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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. If the Bears were legitimately great that would be bigger than the Cubs. Football is king and you don't have any split allegiances. Of course it will be a while before the Bears are great again.

QUOTE (OmarComing25 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:58 PM) And people thought it was "unfair" the Cubs had to face the Cardinals in the NLDS. The media is full of people who don't do any research and look at record only without realizing that the Cardinals weren't healthy at all and were easily the worst team in the NL playoffs.

QUOTE (Soxfan90 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:46 PM) Yeah, the reality of the situation is the Cubs are damn good. If they get past the Cards I think they will go to the World Series this year. Will they win it, though? We shall see. Possibly. The Mets and Dodgers are both substantially better teams than this version of the Cardinals though.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) If I'm Hahn I'm on the phone with St Louis as soon as possible, this is an embarrassing series lost for the Cardinals. I feel ashamed watching St Louis, I couldnt imagine how their management feels. How is their minor league system? They could use Q Their best two starters got hurt and Wacha was completely out of gas down the stretch. They should be fine next year if they have less injuries.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:25 PM) What position? DH? He doesn't have one. I doubt he'd be a whole lot worse in the outfield than Avi.

Why the f*** would you pinch hit Garcia for Grichuk? Yay for subbing a good hitter for a s***ty one.

Lol at pulling Siegrist against a righty to bring in Broxton. Most of the times managers don't matter that much but Matheny does suck. The success the Cardinals have had with him really does illustrate how little a manager matters as long as they are fine in the clubhouse.

QUOTE (bmags @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:06 PM) Not that concerned long season. And it's not like he will stay healthy this year anyways.

So Matheny does realize that Siegrist is f***ing awful against lefties right?

That was the worst 2-1 swing I've ever seen.

Any chance Holliday actually has a decent at bat? I tend to think no.

QUOTE (daa84 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 05:47 PM) not sure I understand the approach the cards have taken to a lot of Cubs hitters. First pitch fastball away to Baez is about the only thing I don't throw him. 4 straight breaking balls to a lefty who dives out over the plate? Gotta bust rizzo in at least once per AB Agreed but that was just an awful pitch. Cruz wanted that pitch way off the plate.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 05:46 PM) Terrible pitching ever since Lackey miracle in game 1 The Cubs lineup is obviously solid but it has really been incredible how bad the Cardinals pitchers have looked. They are consistently missing their spots by a lot. Now to be fair, a team like the Sox might not take advantage of it because they aren't patient but there have just been an incredible amount of breaking balls and fastballs left in places that are easy for a hitter to hit hard.

What an awful f***ing 0-2 pitch.

Cardinals pitching staff actually needs to have a shutdown inning for a change now.

QUOTE (Buehrle>Wood @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 05:34 PM) Nice play by soler. Don't blame cards for sending him. Agreed. Took a really good throw and a terrible slide by Cruz to get him. Sending him was the right call with 2 outs.

I am beyond shocked that Cruz actually came through there.

Back to back horrendous at bats.

Terrible by Grichuk. That pitch was never in the zone.

And after calling a super tight zone for both sides the entire game the ump gives Grimm a huge zone in that at bat.

Terrific decision by Matheney to bring back John Lackey on 3 days rest to get 3 bad innings out of him.

I'm surprised Cruz even hit .200 this year. That dude is garbage.

QUOTE (chw42 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:48 PM) So bunting with Wong backfired. They didn't bunt with Wong. He showed bunt on the first pitch and didn't attempt it again.

I hate the idea of bunting with Wong here with Cruz on deck.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:16 PM) I really don't get why Garcia wasn't available. The get me over breaking ball to Hammel on strike 1 can't happen.