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Who do you prefer the Cubs lose to in the postseason?
Mets 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Cardinals 25%  25%  [ 3 ]
Giants 8%  8%  [ 1 ]
Dodgers 8%  8%  [ 1 ]
Nationals 33%  33%  [ 4 ]
AL team 25%  25%  [ 3 ]
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JORR's trolling aside, anyone who says no one scares them is out of their mind. It's baseball. The Cubs have about a 20% shot (at best) to win it all.

And 20% is the best shot of any team.

The fact that the Cubs have to win three rounds in a row is daunting. It would be daunting for any team. There is a reason the regular season is 162 games long. But there is no team I'd rather take in this year's postseason than the Cubs.

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JORR's trolling aside, anyone who says no one scares them is out of their mind. It's baseball. The Cubs have about a 20% shot (at best) to win it all.

Yup. Other teams don't have to deal with a curse too like we do.
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Dude, get outta here. You're the one who stomped your feet last year when MANY of us said the Cubs were better than the Cards, despite their records.
No I didn't.

I believe I did some stuff ironically about how the Cardinals were the best team because they won more regular season games in the context of the "playoffs are a crap shoot" discussion.

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IMU wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
JORR's trolling aside, anyone who says no one scares them is out of their mind. It's baseball. The Cubs have about a 20% shot (at best) to win it all.

And 20% is the best shot of any team.

The fact that the Cubs have to win three rounds in a row is daunting. It would be daunting for any team. There is a reason the regular season is 162 games long. But there is no team I'd rather take in this year's postseason than the Cubs.


Yes, they are certainly the favorites. But because it's baseball, there is still only a 20% chance.

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IMU wrote:
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JORR's trolling aside, anyone who says no one scares them is out of their mind. It's baseball. The Cubs have about a 20% shot (at best) to win it all.

And 20% is the best shot of any team.

The fact that the Cubs have to win three rounds in a row is daunting. It would be daunting for any team. There is a reason the regular season is 162 games long. But there is no team I'd rather take in this year's postseason than the Cubs.


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IMU wrote:
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JORR's trolling aside, anyone who says no one scares them is out of their mind. It's baseball. The Cubs have about a 20% shot (at best) to win it all.

And 20% is the best shot of any team.

The fact that the Cubs have to win three rounds in a row is daunting. It would be daunting for any team. There is a reason the regular season is 162 games long. But there is no team I'd rather take in this year's postseason than the Cubs.


Yes, they are certainly the favorites. But because it's baseball, there is still only a 20% chance.

And that is fine. It still doesn't mean a specific team or teams scare me.

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IMU wrote:
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JORR's trolling aside, anyone who says no one scares them is out of their mind. It's baseball. The Cubs have about a 20% shot (at best) to win it all.

And 20% is the best shot of any team.

The fact that the Cubs have to win three rounds in a row is daunting. It would be daunting for any team. There is a reason the regular season is 162 games long. But there is no team I'd rather take in this year's postseason than the Cubs.


Yes, they are certainly the favorites. But because it's baseball, there is still only a 20% chance.

And that is fine. It still doesn't mean a specific team or teams scare me.


That's fair. I took it more as "I know we're going to mow down these teams."

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The Nationals and Royals have just as good of a chance to win it all as the Cubs do.

If you don't want the Nationals to lose before they face the Cubs then you are crazy.

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My Mom told me the other day that she took off of work for the entire World Series.

We don't have a chance.

Perhaps beheading her will reverse the damage she has caused.

Hmmm...
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
The Nationals and Royals have just as good of a chance to win it all as the Cubs do.

If you don't want the Nationals to lose before they face the Cubs then you are crazy.


http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx

According to fangraphs, there are 4 or 5 teams who all have similar odds

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My Mom told me the other day that she took off of work for the entire World Series.

We don't have a chance.

Perhaps beheading her will reverse the damage she has caused.

Hmmm...


Tell her she left her toothbrush at my place.

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The Nationals and Royals have just as good of a chance to win it all as the Cubs do.

If you don't want the Nationals to lose before they face the Cubs then you are crazy.





Why? The Nats have a dumbass skipper and they are minus Strasburg ..the Mets kicked the shit out of us last year and have a proven skipper.. I'd rather face the the Nat's than Mets or L.A.

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The Nationals are the team I'm least scared of (scared of Murphy though).

The Mets were the team I was the least scared of last season and that worked out well for us.
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
The Nationals and Royals have just as good of a chance to win it all as the Cubs do.

If you don't want the Nationals to lose before they face the Cubs then you are crazy.

The Royals aren't even in the postseason. There are five teams in front of them for even the last Wild Card spot.

Do you even baseball?

