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QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 11:08 AM) Ageee. Wait to beat them first haha I don't remember many articles about the Sox going to the WS after we swept the ALDS in 2005. Hell, World Series talk didn't really start until after game 4 of the ALCS, when it was pretty evident the Sox had the series in the bag.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 10:28 AM) I tried getting into hockey the year before they won it all. Really liked Havlat. Oh well. I'll pull for them but won't claim to be a fan/die hard, but you're right. I could probably name more players than most bandwagoners. I kinda jump on the Blackhawks bandwagon every time they're in the playoffs, but I'm not gonna act like I've been there the whole time or tell opposing teams' fans to suck it.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:33 AM) Can't these people wait until they beat the dodgers or mets to say stuff like this? You'd think for a fanbase who has seen so much losing and so many postseason collapses, they would, you know, be more discrete and superstitious about all of it.

I'm really glad I don't live in Chicago right now. Nobody talked s*** to me or anything, even the one guy who's a Cubs fan on my softball team.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:51 PM) Terrific decision by Matheney to bring back John Lackey on 3 days rest to get 3 bad innings out of him. Lynn or Garcia probably would have done better. But then again, 4 runs in 3 innings isn't hard to beat.

Are they going to pinch hit for Lackey?

So bunting with Wong backfired.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) Cubs are 7-0 against the Mets. They should be favored. The Mets after they acquired Cespedes were a completely different team. If I remember right, the Cubs played all their games against the Mets early in the season.

About f***ing time. You can't protect catchers and not protect infielders. Plus, this protects baserunners as well. How many times have we seen base runners get concussions or head injuries from take out slides? Morneau basically ruined his career doing that.

Hammel goes 3 innings.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:39 PM) I'm thinking that they will. The Mets starting pitching is way stronger than the Cardinals depleted rotation at this point and I think the argument could be made that the Mets offense is better too. The Cubs are in trouble. And believe it or not, the Mets actually have a decent offense. Cespedes, Wright, d'Arnaud, Duda, Granderson, Conforto all with good power.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) First baseball series win to occur in the city of Chicago in 108 years. I can't believe this is actually true. We didn't clinch any of our series at home in 2005. Cubs clinched the DS in Atlanta in 2003 as well.

I said from the beginning of the playoffs that the Cardinals would lose to either the Cubs or Pirates in the DS. They're just too banged up and pretty much all of their pitchers overachieved their peripherals. I just hoped the Cubs would crap themselves under the pressure their fans create. Looks like that didn't exactly happen.

I can't believe Lackey gave up a hit to Hammel and then gave up a 3 run shot right afterwards. God damn the Cardinals suck.

Arrieta looked human today. Too bad the Cardinals pitching sucked.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 05:27 PM) Arrieta getting a huge zone so far, yay Doesn't look too bad on gameday.

I didn't think it was even possible to hit a double of Arrieta.

QUOTE (shipps @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 05:01 PM) If you don't really watch baseball and you have any relation with the city of Chicago at all you are definitely one of those members. That makes up a huge portion of their fans I would bet. I feel as if the fans in NY actually like baseball a lot. Plus the Yankees are there and they're usually good, so they get more hardcore fans. The Dodgers are usually good too, as are the Angels, so the fans in LA actually have a reason to follow the sport. The Cubs are usually bad and people around Chicago say they're Cubs fans but in reality, they probably watch one or two games a year on a regular basis.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 04:56 PM) Wow, David Price in the 5th inning with a 6 run lead. Marcus Stroman in game 5? Wh...why? What the hell is Gibbons thinking?

I swear, the Cubs have more bandwagon fans than any other team in baseball.

Jays are going to get a game 5 it looks like. As long as Price doesn't choke, they should advance.

I was just telling my Astros fan friends how awesome it was to see the Royals lose...then they pull this s***.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 03:58 PM) Can't believe Houston blew this. I don't think they will win game 5 at all. Royals have all the momentum now.

There's your ball game. Way to wake up the Royals Astros bullpen.

QUOTE (BigHurt3515 @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 03:45 PM) Has he never let up a run before? He pretty much didn't in the regular season. He's given up 17 runs in his last 130 innings.