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You are here: Home / Open Threads / World Series Game 7

World Series Game 7

by Betty Cracker|  November 2, 20167:50 pm| 391 Comments

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It all comes down to this. Does it get any better than game 7 between two long-suffering, scrappy-ass teams? Totally neutral open thread for the baseball event!

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  1. 1.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 7:51 pm

    GO CUBBIES!!!

  2. 2.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 7:53 pm

    Go Believeland!

  3. 3.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 7:53 pm

    So exciting.

  4. 4.

    Betty Cracker

    November 2, 2016 at 7:53 pm

    @raven: Let’s go, Cubbies! ⚾️

  5. 5.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 7:53 pm

    I’m glad I don’t have a dog in this fight.

  6. 6.

    ? Martin

    November 2, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    Go Patriots!

  7. 7.

    divF

    November 2, 2016 at 7:54 pm

    my plane is waiting in line to take off at O’Hare, so it looks like I’ll be in the air for most of this.

    Or when the meteor hits.

  8. 8.

    Betty Cracker

    November 2, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    Smoltzie is still a sexy beast!

  9. 9.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    I read that first as two “crappy-ass teams” and thought, gee that doesn’t sound totally neutral to me – it’s bound to piss off at least half the people here!

  10. 10.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 7:59 pm

    Aroldis Chapman guaranteed a win.

    Hope he gives up a walk off homer.

  11. 11.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 7:59 pm

    If it somehow goes to extra innings, they should just declare them co-champions.

  12. 12.

    R-Jud

    November 2, 2016 at 8:01 pm

    I don’t understand who could possibly favor an outcome that would make Bill Murray sad. Go Cubs!

  13. 13.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 8:02 pm

    @R-Jud: Or Bob Newhart!

  14. 14.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 8:03 pm

    Well, that ended fast.

  15. 15.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 2, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    Well that escalated quickly!

  16. 16.

    Betty Cracker

    November 2, 2016 at 8:04 pm

    Yeah! That’s the way you start it!

  17. 17.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:05 pm

    How you like that shit Mr Unhittable!

  18. 18.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    November 2, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    How very….

  19. 19.

    jeff

    November 2, 2016 at 8:06 pm

    wow!

  20. 20.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 2, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    @Betty Cracker: The question you should ask is if he still has performance anxiety?

  21. 21.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:08 pm

    Kluber looks like he’s got the nerves.

  22. 22.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 2, 2016 at 8:12 pm

    The meteor strikes in the bottom of the 9th.

    It’s the end of the world as we know it…someone is going to end a very long drought tonight.

    For the sake of the sanity of Bob Newhart and Bill Murray, if no one else…

  23. 23.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:13 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: And me. . .

  24. 24.

    Anonymous At Work

    November 2, 2016 at 8:15 pm

    If the Indians win, it’ll be on a walk-off home run in extra innings.
    If the Cubs win, they’ll need 1-2 scares.
    I’ve been calling this for days.
    Also, someone check on Obama, Clinton, and Nate Silver.

  25. 25.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 8:15 pm

    OT: Anybody have trouble with Firefox? I can’t get the nav bar, side bar or box where it tells you what site you are on. It’s been fucked up since last night and I am gradually switching to Chrome, though I still want a bookmarks sidebar.

  26. 26.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:16 pm

    Playing baseball in Chicago 1952.

  27. 27.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    November 2, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    @Mary G: Try hitting F11?

    Maybe Fn + F11 (function key and F11 key)

  28. 28.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    1957 (LA)

  29. 29.

    Betty Cracker

    November 2, 2016 at 8:19 pm

    @raven: Great photo! ⚾️

  30. 30.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 2, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    Right wing trying to ruin the World Series, Luntz was debunked and quickly admitted it

    Frank Luntz ‏@ FrankLuntz 1h1 hour ago
    Just found out 1000s of Chicago fans are stranded @ OHare and Midway.

    Why? Obama’s in town and the airspace has been closed over Cleveland.

  31. 31.

    chopper

    November 2, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    still amazed by this. all those days as a kid spent at wrigley and i never figured the cubbies would even make it to the series.

  32. 32.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    No matter the occasion, Frank Luntz is a terrible person.

