Real MLB Thread

[MUDPT]

Brewers play any of their regulars last night?

[WI inferiority Complexes]

I'm rooting for the Brewers in the NL, and either the A's or Twins in the AL.

[Cheeks]

Anybody but the Doyers

[WI inferiority Complexes]

Anybody but the Doyers

I'm sick of watching LAD.
Ditto for HOU.
I've never liked ATL, including the 90's teams that kept losing to the American League.
Tampa Bay doesn't deserve nice things.
I hate the St. Louis Cardinals with every fiber of my being.

I don't mind NYY, and it would also be interesting to see how dominant WSH's pitching could be.
But, the best stories, in my opinion, are Milwaukee facing either the A's or Twins.

[dgies9156]

I hate the St. Louis Cardinals with every fiber of my being.

You don't know what you are missing. This is a good franchise and the team made great strides this year!

[MU82]

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.

[TSmith34, Inc.]

Can Crew take advantage? They're having their own problems in Colorado.

If they could win tonight and tie-up the division it would make for a helluva awesome finish on Sunday.

[4everwarriors]

And Lo Cain catches da ball, hey?

[drewm88]

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.

Helps to have consistent playing time too.

[The Sultan]

Oooffff...

One out away.

[MUDPT]

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.

[MU82]

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.

[MUDPT]

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?

[MU82]

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!

[Cheeks]

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

[Dr. Blackheart]

Davidsonesque

More Jean Felixesque.

[rocket surgeon]

   erasing a 7 1/2 game lead since september 5th or something(20-6) is a wow factor in and of itself.  kind of like the gotta believe mets of '69 who went from being 10 games down as of august to going 38-11 the rest of the way.  brewers have to win and cards lose to force a one game divisional playoff in st louis.  loser goes to washington for another one game series.  winner goes to atlanta

probably without cain as he looks a little bruised up and yellich of course.  what the hell happened to jeremy jeffress and travis shaw??

[Dr. Blackheart]

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.

[wadesworld]

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.

I'll take 21-6 in September over whatever the Cubs went that's for sure.

And 8-2 over their last 10 games over the 2-8 the Cubs are.

Would've been nice to close out the season on a 10 game winning streak. Hard to expect that though.

[Sheriff]

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!

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

[wadesworld]

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...

[jesmu84]

Maddon gone.

[CreightonWarrior]

Let's hope the cubbies can win one more for their skipper. So long Maddon

[cheebs09]

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.

Were any Brewer fans that upset with what the Cubs were doing? I think the only upset Brewer fans I saw were about Maddon's comments. Which I agree were out of line, but I haven't seen how the question was phrased to him.

[Sheriff]

Brewers fans feel so bad for you and are glad they cannot relate.

Oh wait...

Not speaking on behalf of the Cubs nor their fans, so no sympathy needed from Brewer fans.

I'm sure Cubs fans can relate to what happened to the Blew Crew last night.