Real MLB Thread

[MU82]

15 days ago the brewers were 5 games back of the cubs.

Wow ... it's real eye-opening when you put it like that.

[MUDPT]

If you saw the Bryant play today, it's exactly why it's okay to postpone a game with lots of rain before the game and more on the way.

[JWags85]

Maddon making no effort to manage his pitchers intelligently for the last few weeks. Thanks for the ring and helping a young team gel. But you've not had a handle on this team for the end of the season 2 years in a row. Enjoy the FO gig or retirement.

[Dish]

Cubs season starts and ends in just brutal funks. Have to imagine massive changes coming.

[rocket surgeon]

nelson cruz hit his 400th homer today-he was in the brewers organization 2004-2006.  traded to texas with carlos lee for laynce nix, kevin mench and francisco cordero. 

[TSmith34, Inc.]

LOL Cubs

[withoutbias]

wheres the magic number countdown been from cubs fans this year? that was always a treat especially last year.

[Anti-Dentite]

Hey hey Cubbies what do you say, maybe a hundred years from today.

[JWags85]

Cubs-Brewers rivalry chirps I get. But Brewers fans making fun of ineptitude or long droughts when you haven't won a pennant in 40 years and don't have a WS period seems pretty moronic.

[MU82]

LOL Cubs

I was thinking more "RIP Cubs."

[WarriorDad]

Rest of the country they been off WGN for years now.

My reference was for us in Chicago.  Yesterday was an end of an era. 

[wadesworld]

Cubs-Brewers rivalry chirps I get. But Brewers fans making fun of ineptitude or long droughts when you haven't won a pennant in 40 years and don't have a WS period seems pretty moronic.

Only Cubs fans are allowed to act like their team has done something when they haven't in a century.

[WarriorDad]

Maddon making no effort to manage his pitchers intelligently for the last few weeks. Thanks for the ring and helping a young team gel. But you've not had a handle on this team for the end of the season 2 years in a row. Enjoy the FO gig or retirement.

This goes beyond the manager.  This last week was an appropriate summary of the year, the 9th inning especially.  Darvish looked to throw strike three on Goldy, but did not get the call. The next pitch was the double to give the Cards the go ahead lead.  Maddon could have pulled him, but the bullpen has no confidence.   Theo Epstein's moves this year, or lack of them, is what has been distressing.  A team usually has a window of a few years and he didn't make many changes in my opinion to capitalize for this year.

Thank you Zobrist.  Maybe he is back, but no guarantees.  Strop and Hamels are likely gone.

[🏀]

This goes beyond the manager.  This last week was an appropriate summary of the year, the 9th inning especially.  Darvish looked to throw strike three on Goldy, but did not get the call. The next pitch was the double to give the Cards the go ahead lead.  Maddon could have pulled him, but the bullpen has no confidence.   Theo Epstein's moves this year, or lack of them, is what has been distressing.  A team usually has a window of a few years and he didn't make many changes in my opinion to capitalize for this year.

Thank you Zobrist.  Maybe he is back, but no guarantees.  Strop and Hamels are likely gone.

Lack of moves? In regards to what exactly?

[wadesworld]

https://mobile.twitter.com/si_mlb/status/1175817742009737217?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1175817742009737217&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.si.com%2Fmlb%2F2019%2F09%2F22%2Fyankees-honor-cc-sabathia-during-pregame-ceremony

This is pretty awesome. In 2008 CC had the most complete games in the AL and the most complete games in the NL.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

[JWags85]

Only Cubs fans are allowed to act like their team has done something when they haven't in a century.

There is no meaningful time period over more than a year or two where the Brewers have outperformed the Cubs in playoff appearances, or division titles, or whatever, even with all the inept cursed nonsense. But sure, just flip it back to Cubs fans being delusional cause your complex is unimpeachable.

Congrats on finishing the season on a tear for the second year in a row, Counsell is far superior to Maddon in pulling those levers. Good luck with Scherzer in the decider.  Try to enjoy it without making some pathetic dig about the Cubs.

[TAMU, Knower of Ball]

One thing that always surprised me is how close the all time series between the Brewers and Cubs is. Currently sits at 180-189 in favor of the baby bears. Brewers held the series lead as recently as 2015.

[wadesworld]

There is no meaningful time period over more than a year or two where the Brewers have outperformed the Cubs in playoff appearances, or division titles, or whatever, even with all the inept cursed nonsense. But sure, just flip it back to Cubs fans being delusional cause your complex is unimpeachable.

