SeaBass

If forced to choose I'd rather lose to the Padres than the Cubs but yeah, there's no question that the Cubs would be the easier matchup. So let's just beat whichever team we get. The caveat that comes with the Padres defeating the Brewers in the NLDS is that they're an easy team to root for after that. Albeit with some reservation when it comes to Machado being on that team but it's the SD fans that deserve a championship. There's really no other team in the NL field I'd want to root for other than SD.

If we're doing Benjamin's let's do it right.

ONE HUNDRED WINS!!

It's impressive to watch the mental part of the game work its magic on a player. It's kind of a miracle that Harrison got one guy out on a great defensive play from Mitchell.

Our only hope is the Jets remembering that they're the Jets.

When the first half ended tied at 7 I said to myself, "And that was their good half."

Keeping Matt Lafleur around doesn't make the organization any more attractive to outside potential hires either. Incompetence is a disease that affects the whole entity until it's cleaned out.

Everyone knows but this isn't the NBA where only the top 10 picks in the first round matter. Still wouldn't prevent a ho hum AJ Hawk #5 overall pick if they had one.

FWIW Bradford Doolittle has Henderson 4th on his ROY rankings. There's some interesting commentary about Miz's Cy Young resume in here as well. https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/49895021/mlb-2026-awards-watch-september-mvp-cy-young-al-nl-rookie-manager-year

Cubs bullpen doing Cubs bullpen type things.

Research be damned, this has to be the answer. 😂

I've done zero research but I think it's a combination of things. As stated, pitchers aren't doing it in the first place so to ask them to start doing it invites bad throws by the pitcher himself when that hasn't been part of their routine in general for a long time now. I don't remember the last time I've seen a pitch out, for all I know it could be a decade? Longer? Pitchers don't even do that type of throw for intentional walks anymore. With the general lack of base stealing (compared to the days when Rickey Henderson was swiping 100 by himself) I just don't think teams want to create more errors. I also don't feel like they're as concerned with teams being successful on attempted steals. A steal in and of itself doesn't typically create an immediate run. You can still pitch yourself out of the inning.

Try searching videos on youtube. There's a video for everything.

That's always the danger, yes. I feel like it's going to be painful anyway if they lose, it will have an extra edge if they lose to the Cubs but winning that matchup would also be pretty sweet. These two teams are electric when they play each other, good baseball is worth the risk. I'm not really saying I want it either but the Cubs have flaws and the Brewers have gotten the better of them more often than not.