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It would be funnier if the Cubs lost to the Mets again, but I have a feeling the Dodgers will be the team that vanquishes them this year.

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IMU wrote:
Boilermaker Rick wrote:
The Nationals and Royals have just as good of a chance to win it all as the Cubs do.

If you don't want the Nationals to lose before they face the Cubs then you are crazy.

The Royals aren't even in the postseason. There are five teams in front of them for even the last Wild Card spot.

Do you even baseball?
Huh? I didn't know the postseason started tomorrow. I guess I don't baseball.

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You truly don't if you think the Royals can hop over 5 teams in 3 weeks.

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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
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No team worries me. The Cubs are vastly superior to any competition. Any losses the Cubs have during the postseason will be due to random bad luck, and are not in any way related to the skill of either team.


I'm worried in the general sense that sports are strange and the best team doesn't always win. No team scares me in particular. The Cubs are the best team in baseball this year.
This is one of the problems with using full season results. In the last 30 games the Cubs have been roughly equal to at least 5 other teams. They got off to a historical start but clearly they aren't THAT good.

The Cubs are 20-10 in their last 30. 2nd best in MLB.

How much better could a baseball teams reasonably be?
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Boilermaker Rick wrote:
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No team worries me. The Cubs are vastly superior to any competition. Any losses the Cubs have during the postseason will be due to random bad luck, and are not in any way related to the skill of either team.


I'm worried in the general sense that sports are strange and the best team doesn't always win. No team scares me in particular. The Cubs are the best team in baseball this year.
This is one of the problems with using full season results. In the last 30 games the Cubs have been roughly equal to at least 5 other teams. They got off to a historical start but clearly they aren't THAT good.

The Cubs are 20-10 in their last 30. 2nd best in MLB.

How much better could a baseball teams reasonably be?


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The Cubs are 20-10 in their last 30. 2nd best in MLB.

How much better could a baseball teams reasonably be?
So are 5 other teams(within a game).

This is in reference to everyone acting like the Cubs are clearly better than every other team in baseball.

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My Mom told me the other day that she took off of work for the entire World Series.

We don't have a chance.

Perhaps beheading her will reverse the damage she has caused.

Hmmm...


Tell her she left her toothbrush at my place.

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It would be funny if the Cardinals take them out, but I think true justice will be Dusty's revenge.

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It would be funny if the Cardinals take them out, but I think true justice will be Dusty's revenge.

Gr8 b8 m8! I r8 8 of 8!

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No team worries me. The Cubs are vastly superior to any competition. Any losses the Cubs have during the postseason will be due to random bad luck, and are not in any way related to the skill of either team.


I'm worried in the general sense that sports are strange and the best team doesn't always win. No team scares me in particular. The Cubs are the best team in baseball this year.



team with the best regular season W-L record has won the World Series only twice, i think, in the last 35 years. And both were Yankee teams. Red Sox tied the Cardinals for best record one of their championship seasons. winning makes teams comfortable and they lose their competitive edge. wild card has made the odds of the team with the best regular season record winning the world series even greater. but even before the wild card only something like 1 in 4 world series was won by the team with the best record.


Red Sox beating Cubs in the World Series would be the most schadenfreude-ic way for the Cubs to lose. Last team to break an almost century championship drought; David Ross's former team; Lester and Lackey's old beer and chicken clubhouse. They don't have Manny in the lineup anymore. But since Theo's no longer Boston's GM, they are still able to win the World Series without relying on back to back roided up cheaters in the middle of the lineup.

Number of World Series Theo teams won without Manny and Ortiz:

0 (zero)

Former-manager-for-Theo Francona and Cleveland would also be noteworthy. Cleveland's World Series drought is 2nd only to the Cubs in duration. And the Cavs won the NBA thing, so maybe it's Cleveland's year....at least tickets for the games in Cleveland would be easy to come by.
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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
It would be funny if the Cardinals take them out, but I think true justice will be Dusty's revenge.


Not that I really care what you think... :wink: ....but why would you use the term "justice" ?? What have the Cubs done that is unjust?

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
It would be funny if the Cardinals take them out, but I think true justice will be Dusty's revenge.


Not that I really care what you think... :wink: ....but why would you use the term "justice" ?? What have the Cubs done that is unjust?


Their racist fans yelled epithets at Dusty and his black players. Dusty will never forget!

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walkrman5 wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
It would be funny if the Cardinals take them out, but I think true justice will be Dusty's revenge.


Not that I really care what you think... :wink: ....but why would you use the term "justice" ?? What have the Cubs done that is unjust?


Their racist fans yelled epithets at Dusty and his black players. Dusty will never forget!


As long as Dusty takes a knee during the anthem....

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As a Mets fan I would like to see them finally break the curse and win one.


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