Bochy uses 3 pitchers in the bottom of the 9th to try to hold a 1-0 lead: 3 pitchers, 4 batters, 4 hits. Dodgers walk it off on a Gonzo double with 2 men on.

Cards-Giants now tied for 2nd WC.

Here you are, RFDC

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First time I saw a thread span 2 fucking years. I don't know what the hell is happening in this division. I had zero hopes for this season. Carpenter is a mental case, Molina is fat again and a year older, Wainwright has deteriorated and Matheny is still the dumbest motherfucker in the Bigs.

The Pirates have somehow hung on with Marte on ice and Harrison on the DL for a long spell. How in the fuck did they do that? How about the Brewers? Who saw that coming?

The Cards have, of course, the wickedest pixie dust factor of the 4 contenders as proved by the various and sundry rally mammals that pop up from time to time late in a season.

But this conversation is moot because no .500 team is gonna beat the Nats and then the DODGERS! What good is making the post season when you know goddam good and well you won't make it to the WS?

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Been a rough baseball decade for you Frank.

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Fuck off, you chubby little rascal.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

Fuck the Cardinals

They are not just coming, they are here.

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And it will remain that way.

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Elections have consequences.

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Why are only 14 percent of black CPS 11th-graders proficient in English?

The Cardinal's and their top flight fans are coming to wreck the Cubs fading playoff hopes and their buttholes.

It's over, folks.

Best fans in the country as ranked by any publication you can name. No ivy or plexiglass or any other circuses for those folks.

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Wattabout Kodak Black?

giving a facial to the cubs

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

Do we need a Cardinals section?

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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!

Currently watching the Cardinals trounce the Brewers. Their hitters really look solid...much better than early in the season.

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“My god, what an !diot.”- JD Vance tweet on Trump
“I’m a ‘Never Trump’ guy”- JD Vance

Hopefully

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Cubs now 3 back with 33 to play. They can’t aftord to fall back any further

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

Definitely a dire situation for the division. Cardinals are playing really well right now. Have to hope they cool off and stay within striking distance for those 7 games left with the Cubs.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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St.Louis finishes August with 3 at Milwaukee and 3 at home vs. Cincinnati , 4 vs. SF to start September. They do have a 3 game set (at home) vs. Washington and have to play Arizona and Colorado on the road, but that schedule, while competitive, isn't as bad as the Cubs remaining games.

Cubs have a rough end of month with 3 at NY vs. a hot Mets team and their top 3 starters. They do finish at home against Milwaukee, who appears to be fading and then Seattle. They should be able to go 4-1 on that home stand. A stretch of 14 games (8 on the road vs. Milwaukee/SD and home vs. Cincinnati/Pittsburgh)....6 games total vs. the Pirates in September. If they can avoid falling 5 or 6 back over the next set of games, I think they will be right there come end of September.

7 of the final 10 games of the regular season are between the Cubs and Cardinals so either team can't really afford to be more than 2 games back entering that stretch.

It’s over. The Cub are a true three outcome team...homerun, walk or strikeout. That doesn’t win games, no matter what the metrics say.

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We all have private ails. The troublemakers are they who need public cures for their private ails.- Eric Hoffer

It's not over but I do think they are playing for their playoff lives this week

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

Teams sometimes go on a run and win a Championship in a season where they looked mediocre for the most part. The Cardinals team that went 83-79 (2006 I believe) was one of the worst regular season teams to qualify for the post-season. But they went on a good run at the right time. That could happen with the Cubs and is the only way they win a title this season. The Astros and Dodgers are teams that look like championship material. Atlanta looks like a solid contender as well. I said in the winter that they needed a leadoff hitter and wanted Whit Merrifield before it became fashionable. They have never replaced Fowler. never seen the need for a true leadoff hitter and it is a huge problem now. They are last in OBP in the leadoff spot. That is their biggest problem. They knew they had a problem with the leadoff spot and with the closer and did nothing to address either until July, with Kimbrel. Zobrist isn't hitting his weight in his minor league assignments so far, so counting on him to turn things around in the leadoff spot would be foolish. They have some work to do this winter and I hope Theo does a better job than this past winter. Maddon will be gone and big changes are likely. Unless they go on that run....

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Go Cubs!!!!

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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!

Cubs had like a 5 game lead at this point last yr.

But this will prob be a year where the Cardinals get in and get hot and win world series and I will have to live with their bullshit

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
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As are the Mets who probably need to take at least 2 of 3 to stay in the WC hunt.

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A caller on The Score the other day talked about the home run-or-nothing approach of the Cubs batters and how this is not how Maddon wants them to hit however it's a club directive. Is this true? And how to explain Castellanos' approach at the plate, is he going against the wishes of management?

I remember in 2016, there was so much talk about Cubs batters going deep into counts and wearing down pitchers, why is this no longer a thing?

I guess strikeouts do matter.

In 2016, they beat up on a historically weak NL and could afford to sit and 'wait for their pitch' as they had 5 run leads all the time.

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There are many contradictions in this vein that need to be answered by various actors in the play.

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