NY METS S MATZ -L +110
CHI CUBS J HAMMEL -R -120

This thread isn't necessary. It's over.

8-3 Metropolitans

It was still a good ride for your Cubs.

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mod, please delete thread

Maddon pulls Hammel in the 4th. Hammel does something that makes his continued employment with the team untenable.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

BENCH BRYANT AND SOLER.

Give them something to think about next year. You don't reward terrible performance (Bryant at the plate & Soler's flop in the OF) with another game. Go with Cogs and LaStella.

What the hell difference does it make now anyway?

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

Why dont they just put arrietta out there? Whats to lose?

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the world will always the world. your entire existence is defined by your response.

Lester should be pitching this game. It's why Arrieta should have pitched game 1.

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You know me like that.

I say this in all seriousness with no trolling, a four game sweep would be the best thing for future Cub development at this point.

Please don't agree with me or I will use the quote in the future to show you guys are OK with losing

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

Like the Pistons sweeping the Bulls?

or the 49ers crushing the Bears in 84?

just got back from Jewel thought I could get a W flag at half off but none of the Cub merchandise was on sale ...game on

I don't want to make a comparison. A four game sweep doesn't leave much room to psychologically allow for thinking about bad bounces, umpires or just a few plays. It is really a call to action that I think would be picked up by the young players in their off season work. I think the same is true for the front office in a more general way.

I did watch that 30 for 30 on the Pistons and Jordan said he changed the way he went about his entire regimen based on the sweep.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

If the Cubs win tonight I believe that they could win the series. You'll have Lester and Arrieta pitching in the last 3 games.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Maybe if it was 2007 Lester.

Absofuckinglutly. Lester should pitch tonight.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I agree. But I'm not going to bash Maddon for that. He knows his ballclub and I'm sure he had his reasons. Maybe he didn't want to leave Lester off that long. The thing is though, Arrieta would have been on regular rest in Game 1. When you have a guy going the way he was, I would err on the side of keeping his routine as much as possible. Also, by starting him in the first game you gave yourself the option of using him three times if necessary.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I think the drop in velocity made Maddon think the extra day would be good for ol Jake from State Farm

I just wanted to put that out there. IMO if the Cubs win tonight all the pressure is on the Mets.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

It's already all on the Mets.

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You know me like that.

if Cubs can win the next 2 then big pressure on Mets in game 6

No. This Mets team is a loose bunch. Cubs appear to be crumbling under the pressure.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

I'm not sure about that.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

The last 3?

Lester game 5

Arrieta game 6

How they going to go again in game 7?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Isn't there another day off? Lester will pitch on 3 days rest.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

It would only be 2 days rest.

Its fine. They win Game 7 on the back of Cahill and Wood

Right! That works too.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Hope you stopped yourself before you went to that window.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

I wonder how hard Lester petitioned to go tonight?

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

This is the same kind of statement as calling a manager a "good leader". He may or may not be, but we really don't know. So it's just claptrap. I'm sure sometimes guys feel pressure. Maybe some guys do and some don't. But guys at this level, I would guess most of them feel pressure less than the fan in the stand does. I always think of that scene in Fever Pitch where the fans see Johnny Damon et al in the VIP section eating and drinking and yukking it up after an excruciating Red Sox loss while the fans themselves are nearly suicidal. I mean, economically you're set for life, you can bang any number of hot chicks, and if you lose you go to Arizona and play golf, how much pressure could you really feel?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

going to the window tonight