I just woke up from this crazy dream. I was an inn keeper, and there were these three brothers: Larry, Darryl, and Darryl; and the Cubs won the World Series, and someone killed the Hope Monster….
Wait! Those last two are true! Unless I’m still dreaming.
Smokestack Lightning: I don’t think you send Fowler off because of Almora, who has earned exactly zero in my mind. And I’d be surprised if Soler is considered a big part of this team for 2017 too.
Agree to disagree on Chapman. I’m just as fine with Jansen, but want no part of Melancon and would rather at that point save the cash and turn the keys back over to Rondon or give Strop a try.
I’m also fine with the rotation as-is for 2017, tho at some point Theo will need to find a replacement for Arrieta.
The problem with Jansen or Melancon is that they cost a draft pick on top of what the Cubs already gave up to get Chapman. If the front office believes that Chapman is a reasonable risk off the field, I think they go after him. I don’t want to give up a shitload at the break next year and I don’t see this organization giving up a draft pick and paying a shitload of money for a reliever.
I’m also fine with the rotation as is. Montgomery will get plenty of starts as someone is likely to get injured. You generally need 6 to get through the season so I don’t see a need to move Hammel. I also agree on Almora and Soler. I’m also not convinced Baez needs to play every day yet. Even if he does, I think the Cubs can work it out so that he’s basically in the role Zobrist had with the Rays. Fowler and Heyward could use some more days off (especially for Heyward vs. lefties).
As for Chapman not being on the mound when this ended, I wasn’t going to remember this game for who was on the mound when it ended. I’ll not even remember that Monty was on the mound in three weeks. I was rooting for the Cubs, not any individual player.
Here’s what I’m going to remember about this series: good starting pitching by the Cubs, shaky relief work, that grand slam by Addison, game winning hit by Zobrist and the best team in baseball winning it all (that doesn’t happen often enough).
dmick89:
Here’s what I’m going to remember about this series: good starting pitching by the Cubs, shaky relief work, that grand slam by Addison, game winning hit by Zobrist and the best team in baseball winning it all (that doesn’t happen often enough).
I’m going to remember the look on Bryant’s face as he threw it to Rizzo at the end of the game.
I know we’re supposed to hate on Joe Buck, but his call gives me chills. Could be the subject matter, but still.
I can’t think of a singular play in the World Series that will always stand out to me. In fact, I think the Montero grand slam in the NLCS will be the first one that comes to mind. It was at that moment that I started to think this team could be different.
Ryno: In fact, I think the Montero grand slam in the NLCS will be the first one that comes to mind. It was at that moment that I started to think this team could be different.
This.
I began wavering a bit on my can’t-fool-me-Cubs pessimism when they came back game 4 against the Giants, but the Miggy slam was the big shove into some very scary territory.
I have no idea what I’ll remember. I’ll remember sitting in my shop, pacing nervously. Using my excess energy to finish the seat of the chair I’m working on. IDK. I listened to it, so I’ll remember Pat’s voice cracking when he called the victory. Fireworks in the distance.
I saw Myles’ comment on previous thread before I saw this, but I would give Schwarber a shot to catch in spring training before banishing him to the OF forever.
josh: I’ll remember sitting in my shop, pacing nervously.
I watched last night’s game on three different TVs. I started down in the basement and then when the 2-run wild pitch occurred, I went into the living room and after the Davis home run I went upstairs to the guest bedroom where I paced around the room until it ended.
dmick89: I watched last night’s game on three different TVs. I started down in the basement and then when the 2-run wild pitch occurred, I went into the living room and after the Davis home run I went upstairs to the guest bedroom where I paced around the room until it ended.
I was pretty okay until the seen-coming-from-a-mile-away-fuck-you-Joe Chapman implosion.
Then I got, let’s say, a little weird for a while.
Thank god for that rain delay.
I don’t remember this, but according to my wife, when they got the last out, I said, “Fuck you, Cubs,” and then stared at the TV motionless for about ten minutes.
