David

ok javy really would've had that one...that's a perfect spot for a javy tag

at the very least they are making him throw some pitches finally

on the other hand, give me all the james loney

He was called out and it was not clear enough to reverse. I.............don't agree.

i'm not complaining but why do we even have replay?

javy gets him for sure

these lineups are painful to look at

what

That got me thinking. How much would one pay for the Cubs to win the World Series? I'd be down for $5,000, and it's not like I make a ton of money. If you're going to go down this road, might as well bet the opponent each round and try to benefit from inflated odds on the Cubs if they lose. Don't say I said to do that because that's a lame way to fan.

Hah, that's similar to my experience in 2008. Started at Murphy's, went to Redmond's for some reason, then ended up at Justin's on Southport followed by watching Soriano strike out on a pitch in the dirt from my living room. 2003 I had to work that day for the start of the game, left work when it was 2-0, heard a very grainy Pat Hughes call the wild pitch that scored a run to make it 3-0 (was living in NH at the time, could amazingly get WGN radio on clear nights), watched the 8th inning from my living room and then jumped back into my car for a quiet drive to help me come to grips with what happened. Can't remember where I was for game 7, I think I was just watching at home. Pretty sure I watched 08 game 3 while pregaming at my friend's condo and then went to English afterward. I had already kinda been resigned to losing that series by that night. 2003 was watching at home. Even got to the point that I was pulling up tickets for the Yankees and was mapquesting the drive to New York.

Yeah I just think the difficult part to deal with is the fact that you could be a team as good as the Cubs and by plain bad luck and randomness you can get swept or otherwise lose in the first round In the NBA, the top seed is probably a 90% favorite to win in the 1st round (at least in the east) and a heavy favorite in the 2nd round. If you are a team like the Cavs or Warriors, losing in the 1st two rounds is a huge upset. In the NFL, the teams are closer matched, but a) The best teams get a bye and its only 2 wins to the championship round and b) home field advantage is bigger than in baseball so it tilts things in the better team's favor In the NHL, the 1st round discrepancy isn't as big as the NBA and there are more frequently 1 seeds losing, but its still an very uncommon occurrence. If you watch a baseball team play almost everyday for 6 months and watch them beat down teams to constantly reaffirm their status as the best team, it seems somewhat unfair that they are only a 55-60% favorite to get past the first round. Well, division winners get a "bye" too in a sense and it still results in only 2 rounds to the championship round. I can't speak to how much of a factor home field is in either sport. I guess in football you have the crowd factor, but baseball actually has an advantage built into the rules. The NHL and NBA comparisons are pretty far off given the fact that there are twice as many teams in the playoffs.

i definitely would've guessed one of them or Smithers.

What did the answer end up being? I was somehow the only person last night in a full bar who knew what Cleveland Indian had 50 doubles and 50 HR in 1995. Literally everyone else who had an answer said Manny.

There are ten or eleven that matter and they should be considered a foundational piece of the American TV canon.

Ehhh we were just ripping the Mets board for that

The Cubs attempts to get more out of him at the plate have been blamed for his struggles this year, yes. Last year, there was a similar storyline but the Cardinals abandoned their efforts much sooner.

one of the jo(h)ns on our staff

there is no horsefeathering way that that girl in his same podunk town wasn't related to him

I'm all for laughing at the Cardinals but this is the lamest attempt at a gotcha ever [tweet] [/tweet]

Seriously. I'm actually fat now, but back when I was a ridiculously skinny 205-210 pounds, at 6'4", BMI had me as overweight. That's the last time I paid attention to that number. I mean, it's flawed as it is, but when you specifically use it to judge professional athletes it's literally the worst possible use of it. I'm not sure you could come up with a worse application if you tried.

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Yeah, I'm not gonna lie...I wish I didn't know the whole playoff crapshoot thing. Would be a much better feeling. That said, it's good knowing that we have a better shot than any one team. Just sucks knowing the way people will judge this historically good team if we don't beat the odds and the field. That said, I'm way more excited than I am worried about any of that.

Never forget the very first anti-Theo meatball rage was for not even interviewing Sandberg.

[tweet] [/tweet] Yikes. I'm good on calling this one a bust for the foreseeable future (not that I blame him for getting hurt - but it's obviously a huge setback for his development). Hope Floyd works out much better.

Basically Deadspin was WAY too kind in their dismantling of this nonsense. This deserves a royal FJM-ing. They based it on BMI? LMFAO How incredibly stupid.