MLB: ***Official 2018 Chicago Cubs Season Thread***
- Thread starter chuckd4735
- Start date
LOL... What a sorry excuse. Brewer fans are the best!
https://www.nbcsports.com/chicago/c...-idea-brewers-miller-park-wrigley-north-rizzo
You guys were a lot more tolerable when you were the loveable losers. Now you are just the unbearable bastards. Can't wait until you suck again. Makes me miss Steinbrenner
I don't have a lot to say about the theory espoused here, but I read somewhere about the size of Chicago relative to the entire state of Wisconsin (and the close proximity between the two cities) and why Cubs fans would flock en masse to Brewtown. I watch quite a bit of baseball - including Cubs games - and the presence of Cubs fans at ANY ballpark is fairly high (albeit - not 50%). Heck, during the Cubs season a couple years ago, I was watching them play Arizona IN ARIZONA - there were LOTS of Cub fans in attendance and they seemed to be louder than the home team fans. The reality is that the Cubs are a national brand and they are going to have a decent contingency of fans at any ballpark - especially now that they are winning. Also, the Brewers have the 10th highest average attendance (even if you take away ALL the Cubs fans tickets at Miller Park). This is pretty good for a small market club.
You'll likely be saying the same thing come October when your team is sitting on their couches watching the Cardinals and Diamondbacks play for the Wildcard.
CycloneErik
Well-Known Member
J.D. thinks it's due to the catcher having the ball, but I'm not sure.
I think cause he had the ball. Once you have the ball you can block the plate as much as you want (if I remember the rules correctly). You just have to leave a lane while you’re receiving it
Late to the party on posting about last night but it's a shame Maples can't find the strike zone consistently with that nasty slider he has. That pitch has so much movement for him but it's like watching the Wild Thing Ricky Vaughn when he pitches. Stuff looks great but have no idea where the pitch is going.
Sucks about Morrow but I think the pen is in pretty good shape for the playoffs still. Unlike the regular season Joe tends to be stingy in the playoffs with his bullpen and will use his best guys multiple innings if he has to. Right now I see the pitching staff shaping up like this:
Rotation:
Lester
Hamels (the way he is pitching right now should be #1 but have to go with Lester's track record in the postseason)
Hendricks
Quintana
Bullpen
Montgomery
Chavez
Chishek
Edwards
Wilson
Rosario
Strop
Rosario probably the odd man out if Morrow happens to make it back. Kintzler and De La Rosa have shown me nothing to trust them in a tight spot and I doubt Garcia will either. Duensing and Chatwood have been horrible too so doubt they are under consideration at this point. Monty and Chavez can give you quality multiple innings and Chishek can go 1+ sometimes too. Obviously having Morrow makes that bridge to the closer a lot better but Joe seems to pick his spots in the playoffs well where he'd bring in someone like Monty to get 2+ innings out of him in a double switch. Look at how he was not afraid to bring in Chapman in for multiple innings which almost bit him in the World Series but he usually does not mess around in a tight spot in a playoff game and will go to his best guy to get out of it if he has to.
Sucks about Morrow but I think the pen is in pretty good shape for the playoffs still. Unlike the regular season Joe tends to be stingy in the playoffs with his bullpen and will use his best guys multiple innings if he has to. Right now I see the pitching staff shaping up like this:
Rotation:
Lester
Hamels (the way he is pitching right now should be #1 but have to go with Lester's track record in the postseason)
Hendricks
Quintana
Bullpen
Montgomery
Chavez
Chishek
Edwards
Wilson
Rosario
Strop
Rosario probably the odd man out if Morrow happens to make it back. Kintzler and De La Rosa have shown me nothing to trust them in a tight spot and I doubt Garcia will either. Duensing and Chatwood have been horrible too so doubt they are under consideration at this point. Monty and Chavez can give you quality multiple innings and Chishek can go 1+ sometimes too. Obviously having Morrow makes that bridge to the closer a lot better but Joe seems to pick his spots in the playoffs well where he'd bring in someone like Monty to get 2+ innings out of him in a double switch. Look at how he was not afraid to bring in Chapman in for multiple innings which almost bit him in the World Series but he usually does not mess around in a tight spot in a playoff game and will go to his best guy to get out of it if he has to.
Get ******. Your franchise is and always will be ass. At least when we suck we hold a nationwide following. Nobody gives a rat's ass what the Brewers do outside of ****** Milwaukee and it couldn't be more obvious by the amount of Cubs fans that consistently take over Miller Park. Miler Park is to Cubs fans what the Sprint Center is to Iowa State fans.
Funny, Brewers fans were much more tolerable before the Cubs started winning IMO. It seems seeing a club like the Cubs turn it around and start winning has turned them in to a bunch of whiny little *******.
Miss Steinbrenner? There is still a Steinbrenner in charge and they are the third best team in baseball and play in a different league than the Cubs and Brewers.
The Brewers were a lot more tolerable before they put the Wisconsin resident ticket plan in place. Their fans suck so much.
