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  1. UMFan83
    Consistent is the right word. No 4 game losing streaks all year but also just one 5 game winning streak all year and it was back in March/April. (of course plenty of hot stretches like the current 7-1 we're in now). Not meant to be a negative, just saying that while not a complete straight arrow upwards, its mostly been a steady season despite how much many of us (myself included) want to panic when the team isn't playing as well as we think they can.
  2. UMFan83
    Wasn't even the hardest hit ball by a Cub this game 👀
  3. UMFan83
    I was only half listening but did I hear the broadcast call him the longest tenured Chicago pro athlete? That's wild.
  4. UMFan83
    We did it! Jed managed to build a playoff team Congrats Cubs!
  5. UMFan83
    We follow the lead of our PBP guy
  6. UMFan83
    You know I wasn't super excited about clinching the playoffs mostly because its been pretty much given for awhile now but sitting here 6 outs away I am getting hyped.
  7. UMFan83
    And the next time Happ has a bad week the meatballs on twitter will forget about it and crown him history's greatest monster again.
  8. UMFan83
    Thank you to our old friend Canario
  9. UMFan83
    Not to mention they've had 4 baserunners since the 4th run scored and haven't pushed another across.
  10. UMFan83
    Of course the Cubs would have a chance to clinch with a win, score 4 runs in the 1st before getting an out going against one of the worst offenses in baseball only for our all star ace to completely implode.
  11. UMFan83
    Fun fact after the Cubs squander a 2 on, 0 out situation: the Cubs have scored exactly 4 runs in 4 consecutive games
  12. UMFan83
    holy horsefeathers this inning is still going? Edit: OK now its over
  13. UMFan83
    22 ER in his last 29.1 IP
  14. UMFan83
    The force field does its job, Cubs can't convert a 1st and 3rd 1 out opportunity
  15. UMFan83
    Certainly seems like the Cubs are interested in clinching a playoff spot today. Lets see if the 4 run force field limits us today.
  16. UMFan83
    Yeah the Brewers being on pace for 99 wins makes not winning the division annoying but less frustrating. We mostly took care of business against them (or at least won more than we lost) so not much you can do to affect their season outside of those games. Certainly could have added more in the offseason or the deadline but for most teams its unrealistic to be upset that you didn't win 100 games given all the uncontrollable variables over the course of an MLB season.
  17. UMFan83
    No but the Dodgers give me 2017 Cubs vibes. Coming off a World Series title, they know they're gonna make the playoffs, maybe they have to push a little harder late in the season to finish off the division but they'll probably win that. The goal is just to be ready to go when the playoffs start.
  18. UMFan83
    At this point, while acknowledging there's still plenty of time for things to change, I'm not counting on Tucker being there for at least the WC round. Maybe we'll get a more positive update in a couple of days but something seems very off about this.
  19. UMFan83
    The Cubs clinched based on someone losing in 2015, 2016, 2018 and 2020. Only in 2017 did we clinch with a win. I believe in 2015, 2016 and 2018 we had a chance to clinch with a win but lost and relied on help. Hopefully we take the bull by the horns and put this 5 year playoff drought to bed today. From playoff appearances that I remember: -1998 - Clinched with win over SFG (Game 163) -2003 - Clinched with win over PIT -2007 - Clinched with MIL loss to SD -2008 - Clinched with win over STL -2015 - Clinched with SFG loss to OAK -2016 - Clinched with STL loss to SFG -2017 - Clinched with win over STL -2018 - Clinched with STL loss to MIL -2020 - Clinched with PHI loss to WAS Edit: Nevermind on 2016, looked it up...the Cubs clinched a playoff berth in 2016 with a win over STL, but they had a chance to clinch the division later on and lost and clinched with an STL loss to SFG
  20. UMFan83
    The Bulls and Bears are both pathetic but the Angels are unique in that they squander generational talent and are never good but inexplicably go for it at the deadline on occasion and hurt their future more.
  21. UMFan83
    Damn I was really hoping the Brewers would lose tonight to put some pressure on them down the stretch.
  22. UMFan83
    And 5 walks! 19 baserunners, 4 runs
  23. UMFan83
    I think there are scenarios where the Cubs end up in a 3 team tiebreaker with Arizona and the Mets that the Cubs haven’t locked in yet so technically they can’t clinch tonight. Like if all 3 teams tied, there’s a possibility that ARI/NYM are WC2 and WC3 and the Cubs are eliminated.
  24. UMFan83
    There seems to be this invisible barrier the Cubs have at 4 runs that won’t let them score anymore. Once a week they are given permission to cross that threshold
  25. UMFan83
    Of course this is the first inning of Skenes vs Horton also has Willi Castro ever played a ball off the wall before? That was awful and probably cost them a run and Cruz an extra base
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