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I'm partly nervous since Hendricks did give up 2 runs in only 4 innings before he went out in Game 2 of the NLDS. So I'm worried the Dodgers are going to hit him well.

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Only Pete Rose is thinking the Cubs will win on FS1. He is a betting man...

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Mr. McGibblets posted:

Why would Hendricks want to pitch tonight? Let Arrieta look silly against him instead.

Hell, I'm so resigned to Kershaw winning tonight's game, that Lackey might as well go out so we save Hendricks and Arrietta for Games 3 and 4.

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I really hope Hendricks does turn into a Maddux-Style pitcher, and spends his entire career on the Cubs.

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Go Professor Go!

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bawfuls posted:

yes please keep talking about how much success Fowler had against Kershaw in Coors Field

When the wind is blowing out well, Wrigley Field might as well be Coors.

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TMMadman posted:

Kershaw is looking pretty good too.

Yeah, I've accepted the loss tonight.

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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.

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Well gently caress, there's the game. Professor, nooo. :(

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Hendricks giving up some hard contact, this is going to be a long night, isn't it?

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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.

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TMMadman posted:

Seems like Kyle is getting squeezed a bit here. That looked like a strike to me.

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

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beejay posted:

SourKraut is... not really representative of anything.

There is some irony since you're basically a carbon copy of me, but eh, I'll take it! =)

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bawfuls posted:

but won't someone think of the poor cash-strapped small-town Cubbies???

We used to be cash-strapped, but now things are turning around and pretty soon we'll hopefully be able to spend freely but wisely.

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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Welp getting one run off Kershaw seems pretty impossible right now

Yeah, the game is over, but we already knew we'd lose Game 2 so... Hopefully we can take Games 3 and 4.

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bawfuls posted:

The Cubs were not cash-strapped their owners are just cheap, like pretty much all MLB ownership groups.

Actually go educate yourself some on the restrictions that had been in place due to how the Tribune sold the team to the Ricketts, and between that and the bad contracts that were on the books, there wasn't much flexibility. Prior to the sale though, yeah, the Tribune definitely went through periods of spending and being absolutely cheap.

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Get hosed Utley, you trash human being.

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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

Hendricks has walked 2 in under 3 innings

I'm scared

Yeah, not looking like his night.

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Ugh, here we go...

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UZR IS BULLSHIT posted:

This is a little too salty

He's a long-suffering Dodgers fan, you'll have to forgive him.

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Nov 20, 2005

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Kershaw is going to end this inning having thrown 1/2 the # of pitches as Kyle has.

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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.

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Kevlar v2.0 posted:

The only question now is this going to be a perfect game or just a no-hitter?

Probably a no hitter.

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GET MY BELT SON posted:

he's gonna last like maybe six innings

he's been overused the past 10 games

this is the weekness

If he's only at like 55-60 pitches through 6 innings, they're not going to pull him...

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I really wish the Cubs had someone as unhittable as Kershaw. Arietta looked like he was becoming that last year, and then regressed this year.

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I feel like it's about time for a Bryant dong.

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Emanuel Collective posted:

lol Kershaw is going to throw a perfect game

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

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Nov 20, 2005

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gently caress you wind, you let the Dodgers have a HR and robbed Rizzo there.

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What's this year's FA class for starting pitchers going to be like?

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I feel bad for Kyle that the only hit he's given up had to be a loving homerun. He's otherwise shut the Dodgers down well.

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Pancakes posted:

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.

Clayton Kershaw is a generational talent. You should never feel bad for him or the Dodgers.

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:laffo: Come on Kyle.

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Sydin posted:

Yeah, sucks but I just don't see this turning around unless something drastic happens, nobody is seeing Kershaw at all tonight.

He's going to pitch a perfect game.

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jesus christ, we can't catch a break tonight.

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Jesus, all we need is one for a tie.

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TMMadman posted:

Why can't the wind help us like it helped Gonzalez?
Because the baseball gods want Kershaw to never lose again.

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YESSS!

The no hitter is over.

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Also I'm glad we're finally getting hard contact on Kershaw.

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One more good hit guys and we can tie it!

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drat, there went the best chance we had.

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