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KICK BAMA KICK posted:I was thinking about this, would anybody let Morris go 10 today? If you were blind to the result, is there actually an argument that it was a mistake? Tom Kelly's logic when Morris was arguing to be left in for the 10th was "ah what the hell, it's only a game." I'm not joking, those are actually the words that came out of his mouth.
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There's a part of me that is so happy and stunned and disbelieving that I need to be at that parade tomorrow and there's the much more likely part of me that despises crowds and has no desire to stand by myself eating elbows for hours when I can watch the whole thing on TV.
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Abel Wingnut posted:i own neither cable nor tv You can watch the condensed game at baseball.theater and just keep searching youtube for the inevitable full game uploads that will be taken down every couple days via copyright strike
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N: Dexter Fowler declines 2017 option. V: I am very sad but we expected it.
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ChiTownEddie posted:N: Dexter Fowler declines 2017 option. Everyone knew that mutual option was put there to make sure Dex got 13 million for this year, it was never ever ever going to be picked up. As much as I think he likes Chicago I also think he likes to get large sums of money and I think a team on the fringe with a CF/leadoff need will probably overpay for a 4-6 year deal that the Cubs won't be willing to match. If everything rumored is true the Cubs will also not put a QO on him.
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CubsWoo posted:Everyone knew that mutual option was put there to make sure Dex got 13 million for this year, it was never ever ever going to be picked up. As much as I think he likes Chicago I also think he likes to get large sums of money and I think a team on the fringe with a CF/leadoff need will probably overpay for a 4-6 year deal that the Cubs won't be willing to match. If everything rumored is true the Cubs will also not put a QO on him. 100% agreed but it is a weird emotional thing where I'm still like "AWWWWWWW DEX!" ...followed by "Okay, get paid bud."
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Icvoo_Mzwic I took video of the final out from my seat. I THINK that's me screaming "WE DID IT!!!" at the end over and over, but I don't even remember. The whole experience was a giant blur of emotions. I cried into Poque's shoulder for a good minute after I stopped recording. 
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N: In honor of my epileptic, Cubs fan father I donated $50 for ever time Cleveland flailed around on the field (every error). V: Cubs winning hurts my wallet. 
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quote:Tomorrow's official downtown parade will start at approximately 11 a.m. CDT. The motorcade will depart Wrigley Field at approximately 10 a.m. CDT and head east on Addison Street and south on Lake Shore Drive in order to arrive at the official parade route on Michigan Avenue. The parade will travel along Michigan Avenue between Oak and Ohio streets then along Columbus Drive between Monroe Street and Balbo Avenue to Grant Park. A celebration rally will take place at Lower Hutchinson Field in Grant Park at approximately noon CDT. The rally is free and open to the public.
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Abel Wingnut posted:kind of weird they wouldn't wait until the weekend for the parade, no? Apparently CPS is out tomorrow anyway, so this mitigates concerns about schools being vacant because of kids skipping out to see the parade. While a weekend would also handle this, I feel like celebration parades are usually on weekdays for some reason.
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Pancakes posted:Apparently CPS is out tomorrow anyway, so this mitigates concerns about schools being vacant because of kids skipping out to see the parade. While a weekend would also handle this, I feel like celebration parades are usually on weekdays for some reason. The 2013 Blackhawks parade was on a weekday and 2 million people still showed up.
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If they had it on a weekend I think every highway would be backed up for miles with people trying to get into the city. It would be insanity. I want to buy a hat but not sure what. I'm going to get the "official" world series champions hat, the gray one everyone was wearing in the interviews. It will probably just sit on a shelf. I'd like to get the 59fifty with the world series patch like they wore in the games but it's sold out. Spent so much time looking at that hat during the games thinking about what it meant and I'd like to have that to hold onto. I feel like a regular Cubs hat with a world series champions patch on it would be kind of meh. I dunno what's everyone else getting?
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Kevlar v2.0 posted:Here you go! Someone help me think of a caption please. And thanks for the code!
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RC Cola posted:Someone help me think of a caption please. And thanks for the code! Zo Cubs Zo
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RC Cola posted:Someone help me think of a caption please. And thanks for the code! I, I feel alive (Zo Cubs Zo is better)
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ChiTownEddie posted:100% agreed but it is a weird emotional thing where I'm still like "AWWWWWWW DEX!" Yeah it's really hard to begrudge anything to anybody who was a part of making this happen. "Ugh I really wish Lester would field his posi-OH WHO loving CARES THEY WON THE WORLD SERIES!" "Ugh Joe Maddon overmanaged here and there that was ki--OH WHO loving CARES THEY WON THE WORLD SERIES!" "Dex isn't gonna stick around but get paid elsewhere instead they might be as mighty next year without h--OH WHO loving CARES THEY WON THE WORLD SERIES." And who knows? Maybe Dex is suddenly gonna be Too Old next season and your team cut ties with him at just the right time, and it's a win-win all around 
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ajkalan posted:http://mlb.nbcsports.com/2016/11/03/game-7-was-the-most-watched-baseball-game-in-15-years/ Is there a way to look this up by city? KC radio today was saying some ridiculous amount of local TVs were on that game (I want to say they were claiming 71% but surely they didn't tie Chicago per capita). Kevlar v2.0 posted:The 2013 Blackhawks parade was on a weekday and 2 million people still showed up. KC's was definitely a weekday, I want to say Wednesday?
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While we were celebrating I kept looking back at the TV thinking they would overturn the play or call it off or whatever crazy idea I could concoct in my mind. It took me like a minute to actually fully realize it was over.
