JUSTgottaBELIEVE

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 19, 2015 -> 11:51 AM) Biding their time. Their time is running out

Why is it that guys like Jordan4life and AustinIllini disappear from these threads when the Cubs start losing?

I know we aren't even half way thru the first game but I feel much better about this Mets team matching up with the Cubs than I did about the cardinals (or dodgers if they had advanced). The mets have an equal "it" factor as the Cubs and their starting pitching is downright filthy. Many parallels to this team and the 69 Amazin Mets. I think the Cubs may have met their match. Mets in 6.

Bad time to have your worst game of the second half Arrieta. It's a bullpen game now. If the cards can hold the Cubs scoreless here on out I think they win this game. Big if of course. Series is over if Cards pull this one out.

Very fortunate only 2 runs. Everything is up

Very fortunate. Could have been much worse than 2 runs. Everything is up

Hanger. Release point definitely lost. He's in trouble

Meatball and he takes it. Clearly guessing slider there

Uh oh. Arrieta lost his release point.

QUOTE (Soxfan90 @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 09:36 AM) Keuchel and Cole, the two losing pitchers in the Wild Card games. Go Yankees and go Cubs! 0-1, hopefully 0-2 after tomorrow night

QUOTE (Chilihead90 @ Oct 5, 2015 -> 01:33 AM) Just wait until they sign Johnny Cueto this offseason. Yes, Cueto would be wise to sign with an NL team because he's garbage in the AL

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) The Packers have the luxury of playing in what may be the worst division in football. But they barely beat a Bears team that may only win 4-6 games this year. Its early, but I really expected the Packers to look a lot better last week (even without Nelson). Impressed yet?

White sox are 1-8 in sharks starts since July 30th. If they had gone 5-4 they'd be 3 games back of the wild card with a win tonight. That's the margin of error in today's baseball. If shark had actually Pitched like a true number 2 or 3 like they thought they were getting the white sox might actually be leading the wild card 2nd spot

QUOTE (Soxbadger @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 02:04 PM) The Packers have the luxury of playing in what may be the worst division in football. But they barely beat a Bears team that may only win 4-6 games this year. Its early, but I really expected the Packers to look a lot better last week (even without Nelson). They looked fine outside of their run defense, which is their biggest issue right now and has been for some time. They were missing 3 starters on defense (4 if you count barrington going out in the 1st quarter) so I would expect the run defense to improve once they get those guys back (2 are back this week, barrington is out for the year). However, they do need some of the young guys to step up at LB if they expect to contain a run game like Seattle's. No NFL road games are gimmes, just ask Seattle. Main reason why this week's game in Lambeau is the biggest regular season game of the year for GB even though it's only week 2.

QUOTE (pettie4sox @ Sep 16, 2015 -> 01:49 PM) When is the last time Rodgers threw a pure interception? huh?

Decent chance this streak gets broken on Sunday but this stat is insane: It's been 17 games since Rodgers threw his last interception in a home game. That's a streak spanning 512 pass attempts. He's had 41 touchdown passes in that span.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 10:54 AM) They'll win the division for sure. I don't think they can win a Super Bowl without him though. And that's the goal. You'd be crazy to count out the Packers just because Jordy is out. To me, the lack of depth at ILB is a bigger cause for concern than the WR position. Not saying they are guaranteed to win the Super Bowl by any means but they have as good or a better chance of winning the Super Bowl than any other team in the NFL right now. http://espn.go.com/blog/statsinfo/post/_/i...or-september-15

QUOTE (lasttriptotulsa @ Sep 15, 2015 -> 01:54 PM) An offense featuring Rodgers, Lacy, Cobb, Adams and Jones along with a very stout O-line is going to make you the favorites week in and week out and on the short list of Super Bowl contenders. Had Nelson not gotten hurt, they may have challenged the single season scoring record. One of the keys here is the OL assuming they stay relatively healthy. This is the best OL Rodgers has had in his GB career. That will make both Rodgers and the WR group that much better. They receive their first real test this Sunday. http://m.jsonline.com/sports/packers/front...-318601411.html

Near perfect week 1 for Green Bay. All alone in first at 1-0 in NFC North and NFC contenders Seattle and Philly lost. Only thing that would have made it perfect is if NY didn't choke away their game against Dallas but we will see how they fare now without Dez for 4-6 weeks. Huge game for the Pack this weekend.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 13, 2015 -> 10:39 PM) The same idea applies for Samardzija. The NL is a cakewalk to pitch in compared to the AL. People were questioning the thought of Sale having an ERA that would drop by 1-1.5 runs in the NL this year but explain then how these guys that moved to the AL have seen their ERA jump by 2 runs or more? Heck, take Sale out of the AL central alone (and away from the twins) and his ERA drops by a run.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Sep 13, 2015 -> 09:09 PM) That Cueto deal is going to end up biting KC in the ass long term. I love it. Remember when Cueto was considered one of the best pitchers in the NL the last few years? How's that working out for him in the AL?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 10, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) It was already explained to you why those hitters dropped off, it was expected before they even switched leagues. And AJP played in the NL last year. After he was essentially run out of the AL... You have yet to provide an example in which an NL hitter vastly improved when switching to the AL within the last couple years. Also, how many guys switched from the AL and vastly underperformed the next season in the NL? How many opposite league Laroche, Hanley, and Sandoval examples are out there? I think there were a number of years in which NL pitching was deeper and better than AL but I think that has gone the other direction the last few years.

QUOTE (Rowand44 @ Sep 10, 2015 -> 01:31 PM) I don't think anyone is arguing that the NL is better than AL but to say the Cubs would be under .500 in the AL is silly. So what the Cards are the only team in the NL that would be over .500 in the AL? Cmon now. And Cespedes has been fantastic but it's been a month and a half so lets all calm down. Understood and agreed, I'm only stating that I can't think of a single hitter that went from the NL and noticeably improved in the AL the next season within the last couple years. In other words no examples of 2015 Yunel Escobar or AJP or 2014 Seth Smith. In fact, it seems majority of hitters moving to the AL experience a significant drop off in production. Why is that?

QUOTE (LittleHurt05 @ Sep 10, 2015 -> 11:42 AM) So when healthy, switching leagues had zero effect on his numbers. Perfect. My original point - name one hitter in the last 3 years that has significantly improved when moving from the NL to AL? I'm waiting for just one. I can name a handful that went from AL to NL and improved significantly as well as another handful that moved from the NL to AL and dropped off significantly.

QUOTE (shysocks @ Sep 10, 2015 -> 11:24 AM) What? I didn't even say anything about the other guys. I said Cuddyer doesn't support your point. He hit .260 his first year in Coors and then hit .331 the next one. How can you possibly attribute that to changing leagues? And for the record, the Rockies are hitting .301 at Coors this season and .233 elsewhere. In the last five years they've hit no lower than .274 at home and no higher than .246 away. So yes, it is possibly enough for a 34-year-old to win his first batting title after never hitting over .284 in the AL. That's all good except for the fact that he also hit 311 on the road in 2013