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I'm glad I was too busy to log on earlier to say what a gutless bunch of mediocrities we are and how Counsell is giving away games. 😶

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Great comeback!!! WOOOT!

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This has to be one of more satisfying wins of this season.

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I once read a backgammon book called "The Cruellest Game" that compared backgammon to baseball managing. Sometimes you make the best decision dictated by the odds, but the dice screw you over; other t

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Just think. If Ross hadn't gone to the lefty in the 7th, it would've been Winker hitting the 3-run double.😁

Seriously, how great must it feel to join a team, not have time to really get comfortable, and then do what Jones did. Welcome to Milwaukee, indeed.

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43 minutes ago, markedman5 said:

Manager gets all.of the blame and little credit……CC has pressed all the right buttons today…….

I have been thinking that as I listen to Rotino go on and on about how Counsell outwitted Ross by setting up the Kay vs Jones matchup. 
 

If Jones pops up the first pitch you’d be hearing “how can you put a guy like that up there in that spot, and then he swings at the first pitch”. 
 

This is the same manager that was.scalded on this board on Friday for mismanaging the bullpen. 

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All because Brian & Mrs Anderson got prolific with their bad selves sometime last October...

"I was flicking through the channels on the TV, on a Sunday in Milwaukee in the rain,
Trying to piece together conversations ... Trying to find out where to lay the blame"

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Just now, valpocrewsader said:

All because Brian & Mrs Anderson got prolific with their bad selves sometime last October...

Oh, is that the story? That's pretty cool.

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16 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I have been thinking that as I listen to Rotino go on and on about how Counsell outwitted Ross by setting up the Kay vs Jones matchup. 
 

If Jones pops up the first pitch you’d be hearing “how can you put a guy like that up there in that spot, and then he swings at the first pitch”. 
 

This is the same manager that was.scalded on this board on Friday for mismanaging the bullpen. 

He didn't mismanage the bullpen Friday night. He did what he could with the hand he dealt himself.

He certainly deserves credit today because I think he did indeed "set up" the matchup. If he felt Ross wouldn't make a change he much more likely goes to Tellez rather than Winker.

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13 minutes ago, BruisedCrew said:

I have been thinking that as I listen to Rotino go on and on about how Counsell outwitted Ross by setting up the Kay vs Jones matchup. 
 

If Jones pops up the first pitch you’d be hearing “how can you put a guy like that up there in that spot, and then he swings at the first pitch”. 
 

This is the same manager that was.scalded on this board on Friday for mismanaging the bullpen. 

I once read a backgammon book called "The Cruellest Game" that compared backgammon to baseball managing. Sometimes you make the best decision dictated by the odds, but the dice screw you over; other times you do something dumb and the dice save you.   

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32 minutes ago, Nola Beery said:

I once read a backgammon book called "The Cruellest Game" that compared backgammon to baseball managing. Sometimes you make the best decision dictated by the odds, but the dice screw you over; other times you do something dumb and the dice save you.   

Yep, that's what happened when I used to play baseball board games like APBA and Strat-O-Matic!

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1 hour ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

I always liked the L flag that covered like a whole section of the upper deck.

You mean this one?

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2 hours ago, treego14 said:

Yep, that's what happened when I used to play baseball board games like APBA and Strat-O-Matic!

I was an avid Strat O Matic player back in my college and grad school days in the 70’s. 
 

The thing there is that, unlike real baseball, if you know what you’re doing, the precise mathematical probabilities are staring you in the face. But many times the dice and cards wouldn’t produce the desired result. At least there you knew you made the correct move and could just blame bad luck. Plus, there were no fans telling you how stupid you are.

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2 hours ago, Jim French Stepstool said:

He didn't mismanage the bullpen Friday night. He did what he could with the hand he dealt himself.

He certainly deserves credit today because I think he did indeed "set up" the matchup. If he felt Ross wouldn't make a change he much more likely goes to Tellez rather than Winker.

The second guessing on the board on Friday wasn’t so much that he made a mistake on Friday but that his mistake on Tuesday (using Wilson for an inning) put him in the position he got into on Friday.

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6 hours ago, Brewcrew82 said:

The Cubs do, in fact, have a mediocre bullpen...

Actually, the Cubs bullpen entered Monday with a 1.06 ERA in the past 17 games since June 13, the best in the MLB.

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7 minutes ago, Sixtolezcano said:

Actually, the Cubs bullpen entered Monday with a 1.06 ERA in the past 17 games since June 13, the best in the MLB.

20 odd days does not a bullpen define. For the entire season, the Cubs' bullpen is 15th in ERA and 23rd in WPA. The definition of mediocre...

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4 hours ago, BruisedCrew said:

The second guessing on the board on Friday wasn’t so much that he made a mistake on Friday but that his mistake on Tuesday (using Wilson for an inning) put him in the position he got into on Friday.

 That's my point. "Scalded on Friday for mismanaging the pen" insinuates he was accused of mismanaging on Friday. If you didn't mean that, apologies.

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