Cubs vs Indians I-WS-T

[Chad ochoseis]

Don't know if this got beyond the Cleveland media and went national...

http://fox8.com/2016/10/28/indians-fans-create-wedding-registry-for-joe-buck-and-cubs-kyle-schwarber/

[dinosaur jesus]

Joe Buck isn't a patch on his father. But I couldn't stand Jack either. He had an authoritative, almost bullying, tone, like a high school principal explaining why you deserved that detention. Kalas was another one like that. I guess it was a style left over from radio; you hear something like it in the old newsreels on TCM. Joe just sounds like a know-it-all who doesn't know shit.

[Guest cooby]

Hey they aren't playing tonight. I didn't have to wear this shirt.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think I read that Joe Buck offered to step aside for Vin Scully, but Scully declined. I'll have to see if I can find a link. ON EDIT: http://www.americansportscastersonline.com/buckscullyworldseries.html

Doesn't mean Fox would've let him. Hell, the power went out and Fox wouldn't even let Matt Vasgersian and Smoltz lead the show last year during the WS.

[Guest d'Kong76]

Chi. Cubs at Cleveland
When: 8:00 PM ET, Tuesday, November 1, 2016
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
SportsDirect Inc.

The World Series could be decided by the team that gets a lead early and turns things over to the bullpen. The Chicago Cubs finally became that team with the early lead and the dominant reliever in Game 5 and play another elimination game when they visit the Cleveland Indians for Game 6 on Tuesday.

The Cubs, who trail 3-2 in the series, asked Aroldis Chapman to record eight outs in a one-run game Sunday and were rewarded when he allowed one hit and struck out four. "That was our best opportunity," Cubs manager Joe Maddon told reporters of the decision to have Chapman work overtime. "I thought right now, based on the bullpen usage recently, he's actually kind of fresh. He hasn't been overused in the last part of this season nor throughout the playoffs." The Indians, who used left-hander Andrew Miller for multiple innings since the start of the postseason, are keeping things loose while following the lead of manager Terry Francona. "We have the good plane again, so we can fly around for a while," Francona told reporters of the trip back to Cleveland. "I don't care. Then we'll show up whatever day is the next day, and see if we can beat them."

TV: 8 p.m. ET, FOX

PITCHING MATCHUP: Cubs RH Jake Arrieta (1-1, 3.78 ERA) vs. Indians RH Josh Tomlin (2-0, 1.76)

Arrieta took a no-hitter into the sixth inning in Game 2 at Cleveland and ended up with the win, his first of the postseason. The reigning NL Cy Young Award winner had a little trouble controlling his arsenal with three walks, but struck out six. "I just want to execute with quality in and out of the strike zone, and try to get ahead in the count as early and as often as I can to open up some more options for myself," Arrieta told reporters of his approach to Game 6.

Tomlin surrendered two hits in 4 2/3 scoreless innings in Game 3 and was yanked by Francona at the first hint of trouble in a game the Indians went on to win 1-0. The 32-year-old Texan allowed two or fewer runs in each of his last eight appearances going back to the regular season and yielded one home run in that span. Tomlin is going on three days' rest in Game 6 but only threw 58 pitches in Game 3.

WALK-OFFS:
1. Cubs RH Kyle Hendricks would start a potential Game 7 against Indians RH Corey Kluber, who pitched Games 1 and 4.
2. Indians SS Francisco Lindor is batting .421 in the World Series and hit safely in four of five games, going 0-for-3 in the Arrieta-started Game 2.
3. Chicago OF Kyle Schwarber is expected to return to the lineup as DH.

[Frayed Knot]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: Don't know if this got beyond the Cleveland media and went national... http://fox8.com/2016/10/28/indians-fans-create-wedding-registry-for-joe-buck-and-cubs-kyle-schwarber/

That's pretty funny, and even prior to that JCL remarked about about 'Buck's boyfriend coming up' during a Schwarber PH appearance.

But fans always overdo their complaints about announcer rooting bias. At worst announcers root for stories and, like it or not Cleveland, the biggest story this year would be the Cubs winning it all and the second biggest would be the Cubs NOT winning. In most other years the Indians would be the sentimental choice but not this year and not against the Cubs. It had been something like five years since MLB's WS ratings topped those of the NFL's Sunday night game but they did so significantly this week [15.something to around 11) and that's against a Cowboys game on Sunday, and a good Cowboy team at that vs a big city division rival (Philly).
Schwarber is a story within the bigger story so it's not a surprise that the booth latches onto that.