  33. 33.

    chopper

    November 2, 2016 at 8:21 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    if the cubbies pull it off i expect the gates of hell to open up and demons start pouring out. and most of the world will shrug and go “eh, still beats trump”

  34. 34.

    jharp

    November 2, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    Very nervous long time Indians fan.

  35. 35.

    Lulymay

    November 2, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    @Cacti:

    I’m an aged Canadian female and have been an avid baseball fan since I was 9 years old. Had to come home at noon to listen to the games on the radio!
    Became a rabid Yankee fan against 6 other members of my family (Dad was the only guy) and still am. Since my Yankees have been doing zilch, I still always root for the American team in the World Series. So….. get er done, Cleveland, cuz tonite’s the night (as Rod Stewart used to sing).

  36. 36.

    Bill E Pilgrim

    November 2, 2016 at 8:24 pm

    @chopper: I figure we’re mid-Ghostbusters script already, at the part where the pasty, bloated, babyish, fire-breathing ghoul appears. Time to cross the streams.

  37. 37.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:25 pm

    @Betty Cracker: 77!

  38. 38.

    Shalimar

    November 2, 2016 at 8:26 pm

    I’m slightly favoring Cleveland, but only because I want both of them to end their long droughts and the Cubs look a lot stronger because of young talent and money over the next few years. Happy for whichever one wins tonight.

  39. 39.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:28 pm

    Well, Kluber seems to have gotten over his case of the yips.

  40. 40.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 2, 2016 at 8:29 pm

    @Lulymay: So you’ve just driven down to Central Florida for the winter then?

  41. 41.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 8:30 pm

    I’m surrounded by Cubs fans, which is good; but based on their conversations during commercial breaks, they’re all Trump supporters (or at least anti-Hillary), which is not good.

  42. 42.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 8:31 pm

    @raven: Snappy dresser!!! I can’t quite make out what’s in your hand besides a baseball glove (I presume).

  43. 43.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:33 pm

    SIT DOWN!

  44. 44.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne:

    I’m surrounded by Cubs fans, which is good; but based on their conversations during commercial breaks, they’re all Trump supporters (or at least anti-Hillary), which is not good.

    Present company excluded, the Cubs have a pretty Republican fanbase. :-P

  45. 45.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @WaterGirl: Just a glove.

  46. 46.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    @raven: It looks so big!

  47. 47.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:36 pm

    These are the saddest of possible words:
    “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”
    Trio of bear cubs, and fleeter than birds,
    Tinker and Evers and Chance.
    Ruthlessly pricking our gonfalon[a] bubble,
    Making a Giant hit into a double[b] –
    Words that are heavy with nothing but trouble:
    “Tinker to Evers to Chance.”

  48. 48.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:37 pm

    @WaterGirl: It was probably my old mans mitt.

  49. 49.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    What the fuck is Facebook Live, and how will it soon be making my life more difficult?

  50. 50.

    FlipYrWhig

    November 2, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    @Cacti: IIRC the race/class divide is why Obama decided to be a White Sox fan.

  51. 51.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:38 pm

    @Lulymay:

    I’m an aged Canadian female and have been an avid baseball fan since I was 9 years old. Had to come home at noon to listen to the games on the radio!
    Became a rabid Yankee fan against 6 other members of my family (Dad was the only guy) and still am. Since my Yankees have been doing zilch, I still always root for the American team in the World Series. So….. get er done, Cleveland, cuz tonite’s the night (as Rod Stewart used to sing).

    So far, they look tight as a drum.

  52. 52.

    FlipYrWhig

    November 2, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    @different-church-lady: Those commercials are torment. Idiots laughing about stupid shit! On the computer or phone! And you can watch! Who cares, go away.

  53. 53.

    ThresherK

    November 2, 2016 at 8:40 pm

    @Lulymay: I’m a not-young Connecticut native, who latched onto the Montreal Expos before they got good. (Thanks to 1994, my hatred for Bud Selig burns with the heat of a thousand suns.)

    I opted out of the border war in my state between Red Sox and Yankee fandom. How did you come to be a Yankees’ fan?

  54. 54.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 8:41 pm

    @Cacti:

    I know. If I weren’t a Chicago Grrl, I’d despise them because of their owners.

    But . . . CUBBIES!!*

    Edit: Actually, that’s not true. Most team owners are RWNJs, and I really can’t imagine despising the Cubs. So scratch all that.

