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johnk5150 wrote:The Giants need to lose some games.

Big week for the Cubs. Pirates and Giants. Not necessary to sweep either of them, of course, but winning both series would be huge.

The Giants fucking lost.

Jon Lester wants the Cubs to "play stupid down the stretch."

I saw it with the Rays in 2008,” Lester said. “They were naïve to the situation. They had nothing to lose. We have nothing to lose. We’re not supposed to win. We’re supposedly still in the rebuilding stages.

“If we make the playoffs, that’s just an added bonus. I like that. I like (how) we’re not really the underdog, but we’re (also) not really expected to do anything.”

"Bucs to Cubs: Your streak stops here"

UtahRatt wrote:"Bucs to Cubs: Your streak stops here"

Their series is going to be good with SF, it's almost a do or die matchup. Both teams have been hot but SF's flaws are exposed and the Cubs are coming into their own.

Maddon ended the Castro experiment permanently yesterday.

johnk5150 wrote:Maddon ended the Castro experiment permanently yesterday.

About freakin' time!!!

Leppardmania wrote:

johnk5150 wrote:Maddon ended the Castro experiment permanently yesterday.

About freakin' time!!!

It helps scoring Addison Russel. He's a pretty nifty player.

4 game sweep of the Giants!......3.5 game lead for the 2nd wild card.....Wow!!!

I'm not really contributing to this thread with this post. I will say though I think the Cubs found their swagger. That team is soooo good. I think the remainder of the season the league is going to learn just how good they are.

Joe Maddon admits he didn't wash his socks during 9 game win streak. He says the socks "were super absorbent so it was fine." I'll bet he's got a gnarly case of athlete's foot though.

Stank ass

Machado wrote: Good thing the season does not end today. 162 games pal. That gives the Cubs
many opportunitites to suck(again).
Interesting to see such a pathetic franchise getting excited about
being 5 game over after 35 games. LOL

Cubs: 67-49

Yankees: 64-52

Speaking of the Cubs and finding their swagger. I came across this y'all might dig.

Cubs president Theo Epstein continues to have the golden touch, but he may have been wrong about one thing. This spring, he told B/R the only negative he saw with the Cubs' collection of young talent is that they were surrounded by so much hype that they "risk missing out on that opportunity to surprise people, where they can have that season where they sneak up on teams and at the end of the year, people look back and say, 'Wow, they were better than I thought they'd be.'"

The Kansas City Royals were that team last summer.

"That might be gone now, and that's fine," Epstein continued during our spring talk. "It's good to hold the organization accountable, hold me accountable to the highest expectation. But individually, I'd like our young players to be afforded a little bit of patience and have a little bit of time to find their games. Because it takes time to find your comfort level as position players in the big leagues."

In a way, that's exactly how things have played out.

Joe Maddon on not changing his socks during the streak.
"Are you superstitous?" "No." Maddon grinned "I'm just a little bit stitious."

That was a reference to the 'The Office,' and that's a good show.

Anybody heading to Wrigleyville if we win on Wednesday?

Anne_Thrax wrote:Baseball is the most boring sport on the planet.

Something is wrong with these two posts, I can't put a finger on it.

Anne_Thrax wrote:Anybody heading to Wrigleyville if we win on Wednesday?

This is exactly why the Pirates should win.

I don't think the Cubs have much of a swagger, it's like they've been biting their nails the last few weeks knowing they've actually reached a one Wild Card game. They've been rather quiet........
If it wasn't for Arrieta I'd already be planning to watch the Pirates vs the Cards. But this is the Cubs were talking about. They should be confident if not happy they've come this far!

I cannot stand watching baseball but i'm always down for partying in Wrigleyville.

I called a psychic hotline, the woman said the CUBS will do good tomorrow. I had to pin three voodoo dolls to combat her spell.

Anne_Thrax wrote:I cannot stand watching baseball but i'm always down for partying in Wrigleyville.

If they lose are you down for riots or parties with a city full of sad fans? The Cubs have a good chance but have a plan B just in case, it could get ugly. either way......Take selfies!

I put my money on Cole and the Pirates tonight.

Machado wrote:I put my money on Cole and the Pirates tonight.

Not sure about that move, one thing I wouldn't do is bet against Arrieta, he's been dropping the bottom out of the planet since August. You talk about pitchers getting calls just out of the zone, Arrieta paints the bottom so close he gets a lot of calls that nip just out of the box because every pitch is with in inches.

I watched him destroy the Philly's or maybe it was the Red's a month or so ago and he got a ton of calls just out of the zone because every pitch was on the line. He's overdo for a belting, a slip but until then he's lights out. Ya I'm a LAD fan with Clayton and Greinke but I might have to go with Arrieta right now. Guess we'll see in another hour but I think the Cubs got this game.

JINX!

DOWN2WHISKEY wrote:Cubs advance!
*Steve Bartman purchases ticket for game three of NLDS!*

YES! Steve Bartman to the rescue, he'll bring them bad luck! Great news!

Congrats on making it to the playoffs Cublings, they're a hot team I wouldn't wanna face but I'm still pulling for them to sink. Maybe if I supported them they'd lose.

Go Cubs! I've really just been joking and been a fan all this time.

Machado wrote:I put my money on Cole and the Pirates tonight.

Good call, dipshit.

It seems Arrieta has found Greg Maddox's strike zone.

Gritt wrote:

Machado wrote:I put my money on Cole and the Pirates tonight.

Good call, dipshit.

FU
At least I have the balls to make a play. You continue to watch from the sidelines, afraid to get into the game.

Just stay there. Be safe and you won't get hurt.

Yeah that's why my predictions aren't all over the nfl thread.

Gritt wrote:Yeah that's why my predictions aren't all over the nfl thread.

How dumb can you be? This is not the NFL thread. We are discussing
MLB Playoffs. Do you know the difference?

Yes I do know the difference, Pancho.

I'm not a very big baseball fan so I don't really care. But when I get the chance to call you a dipshit for being wrong I'm going to do it.

Dipshit.