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QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 10:25 AM) What other team has cracked their model? No other team is able to market losing nearly as well. Whoever came up with "loveable losers" was a genius.

Cubs have also averaged 85 losses a season over the last 35 years, and despite that were still able to consistently draw fans.

QUOTE (flavum @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:43 AM) Just my humble opinion... If the Blue Jays win this game, they win the World Series. If the Rangers win this game, the Cubs win the World Series. But, it's baseball... I'm getting that feeling as well, but we've seen favorites flop too much in baseball for me to feel too confident in any predictions.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:06 AM) I bet it has a lot to do with them being the only team that has advanced to the next round. If the remaining teams were all exactly even, the Cubs would be twice as likely to win. Also probably looking at regular season record of all the teams remaining. However, I doubt the Cubs would be the favorite in Vegas in a series against the Blue Jays.

QUOTE (PlaySumFnJurny @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 09:14 AM) I keep telling myself over and over, "Good pitching beats good hitting," especially in October. Overall, both the Mets and LA have better, deeper rotations, so there's that. Past Greinke the Dodgers rotation is very suspect, and their hitting has been non-existent the last few months.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 07:32 AM) Right, but no strategy works when you team is consistently awful. I was born in 1990, the last three years have been awful but from 1990-2012 I would hardly call the White Sox consistently awful. We were at worst consistently mediocre. And the franchises you're praising right now were consistently awful for long stretches of time.

QUOTE (Lip Man 1 @ Oct 14, 2015 -> 08:59 AM) Cub attendance took a big hit the past few years remember which led to the drive to bring in Theo, completely gut the franchise and get to where they are today. Their were a lot, ALOT of empty seats being shown on TV at Wrigley Field. Cub fans were getting fed up and pissed off. Columns were written about it in both the Sun-Times and Tribune. Just trying to be accurate. And just last year the Royals manager called out his fan base for not showing up with the Royals winning. Three decades of losing will do that to a fan base who has to be convinced the season isn't a mirage. Sounds a lot like things on the South Side no? (example is 2000 after four losing seasons in five years time...) Mark Even with falling attendance the Cubs were still drawing more than 30,000 fans a game, that allowed them to speed up the rebuild and spend a lot more money than most rebuilding teams are able to do.

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 08:10 PM) I think so, pretty sure it happened in 2005. It's Chicago baseball, this might be the 5th postseason series the two teams have won combined in 100 years. It's the 6th if you include 1917.

QUOTE (MIZ-SOX @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 08:04 PM) The franchise is really at a crossroads right now. Our model of plugging in 30 year old position players doesn't work in today's game. I'm going to assume we'll try to make a few signings this offseason so that we can hopefully compete next year, however if we see a repeat of this season, i'm fully expecting us to deal any veterans that have any value, and commit to a youth movement. Luckily we've done a pretty good job of restocking the farm, so I don't think a rebuild would take as long as that of the Cubs/Astros. 30 really isn't that old, the top 3 offenses in the MLB this year (Jays, Yankees, Rangers) were littered with position players 30 or older. The Mets led the NL in runs scored in the second half and their offense is similarly old. Seemed to work just fine for those teams. It's not the age that is the problem.

Stop giving up hits to pitchers.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:41 PM) When does the next series start? Friday? Saturday

The TBS strike zone really sucks.

QUOTE (kitekrazy @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:22 PM) I believe they are over achieving this season. They are, but that doesn't mean they can't win it. The Giants overachieved plenty over the last 5 seasons.

QUOTE (StrangeSox @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:19 PM) Yep, most of my department is cubs fans but they're just happy their team is winning, not interested in rubbing it in. Plus I got out early today because they were all leaving to watch the game. Definitely the silver lining to this.

QUOTE (BlackSox13 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:20 PM) So which team stands a better chance against the cubs? The Dodgers were 4-3 against the cubs and the Mets were 0-7 against the cubs in the regular season. The Mets haven't faced the cubs since early July and have since added Cespedes. This is a tough one. Mets have the deeper rotation than the Dodgers and were 3rd in the MLB in runs scored after the ASB, Dodgers were 28th in runs scored over that time. The regular season record means nothing, especially considering both the Cubs and Mets are completely different teams since the last time they faced each other.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:08 PM) Besides Girl Meets World Is that a spinoff of Boy Meets World?

QUOTE (Jordan4life @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:02 PM) Oh my goodness gracious. I had 2017 as the year the Cubs began their reign. It's happening now. RIP White Sox, Bears, Bulls, etc. Classic J4L post. Over half the teams in baseball could have beat this current Cardinals team in a playoff series, including the White Sox.

And people thought it was "unfair" the Cubs had to face the Cardinals in the NLDS.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:47 PM) I'd take the Astros, Royals, or Jays over the Cubs. I wouldn't take the Royals, they have suspect pitching.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) For our organization, he was a Top 10. They probably thought they knew better than everyone else. Or it was just a trade that didn't work out. I know the "30-30" thing is quoted here often, but did anyone other than Hawk actually say that?

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) Was he even top 50 prospect Top 100, but never top 50 I believe

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:33 PM) What's wrong with Matt Harvey, by the way? Innings limit

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:31 PM) By White Sox standards, absolutely. Maybe by Hawk, but he does that with everyone, otherwise no.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:27 PM) Was he really that highly touted? No.

QUOTE (Chisoxfn @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:24 PM) I'm fairly certain the Sox would make that trade (or at least think long about it). Rodon is great and all but Schwarber fills a major position need / void on the club. Doubt it, and Schwarber would be our DH. You don't trade a potential ace for a DH.