  55. 55.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:42 pm

    @different-church-lady: People can stream live video to FB.

  56. 56.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:44 pm

    I feel bad for the fans of historically unsuccessful franchises. Any time things go badly, it’s like a funeral.

    At the Cleveland mlb forum, about half are already cursing the baseball gods and raising the white flag.

  57. 57.

    Ivan X

    November 2, 2016 at 8:45 pm

    Ok, so I’ve seen two Trump ads, zero Hillary ads. Are they really writing off every baseball fan?

    Also, I did see a Hillary ad last night, and it was just Trump being vulgar in front of a bunch of children watching TV. Where are the ads pointing out his lies, contradictions, and fraud?

    I’m in NYC, so maybe I just haven’t seen them.

  58. 58.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    I am getting ads every commercial break, NRA Hillary will kill us all, Trump.

    OTOH, Coco Crisp is one of my favorite baseball names

  59. 59.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    Memo to Kyle Schwarber: you are not Coco Crisp.

  60. 60.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:46 pm

    @Ivan X:

    Ok, so I’ve seen two Trump ads, zero Hillary ads. Are they really writing off every baseball fan?

    Where are you watching?

  61. 61.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 8:47 pm

    @ThresherK:

    Thanks to 1994, my hatred for Bud Selig burns with the heat of a thousand suns.

    I have always hated Bud Selig. And I also hate the stupid Brewers. For me, they always ranked last after even all the American League teams. I would root for the FTFY over Bud Selig’s fucking Brewers.

    OTOH, 1994 was good to me as a Braves fan, and only as a Braves fan. Your Expos would almost certainly have taken the pennant that year, and wrecked the long 14-season championship run of Atlanta.

  62. 62.

    FlipYrWhig

    November 2, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    @Cacti:

    Any time things go badly, it’s like a funeral.

    Just imagine if a political party behaved that way! That would be a pretty exhausting 40 years!

  63. 63.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    The plot thickens.

  64. 64.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 2, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    @Ivan X: Also, I did see a Hillary ad last night, and it was just Trump being vulgar in front of a bunch of children watching TV. Where are the ads pointing out his lies, contradictions, and fraud?

    They test these things to a fare-thee-well, they’re using what they think works

    and [email protected]@>:

  65. 65.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 8:48 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: I’m a White Sox fan, but I still want the Cubs to win. You can take the girl out of Chicago, but you can’t take Chicago out of the girl…

    edit: italian beef for everyone if the Cubs win… Taco trucks Italian Beef food trucks on every corner!

  66. 66.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:49 pm

    @WaterGirl: I’m messaging like mad with peeps in C-U!

  67. 67.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 8:50 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    You can take the girl out of Chicago, but you can’t take Chicago out of the girl…

    QFT

  68. 68.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    @raven: Nice!

  69. 69.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 8:51 pm

    Big error.

  70. 70.

    Cacti

    November 2, 2016 at 8:52 pm

    So the winner will have to score more than 1.

    Game on.

    Not gonna lie, the greatest game 7 I ever saw was when Jack Morris threw a 10-inning complete game and the Twinkies beat the Braves 1-0 in 1991. That was a helluva a series.

  71. 71.

    Betty Cracker

    November 2, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    @raven: Impressive beard!

  72. 72.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:55 pm

    @Betty Cracker: Well before ZZ!

  73. 73.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 8:56 pm

    @Cacti:

    It was an incredible series, even though my Braves ended up not winning. Hard-fought all the way, several indelible moments, and both teams won every one of their home games.

  74. 74.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: And Marvin’s Freemen were a force!

  75. 75.

    Betty Cracker

    November 2, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    @Ivan X: I’m in FL, and the Clinton-Trump ad ratio is about even here.

  76. 76.

    Origuy

    November 2, 2016 at 8:57 pm

    @WaterGirl: With Giardiniera peppers?

  77. 77.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:00 pm

    @Origuy: When I was a kid we’d get “gravy” sandwiches at Poodles on St Charles Rd where were broke.

  78. 78.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:01 pm

    “The middle innings start now.”

    Didn’t someone the other night ask why people hate Joe Buck?

  79. 79.

