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MLB 2016 Regular Season Official Thread - Do Not Attempt to Ketchup
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chicagocubsfan
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Yo J-Hey's BA is creeping up towards .250. Hype.
Dominican Power
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Clutch hits!
CosmicQueso
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So no anti-Jays bias anymore? Where Chewie at?
chicagocubsfan
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Jesus christ
chicagocubsfan
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Man this is a pretty great game. The Cubs will probably lose in heartbreaking fashion, but it's been fun so far.
CosmicQueso
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Oh, Padres.
sf2fanatic
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Nachos went everywhere. Her clothing, people around got some nacho cheese on them. she tried catching with one hand
Not even if my life depended on it!
chicagocubsfan
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J-hey's fucking pissed. I would be too.
is worst if you have beeing playing the show for years, I cant stand him calling out games.
NameGenerated
Who paid you to grab Dr. Pavel?
Murphy the met killer.
yankeehater
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Tommy joseph is good people.
chicagocubsfan
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Fuck everything
:3
how well are you sleeping knowing that the pirates are going to take the division
:3
CosmicQueso
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If you get excited earlier this year, well, you really should have known better. I'd love to see the Cubs win it all one year. After which I'm sure the universe would implode.
chicagocubsfan
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I'm sure you thought the same thing after that Cutch walk off before the break last year.
Sir Alemeth
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Fucking Padres dammit lol.
sf2fanatic
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lol @ Giants Gaf relying on Padres to handle business.
Top Gun following the game at the stadium
chicagocubsfan
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I think we end up going hard after Abad from the Twins at the deadline. He's been a beast. Warren needs to go and they better not bring up Richard again.
Thats the problem though, they aren't just missing one key piece, that bullpen is a gaping black hole. It was better when the Cubs where scoring lots of runs, or when the starting pitching went 7+ but neither is happening now and its really showing.
Sir Alemeth
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Lol as a Giants fan since the late 80s we've been trained to rely on anything we can get.
Carpe Libertatem
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"Everything is fine, they're 4-6 in their last 10 games!" - Cubs fans like a week ago
I bet this division is decided in the last week again (incidentally, Pitt's last 8 are against Cubs/Cards, 7 of Chicago's last 10 are against STL/Pitt)
I bet this division is decided in the last week again (incidentally, Pitt's last 8 are against Cubs/Cards, 7 of Chicago's last 10 are against STL/Pitt)
chicagocubsfan
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Eh I really doubt it.
Corran Horn
May the Schwartz be with you
Mmmm minor league ball
chicagocubsfan
Member
Schwarber's coming back to hit bombs in a wheelchair. Believe.
In a way I'd like to see a battle at the end of the season to generate momentum rather than coasting the whole season just to hit a brick wall in playoffs.
Who am I kidding, Cubs are hitting that wall either way.
baxter2231
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Mets gotta play for a wild card and hope they win the one game playoff. Looking at the positive at least they wont collapse at the end of the season, gotta be in first for that to happen !
Carpe Libertatem
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Cardinals and Bucs were both back double digits like 10 days ago, with Pittsburgh being back a staggering 14 games
Pitt's now 6.5 back
Not hard to see how this goes to the last week of the season
We're also playing some of our best baseball at a time where Cole, Cervelli, and now Taillon have gone down with injury. Cutch hasn't been playing well. Those are things that are likely not going to be true all season. We also have a lot of players on the cusp of contributing on a regular basis (Glasnow, Bell, etc.)
But then again, we've been doing this on the back of our bullpen. If our starting pitching doesn't begin to go deeper into games on average, then our bullpen will likely regress closer to what they were to begin the season.
HarryDemeanor
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The Cubs starters and bullpen are not going to be simultaneously in a funk for the rest of the season. The lineup going forward also won't have three rookies (and look more like the lineup that had the hot start). One would also think the FO will find some arms to aid the BP issue.
I'll bet on the team that went 39-15.
Carpe Libertatem
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I can do arbitrary endpoints too
Since starting out 27-9 (where 23 of these games were against the Reds, Brewers, Angels, DBacks, Rockies, Braves, and Padres), the Chicago Cubs are 25-27.
They aren't as good as they seemed at the beginning of the season and they are not as bad as they seem now. Not really sure what the second half is going to be like. My main concern is pitching, starting and bullpen.
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