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I momentarily forgot that the 2003 NLCS would fall in this category, and would not have expected to laugh so hard when I was reminded. -
Such a tedious thought process. The Urias that the Cubs crushed wasn't real because he hadn't started a bunch of games, but the recent Urias who hasn't seen the 5th inning since football season started doesn't count because the Cubs(the best team in baseball against LHP who already torched him once) are bad. The Cubs could very easily lose 2 in a row and their season could be over. That doesn't make the bizarro freakouts about the Cubs being pathologically incapable of hitting breaking balls to be true.
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8 pitchers had at least 100 IP and an ERA below 2.80. 2 of them pitch for the Cubs, and those two have a 1.56 ERA in their 4 starts. The Cubs have faced 4 of the other 6 in their 7 playoff games. In those other 3 games the Cubs have 19 runs, 6+ per game.
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I'm halfway through anger-eating a bag of M&Ms and hating myself for letting a game impact me this much, and I still can't even fathom the things people do to try and find their way to pessimism. Julio Urias isn't similar to Rich Hill. Hill throws 2 pitches, Urias fairly evenly mixes in 4. Hill had a 2.12 ERA, Urias's is higher than John Lackey's. Urias has already had an outing where the Cubs bombed him into oblivion. He hasn't thrown more than 3.2 innings in 46 days. The Dodgers preferred to send both Kershaw and Hill on 3 days rest than let him start in the NLDS. He is undeniably talented and has had a strong outing against the Cubs, but spare me the 'likely loss' stuff.
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There's a gap of some size between 'suck' and 'not Jon Lester'. Somewhere in that gap is 'John Lackey v. the Dodgers', so you let him go(with a parade of lefties ready in relief) against the worst Dodger starter and let Lester go on normal rest where he can be the best version of himself he can be.
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Starting Lester in Game 4 will make me want to scream into a pillow, a capper on a truly garbage baseball day You are smart. Why is it such a bad idea when the dodgers are a completely different team against LHP? They are like the 95 Indians against righties and the....206 NLCS Cubs against lefties. Ok maybe that's a liiitle bit extreme but I don't trust us to win 3 of 4 games when 3 of the games will be started by right handed pitching. It's a bit of a gamble because of the 3 days but I feel better knowing Lester is going 2 more times. He's had a really light work load lately. Now you respond with 500 reasons why my thinking is all wrong and change my mind Because Jon Lester is not Jon Lester on 3 days rest, and Jon Lester is especially not Jon Lester when you start him back to back on 3 days rest. It's especially because of the latter that you don't do it, because you either start Lester doing his best Lackey equivalent in Game 7, or you have a need to start Lackey anyway prior to that point.
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It's going to be Lackey. That's what he wants you to think. Pulled after 77 pitches in game 1, last chance to get 3 starts by LHP in the series, Dodgers hit 175 points of OPS less against lefties, Cubs in a situation where it's not must win but probably should win, every other manager is abusing their starters and having success etc Have lackey go against kershaw in game 5, maybe he will have a chip on his shoulder and match him. Starting Lester in Game 4 will make me want to scream into a pillow, a capper on a truly garbage baseball day
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Pederson with a double off a lhp I think I have bogus baseball bingo
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this game is just checking every box of potential ways to annoy me you already warmed Zastryzny, use him or better yet, use Edwards since you can't use him more than twice in the final 4 games anyway
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is that the same song from the Bayless/Sharpe commercials
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Hendricks just gave up 1 run and Lackey has only pitched 1 game Hendricks got smoked by a baseball in the physical sense. Point is, Cubs have also thrown really good pitchers and other teams havent had issues hitting them. Lester and Hendricks have given up 2 runs in this series, on a pair of pop up home runs that don't get out under any other circumstances. If they don't come back today, go blow up Urias and the pen tomorrow and you're in fine shape.
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Great outing for Grimm. I'd strongly consider using Edwards in the 8th since you know he can't pitch in both games 4 and 5.
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how about calling Blanton for obstruction
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Coghlan gets earholed, strike 1
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Yeah and David's post are great. See this was better, you're on the right track.
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Also Kendrick pinch hitting for Toles is some terrific short-sightedness from Roberts, hopefully he burns them like they did in Game 1.
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Montgomery not warming at all gives me hope that they're planning a multi-inning outing for him tomorrow.
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Jesus Christ you are garbage. You'd think you'd learn something from being such a [expletive] abomination last week. Do us all a favor and go away. Stop acting like you own this place dumbass. Maybe in here you think you are someone but you aint. Get bent. Your posts are bad. Make fewer bad posts.
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finally something goes the dodgers way
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did you watch the NLDS Being up 2-1 with a chance of going home for a Game 5 is nothing compared to being down 2-1 with Clayton Kershaw lurking Good grief, this isn't fun regardless but the mental gymnastics to exaggerate further are silly. Yes, the Cubs faced plenty of adversity when they won a 1-0 game late, came back in the 9th before losing in extra innings, and then down 3 runs in the 9th facing an elimination game against Cueto. Being down a couple runs midway thru game 3 of a 7 game series is not at the top of the list.
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okay, 3rd time through the order score some runs please, this is tortuous to watch
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let's see what blown call will immediately precede Seager's single this time
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did you watch the NLDS
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The Dodgers have scored 2 runs in their last 12 innings. The offense is irritating but they aren't down 4 either.
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Toles getting sawed off appears to be 95% of his hits