    Prescott Cactus

    November 2, 2016 at 9:02 pm

    Tonight
    And you know you’re never sure
    But you’re sure you could be right
    If you held yourself up to the light
    And the embers never fade in your city by the lake
    The place where you were born
    Believe, believe in me, believe
    In the resolute urgency of now
    And if you believe there’s not a chance tonight
    Tonight, so bright
    Tonight

    Billy Corgan 1995

  80. 80.

    debbie

    November 2, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    Almost 40 years later, I still remember Dave Parker’s one-bounce winners.

  81. 81.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @Origuy: Absolutely! And wet or dipped, depending on which place you get your Italian Beef.

  82. 82.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @different-church-lady: But did he say it dramatically?

  83. 83.

    ThresherK

    November 2, 2016 at 9:04 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: Peple with more conspiracy-minded minds than mine think that after Toronto in ’92 and ’93 that MLB would do anything to prevent Les Expos from winning in ’94.

    All I know is that the team never got the chance to build the fan base one does after a successful run and/or Series win. Keeping the players they had in ’94 was not going to be, owing to the budget, but they always knew how to get a lot out of the farm system.

    But I digress. This night is for the living. Go Extant Teams!

  84. 84.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:06 pm

    If anyone wants a live blog of game 7, this is the best one I’ve found.

  85. 85.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    @Baud: There was a dramatic pause after “innings…”

    Tonight he should sound excited. But last night he was at peak volume with every late game single, and I’m like, “Dude, it’s a six run lead, a single up the middle isn’t all that right now.”

  86. 86.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:13 pm

    @different-church-lady: Relax, there was nothing wrong with him saying that. He said really early that it was much less noisy tonight.

  87. 87.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Big inning.

  88. 88.

    Old Dan and Little Anne

    November 2, 2016 at 9:14 pm

    Keep it at 2, Kluber.

  89. 89.

    jk

    November 2, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    Come on Cubs, knock Kluber out and bust this game open.

  90. 90.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:15 pm

    @raven: I don’t really feel one way or the other about Joe Buck, but it did seem like a brilliantly inane utterance.

    It does kinda bug me that the Fox contract for the WS extends past the heat death of the universe.

  91. 91.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:17 pm

    @different-church-lady: He was making a reference to the pitching ramifications of the middle innings.

  92. 92.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 9:18 pm

    Why does one need a cable TV subscription to stream Fox, which is a free, over the air channel?

  93. 93.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:19 pm

    @redshirt: Because in places like where I Iive you can’t get it over the air.

  94. 94.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    @raven: What, I need to admit I’m wrong about something now?

  95. 95.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:21 pm

    @different-church-lady: Nah, just enjoy the game.

  96. 96.

    Prescott Cactus

    November 2, 2016 at 9:22 pm

    @FlipYrWhig: Being a Community Organizer on the Southside probably helped.

  97. 97.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 9:25 pm

    Whew

  98. 98.

    divF

    November 2, 2016 at 9:26 pm

    I’m on the plane from Chicago to Hartford, Conn. I am monitoring the game on line, and helping out the flight attendants by giving some very agitated baseball fans updates.

  99. 99.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 9:28 pm

    @jk:

    Agreed. During the regular season I admire a nice close pitching battle, but in the Series I want laughers.*

    *As long as it’s my team doing the laughing.

  100. 100.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    YESSSSSSS!!!

  101. 101.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:29 pm

    Torpedos LOS!

  102. 102.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 2, 2016 at 9:32 pm

    Well that’ll (sort of) make up for the earlier errors.

  103. 103.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 9:33 pm

    @raven: I can stream the radio broadcast, so I’m happy!

  104. 104.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:36 pm

    @SiubhanDuinne: You should check out the live blog I linked to at #85. It’s the Tribune live blog, and somehow it feels very Chicago to me.

  105. 105.

    PaulWartenberg2016

    November 2, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    I still think this is a sign from God, the Seventh Seal being broken.

  106. 106.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:38 pm

    “Irregardless” — DRINK!

  107. 107.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    Cubs pulling away.

  108. 108.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    Pushing every limit!

  109. 109.

    Elizabelle

    November 2, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    Wow! Go Cubs.

  110. 110.

    R-Jud

    November 2, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    Beeeeeeeyutiful base running there!

