 team this year. The Phillies are beating the Braves 4-2 in the 8th
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Keller has been pretty much a lockdown ace for the last month, save one start against the Braves who crush everyone. His last 6 starts (oldest to newest) 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB 6 IP, 7 H, 2 ER, 1 BB 8 IP, 4 H, 0 ER, 1 BB (vs. Cubs - their only loss to Pirates this year) 6 IP, 5 H, 1 ER, 3 BB 5 IP 12 H, 8 ER, 0 BB (Braves) 8 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB That's a 2.77 ER, 2.85 FIP with opponents OPS of .630 including the pounding by the Braves. Steele needs to be at his best and the Cubs need to find a way to scratch out a couple of runs, or at the very least make him work and get him out after 6 IP instead of 8. Cubs are 1-0 on a homestand that really need to try to go at least 5-1 on. This might be the toughest of the 6. Also one note I noticed on Steele that was interesting is that he is 12-2 with a 2.18 ERA at home this year vs. 4-2 with a 3.55 ERA on the road.
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I just don't think Deion saying he's not coming to the NFL means anything, college coaches often say that and then end up in the NFL anyways. The "bigger than the team" hire part may be true but like you said there are teams out there that would go for it. If I had to create a ranking of teams most likely to hire Sanders, the Bears would easily be in the bottom 5.
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I hear people complain about his height too. He's listed at 6'1'' but pretty sure QBs typically measure shorter at the combine.. I think Young was listed at 6'0'' and measured around 5'10''
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And he won't comment on whether he has spoken with Alan Williams or if Alan Williams is still the Bears DC
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Bears basically playing for their season. Chiefs taking Bears lightly and playing with their food. One quarter of garage time for Fields to get the Bears within 10. I'd take Chiefs -12.5 but I don't think its free money
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Cubs now have the 6th best playoff odds in the NL, a hair behind Miami for 5th per FG: Phillies - 99.5% DBacks - 65.1% Miami - 51.7% Cubs - 51.6% Reds - 27.3% Giants - 5.3%
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Like I mentioned earlier, what really kicked off that huge run that got us into the playoff race was a game against the Nationals when the Cubs were scuffling coming into the game (5-9 last 14) and piled it on in the late innings of a blowout win. From that point the Cubs went on a 15-4 run to put them firmly into the heart of the playoff race
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Cubs are now 10-1 against the Pirates and 69-71 against everyone else Pirates are now 1-10 against the Cubs and 69-71 against everyone else
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After 8 long days the Chicago Cubs have won a baseball game.
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I was thinking today, baseball is a strange sport with strange things happening all the time but I think the Cubs would need a 2 game lead after this homestand for me to feel ok about their chances. They will end the night 0.5 games up. 5 more to go.
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Lets bring on a position player to close this out
