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Monty stinks today.
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This game is annoying.
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Justin Wilson: Somehow Carnie Wilson
soccer10k replied to Ding Dong Johnson's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Duke should write an article about him because one of two things will happen: -Wilson will follow the "Duke wrote about a player" tradition and get significantly worse or injured, in which case the Cubs will get rid of him and we won't have to see him pith much longer -Duke's article works as a reverse jinx and Wilson becomes good. Seems like a win-win to me. -
I think you're alone on #2. horsefeathers them. Yes, I am bitter. But I am relishing every minute of this after all the stupid articles about them being the best team ever. I hope they win 102 games, have a lower RD than the 2016 Cubs and then lose in the NLDS. They'll still probably get to 104 but the run differential isn't going to happen. They were 67 behind the 2016 Cubs coming into tonight with 23 games left which would mean outscoring their opponents by almost 3 runs per game (after tonight, that will be over 3 runs per game). Even before this slump they weren't outscoring opponents by even two runs per game on the year. The Indians actually have a better chance of getting the RD right now. They're at +199, so 53 behind the Cubs with 22 games to go. They'll rest some players down the stretch but they're also only 2.5 games behind the Astros for HFA.
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It's even more rare than that. First time since 1985.
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Last couple rounds of South American qualifying will be interesting. Chile's trying to blow it by losing at home to Paraguay 3-0 and then losing at Bolivia (9th place) 1-0. Brazil is officially in and Uruguay is all but qualified (they're in second and they play the 9th and 10th place teams). After that: 3. Colombia 26 (+3 GD) vs Par at Per 4. Peru 24 (+1 GD) at Arg vs Col 5. Argentina 24 (+1 GD) vs Per at Ecu 6. Chile 23 (+1 GD) vs Ecu at Bra 7. Paraguay 21 (-6 GD) at Col vs Ven 8. Ecuador 20 (+0 GD) at Chi vs Arg Colombia is in if they win one of the two games and might get in with two draws. Ecuador needs to win twice to make it and Paraguay probably does also.
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Blue Jays and Red Sox are tied 2-2 in the 16th inning. Toronto gave up 2 in the bottom of the ninth. When Bruce Bochy sees the box score he's going to wonder how Toronto only used 6 pitchers to get through 15 innings. Ariel Miranda has a no-hitter through 6 against Houston. Game is tied 1-1 because in the third inning he walked three batters (he's got six total) and gave up a sac fly.
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Remember when you proclaimed the Pirates as division champions? He's claimed everyone but the Reds as division champions this year.
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JD Martinez hit four dongs against the Dodgers tonight.
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9/4 Cubs (Arrieta) at Pirates (Kuhl) 3:05 ABC7
soccer10k replied to Cubswin11's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Well the question of what to do with Monty just got solved. -
9/4 Cubs (Arrieta) at Pirates (Kuhl) 3:05 ABC7
soccer10k replied to Cubswin11's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Seriously any other horsefeathering day Duke. Any other day Death, taxes and Duke cursing Cubs players. -
Billy Hamilton just hit a walkoff homer to beat the Brewers.
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Rosen was 19-26, 292, 4 TDs in the 4th quarter.
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They only have to go 12-14 to get to 104 so I'd say yes. They do still have 3 against Arizona, 3 against Washington and 7 against Colorado though.
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They are pissed off about losing a scheduling advantage, plain and simple. The Brewers have the day before off while the Cubs have a night game in Pittsburgh. What's the rationale behind scheduling the Cubs for a night game in Pittsburgh anyway on getaway day? The Brewers should actually be mad at MLB for the schedule.
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Just rounding into postseason form.
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Bruce Bochy is in fine September form already. First day with expanded rosters and he uses 8 relievers to get 11 outs. Only one of them went a full inning.
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Coming back to this, assuming Panama doesn't get any points later in Azteca, you have: USA 8 pts +1 GD Honduras 8 pts -6 GD Panama 7 pts -1 GD With these schedules: USA: @Hon, v.Pan, @T&T Hon: v.USA, @CR, v.Mex Pan: v.T&T, @USA, v.CR A tie and a win for the US would not only put them at 11 points, but make it extremely difficult for them to be caught since Panama would likely be on 10 points and Honduras 9 entering the final game day where the US has by far the best matchup. 4 points from the next 2 games isn't a given, but Honduras hasn't exactly defended their home field well, and there's other uncertainties like Panama taking 3 from T&T(they haven't won at home in the hex). We're fine unless Costa Rica clinches a top-3 against Mexico and decides to not try in their last two games. It's unlikely with the matchups but Mexico would absolutely tank that last game if it screwed us over. But the only way that would happen is if we beat/tied Honduras but lost to Panama and then Honduras won in Costa Rica. Even to finish third we could lose a close one to Honduras and still be fine because of goal differential. Lose to Honduras, win the next two and Honduras would have to beat Mexico by 7 goals or something to make up the GD.
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The big run started with a 16-2 stretch after getting swept by the Phillies. Related note, it's funny how big that 4 game sweep of the Giants was considering they won the second wild card by 13 games, but they were actually a half game back of the Giants before the series started.
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The bottom half of the draw has a bunch of guys left who have never made a major final and made a combined 1 major semifinal. Murray (2nd) pulled out while Zverev (4th), Cilic (5th), and Tsonga (8th) all lost already. Isner at 10 is the highest seeded player and Querry is the only one to have ever made a semi. Meanwhile, the top half has the best four players left by seed plus Del Potro and Monfils, who both have at least as many QF and more semis than everyone still alive on the bottom half combined.
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I'm pretty sure Coomer just said "Darby Swanson".
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You forgot the most annoying part - that he frequently does it on pitches that are right over the heart of the plate. And not curves from lefties either. He does it on fastballs from righties.
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Another dong for Stanton tonight. That's 18 this month and 30 in the last two months combined (one off the record).
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On Olney's pod today he said Stanton is tied with Sosa for 2nd in HRs in 2 consecutive months behind only Albert Belle. I was surprised it was Bonds so I looked up his splits in 2001 and he topped out at 28. That also led me to see that Bonds hit .403/.607/1.078/1.685 with 16 HRs in Sept, which is just insane.
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At one point earlier this year I said something along the lines that the Cubs could win 100+ games each year for a decade straight, win the World Series each year, and he'd still overreact like this. It's just who he is and nothing the Cubs do will ever change it. I mean you're probably right but there have been plenty of frustrating moments this year that at least somewhat warrant some of it. You declared the game over at 2-0 in the first inning. That would be a stupid thing to do if it was the 2012 Cubs playing this year's Dodger team with Kershaw pitching. This is, at the very least, a decent Cubs team playing a crappy Phillies team. It's just a flat out dumb thing to post or think. There's a big difference between complaining about a starting pitcher getting knocked around or a player on another team killing the Cubs and saying a game is over in the 1st inning.