Cubs Fans...

[blueNDgold44]

So, if the Mets win, deGrom wouldn't pitch vs the Cubs until game 3. If the Dodgers win, Kershaw not until game 2 & Greinke not until game 3

 

[ND NYC]

Congrats to all the Cubs Fans on advancing!

This Yankee fan is pulling for you guys to win it all!

 

[johnnycando]

I hope this rest will be a good thing. I think it should be.

I want the Mets. I think they offer less of a challenge in the way of pitching.

But their bats are solid.

At this point, you just gotta beat the team in front of you. They're all solid.

 

[johnnycando]

I prayed for the lord's favor boys.

The old saying is, baseball is Gods favorite sport.

We need it.

 

[BobbyMac]

Hulk smash!

 

[blueNDgold44]

Where do they get these home plate umpires from?

 

[FLDomer]

Where do they get these home plate umpires from?

New York

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Where do they get these home plate umpires from?

I've been in favor of using the K-zone technology for balls in strikes for a few years now.

We know what a strike is. We have the technology. We have stats for how often umpires get it right and how much they get it wrong. A decent game is only 90-95% accurate. That means that 1 in 10 or 20 is the incorrect call. We know that. If we know it, why rely on human error?

 

[FLDomer]

Jesus, Castro is slow!

 

[BobbyMac]

I've been in favor of using the K-zone technology for balls in strikes for a few years now.

We know what a strike is. We have the technology. We have stats for how often umpires get it right and how much they get it wrong. A decent game is only 90-95% accurate. That means that 1 in 10 or 20 is the incorrect call. We know that. If we know it, why rely on human error?

That's a fancentric position. It looks bad on tv but players don't care as long as it's consistent during the same game. It's the #1 most important aspect of the game... the ump establishes the zone, the pitcher reacts to that zone and then the hitters reacts to how the pitcher uses the zone the ump has set.. It's also the least understood part of the game unfortunately.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Bullsh*t ground rule double. The player should have at least attempted to find the ball in the Ivy. Lucky break losers


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[BobbyMac]

When the Cubs come back and win this, all Cub fans should say a prayer and thank former Sox owner Bill Veeck for planting the ivy that saved that run.

 

[NDdomer2]

Where exactly is tomato east?

 

[IrishJayhawk]

That's a fancentric position. It looks bad on tv but players don't care as long as it's consistent during the same game. It's the #1 most important aspect of the game... the ump establishes the zone, the pitcher reacts to that zone and then the hitters reacts to how the pitcher uses the zone the ump has set.. It's also the least understood part of the game unfortunately.

I understand the concept. But it's ridiculous. The strike zone is an established thing. The umpire isn't supposed to have his own particular zone (apologies to Eric Gregg). If we can get the call right, we should get the call right.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Bullsh*t ground rule double. The player should have tomato east attempt to find the ball in the Ivy. Lucky break losers


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It's helped us, it's hurt us. The ground rules are clearly established and known by everyone. It's particularly frustrating when it sticks in the ivy in the early part of the season. The rule still applies if it's stuck even if you can see the ball.

 

[NDdomer2]

The umpires are supposed to be graded on the strike zone technology similar to what you see on TV.

 

[BobbyMac]

Bullsh*t ground rule double. The player should have tomato east attempt to find the ball in the Ivy. Lucky break losers


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Ok, I'll bite. Why is a Yankee fan giving the Cubs grief for a ground rule double that's been around for 50 years...when they're playing the Mets?

 

[BobbyMac]

I understand the concept. But it's ridiculous. The strike zone is an established thing. The umpire isn't supposed to have his own particular zone (apologies to Eric Gregg). If we can get the call right, we should get the call right.

Numbers to the knees? There is no real strike zone and no ump has a set zone. They can change from day to day. It's just a part of the game that can't be dehumanized.

 

[Sherm Sticky]

Ok, I'll bite. Why is a Yankee fan giving the Cubs grief for a ground rule double that's been around for 50 years...when they're playing the Mets?