  111. 111.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:42 pm

    Yay! Now Cubs fans get their turn to be the biggest assholes in fandom!

  112. 112.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    @different-church-lady: See and I tried to be nice to you.

  113. 113.

    qwerty42

    November 2, 2016 at 9:43 pm

    @Cacti: …Not gonna lie, the greatest game 7 I ever saw was when Jack Morris threw a 10-inning complete game and the Twinkies beat the Braves 1-0 in 1991. That was a helluva a series.
    I will never have the excitement of the Braves 1991 run, the playoffs and the Series. It was incredible. We lost the Series, but it was the greatest year.

  114. 114.

    Jeffro

    November 2, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    It’s not over yet…but go Cubs go!! Fro Jr is going to be so pumped when he hears the news in the a.m.

  115. 115.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    @raven: Relish it! It won’t be true anyway.

  116. 116.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    C’mon Tribe! I just want an exciting finish.

  117. 117.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 2, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    Apparently Rizzo is not as nervous as he thinks he is.

  118. 118.

    Schlemazel

    November 2, 2016 at 9:44 pm

    @different-church-lady:
    I noticed in the first inning he was screaming as if the home run had ended things then & there. It got worse when the first two Cleveland batters went down. Then when the 3 batter gets a bloop single he was screaming as if it were a whole new game!!!! I thought, “dude, calm down, its the first inning”. Finally gave and just muted them, they are obnoxious.

  119. 119.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 9:46 pm

    This is a re-run of last night. CHI has done to CLE what they did to LA – smokin’ hot bats.

    @different-church-lady: Sorry, no one can ever top Yankees fans in that chase.

  120. 120.

    Schlemazel

    November 2, 2016 at 9:47 pm

    @divF:

    I don’t think I could do that. I would want to give them the exact wrong score so, by the end of the flight, they thought their team had won/lost and not find out until they got home. That way they could know the thrill of victory and the agony of defeat.

  121. 121.

    rikyrah

    November 2, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    Go Cubs ???

  122. 122.

    steppy

    November 2, 2016 at 9:48 pm

    So, might President Clinton get to greet her club at the White House? President Obama’s a White Sox guy, so he’d probably pass.

  123. 123.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    @Schlemazel: I bet you loved that Jimmy Kimmel “Tell your kid you at all their Halloween candy” segment.

  124. 124.

    piratedan

    November 2, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    @qwerty42: I thought the drama in the 2001 series was pretty high as well….

    also the Neil deGrasse Tyson tweets putting the last time the Cubs won into historical perspective are pretty awesome

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    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    @Schlemazel: Seriously? You wouldn’t make it to bag claim, much less the cab stand. And don’t even think of walking out to the parking deck.

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    Kristine

    November 2, 2016 at 9:49 pm

    @Adam L Silverman: Nothing like a solid hit to kick out the jams.

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    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    @steppy: No way would Obama pass on having the Cubs at the white house. He’s White Sox just like I am, but he’s from Chicago, so he’s for the Cubs right now.

  128. 128.

    Eric S.

    November 2, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    @different-church-lady: I heard that too.

  129. 129.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 9:50 pm

    Meanwhile Lester has pitched an entire simulated game in the bullpen…

  130. 130.

    JMG

    November 2, 2016 at 9:51 pm

    Odds are one out of between four and five people watching the game tonight have already voted. Like 31-32 million have, me included.

  131. 131.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 9:51 pm

    @rikyrah: Good morning, rikyrah!

  132. 132.

    Schlemazel

    November 2, 2016 at 9:52 pm

    @qwerty42:
    Something like 5 or 6 of the games were one run games decided in the last at-bat of the game. Kirby’s game 6 saving catch followed by his game winning home run. People can complain they were not the two best teams in baseball but that was the best series every played.

  133. 133.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    @BruceFromOhio: hahahahaha

  134. 134.

    Schlemazel

    November 2, 2016 at 9:53 pm

    @different-church-lady:
    DIdn’t see it but it something I would have done if I thought of it & after the fact the kids would have found it pretty fun. Weird genes, weird senses of humor.

  135. 135.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 2, 2016 at 9:54 pm

    @WaterGirl: and there’s talk of Theo Epstein, who recently attended an HRC fund-raiser, having thought of public office.

