10-07-2016, 15:41
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Blue Jays beat Rangers again - lead the series 2-0 as they head to Toronto.
Ouch. Just goes to show winning most games in the league doesn't mean an easy playoff run! Will Cubs do better?
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Been kinda trackin' that - and they did it with authority on the Rangers' turf!
You're right of course; heck the Cubs did it to the Cardinals last year, another injustice of the structure. Bottom-line: It's baseball, and anything can happen. We'll get an indication tonight.
Anybody hereabouts a Dodgers or Nationals fan...?
I confess to being a Dodgers fan maybe 55-56 years ago; went to see them (and the Cubs) once, playing in the old LA Coliseum before Walter O'Malley had completed the new stadium with (as my Dad put it) a dearth of water fountains "so you have to drink his over-priced beer." What a place that was... till they put a partial wall up it was like a pitching wedge or soft 9-iron to straight-away left for a right-handed batter.
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10-07-2016, 18:59
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Red Sox are silenced in Cleveland down 0-2 in a short series
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10-07-2016, 21:55
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Holy Cow! 
That's one...
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10-08-2016, 16:56
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One of those here who has a .gov-enabled monopolistic cable provider who will not be offering MLBN's "olive branch" of a preview to allow viewing of the Giants-Cubs game tonight.
Have to go medieval; with my HF setup will do it the old-fashioned way, rig & wire tuned to pick up the radio broadcast on 670 AM. (At least Pat Hughes actually knows how to call a game.)
Baseball dictionary: MLB team execs who sold off a boatload of people's games for sole coverage by a premium cable channel: n., plural; see also "more names on the list of those who are to be placed in line for MR2's guillotine-machine-thingy."
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10-08-2016, 21:12
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And that's two... on to the Left Coast & the late starts for those of us in Flyoverland.
Bummer about the Dodgers-Nationals getting postponed.
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10-09-2016, 09:27
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Bumgarner did pitch a gem tonight (complete game shutout). Long ball ended up doing the job, though. We'll see them in Chicago Friday.
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Speaking of Madbum, where else are you going to see a pitcher used as a pinch hitter?
When he ages off the mound, he will likely end up at first base.
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10-09-2016, 12:22
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Speaking of Madbum, where else are you going to see a pitcher used as a pinch hitter?
When he ages off the mound, he will likely end up at first base.
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Agree, he's simply an athlete. Cubs have Travis Wood who they've put on the mound, moved to left field for someone else's match-up, then moved him back onto the mound. (Last night he became first reliever since '24 to hit a HR in a playoff game.) He just flat wants to play baseball. These kinds of guys will be around awhile hopefully.
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10-11-2016, 21:14
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Interesting. Dodgers take 2 from the Nationals on the road; now Nationals have done the same in LA. And it's looking (unless the balls-out clawing & scratching begins soon) that SF will cause there to be a game 5 back in Wrigley. Kudos to the AL teams at least for tying things up in a bow so quickly.
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10-11-2016, 22:10
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HOLY COW! 
Cubs score 4 in top of the 9th to hold on & win!
See ya, San Francisco; it was interesting watching your tailored commercials in favor of & opposing new soda-pop taxes, new grocery taxes, etc., ad nauseum.
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10-11-2016, 22:13
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CUBS WIN ... CUBS WIN ... CUBS WIN !!!!!!
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10-12-2016, 08:49
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CUBS WIN ... CUBS WIN ... CUBS WIN !!!!!!
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What he said:
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10-14-2016, 05:03
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Eerie in a way. The LA Dodgers are in a similar position the Cubs were in last year. Winning all the critical games away. Chicago and LA will meet again starting tomorrow at 1060 W. Addison. (Probably with everyone dressed for a football game 'cause the season runs so long; this business of baseball with Gore-Tex & Polar-fleece has to stop.)
Blue Jays and the Indians go at it starting tonight. Anyone have a team they're picking in the AL? It's got to be at least as inspiring as the current political scene.
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10-14-2016, 20:35
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HOLY COW!
Cubs score 4 in top of the 9th to hold on & win!
See ya, San Francisco; it was interesting watching your tailored commercials in favor of & opposing new soda-pop taxes, new grocery taxes, etc., ad nauseum.
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Super happy. Joe Maddon seems to be a super guy.
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10-14-2016, 20:41
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Super happy. Joe Maddon seems to be a super guy.
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He's definitely got an approach I haven't seen before but it works. He always said, "just give me guys that can hit, I can teach you the rest." So he's got guys playing/learning other positions to leverage some versatility. And now they've got guys down in the minor leagues coming to their coach, "Hey, teach me another position." Seems I've heard of that approach working somewhere before...
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10-15-2016, 17:49
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HOLY SHIT !!!!!!
PETE ROSE JUST SAID THE CUBS ARE GOING TO SWEEP THE DODGERS !!!!
Who am I to argue.
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