१ ऑक्टोबर, २०१८

Brewers vs. Cubs.

A place to talk, in case you, like us, are watching the game.

UPDATE: Win!

८९ टिप्पण्या:

mezzrow म्हणाले...

Hola. May the home team win. One of Braun's better Wrigley moments in the first.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Go Brewers! Cuz' they haven't been good since Robin Yount.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

With a win the Brewers have home field through the playoffs. And I and the Mrs have tix.

Go Crew

rehajm म्हणाले...

I have it on with the sound off. I'm Switzerland but can be bought if anyone wants prayers...

M Jordan म्हणाले...

Good at bat for Rizzo. Eating up pitch count.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Nice DP crew

Original Mike म्हणाले...

Sound off here too. I’m up in the Great North Woods and television always sounds jarring to me here.

Is the sound off at Meadehouse?

gspencer म्हणाले...

It was 10am when I, sitting at my assigned desk at Boston-based mega-huge public accounting firm, received a call from an old high school friend. He told me that a customer of his had, just moments earlier, offered my friend four passes to that afternoon's one-game playoff between the Red Sox and Yankees. "Do you want to come along?"

That day was exactly 40 years ago tomorrow.

Watch out, Brewers fans, you might be disappointed.

Watch out, Cubs fans, you might be disappointed.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Yeli mvp!!!!

Bricap म्हणाले...

That stat for Yelich BA with RISP with 2 outs? Was that for real? The number crunchers always say there's no such thing as clutch hitting, but something like that makes me wonder otherwise.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Hell, his teammates just shake their heads..Yount was discussing yesterday. Since the break he's been hitting unconscious. Better off walking him. But please, give him something to hit...

Trumpit म्हणाले...

Let's have some "brewskis" and good cheer!

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

All such playoffs are important even if both teams are in the playoffs. In addition to avoiding a single game elimination wild card, the winner in the Brewers/Cubs game will have home field advantage, and while not a really major edge, it is still and effective one.

gilbar म्हणाले...

stupid cardinals and their stupid "let's save our win for The Cubs" :(

mezzrow म्हणाले...

That Anthony is a wonderful young man, isn't he?

Mid-Life Lawyer म्हणाले...

Tied! Rizzo, who went 4-4 for the first time ever yesterday. The outfielder never moved it was hit so far. 1-1

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Yeah, the Cardinals should have won that wildcard spot- the 4 game losing streak came at the worst time.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Nows our chance

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Go Crew! I fear that, should they win, the fans at Wrigley could get ugly.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Yelich SLG since ASB..770

Yancey Ward म्हणाले...

Cubs fans (when I was in grad school I saw about 10 games a year) are known to be sloppy, angry, happy drunks. You can even buy beer in the ballpark- beer!

The Democrats probably should have asked Kavanaugh if he was Cubs fan.

Clyde म्हणाले...

I'm torn on this one. I don't have a real rooting interest, but I cheer for the players on my Strat-O-Matic team. I have Jhoulys Chacin of the Brewers and Anthony Rizzo and Jesse Chavez of the Cubs on my keeper team, so all of my guys have been involved in this one. I won't have any problems with the other game; I don't have any Dodgers, but I do have Nolan Arenado and Kyle Freeland of the Rockies, so I'm all in on them.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Chacin did his job...nicely

Clyde म्हणाले...

Oh, and I also have Josh Hader of the Brewers... Can't forget about him!

Bricap म्हणाले...

Did something happen to Chacin? Was it about having him avoid the third trip through the lineup?

Jim at म्हणाले...

Yeah, the Cardinals should have won that wildcard spot- the 4 game losing streak came at the worst time.

They lost three out of four to the Dodgers. At home.

Go Blue.

Guildofcannonballs म्हणाले...

Watching YE on TMZ.

Now.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Need something baseball related to take down the tension.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Knebel lights out. BB working well. Next..Hader???

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

SWEEEEET Arcia 3/3 and now at 3rd no outs

JaimeRoberto म्हणाले...

Let's go Oakland!

M Jordan म्हणाले...

Game on the line.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Luv it..

M Jordan म्हणाले...

Brewers will win. Cubs and them will meet again.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Killer pitch

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Hader Jefress

Pedal all the way down

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

The way this season has gone won't be suprised if this goes EI.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

So far, so good.

Clyde म्हणाले...

Haderade!

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

4 strike strikeout...haderaide Dealin

stevew म्हणाले...

Ain’t got no dog in this fight but why is this game necessary? Didn’t these two play each other during the season? Was the season record tied too?

-sw

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Jinxies Clyde

Original Mike म्हणाले...

”Was the season record tied too?”

