Playoff talk

[Robz4000]

:wow Hendricks looked damn good there. Cleveland might just be fucked.

[313]

It's OVA

[Clipper Nation]

Congrats on the championship, lefty20. Cubs win. :bobo

[Robz4000]

Yep, Cubs got this. Congrats lefty20.

[baseline bum]

Francona stuck way too long with Kluber. With the way the Cubs were hitting him in the first inning it was obvious he wasn't throwing well.

[baseline bum]

No way I take Kendricks out if I'm Maddon.

[313]

Hendricks looking better by the inning. just leave him in at least 1 more..

[313]

Imagine choking a 3-1 lead and getting blown out on your own field back to back games

today's MLB :lol

[Robz4000]

Ruh-oh, Madden taking out Hendricks when he's dealing.

[313]

Maddon over managing 101

[baseline bum]

LOL Lester afraid to throw to first :lol

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao:lmao:lmao

[Robz4000]

:lmao Maddon
:lmao Lester

This isn't over after all.

[313]

:lmao :lmao :lmao:

[baseline bum]

Such a retard move taking Hendricks out.

[313]

Concussion test Ross then you're out of catchers :lmao

[313]

Thank you, though, Joe for making this game watchable :tu

[SpursforSix]

Such a retard move taking Hendricks out.

I really don't get that. Seems like he had already made up his mind. Hendricks was still sharp.

[Clipper Nation]

Never mind, it's still over.

[Robz4000]

Damn, Ross stepping up

[313]

This UMP trying to make this game interesting.

[313]

Why is Miller still in lmaooo

[Trainwreck2100]

He actually didn't look out on that second shot

[Clipper Nation]

793998349754048512

[Clipper Nation]

Lester is such a fucking crybaby bitch.

[313]

Maddon is a nervous wreck. Let lester finish

[Robz4000]

God damn, Maddon

[Clipper Nation]

Fuck yeah! Fuck you, Chapman!

[Robz4000]

:lmao

[Silver&Black]

:wow

[Clipper Nation]

RAJAI DAVIS!!! TIE GAME!

[Robz4000]

This is gonna be a classic

[Big Dog]

Fuck yes!

[MultiTroll]

CubUmp rings up Napoli. :rolleyes

Tribe f'd up game with that horrible throw from Center Field to break the 1-1 tie and extend the inning. imo
'DOh I'm watching on recording so I can blow by commercials and Joe Suck.

Don't tell me the Tribe grew a pair?!!!!

[Robz4000]

Managers really taking a hit this postseason

[313]

Joe Maddon in fucking shmables LMAOOO

[HarlemHeat37]

Shades of Rivera vs. the Diamondbacks, tbh:lol

Maddon is going to get roasted for over-using Chapman..

[Robz4000]

Gomes fucking up now

[Big Dog]

Maddon is a fucking idiot :lol

[FkLA]

Madden is a fucking moron. Hendricks was rolling. Pulling him cost 2 runs.

[midnightpulp]

If the Cubs lose this, it's the worst loss in sports history.

And Maddon should be hanged. He should've stuck with Hendricks who was dealing.

[313]

Walk off HR bottom of the 9th soon come

[FkLA]

There better not be a fucking rain delay.

[midnightpulp]

Madden is a fucking moron. Hendricks was rolling. Pulling him cost 2 runs.

Popovich type over managing.

[Clipper Nation]

Time to yank Allen, he's already choking. You have a stacked bullpen, use it!

[Robz4000]

Allen is done. Get him out.

[midnightpulp]

Managers really taking a hit this postseason

I'm loving it. I hate the reliance on dominant bullpens. I find it a cheap strategy.

[HarlemHeat37]

You can't walk Jason Heyward:lol

[midnightpulp]

And the Rajai Davis AB was maybe the greatest AB I've ever seen.

[Robz4000]

Should've been a double play

[Robz4000]

Just let the runner at first be safe and keep on playing.

[Clipper Nation]

Good move, taking Allen out before he choked even harder.

[313]

A rain delay in the 9th inning of Game 7 of the world series :lol

[Robz4000]

Damn, Shaw doesn't have it either.

[Robz4000]

God damn Gomes, stop choking

[Clipper Nation]

Welp.

[Robz4000]

If Fowler scores Heyward here, he's MVP.

[Silver&Black]

Somehow the Indians got out of the inning...

[Robz4000]

WHAT A PLAY!

[Clipper Nation]

LINDOR!!! WHAT A THROW!

