Predictions?

35- 25

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You will be a negative, miserable human being in every game thread,

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it's wide open. everyone has a chance. if one club gets an outbreak of covid they're out of it.

Lester will surprise to the upside.
Ross and Contreras will get into a fight.
Descalso will suck.
Somehow they will sneak into the playoffs.

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Quintana will finish with respectable numbers, but a 3-5 record.

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For the Cubs, their schedule will be a combination of these matchups:
10 games against the Cardinals
10 games against the Brewers
10 games against the Reds
10 games against the Pirates
4 games against the Twins
4 games against the Indians
4 games against the White Sox
4 games against the Tigers
4 games against the Royals

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

Is it the same # of teams making the playoffs this year? And universal dh?

No fuck these guys. I’m not making my plans around baseball anymore.

Kimbrel is in mid-season form...gave up a homer to Contreras yesterday.

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Schedule tilted in their favor: 7 home/3 away vs Cardinals and Brewers, 3 home/7 away vs Reds and Pirates, and all 7 road games against the Pirates will be in September when they will be playing kids.

I think they can go 6-4 vs the Brewers and Cardinals, 3-7 vs the Reds, and 8-2 vs the Pirates. So 23-17 in division. Figure 11-9 against the AL Central, and that puts them at 34-26. I don't think that wins the division, not being able to go 5-5 vs the Reds will be their downfall.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Can you also stop making your plans around food, water, and oxygen as well?

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i must admit i'm getting the baseball bug. it's slowly infecting me.

Given that everyone with the exception of the Pirates should be competitive, it may only take 32 or 33 wins to win this division. Looking forward to watching this play out.

Looking at those matchups...34 wins

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I predict this farce of an baseball season is going to be a disaster. You can't play sports when the country is paranoid about getting the China virus.

I guess we have a group going to Rizzo’s for opening day as one of my season ticket holder friends rented a cabana or something. I don’t know the way this Covid shit is trending, I keep wondering how many of the regular starting players will be on the field and whether bars will be open.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

I do think they'll finish the season.

I do think the Cubs won't be very good.

But I do think they'll sneak into the playoffs because their schedule is favorable.

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

What's going on with the Cubs Network? Is it on YouTubeTV and Comcast yet?

No

Not on YouTubeTV. I checked and could only find the White Sox broadcast. Might as well watch corn hole throwing.

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Hawaii (fuck) You

YouTube is raising price to 65 bucks as of August 15th, so we switched to Hulu Live and have Marquee. It's too bad as YouTube seemed more user friendly.

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

optimistic

Nice hedge