I'm a Yankees fan and I know I should hate the Mets, but they are my national league team. The mets are just loveable. Plus I like to see the Cubs suffer, don't want that to ever end.


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[BobbyMac]

Damn... Bruce Banner is in left.

 

[arahop]

Bullsh*t ground rule double. The player should have tomato east attempt to find the ball in the Ivy. Lucky break losers


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eat daniel murphys dick. Aren't you a yankee fan.. Ya joke

 

[arahop]

I'm a Yankees fan and I know I should hate the Mets, but they are my national league team. The mets are just loveable. Plus I like to see the Cubs suffer, don't want that to ever end.


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Oh so you like 2 teams? That's cute who's your second favorite college team? You sound like a band wagon jumper to me

 

[BobbyMac]

I'm a Yankees fan and I know I should hate the Mets, but they are my national league team. The mets are just loveable. Plus I like to see the Cubs suffer, don't want that to ever end.


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Ok... I'm the same way. I'm a White Sox fan first but this Cubs team.... because of Schwarber is easy for me to get behind.

I never thought this was this year but they are going to load up on starters in the off season and these kids will win a World Series. It's scientifically impossible for them not too.

It's the greatest story left to tell in sports.

Lastly... There are more ND / Cubs fans that any other ND combination so you should show your ND brothers a little love. It's not like they're Redskin or Cowboy fans.

 

[Crazy Balki]

I'm a Yankees fan and I know I should hate the Mets, but they are my national league team. The mets are just loveable. Plus I like to see the Cubs suffer, don't want that to ever end.


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Strangely enough, I'm a White Sox fan, but I'm actually half-rooting for the Mets. 1) because I've gotten really tired of the Cubs story being shoved down our throats. 2) because the Mets are basically the White Sox of New York. They're marred by horrible management for years, finally get a good season and still get no respect.

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Numbers to the knees? There is no real strike zone and no ump has a set zone. They can change from day to day. It's just a part of the game that can't be dehumanized.

It can and should.

Umpires: Strike Zone | MLB.com

It's not arbitrary. Umps don't get to have an opinion about it. If we can determine how accurate an ump is, we can get more calls right than they do.

 

[Crazy Balki]

Ok... I'm the same way. I'm a White Sox fan first but this Cubs team.... because of Schwarber is easy for me to get behind.

I never thought this was this year but they are going to load up on starters in the off season and these kids will win a World Series. It's scientifically impossible for them not too.

It's the greatest story left to tell in sports.

Lastly... There are more ND / Cubs fans that any other ND combination so you should show your ND brothers a little love. It's not like they're Redskin or Cowboy fans.

My family thought the same about the 94 White Sox...

 

[IrishJayhawk]

Strangely enough, I'm a White Sox fan, but I'm actually half-rooting for the Mets. 1) because I've gotten really tired of the Cubs story being shoved down our throats. 2) because the Mets are basically the White Sox of New York. They're marred by horrible management for years, finally get a good season and still get no respect.

It's a 36 game turn around in 3 years...24 games this year alone. It's one hell of a story. Deserves all the attention that it's gotten.

And the Mets season has been good, not great, for most of the year. They've been on a fantastic run and they're also a great story. They deserve the press they're getting now. Starting pitching is sick.

 

[ACamp1900]

My fav player in all of sports who doesn't play for one of my teams is Curtis Granderson... He's an all timer in my book ( person as much as player). Plus part of me, from a neutral standpoint of course, thinks Americana will lose something once the Cubs win a title. I'd love to see the Cubs win this game but I'm def gong for the Mets to win the whole thing...

 

[BobbyMac]

My family thought the same about the 94 White Sox...

...and maybe they would have had the seaon not got cut short. Big Hurt would have put up a top 5 of all time stat season had it gone 162.

These Cubs are young and cheap. The pitching they add this off season will make them a shoe in for at least one WS.

 

[ACamp1900]

Expos won the 94 World Series, it is known.