MLB 2016 Season Thread Of Discussions

[Dan Gould]

All things considered, Cubs should be happy to head home to the friendly confines with Hendricks on the mound against a team that has to sit their DH.

Lester is the guy with the pedigree but Hendricks led the majors in ERA.

Would be awesome if Schwarber is cleared to play the outfield. Otherwise he's going to get very familiar with Andrew Miller.

[Ted O'Reilly]

My man Steve Wallace, a fine bassist and a baseball maven brings Base-Ball and Jazz together in his most recent observation on The Game...

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[Soulstation1]

Big Game Tonight 

 

[skeith]

4 hours ago, Soulstation1 said:

Big Game Tonight 

 

You said it!!!!

[paul secor]

For me, it won't be big until someone gets to three.

[skeith]

Hendricks...Shmendricks....We ain't afraid of No Cubs.....Tribe pitching rules!!!!

[Patrick]

Wind blowing out at Wrigley. The god awful John Hirschbeck behind the plate. Home run prone spot starter Josh Tomlin on the bump. A slow catcher/first baseman/DH in left field for the first time in his MLB career. Andrew Miller out of the game with three very long innings left to go. Yan Gomes plays. Michael Martinez scores all of the runs. What's not to like?

Bit nervous about Kluber tonight. Obviously he is a stud. But short rest will matter to some degree. See very human version of him pitching recently against Toronto.

[Soulstation1]

Cubs better win tonight

Pressure on them for sure 

[Soulstation1]

Go Tribe !!!

i can't believe this !!

[JSngry]

Terry Franconia seems like a nice guy, all things considered.

[Soulstation1]

One thing 

I thought tobacco / chewing tobacco was banned in all minor / mlb dugouts ??

Edited October 30, 2016 by Soulstation1

[paul secor]

Tobacco has been banned in minor league dugouts for a number of years. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7269744/baseball-labor-deal-union-limits-does-not-ban-tobacco-useis

In the major leagues, the ban is on a city by city basis. http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/7269744/baseball-labor-deal-union-limits-does-not-ban-tobacco-use

Whether and how the local bans are enforced is a whole other story.

[paul secor]

Is baseball the only sport where players use chewing tobacco? Can't recall players using it in any other sport.

[Soulstation1]

MLB or the teams will not provide tobacco for players 

I was one n done on chewing tobacco in the 8th grade 

[Dan Gould]

This is killing me but how appropriate would it be for the Cubs to make like the 2004 Sox and all they have to do is win 3 in a row, not 4, and they aren't coming back from a 19-8 drubbing.

So I'll just remember what Kevin Millar told everybody before game 4 of the ALCS:

"Don't let the Sox win tonight. Cause if we do, then they get Pedey, and then they get Schilling, and anything can happen in Game 7. So don't let the Sox win tonight."

Who knows maybe Theo has got Millar lined up for a pre-game pep-talk. Maybe he'll get everyone to take a shot of Jack Daniels, too.

C'mon Lester, don't let the Tribe win tonight. Get it back to Cleveland and get Schwarber back in the lineup, take your chances with Arrieta and Hendricks.

[Soulstation1]

Can the Cubs win a game in Wrigley??

I'd like to see the Indians win it in The Land!!

[TedR]

With the Cleveland Cavaliers as just one example, 3 - 1 doesn't mean anything. 

[Soulstation1]

Being a Cleveland sports fan 

Being up 3-1 doesn't mean shit

Lets finish the job 

[skeith]

Lester just gave up the HR to Ramirez.   We Clevelanders have been told all along the Cubs are better (like the Red Sox and the Jays)  ....yeah.....right.....

[Chuck Nessa]

But, you are Clevelanders. :-)

[skeith]

2 hours ago, Chuck Nessa said:

But, you are Clevelanders. :-)

yes and this last inning was really bad for us!!!

[jlhoots]

I may actually watch Game 6. 

[JSngry]

Weeknight World Series games always viewed favorable here!

[Dan Gould]

1 hour ago, JSngry said:

Weeknight World Series games always viewed favorable here!

Even though you no longer work from home? I can't handle these late nights not with the dogs getting us up at 6 am. I hope to go to bed around the normal time on Tuesday night and wake up to good news Wednesday morning. 

Then I'll gird myself for the long night of Game 7. After running out first thing to get a bottle of bubbly. Gotta be prepared if it really gets to a final game for all the marbles.

[JSngry]

Central Time is usually not a problem like that, games are over around 10-10:30 skip the post-game, hit the Ambien, put something Pandora on the TV, set the sleep timer, get up between 5:30-6:30, it's all good.

Am getting plenty full of Joe Buck and the tired Fox "tense fan" camerawork, SO tired of that. But these games have played well, last night in particular. Felt like the Cubs had it, but hmmm...one hit and one mistake, or the other way around, look out, really did have to watch to the very last out to make sure. That's a good baseball game.