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  1. soccer10k
    Four games away. At Bochum (14th) on May 12 vs Augsburg (9th) on May 18 vs Atalanta in Dublin on May 22 vs Kaiserslautern (14th in the second division) on May 25 in the German Cup final. Can’t blame them for wanting to keep the streak going. For one, now they have the record. Secondly, they’re so close to an undefeated season. Someone wins the league every year. Someone wins the Europa every year. Teams have won trebles before. But going undefeated all season while playing in a Big 5 league and in Europe is legendary.
  2. soccer10k
    Lol unreal they just tied it in the 97th minute.
  3. soccer10k
    Roma 2-0 up at Leverkusen in the 66th minute. It’s 2-2 overall in the tie.
  4. soccer10k
    That must be a new rule for next year’s expanded format because Liverpool finished 5th last year and was in the Europa. Does that apply to any team that wins it or just if the team that wins it gets the 5th spot like Dortmund? So if Real wins does 5th place in La Liga go to next years UCL also?
  5. soccer10k
    https://www.mlb.com/cubs/video/michael-busch-homers-7-on-a-fly-ball-to-right-center-field?t=walk-offs LOL Coomer. Says that Busch was "sitting on a breaking ball and whacks it". Uh Ron, it was a 94 mph fastball buddy.
  6. soccer10k
    Did Mikolas throw at Martinez at some point or does he only do that with Cubs players?
  7. soccer10k
    Well at least they got the 1.
  8. soccer10k
    Let’s get the lead and the close this MFer out.
  9. soccer10k
    I have no idea how that ball got out. With him reaching for it and the ball being low, I would have thought that was more likely to be a bloop over the SS head than a homer.
  10. soccer10k
    If you take out Hendricks's 5 starts, our starting pitchers have a 1.92 ERA this year. Hendricks has accounted for 28 of the 61 ER allowed by our starters.
  11. soccer10k
    Unless I miscounted, the Cubs have as many losses in their last 8 games as runs allowed by their SP.
  12. soccer10k
    Beyond just that, the Cards had bases loaded with no outs in the 10th down 6-5 and struck out three straight times.
  13. soccer10k
    Looks like 2 points from those 5 games was too optimistic.
  14. soccer10k
    In 2013 and 2018, Toronto was down 3-1 to Boston, came back to force a Game 7 and lost. They also lost a Game 7 to Boston in 2019. All of those games, like this one, were in Boston.
  15. soccer10k
    So either Boston is the first team in NHL, NBA or MLB history to blow a 3-1 series lead in back to back seasons or Toronto will lose their 6th straight Game 7.
  16. soccer10k
    Need to at least get a third run this inning.
  17. soccer10k
    Batting average his H/AB. OBP is (H+BB+HBP) / (AB+BB+HBP+SF) PCA has no walks or HBP this year but has a SF, so the formulas simplify for him to BA = H/AB and OBP = H/(AB+SF). In his case, AB+SF > AB and the numerator is the same in both formulas.
  18. soccer10k
    Personally, I’d rather use the guy with the 0.68 ERA and hope he can get 5 outs over the guy with the 5.54 ERA and 5 blown saves this year. If Leiter blows it, oh well. It happens. I’d just much rather lose with the better pitcher on the mound.
  19. soccer10k
    That being said, the offense only getting 1 run against Joe Ross is more to blame for the loss.
  20. soccer10k
    Then I deal with that situation when it comes. If it was 7-8-9 coming up in the 8th, then I’m more okay with letting Alzolay come in. But I’m not bringing in the guy who has appeared in 14 games this year and blown the lead in 5 of them to face the top of the order in a 1 run game. The other side of the “what if” coin works also. What if you bring Leiter in, he gets two outs and the Cubs score a couple runs in the 8th? Now you feel much better about bringing someone else in.
  21. soccer10k
    In that case I’d bring in Leiter against the top of their order, let him start the 9th assuming he doesn’t throw a ton of pitches, and then bring in somebody else if need be for the #5 or 6 hitter if Leiter’s pitch count gets up there.
  22. soccer10k
    Just make it now. Either you’re right or you can take credit for a reverse jinx.
  23. soccer10k
    The right answer is to just not use Alzolay in a 1 run game again unless he’s the last guy in the pen.
  24. soccer10k
    Another blown save. Cool.
  25. soccer10k
    That was a Rizzo-like “I think I’m faster than I actually am” attempt at a double there.
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