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Mets lose to Marlins

LOL, those Mets announcers were begging. 8-4 Marlins. BTW, Mets-Marlins is MLB.TV free game of the day.

Ramirez beat the throw. Challenge

I don't think a one loss ND gets in over a 1 loss Big Ten champ unless the Badgers get blown out in Columbus. They were only #7 coming in this week and will drop a bit, their schedule just isn't tough enough the rest of the way for the committee to overlook the conference champion criteria no matter how much they want to. Of course there are other variables, maybe OSU loses 3 other times and Wisconsin's schedule ends up looking sort of weak as well. I think 8 teams is the right number, seed the teams and give the top 4 home games the week after the conference championships and then have the same final 4 format as now. Then you also have the power 5 championships as play in games as well which should boost ratings there. Seems like a no brainer to me but it will be a few more years before they change it I am sure. I don't think a one loss ND gets in over a 1 loss Big Ten champ unless the Badgers get blown out in Columbus. They were only #7 coming in this week and will drop a bit, their schedule just isn't tough enough the rest of the way for the committee to overlook the conference champion criteria no matter how much they want to. Of course there are other variables, maybe OSU loses 3 other times and Wisconsin's schedule ends up looking sort of weak as well. If ND suffers one loss there's no way they get in the playoff. It was pretty well known they were a fraud team last year as an undefeated team, and it showed in their semi final game. Which BTW is a perfect reason not to expand to a field of eight. The two semi final games were bloodbaths. What do you think quarterfinal games are going to look like?

Doom and gloom would happen if we got swept by the reds. But we are in such a good spot that even if we revert to the early season salvage game brewers we will be fine That's pretty much what I was saying. In a nutshell, a whole lot would have to go wrong to miss the playoffs.

I think people are making this much more gloom and doom than this has to be. All the Brewers have to do is go 3-3 against a couple bad teams and it's all over, and even if they go 2-4 the Mets and Cubs would still have to go undefeated the rest of the way just to force a tie, and we own the tiebreaker over both those teams.

Washington has eight games in the next seven days as opposed to our six. They should be nice and worn out by the time we likely play next week. And Scherzer hasn't been exactly Cy Young this month. 4.94 ERA in September. If I were Martinez I would throw Strasburg at us, or maybe he'd even go bullpen game.

Yes, and on everyone else still alive in the Wild Card race.

What a time to be alive.

You gotta admit though, deep down you're loving the fact that the Cubs are imploding again in September.

And now gives up a leadoff triple to start the ninth in a one run game.

We could use some insurance runs here.

Let's not blow this game.

So are these must win games for the Cubs and Mets?

The last time Aaron Rodgers was elite, Despacito was atop Billboard charts and Hacksaw Ridge was nominated for best picture. He's been pretty average since.

Looks like heavy rain for the game today, if not thunderstorms. That would be awesome to see.

Not even a question. 5 game series. Brewers stand a way better chance in that scenario than a 7 gamer. Yes, definitely five.

If they hold this three game lead after tomorrow they should be set. A two game lead could realistically fall apart in 6 games...3? That would take a lot going wrong. A 4-3 record the rest of the way will eliminate the Mets and clinch at least a tie with the Cubs. Given our remaining schedule, I'd say the odds are pretty good.

That should pretty much do it for a wild card berth.

The theme to Happy Days.

When's the last time a team won back to back 10-1 games against one team?

The Pirates are on Tigers and Orioles level. How did they ever play .500 ball before the ASB?

I can't wait for Knebel to come back from Tommy John surgery.