I’ve watched a few times, and I think Bryant’s expression was a grimace of concentration, not a smile for an easy play (because it wasn’t). Or I don’t know, maybe a bit of both.
And it was so unlikely. I remember watching it happen and thinking, “That’s the type of thing that happens to World Series-winning teams.” Then I was literally like:
So we’re all pretty confident that Kyle Schwarber will be around for a few years, right? Because I’m going to get a jersey and I’m leaning toward Schwarber.
josh:
I’ve watched a few times, and I think Bryant’s expression was a grimace of concentration, not a smile for an easy play (because it wasn’t). Or I don’t know, maybe a bit of both.
It was a smile. Don’t wreck shit. You have been warned.
Perkins:
So we’re all pretty confident that Kyle Schwarber will be around for a few years, right? Because I’m going to get a jersey and I’m leaning toward Schwarber.
I was initially thinking KB or Rizzo, but Schwarber and I share a birthday (a few years apart) and we both came back from complete ACL tears in a short time to get to do something important (World Series for him, deploy to Afghanistan with my unit for me). There’s more of a personal connection there. Though I’ll never understand that show choir business. (dying laughing)
If the Cubs had any plans of trading Schwarber, they’d have done it at the all-star break this year for Miller. He’s as untouchable as anyone on the Cubs roster.
I need to get a Hendricks shirsey for my son, but when I checked last week they didn’t exist, and I’d have to get it made custom. I wonder if that glitch has been fixed by now.
josh:
I loved Hendricks this season. Wish Joe had let him go deeper last night. But whatevs. Hope he continues to do well.
Yeah, it’s a shame the ump blew that strike 3 call in the 5th. Probably would have seen Hendricks go 6 or 7. Though Joe may have pulled him anyway because of the third time through the order penalty.
Perkins:
So we’re all pretty confident that Kyle Schwarber will be around for a few years, right? Because I’m going to get a jersey and I’m leaning toward Schwarber.
David Ross can’t unretire now. Not only could he never top his final season and series, his whole life has now utterly peaked. (In a deeply satisfying way, I’m sure.)
A great weight was lifted from my shoulders when I realized that I didn’t care who won if it wasn’t the Cardinals
Enjoy the win, Cubs fans!
…
…
(except Al Yellon – I hope this victory tastes like ashes in your mouth, you unhappy curmudgeon)
Posted by As You Van Slyke It on Nov 3, 2016 | 10:05 AM
dmick89:
Melancon was traded midseason so he won’t cost a draft pick. I’d be fine with that.
Eh, I suppose. But he won’t be cheap. And honestly, I don’t think he’s much better, if at all, than Rondon (obviously I’m speaking of Rondon before he went down). Just as soon save that Tanaka money and wait for something better.
dmick89:
Here’s what I’m going to remember about this series: good starting pitching by the Cubs, shaky relief work, that grand slam by Addison, game winning hit by Zobrist and the best team in baseball winning it all (that doesn’t happen often enough).
This, and a lead off home run by Fowler, but in 30 years I might have a hard time remembering if it was Fowler or Alfonso Soriano.
I haven’t forgiven Joe, but I am not forgetting that he is from California and looks like JJ Abram’s dad (all white people with 50s retro glasses look the same), so he has a penchant for creating “entertaining” conflict with unbelievable resolutions.
I mean seriously. All that can’t have happened.
Therefore, baseball is rigged. They pulled out all the stops to keep it from dying. Because baseball is dying.
I was going to say they should extend Zobrist, but then I realized they signed him for 4 years, so I amend that and say let’s go ahead and re-sign Dex.
I’m a little bitter that teams with Ramirez, Soriano, Zambrano, and Lee didn’t get to experience this kind of success, but oh well.
Did anyone catch when Joe Buck was describing Kipnis growing up a Cubs fan watching “Sandberg and Grace” that he may have missed a player? I feel like there was another player in the mid to late 90’s who was a big part of the Cubs, who could maybe have even been considered the face of the Cubs.
