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MLB 2017 Regular Season OT - 108 years in the making
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Velcro Fly
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easy game easy life
They had a pretty abysmal June. Beginning if the season they were white hot.
Earthbound64
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April 17 5 .773
May 18 10 .643
June 16 12 .571
July 12 14 .462
August 22 6 .786
Sept. 17 10 .630
Oct. 1 1 .500*July
Earthbound64
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To delve more into the Cubs' 2016:
From June 20 - July 30 (assuming I counted right), they were 14-21 (.400)
The other parts of the season they were 89-37 (.706)
Overall they were .640
From June 20 - July 30 (assuming I counted right), they were 14-21 (.400)
The other parts of the season they were 89-37 (.706)
Overall they were .640
BFIB
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And beat writers are still thinking this team pulls off a huge trade to turn the season around. Our offense is trash, one trade won't do shit.
Carpe Libertatem
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Meh, all three of these games easily could've gone the other way. Sucks to lose 3 to the Cubs, but it's 3 games in a 162 game season
Silver lining is that the Cubs sure don't look all that threatening this year! Gonna be even more of a problem next year when they have to replace 60% of their starting rotation.
go milwaukee
sf2fanatic
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Man this college baseball game getting interesting. Clemens kid looks decent
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the cubs are getting basically the least you could possibly expect out of the still-immense amount of talent they have, they have lots of payroll space going forward, and they have a brilliant front office. also, the guys they need to replace in the rotation have like a combined 5 era, so that can't/won't get worse, regardless.
i think you should enjoy this down period from the cubs while it lasts.
Martinski43
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Are Astros allways this good?
Last year at this date they were 39-16.
Agreed. They'll turn it on. Good news is the division is shit. They'll win it hands down, pull off a trade for a starter and so on.
Good news is we have Happ.
CosmicQueso
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Noooooooooooo
The Astros just a few seasons ago were historically bad. They'd decided to do a complete rebuild in the most burn the boats way. In 2013, they went 51-111, an incredibly bad win/loss record. But they stocked young players and the game knew they'd get better.
In June 2014, as the Astros were on their way to a 92 loss season, and following getting new ownership (and even switching leagues!) Sports Illustrated ran one of its more famous baseball covers:
So, no they generally haven't been great. They've won 90 games or more only 6 times since 1962. They've had some good teams and some great players, but this is some next level stuff they're pulling off so far this year.
Yeah, this is the best Astros team I've seen. Even better than the 2005 team that went to the WS, shame that Beltran didn't sign back then and Bagwell's injury hurt too.
In the playoffs, 2004 Beltran was some unprecedented shit and a shame they didn't get to the WS.
In the playoffs, 2004 Beltran was some unprecedented shit and a shame they didn't get to the WS.
Carpe Libertatem
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There's a lot of talent and any lineup with Rizzo and Bryant in the middle is going to be threatening, but the rest of that lineup doesn't look particularly threatening anymore. Russell continues to not take a step forward offensively (going backwards even), Schwarber looks like a 110 wRC+ bat with bad defense, etc.
I'll enjoy the Cubs spending free agent money for starting pitching right when their young talent is actually going to start costing more than league minimum. Or having to empty the farm for cost controlled starting pitching.
The Cubs are still a good team and will win the division this year, but I am far less worried after seeing what they've done this season. And will continue to be until the Cubs show they can actually develop starting pitching.
(Or actually develop not-top 10 draft picks period.)
Hoooly shit I remember him from the LLWS. Kid was insane.
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well,they haven't even tried to develop starting pitching..
the desperation here is palpable
Carpe Libertatem
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Which is why I said I'm less worried until the Cubs show that they can?
I never said they couldn't, just that they haven't so far!
Cubs are obviously in an enviable position, but pitching is a clear weakness they're going to have to address either by spending a lot of money or trading prospects.
(Cardinals have the opposite problem, fwiw)
Yeah... and SI covers are usually curses. Which is why I hated that cover and wanted it burned from existence.
BFIB
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Along with that Jersey design.
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fangraphs has the astros at 15.9% to win the world series
You will not speak ill of that 80s jersey!
dickroach
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that means literally nothing
also I'm bummed I didn't put money on them before the season started
I was hoping they'd have started off slow so I could've gotten good odds, but nope!
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RampagingSoul
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I'll probably see Whit's hitting streak end since Ned put him in the lead-off spot for today since he was batting 8th the entire time the hitting streak has happened. Then, having Jorge Bonifacio hitting second shows how much the offense has sucked this year and the one-two punch of Escobar-Gordon at the bottom has to be the worst in the Al, maybe all of the baseball currently.
It doesn't help we're still the worst scoring offense in the MLB to my knowledge. That's how bad our April was, just horrible.
It doesn't help we're still the worst scoring offense in the MLB to my knowledge. That's how bad our April was, just horrible.
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15.9% is good
dickroach
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well yeah, but those projections are all bullshit
not bullshit like they don't rely on statistical analysis. bullshit like... bullshit.
Earthbound64
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Frozenprince
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Knew he'd get shafted.
Making something players get incentives for into a fan vote was the worst idea in history.
He is arguably the best pitcher in our franchise. Fuck that.
Earthbound64
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And Curt Schilling was a big factor in us winning the 2004 World Series.
And a not-insignificant factor in the 2007 postseason as well.
Why not pair the two of them up in the booth? It would be good for laughs.
Earthbound64
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Yeah, one left to be "closer to home" by going to Toronto, and then went to the Yankees.
The other retired after getting his 2nd World Series ring with the Red Sox.
And, no, I don't hate Alex Rodriguez. I think it was a joke that he didn't continue being Shortstop when he went to the Yankees, but it was for the best since it led to the Yankees fielding a less-than-optimal team.
Frozenprince
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Rocket isn't a raging virulent xenophobic piece of trash.
He's just kind of an a-hole
He's also probably the greatest pitcher in history.
He's just kind of an a-hole
He's also probably the greatest pitcher in history.
Did you make this post in the twilight of your career?
Earthbound64
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To be clear, I'm not arguing that Clemens is a better (or comparable) person to Schilling.
My point is just that being a good Baseball player doesn't automatically make one a good fit for announcing - or anything.
(He's also not even in the conversation for "greatest pitcher in history," but that's a discussion for another time)
Hopefully not.
All your furniture will be free!
Earthbound64
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Until he admits there was another reason he had a guy in his bedroom shooting liquid up his wife's butt, he can stay blackballed, and let other people do announcing.
And I have an autographed 8x10 of the guy. I haven't burned it yet.
Can you shoot the liquid into his butt?
Earthbound64
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Nah, he just gets stem cells in his arm.
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