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Well, if the Cubs come back and win, that section of the ivy will also have to be encased in glass and memorialized as well to go along with Schwarber's HR ball resting on top of the scoreboard. The best sitcom writers couldn't come up with this stuff...that's why baseball is so cool. The Ivy saves the Cubs. My goodness. Conforto would have scored on his hands and knees with a billy goat strapped to his back.

That's pretty much the only way the White Sox would score in that situation over the last three seasons.

Holy Cow!

Damn. Still one more chance. Conforto.

Only 36 fastballs out of 82 pitches for deGrom tonight (43.9%) -- his lowest fastball usage in any game in his two-year career. #NLCSGame3 Duda tried to get a bunt down. He did, Cespedes gets to 2nd. That's a sac. He is 3-for-his-last-33 at the plate.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 20, 2015 -> 07:44 PM) Who? It's a joke about former Sox Juan Uribe, who would often swing out of his ass for the longball. That said, he was simply great at adjusting with a runner on 3rd and less than 2 outs.

1-2-3 inning. Mets need to score here and take the advantage into a possible rain delay...AND get their bullpen ready to go.

Marc Carig@MarcCarig @MarcCarig @AdamRubinESPN @jareddiamond @SteveGelbs rains a coming #LGM 40 miles out 30-45 mins https://t.co/CX7peYwKsA Third time through now against deGrom. He’s at 75 pitches. 50-50 raffle up to $33,537, btw.

DP? Well, you just knew it wasn't go to be THAT easy to just expect an XB hit there. For those who've asked, considering rain possibly on way: Postseason games can no longer be rain-shortened. Eventually played to completion. Funny to see national media applauding Castro's defense and turn at 2B. Neighborhood play?

Shouldn't there be a former Sox pitching for the Cubs in the post-season jinx as well? deGrom allowed just 2 HR this season on fastballs located on the outer third of the plate or off the plate away. He's allowed 2 tonight... Trevor Cahill warming up now. If Wright gets going....look out.

In all seriousness, the Cubs can't just get swept. That wouldn't be as interesting or painful as losing it all in the 6th or 7th game of the series. Doesn't fit into the whole Cub Folklore storyline...that's why 2007/08 losses aren't mentioned as much, compared to 1945, 1969, Brant Brown, Bartman/2003 and Leon Durham/1984.

You get two challenges before the 7th inning in the playoffs, so it doesn't hurt to try (the Blue Jays did this early on a play at home where it looked almost impossible to call Cain out earlier). Then Rios was called safe on a steal attempt when he popped up from a slide and took his foot off the bag...challenged and overturned. Opposition hitting .325 third time through the order so that might be it for Hendricks...at best, one more inning to get through the fifth but if another Met reaches he's probably toast (assuming the Cubs don't score 3-5 runs here). I'm pretty sure a White Sox fan, even with the Butterfly Effect in play, can't jinx the Cubs any more than they are already "jinxed" from 15,000 km away, haha. Besides, didn't Greg already jinx them by picking them to get to the World Series? Or did he already change his mind?

Poor Cubs' fans. The curse of Murphy strikes again...it's almost too good to be true that the cursed Billy Goat shares the same name. If they're going to "waste" (since his best year remaining will likely be in a non-contending year) money on a utility player, it better be Zobrist. However, he'll have a ton of interesting offers in terms of dollars and years and definitely pick a playoff-caliber team for 2016. Wouldn't be shocking to see him re-up with the Royals, he seems quite comfortable assuming the veteran "been there, done that" team spokesman role. Makes him an interesting interview because he has a perspective on the team from both the inside and the outside. The Cubs don't have a huge need for Ben unless they are finally willing to start parting ways with Soler, Baez, Castro, etc. Plus, you don't want Zobrist playing CF and surrounded by two offense-first corner guys.

Chris Archer and Longoria not having the worst season of his career could also explain that.

QUOTE (Eminor3rd @ Oct 20, 2015 -> 12:06 PM) I mean, there's no question that 2015 was a terrible year, but that's because outcomes were MUCH worse than anyone expected. If LaRoche puts up anything even close to a career average year, for example, then his one-year, $12m deal for 2016 looks shrewd and low-risk. I'm just trying to illustrate the difference between the ad-hoc and the actual state in which decisions were made (and must be made going forward) Put another way: every time we make an acquisition, there are a range of expected possible outcomes assigned to the player. We improbably saw EVERY 2015 acquisition turn out near the worst possible outcome, and yet we aren't buried. Yes, things obviously look worse than before, but this was almost literally the WORST CASE SCENARIO. And that scenario is one where there's no one making more than $13m at a time, and only one of those guys is even still around after 2017. Bad health...major injuries to key pieces. Basically losing any of six players for significant time would cripple the Sox next year. Knock on wood.

These are the latest playoff/post-season games in the history of Wrigley Field. Not sure if that's worth an extra $5-10 for attendees or not. More relevant than best smile I guess.

Shark or Buehrle come to mind, haha.

Maybe if it's Game 7 at home, but even then...you're talking $3000-5000 instead of $1000 in the secondary market. Nutty. Don't care enough about being there in person to justify that one.

Rich or Edgar Renteria? They hire a veteran guy with former managerial exoerience, it will be a bit of a surprise but nice to put Ventura on notice.

The funny thing is that Young has a 4.9 career era in four starts against TOR and lost to them 6-2 in KC in July. But, Yost trusts him a lot more than Duffy not to get blasted out of the stadium...and his style/mechanics and slow stuff are such a change from the rest of the Royals' starters and Duffy throws mostly in the mid 90s as well.

Greg needs to have a reality show with Bob Dole where they both talk in third person...kind of like that economic conspiracy movie Collapse mixed with SNLish vignettes. With a Wayne's World feel. I know, I know....put down the crack pipe.

Nick Hostetler does have that job for a reason, now. Obviously Buddy Bell is still in his job, so the talent selectors are being blamed more than the coaches/development side, rightly or wrongly, guess we'll know more in 5-7 years what kind of difference it will actually make.

Or perhaps if Appel developed quickly enough to be used in their bullpen... The problem wasn't offense or starting pitching, it was defense and the bullpen having no flamethrowers who could avoid pitching to contact.

Touchdown Jesus! Rudy! Tim Brown! And 1947 Heisman Trophy winner Johnny Lujack once jumped in my car and stopped it from rolling out into traffic when I left it in neutral instead of park. Sadly, his Chevy dealership in the Quad Cities lost its franchise relationship, but that's another story for another day.

Biden isn't hated or despised. He did run for president in 1988 and was largely disqualified because of plagiarism accusations at that time. He's a loyal foot soldier, very bright albeit long winded and a pretty astute guy but probably a bit too old now...and I'll say the same about either Clinton at this point in their lives. You need a younger candidate with energy and stamina to deal with the constantly evolving world today. I'd rather have Rubio than Clinton, Biden or Sanders....if he's actually able to free himself from the Tea Party and govern from the middle and propose a real solution on immigration that will unite the country.