If the Cubs are going to bring Sosa back into the fold, now is the time. Cubs fans have to be all out of fucks to give. It’d be great to see him and Zambrano and Wood and Ramirez and Soriano Lee at the parade.
From MLB.com. I remembered thinking that Bryant was locked in last night on the bases, but wowwee.
Bryant worked his way to third before tagging up and sprinting home on Addison Russell’s sacrifice fly that traveled only 232 feet to shallow center field. Statcast™ tracked 103 instances this year where a fly ball of less than 235 feet was caught by an outfielder with a runner on third and less than two outs, and players successfully tagged up just nine times (8.7 percent).
Bryant showed off his impressive wheels again in the fifth when he scored from first on an Anthony Rizzo hit-and-run single in 8.7 seconds, which is the fastest first-to-home time recorded by any Cubs player in the Statcast™ era (2015-16).
Smokestack Lightning:
Apparently a h/t is in order to our good friend Marlins Man, who does not think highly of Tribe fans and cursed them accordingly.
Considering his team also killed the Cubs once upon a time I felt it was rather magnanimous of him to put a hex on Cleveland.
Here’s what they did to Theo and his family.
Game 7 brought out the best and worst in the Cubs and Indians and everyone whose emotional attachment to the organizations coursed through Progressive Field, where 38,104 people packed themselves, including Epstein, his wife, Marie, and their son, Jack. They sat in the stands, ready to witness the Cubs claw back from a three-games-to-one deficit. Passions ran deep for the Indians, too, with their 68-year championship famine and the prospect of blowing what felt like an insurmountable advantage after Game 4 palpable. Early in the game, two fans sitting near Epstein were harassing him and his family. He asked them to stop. They refused. He summoned security. Before being escorted out, a woman doused Epstein and his son with a cup of beer.
Yeah, after the game, he said he thought that’s where they were going to pitch to him, so I’m sure that helped, but he executed as perfectly as you can in that situation. He’s such a fun player to watch.
But as critical as they are of Chapman, do you trust Rondon or Strop in that spot right now? Those guys are throwing sliders that don’t slide. At least Chapman had some break on his. IDK. Given that he was out of gas, I thought he did okay, but maybe it was luck.
I’d have trusted Strop maybe. He’s looked pretty good at times since he came back from his injury. Rondon definitely needs to get back to himself over the offseason.
You gotta hand it to Theo/Jed. Through a completely unassailable process they were able to somehow luck into a few players for which there were no guarantees and then win all the games.
I mean, seriously. Zobrist’s bat is a tick faster or slower (or later or sooner) then that ball is fielded or goes foul. Ben did what he wanted to do, but it took a bit of luck to miss the glove. Both bullpens were spent. We got to miller, they got to Chapman. It was a grudge match and the Cubs came out on top.
In retrospect, I like how the Cubs got themselves into (and out of) serious trouble in each series, even though I was rooting for clean sweeps at the time.
You gotta hand it to Theo/Jed. Through a completely unassailable process they were able to somehow luck into a few players for which there were no guarantees and then win all the games.
Based on some of Theo’s comments, I’m convinced he’s actually a time lord who perceives reality in five dimensions. So they may have been more of a sure thing than we’d think.
josh:
I loved Hendricks this season. Wish Joe had let him go deeper last night. But whatevs. Hope he continues to do well.
Removing Hendricks from the game when he had a healthy lead and was one out away from qualifying for a win seemed pretty cold-blooded to me. Of course, it’s possible that Chapman would have stolen the win for himself in any case.
I also thought that any advantage gained from bringing Lester in against a lefty would be offset by the downgrade in catcher offense, but then Ross hit a homer off the best pitcher in baseball, so what do I know?
I love how Ross hit a home run in his final regular season home game and also in his final professional game overall. I’m really going to miss that man, which is something I never thought I’d say at the end of the 2015 season.
dmick89: OV could put together a baseball team and score more runs off Tomlin than the Cubs did that game. (dying laughing)
Perkins and his bionic knee better be ready because he and Rice Cube (iirc) might be the youngest guys on the team.
