I woneed if this crowd has ever heard of Jason Hammel before

Eh STL is a shell of itself. LA or NY are much better teams.

on the bright side, at least the Mets have pitchers with actual "stuff".

Dodgers do too. Whomever faces the Cubs is a better team then the Cards today. That said, I think it will be Mets - Cubs. This young teams that are in earlier then expected are not afraid of the moment (they don't even know what the moment is). I think the Dodgers are in trouble but they also have two aces on the mound. If they win today, Greinke will win the series for him (that guy is clutch).

Eh STL is a shell of itself. LA or NY are much better teams.

 

Couldn't agree more. Said in other thread I think us Cubs haters should root for Mets tonight, as two straight Dodgers wins means an unfavorable matchup in game 1 of NLCS of Arrieta vs Anderson/Wood/Bolsinger

Lose your starting catcher and veteran you're left with a backup having to make stupid pitching decisions. Although Lackey is at fault too obviously, he got lazy on a breaking ball to HamMel

Heck of a series for Holliday...not

Heyward walks. Come on. Cheap basket homer time.

Come on peralta

Cards playing like they havent been in the playoffs before. Stupid baseball.

My god the cardinals are dreadful

My god the cardinals are dreadful

 

Yes they really are. Pirates were a much better match-up in terms of best of 5 vs the Cubs

My god the cardinals are dreadful

 

I give up. I guess wrigleyville will burn tonight because they have been waiting for this all their life's. Go mets.

The White Sox would play the Cubs tougher than St. Louis is right now.

With that said, that pick off is an example of how well coached the Cubs are. They probably have 15-20 of those this year, especially with Ross behind the plate.

The White Sox would play the Cubs tougher than St. Louis is right now.

 

Definitely match up better pitching wise. When the Sox played the Cardinals this year, I didn't think they were much better than the Sox.

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The White Sox would play the Cubs tougher than St. Louis is right now.

I found a team with worse veterans than ours.

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Oh my god that's the most Cubs bulls*** thing ever. Christ.

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.

He should flick off the Cubs dugout on his way back

Oh my god that's the most Cubs bulls*** thing ever. Christ.

 

Stepped away, what now

He should flick off the Cubs dugout on his way back

He should hit someone if the right oppurtunity comes up. Such a bulls*** move.

Definitely match up better pitching wise. When the Sox played the Cardinals this year, I didn't think they were much better than the Sox.

Agreed. Just for comparisons sake, let's look at the starting pitchers.

 

Sale = Arrieta (I think Sale is better overall, but Arrieta had a better season this year)

Quintana > Lester

Rodon > Hammel

Danks = Hendricks

Johnson = Haren

 

Of course their offense is much better but I think the Sox rotation is better.

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.

So does this mean Mike Olt would get a ring this year?

Stepped away, what now

Complained about the ball. Lackey already had it on the mound. And the ump had to come out to him to replace it.