NLCS Game Thread- CHC VS NYM

[twibnotes]

Just kept flying closer to the sun there. Stupid risk/reward calculus

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Cubstown!

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

And once again....Cubstown!

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Wow this ivy bullshit
 
Collins has an argument here right?

 

[rembrat]

Get rid of the fucking ivy.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Ivy, LOL,

 

[Gdiguy]

Oh that is a bunch of garbage.
 
There's no way it should be a ground rule double in that case.

 

[paulb0t]

Oh, Cubs.

 

[rembrat]

Ted Barrett has this Pyscho Sid thing going on.

 

[SoxFanInPdx]

Operation Ivy

 

[twibnotes]

I'm glad the rule exists bc 2004...but it's a dumb rule. Should be a judgment call by the umps. Guys typically score from first on a double

 

[Al Zarilla]

Get rid of the fucking ivy.

That's a good percentage of the personality of the place. Buy yeah, stupid rule.

 

[soxhop411]

 

[twibnotes]

That's a good percentage of the personality of the place. Buy yeah, stupid rule.

Keep the Ivy; change the rule

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

There needs to be some discretion allowed

 

[Gdiguy]

That's a good percentage of the personality of the place. Buy yeah, stupid rule.

 
That should absolutely be an umpire judgement call; if the center fielder has to go over to get it, there's no way the runner on base shouldn't be placed at home. What a joke.

 

[Flynn4ever]

Why do I think that the umpires could award a run there based on where the runner was. Am I completely wrong about that?

 

[Arroyo Con Frijoles]

I love a goofy ground rule, so I vote no change!

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Who decided the ivy is absolute two bases for all with no discretion lol

 

[PedroSpecialK]

That is wretched for the Mets.

 

[LuckyBen]

I see Soler mans the outfield like a Cuban, wow what a bad play. Crock of shit for the run not to score, such an NFL rule

 

[twibnotes]

I guess it would be pretty poetic if the ivy helped the cubbies finally win a World Series

 

[soxhop411]

 

[soxhop411]

 

[Dahabenzapple2]

I was thinking inside the park homer

 

[shawnrbu]

Why do I think that the umpires could award a run there based on where the runner was. Am I completely wrong about that?

 
It's a ground rule, similar to the catwalks in Tampa.  The umpires are bound to the ground rules of the ballpark no matter the circumstances.

 

[Beomoose]

I know it's asking a lot of the Senior Circuit, but the Cubs are going to have to get out the bats if they don't want to go down quietly in the series.

 

[dynomite]

There's something poetic about that sequence -- the Mets getting a run they didn't really deserve, and then losing one they didn't really earn.

 

[soxhop411]

tIE tHis up please cubs

 

[shawnrbu]

Kris Bryant reminds me of Soriano in the 2003 playoffs.  Very good hitter, but one who has a gaping hole in his swing that gets exposed by advanced scouting in the playoffs. 

 

[PedroSpecialK]

I see Soler mans the outfield like a Cuban

Uhh...

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Kris Bryant reminds me of Soriano in the 2003 playoffs.  Very good hitter, but one who has a gaping hole in his swing that gets exposed by advanced scouting in the playoffs. 

We'll see if said hole closes as he moves onto his sophomore year and beyond
 
Regardless of how this NLCS goes, Cubs' window of contention has opened up early with this season

 

[54thMA]

In other words; we catch every break in our rinky dink shithole of a ballpark.
 
Went to a game there back in 1987 and that place blows.

 

[soxhop411]

Cubs bats are cold as ice

 

[Al Zarilla]

Sounds like the kind of rules we made up as kids in the hay field across the street. 

 

[Al Zarilla]

Cubs bats are cold as ice

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjwV5w0IrcA

 

[CoffeeNerdness]

Well hit?

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

Cubs bats are cold as ice

Maybe, just maybe, it has something to do with the pitching

 

[DeadlySplitter]

Schwarber nearly fucked up a play in the 1st, now he finally does here.

 

[ifmanis5]

They're cursed. Fuck it.

 

[patinorange]

Cubs bats are cold as ice

Gloves aren't too hot either.

 

[Al Zarilla]

Linebacker and a slugger but not an outfielder. 

 

[54thMA]

Cubs bats are cold as ice

So are their gloves.................nice catch in left you lummox...............CLANG.

 

[Bob Montgomerys Helmet Hat]

He's one hell of a DH

 

[kieckeredinthehead]

Turns out left field defense is kind of inportant

 

[ifmanis5]

I hope the Royals sweep the Mets.

 

[paulb0t]

It's like an outfield of Hanleys.

 

[soxhop411]

I wanted the cubs in the WS

 

[54thMA]

Is there anything this Murphy fella can't do?

 

[Al Zarilla]

I wanted the cubs in the WS

Give Theo and co. another year or two.