I’ll play left as long as the SS comes out pretty far to get relays and the CF is fast. Otherwise my best talent is accepting HBP, which should be ok with Tomlin pitching.
BVS: Perkins and his bionic knee better be ready because he and Rice Cube (iirc) might be the youngest guys on the team.
I’ll play left as long as the SS comes out pretty far to get relays and the CF is fast. Otherwise my best talent is accepting HBP, which should be ok with Tomlin pitching.
I was a HBP machine one year in little league. I can crowd the plate like Anthony Rizzo. (dying laughing)
Also I can pitch. Mostly four and two seam fastballs and a straight change. But I top out around 80, so we might be in trouble.
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hahahahahahaha
MylesQuote Reply
Ugh. Please refresh for the fixed version.
joshQuote Reply
Peasants! Arst thou conver…
/bursts into tears
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Nice one, Josh. Thanks.
dmick89Quote Reply
I just woke up from this crazy dream. I was an inn keeper, and there were these three brothers: Larry, Darryl, and Darryl; and the Cubs won the World Series, and someone killed the Hope Monster….
Wait! Those last two are true! Unless I’m still dreaming.
BVSQuote Reply
The problem with Jansen or Melancon is that they cost a draft pick on top of what the Cubs already gave up to get Chapman. If the front office believes that Chapman is a reasonable risk off the field, I think they go after him. I don’t want to give up a shitload at the break next year and I don’t see this organization giving up a draft pick and paying a shitload of money for a reliever.
I’m also fine with the rotation as is. Montgomery will get plenty of starts as someone is likely to get injured. You generally need 6 to get through the season so I don’t see a need to move Hammel. I also agree on Almora and Soler. I’m also not convinced Baez needs to play every day yet. Even if he does, I think the Cubs can work it out so that he’s basically in the role Zobrist had with the Rays. Fowler and Heyward could use some more days off (especially for Heyward vs. lefties).
As for Chapman not being on the mound when this ended, I wasn’t going to remember this game for who was on the mound when it ended. I’ll not even remember that Monty was on the mound in three weeks. I was rooting for the Cubs, not any individual player.
dmick89Quote Reply
Yes, but we know it’s because in your post-game euphoria you accidentally washed your cast iron pan with soap.
BVSQuote Reply
Here’s what I’m going to remember about this series: good starting pitching by the Cubs, shaky relief work, that grand slam by Addison, game winning hit by Zobrist and the best team in baseball winning it all (that doesn’t happen often enough).
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
Smokestack, Myles
(dying laughing) (dying laughing)
Wait til next week!
CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!
CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!
CUBS WON THE WORLD SERIES!
BVSQuote Reply
I’m going to remember the look on Bryant’s face as he threw it to Rizzo at the end of the game.
MylesQuote Reply
This.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Myles,
This.
I know we’re supposed to hate on Joe Buck, but his call gives me chills. Could be the subject matter, but still.
I can’t think of a singular play in the World Series that will always stand out to me. In fact, I think the Montero grand slam in the NLCS will be the first one that comes to mind. It was at that moment that I started to think this team could be different.
RynoQuote Reply
I’m beginning to think it won’t be the Dodgers in 5.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Big if true.
MylesQuote Reply
Perkins,
Nonsense.
dmick89Quote Reply
This.
I began wavering a bit on my can’t-fool-me-Cubs pessimism when they came back game 4 against the Giants, but the Miggy slam was the big shove into some very scary territory.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Ryno,
The Russell grand slam will definitely stand out for me. His excitement around the bases was so fun to watch.
dmick89Quote Reply
I have no idea what I’ll remember. I’ll remember sitting in my shop, pacing nervously. Using my excess energy to finish the seat of the chair I’m working on. IDK. I listened to it, so I’ll remember Pat’s voice cracking when he called the victory. Fireworks in the distance.
joshQuote Reply
I saw Myles’ comment on previous thread before I saw this, but I would give Schwarber a shot to catch in spring training before banishing him to the OF forever.
