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I was just looking at the schedule to see who we start off with next year and noticed this also. We have 6 off days in March and April. 3 of those are because of various home openers (Texas, Atlanta and ours). But we've also got an off day between home series against Arizona then the Dodgers (the Dodgers are in Milwaukee before so makes sense they need an extra day for that long trip). And we've also got an offday after a Sunday road game in Arizona before going to Seattle (the Mariners are at home also right before). It's only a two-game series but it seems like they could have scheduled that for Mon and Tue and then a four game set Thur-Sun. So at the beginning of the season we play 29 games in 36 days. And then we've got two off days in September with games on 18 straight days, including (as was pointed out) in San Diego on a Thursday before traveling home for a 1:20 start on Friday. At least Milwaukee has a similar September schedule (a stretch of 18 straight days with a game and only two off days) minus the random San Diego to day home game thing. Cards only have 2 off days also. Hopefully that all doesn't matter and we treat September as a victory tour like we did in 2016.
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Just got under that one.
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Kimbrel trying to blow it. Either that or the Yankees have a solid fake rally going.
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Yeah, I'll be rooting for the AL regardless in the WS. My order is Astros Red Sox Yankees Dodgers Brewers I get the Astros hate but for some reason I don't really have it. They've been in the AL for 6 years and were mediocre at best their last 7 years in the NL (08 at 86-75 was their only solid year). And they generally go out there and hit a lot of dongs.
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Well that escalated quickly. Goodbye Cleveland.
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Couldn’t happen to a better guy.
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So ump gives Buehler a gift 3-0 strike to Acuna. Next pitch Acuna hits a grand slam.
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3 ties. They nearly tied the Raiders last week also. And the Saints game they missed a FG that would have sent it to OT. They’re also a missed FG (I know Pitt missed one earlier in OT as well) and a blown call by the officials away from being 4-1.
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That leaderboard is amazing. Trout literally has twice the WAR in that span of the second best player.
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seems like a pretty silly complaint considering the rockies eliminated us 3 days ago The Cubs suck even worse than the Rockies, so not really. The Cubs won 5 more games in a tougher division. They don’t suck.
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The 2016 Giants and 2015 Cardinals were both pretty weak. The 2015 Cardinals won 100 games. They weren’t weak.
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They aren't obligated. But wouldn't it be great if they used the influence to at least try. Not for Addison Russell but, going forward, if an organization like the Cubs actually held him accountable and other players took notice, maybe this happens less in the future. Make him actually go to counseling. Make him do more than just give lip service to doing the right things. After he's done that, if they're not convinced he's changed for the better than publicly and loudly blast him into a billion pieces. If the Cubs released him tomorrow and someone else picks him up, he will have learned nothing and will probably do it again. Women seem to like this guy. Don't you think "oh no I might get released from my extremely high paying job in sports" is much more of a deterrent to bad behavior than "oh no I have to attend a few therapy sessions"? I’m sure he’s much more worried he’ll get released because he can’t hit than because of bad behavior.
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Like you don’t want him or don’t think we get him? Don’t want him because I’m a big fraidy cat who thinks every big contract we sign is going to hamstring us when their shoulder or wrist or knee gives out.
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I’m all for getting rid of him but this is dumb. If you can get any sort of return for him, do it.
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Jesse Rogers just posted a story saying Maddon is expected to keep his job next year.
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They deserve to gloat a little bit but we almost have as many postseason appearances in the last 4 seasons as they do ever. I hope they horsefeathering go down in flames. I know it is their social media person but it is still a reflection of their organization I don’t mind the joke. I bet our social media person made some jokes at Pittsburgh and St Louis when we bounced them in 2015.
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No but we’ll leave this one up for you. http://images.performgroup.com/di/library/omnisport/fa/67/cubs-world-series-banner_vvinwnnncr7m1uzsgrtqeq2mq.jpg?t=1528863587&w=960&quality=70
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The 9th inning when Davis was trying to give us the gave but Murphy and Schwarber wouldn’t take their walk and Willy tried not to lost the game for us. Murphy yes. Schwarber got hosed though. That’s on the ump, not Schwarber. On 2-1 sure. But Davis had tried to walk Murphy, did walk Contreras and started 2-0 on Schwarber and then he swung at a pitch well up and in. I know Davis probably throws different pitches but even if you give him the 3-0 strike (which the ump would have done), the fifth pitch was well outside the zone. Schwarber set that whole thing in motion but not waiting for a strike.
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Abso-effing-lutely. Of everything that happened last night, this pissed me off most. bryant's strikeout in the 12th where they were obviously pitching around him to get to terrance gore was pretty bad, too. The 9th inning when Davis was trying to give us the gave but Murphy and Schwarber wouldn’t take their walk and Willy tried not to lost the game for us.
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I wonder how much, if any at all, of Rizzo’s terrible April was due to trying to adapt to Chili’s new approach. Im trying not to draw any conclusions from a short quote after back to back tough losses that ended their season, but I wonder if Rizzo didn’t just say horsefeathers it I’m doing it my way. Could have just been a crazy slump mixed with a bunch of bad luck too that had nothing to do with Chili.
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You’re not going to hit the ball anyway. Just take the pitch.
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Gore is a part of two full postseason runs with the Royals and doesn’t take a single PA yet Joe manages to get him two in a winner take all game.
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Should have buried another change.
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Game winning hit to a .170 horsefeathering hitter.
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Chili gave their hitters some advice before the game.