  136. 136.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 9:54 pm

    Now I saw a Hillary ad that just consisted of Donald’s greatest hits.

  137. 137.

    Schlemazel

    November 2, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    @BruceFromOhio:
    Ah, timing is everything. years of experience I can clear an airport before most people have their roller handles out.

  138. 138.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:55 pm

    Why do you guys think they pulled Kyle Hendricks? Saving him for the end of the game if the other guys have scored? Saving his shoulder?

  139. 139.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 9:56 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Interesting!

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    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Once he’s out of the game he can’t come back in.

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    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    Holy cow.

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    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    Fuck

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    hedgehog mobile

    November 2, 2016 at 9:59 pm

    @Mary G: Good ad. We’re at our fave beer n pizza joint watching (Old Chicago.) Go Cubs!

  144. 144.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    Lester gonna choke this?!

  145. 145.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 10:00 pm

    rut roh.

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 10:02 pm

    From the live blog: Good news for Lester, nobody is on base anymore.

  147. 147.

    Barbara

    November 2, 2016 at 10:04 pm

    @Schlemazel: And multiple games went into extra innings. I was pregnant and could barely keep my eyes open all the way to the end.

  148. 148.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 2, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    @Mary G: Liz Mair (GOP operative) is still teasing two big anti-Trump bombs. One she says is coming, the other the Dems have given up on. So…. FWIW. how much can you trust a true believe of the other party?

  149. 149.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 10:06 pm

    Pulling Hendricks was a big mistake.

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    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    You go, Ross!

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    Schlemazel

    November 2, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    @Barbara: \
    had tickets & was nearly deaf from the ringing in my ears for a couple of days after 6 & 7.

  152. 152.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    Well, that helps!

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    hedgehog mobile

    November 2, 2016 at 10:08 pm

    Woot! Got a run back.

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    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:10 pm

    @raven: Ross redeems himself of one run.

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    Lizzy L

    November 2, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    I volunteered as a lector at 7:30 pm Mass tonight (it’s All Souls), so I gotta run. It’ll probably be over when I get back. Ah well. Go Cubs!!!

  156. 156.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    I’m going to Bonaire Saturday, and much as I hate the flavor, I’m eating goat.

    I’ll think about Corner Stone as I eat it…

  157. 157.

    Eric S.

    November 2, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    @efgoldman:

    Both Maddon and Francona have over-managed the last two games.

    This! I like Madden but at this point I’m going to suggest if the Cubs win today it is in spite of Madden’s efforts in the past 2 games.

  158. 158.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    @redshirt: I don’t know what they are saying on the radio but the really bad one was a wild pitch.

  159. 159.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 10:11 pm

    The old dog, David Ross, can still get Wrigleyville to their feet. Fans chanting “Grandpa!”

  160. 160.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    @raven: Lester’s fault?

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    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 10:13 pm

    I don’t know if I’ll make it to the end of the game. Been having bad insomnia. Last night didn’t manage to fall asleep until 3:00 AM and was up at 6:30, so I’m running on fumes now.

  162. 162.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    @CaseyL: If you’re sleepy now, I say it’s your best to chance to get some sleep. Hard choice, though.

  163. 163.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:15 pm

    @redshirt: Wild pitch, if it were Ross it would have been a passed ball.

  164. 164.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:16 pm

    @CaseyL: C’mon, another hour. This is historic.

  165. 165.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    Nice!!

  166. 166.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:17 pm

    @raven: I know the scoring but the radio guys were focusing on Ross doing something weird.

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    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 10:18 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: Somebody somewhere said Thursday is the ideal day, so tomorrow?

    Liz isn’t my idea of a great witness, Adam said it best the other night. She has no filter, at all.

  168. 168.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    @redshirt: He almost got knocked out when the pitch drilled him in the mack. His bad throw to 1st is probably what they were talking about.

  169. 169.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    three run lead is better than two. At this point, I won’t relax until the lead is 5+ runs. That way a single swing can’t tie it.

    Hendricks should have stayed in, if for no other reason so he could qualify for a win.

  170. 170.

    Jilli Brown

    November 2, 2016 at 10:19 pm

    @chopper: I’m with ya Our family vacations were spent traveling with the Cubs to ballparks all over in the 60s and 70s. This is like a dream come true. I wish my grandma was alive email to see in – at 93, she could rattle off cubs stats like nobody’s brother. Heck, she’s probably got a better seat than I do. Cmon cubs!

