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Even GR thinks this is ridiculously excessive.

Didn’t Rizzo do the same thing last year? That one actually led to a couple runs because the catcher was throwing the ball.

it is. i still think gs will win, but i'm not even made about it now. I wouldn't be shocked if the Warriors won but I still think Toronto will get it done. Last night, the Warriors made the second most 3's ever in a finals game (20) while shooting 47.6% from 3 and they needed Toronto to shoot 8-32 from 3. And they still only won by a point. Before he got hurt, Durant contributed to that by hitting all three of his 3's. I know I'm cherry picking one stat but the Warriors made 20+ 3's 7 times in 103 games this year while the Raps made 8 or fewer 3's in only 14 of 105 games. Raps have won games by 9, 13 and 14 while the Warriors won two games by 6 points total. Of course, the Warriors still do have Steph and Klay so it's entirely possible they combine for something like 13-27 from 3 in each of the next two games and the Warriors pull it out.

horsefeathering Murphy.

So we're assuming that we're definitely going to lose the series to LA and that the Brewers are going to roll the Giants (remember they just lost 2 of 3 to the Marlins)? Got it.

Swing the bat, Kyle.

Two on, no out, get a couple here, please.

I think Durant is done for the series now. Hope he didn’t make it any worse.

Fun fact: Campana has a .853 OPS in the Mexican League this year. Of course, league average is .868. Funner fact: Felix Pie currently has a .459/.546/.823/1.369 line in the Mexican League this year.

From the ESPN story. Thought this was kind of funny:

Not if we’re factoring in off the field issues.

One more baserunner, unless he gets to 2 outs first.

In to the basket!

I watched the top of the first before we went out to dinner. I was still following on At-Bat but once things started going well, I did the logical thing and never turned the game on. Until the top of the ninth, at least. I figured things were safe by that point.

LOL. That’s pretty crazy. There would be at least 10 people on this board whose heads would have exploded if the roles were reversed today and the Cubs did the same thing.

Off to a great start.

It pretty much comes down to Durant. If he comes back, even if he's not fully healthy, the Warriors can definitely win the series, even if he's not 100%. Even if he doesn't, they're good enough to win it, though I don't think they will. They need Durant. They're a championship team without him, but they're not unbeatable. During their first two runs without him, they won 67 and 73 games, but also fell behind 2-1 to the Grizzlies and the Cavs the first year, fell behind 3-1 to the Thunder and then blew a 3-1 lead to the Cavs. Durant makes them unbeatable. I don't think Durant is playing this series. I think the injury is more serious than they've let on and it's a bit of gamesmanship on their part to not announce his status until before each game. Definitely happy for the Raps. Hope they can close it out in front of their fans on Monday.

Good thing Strop got the call on strike 3 against Dex.

I have an irrational hatred of when the 8 hitter hits into a double play to end the inning so the pitcher has to lead off the next one.

He wanted Chapman/Jansen money/years and they are arguably better than him and were much younger when they signed their deals. He was also not good after the ASB last year. 4.57 ERA in the regular season and 5.91 in the playoffs. 23 walks in those 32 innings. One blowup against Baltimore (4 R in 1/3 IP) skews the regular season numbers but he did give up a run in 5 of his 9 playoff appearances.

They have reached the easy part of their schedule per Brewers fans. Then baseball happens. It is just one game. They win the next two and it’s an okay series for them.

467 foot dong.

11 1/3 IP, 3 ER, 4 H , 1 BB, 12 K and a .374 OPS allowed (before today). A .125 BABIP but it would be huge if he’s back to normal.

You want this team to fail. I get it. You wanted the same thing last year also. I do believe in this team and think they’re going through a rough stretch. Does that mean they will be fine? Of course not. But yes, I do think they’re a good team. Regardless of what I think about them, you implying a 5-6 game deficit to the Brewers is insurmountable is absurd. I didn't say it was insurmountable. You implied that it would be no big deal because past teams did it, and I pointed out the problem with that thinking. This is after you moved the goal posts from when you previously said the brewers schedule didnt matter and that they wouldnt pull ahead of the cubs. I get it, I whine in game threads a lot. but right now the organization really isnt in a very good spot going forward, so maybe you should accept that. I understand that we should be thankful for what the Cubs have done in the last 5 years, but the actions of the organization in the last couple years dont warrant your defense. they should be criticized heavily for what they're doing. Sorry for misinterpreting your predictably overly pessimistic post as you saying the Cubs wouldn't be able to overturn a 5-6 game deficit, even though I'm sure you believe it. The reason for my response, which you clearly didn't understand, was that the Cubs have literally already come back from 5.5 games back to take first place this season. And they did it within a month. Where did I say they definitely 100% wouldn’t pull in front of the Cubs? I might have said I didn’t believe they would or predicted it wouldn't happen, but that’s different from me saying the Brewers have no chance to do so. As for the schedule, I never said that it didn't matter. I'm guessing you're remembering this post where I simply said that their schedule until the All-Star wasn't that much easier than ours. Since then the Brewers haven't been impressive. They lost series to Atlanta and Philly, split with Minnesota and Cincy and beat Pittsburgh 3 of 4. They caught us because we're currently playing like crap, though also against generally decent to good teams. On a related note, it's good to see you understand what "moving the goalposts" means about as well as you understand how in season team win total projections work. The Cubs have won 90+ games and made the playoffs four straight years and, even after this slump, are still on pace to win 88, which means they're a good week from being on pace to win 90+ again. As for going forward? I understand the frustration that we're not the Astros right now. I think we all harbored visions of running off high 90's to low 100's wins like they are for a few years after what we did in 2015 and 2016. But there are a bunch of teams that are in a worse spot going forward. We still have a decent amount of talent and ownership is still willing to run a $200M payroll. As for looking more than like 2 years in the future for projecting, I don't think there's much of a point in doing that. Things change really quickly. I'm not defending the organization. I'm looking at the team this year and saying they're not nearly as bad as you're making them out to be. If you want to be pessimistic and look at the glass as half empty all the time, be my guest. I prefer to try to be optimistic about things. I don't do it all the time, but it's a much more enjoyable existence.

even you know your heart isnt behind this post this team is a shell of what they used to be. expecting anything based on what they've done in previous years is pointless. they are not those teams, and we all knew it going into the season. they're a slightly above average team. You want this team to fail. I get it. You wanted the same thing last year also. I do believe in this team and think they’re going through a rough stretch. Does that mean they will be fine? Of course not. But yes, I do think they’re a good team. Regardless of what I think about them, you implying a 5-6 game deficit to the Brewers is insurmountable is absurd, which was the whole point of my post.