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Brett is that you?
10/12: NLDS Game 3: St. Louis Cardinals (1) at (1) Chicago Cubs 5:07PM TBS
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I still agree with SilenceS on this one. At some point you have to trust your staff behind your top 2 guys. Also, even if Hammel loses you have set it up so you're facing Lester vs not their best pitcher.
On a side note, can we give Fowler some props? Guy took a lot of heat early on in the year and post all-star break has been great including these games in the playoffs. He's 6 for 17 if my math is right in the playoffs with 2 HRs, 5 runs and 3 RBis.
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I remember everyone calling me 'emotional', and crazy for saying the Cubs were going to be great. Go figure?
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It wasn't so much Lackey, imo, as the Cubs over celebrating the win against the Bucs and plain not being prepared for game 1. I think pitching Lackey early is playing right into the Cubs hands. :yep:
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I agree Beck. Fowler's welcome back next year in my book. I guess it'll come down to the contract stuff, but he's done well enough to come back, imo. He's 29 and might settle for a reasonable contract since the Cubs are stacked.
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Everything both you guys have said on Lester is right. It is playing percentages and you don't go with your guy on short rest when you have a lead in the series. Also there is no guarantee they win today whether it's Jon Lester or whoever. The key is hitting Lackey. If all that doesn't convince you let's just ask this; in game 5 in St. Louis who would you rather have on the mound Jon Lester, Jason Hammel or Kyle Hendricks on short rest? Yeah, easy choice. If the bats stay hot Hammel will be fine tonight.
Agree on Fowler. The guy has been a huge part of this team and its continued through the playoffs. You got him for Luis Valbuena, a guy who had no place on the team, and Dan Strailey. Win.
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Just have the umps check the bill of his cap early in the game. He touched the right side of the bill before every pitch Friday.
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I was out in shitty ass Cambridge, Wisconsin yesterday for work. Didn't miss a second of the game! #WeAreGood
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My dad's only 43 though, these are his Cubs too
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Yah. I thought that was odd. That was brought up by a few people on the Twitter-verse and it wasn't typical of him to do that.
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seriously. even my WIFE was commenting on him and his pre-pitch routine. wth.
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christ, i'm 47.
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The ump did walk to the mound in game 1 to look at the ball.
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I wouldn't doubt it a bit. The Cards are starting to build a nice reputation in the vein of the New England Patriots. That said, Lackey hasn't been what anyone would call a "good" pitcher for 7 or 8 years. He's a middle of the rotation guy at best, so why is he the pitcher of choice for the Cardinals? He's got the catcher that frames better than anyone and a group of easily duped umpires that buy into it..... and/or .....maybe he is loading em up.
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Hell of a game yesterday was watching with my kids, and they kept asking why I was jumping around after every HR. I laughed and said waited my whole life for the Cubs to field a team like this. Have a way to go still, but damn is it fun to watch.
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Damn spoiled little bigfoot brats you have!
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Absolute kudos to you for the prediction. You've gotten it right so far. You can't say it wasn't emotional and kind of crazy to make that pick though can you? There was no logic to support it and there was a lot of baseball history, particularly of the play of rookies, suggesting that the team was a year away. I am in no means faulting you for jumping up and down that your prediction is coming true, anyone would rightly do the same, but your prediction was based on heart not logic and stats so you also have to understand why people doubted you.
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Lol still a young, chipper man!
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I bet a 100 dollars that the Cubs would win it all before the season. I guess I called them doing this as well.
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Who'd you bet with?I bet a 100 dollars that the Cubs would win it all before the season. I guess I called them doing this as well.