[HI-FI]

What a game

[midnightpulp]

Maddon is Game 6 Pop'ing this game up. Trying to have a rookie bunt on a 3-2 count :lol

[Robz4000]

:lmao sending Chapman back out

[MultiTroll]

Pussy Kipnis. Block that short throw from the catcher, keep it in front of you.

[FkLA]

Maddon is Game 6 Pop'ing this game up. Trying to have a rookie bunt on a 3-2 count :lol

Such an idiotic call. :pctoss

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao He's actually sending Chapman back out!

[midnightpulp]

Fuckin' Maddon. You let Baez swing away to see if he can get a sacrifice fly there or maybe draw a walk and THEN you put on the safety squeeze. Amped up rookies aren't good at shit like bunting. One of the worst managed games of all-time.

[Robz4000]

If Cleveland wins, Maddon is MVP.

[313]

Walk off HR bottom of the 9th soon come

[Robz4000]

This game is destined for extras.

[MultiTroll]

:lmao sending Chapman back out
smh and I wanted this guy for the Angels instead of MultiScocia.

[midnightpulp]

Such an idiotic call. :pctoss

You're lucky you're not that invested in baseball :lol

This is suicide inducing level shit :lol

Cubs lose this, it's like 400 orders of magnitude worse than Game 6.

[Robz4000]

I do wanna see Kipnis win it, though.

[Silver&Black]

Fans be nervous as fuck right now...both sides.

[Clipper Nation]

Chapman down to 85... only a matter of time before he serves it up.

[313]

This game is destined for extras.speaking of extras

http://i.imgur.com/fTu4hLC.png




https://twitter.com/RaysFanGio/status/529685338894372864

[Robz4000]

Oh fuck, Lindor up

[hehateme]

Should have let Lester finish the game.

[Robz4000]

Nevermind, that was underwhelming. Cubs got the advantage now.

[Clipper Nation]

Fuck!

[Robz4000]

speaking of extras

http://i.imgur.com/fTu4hLC.png


:cry im scared

https://twitter.com/RaysFanGio/status/529685338894372864

[Silver&Black]

:lmao Delayed

[Robz4000]

:lmao what the fuck

[baseline bum]

Aw fuck, 10th inning of Game 7 and there's what looks like a long rain delay.

[RD2191]

Beisbol:lol

[TimDunkem]

Oh come on. You can finish before that storm arrives. FFS

[Clipper Nation]

:lol Imagine being an Indians or Cubs fans right now waiting through this rain delay. Yikes.

[midnightpulp]

Now Maddon's retardation is gonna waste more of our time.

[lefty20]

Hell of a game so far. Minus the delay.

[Clipper Nation]

Beisbol:lol
:lmao Soccer
:lmao 0-0 ties

[Arcadian]

Not a baseball fan, but I can't not watch game 7 of the world series in extra innings with a storm blowing in.

[RD2191]

:wakeup

[Robz4000]

Just play the fucking game

[Silver&Black]

Ar:cryldis Chapman

[FkLA]

You're lucky you're not that invested in baseball :lol

This is suicide inducing level shit :lol

Cubs lose this, it's like 400 orders of magnitude worse than Game 6.

Yeah, 03' when I was more invested in the Cubs hurt and I had only been a fan since the Sosa/McGwire Home run race. I can't even imagine the torture long time diehards are going through. Having to wait for this rain delay makes it that much worse.

[midnightpulp]

Cool. Looks like ballgame again. Baseball halftime.

[JoeTait75]

My second extra-inning Game 7 as an Indians fan. Just brutal.

[TheCultOfPersonality]

These rain delays are why I am for every baseball stadium to have a dome

[midnightpulp]

Yeah, 03' when I was more invested in the Cubs hurt and I had only been a fan since the Sosa/McGwire Home run race. I can't even imagine the torture long time diehards are going through. Having to wait for this rain delay makes it that much worse.

I didn't sleep for 2 days after game 6, and felt like a dumbass for it, being that invested. But at least Spurs fans had the prior 4 titles to look back to and weren't experiencing a 108 year old drought.

I don't think there's anything comparable to the amount of heartbreak we'll see from the diehards in the fanbase. Maybe Wide Right and the Netherlands (as you know, the Cubs of soccer) losing to Spain in '10.

[Clipper Nation]

Put Salazar in. Shaw can't throw strikes.

[Robz4000]

If it weren't so humid that would've been gone.

[Clipper Nation]

This is painful. You HAVE to yank Shaw.

[Robz4000]

This is painful. You HAVE to yank Shaw.

