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2. One thing is for sure....the Cubs and, if the Royals blow a 3-1 series lead and choke away two more at home...you're going to have two highly-motivated teams coming into 2016 with something to prove to all their opponents. michaelgbaron Michael Baron@michaelgbaron This was just a dominant performance by the #Mets in the NLCS. Totally owned the #Cubs . Remarkable work. So emotional right now.

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Jesse Rogers@ESPNChiCubs 3 outs from 108. Unless a miracle here. Poor guy.

Now, for the next five months....we can debate how the fact that Maddon didn't lead the Cubs to the World Series somehow proves he wouldn't have made any difference whatsoever in the White Sox clubhouse. Murphy and Mets' pitching talent >>> Maddon ETC.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 09:20 PM) So, can anyone think of new excuses from the cub fans and media that have not been mentioned yet? Schwarber- accidentally wore his jockey's backwards Bryant- wore his girlfriends panties, by mistake of course Soler- tried to reverse the curse by purposely wearing Bartman's headphones Hammel- wore a pre-game bra on his head because it worked in some movie he'd seen Lester- the chemicals in the hair treatments from his hair club for men membership f***ed with his brain Rizzo- its because Frank is his brother LA Stella- kept hearing Elaine Benes' voice saying " Stella " over and over Have I missed any? No mention of either Maddon or metaphysical magic/spells/incantations. Duda was 3-for-24 in the #Postseason . He has 3 hits tonight, all of which are XBH. #Mets

The World Series doesn't start until next Tuesday, right? No matter what happens with Games 6 and possible 7 in KC...so that's basically a full week of rest for the Mets. And time for everyone to freeze to death playing early November games in NYC.

Cubs just tied the Mets' number of runs scored with their own number of hits in the series. Michael Baron@michaelgbaron sure RT @s_kuchi: @michaelgbaron can we refer to Daniel Murphy as BAMiel Murphy from now on?

Mets WFAN@MetsWFAN Bryant 2-run homer. Now 8-3 Mets in 8th. #MinorInconvenience

How empty is Wrigley now?

At this point I would not be surprised to see Murphy leave Chicago in a flying DeLorean. Mets' runs in the series=21 Cubs' hits=19 Talk about sheer and utter domination. 2008 and 2009 were only 3 game series. Daniel Murphy has six runs and six RBI in the NLCS. The #Cubs have six runs and six RBI in the NLCS. #postseason

Murphy has managed to completely steal the spotlight and hog it all for himself...along with that young Mets' pitching staff. Maddon, Bryant, Arrieta, Schwarber, Lester pretty much have ceased to exist at this point.

Surprised we haven't seen Austin Jackson's name mentioned more with the White Sox. Decent bounceback candidate....guess it depends on one's confidence in Garcia/Thompson and Melky in LF/LaRoche at DH. Would definitely improve the defense overall a ton if we could figure out a way to get Garcia off one of the corners. Of course, Thompson COULD do that, but I would bet on Austin Jackson playing CF with Eaton in RF or LF over Thompson making it as a regular player. Fowler, Pearce and Parra are some other options. We'll see.

Why did we trade Addison Reed again, haha...? At least he's doing something productive for White Sox fans to partially make up for the end of 2012 and Matt Davidson.

Mets are giving the Cubs ample opportunity to get back into this game....leaving 2-3 insurance runs on the table.

Elias: Colon would be 14 years, 12 days between postseason wins--MLB record. Record now: exactly 14 years by Milt Wilcox (10/5/70-10/5/84).

QUOTE (South Side Fireworks Man @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 08:26 PM) The Sox got a World Series from Garcia and Contreras. Yes, I realize that. Contreras was my avatar for a long time. I meant more from 2007-2010. We had Loiaza, Contreras and Garcia perform well, but not very many veterans have outperformed expectations since then. Obviously Floyd and Danks had their injuries, that's one part of it. But Shark was a complete disaster. Just frustrating Colon seemed like he didn't care on the White Sox but miraculously was more effective at an older age pitching for OTHER teams.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 08:23 PM) I'm referring to your comment about Garica & Contreras. Basically that it has been over a decade since we've had a veteran starting pitcher come in and outperform expectations. I suppose you can count Humber as a "veteran" if you want, and that lasted only one season. I would put Humber and Gavin Floyd in a different category from guys in their mid 30's.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 08:16 PM) Yeah what did we ever get from Garcia and Contreras? Pretty sure Contreras went to the Rockies for someone never to be heard from again...just a salary dump. Garcia...??? That was after 2010 when he put up a 4.64 ERA, I want to say nothing.

QUOTE (Chicago White Sox @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 08:15 PM) What are you talking about? Bartolo Colon in 2009 with the White Sox. Actually, a 4.19 ERA and 1.44 WHIP. Not quite as bad as I thought it was, but nothing like how he has pitched in 2012 and 13 with Oakland. It seems pitching in that stadium makes almost EVERY pitcher (see Shark as well) look a lot better than they really are...

Slight momentum shift there if the Cubs can follow it up with a couple of runs and make it interesting again.

Schwarber is almost forcing the Cubs to catch or trade him. I have a feeling they'll try catching first before selling him low mostly based on the fact that his defense in the OF has been so overexposed this post-season. Knowing/fearing it was a problem and actually seeing it rear its ugly head on the big stage are two different things for Cubs' fans.

Too bad we didn't have the 2003 version of Colon or the post medical enhancement version... We got the one in the middle who sucked, same with Garcia and Contreras at the tail end of their careers.

PH, Ross and Fowler due up this inning.

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 07:46 PM) Flores para los muertos. Why are we quoting A Streetcar Named Desire? Fathom will get upset if you say the Cubs are "dead" and jinx them into a comeback!

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 21, 2015 -> 07:41 PM) I heard he is going back to Detroit. The Tigers are in an interesting and probably no-win situation with that aging core of Verlander, Martinez, Kinsler, Sanchez and Cabrera. Because of those contracts, they pretty much have to be in "win now" mode still. They can't just tear it down. Of course, JD Martinez is younger, relatively...Iglesias, Castellanos, McCann, Gose, etc., but they're mostly a veteran team.