No. There is no logic to playing this game.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

Hard to believe Arcia was sent down to minors to work on his bat.

Apparently they fixed it.

Tomcc म्हणाले...

Since we're revisiting high school hijinks this week- I propose that the good people of Milwaukee rid themselves of that boorish Hader guy. Send him to some appropriately dysfunctional city...like Pittsburgh.

Clyde म्हणाले...

Oh, great. Rizzo vs. Hader. Moc vs. Moc. I hate it when my guys face each other with the game on the line!

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

I can't contain my joy.

Mid-Life Lawyer म्हणाले...

Hader was almost unhittable.

mockturtle म्हणाले...

Yay!!!!!! :-)

Clyde म्हणाले...

Whew! Hader gets a loud out to finish it off. Congrats to the Brewers!

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

I generally avoid MP when the Cubs come. Good luck tomorrow. Maybe see you on Thurs in MKE.

Stoked

Jim at म्हणाले...

Was the season record tied too?

Yes. As were the Rockies and Dodgers.

First time in history there are two Game 163s.

Bricap म्हणाले...

Impressive win for the Brewers. Their bullpen has really come together this year.

PackerBronco म्हणाले...

I haven't been a baseball fan for many years, but it was nice to watch a game without having to constantly go to a rules official to explain what is a penalty and what is not.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

”Yes. As were the Rockies and Dodgers.”

The Cubs won the head-to-head match up this year: 11-8.

I’m happy for you, 320Busdriver.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

"I’m happy for you, 320Busdriver."

Appreciate it!

Yesterday was #29 for us. As she loves the game as much as I, I got the 19 Season and playoff tix last week. Going to be fun. Better than I imagined as it looked like Wild Card for sure last monday..

Matt म्हणाले...

Only thing that could make this season sweeter is if they guaranteed their spot in the playoffs against the Cardinals and took the Division from the Cubs.

Oh, wait...

Gentleman Farmer म्हणाले...

This is completely unfair. The Cubs had a +116 run differential, to the Brewers' +95.

The Cubs won the popular vote.

mccullough म्हणाले...

The Cubs won the head-to-head matchup this year: 11-9.

By the way, the 1951 Brooklyn Dodgers had also won the "season series" against the 1951 New York Giants. But lost the best-of-three game tie-breaker series.

Not that Cubs fans know anything about National League history. In the AL, they only had one game tiebreakers before the start of divisional play-off series. The NL had a best-of-three tie-breaker series.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

”Yesterday was #29 for us.”

Sweet. Our anniversary was Sept. 29.

Jim at म्हणाले...

The Cubs won the head-to-head match up this year: 11-8.

I misunderstood the question.

I look at the standings. Season series means as much as the popular vote. :)

Original Mike म्हणाले...

”The Cubs won the head-to-head matchup this year: 11-9.”

Huh. The thing I’m looking at says 11-8. In any case, the Cubs won the season series. Seems dumb to have this playoff game (and FWIW, I’m a Brewers fan.)

mccullough म्हणाले...

The only ever season record and "season series" tie was between the 1948 Cleveland Indians and Boston Red Sox. They both finished the season 96-58 and were 11-11 in the "season series."

Cleveland won the one-game tie-breaker.

mccullough म्हणाले...

Original Mike,

Tie-breaker games are considered regular season games, not playoff games.

The Brewers won today's tie-breaker game, which was the 20th regular season meeting between the two teams.

Bay Area Guy म्हणाले...

Way to go, Brewers!

Clyde म्हणाले...

Jim at said...
The Cubs won the head-to-head match up this year: 11-8.

I misunderstood the question.

I look at the standings. Season series means as much as the popular vote. :)


Actually, winning the head-to-head matchup during the season determined the location of the tiebreaker game. Had the Brewers won the head-to-head matchup during the season, the game today would have been played at Miller Park.

Michael in ArchDen म्हणाले...

#BeatLA

Roughcoat म्हणाले...

Nertz.

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

Is anyone here suggesting that the tie should have been broken by looking to the season record between the 2 teams? That would be dull!! We had a very exciting extra game, and the Brewers have beaten the Cubs in the more recent games.

Jim at म्हणाले...

Had the Brewers won the head-to-head matchup during the season, the game today would have been played at Miller Park.

Yes. The Dodgers went 12-7 vs the Rocks and are hosting.



whiskey म्हणाले...

Wow! Congrats!

mccullough म्हणाले...

Not only would it be dull, it would go against National League tradition.

The "season series" never determined the winner of two teams tied at the end of the 154 game or 162 game season. Never in either league.

The National League had a three-game tie-breaker series for fuck's sake.