Shaw's getting better as he's up there.

[Robz4000]

Welp, Cubs win

[midnightpulp]

ZOBRIST!!!!!

That motherfucker is an artist at the plate.

[Clipper Nation]

That's game. Congrats, lefty20 :toast

[baseline bum]

Fucking Shaw

[Clipper Nation]

Is Francona awake? How is Shaw still out there when he shouldn't have even started this inning?

[baseline bum]

Fucking Shaw

[Robz4000]

Jesus Christ Shaw, I was wrong about you.

[hehateme]

The Lebron beta bandwagon curse is real

[MultiTroll]

Is there no one in the pen who can come in for Cleveland?
Phucks sake this little guy is giving it up.

[FkLA]

This Cubs team just won't be denied tbh.

[JoeTait75]

Just have to somehow minimize the damage and at least have a chance in the bottom of the inning.

[MultiTroll]

ZOBRIST!!!!!

That motherfucker is an artist at the plate.
Ya props but..

I thought strategy 101 was 3rd baseman is supposed to guard the line. Way out of position.

[Clipper Nation]

Francona managed to find an even bigger choker than Shaw. Wow.

[Clipper Nation]

:lmao That was possibly the worst at-bat in MLB history.

[Robz4000]

:lol Bauer in

[FkLA]

Damn Heyward is so bad.

[midnightpulp]

Ya props but..

I thought strategy 101 was 3rd baseman is supposed to guard the line. Way out of position.

They were shifting and he burned their ass the other way.

[JoeTait75]

One last chance. Let's go.

[Robz4000]

God damn Bauer, you were actually clutch there (with some help from Heyward).

[Spurtacular]

:lmao

Not even a World Series thread made....

[Spurtacular]

My second extra-inning Game 7 as an Indians fan. Just brutal.

I was hoping for more extra innings than this (should the Indians not score two or more here).

[Clipper Nation]

Napoli is a loser.

[Arcadian]

Man, baseball is hard. You can't just be like, "get the ball to Lebron and get out of his way" when you need a win in game 7.

/retarded non-fan post

[313]

I feel bad for Cubs fans that died this year

[Robz4000]

Time for Davis to be clutch again.

[Silver&Black]

Is Davis bout to do it again?

[RD2191]

I feel bad for Cubs fans that died this year
:lol

[Kawhitstorm]

I feel bad for Cubs fans that died this year

A bunch probably died after Gm 4.:lol

[Robz4000]

Time for Davis to be clutch again.

[Silver&Black]

Davis = clutch AF

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Here we go.

[Clipper Nation]

RAJAI DAVIS AGAIN!

[313]

DAVIS THE GAWD

[Spurtacular]

Man, baseball is hard. You can't just be like, "get the ball to Lebron and get out of his way" when you need a win in game 7.

The Cavs can't either, tbh.

[JoeTait75]

I love this team. They just never stop fighting.

[Silver&Black]

:lmao

Not even a World Series thread made....

:lmao Jimmer threads

[FkLA]

Cubs got this. One more out.

[Clipper Nation]

Rajai Davis should get the World Series MVP even if the Indians lose.

[313]

Cubs haven't blown a 2 run lead in a Game 7 of the World Series since 2 innings ago, so they should be good here

[Robz4000]

Congrats Cubs!

[Silver&Black]

Bartman can finally come out of his hole now...

[Silver&Black]

Golden State blows a 3-1 lead to Cleveland...
Cleveland blows a 3-1 lead to the Cubs...

[Robz4000]

So how many people die in Chiraq tonight?

[Spurtacular]

:lmao Jimmer threads

Schtick.

[FkLA]

Rizzo pocketed that ball quickly. Wonder how much it's worth. :lol

[Arcadian]

Nice. They pulled a Cavs

[JoeTait75]

Congrats to the Cubs and their fans. They deserve it.

I've seen the Indians lose two extra-inning World Series Game 7's. Goddamn.

[313]

Congrats Cubs

[Clipper Nation]

Great, the Cubs finally bought a World Series. Can Media stop gargling their jizz now?

[Silver&Black]

So how many people die in Chiraq tonight? Hopefully they burn that wasteland to the ground...

[TheCultOfPersonality]

Congrats to the Cubs.

[313]

Congrats to the Cubs and their fans. They deserve it.

I've seen the Indians lose two extra-inning World Series Game 7's. Goddamn.Yall choked, but no one expected you guys to make it this far tbf

[Trainwreck2100]

Lebron cursed the indians with his 3-1 shittalking, new curse is real for cleveland

[313]

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CwT8iBvXcAAB6cg.jpg

[JoeTait75]

Yall choked, but no one expected you guys to make it this far tbf

Maybe they did, maybe they didn't. Sometimes you just get beat.

