2016 MLB thread. THE CUBS HAVE BROKEN THE CURSE! Chicago Cubs are your 2016 World Series champions

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Jake "The Bulldog" Peavy


was expecting this....

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not this...

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Peavy was not good in the playoffs when he was winning Cy Young's :lol: why expect anything when he's this old, broken down version?
 
Proshares said:
I love how it's the narrative now that Leyland is some kind of genius for mixing up the lineup. It's not like Peavy sucks in the postseason or anything. Or Fister has been lights out the last two postseasons. It was alllllllllllll Jimmy.
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Well, sabermetricians have a huge smile on their faces today.
 
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What's up Pac, how are you doing my man? I can't say I share your enthusiasm nor confidence (last year still haunts me).  I think this thing is going 7 and I wouldn't be surprised if the Dodgers take it. In a way though I wouldn't be bothered because whoever the NL sends is going to get a reality check from the Red Sox. There is no way Boston is not winning it all (sorry Tigers fans).
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Prior to the NLCS, I was extremely confident that whoever runs through the NLCS would take it all, but after seeing these two teams slosh through this series while the Tigers/Red Sox actually slug it out makes me feel the same way.

Don't think we have much of a shot against the Red Sox, took five games for the offense to show up, and as good as Kershaw is, all you need is one or two runs to beat him. A solid offensive team would've taken advantage of the opportunities that the Dodgers laid out for the Cardinals yesterday, luckily Yadi grounded into two huge double plays. Greinke wasn't sharp, and the Cards could've deflated the Dodgers in the first inning, Game Over... but they didn't and they lost.

I want to feel confident with Kershaw on the mound in game 6, but this team has proven all year that when Kershaw is on the mound they decide to mail it in on offense. *shrugs*
 
Pro: In fairness, the media would have slaughtered Leyland for the lineup changes had Detroit lost.

Fister has earned my postseason respect last year against the Yanks and now against the Sox.

Peavy hyped up Boston saying he was prepared in every facet, then laid a dud in the second inning.

I'm taking Boston tonight. Lester out-pitches Sanchez. I'm still waiting on Sanchez to throw a "bad" game in this series. First start threw a gem and proved me wrong. A bad start in this series would be like 3-4 runs through six innings. I think Lester only allows 1 run through six or seven.
 
Pretty much. At least I'm consistent.

Sanchez was far from perfect against Oakland. He may not implode against Lester, but like I said, in this series 3-4 runs through six is essentially a loss.
 
ChampCruThik said:
Pro: In fairness, the media would have slaughtered Leyland for the lineup changes had Detroit lost.

Fister has earned my postseason respect last year against the Yanks and now against the Sox.

Peavy hyped up Boston saying he was prepared in every facet, then laid a dud in the second inning.

I'm taking Boston tonight. Lester out-pitches Sanchez. I'm still waiting on Sanchez to throw a "bad" game in this series. First start threw a gem and proved me wrong. A bad start in this series would be like 3-4 runs through six innings. I think Lester only allows 1 run through six or seven.
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I hear you. That wouldn't have been right either. My point being, it's a meaningless story. They act like it's suddenly rocket science to say to yourself "It's a do or die series, let me move the guy striking out his whole career to the bottom of the lineup and put my best guy number 2 behind my best OBP guy outside of him." Now they want Boston to do it like it'll make any difference. Jacoby is the only one hitting so let's just shuffle around the lineup randomly and when someone eventually gets a hit, Farrell will get treated like he re-invented the wheel.

Managers don't make that much of a difference. Example A is happening in LA right now.
 
I lean Tigers and Cards right now. Winning two out of 3 against Sanchez/Max/Verlander is such a tall order for an offense struggling so badly. If I were Farrell, I'd keep that same lineup sans Middlebrooks. Let Xander get some licks. Don't leave a K guy in there against Sanchez.

I think the Cards wake up tomorrow and win in 6.
 
You know I'm high on Wacha, but tall order to outduel Kershaw. My hunch is Cards in 7. I've selected to ride with STL since the start of the postseason.

I also feel on paper that Detroit's SP is too strong to overcome with cold bats. To remain consistent, Sox in 7. More for intangibles or October magic than crude evidence.
 
Offense is so bad and inconsistent on both sides that the guys on the mound really don't matter. Tomorrow will come down to who gets the timely hit at the right time. Not going to let the jolt in power from game 5 bamboozle me.
 
Proshares said:
Managers don't make that much of a difference. Example A is happening in LA right now.
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Couldnt disagree more with this.

And Doug Fister will forever have my respect after he wore a line drive off of the head in the World Series, stayed in the game and shoved the bats up the Giants *** for the rest of the game.
 
The difference a manager makes argument is very polarizing and both sides make very solid points.

I'm dealing with Don Mattingly so it's hard to argue the "they don't make a difference" argument, :lol:

Is it safe to say they are more detrimental than difference makers? For example, I can't attribute the crazy run the Dodgers had this summer on Donnie. Hanley got healthy and was on fire, Gonzales was consistent, Ethier and Uribe stepped up, and then you add Puig.

However, you can "blame" Donnie for September. Injury bug hit, bullpen was gassed (overuse), Donnie's insistence on sticking with useless veterans (Schumaker, Punto, Hairston, Young, etc) in tight spots, etc.

So, yeah...
 
I feel like Managers can cause more harm than good. Over-managing is something that bugs me with guys like Gardy and Wedge.
 
The best hope for your team is that they get a manager that wont **** the bed...

In our case, Donnie is a cat with more than nine lives.

The summer run basically saved his job. Pushed up Kershaw in Game 4, and was about to lose, with the series headed back to Atlanta. Wanted Uribe to bunt, Uribe terribly fouls the first two bunt attempts, and proceeds to hit a home run that lands in Santa Monica, basically the game winner.

Loses Game 1 in St. Louis by taking out his best bat (Gonzales) in order to have Dee Gordon as a pinch runner. Gordon gets thrown out at second immediately. Michael Young grounds into two excruciating double plays in extra innings, Dodgers lose.

So yeah, more harm is a correct and valid point... :lol:
 
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