Also, may the NL adopt the DH soon.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Ryno,
Yeah, that was huge.
I may remember that they finally got to Kluber and Miller. I’ll forget that it didn’t hold.
joshQuote Reply
I wish I was happier.
EdwinQuote Reply
Yes please.
dmick89Quote Reply
Rice Cube,
Not having home field advantage may have been a blessing in disguise.
EdwinQuote Reply
I watched last night’s game on three different TVs. I started down in the basement and then when the 2-run wild pitch occurred, I went into the living room and after the Davis home run I went upstairs to the guest bedroom where I paced around the room until it ended.
dmick89Quote Reply
Good work, Johnny Cueto.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
dmick89,
Also, I peed into a quart size mixing container so I wouldn’t have to go home.
For the record, it was a bit over a half a quart.
joshQuote Reply
Yes please.
MylesQuote Reply
Anyone check on Gerrit Cole?
MylesQuote Reply
I was pretty okay until the seen-coming-from-a-mile-away-fuck-you-Joe Chapman implosion.
Then I got, let’s say, a little weird for a while.
Thank god for that rain delay.
I don’t remember this, but according to my wife, when they got the last out, I said, “Fuck you, Cubs,” and then stared at the TV motionless for about ten minutes.
I think I was rebooting.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I felt like that rain delay helped. Like it gave everyone a breather. It did for me.
joshQuote Reply
Myles,
He’s still in denial about who the best team in baseball was.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’m sure he’s crowing this morning about how the playoffs are a crapshoot, anyone can win.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I like how Joe said everything was going according to plan. Yeah, maybe if you hadn’t burned Chapman the night before.
dmick89Quote Reply
I’ve watched a few times, and I think Bryant’s expression was a grimace of concentration, not a smile for an easy play (because it wasn’t). Or I don’t know, maybe a bit of both.
joshQuote Reply
josh,
Bryant seems to grimace often. It’s his one flaw. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
dmick89,
And it was so unlikely. I remember watching it happen and thinking, “That’s the type of thing that happens to World Series-winning teams.” Then I was literally like:
RynoQuote Reply
I loved when Rizzo got to third on the Zobrist double and just has his hands on his head. Then he kind of looks around and goes “Oh my god”
joshQuote Reply
So we’re all pretty confident that Kyle Schwarber will be around for a few years, right? Because I’m going to get a jersey and I’m leaning toward Schwarber.
PerkinsQuote Reply
It was a smile. Don’t wreck shit. You have been warned.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Absolutely. I want a Hendricks and a Schwarber.
MylesQuote Reply
Perkins,
I went with KB. Felt like a safe choice.
joshQuote Reply
I bet no one even knew you could transform an old style can into a sword. I learned it on a snapple lid.
joshQuote Reply
josh,
I was initially thinking KB or Rizzo, but Schwarber and I share a birthday (a few years apart) and we both came back from complete ACL tears in a short time to get to do something important (World Series for him, deploy to Afghanistan with my unit for me). There’s more of a personal connection there. Though I’ll never understand that show choir business. (dying laughing)
PerkinsQuote Reply
Hendricks would also be a solid choice. He’s a joy to watch.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Melancon was traded midseason so he won’t cost a draft pick. I’d be fine with that.
dmick89Quote Reply
Perkins,
If the Cubs had any plans of trading Schwarber, they’d have done it at the all-star break this year for Miller. He’s as untouchable as anyone on the Cubs roster.
dmick89Quote Reply
That seems like something Hendricks would have done.
dmick89Quote Reply
Perkins,
I need to get a Hendricks shirsey for my son, but when I checked last week they didn’t exist, and I’d have to get it made custom. I wonder if that glitch has been fixed by now.