[Robz4000]

Congrats to the Cubs and their fans. They deserve it.

I've seen the Indians lose two extra-inning World Series Game 7's. Goddamn.

My condolences my dude. At least the Cavs got it done.

[Robz4000]

Even with the win, :lmao Maddon what a horrible managed game on your part.

[midnightpulp]

Bryant or Zobrist should win the MVP.

[BanditHiro]

Great, the Cubs finally bought a World Series. Can Media stop gargling their jizz now?

na now they are probably going to be a power house for the next 5 years and bringing in the ratings for baseball.

[JoeTait75]

Good thing is this club is still young and mostly under contract. We'll get our pitching staff back healthy, hopefully Michael Brantley will come back healthy... baseball is a funny game, they could lose 85 games with this core next year, but if the Royals can come back and win it after losing a Game 7 maybe the Indians can.

[midnightpulp]

Congrats to the Cubs and their fans. They deserve it.

I've seen the Indians lose two extra-inning World Series Game 7's. Goddamn.

Hell of a season. And it wasn't a choke. You guys basically had Kluber, Miller, and Allen - all 3 were obviously worn to the nub. Tomlin was a nice story, but he was kind of like the Danny Green of the 13 Spurs. Played a bit above his head.

[Clipper Nation]

This shit really makes you appreciate the 2005 White Sox. They had an 88-year drought, but you didn't hear them crying about "curses." Media didn't deepthroat them all year either. They just went out there and handled their business.

[JoeTait75]

Hell of a season. And it wasn't a choke. You guys basically had Kluber, Miller, and Allen - all 3 were obviously worn to the nub. Tomlin was a nice story, but he was kind of like the Danny Green of the 13 Spurs. Played a bit above his head.

They gave it everything they had. I said before the series I'd be proud of them no matter what happened and I am. They showed a ton of character.

I'm weirdly calm. It almost feels like losing a weeknight game against the A's in May. I'm sure I'd feel a lot worse if 1964 were still a thing.

[Robz4000]

Well-deserved for Zobrist

[midnightpulp]

They gave it everything they had. I said before the series I'd be proud of them no matter what happened and I am. They showed a ton of character.

I'm weirdly calm. It almost feels like losing a weeknight game against the A's in May. I'm sure I'd feel a lot worse if 1964 were still a thing.

Yeah. No doubt you're still high from the Cavs. After the Spurs redeemed in '14, Kerchoke's 7 run 7th against the Cards didn't really anger me.

[JoeTait75]

This shit really makes you appreciate the 2005 White Sox. They had an 88-year drought, but you didn't hear them crying about "curses." Media didn't deepthroat them all year either. They just went out there and handled their business.

I ghosted a lot on White Sox boards that season (the Indians made a huge run at them before folding in the last week) and they pride themselves on being anti-Cubs fans. They're the "real fans" in Chicago and no, they don't talk about curses and billy goats. But to be fair I'm sure a lot of Cubs fans hated the "curse" talk. I know I hated the "curse" talk as a Cleveland fan.

[lefty20]

I wish all of u could be here at Wrigleyville m8s

[lefty20]

Well worth the 12hr drive even after that game 3 loss.

GG Joe, that was hell of a series. Instant classic for sure.

[JoeTait75]

GG Joe, that was hell of a series. Instant classic for sure.

Yes, it was. All-timer, as it should have been. Congrats man, enjoy it.

[Kim Jong-il]

Great, the Cubs finally bought a World Series. Can Media stop gargling their jizz now?
Do you actually enjoy sports at all? Seems like you just hate-watch everything tbh

[MultiTroll]

At least we won't have to listen to what a great manager Francona is.

Those Red Sox years the teams were freakin stacked. He blew as many Series chances as he won.

BTW does he ever stop feeding his face? Looks like a gerbil everytime the camera panned. :lol

[Pelicans78]

I was happy the Royals got over the Bumgarner curse last season. I can live with a one year curse. Hopefully they can get over the Joakim Soria curse after the shitshow he put on this season.

[JoeTait75]

At least we won't have to listen to what a great manager Francona is.

Those Red Sox years the teams were freakin stacked. He blew as many Series chances as he won.

BTW does he ever stop feeding his face? Looks like a gerbil everytime the camera panned. :lol

He didn't do a great job last night (neither did Maddon, fwiw.) But after watching the likes of Eric Wedge and Manny Acta I'll take Tito every time.