[Guest cooby]

Lol. Joe buck looks pretty in his wedding dress

I've hated the cubs all my life and I would root against them in the WS no matter who they played but certainly against my sons favorite team I hope they get crushed

[Guest d'Kong76]

Prediction: Tribe wins by a touchdown+field goal+safety = 12! Three-day party starts
tonight in Cleveland around 11:47 PM. That's all I got, the crystal has gone dark.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

I get the bias perspective comes from both sides with the national announcers. With Buck I think it's palpable he understands this and to compensate he comes off almost flippant and insincere, as though his real feeling is he hates both teams and would prefer not to be put in this situation in the first place.

[Edgy MD]

Anybody else read the story about a month ago (I think an excerpt from a book) in which he acknowledges his disappearance for a season back around 2011 was due to a paralyzed vocal chord, sustained as a complication from a hairplug surgery — something he has gotten addicted to?

http://www.si.com/tech-media/2016/10/06/joe-buck-fox-book-hair-plugs-surgery-voice

Joe's a crazy guy. He may be the living embodiment of Biff Thunderpants.

[bmfc1]

Joe West, tonight's home plate umpire, was once ejected from a Mariners-Angels game by Leslie Nielsen. It's true!

[G-Fafif]

I've never been a fan of Joe Buck, but he's decidedly not gotten on my nerves this World Series. Smoltz may know pitching, but I wish he'd been as effective against the Mets as he has been as a game analyst.

[MFS62]

Why is Pete Rose part of World Series coverage?
This guy wonders the same thing, on Forbes.com.
http://www.forbes.com/sites/howardcole/2016/11/01/the-normalization-of-pete-rose/#2075c96c68a1

Later

[Guest d'Kong76]

I don't really get the whole Alex and Rose thing, I suppose we all could
come up with 200 candidates better suited for the job but that's showbiz.

[MFS62]

Back to the game. 3-0 Cubs on a Bryantboom and Russell double in the top of the first.

Later

[Zvon]

I cannot believe that ball dropped in, and a WS collision at the plate! Never thought I'd see one of those again.

[Guest themetfairy]

It looks like Chad is going to get to go to tomorrow's game!

[Guest d'Kong76]

My good crystal ball is in the shop.

[metirish]

Well, this sucks

[Chad ochoseis]

themetfairy wrote: It looks like Chad is going to get to go to tomorrow's game!

Upper deck, 1st base side. 3rd row. Don't know the exact section. Prolly away from any cameras, but I'll be the only guy in the park with an Indians cap and a Fafif t-shirt.

Crowd at the 811 Prospect bar still screaming on every pitch. Nobody's conceded this game yet.

[Zvon]

6 RBI for Russell!

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[G-Fafif]

Chad Ochoseis wrote: I'll be the only guy in the park with an Indians cap and a Fafif t-shirt.

Very sharp!

[Frayed Knot]

Madden going to Chapman here is pretty shocking IMO.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Madden going to Chapman here is pretty shocking IMO.

Ditto. Ridin' him like Yogi used to ride Tug.

Huge reversal. And I really thought he was safe, no question, in real time.
I think Chapman hurt his leg there. Trying to hide it walking off the field but he was limping right after the play.

This is getting dramatic.

[Zvon]

Maddon should have pulled Chapman after the RizzoBomb. He won't get thru the 9th. They might not need him tomorrow with all hands on deck.

Indians have a man on 1st, no outs.
9-2 Cubs.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

jeez. don't get thrown out on the bases down by 6 in the 9th!

[Frayed Knot]

And we'll see you tomorrow night. (or later tonight had this game lasted a few more minutes)

[Edgy MD]

There's still time for the Indians to lose that stupid logo before Game Seven.

[MFS62]

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: jeez. don't get thrown out on the bases down by 6 in the 9th!

Is Francona the kind of manager who will verbally skin the guy alive, or will he say nothing and let the player stew in his own juices?

Later

[Edgy MD]

I don't know that any manager drives such basic principles home anymore. It's maddening.

But mercy, we've got a Game 7.

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