SKQuote Reply
I loved Hendricks this season. Wish Joe had let him go deeper last night. But whatevs. Hope he continues to do well.
joshQuote Reply
My friend the Cardinals fan is really being kind of a dick today on fb
joshQuote Reply
Yeah, it’s a shame the ump blew that strike 3 call in the 5th. Probably would have seen Hendricks go 6 or 7. Though Joe may have pulled him anyway because of the third time through the order penalty.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I honestly can’t see him getting that revved up about anything. Guy seems like he has ice water in his veins and I love it.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I’m ready for Spring Training.
MylesQuote Reply
I really want Scwarbryzzobrist jersey.
ceruleanQuote Reply
Or maybe a schwarbryzzobrussell one.
ceruleanQuote Reply
David Ross can’t unretire now. Not only could he never top his final season and series, his whole life has now utterly peaked. (In a deeply satisfying way, I’m sure.)
SKQuote Reply
Dropping in to say: HOLY COW! They did it! Great season, guys. Maybe next year too!
Bradley WoodrumQuote Reply
(dying laughing)
PerkinsQuote Reply
I want to be the late-90s Yankees of the late-10s.
mylesQuote Reply
berseliusQuote Reply
Oooh, pretty…
http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/CHC/2016.shtml
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Eh, I suppose. But he won’t be cheap. And honestly, I don’t think he’s much better, if at all, than Rondon (obviously I’m speaking of Rondon before he went down). Just as soon save that Tanaka money and wait for something better.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
This, and a lead off home run by Fowler, but in 30 years I might have a hard time remembering if it was Fowler or Alfonso Soriano.
BVSQuote Reply
I haven’t forgiven Joe, but I am not forgetting that he is from California and looks like JJ Abram’s dad (all white people with 50s retro glasses look the same), so he has a penchant for creating “entertaining” conflict with unbelievable resolutions.
I mean seriously. All that can’t have happened.
Therefore, baseball is rigged. They pulled out all the stops to keep it from dying. Because baseball is dying.
ceruleanQuote Reply
I was going to say they should extend Zobrist, but then I realized they signed him for 4 years, so I amend that and say let’s go ahead and re-sign Dex.
joshQuote Reply
I’m a little bitter that teams with Ramirez, Soriano, Zambrano, and Lee didn’t get to experience this kind of success, but oh well.
Did anyone catch when Joe Buck was describing Kipnis growing up a Cubs fan watching “Sandberg and Grace” that he may have missed a player? I feel like there was another player in the mid to late 90’s who was a big part of the Cubs, who could maybe have even been considered the face of the Cubs.
EdwinQuote Reply
Edwin,
I assume at some point they’ll figure it out with He Who Must Not Be Named.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Edwin,
Steve Buechele?
joshQuote Reply
If the Cubs are going to bring Sosa back into the fold, now is the time. Cubs fans have to be all out of fucks to give. It’d be great to see him and Zambrano and Wood and Ramirez and Soriano Lee at the parade.
PerkinsQuote Reply
A-Ram. I love him.
joshQuote Reply
From MLB.com. I remembered thinking that Bryant was locked in last night on the bases, but wowwee.
BVSQuote Reply
josh,
Mike Beilecki?
BVSQuote Reply
josh,
Kevin Tapani
berseliusQuote Reply
Zobrist really did have a great postseason.
joshQuote Reply
Leo Gomez?
mylesQuote Reply
Perkins,
If friggin Pete Rose and ARod can be on the Fox broadcast team, then Sosa can be in a parade.
I say bring them all. Any ex Cub can be in the parade. Let it stretch from the Skyway bridge to Milwaukee.
