Kolek planning to go pro
Anybody but the Doyers
I hate the St. Louis Cardinals with every fiber of my being.
Can Crew take advantage? They're having their own problems in Colorado.
This happens more often than people realize:Cubbies, who choked away the season, relax when games get meaningless and take a good team behind the woodshed.For example, Ian Happ batted .164 with a .530 OPS from 8/18 to 9/20. Batting .450 with a 1.526 OPS since Cubbies peed down their legs. Cardinals can't get him out. Can Crew take advantage? They're having their own problems in Colorado.
This happens more then people realize: Teams with the best run differential in the division, tend to progress to the mean. So when they lose 5 one run games in a row, it eventually turns the other way and they win.
Sure.Also easier to swing the bat when you're not grinding it into sawdust, and easier to pitch the ball when it doesn't matter one whit whether you win or lose.
Curious if you watched any of the Cubs Cards series last weekend?
Only a few innings live. Saw the highlights each night, read articles/columns, looked at the box scores, talked to my son who watched them all.Of course, the choke job started way before that. On Aug. 8, Cubs were 63-52 and led Mil by 3.5 and StL by 4. In less than a month, they had fallen well out of first place ... but after beating Milwaukee in the opener of a 4-game series on Sept. 5, they were 76-63 and FIVE games ahead of the Brewers with 23 games to play.They then lost the next 3 games to the Brewers, saving Milwaukee's season and starting their own official death spiral. At first, it was a slo-mo spiral, as they were helped by getting to play the Pirates in the midst of their doldrums to stay ahead of the Brewers. On Sept. 16, they were still clinging to a 1-game lead for the wild-card spot. They then lost 2 at home to the Reds, all 4 at home to the Cardinals and 3 to a Pittsburgh team that had started mailing it in months ago.So they went from a 5-game lead over the Brewers on Sept. 5 to a 7-game deficit to the Brewers in a matter of 21 days. This despite the Brewers having to play without the league MVP.That's impressive choking even by Cubbian standards!
Davidsonesque
Should Joe start his injured regulars today, or will the Brewers choke up another hairball? For all the talk here still about the Cubs choking, they have done their job handing the Brewers the division, but the Crew has been too preoccupied with Dr. Heimlich.
This opinion would be more convincing had the Cubs not lost >40% of their offensive output and essentially their entire starting infield due to injuries in September
Brewers fans feel so bad for you and are glad they cannot relate.Oh wait...