NLCS Game 2 GDT: Something something RIzzo

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# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:01

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 17:43

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Miz Kriss posted:

If the Cubs can beat Kershaw, that will be the defining moment of the series.

Perhaps you have not met October Kershaw. He's not good against NL Central third basemen.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:14

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Mr. McGibblets posted:

He will be my 2017 jersey purchase. I also said this about Schwarber then he got injured a day before I was going to buy it.

Did we even do a gif this year? If so, fire it up.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:15

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Miz Kriss posted:

I have not met October Kershaw. Am I in for a treat?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGsfhjYLQF0

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao0xPTwyefA

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:18

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SourKraut posted:

Also a reminder that when people talk about Kershaw struggling in October, it's really just against the Cardinals. The Cardinals have his number for some reason.

2013 NLCS game 1 he was fine, too. He just ran into Michael Wacha before he reverted to human form. Kershaw's real problem is that Mattingly and now Roberts know how good he is and how bad their bullpen is. They always leave him in past 100 pitches in the 7th and he gets lit up when he should have been pulled two batters earlier.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:24

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Miz Kriss posted:

Cards only peeked at Astros data, right?

Salty Dodgers writers said exactly that when the story broke.

A-Gon is kind of hot right now.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:25

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Give us some scorchers up the middle. Take out Angel.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:27

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SourKraut posted:

Of course I won't be too upset if we lose this series to the Dodgers - it's hard to compete against a team that spent more than $100 million more on payroll than the Cubs.

Just a reminder, when Cardinals sportswriter (and posters) said this in 13 and 14 they were mocked incessantly for it.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:30

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SourKraut posted:

Yeah, Kershaw definitely is getting more leniency on his pitches so far for the strike zone.

Son, when Mr. Kershaw throws you a ball he'll inform you.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:31

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beejay posted:

SourKraut is... not really representative of anything.

I know. If I judged all fan bases by their SA posters I'd have called for the whole of New York to be chemically castrated to protect us from ever seeing more of davecrazy.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 01:35

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SourKraut posted:

Kyle knows he can't hit Kershaw, just watches every pitch.

And yeah, only 31 pitches through three, so he's gonna go 7 or 8 I bet.

Hope for this, Cubs fans. I have said it before, I will say it again: The 7th inning is October Kershaw's kryptonite.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:03

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bawfuls posted:

they also let him throw 110 pitches on 3 days rest in Game 4

He is going to pitch until he's gassed

He'll pitch until, at a minimum, the tying run is on second and the go-ahead run is on first. He will then be pulled and the bullpen will let them score. Time is a flat circle.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:08

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SourKraut posted:

Yeah, it's the beginning of the end for this NLCS.

Hey, better him than Daniel Murphy. You drat, dirty alarmists.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:13

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bawfuls posted:

all true

For all that I poo poo-talk about October Kershaw I think he's a victim of his own greatness in the postseason and, though I'm grateful that my team has wrecked him multiple times, I truly feel badly for him when I see it happen every year.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:19

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gently caress the DH

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:20

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R.D. Mangles posted:

he's been great, but kershaw is kershaw

I'm honestly really impressed that you haven't been naysaying in this thread given Kershaw. You're doing so well! :glomp:

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:26

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Baez is seriously the early series MVP for the Cubs.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:29

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The laziest throw to first.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:30

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TMMadman posted:

Hey Heyward, maybe you can do something this at bat?

Hahaha, it's like you haven't been watching for the last 167 games.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:33

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My girlfriend, on Baez this postseason: Cardinals level luck.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:44

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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Roberts was arguing with the umps during the entire break. What was he arguing about?

Maybe trying to argue review even though infield fly is (if memory serves) a judgment call and therefore not reviewable.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:47

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Baez winking and kissing at the camera. Someone gif that for Kevlar & Poque.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:49

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Sydin posted:

I'm sure the Cardinals are very familiar with the inoutfield fly rule.

2012 was the year of Pete Kozma Warlock Bullshit, okay?

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:50

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TMMadman posted:

This is probably the best at bats against Kershaw all game.

We're rapidly approaching Seventh Inning October Kershaw, guys. Feel the anticipation.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:54

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Sydin posted:

Be nice if Kershaw could use some of that accuracy to throw one into the helicopter blades.

Dodgers pitchers haven't had much luck with things like that recently.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 02:55

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I keep watching the crowd shots but haven't seen Kevlar or Poque yet.

Prepare your bodies for Seventh Inning October Kershaw.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:09

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I don't know if playing a song with the chorus "I have waited" should apply to the Dodgers rather than the Cubs here.

Yessss, tell me of the Cardinals' savaging of Kershaw in the past.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:12

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SEVENTH. INNING. OCTOBER. KERSHAW.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:14

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Kershaw... Makes it through the 7th? What is this dark magic?

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:19

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Does Kershaw argue his way back out there for the 8th? Place your bets.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:21

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drat, ouch.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:25

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That was a manic-sounding laugh from Roberts there.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:26

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R.D. Mangles posted:

i;m out of cubs fatalism after the playoffs so far

Giving up in new ways. How very meta-Cubs fan of you.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:29

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No Kershaw meltdown? But-but-but, my narrative!

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:31

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Viva flyouts

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:33

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DeepDickPizza posted:

Haha. This is SourKraut's first baseball game.

On the one hand, I want us to be welcoming to people other than the regulars. On the other hand, I like a Cubs fan getting more shade than me.

That strike one call was... questionable in my mind.

# ¿ Oct 17, 2016 03:53