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  1. squally1313
    You guys this is so fun. I know I say this every game, but imagine being a half game out of the wild card in mid-September and having one of your two decent pitchers start and then having to sit through this for two and a half hours.
  2. squally1313
    And is still having a really good year.
  3. squally1313
    Yep, pretty sweet. We discussed this earlier in the week but the worst case scenario would be the Brewers somehow winning tomorrow and the Cardinals losing the west coast game, ending after midnight Chicago time when a lot of Cubs fans are sleeping, and then the Cubs having to do the same thing as last year which is celebrate after the next days game. It's a rather minor thing either way, clinching is clinching, but I'd like to be able to win to clinch it. It would obviously require losing the next two games, but in a situation where Cubs and Cardinals both lose tomorrow, this team is carefree enough to do something weird like mob the guy who makes the last out to lose the game and then celebrate on the field anyways. Which would be pretty great.
  4. squally1313
    Nice of you guys to not wait until we give up a run to start the comments today. Appreciate the dedication.
  5. squally1313
    No, it still doesn't matter. Putting Heyward 8th means it's less likely to have guys on base for Bryant when he comes up in the 2 spot. The overall difference is entirely negligible. It may be statistically negligible, and it may be meatball thinking on my part, but I still can't buy into the fact that a #8 hitter has the same impact on the game as a #6 hitter. Especially when the hitter in question is slugging at a near historically low rate, it sure feels he can have a larger negative impact on the team's scoring chances when hitting 6th. I mean, I get it. Today's particular line-up, I don't really care too much, because I still have a hard time believing Ross and Baez are much better hitters than Heyward. But yeah, there's no reason why he should be batting above anyone in the lineup, but I'm not going to get too worked up over it and I really don't want to see it become something that gets blamed if things go wrong next month.
  6. squally1313
    It doesn't really ever matter. Like I said, it doesn't matter right now, but it does matter in the playoffs if he is coming up in the 6 spot with the middle of the order guys on base. Let Heyward take his walks in front of the pitcher. No, it still doesn't matter. Putting Heyward 8th means it's less likely to have guys on base for Bryant when he comes up in the 2 spot. The overall difference is entirely negligible. Though, to be fair, I'm probably just arguing for the sake of arguing. I don't think it makes a difference, but I also don't have any reason why he should be batting ahead of whoever is in the 6th and 7 spots.
  7. squally1313
    It doesn't really ever matter.
  8. squally1313
    The one game playoff helps a little bit. Outside of some scenario where making the WC game comes down to the last day, both teams are going throw their ace in the WC game, which limits them to one start in the NLDS. So Bumgarner, Syndergaard, and Martinez, most likely. Cueto has been pretty good, and I honestly don't know which of the rest of the Mets pitchers are still healthy besides Colon, but the Cardinals rotation drops off pretty quickly. That's why I'm hoping they sneak in, even if it would probably mean a few wins against us. If Martinez threw in the one game WC, they'd have to go something like Wainwright, Leake, Martinez, Garcia, Wainwright. I get the 7 game series reducing the crapshoot idea, but I don't think it really changes the percentages too much. Worst case scenario is the Giants having to throw Cueto and Bumgarner Saturday/Sunday to make the play-in game, and then somehow pulling it off. That would make it a lot tougher.
  9. squally1313
    Javy's slide has somewhat complicated things, but I still think against a lefty (maybe you match Lester against him) you put Baez at third and Bryant out with Soler and Fowler. If there's no sign of hope in the next couple weeks, I wonder if they'd consider Almora or putting LaStella at third and Bryant out in right against a righty. Obviously Zobrist can play out there too, but I'd be wary of a Soler/Fowler/Zobrist outfield.
  10. squally1313
    To add on to everyone: http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/here-is-a-powered-up-addison-russell/ In like the third paragraph: Earlier, Russell had a big problem catching up to high pitches — primarily fastballs. Good high heat could blow him away, but then when you look to the right side, you see that Russell’s contact has essentially risen. He’s made less contact low, and he’s made more contact high. The high contact has also become better contact.
  11. squally1313
    It's pretty absurd that they don't set an actual purchase price once you buy the option. If I'm reading it correctly, $145 buys you the right to buy a World Series rooftop ticket for approximately $600 more. So $745 all in, and if they don't make it to that game, you're out the $145. Great idea for them to make some additional cash as they were going to sell out anyways, but I'd be pretty wary of jumping on that. The fact that the price isn't set means, in theory, they're just going to set the final price to whatever they think the market value is, which eliminates the advantage of buying an option in the first place.
  12. squally1313
    September baseball for 2016 Cubs: Where we watch to see if our 3.50 ERA starter can put together a good start to maybe lock down the last spot on the playoff roster. Also, the Cardinals have 68 losses. Do you know what happens when they lose another game?
  13. squally1313
    No Schwarber votes????????????? Hahahahaha our reigning Cy Young winner who has been the 17th best pitcher in baseball this year and is almost universally regarded as a cool guy is the 7th favorite player. Can you imagine like, the White Sox 7th favorite player?
  14. squally1313
    New market efficiency is getting as many games as possible for your prospects.
  15. squally1313
    Not watching, stuck at work...that actually happened?
  16. squally1313
    Hendricks is the odds on favorite for the Corey Crawford speech at the World Series parade. (Start around 1:10 if the linking didn't work correctly).
  17. squally1313
    Can you imagine being in a struggle for one of the wildcard spots with 20 games left and watching this, knowing you have to deal with this 5 more times?
  18. squally1313
    http://www.fangraphs.com/leaders.aspx?pos=all&stats=bat&lg=all&qual=y&type=8&season=2016&month=0&season1=2016&ind=0 Look at our small child shortstop sneaking onto the first page of the fWAR offensive leaders. I remember being worried about his walk rate plummeting after getting traded here...9.5% from a 22 year old is pretty sexy.
  19. squally1313
    nice nice nice
  20. squally1313
    Can't add anything to what everyone else has already said, but as someone who falsely thinks they're somehow 'above' message board communities (while of course having over 1000 posts here), this really hit me hard. I've been mostly lurking for over 10 years, and posters have come and gone and reappeared, but as others have said, Fred was a constant presence around here. From the highs of 2007-2008, through the dark years, to now, he was always just...around. And while it didn't really mean much on a day to day basis, it certainly means a lot now. Really sorry for your loss.
  21. squally1313
    KB, and it's not even that close That was my initial thought, but then I remembered that on opening day 2021 Addison will be 27 and Bryant will be 29. But probably still Bryant.
  22. squally1313
    Wow.
  23. squally1313
    Haha while everyone talks about whether our first baseman or third baseman should win the MVP and which starter should get the most Cy Young votes, Addison is basically going to put up 25 home runs while playing an elite shortstop from here on out.
  24. squally1313
    That title doesn't even make sense from an English standpoint. He's referring to the critical moments from today (that they came up short In), which absolutely can't prove pivotal in October. If you were to go with "Cubs tendency to come up short in critical moments..." or "Cubs come up short in critical moments, doing so in October may prove pivotal" (which, obviously). I know it's tedious, but the dude is a freaking journalist.
  25. squally1313
    Assuming we're talking about the same thing, I for one am shocked that the (white) dude who LOVES Tommy LaStella and Matt Szczur apparently hates Jorge Soler.
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