[lefty20]

For the record, I don't think Cubs get to the WS w/o picking up Maddon. The guy literally took the weight of 108 eight years of faliure off of the players and somehow allowed them to play it loose and just be themselves the whole time.

That being said, Cubs won last night despite Maddon. Pulling Hendricks early while he was mowing guys down was simply inexplicable. Take away some shady defense behind him and shady umpiring behind the plate and he was just as effective as the NLCS game 6, IMO. Thankfully Cubs had enough talent to over come Maddon's worst managed game of his career. Theo ur the real fucking MVP!

[monosylab1k]

Just curious....IF the Cubs had lost last night, would Joe Maddon have been fired? Red Sox fans ran Grady Little out of town for one bad decision. And Maddon made 2 of the worst decisions I've ever seen a manager make.

[Clipper Nation]

Just curious....IF the Cubs had lost last night, would Joe Maddon have been fired? Red Sox fans ran Grady Little out of town for one bad decision. And Maddon made 2 of the worst decisions I've ever seen a manager make.
No way. Maddon is the Billy Beane of managers. He's considered a genius because Media said so, so he gets a far longer leash than anyone else would after making that many stupid moves.

IIRC, leaving Pedro in too long was the last straw that got Little fired, not the sole reason. He was a "players' manager" who let the players walk all over him all season, and the Pedro incident was held up as the crowning example of that.

[JoeTait75]

My impression is that the Cubs front office is more invested in Maddon than the Red Sox front office was in Grady Little. IMO Maddon's worst decision was running Chapman out for two innings in Game 6.

[MultiTroll]

At least we won't have to listen to what a great manager Francona is.

Those Red Sox years the teams were freakin stacked. He blew as many Series chances as he won.

BTW does he ever stop feeding his face? Looks like a gerbil everytime the camera panned. :lol
Tremendous as far as What Tribe Was vs What Tribe Is.

But as for GOAT arena talk that, will rightfully cease.

[monosylab1k]

My impression is that the Cubs front office is more invested in Maddon than the Red Sox front office was in Grady Little. IMO Maddon's worst decision was running Chapman out for two innings in Game 6.

I guess it's actually 3 really terrible decisions then :lol. Although bringing in Lester mid-inning was the worst imo as Maddon actually told people pre-game what a terrible idea it was, and then he panicked and did it anyways

[The Gemini Method]

Do you actually enjoy sports at all? Seems like you just hate-watch everything tbh I was beginning to think along the same lines. Dude talks alot about jizz gurgling and in the same breath performs fellatio on the likes of LeBron etc. Entertaining to see how much sodium chloride that chode produces.

[The Gemini Method]

Congrats to lefty2.0 and major props to JoeTait's Tribe for pushing the limit in the WS.

[SpursforSix]

I guess it's actually 3 really terrible decisions then :lol. Although bringing in Lester mid-inning was the worst imo as Maddon actually told people pre-game what a terrible idea it was, and then he panicked and did it anyways

I was rooting for the Cubs. But when he put Lester in, I found myself hoping the Indians would make Maddon pay.

[Clipper Nation]

Deadspin gets it right for once on the Cubs:


The Cubs aren't, and never have been, the little guy. Not in Major League Baseball, and not even in their own town. They're a big, strong, abundantly advantaged organization, blessed with avenues to success that genuinely burdened organizations like the friggin' Tampa Bay Rays will never have. The Cubs print money, then sell a hardscrabble image with no basis in reality. (Just as a near-term example, they were able to sink monster money into Jason Heyward, have him turn out to be completely dreadful, and still won’t have to sweat it even when all their talented kids start getting paid what they deserve.)

The reason the Cubs are not the Yankees of the National League is not that they can't be or have been too honorable or sweet-natured for it; it's that they’ve sucked at trying. They’re the Yankees, minus competence.

The sun has not shined on a dog's ass. The sun has shined on an extremely rich ballclub that spent a century pretending to be a dog's ass to excuse the smell.


http://deadspin.com/the-cubs-dont-have-to-pretend-to-be-lovable-losers-anym-1788534327

[lefty20]

Ahh yes, I'd much rather be hated for success than pitied for failure.

[JoeTait75]

Congrats to lefty2.0 and major props to JoeTait's Tribe for pushing the limit in the WS.

Gracias, GM. There's disappointment in Cleveland but a lot of pride, too. The Tribe did the best they could and the better club won. We can live with that.