The Chicago Cubs Thread: Baseball Season

jc23 · Post #61 » by **jc23** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 6:55 am

I think folks are overlooking Hendricks, he pitched a great game his last time out except that one mistake early. But kershaw is a beast, will be a intense game.

Post #62 » by **RedBulls23** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:02 am

jc23 wrote:I think folks are overlooking Hendricks, he pitched a great game his last time out except that one mistake early. But kershaw is a beast, will be a intense game.

I think one way or another Cubs clinch next game.

I think the bats have woken up and they aren't going to go away now. But we will see what happens.

LordBaldric · Post #63 » by **LordBaldric** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 7:47 am

One win away from the World Series! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!

kyrv · Post #64 » by **kyrv** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 8:29 am

errisal wrote:Cubs can't hit lefties and the Dodgers throw nothing but lefties. Russell, Rizzo and Heyward need the rest of the series off. Move Bryant to first and Baez to short.

Good call.

Betta Bulleavit · Post #65 » by **Betta Bulleavit** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 1:59 pm

kyrv wrote:
errisal wrote:Cubs can't hit lefties and the Dodgers throw nothing but lefties. Russell, Rizzo and Heyward need the rest of the series off. Move Bryant to first and Baez to short.

Good call.

A couple of things here. Under no circumstances do you sit Russell at this point. He's swinging as hot a bat as anybody and he's a righty. You could move KB to first, Baez to third, move Zobrist in to second and keep Russell at short. Zobrist is a switch so you can keep him in and not lose much in the way of defense. In the outfield you could go Contreras in left, Fowler in center and Soler into right...he's due. That gives you all rightys to combat the lefty.

So far as Kershaw goes, there's no doubt that he's the best in the game. One of the reasons he's so good is that he goes right after guys with his stuff and throws a lot of strikes. That's why his walk rate is so low. He isn't the type of pitcher that you can sit back on and take a lot of pitches. You'll be down 0-2 in a blink of an eye, which allows him to make short work of hitters. By going after him and his pitches early in the count, it will force him to think twice about throwing everything in the zone. This is where you might be able to get him that good out of the zone and work some counts against him. If you go back to game two, you'll see that the best swings that we had against him were when we went early in the count rather than waiting in him to throw balls. It may result in him slashing through the order the first time around. But it could present opportunities the second and third time through the order. We just have to be patient and lean on our pitching until we can get him where we want him. It's no coincidence that the teams that have had the best luck against him have typically gotten to him in the later innings. Hell, it almost happened in game 2.

WIN · Post #66 » by **WIN** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 2:17 pm

I think we need Almora to play right, get Heyward out of there. Play Zobrist at left, play Contreras at C and we'll have a shot at mustering a couple runs.

Hendricks should be able to hold his own and if anything we can put Montgomery in if he doesn't last that long.

Jeffster81 · Post #67 » by **Jeffster81** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:09 pm

I said it on other sites but if the Cubs win game 5 (which they did) they are going to beat Clayton Kershaw. So half the job is done, now let's finish this. I want Adrian Gonzalez thinking of that instant replay all off season.

Stratmaster · Post #68 » by **Stratmaster** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:34 pm

It would be interesting to see a stat on how pitchers fare in their 2nd game of a playoff series. My "feeling" is not usually as well as they did in their first game, but that is just a perception i have from my memories. I don't have any data to back it up.

Gandalf · Post #69 » by **Gandalf** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 5:31 pm

Hope you win guys, it's been so long, I can't even imagine how crazy it would be in Chicago if u win...

matt3254 · Post #70 » by **matt3254** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:44 pm

[tweet]Kerry Wood throwing out first pitch, Scottie Pippen singing during 7th inning stretch. #cubs #dodgers #nlcs @MLBonESPNRadio[/tweet]

johnnyvann840 · Post #71 » by **johnnyvann840** » Sat Oct 22, 2016 11:54 pm

matt3254 wrote:[tweet]Kerry Wood throwing out first pitch, Scottie Pippen singing during 7th inning stretch. #cubs #dodgers #nlcs @MLBonESPNRadio[/tweet]

Scottie!! Let's get some runs!!

Chi town · Post #72 » by **Chi town** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:24 am

Other great news.... BAM BAM back for the series. Shwarber will be DHing if/once we make it to the series.

Post #73 » by **Payt10** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 12:50 am

Go Dodgers!

High level · Post #74 » by **High level** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:50 am

Go Cubs gooo, go Cubs gooo! Hey Chicago what do you say, the Cubs are going to win today!

kyrv · Post #75 » by **kyrv** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:53 am

erlim wrote:
kyrv wrote:
erlim wrote:The goat curse is strong. The wheels are falling off. Death, taxes, and the Cubs choking are universal constants. Good night sweet princes.

Well are they choking or is there a curse? Let's pick a lane.

Good night.

The curse will cause them to choke.

You were wrong.

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Congrats Cubs and Cub fans!

LordBaldric · Post #76 » by **LordBaldric** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:59 am

patagonia · Post #77 » by **patagonia** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:03 am

Unreal. Go Cubbies!

RoundMoundOfRebound · Post #78 » by **RoundMoundOfRebound** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:12 am

Read on Twitter

jc23 · Post #79 » by **jc23** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:12 am

Watch on YouTube

JordansBulls · Post #80 » by **JordansBulls** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 4:45 am

Nothing will be better than the 2005 White Sox though.