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lol ok well i'll take that

Come on wilson, do what you did last time

Welcome horsefeathering back Bryzzo

I'm not sure KB knows that's a thing you can do anymore.

Ugh please score here so we don't have to deal with stupid ass extra innings rules.

Or don't get behind in the count 2-0 to each of the first 4 batters you face, walking 2 of them

ouch blown save. Felt that coming, Jeffress hasnt looked good.

Ugh 6 of Jeffress' first 7 pitches are balls

Hahahaha Javy is fun again

Wick comes on with a 1 run lead and immediately walks the leadoff man on 4 pitchers. This should end well Edit: Nevermind nice induced grounder

This isn’t even a joke. I wasn’t even expecting the Cubs to get the run in and was actually a little stunned it happened

Lets totally get multiple base runners thrown out in a tie game late and the middle of the order due up

What the horsefeathers was that? Rizzo would have scored and then Contreras gets thrown out, negating the runner on 3rd and 1 out situation we were going to settle for. How does that get messed up so badly?

Ugh that was a game changing error

This is going to be wild. No off days within a series until the WS so the NLCS and ALCS will play 7 games in 7 days. There will be 8 playoff games on Sept 30 and we for sure get 2 days in the Division Series where we get 4 playoff games. Insane that they've decided that during the season and after the deadline. That means we might see someone like Tyler Chatwood starting a deciding Game 5 in the NLDS Whoever draws the Dodgers in that WC round better take them out while they have a chance.

Danny Mac is gone from 670: https://twitter.com/JulieDiCaro/status/1305934434806439938 In case anyone missed it, he tweeted and quickly deleted a tweet last night comparing MNF Sideline reporter Maria Taylor to a porn star.

How do we feel about facing the Cardinals, rivarly bragging rights aside? For some reason Flaherty, Hudson, Wainwright looks great on paper but doesn't really terrify me, especially if we can neutralize one of them with Darvish. The only hitter that truly scares me is Goldschmidt. They have other solid hitters but not ones that scare me. Of course they are probably saying the same thing about our lineup...

Didnt see PFF grades posted. Oof Trevathan. Jaylen Johnson's numbers back up what we saw on the eye test. But at the same time, hell yeah Anthony Miller and David Montgomery. Very impressive

Doesn't surprise me at all. Dude has been tweeting really cryptic quotes for the last month. Presumably related to a lack of extension. But at the same time, while some athletes do this to force a trade it is also the go-to move for trying to gain leverage in contact talks

I think so. We're 4-6 against both the Cards and Brewers, and the first tiebreaker I believe is H2H record. The Cubs are 5-5 against the Brewers and Cardinals, 6-4 against the Reds, and 5-1 against the Pirates Yeah I just looked it up. Before today (when the Cardinals and Cubs were tied in the loss column) if both teams won out, the Cubs would be 25-15 in the division and the Cardinals 28-12 so the Cubs didn’t control their destiny until game 1 tonight

Were we guaranteed to lose a tiebreaker if both teams won out?

That's right, it was a Sunday night, don't know why I thought it was a Thursday night. Probably because last year we opened the season against GB on Thursday night (albeit at Soldier Field)

I definitely tried to do something like that at a very basic level. Looked at seasons 1-6 and 7-12 as two queries and crossed the references against each other to. Include guys who only made one list. Obviously wanted to keep out the 1 year wonders so 5-ish cumulative seasons is probably a decent target to even get into an elite list, but I went with 6 just because that was where Mack was starting at. Also, as mentioned guys like White and Dent who were very strong through 6, I noted that even if they dropped off, they still had strong numbers. So they didn't age well from a comparative point, but did still in an absolute sense. Definitely there could be more sophisticated ways to do it (for one, trying to do a rolling 6 season as you might find a guy who was elite in years 3-8 and made neither of my lists). Also perhaps need my second leg to meet a slightly more generous threshold. For example if a guy went 12, 12, 10, 9, 4, 0 his last 6 seasons, he still aged fairly well (and such a result I think most Bears fans would be happy with from Mack considering the contact), but he'd miss my second list threshold. So, doing this again "properly" and not quick and dirty, I'd probably try something like "best 4 seasons" against rolling average 3 seasons over their remainder of their career, or something like that. Which would probably make me feel better about Mack, but kind of prove the "elite" part is self fulfilling and that Mack just doesn't belong with the likes of truly elite pass rushers (but still very good in other harder to measure areas... But also isn't being paid for his run D). But I do agree with your last point, which is what I suspected when I started this list in my reply to David. It's self-fulfilling and a selection bias issue that created that particular myth. The drop for Mack has been precipitous, he went from someone who could change the outcome of a game to nearly invisible. He had no effect in yesterday' game, they'd won with or without him, and he'll probably make no difference in this Bears' season. I guess its a combination of the items mentioned above, injury and a difference in what constitutes holding. During the game, on both sides, most especially on Mack, I've seen the OL' arm under chin 'block', Mack' essentially by the blocker however, the blocker is using Mack' chin and neck to hold him back. I do not know how the hell that isn't a hold. That "great" Mack stopping former Packer OL, Bryan Bulaga, was expert at that, along with his other holds of Mack. I actually noticed Mack quite a bit yesterday. Yes he wasn't getting to the QB at a high rate or noticeably taking over the game but he was beating his man fairly consistently. Plus he's still getting double teamed frequently, so even if he doesnt knock the QB down hes having an affect on the game. Like the post above me talks about, he's probably not going to be at the level he was in Oakland but he is still a pro bowl player IMO. I will say though, I've never seen a pass rusher affect the game like he did in his first game as a Bear in GB. I thought we were getting that Mack consistently even though there is no earthly way someone can be that productive more often than not. Even Aaron Donald doesn't hit those heights too often. I think that performance/first impression to Bears fans has a detrimental affect on the perception of his performance since then.

I think I was already writing up my 'of course they blew it' tweet until I turned back to the TV and realized he dropped it. I read an article today that said Swift is supposed to have great hands and receiving ability. Only 3 drops total in college.

that's what it takes to throw a no-hitter for a Mills. I watched the majority of the game - dozed a bit in the middle innings - but I don't remember a single ball that I thought - oh my god that's going to be a hit. Were there any great defensive plays? I don't remember any. The closest to a hit - I think - was when Javy waited back on ball hit by Garcia and then just nipped him at 1st. Mills certainly wasn't dominating in the traditional sense it just seemed like everything was a routine fly ball or a 2 hopper to an infielder. There was one hit to Happ that he had to get a good break on to catch 5 feet short of the warning track in...I want to say the 4th