BVSQuote Reply
Chapman is going to have to talk to Joe Borowski about how to manage managers’ use if closers in the post season
BVSQuote Reply
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/ben-zobrist-will-not-be-underrated-by-the-history-books/
joshQuote Reply
BVS,
Amen to that.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Apparently a h/t is in order to our good friend Marlins Man, who does not think highly of Tribe fans and cursed them accordingly.
http://www.kansascity.com/sports/spt-columns-blogs/for-petes-sake/article112118522.html
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
<3
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/page/playoffs16_greatestgame7/how-did-cubs-curse-end-greatest-game-ever
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
Considering his team also killed the Cubs once upon a time I felt it was rather magnanimous of him to put a hex on Cleveland.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Wow, I was wondering why he wasn’t at any of the games. That’s horrifying.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Probably some of the best work Verducci has done:
http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/11/03/world-series-cubs-indians-game-7
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Here’s what they did to Theo and his family.
People… smh…
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
I think the big question on everybody’s mind now is: Did the beat writers ever all get their shot and a beer?
EdwinQuote Reply
josh,
That’s an excellent article. Sometimes a good outcome isnt because of a mistake by the other guy, but is because of talent/execution.
BVSQuote Reply
Speaking of unanswered questions, did we ever find out who actually owns the Cubs?
MuckerQuote Reply
Not the Indians. That’s for DAMN sure.
mylesQuote Reply
myles,
(dying laughing)
MuckerQuote Reply
And sometimes you get a shit-ton of good luck all at once.
http://www.fangraphs.com/blogs/the-inning-the-cubs-stole/
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
BVS,
Yeah, after the game, he said he thought that’s where they were going to pitch to him, so I’m sure that helped, but he executed as perfectly as you can in that situation. He’s such a fun player to watch.
joshQuote Reply
My son was born a few minutes before midnight (Central time) on November 2, 6 years ago. COINCIDENCE??!?!
Yes.
joshQuote Reply
Big if true.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
That’s what she said
joshQuote Reply
(dying laughing) Theo…
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
No one wins a WS without some good luck.
But as critical as they are of Chapman, do you trust Rondon or Strop in that spot right now? Those guys are throwing sliders that don’t slide. At least Chapman had some break on his. IDK. Given that he was out of gas, I thought he did okay, but maybe it was luck.
Maybe it’s all luck.
joshQuote Reply
josh,
I’d have trusted Strop maybe. He’s looked pretty good at times since he came back from his injury. Rondon definitely needs to get back to himself over the offseason.
PerkinsQuote Reply
https://www.cityofchicago.org/city/en/depts/mayor/press_room/press_releases/2016/november/Cubs_Rally.html
Anyone going?
mylesQuote Reply
http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/
Wherein meatballs expressed anger and doubt toward The Plan. Alvin is prominently featured.
Today is such a fucking awesome day to be alive.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Smokestack Lightning,
I’d prefer Chapman over Melancon and if Jansen didn’t cost a draft pick, I’d go with him over any reliever. Unfortunately he will.
dmick89Quote Reply
I think they were due some good luck. The Indians got lucky earlier in the series.
dmick89Quote Reply
These past hours after the home run that shall never be mentioned again were some I recently enjoyed.
Rice in limboQuote Reply
Perkins,
You gotta hand it to Theo/Jed. Through a completely unassailable process they were able to somehow luck into a few players for which there were no guarantees and then win all the games.
joshQuote Reply
And if the Cubs did get some good luck, Rajai Davis lining an Aroldis Chapman pitch out of the park is definitely some bad luck.
dmick89Quote Reply
Perkins,
My favorite so far:
http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/image/148701472875
joshQuote Reply
josh,
Definitely some luck mixed in with some outstanding scouting and player development along the way.
dmick89Quote Reply
dmick89,
I mean, seriously. Zobrist’s bat is a tick faster or slower (or later or sooner) then that ball is fielded or goes foul. Ben did what he wanted to do, but it took a bit of luck to miss the glove. Both bullpens were spent. We got to miller, they got to Chapman. It was a grudge match and the Cubs came out on top.
joshQuote Reply
In retrospect, I like how the Cubs got themselves into (and out of) serious trouble in each series, even though I was rooting for clean sweeps at the time.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
dmick89,
Oh for sure, it’s just funny that Al acts like its 100% luck on a prospect.
joshQuote Reply
(dying laughing) that’s fantastic.