Bobby Thomson's "Shot Heard Round the World" was in the third and deciding game of the 1951 tiebreaker series. If the team that had won the "season series" was the automatic champion then that series would have never happened.

Fucking Cubs fans are ahistorical idiots.

CWJ म्हणाले...

320Busdriver,

My wife and I had the same situation in KC in 2015 (tickets for the whole playoffs). It's a glorious ride if they keep on going.* Good luck to the Brewers and you as well.

* - The only downside was that the Royals won the WS in 5. Don't get me wrong, I wanted that win, but it's the only scenario where the home team in the WS sees fewer games than the loser. It was doubly strange because of delays and extra innings, game one didn't end until the next day. We laughed with the people and ushers around us saying see you later today as we left. So you see, not only did we only get 2 WS games, but in a way both were played on the same day.

Inga...Allie Oop म्हणाले...

Our Brewers did it!

CWJ म्हणाले...

"Hard to believe Arcia was sent down to minors to work on his bat."

Moustakas was an embarrassment at the plate until he got sent down, sometimes it's the right thing to do. Did Arcia come back batting on the same side of the plate. Moose came back throwing right but batting left. Never could remember whether that was the case before he was sent down.

Tommy Duncan म्हणाले...

I may have to find my (Radio Shack) pocket transistor radio and (single) earplug to listen to the catcher in the wry call the playoffs.

Original Mike म्हणाले...

”Is anyone here suggesting that the tie should have been broken by looking to the season record between the 2 teams? That would be dull!!”

I am. It’s called earning it. I used to think that meant something.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...


Sweet. Our anniversary was Sept. 29.

Happy Anniversary to you too/two!!

stevew म्हणाले...

That's correct Original Mike, and the way pretty much every other sport I can think of settles such ties in the standings.

-sw

mccullough म्हणाले...

The Brewers earned it. They beat the Cubs today. At Wrigley.

Just like the Cardinals beat the Dodgers back in 1946. And the Giants beat the Dodgers back in 1951. And the Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Braves in 1959. And the Giants beat the Dodgers in 1962. And the Astros beat the Dodgers in 1980.

National League history and tradition.

Cubs fans can't take it. Fucking whiners.


mccullough म्हणाले...

Hillary Rodham Clinton is a Cubs fan. How she learned to become a fucking whiner.

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

@CWJ
"My wife and I had the same situation in KC in 2015 (tickets for the whole playoffs). It's a glorious ride if they keep on going.* Good luck to the Brewers and you as well."

That sounds like sooo much fun, and not too long ago either.

We are lucky to have gotten LoCain. We will need his experience going forward.

Not sure if our hostess posted it, but Yelich wrote a nice piece about his experience with the brewers so far. Here :
https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/christian-yelich-brewers-playoffs

Imagine Antanasio picking you up in his jet with Braun, then stopping in AZ to pick up Uecker and Yount for the ride to Fanfest in Milwaukee.

Lets Goooooo!!!

320Busdriver म्हणाले...

The above link has an embedded video of Cain bailing Yelich out of a rundown at second. Funniest part is watching the Cubs infield. Abbott & Costello like

Original Mike म्हणाले...

”Cubs fans can't take it. Fucking whiners.”

I’m a Brewers fan. As I said above.

mccullough म्हणाले...

Dodgers get the job done.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

Blogger Inga...Allie Oop said...

Our Brewers did it!

10/1/18, 4:32 PM

LOL! As if you know the difference between a ball and a strike. You never said peep on any baseball thread Althouse ever posted until it looked like the Crew would get into the postseason.

Your fandom is as fake as everything else about you.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

Althouse wrote: "Is anyone here suggesting that the tie should have been broken by looking to the season record between the 2 teams? That would be dull!"

I argued with a Cubs fan about this yesterday. Not only would it be dull, but it would be bending the rules of baseball to favor one team. In the regular season, a W is a W. A 10 run blowout of the Padres counts no more and no less than a walkoff win in 14 innings against the Yankees. Imagine weighting regular wins based on how good the opposing team is - how ridiculous!

The Brewers won the division title because they won 1 more game than the Cubs did. End of story.

exiledonmainstreet, green-eyed devil म्हणाले...

320Busdriver said...

I can't contain my joy.

10/1/18, 3:12 PM

It is thrilling. I had crushes on Yount and Molitor back in the day. I well remember the excitement of the '82 season. Such moments for Brewer fans are few and far between - I'm hungry for more wins!

Ann Althouse म्हणाले...

If the season series was a tie breaker the 2 teams would have headed into the last weekend with different stakes, Chicago knowing it only needed to get to a tie, and Milwaukee alone tasked with getting to better than a tie. That would have been very annoying.