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MLB Postseason Thread

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Well, I was going to say the Cubs would be wise to try and work the count and get his pitch count up early, but scoring certainly works too.
 
I hate to say this as a Cubs fan, but this is now becoming embarrassing. The Cubs came home and all of a sudden forgot how to play baseball. I'm starting to think that the pressure really hit them hard when they came home to Wrigley. All of sudden the media and everyone is talking 108 years, Bartman, the goat, the insane bar crowds around the stadium....they saw all that along with the expectations that everybody was saying they will win all 3 at home....tremendous pressure that I would no doubt crumble under in their shoes.

Hendrix was way off last night, Lackey looks like crap tonight, Baez looks like the prospect that average a K every other at bat by swinging at everything.....even Bryant looks outmatched at the plate. The only reliable hitter is Zobrist.

Maybe Lester carries them to their only win at home tomorrow, but right now the Cubs don't look like they will win the series. And that's fine, it's not the end of the world, and maybe they learn from this going into next year where they are still expected to contend.
 
glenn1 said:
Kluber AB was ruled (correctly) an infield single and not E5 on the throw to 1B. That would have been a heckuva play for the Cubs to pull off to force Klubes.
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It was an error according to the scoreboard going to commercial. Did they change it? Bryant's throw was way off and certainly pulled Rizzo off the base. It looks like Kluber might have tied, beat the toss, but the throw certainly wasn't there.

Yeah, I think it could/should have been a single, but doesn't the bad throw overule that?
 
zinfamous said:
It was an error according to the scoreboard going to commercial. Did they change it? Bryant's throw was way off and certainly pulled Rizzo off the base. It looks like Kluber might have tied, beat the toss, but the throw certainly wasn't there.

Yeah, I think it could/should have been a single, but doesn't the bad throw overule that?
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They ruled it a single and a throwing error since it caused the run to score.
 
dmoney1980 said:
I hate to say this as a Cubs fan, but this is now becoming embarrassing. The Cubs came home and all of a sudden forgot how to play baseball. I'm starting to think that the pressure really hit them hard when they came home to Wrigley. All of sudden the media and everyone is talking 108 years, Bartman, the goat, the insane bar crowds around the stadium....they saw all that along with the expectations that everybody was saying they will win all 3 at home....tremendous pressure that I would no doubt crumble under in their shoes.

Hendrix was way off last night, Lackey looks like crap tonight, Baez looks like the prospect that average a K every other at bat by swinging at everything.....even Bryant looks outmatched at the plate. The only reliable hitter is Zobrist.

Maybe Lester carries them to their only win at home tomorrow, but right now the Cubs don't look like they will win the series. And that's fine, it's not the end of the world, and maybe they learn from this going into next year where they are still expected to contend.
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It seemed to me winning this year for them was going to be a tall order however it worked out, especially since the Indians seem like destiny, the way they have gotten here. Kinda like the Royals--get there year one as expected, shake the dust off, win it next year. Need to keep this team together, though.

Not to say that it's all over right now, but it sure as heck doesn't look good.
 
Damn fine pitching and batting work there. Kluber got the K but Zobrist is a very worthy adversary who made him work his ass off to get it.
 
Feel like Cubs have only 4th inning to work some runs out of Kluber or they are going to have to face the Bullpen. And that ain't good.
 
problem with the cubs is everytime they get something going in an inning, it is with 2 outs already not giving them room for much strategy.
 
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