Strasburg starting is perfect. I honestly would have been worried about facing Roark today after all the commotion. Now you have a mentally fragile pitcher who has a tummy ache and who we already beat once. I think this works out better for the Cubs.

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True. Maybe it will push him to greatness and he will be even better this time around.

But I doubt it. He has been described as a guy that is super picky about routine, and is not comfortable going unless everything is just right. This is clearly not a case where everything is just right. I just cannot imagine that his mind will be right come first pitch today

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

Strasburg is going to work so hard to get into his routine today...going to warm up before the game....ready to toe the rubber in the bottom of the first....and there is going to be a three hour rain delay.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Id rather face the dominant guy up 2-1 than in an elimination game.


Anyway, just win baby

The Cubs lineup was already stated as being the same as yesterday, how will it change now with Strasberg going

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

I was rooting for a short delay so I wouldn't miss any of it on my commute home but not looking like rain at this point.

You're a captain of industry. Leave even earlier.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
- Henry George

Heyward in and either Jay or Baez on bench.

I might. But I opted against it in Game 3 and they won, so...

This means they were either tied or down when you got home, and only scored the runs after you got in front of the TV?

Don't fuck us over, RPB!

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

Need to end it today. Really don't need a game 5. The conditions will be rough. Going to have to string hits together today.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

I have a real fear you can scratch out Stasburg and insert Rodon in the blank space without it changing the sentiment or the enabler

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

To this point, Strasburg and Arrieta are both in the MLB Top 10 in 2017 for BAA.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

yeah, this is not a mind game thing. Dusty isn't smart enough to play the fool that well. This kid must be somewhat weak mentally to not want the ball. Doesn't mean he won't pitch decent.

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

It's not even a town, more like one big extended stay hotel

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

If it was a game by the Nationals, the joke was on Stasburg. Everyone spent the last 24 hours telling him what they really think of him. Fun!

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

Interesting comparison. They seem to have the same testicular fortitude.

Brian Kenny‏Verified account @MrBrianKenny 17h17 hours ago
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#Nats have won 95+ 4 times in last 6 seasons. That's success.
The "no post-season wins are just a fluke" narrative?
Lost steam today.



Brian Kenny‏Verified account @MrBrianKenny 7m7 minutes ago
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Strasburg starting Now is an even worse call..
Toughest inning is not the 9th...
It's the 1st.
#NLDS

Don't get why people think playing Zo in the outfield is acceptable. He's not good. No matter the match up, it should be Jay, Almora, and Heyward today.

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Fuck Edwards and Zobrist

This

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

What people? Maddon and Ben?

Im saying what I think will happen.

What's it like in the Nats clubhouse right now (other than very moldy)?


Dusty or one of the vets could spin this into an everyone doubts us type thing

It's nice we won a title last year so we really don't have to worry if we win or lose.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Yep.

Although, I will admit the uber close games have had me a little more worked up than I thought.

"He didn't feel well yesterday but today maybe a new day," Scott Boras, Strasburg's agent, told ESPN's Jesse Rogers in a text message.




Jesse Rogers and Bora$ (shoutout to SHARK) are texting buddies.

Lotta dumb thoughts here. We didn't beat Strasburg..he mowed our guys down.

7 ip
10k
1 walk

ZERO EARNED RUNS

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The Cubs have beaten pitchers a lot better than Strasburg in the postseason.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I swear I think some of you are reading a different board at times. Who is saying otherwise?

We are mocking what a huge pussy this guy is. No one has denied he dominated his first start.

No one has argued Zobrist is a good idea either

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

Yup. After overcoming Andrew Miller, anything that happens over the next decade is just icing on the cake.

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