Craig H Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 All my years of doing this, nothing has been better than this. I'm really too worked up to think of much else to say Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 It's impossible not to like Joe Maddon even when he's trolling the shit out of my own team. If I was going to build my ideal team of straight-up manly men, it would start with Joe Maddon and Adrian Beltre. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Well, I don't really have words for this. Holy Fuck. I expected us to MAYBE compete for a wild card. And not a 97 win season that gets us to a wild card. I was thinking 85-87 wins would be a very great season. We win 97. Now we have the most wins of any team left. House Money now. We aren't supposed to be here yet. But we are here. And at this moment, we are hitting the fuck out of the ball. And we get to open the NLCS with Jake and Jon at 1-2. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Stats Center calls it 419 feet. My ass. fwiw, I use ESPN's HR Tracker over Statcast, and that had it at 438...more reasonable. The Statcast numbers have been weird at times. They called a Nelson Cruz homer that hugged the fair pole something like 485, which is just stupid. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Lucia Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Oh, and the executives at Fox are shitting themselves. They're either getting the Cubs, Mets, or Dodgers in the WS. Guessing this will do the best numbers since '09 (at least) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Yankees/Dodgers would have made the meters in their brains explode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Just to amuse myself, the shortest non-inside the parker this year was a 317 footer down the super short right field line in Fenway by Caleb Joseph on 4/17. You don't even need to look it up to know Stanton had the longest since he's a beast when he was healthy. He damn near hit one clear out of Marlins Park. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Man Known as Dan Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Hey, they found Schwarbers home run ball btw! It's on top of the right field scoreboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Oh, and the executives at Fox are shitting themselves. They're either getting the Cubs, Mets, or Dodgers in the WS. Guessing this will do the best numbers since '09 (at least) What if its TO and they lose a market for the Series, even with Cubs or Mets? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piranesi Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Guys, you may have to eventually face a team whose starting rotation is better than 1) John Lackey 2) 3) 4) fuck it Lance Lynn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tabe Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I'll root for the Cubs just cuz I know how happy Craig will be if they win. Except against the Rangers. Sorry, can't root against Spokane's parent club. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 @poz Go to Baseball Reference and search pitchers shorter than 6 feet who weigh more than 275 -- 18 seasons come up. All 18 are Bartolo Colon. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig H Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I don't think I'll be able to cry again for a long long time. This has all just totally exhausted me. Yesterday was gigantic, being there and feeling the overwhelming wave of positivity was unlike anything I've ever experienced in all my years of going to games at Wrigley Field. And then tonight. Man. This is just awesome. I think I homer for the Cubs more than just about anyone else on here and am the flag bearer for futility, so I'll just say thank you to everyone who has put up with how silly, stupid, crazy, naive, entertaining, annoying, etc. with how I've stood up for my team on here for all these years. I'm not going to lie. Every year I think back to 2003 and Rippa, Dean and maybe Ed saying to beware Dusty's love of veteran presence and that the team wouldn't hold up. From the first game of the season, this has felt like a different team and they've continued to feel different this entire season. I also used to joke that the Cubs needed to stop holding onto not being no hit in forever so they could get past hanging onto that one stupid thing and move on to being proud of something else. I was out of town when that happened, but when it did, I was shocked and bummed. Despite that, I said to my girlfriend, "watch them make it to the World Series now." None of this is to say that this team going that far is a certainty, but holy shit, it's finally a possibility again and it's a possibility of going through the two best teams in baseball. I'll be 35 on Halloween (also game 4 of the World Series ), I have memories of watching this team all the way back to 1984 and I've been to over 60 games now. I've never experienced something quite like this and it's not over yet. That "yet" is so fucking exciting, regardless of how things end up. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobbyWhioux Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Is Bartolo Colon truly the last active Montreal Expo? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinit Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Did Grady Sizemore play with the Expos before he was traded? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
odessasteps Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Is Bartolo Colon truly the last active Montreal Expo? Does tom brady count? sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/time-tom-brady-almost-played-catcher-montreal-expos-205422427.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grilledcheese Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 And we will see you Thursday in Los Angeles!! Fucking excellent. Greinke - deGrom? That is some game 7 shit, but I guess we will have to settle for a game 5. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
worldcupfever Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I've never experienced something quite like this and it's not over yet. That "yet" is so fucking exciting, regardless of how things end up. The best part is that the "yet" isn't just the end of this season. It's as long as this team keeps on improving. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 That wasn't a series, that was an ass-kicking. All the best, Cubs. Make Marty McFly proud. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Is Bartolo Colon truly the last active Montreal Expo? If Maicer Izturis can get off the disabled list he was an Expo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Serious Darius Bagfelt Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 Stroman is going on regular rest. Four days off in between his starts. They clearly had a plan going into game 4. Any time that Dickey looked to sort of getting into any trouble, Price was going in. I didn't have a big problem with that, since Cecil went down the Jays don't have anyone good in the bullpen to take on the lefties in the Rangers lineup. I would have had Price out after the 7th, and gone straight to Sanchez to start the 8th, but no biggie. Jeff Blair had a good point on the Sportsnet page. Gibbons made this decision a couple of games ago if it went this far since Price's fastball isn't missing any bats right now. If there is anymore baseball for Toronto after tomorrow the leash for David Price is going to be very short. There's a reason Price was sat down the last 11 days of the season and it looks like the rest didn't do much for him Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrick B. Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 At least C.M. Punk will be, well, slightly less cranky. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glfpunk Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 This has been a really exciting season as a Mets fan and I feel like for the first time in a while they're doing it the right way. I didn't have my hopes too high for last night because I think the whole Kershaw postseason choke job talk is really blown out of proportion and I expected him to pitch really well. Matz is really good though too. deGrom vs. Greinke I expect will fully deliver. When both of those guys are on, they're unhittable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EdA Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 I'm not going to lie. Every year I think back to 2003 and Rippa, Dean and maybe Ed saying to beware Dusty's love of veteran presence and that the team wouldn't hold up. This is the first time ever that anyone has confused Dean and Bill. I anxiously await more to come. But at least someone remembered me! Whee! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted October 14, 2015 Share Posted October 14, 2015 *Pretends all the Nationals are secretly Montreal Expos* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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