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Niwrad posted:While we were celebrating I kept looking back at the TV thinking they would overturn the play or call it off or whatever crazy idea I could concoct in my mind. It took me like a minute to actually fully realize it was over. It's not just you. Hell, Almora said that the first thing that went though his mind after he came out of his slide scoring on Zobrist's double was "go back and touch the plate just in case"
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ChiTownEddie posted:N: Dexter Fowler declines 2017 option. I'm interested to see how they handle the offseason. I don't understand why people are so down on giving Fowler a long-term deal. Sure his days in CF might not last much longer but you can slot him into one of the corner outfield slots in a year or two. He has enough pop in the bat. The team actually has some money coming off the books this year too. Coghlan ($4.8m), Cahill ($4.2m), Ross ($2.5m). So you could easily use some of that money to keep Fowler on a $15-$18m deal over the next few years. I also think they'll pick up the option on Hammel (which is really affordable) and see what the market is for him. Not many pitchers available in free agency and you could probably nab a prospect or two that you like for him. Flip those for some bullpen help. I doubt they pay Chapman big money. Same for someone like Jensen. I don't think Theo has ever gone out and spent huge money on his bullpen. They have some arms there already and can sort out the rest through the trade market without paying someone $20 million to come out of the pen.
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RC Cola posted:Someone help me think of a caption please. And thanks for the code! You're welcome! Cubs avatars shall flood the forums!
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TMMadman posted:You're welcome! Cubs avatars shall flood the forums! Zo Cubs Zo
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RC Cola posted:Chicago Fire exists too I will never cease to be amused that a city has a pro sports team named after its biggest disaster. That would be like having the New Orleans Hurricanes or the New York Jets.
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So there must have been teams who made it to the World Series with only one dominant ace on their pitching staff before, who have tried the games 1-4-7 double short rest thing. Has it ever worked out with the ace getting three wins? I remember thinking, when seeing Cleveland was going to start Kluber 1-4-7 that short rest times one was probably okay but maybe a lot dicier twice in a row. Kluber looked like a smoke throwing wizard in game 1, in game 4 seemed like the Cubs got a lot of contact and some base runners but just couldn't put together a rally to bring anyone home, and in game 7 he looked decidedly mortal. It just felt like, you can't just defy the laws of physiology willy nilly and expect to get away with it. Same deal for Chapman throwing all those pitches in games 5 and 6 and coming into game 7. Still had triple digit heat but his command/location were really lacking.
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Zwabu posted:So there must have been teams who made it to the World Series with only one dominant ace on their pitching staff before, who have tried the games 1-4-7 double short rest thing. In 2001 for the Diamondbacks Curt Schilling started 1-4-7, they won game 1 and 7, lost game 4 on a blown save. He ended with a 1.69 ERA on 21 1/3 in the series. His Game 7 line was 7.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 H, 9 K, 0 BB That same series Randy Johnson started 2 and 6 and then came in as the last reliever in game 7. His series ERA was 1.04. Schilling's a pile of trash for many many reasons but that duo really was something else.
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Zwabu posted:So there must have been teams who made it to the World Series with only one dominant ace on their pitching staff before, who have tried the games 1-4-7 double short rest thing. Depends on how you feel about pitching before they lowered the mound. Found this, which says 12 pitchers have done it with the last being Mickey Lolich in 1968, which was the year before the mound was lowered. Glancing through the article it looks like 6 or 7 of those came before 1920, and a couple of them came when it was a best of 9 series. e: Ah here we go quote:An interesting thing to note, of course, is that by 1920 there had been eight three-game winners. In only 17 World Series! In 62 Series since then, there have only been four such dominant pitchers. Why have things happened this way? They go on to note (amongst other reasons) that the playoff format can screw pitchers out of even having a chance to try this. If your ace is having to pitch game 7 in the NLCS he's not going to be able to start game one of the World Series. Oh and Jesus that's an old rear end article huh? 62 series since 1920, be nice if there was a date thrown on that so I knew I was reading something from 1982. I'm fairly sure no one's done it since 1982 though. Grittybeard fucked around with this message at 06:13 on Nov 4, 2016 |
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Goodpancakes posted:What happened to Rondon, is he in witness protection? His slider is bad boy in the boy band posted:Really seems backwards to me. Seems like they should END inside of Wrigley. End in the large open air place that holds far more people
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Grittybeard posted:Oh and Jesus that's an old rear end article huh? 62 series since 1920, be nice if there was a date thrown on that so I knew I was reading something from 1982. I'm fairly sure no one's done it since 1982 though. Oh Randy Johnson did it in 2001 but as noted he was a reliever in game 7.
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Pancakes posted:N: My Judge this morning is wearing a Cubs hat on the bench. I was wearing my Cubs tie and Believe bracelet with my suit in court today. My District Judge is a Tigers fan, and he told me he was happy for me but he wanted the Indians to win to keep it in the AL Central. The Public Defender from Pittsburgh was ecstatic though. I love the idea of a Cubs crew gang tag, though.
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Grittybeard posted:Oh Randy Johnson did it in 2001 but as noted he was a reliever in game 7. Curt Schilling did it in 2001.
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Zwabu posted:Has it ever worked out with the ace getting three wins? <------------------------ (Well, two wins and a five inning save)
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Super Jay Mann posted:Curt Schilling did it in 2001. Curt started 3 games, Randy got the third win in relief in 2001.
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Grittybeard posted:Curt started 3 games, Randy got the third win in relief in 2001. Wait I'm dumb I misread what the conversation was about. Never mind me.
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