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  1. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Tough one tonight. The way I look at it is that we're a significant underdog for the bye no matter how you slice it. Philly is better roster wise and has an easier schedule, plus the inside track on the tiebreaker should that come into play. Our hopes for that really come down to sweeping the Phils. Two of three that series just probably isn't going to be enough, especially when that series comes right after a west coast trip. We actually go @Giants, @DBacks, home Phils, home DBacks, which is just a murderous stretch. During that same run, Philly has home Rays, home Mets, @Brewers, @Mets. That's tough, but not quite as bad, I don't think. They also close with the Nats, while we'll get the likely to be scrapping for their lives Mets. Point is: I want to wrap the division and then be as fresh as we can. Would love to see the Mets and Braves having to gut everything to win that last WC. I'm not giving up on the bye, but we're probably 2.5 to 1 underdogs for that no matter how you slice it. Foot on the gas for now. Champagne is coming.
  2. Cool Hand Lucroy
    I guess the silver lining is that Helsley is going to throw more pitches and that may help a little for tomorrow. Cards pen has been worked pretty hard this series.
  3. Cool Hand Lucroy
    A little surprised you're not walking Goldy there to set up a potential double play with the platoon advantage. I guess I get the argument that one run doesn't necessarily beat you, but, even still, that 0-2 pitch was way too nice.
  4. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Civale has been pretty much what we wanted/needed. An important arm, and a good pickup. Still, I trust him very little and want no part of him on the postseason roster.
  5. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Cubs also have to catch the Mets...harder to be chasing two teams. The next week probably tells the tale on their season. If they get out these next 8 (Skenes plus 6 versus the Yankees and Dodgers) still only back 2 or 3, they'll be right there and probably feeling good. If they're 4 or 5 back and chasing multiple teams, though, that's going to be tough. Mets are sneaky, sneaky hanging in there and may end up just staying in Milwaukee for six games since they close out their season at AmFam. I'll hope we clinch the bye, though.
  6. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Cubs have the Pirates again coming up (though they will face Skenes), but then they have six against the Yankees and Dodgers. After that, they go to Coors, which makes for weird things. I'll never count out the appearance of September Craig, but it's going to be really tough for them if they're even 3-4 back with 14 to go. They have 3 against the Phillies still too. It's a pretty easy schedule overall, but they're in a really, really tough spot.
  7. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Because being eliminated by the Cubs or Cardinals in the playoffs, after running away with the division, would be absolutely horrible. Intolerable. Rather not risk it. Too emotionally fraught.
  8. Cool Hand Lucroy
    I'm kind of in a weird spot with this team, feeling super impatient to just win the division already while also knowing we just have to be okay, while also feeling like slightly hopeful we can get the 2-seed, while also really, really wanting the other NL teams to stick ahead of the Cubs and Cards so that there's no shot we have to play one of them to open the playoffs. Then that Langeliers AB about broke my brain. It's hard to thread the needle between being realistic and greedy. I was really confident we'd be better than people thought this year, but the plus 100 run differential and 10-game division lead with 32 to go (assuming this result holds today) has exceeded my wildest expectations.
  9. Cool Hand Lucroy
    12-7 in August if this goes in the "L" column. You're not going to lose the division playing like that. I never really thought we had a shot at a bye, so that's why yesterday and today sting more than they should. Still. Keep playing good baseball, and we'll be able to say we own the Central. I love that.
  10. Cool Hand Lucroy
    To be back to +6.5 feels good, given that it could easily be 4.5. It's two days, but that feels like a big difference.
  11. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Just watching the Turang play again, and it's frustration. I think it was hit slow, he was deep in the hole, and when he took a second to look at Willy, he probably felt like he had to go to second. I'm more upset that he made a bad throw than that he went to 2nd. I took advantage of the ASB and tuned out from Brewers news for a while, but I was surprised to see Civale starting this game. Seems like Rea is clearly our best rotation option, so a little weird to see him held back for Monday, though I can see wanting him to pitch against the division. I mention that because I think we're going to need about 6 runs to win today.
  12. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Agree. And, hey, I think Tampa (and everyone) should be nervous trading with us. In all seriousness, two teams in MLB consistently outperform market size, payroll, and projections, and it's us and them. Might as well swap with them. Adames trade worked out just fine.
  13. Cool Hand Lucroy
    This team. Wow. Give Megill a day tomorrow, man. And maybe let's win comfortably?
  14. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Past time to move on from Berhalter, I think. Turkey-Austria was an incredible game, though.
  15. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Hoskins is essentially on this roster to hit the ball in the air, right?
  16. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Let's get 4!
  17. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Can't throw strikes, and dude is up there hacking. We would be going nuts if the roles were reversed. And now tied. Coors is not fun.
  18. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Peguero having no concept of the strike zone lately is not a good development. Need him good with Koenig down.
  19. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Two double-plays have really hurt. Jackson smoked that, though.
  20. Cool Hand Lucroy
    This has the feel of, like, 11-9.
  21. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Yeah, I loved playing in Detroit because that's the perfect ballpark for a good defense and pitch-to-contact guys. Coors is more of a struggle. The team speed helps, but balls in play find holes in that place, and it's going to make for a difficult series. Good news is, our contact offense will benefit too.
  22. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Following on Gameday. What happened? Something on the Ortiz bunt? Did they rule it fair when it should have been foul or something?
  23. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Big CONCACAF energy in this US-Uruguay game. It's been weird, ugly, and the refereeing has been so comically bad it looks match-fixy (not saying it is, but I've seen some awful soccer halves, and this is one of the worst). The Euros have seen all the big boys through, which is fun. Spain-Germany is a glorious QF. Rooting for Austria, as they are very, very fun. Slovenia really should've put Portugal away at the end of extra time. Just couldn't find the finishing touch, and then were very tame in the shootout (some great goalkeeping from Portugal too.
  24. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Yeah, not a well-payed game on either side today. We lost, and it happens. Giving the matchups, a split of these first 2 seems good. Freddy is always inconsistent, but the offense really hasn't shown up other than the Chuorio swing on Friday (which was also a wall-scraper). A 4-2 homestand is fine, but 5-1 would be awesome. I'm just gonna say it. The Cubs may beat us tomorrow (and may well win the season series), but without some reliable bullpen arms and probably another hitter, they do not seem built to contend.
  25. Cool Hand Lucroy
    Was hoping to steal this one today, and we still could. But we definitely don't deserve it.
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