WS Game 7: A Curse Dies and a Curse Continues
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And we don't have to endure a Game 7 where pitchers will be swinging the bat. Schwarber a plus for the Cubs.
This is key if lester is going to be used.
Ross is the reason teams haven't run wild on lester. If Maddon has to burn a catcher in order to use lester it raises the stakes in that move.
Ross also seems to do a great job of keep Lester's shit together. I highly doubt that Contreras will have the same calming effect.
Hear you on the cockiness thing - seems like almost every game has featured a young Cubs player admiring what they think is a bomb into the 20th row, only to have to turn on the jets late to make it into 2nd base safe after the ball they hit caroms off the outfield wall instead - not a good look....
That is interesting. In fact, all of the Cubs starters were significantly worse on the road than at home. This is probably why Wrigley is now considered a pitcher's park.
Player, home ERA, away ERA
Lester, 1.74, 3.17
Arrieta, 2.62, 3.59
Hendricks, 1.32, 2.95
Lackey, 2.62, 4.37
Hammel, 2.42, 5.33
Maybe it's because of the small amount of foul territory, and the fact that the outfield is not particularly spacious, that the defense makes a huge difference in home/away splits. Or maybe the wind was blowing in a lot.
I can't add too much more to this. This is most I've been interested in a non-Red Sox WS in a while. I think about Cub fans I knew back as a kid & some I know now and want them to have the same joy we got in 2004, but the evil part of me wants to see one more Cub nut-punch. The CLE players seem more likeable & the Cubs should have multiple opportunities to win in the future.
I'm rooting for a really good game, either a 12-10 slug-fest with crazy plays on both sides or a 14-inning 1-0 nail-biter.
Agree 100%. I have an on-going debate with a few friends where I am constantly ripping Maddon, calling him a pretentious tool etc etc. Saying he makes it all about him as opposed to the players - basically the exact opposite vibe I get from Tito. That's how I view him...but I honestly cant quantify or really explain as to why I feel that way. I know it goes back to the Sox/Rays days...
If you were me, how would you help me strengthen my argument?
I don't think you can. I think he may be less obnoxious than he appears, and it's the media that created his Big Personality back when he was pulling whatever he could out of his hat to interest them in his little, small-market team. I've always felt that I hated Derek Jeter less for whatever he may actually be (who knows?) than for the media fawning on him. This may be another case of that.
He does often answer simple questions in paragraphs that seem unnecessary. But I try not to hold him too responsible for the media caricatures. As opposed to Buck (Showalter, not Joe), who seems to revel in his geniusness.
Valid points for sure - I do think the media's fawning of him is a HUGE part of it. That said, he annoys the crap out of me (for whatever reason)!
Hoping Tito gets this one tonight.
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I want to see if Kluber still has enough in the tank. I like the matchup with Hendricks. Cleveland should have the edge if the bullpens come in to play early, but who knows? Miler finally gives it up? I'm rooting Cubs for a BFF of mine I've known forever, but if the Tribe wins, more power to them. Going to be fun.
Cubs fans hate La Russa. I tell them that Maddon is La Russa with less polish and a worse wardrobe. Smartest guy in the room. Invented baseball.
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ARod would end up mashing Rose like potatoes. There is no way he could put up with that for too long.
"Pete, god damn, can you stop dropping the peeled oranges. Just keep them in the bowl. Here, hold a banana."
Addison Russell, from Fla. was asked where as a kid he dreamed of playing game 7 WS and he said he grew up watching a lot of Red Sox and Yankees, but Cleveland was fine. Good kid.
Rocky IV quote, "What started out as a joke has turned into a disaster."
Too real.
