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Lol, he lasted three games.
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I'm not throwing it out. But going forward if you're asking me which version of the Cubs offense we're more likely to see, I think we can both agree that it's the June-August offense rather than the April-May offense. Does that mean there's no way the April-May offense comes back in Sept and Oct? No, of course not. But I certainly wouldn't bet on it.
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So we shouldn't cherry pick a specific date to make our argument but it's okay to say we're 8-6 in the last 14 while playing - except for 3 games - at least decent baseball teams? Got it. I don't care about the idiots who think this isn't playoff team. They're not serious people. I think most people, like myself, are concerned that this team went on an offensive heater for 2 months and have been a .500 team for 3 months which, last time I checked, is half the season.
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Maybe those teams are slightly above average as well. I don't know. I haven't looked at their extended stretches. But when a team goes on an offensive heater for 2 months at a rate only a handful of teams have ever done, that's not sustainable. Through April, the Cubs were on pace to score 961 runs, which only 21 teams have ever done since 1900. Through May, they were on pace to score 933 runs, which only 39 teams have ever done. That wasn't going to continue. And when it didn't, the Cubs stopped playing like a 100 win team and started playing like an 84 win team. Each full season from 2017 to 2023 featured 3+ teams that won 100 games. Last year there were none and this year, unless somebody goes like 21-5, there might only be 1 in Milwaukee (and Milwaukee would have to go 15-9 to do it). So these last two years have been different from what we got used to.
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Cubs were 38-22 on June 3. They’re now 78-59. So they’ve gone 40-37 the past 3 months, which is an 84 win pace. It’s pretty clear that the first two months of the season were the fluky portion, but sure, keep telling us that a team that’s played .500 ball for the last 3 months is good. Yes they’ll be in the playoffs and yes they definitely could win a round or two, or even win the whole thing. But this team is very likely a slightly above average team.
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Happ!
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In comes Porter Hodge to put the game out of reach.
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I’m saying Busch should have stayed at first, Boyd gets the ball and throws to first to get the out. Once Busch goes after the ball they have no choice but to go home.
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Busch should probably have let Boyd take that and just gotten the out at first, right?
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College Football - "Week Zero" and Week 1 (Aug. 23-30)
soccer10k replied to Andy's topic in Other Sports
Lol. They just zoomed in on a dejected Bama fan and he flipped off the camera. -
College Football - "Week Zero" and Week 1 (Aug. 23-30)
soccer10k replied to Andy's topic in Other Sports
Yeah, I’m not a QB expert but he doesn’t seem all that great. -
College Football - "Week Zero" and Week 1 (Aug. 23-30)
soccer10k replied to Andy's topic in Other Sports
Bama down 24-7 at Florida St. -
So realistically to have a shot at the division, they probably need to pick up 3 games in the next 6 right? 28 games left and 6.5 back, so picking up 3 games would leave us 3.5 back with 22 to play. Obviously they could still win the division even if they don't pick up 3 games, but series with Col and Atl while Mil gets Tor and Phi is a perfect spot to make up ground.
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College Football - "Week Zero" and Week 1 (Aug. 23-30)
soccer10k replied to Andy's topic in Other Sports
CJ Stroud was pretty good. -
Double.
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Wait so the Cubs shouldn't have overreacted to a bad 60 games in the weird 2020 Covid season despite him being a significantly better hitter in each of the four previous seasons? WHO KNEW!
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Dansby has a .856 OPS against lefties before tonight and batted 7th. Shaw has a .782 OPS against lefties before tonight and batted 8th. I'm sure part of the reaction is because he hit into a double play and if either Dansby or Shaw done the same thing, people would be complaining about that too. Hindsight is always 20-20. And really, that's not what cost us the game anyway. But there isn't really a justification to bat Turner 4th at this point, though having said that he probably doesn't bat lower than 6th against lefties anyway so whatever.
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On the plus side, it's pretty likely we can give guys extra days off in September since we'll be locked in to a WC spot. Guess we have to root for the Padres-Dodgers race to go down to the wire.
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Lol. I’ve seen enough. I’ll check back in 45 minutes or so.
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Well hopefully we can get the next two.
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You're tied 2-2, down a man. There's just over a minute left of added time and you've scored two goals with 10 men to tie the defending league champions. And yet for some reason, you've got 5 guys pressing their 5 (one Liv player off screen to the right). Now, I can do math and that leaves a 5 v 4 behind. And that means that when Liverpool moves the ball well, they end up with a wide open shot, 12 yards out, a couple yards to one side of the penalty spot. Newcastle should have been running a 6-3-0 formation at that point in the game.
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Cade has gone 37 innings in his last 7 starts and has a 0.49 ERA with a 2.60 FIP. Arrieta during the last 7 starts in 2015 pitched 55 innings with a 0.33 ERA and a 1.59 FIP. I’ll be shocked if I ever see a 12 start stretch better than Jake’s in the rest of my life.
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If they can at least maintain this 5 game gap in the next series (we play in SF, Mil hosts Arizona), then the next 6 games will be a big chance with us playing Colorado and Atlanta while Milwaukee gets Toronto and Philly.
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There we go!
