Cubs vs Indians I-WS-T

[Frayed Knot]

You can question Maddon's pitcher use, but every move he's made off the bench has worked out tonight: Ross, Almora, Montero

[Edgy MD]

Trevor Bauer?

Did he say Trevor Bauer?

[Centerfield]

I know we are about evenly divided here, but I can't see how anyone here can root for Ben Fucking Zobrist. Fuck these Cubs man.

[Zvon]

Every time I tweeted this Harry Caray card the Cubs scored the following inning. Lucky Harry.
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[Frayed Knot]

Zvon wrote: I will climb under my desk if Chapman comes out in the bottom frame.

It depends on the size of the lead. If the Cubs get four or more runs then Maddon is going to bring in Bastardo.

[Zvon]

Frayed Knot wrote: Zvon wrote: I will climb under my desk if Chapman comes out in the bottom frame. It depends on the size of the lead. If the Cubs get four or more runs Maddon is going to bring in Bastardo.

*grabs chest*

[Edgy MD]

Bauer!

[Frayed Knot]

Looks like Carl Edwards to try and close it out.
I guess he's not racing on the NASCAR circuit this week.

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Oh wait, this is Carl Edwards [u:tce642jd]Jr[/u:tce642jd] ... probably the driver's son.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Napoli just swung at a pitch way out of the zone.

[Frayed Knot]

Man there's a lot of Cubs fans there tonight.

[Edgy MD]

That's the way to get a baserunner.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

tying run to the plate...

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Rain delay seemed to have sucked the momentum away from the Indians.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

oh wow

[Edgy MD]

Three more bases, Indians.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Wow!

[Guest themetfairy]

Is Mookie Wilson in the house?

[Frayed Knot]

This Michael Martinez guy (coming up) played briefly for the Phils a couple years ago (2011-12) but I barely remember him.
He's the last guy on Francona's bench and he's a career .197 hitter (534 ABs). He's their Eric Campbell you might say.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

The freaking Cubs.

[Guest themetfairy]

And that's the game!

[Frayed Knot]

All those guys wearing blue have already paid for their final drink in the city of Chicago for the rest of their lives.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

Back to the Future was a year off.

[Centerfield]

God I hate the Cubs.

Baseball is over. Sucks.

[Frayed Knot]

And so begins THE VOID.

[Guest Mets Guy in Michigan]

I hate the off-season already.

[Fman99]

I miss baseball.

[Zvon]

Yep, that's Bob Newhart up there.

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[Zvon]

[Chad ochoseis]

Ah, what if? What if Jose Ramirez hadn't gotten himself picked off in the second in front of Chisenhall's single? What if Terry had seen that Kluber didn't have it (even his outs were hard, and he was lucky that Schwarber ran the Cubs out of the third inning) and brought in Miller sooner. Or taken a flyer on Salazar or Merritt? What if he'd pinch hit Naquin instead of Gomes for Perez in the 8th? What if there hadn't been a rain delay screwing with Shaw's momentum?

Well, what the hell. It was the most exciting game I've ever seen. It would have been an exciting game if it were a mid-May game between the Angels and the Rays, and not Game 7 of the WS. First post-season game I've ever attended in my life.

Though right now, I feel like crap. I yelled more than somewhat at the game, and afterwards had to make sure my buddy (an actual Indians fan) was OK, and then got to bike home from the ballpark after the sprinkle of rain that you saw on TV turned into a steady pour.

The weather, otherwise, was strangely perfect - partly cloudy, mid-sixties, no wind. Worth mentioning because Cleveland doesn't get that kind of weather in November.

The Progressive Field scoreboard is the one we wish we had. No ads, giant screen, clear and informative - provides names and uni numbers of every player on the field, plus clear replays, an informative scoreboard, etc., etc.

That wild pitch in the 5th that scored two runs...I only saw part of the field and had no idea what happened. I'll still have to try to find a replay of it to understand it.

As was noted on the board, the Cubs defense was pretty bad. But they sure can hit.

The Cubs fans were generally fine, despite the post I made during the game. There was a group in front of us acting kind of douchy but, to be fair, my friend egged them on (and I'll admit to yelling "Wait till next century" at them after the Rajai Davis home run). But good for the Cubs; they were the best team in the majors this year by any reasonable measure.

Thanks, everyone, for indulging my brazen affair with the Indians. Looking forward to watching a Metly WS in 2017.

[TransMonk]

After having missed most of the series before it, I tuned in during the pitch just before the Davis HR, so of course I had to keep watching until the end...though, I did it with the volume turned down.