Dopey net war rules state that you can't say you're done or that you've wasted enough time after the other side has already said it.

Did he copy/paste this? "But you know what? Enough of this. This exchange is making me dumber. Consider yourself blocked. Have a wonderful day."

I bet he did. And, for the record, your attempt to get me banned was a fail. Sorry. I know that meant a lot to you.

Anti Cub ******** are strangely quite tonight

Like I said. Cleveland in 7. Nothing has changed. They're gonna bweak your widdle hearts.

Not really. This team was built to be around for awhile. Would love to win this year but if not they will be back.

these are two franchises built on failure.....it has to really, really be devastating to the loser and with Cleveland going up 3-1, it would seem the most heart breaking result would be for them to lose the series

unless, the Cubs can be ahead with 2 outs in the 9th and have Chapman get taken deep to end the series

Posted by bronxcheer on 10/22/2016 5:46:00 PM (view original):
BEEN A SCRUBS HATER SINCE 69', BUT THEY'RE WINNING IT ALL THIS YEAR.

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Hendricks has given up 1 run in 3 playoff starts. Cubs are 1-2 in those games with two 1-0 losses. Doesn't bode well for tonight.

Bode well? Indians up 3 to 1 and have not been able to put it away. Outfield defense really was a suckfest last night and watching the mgr spit all over himself was entertaining. Now please, what does bode mean?

Cleveland is going to win this game I'll take Kluber over Hendricks.

Posted by RCBracco on 11/2/2016 11:34:00 AM (view original):
Bode well? Indians up 3 to 1 and have not been able to put it away. Outfield defense really was a suckfest last night and watching the mgr spit all over himself was entertaining. Now please, what does bode mean?

Bode: be an omen of a particular outcome.

Considering the Cubs have already lost twice to Kluber, and the Cubs have lost two of Hendricks starts 1-0 in the playoffs, I'd say that's a bad omen for the Cubs.

don't forget, Kluber is pitching on short rest for the 2nd game in a row. That might affect him.
Was it just me, or did it seem sort of silly to use Chapman in the 7th last night up 7 - 2? Why risk wearing him out so he's not as good tonight?

I had less of a problem with him coming in in the 7th, and even pitching the 8th. It was an elimination game, with the heart of the order coming up.

But with a 9-2 lead in the 9th, it was foolish to have him start the inning. It was only 5 pitches, but add in his 8 warmup pitches, even if they were only at 80-90%, that's an additional 13 pitches that didn't need to be thrown by him with a seven run lead.

I was surprised that neither Smoltz nor Buck commented that Chapman's fastball was "only" clocking in at 98/99 while facing Guyer in the 9th (I think one pitch hit 100), rather than the 100/101/102 he'd been routinely throwing to everybody else on Sunday, and in the 7th/8th last night.

Posted by tecwrg on 11/2/2016 1:40:00 PM (view original):
I had less of a problem with him coming in in the 7th, and even pitching the 8th. It was an elimination game, with the heart of the order coming up.

But with a 9-2 lead in the 9th, it was foolish to have him start the inning. It was only 5 pitches, but add in his 8 warmup pitches, even if they were only at 80-90%, that's an additional 13 pitches that didn't need to be thrown by him with a seven run lead.

I was surprised that neither Smoltz nor Buck commented that Chapman's fastball was "only" clocking in at 98/99 while facing Guyer in the 9th (I think one pitch hit 100), rather than the 100/101/102 he'd been routinely throwing to everybody else on Sunday, and in the 7th/8th last night.

Maybe he was intentionally taking something off with a huge lead to save his arm.

Even if he's tired though, I think 99 will do just fine.