Congrats on finishing the season on a tear for the second year in a row, Counsell is far superior to Maddon in pulling those levers. Good luck with Scherzer in the decider.  Try to enjoy it without making some pathetic dig about the Cubs.

I don't think I've been taking many digs at the Cubs at all. I just find it funny that the Cubs win one title in 108 years and suddenly they're so far superior to the Brewers that the Brewers should never be talking about the Cubs losing history. Especially when the Cubs were sitting 5 games up of the Brewers AGAIN with less than a month to play and a payroll of nearly $100M more than the Brewers. 2016 was supposed to be the start of a Cubs dynasty. At least last year they got it to a game 163. Would've been nice for the Cubs to have at least kept it competitive to game 162 so maybe the Nats would've had to use their full rotation through the end of the season.

But I appreciate the good luck wishes. Everything is gravy in my books. This Brewers team stinks and we're going to the Playoffs. Pretty remarkable given over the final 2 months seasons we missed multiple weeks of our MVP, our 2nd and 4th best hitters, and our best pitcher, plus our closer missed the entire season.

[jsglow]

JWags, while I agree that wades can be a bit much at times, let me try to give you a perspective that might be a bit more realistic.  See we Crew fans understand that sustained success will be somewhat fleeting when playing in the smallest market in the league.  There is zero chance our guys can win pennants and world series every year because it's impossible for us to buy talent.  This discussion came up in the NFL thread where a national TV contract and a hard salary cap make nearly perfect economic leveling possible.  That will never happen in baseball.

So what we've learned to enjoy is when our rival dumps a bajillion dollars into some loser (and you have to admit that the Cubs have an awfully impressive record in that regard) and when we beat them over a game, series or year.  For many Brewers fans, game 163 last year was a highlight we won't soon forget.  Was that a WS win?  Of course not.  But it was a little like when the pretty cheerleader went to the dance with us rather than going with the star QB.

Enjoy the off season.  We still have some ball to play and will relish every moment it extends into October, be it one game or an extended run.   

[#UnleashSean]

There is no meaningful time period over more than a year or two where the Brewers have outperformed the Cubs in playoff appearances, or division titles, or whatever, even with all the inept cursed nonsense. But sure, just flip it back to Cubs fans being delusional cause your complex is unimpeachable.

Congrats on finishing the season on a tear for the second year in a row, Counsell is far superior to Maddon in pulling those levers. Good luck with Scherzer in the decider.  Try to enjoy it without making some pathetic dig about the Cubs.

Agreeing with a cardinals fan? Well crap

[#UnleashSean]

we missed multiple weeks of our MVP, our 2nd and 4th best hitters, and our best pitcher, plus our closer missed the entire season.

You know this statement is doublely true for the Cubs right?

[The Sultan]

Trash talking over who gets the right to play in a game where the winner gets trucked by the Dodgers...

[wadesworld]

You know this statement is doublely true for the Cubs right?

Doubly true for the Cubs?  Lol!

You missed Baez for 15 games.  You missed Rizzo for 3 games.  And now you'll miss Kris Bryant for the final 3 games of the season after you're essentially already eliminated from the Playoffs.

One team overcame much lengthier injuries.  The other completely folded.

[muwarrior69]

JWags, while I agree that wades can be a bit much at times, let me try to give you a perspective that might be a bit more realistic.  See we Crew fans understand that sustained success will be somewhat fleeting when playing in the smallest market in the league.  There is zero chance our guys can win pennants and world series every year because it's impossible for us to buy talent.  This discussion came up in the NFL thread where a national TV contract and a hard salary cap make nearly perfect economic leveling possible.  That will never happen in baseball.

So what we've learned to enjoy is when our rival dumps a bajillion dollars into some loser (and you have to admit that the Cubs have an awfully impressive record in that regard) and when we beat them over a game, series or year.  For many Brewers fans, game 163 last year was a highlight we won't soon forget.  Was that a WS win?  Of course not.  But it was a little like when the pretty cheerleader went to the dance with us rather than going with the star QB.

Enjoy the off season.  We still have some ball to play and will relish every moment it extends into October, be it one game or an extended run.

Glow, as a Yankee fan I get it. The Yanks spent bajillion on Stanton. He has played in about a dozen games this year, yet he'll probably be on the roster for the playoffs, taking a spot for a player who played most of the season and got them into the post season. If it happens it is just sickening to me.