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Post #501 » by **Schad** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:42 am

JN wrote:Wilmer Difo? Who in the blue hell are you.

A historical footnote, it'd appear.

EH15 · Post #502 » by **EH15** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:43 am

Kershaw finally getting things go his way in the playoffs

Noobslife · Post #503 » by **Noobslife** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:43 am

Man...National could've scored one more if the 3rd base coach didn't make that mistake. What a shame.

JN · Post #504 » by JN » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:45 am

Well the Nats franchise now has gone 48 years without making the World Series. And I am damn happy about the last 13,

RalphWiggum · Post #505 » by **RalphWiggum** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:46 am

4:32 4-3 nine inning game, that's absolutely unacceptable. Baseball has to do something about this.

I'd implement a rule where relief pitchers have to face at least two batters with the exception of the final out.

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Post #506 » by **Latrell** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:46 am

Best part of this game was Dusty using a fresh reliever just for an intentional walk.

Susp3ct · Post #507 » by **Susp3ct** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 5:22 am

bringing in your closer in a do or die game to get out of a tough inning in the 7th. Showalter must be having nightmares with that move.

Raps in 4 · Post #508 » by **Raps in 4** » Fri Oct 14, 2016 4:57 pm

Happy to see Kershaw shed his choker label. Now if he could string together a few dominant starts, he'll really strengthen his GOAT case.

polo007 · Post #509 » by **polo007** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:23 pm

Read on Twitter

Post #510 » by **Schad** » Sun Oct 16, 2016 8:36 pm

Wait, the Diamondbacks made a good hire!?

Post #511 » by **Schad** » Fri Oct 21, 2016 4:20 am

One game away from the baseball's longest-suffering teams facing off for a title.

And despite having zero World Series wins since Milton Berle was an infant, and failing to even reach the Series since World War II, the Cubs would move into a tie for seventh in total World Series appearance by franchise, with twelve. Because baseball is old.

Presumably, this can only mean one thing: the Cubs are about to experience an all-world collapse.

Hoopstarr · Post #512 » by **Hoopstarr** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 2:59 am

Schad wrote:One game away from the baseball's longest-suffering teams facing off for a title.

And despite having zero World Series wins since Milton Berle was an infant, and failing to even reach the Series since World War II, the Cubs would move into a tie for seventh in total World Series appearance by franchise, with twelve. Because baseball is old.

Presumably, this can only mean one thing: the Cubs are about to experience an all-world collapse.

Sports media are about to OD on #NARRATIVES.

Go Cubs.

Post #513 » by **Schad** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:14 am

Yup. Congrats to the Cubs on their first-ever NL pennant, and bring on the #narratives.

And I agree on the Cubs sentiment. Hate to cheer against the woebegone Indians, but the Cubs have always been the closest I had to a second team, by virtue of the fact that their games were always on when I got home from school. That and the bit where they're just ludicrously fun...they just won their way to the World Series with a starting lineup featuring five position players 24 years of age or younger.

Randle McMurphy · Post #514 » by **Randle McMurphy** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 3:20 am

Hope Shapiro's other team takes these guys out.

zilby · Post #515 » by **zilby** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 4:34 am

The longest AL World Series drought vs. the longest NL World Series drought. This will be one for the books.

RalphWiggum · Post #516 » by **RalphWiggum** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 5:36 am

Randle McMurphy wrote:Hope Shapiro's other team takes these guys out.

The Cubs acted like a team that were happy to make the World Series and not like a team that had 4 more wins to reach their ultimate goal.

I think the Indians win this series and win it easily.

Indians in 5.

Post #517 » by **Schad** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 6:01 am

RalphWiggum wrote:The Cubs acted like a team that were happy to make the World Series and not like a team that had 4 more wins to reach their ultimate goal.

You're a neverending wellspring of Cathal Kelly-level faux-psychoanalytical takes.

TOStateofMind · Post #518 » by **TOStateofMind** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 9:26 pm

Cleveland better hope their offense shows up cause it was barely better than the jays in the alcs. I think the cubs will take it.

BramptonYute · Post #519 » by **BramptonYute** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:29 pm

I wanna see the Cubs win. Would be special to see it.

Fairview4Life · Post #520 » by **Fairview4Life** » Sun Oct 23, 2016 10:42 pm

TOStateofMind wrote:Cleveland better hope their offense shows up cause it was barely better than the jays in the alcs. I think the cubs will take it.

They also somehow kept the Red Sox and Blue Jays offence down though.