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I think Abreu and Rodon should be on there instead of Robertson and Samardzija.

I think the worst part of the Cubs recent run is that they're playing that "Go Cubs Go" over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again. As you can tell, I hate that song and I wouldn't mind if I never heard it again for the rest of my life.

QUOTE (whitesoxfan99 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 07:05 PM) And no way the Cards fire him but Matheny is a legitimately terrible manager. That guy is just remarkably dumb. Any other sport and a coach that bad would absolutely torpedo a team's chance of having success. He could be dead and still be better than Robin Ventura.

QUOTE (Soxfan90 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:45 PM) 3 outs away until the Cards season is over, thank God. Tired of hearing about them. So you'd rather hear about the Cubs? Please.

QUOTE (Flash Tizzle @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 06:38 PM) If I'm Hahn I'm on the phone with St Louis as soon as possible, this is an embarrassing series lost for the Cardinals. I feel ashamed watching St Louis, I couldnt imagine how their management feels. How is their minor league system? They could use Q Piscotty would have to be involved if Q is going there. Hahn shouldn't settle for anything less than him as the centerpiece.

The Cardinals plate discipline is horrendous.

The Cardinals bullpen in this series is worse than the Sox were all year.

The speaker system at Wrigley is so f***ing bad lol. It sounds like they're playing the walk-up songs through tinfoil.

At least they tied it.

How can Grichuk homer off of Sale but can't even make contact off of Trevor f***ing Cahill? Sheesh.

PLEASE BUNT HERE.

Flowers would have put together a better at bat than that clown.

QUOTE (AustinIllini @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:44 PM) Cubs are 7-0 against the Mets. They should be favored. Both teams are totally different than when they originally met. I think it's a clean slate and whoever wins, wins. It could go either way, but I'm hoping and praying that the Mets can pull this out.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:40 PM) You better be right! John Lackey at 36 years old is the Cardinals "ace" right now. The Mets have arguably 4 or 5 starters that are better than Lackey. Hell, Bartolo might be better than him and he's in their bullpen right now. The Cubs pitching staff is going to have to man up ASAP because they won't hit 6 homers and score 8+ runs a game against the Mets pitching staff. They'll be lucky to get 3 or 4 runs a game.

QUOTE (whitesoxjr27 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:37 PM) I'm hoping they crap themselves against the mets. I'm thinking that they will. The Mets starting pitching is way stronger than the Cardinals depleted rotation at this point and I think the argument could be made that the Mets offense is better too. The Cubs are in trouble.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 04:31 PM) Definitely match up better pitching wise. When the Sox played the Cardinals this year, I didn't think they were much better than the Sox. Agreed. Just for comparisons sake, let's look at the starting pitchers. Sale = Arrieta (I think Sale is better overall, but Arrieta had a better season this year) Quintana > Lester Rodon > Hammel Danks = Hendricks Johnson = Haren Of course their offense is much better but I think the Sox rotation is better.

The White Sox would play the Cubs tougher than St. Louis is right now.

QUOTE (Y2JImmy0 @ Oct 13, 2015 -> 11:00 AM) Matt Spiegel today hinted at the possibility of the White Sox hiring AJ Pierzynski. He said he couldn't really talk about it but said he'd heard rumors. I wonder if they would replace Steve Stone with AJ or just go with AJ/Hawk with Stone. Interesting. I would LOVE this. A.J. is a fan favorite here and he's very knowledgeable about the game itself.

I wonder if Wainwright is stretched out enough to potentially start Game 5 and go 4-5 innings. That would be really nice if he could, but I'm not counting on it.

F you Wacha. Go to hell.

QUOTE (raBBit @ Oct 12, 2015 -> 06:41 PM) Arrieta is at like 78 pitches though 5. Not bad. He'll be done after the 7th most likely.

I'm hoping the Cardinals can knock him out after 6 innings. That would be amazing, but getting him out after 7 wouldn't be too bad either.

Arrieta doesn't look good. The Cardinals have to capitalize on this.

Arrieta doesn't look that sharp himself. Cardinals gotta score here.

The Cardinals have to get Arrieta's pitch count up early. It's their only chance to win.