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  1. I think intangibles are meaningful, but I'd still bet on math. I do agree about the Cubs schedule being tougher in actuality than in theory. My take is: there's SO much baseball that most of it is meaningless. In order to make it meaningful, we pile all kinds of emotional narratives on top of it. Sometimes, this makes things joyful and borderline mystical (the 14-game streak, Uecker magic, etc.). Sometimes, it makes things stressful and gut-wrenching (the last three days). In both cases, the emotional narrative is valid and meaningful but missing significant parts of the underlying reality. This is why I find baseball to be a good teacher. It is constantly forcing you to evaluate your subjective experience against things more objective. That back and forth is very human.
  2. Another way to look at it is that the Cubs have a three-city West Coast trip, and the Braves and Rockies are two of the hottest teams in baseball. Even the Nats are playing better. It's not a hard schedule in theory, but the timing is better for the Brewers.
  3. Hope you're right. I'll be shocked if anyone gets one out tonight, though. Mis had 4 bad ABs, the Cubs got one big hit, and our offense left a small village on the basepaths. Frustrating results, but we haven't been that bad these last two days.
  4. Folks, Siegler is going to bunt. He's a great bunter, which almost no one in baseball is. This is the brand of baseball we play.
  5. Have we turned a double play this series? I recall one Monday, I think? Cubs must have 4 or 5.
  6. I like BA, but he's driving me nuts this series. So much table-setting and trying to call it like a national event. No need to hype it up, dude. It's a few baseball games in August.
  7. Respect, but I don't buy mentally deflating at all. Watching these guys every day, there's no way any of them believed they had this thing won. If anything, losing these games (and we're still along way from that tonight, let alone tomorrow), is a chance to refocus and know you have to keep battling because there's a lot to play for (which is a reminder they did not require).
  8. I love Perkins, but yeah. He's a fringe bottom of the order starter/4th OF type. Kind of amazing we've managed this run without Chourio. I'll be unpopular and give the Cubs credit for their last 22 innings. The bottom of their order has really produced good ABs. They've been doing what we do. Good news is, 22 innings of a baseball season means....bupkis.
  9. At this point, you have to appreciate the baseball gods. They are making up for the last month in three days here. That Siegler ball was scalded.
  10. I think a lot of it is just trust the fastball. He was throwing a lot of first pitch sliders and curves, and that wasn't what got him through the first two so clean.
  11. Alright. Have a feeling the Cubs are going to regret not getting that run in from third.
  12. Great AB from Suzuki. Love the smile from Miz. He's like "if that's the wind here, I'm just throwing cheese." Seriously, though, great body language from the kid tonight. Looks dialed in.
  13. We covered this in the game thread yesterday, y'all. The tiebreaker is worth half a game. (mostly blue)
  14. I hearted, but I also would not stay up until 1 AM if I were in your shoes. That's being a fan right there.
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