Hockey Gay wrote:
Giants are hot right now and the better team.
Giants in four but I wouldn't surprised if they sweep.
so you're trying reverse psychology to jinx the jinx, eh? can't blame you cuz honestly i think this is the worst matchup the cubs could face in the whole of the playoffs (giants in a 5 game series, let alone that it's an even #'d year and you know what the giants do in even #'d years in the 2010s =/ )
the good news = if the cubs can win/survive this i think they're going to get some kind of a boost that should carry them to/through the world series. the real "curse" is on getting to the world series, so short of some kind of world class bed-shitting (read: "cubbie occurrence" =) or some other team getting otherworldly hot and simply "manifesting destiny" on the cubs, they're going to win because they're the best team in baseball. i think if they can make it through this then they're going to have a clear and obvious advantage in any other playoff series simply because
they're the better team. again: the cubs are the best team in baseball. the only thing working against them here is the 5 game series because if the giants can compress their pitching to maximize bumgarner+cueto in a short series the cubs might not have enough time to utilize their superior depth and take them out [just like MLB designed the 5-game-DS to do: give the underdog a proper chance]
of course, all of this is academic if the cubs seriously just go out and hit. get 3-4+ ER off of cueto/samooredzja/country-blumpkin (bummy) and you'll win. if it comes down to pitching matchups then i fear for the cubs in a 5 game series against the #1 rotation-in-the-playoffs-that-is-not-the-cubs (read: if samardzija and matt moore are "on" then the giants are right there with the cubs for the best playoff rotation IMO. the mets would be #1 if they had syndergaard, degrom, matz, harvey/bartolo/wheeler/g$ellman/lugo/etc.... or if they made the playoffs for that matter >=)
even if the cubs lose to the giants they're still the better team. however MLB keeps these 5 game DS series around probably to "shake things up" and give the underdogs a better chance to quickly rise up and catch a sleeping giant right out of the gate, mainly so they can continue to claim that "the wild card is super important!!" and therefore "you'd better be 2011-white-sox-style-ALL-IN when your team is in the wild card hunt!" aka "YOU HAVE TO GIVE OUR BROADCAST PARTNERS RATINGS YOU FUCKTARDS!!! STOP WATCHING FOOTBALL GODDAMMIT!!!"
TLDR = cubs in 5. #ItsGonnaHappen cuz #WhyNotUs? #WeAreGood because we #TryNotToSuck which means we #Respect90 and #SomethingSomethingBuyYourBoozeAtBinnysAsshole! --- indeed if i predict with my head i'm going to say the giants, but since #ThisIsOurYear aka #CubpacalypseNow and we're on the verge of a Donald Trump Presidency (lol not really, but just go with me here) and that means the end of the world.... seriously, what's more "end of the world" than a Cubs championship?
CUBS IN 5._________________
Curious Hair wrote:
Les Grobstein's huge hog is proof that God has a sense of humor, isn't it?
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