The Official Cubs Win The World Series Thread

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Play for tonight. Don't worry about tomorrow.

Yep.

Lester has 7 and 8 tomorrow if necessary

[Dish]

CT Warrior...cheers to good health, all the best.

Why is Chapman in this game???

[Dish]

Maddon makes some baffling decisions.

[brewcity77]

The Chapman decision ultimately worked fine. Had he pitched a 4-out save with 20 pitches, no one would be questioning his availability. He'll be fine if they need him.

[brewcity77]

Damn, now here I am all invested again. Tomorrow will be nervy.

[real chili 83]

Cubolawubola.

Damn.

Go Cubs go, go Cubs go....

[Dr. Blackheart]

Uno para ir

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Wrigleyville tomorrow boys!

[Vander Blue Man Group]

Some very questionable decisions by Joe tonight. It worked out.

Tomorrow is going to be insane.

[real chili 83]

Uno para ir

Marla, ahhhh.

I gave her a Whopper once....

[real chili 83]

Marla....

[Dish]

I'm watching the secondary market for tickets to Hamilton for tonight. Figured there may never be a cheaper night than tonight to go.

[CTWarrior]

This would be a good point ... if it were true.

Koufax was still nothing special the first several years in L.A. For example, in 1960 (the Dodgers' third season in L.A. and his sixth as a big-leaguer), he was 8-13 with a 3.91 ERA, 197 strikeouts and 100 walks. Even the following year, when he went 18-13, he had a 3.52 ERA and walked 96.

It was when he realized that he didn't have to throw the baseball a bazillion mph on every pitch and learned how to pitch rather than throw that he truly became the Koufax of baseball lore.

In his final 5 seasons (1962-66), Koufax went 111-34 with a 1.95 ERA and a .0926 WHIP. Yes, the high mound had much to do with it, and yes so did pitcher-friendly Dodger Stadium, but none of the other Dodger pitchers (not even Drysdale) were putting up Koufax's insane numbers. Mostly, it was his ability to harness his incredible stuff that made him what we all think of when we talk about Koufax. He averaged only 63 walks in an average of 275 IP those last 5 years.

P.S.: Glad your kidney transplant went well. I wish you a full, speedy recovery, my fellow Nutmeg Stater!

Except they didn't play in Dodger Stadium in 1960 and 1961.  They moved into Dodger Stadium in 1962, which is exactly when his career took off.  Those last 5 years are exactly the 5 years he pitched in Dodger Stadium.  They played in the LA Memorial Coliseum before that, which due to odd configuration was an excellent hitters park.

Dodgers ERA in LAMC (59-62):  3.93
Dodgers ERA in Dodger Stadium (62-66):  2.97
Dodgers OPS in LAMC (59-62):  .725
Dodgers OPS in Dodger Stadium (52-66):  .674

The point is that Koufax was better than he was given credit for earlier in his career because he pitched in a great hitters environment, and not as good as he is given credit for his last five years because he pitched in one of the best pitchers parks in history.  His spike in performance was real, but not as pronounced as the raw statistics make it seem.


Thanks for your well wishes.

[robmufan]

I'm watching the secondary market for tickets to Hamilton for tonight. Figured there may never be a cheaper night than tonight to go.

I didn't think of this...but the hawks tickets on Cubs game nights seemed to be super cheap the past couple weeks! This actually might work out for you. Brilliant idea!

[MerrittsMustache]

The Chapman decision ultimately worked fine. Had he pitched a 4-out save with 20 pitches, no one would be questioning his availability. He'll be fine if they need him.

Initially, I thought it was a strange decision but I've come around to thinking it made sense.

1) You're up 5 runs, there's 2 on, 2 out with their best hitter up and the heart of the order to follow. Bring in your best pitcher, shut the door and keep the lead right where it is.

