3Peatkb24 wrote:It was fun while it lasted. My greatest 5 seasons as a Baseball fan just happened and it was a blur. Now it looks over as the Cubs look like they will miss the playoffs in 2019. Only 8 games left for the Cubs and the Cards have a 5 game lead in the NL Central over the Cubs after beating them two times in a row. Brewers now have a 1.5 game lead for the final wildcard spot over the Cubs and play cupcakes the rest of the season. It is what it is! Here is a look at the last 5 seasons in Chicago Cubs history:
2015 = 97-65, WC spot, lost in the NLCS
2016 = 103-58, won the WS, (won the NL Central and NL Pennant)
2017 = 92-70, lost in the NLCS (won the NL Central)
2018 = 96-67, WC spot, lost in WC playoff game
2019 = 82-72, we look like we are out of gas with 8 games left
Totals: 470-332 Regular Season record (58.6% winnings) = very good
-Individual awards/notable moments
@Joe Maddon won the NL Manager of the Year in 2015
@Jake Arrietta won the NL Cy Young in 2015
@Kris Bryant won the NL Rookie of the Year in 2015
@Kris Bryant won the NL League MVP in 2016
@Ben Zobrist won the WS MVP in 2016
@Theo Epstein named Sporting News Executive of the Year in 2016
@Aroldis Chapman was the winning Pitcher in Game 7 of the 2016 WS
-To Kenny and Nuggs good luck to your Yankees in the 2019 playoffs. To Rev and Craig good luck to your Dodgers in the 2019 playoffs. Unless my Cubs make a miraculous run in the last 8 games, the season is over for me.
lakerevolution wrote:"St. Louis Cardinals beat writer Derrick Goold performed CPR on a man in distress Sunday in the Chicago Cubsdugout in St. Louis, helping to save his life.
The Cubs were about to announce that manager Joe Maddon would not be returning to the team, but there was a delay. That was because videographer Mike Flanary, 64, had collapsed and briefly did not have a pulse.
Goold, who works for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, performed CPR on Flanary before Cubs training staff and emergency medical personnel took over."
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"The Houston Astros head into the postseason as the consensus favorites to win the World Series.
The Astros are around +200 to win the World Series at sportsbooks around the nation. The Los Angeles Dodgers are not far behind at +250, followed by the New York Yankees at +400.
Caesars Sportsbook has the Dodgers as the favorites, and at DraftKings sportsbooks, the majority of which are located on the East Coast, more money has bet on Yankees to win the World Series than has been bet on any other team."
The A's have a one-game chance to bring their scrappy talents to the true post-season by laying an "L" on the Rays on Wednesday. The way this team continues to crank out big wins against powerful opponents is probably the most under-rated story in the AL.
Your Cubs will be back in the mix soon, 3Peat. Baseball is funny - look how long I've been waiting for a Dodgers title, and through the entire Kershaw era we've come so close we're ready to scream. This is the most prolific Dodger squad since the 80s - we have to make ot happen this year.
lakerevolution wrote:ESPN LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers mowed through the regular season with a franchise-record 106 victories and stand as favorites to reach the World Series for a third consecutive fall. They trailed only the Houston Astros in run differential, led the National League in OPS and paced the entire sport in ERA.
"Top to bottom," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, "it's the best team we've had."
Roberts mentioned the stars in the rotation and the general versatility of the roster as reasons he believes this group might possess the best opportunity to capture the franchise's first World Series championship since 1988. Given the regular-season success, Roberts believes "we have a chance to be the best team in Dodgers history."
"Our only goal is to win a championship," Roberts said. "The fans deserve it, the players deserve it, and we are equipped to accomplish that goal."
Do it for Sandy, Vin, Tommy, Fernando, Orel and uh . . Steve Sax?
Lakers4Life wrote:lakerevolution wrote:ESPN LOS ANGELES -- The Los Angeles Dodgers mowed through the regular season with a franchise-record 106 victories and stand as favorites to reach the World Series for a third consecutive fall. They trailed only the Houston Astros in run differential, led the National League in OPS and paced the entire sport in ERA.
"Top to bottom," Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said, "it's the best team we've had."
Roberts mentioned the stars in the rotation and the general versatility of the roster as reasons he believes this group might possess the best opportunity to capture the franchise's first World Series championship since 1988. Given the regular-season success, Roberts believes "we have a chance to be the best team in Dodgers history."
"Our only goal is to win a championship," Roberts said. "The fans deserve it, the players deserve it, and we are equipped to accomplish that goal."
Do it for Sandy, Vin, Tommy, Fernando, Orel and uh . . Steve Sax?
.....And how about you & me? Do it for us die-hard fans!!
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