Though I just now remembered that Prince Fielder had to retire for medical reasons and I feel bad for him.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Based on some of Theo’s comments, I’m convinced he’s actually a time lord who perceives reality in five dimensions. So they may have been more of a sure thing than we’d think.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Perkins,
Then how do you explain the Ian Stewart trade? Or the Edwin Jackson signing?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
It’s entirely possible those were for the lulz.
PerkinsQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
He had to throw us off the scent, obviously
berseliusQuote Reply
Dmick, how disappointed were you after the win?
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
https://bleedingbluecubbies.wordpress.com/2016/11/03/i-knew-this-would-happen/
EnricoPallazzoQuote Reply
EnricoPallazzo,
I’m still pissed about game 3. OV could put together a baseball team and score more runs off Tomlin than the Cubs did that game. (dying laughing)
dmick89Quote Reply
Perkins,
http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/image/152257235930
http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/image/130081201720
http://doubtingtheo.tumblr.com/image/130102387160
WaLiQuote Reply
Removing Hendricks from the game when he had a healthy lead and was one out away from qualifying for a win seemed pretty cold-blooded to me. Of course, it’s possible that Chapman would have stolen the win for himself in any case.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
WaLi,
Holy crap, I hadn’t seen the second one before. Good thing Alvin isn’t allowed anywhere near the adults who make decisions.
PerkinsQuote Reply
I also thought that any advantage gained from bringing Lester in against a lefty would be offset by the downgrade in catcher offense, but then Ross hit a homer off the best pitcher in baseball, so what do I know?
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
I love how Ross hit a home run in his final regular season home game and also in his final professional game overall. I’m really going to miss that man, which is something I never thought I’d say at the end of the 2015 season.
Rizzo the RatQuote Reply
https://theringer.com/chicago-cubs-world-series-father-son-4141678e1cbf
This was good
berseliusQuote Reply
Rizzo the Rat,
Yeah, I was in exactly the same place regarding that switch. That home run makes it alot harder to complain about it.
UrkQuote Reply
Perkins and his bionic knee better be ready because he and Rice Cube (iirc) might be the youngest guys on the team.
I’ll play left as long as the SS comes out pretty far to get relays and the CF is fast. Otherwise my best talent is accepting HBP, which should be ok with Tomlin pitching.
BVSQuote Reply
I was a HBP machine one year in little league. I can crowd the plate like Anthony Rizzo. (dying laughing)
Also I can pitch. Mostly four and two seam fastballs and a straight change. But I top out around 80, so we might be in trouble.
PerkinsQuote Reply
We’ll have more faith in you than Maddon did in Hendricks last night.
BVSQuote Reply
Re: Sammy Sosa
RynoQuote Reply
Al, please present evidence to support both of your claims.
BVSQuote Reply
Meanwhile, IT security monitors note a huge uptick in “CubsWin2016” passwords. …
You might want to rethink your admin password, dmick.
BVSQuote Reply
BVS,
I’m great at lining out to 1B.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
Rice Cube,
Are you a lefty?
BVSQuote Reply
Well, this sure has been a fun couple of days. Now can we please go back to naysaying the Cubs?
EdwinQuote Reply
There’s a parade today. I don’t want to go to it, but someone ought to be there to slap Al a few times.
oogQuote Reply
oog,
He’ll be easy to find. Just look for the guy in a “Can’t Argue With You Today” T-shirt humping Tom Ricketts’ leg and growling at Theo Epstein.
RynoQuote Reply
Bartman overjoyed Cubs win WS. Will not attend parade because people are inherently assholes.
http://www.si.com/mlb/2016/11/04/steve-bartman-not-attending-cubs-parade
May your days only know peace and plenty, my friend.
Smokestack LightningQuote Reply
New shit: http://obstructedview.net/world-series-parade-open-thread/
dmick89Quote Reply
I think we might have to revive this Hope Monster tbh
Rice CubeQuote Reply