2) Chapman is a rental player who was brought in as the "missing piece" to a potential champion. Use him. He's not going to be back with the Cubs next season. What are you saving him for? He only threw 20 pitches. He did that in about one-third of his outings this season. He'll be fine for tonight.

[StillAWarrior]

Well damn...I really hoped the Indians could close it out last night.  It certainly wasn't Tomlin's best night.  Even the guys he got out in that first inning hit the ball pretty hard.  The most troubling thing to me, as an Indians fan, is that the Cubs bats seem to have heated up.

Should be a heck of a Game 7.  If you would have told me at the start that for Game 7 the Indians would have Kluber on the hill, Miller on three days rest and Shaw and Allen on two days rest, I'd have taken it.  Not sure if it'll be enough to get it done, but given the injuries the Indians have had on their pitching staff, it's pretty much the best set up they could have possibly hoped for.

[Benny B]

The fabled decline of football must predicate itself upon the simplicity it shares not with the transcendent complexity of the other great sports which with irregular recurrence manifests onto the visible spectrum in what the most humble revere and refer to as a "Game 7."

Piffle, or not piffle?

[CTWarrior]

Well damn...I really hoped the Indians could close it out last night.  It certainly wasn't Tomlin's best night.  Even the guys he got out in that first inning hit the ball pretty hard.  The most troubling thing to me, as an Indians fan, is that the Cubs bats seem to have heated up.

Should be a heck of a Game 7.  If you would have told me at the start that for Game 7 the Indians would have Kluber on the hill, Miller on three days rest and Shaw and Allen on two days rest, I'd have taken it.  Not sure if it'll be enough to get it done, but given the injuries the Indians have had on their pitching staff, it's pretty much the best set up they could have possibly hoped for.

The games have gone how I thought they would with the exception of game 3, which I thought the Cubs would win (So I thought the Cubs would take the series 4 games to 2).  Tonight depends on what Kluber has left in the tank.  He needs to give them 5 or 6 innings and 1 run.  I normally would worry about Hendricks given his relative inexperience but he hasn't appeared to be phased by much of anything so far. 

I think tonight is a toss-up but momentum is on Cubs side.  Cubs 3, Indians 1.  My son is a die hard Indians fan so I'll be rooting that I got this wrong.

[Henry Sugar]

Yep.

Lester has 7 and 8 tomorrow if necessary

Lester, Lackey, and probably Arrieta are available tonight, as well as Chapman. I think Lester goes full Bumgarner this evening.

Yesterday I heard that teams which force a Game 7 win 70% of the time.

[drewm88]

I'm watching the secondary market for tickets to Hamilton for tonight. Figured there may never be a cheaper night than tonight to go.

Catch game 7 tonight and see Hamilton in the summer. Tons of tickets still available at face.

[MerrittsMustache]

The games have gone how I thought they would with the exception of game 3, which I thought the Cubs would win (So I thought the Cubs would take the series 4 games to 2).  Tonight depends on what Kluber has left in the tank.  He needs to give them 5 or 6 innings and 1 run.  I normally would worry about Hendricks given his relative inexperience but he hasn't appeared to be phased by much of anything so far. 

I think tonight is a toss-up but momentum is on Cubs side.  Cubs 3, Indians 1.  My son is a die hard Indians fan so I'll be rooting that I got this wrong.

Both teams would LOVE for their starter to at least get into the 5th with, at worst, the game tied. Cleveland could easily get 4+ innings out of Shaw, Miller and Allen while Lester and Chapman could do the same for the Cubs.

It should be a fun night!

[muwarrior69]

The Chapman decision ultimately worked fine. Had he pitched a 4-out save with 20 pitches, no one would be questioning his availability. He'll be fine if they need him.

See Brew strange things can happen. Good Luck tonight.

[WI inferiority Complexes]

One more win.  We got this.

[Galway Eagle]

Going to old crow in wrigleyville for the game. Anyone else going?

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Going to old crow in wrigleyville for the game. Anyone else going?

Gman's.