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Like seriously bananas. Crazy.

 

Epic it was. Wowza!

Cubbies win.

 

Congrats !

http://live4sportnetwork.com/frontend/cubs-win-2/

 

that tops any game 7 in my lifetime of 44 yrs. It tops the 1991 WS. It tops the 94 Cup Finals. It tops any Super Bowl. It tops them all.

 

That really was something else. Not the best baseball I've ever seen, kinda sloppy at times, but holy crap, it sure didn't lack for drama.

Congrats, Cubs fans. You guys deserve this.

 

Now that the Cubs won, what will Joe Buck talk about now? haha. He's all out of billy goats and curses...lol

 

I still say '91 was better. Like El Conq said, that was a sloppy-ass game...errors in the field, errors on the bases, a WP that scored 2(!) runs, Baez' pathetic bunt attempt, etc., etc. I mean...Mike Montgomery vs. Mike Martinez for the last AB? Blech. The drama was just heightened last night because of the history of the teams involved. As just purely a baseball game, that was a shit show to watch. But it was great theater, for sure.

 

Yeah, the actual baseball was very sloppy. But holy shit! This happened. It actually happened.

 

That said Joe Maddon tried to get way too cute last night.

 

https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/india ? 52384.html

Indians fan gets World Champions tattoo up 3 games to 1. oops.

 

Managerial lessons learned in the 2016 MLB Playoffs:

1) Don't use your closer, you're an idiot

2) Use your closer, you're an idiot

 

Latest Option Moves per MLB...

? The Rangers have picked up All-Star catcher Jonathan Lucroy's $5.25 million club option for next season, the team announced on Thursday.
? The Indians will pick up Carlos Santana's $12 million team option, bringing back the designated hitter for the 2017 season, according to Heyman.
? The Giants have picked up left-hander Matt Moore's $7 million team option for 2017, the club announced.
? The Mets will pick up right fielder Jay Bruce's $13 million club option for 2017, according to Heyman.
? The Mets are also expected to pick up third baseman/shortstop Jose Reyes' league-minimum team option for 2017, reports MLB.com's Anthony DiComo. But they are expected to decline left-hander Jonathon Niese's $10 million club option.
? The Royals are expected to pick up the 2017 options on shortstop Alcides Escobar ($6.5 million) and closer Wade Davis ($10 million), reports MLB.com's Jeffrey Flanagan.
? The White Sox announced that they have declined right-hander Matt Albers' $3 million club option for 2017 and exercised a $250,000 buyout, making Albers a free agent.
? The Cardinals plan to exercise veteran right-hander Jaime Garcia's $12 million club option for 2017, according to MLB.com's Jenifer Langosch.
? The Nationals have picked up left-hander Gio Gonzalez's $12 million club option for next season, reports MLB.com's Bill Ladson. The Nats will be declining right-hander Yusmeiro Petit's 2017 club option.
? The Phillies have officially declined the 2017 options for longtime first baseman Ryan Howard ($23 million) and right-hander Charlie Morton ($9.5 million), reports MLB.com's Todd Zolecki.
? The Red Sox officially picked up right-hander Clay Buchholz's $13.5 million option for next season, the team announced. They also exercised David Ortiz's option as a formality; Ortiz is still expected to retire this offseason. Boston declined catcher Ryan Hanigan's $3.75 million option, and will instead pay his $800,000 buyout, making him a free agent.
? The Mariners announced that they have exercised Seth Smith's $7 million club option, bringing the outfielder back for 2017. Additionally, they have declined catcher Chris Iannetta's $4.25 million club option for next season.
? The Marlins have declined Fernando Rodney's $2 million club option for 2017, according to multiple reports.

 

Buchholz. Shoot me.

 

Yes im late make any comments on the game but hey what are you going to do lol

Is it me or watching the Cubs game did it seem like Maddon was doing everything he could to give the game to the Indians? I mean in the end the Cubs won and he gets to just say we won when asked any question he doesnt want to answer but the feel to me was he over managed and fell into a win.

Also has there ever been a worse at bat than Heward in the last inning?

 

well he didnt need to use him in game 6. and bc of a must win situation, he pitched longer than usual in game 5. with needing to go to 7 games, not sure what he was thinking in allowing him to pitch in game 6? doesn't matter now, but he almost cost them the title.

 

*DANCE* *YAHOO* *HI*

 

Exactly like what we talked about before that game...G6 was just as much of a must-win as G5 had been, and he didn't trust the other guys to get him through. A 5 run lead in an elimination game is like a 1 run lead in a regular game. If you wanted to quibble with him maybe being too quick with the hook for Hendricks after one walk, or sticking with Chapman when he was clearly out of gas after the first few pitches in G7, I could see that. But using his best reliever to protect a lead at a critical junction in an elimination game? No, I can't argue with that one...if he had used the other guys and CLE had come back against them and won G6, guess what he'd be getting killed for?

 

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huh? where does it say that at ? a 5 run lead is a 5 run lead to me.

 

Shockah!*

The Diamondbacks will hire Red Sox bench coach Torey Lovullo as their new manager, reports John Gambodoro of Arizona Sports 98.7 FM in Phoenix

*no, not really

 

Cubs parade is today.

All my college friends from Chicago who bleed Cub blue did not attend. I don't get that. Part of winning the title is going to the parade. When the 08 Phils won, I was living 5 blocks from the stadium and could see it everyday. the title is for the players. i wanted that parade as a fan. i walked 3 blocks to the corner of Broad St and Bigler St with a backpack full of beer and waited 2 hrs as the floats came down. they came and went and that alone was the best 10 min of my life seeing it.

i don't get why my buddies didn't go. they didn't go for any blackhawk parades either. im baffled by that.