  171. 171.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    @redshirt: pitch hit the dirt, came up and hit Ross in the mask. Ross toppled sideways for a moment either from the force of the impact on his head or because he lost his balance. He got up right away to chase the ball, which had gone all the way to the wall on the first base side. By the time he got to it one runner had crossed and his throw wasn’t sharp enough to allow Lester to get the tag on the second.

  172. 172.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:20 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: Who cares about getting a win in game 7 of the World Series?

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    Death Panel Truck

    November 2, 2016 at 10:24 pm

    I tried to mute the sound on my TV and listen to ESPN radio, but the TV broadcast lags behind by at least one pitch. Joe Buck annoys the shit out of me.

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    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 10:25 pm

    @Schlemazel: Ah, yes, the apparating traveler. I’ve seen your lot at work; takes some skill, that.

  175. 175.

    Aleta

    November 2, 2016 at 10:26 pm

    to go homerless

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    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:28 pm

    How many challenges do they get?

  177. 177.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 10:31 pm

    @raven: Each manager starts the game with one challenge. If he uses it and the call is overturned, he gets one more but can never have more than two. If he still has a challenge after the sixth, he must use it if he wants to challenge a call.

    However, if a manager is out of challenges, he may ask the umpires to review a close play in the last three innings. Chances are, the umpire will grant the request. And, yes, the umpire can also decide to take another look after the sixth even if a manager who is out of challenges doesn’t ask.

    Source.

  178. 178.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:33 pm

    @BruceFromOhio: Different rules for the WS I thought. Each coach gets 2.

  179. 179.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    @BruceFromOhio: thx

  180. 180.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 10:34 pm

    @raven: Well, individual wins are nice, but team wins are of course better. Putting all that aside, I thought Hendricks could have gone one more batter. I am not watching (listening to the Chicago radio broadcast over a shitty internet connection), but it sounds like Hendricks got a bad call on a few pitches there.

  181. 181.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:35 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: Yea, looked like he did. Can’t argue balls and strikes.

  182. 182.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 10:37 pm

    @redshirt: You are correct.

    During Postseason games, regular season tiebreaker games and the All-Star Game, managers will now have two challenges per game.

    This was added in 2015. Source.

  183. 183.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    @raven: This is the one time I regret not having a TV in the house. I bought the MLB package and watched the games on my laptop, but that subscription did not carry over to the postseason. I would be willing to pay a few more dollars for the postseason, but that does not seem to be possible, unless you have a cable *TV* provider. I have a cable *internet* provider, which apparently is not the same thing.

  184. 184.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 10:39 pm

    Seventh inning streeeeeetch, and it’s root, root, root for the home team, though helluva lotta good that’s gonna do, the way this is going.

  185. 185.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:41 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: That really sucks.

  186. 186.

    BruceFromOhio

    November 2, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    @Death Panel Truck, @efgoldman: Mute except for controversy, jazz channel on Pandora makes a much better sound track. Or just silence.

  187. 187.

    Shana

    November 2, 2016 at 10:43 pm

    “We’re contractually obligated to show Bill Murray” is pretty funny. Hubby and I were joking the other night that they must have a Murray-cam.

    My late father would have been over the moon about this. As is it, I have a cousin who’s a huge fan. He and his wife have a Cubs-themed katubah (the certificate of marriage for jews). Their dog is named Cubbie.

  188. 188.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    November 2, 2016 at 10:45 pm

    The Cubs have a LA connection: Cubs Spring Training on Catalina Island.

  189. 189.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 10:46 pm

    Lester needs a double play just about now.

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    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 10:48 pm

    Two innings to go.

  191. 191.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:49 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: This is my dad’s destroyer off the beach at Catalina.

  192. 192.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: Well, I guess a ground out and a strikeout work just as well.

  193. 193.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:50 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: The K was the way!

  194. 194.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    @Death Panel Truck: @efgoldman: I hate Joe Buck, and last week came across this article in Esquire about Joe Buck knows everybody hates him and here is his explanation.

    Spoiler: he thinks it’s because he is so neutral. No, Joe Buck, that is wrong. You have one speaking tone, a loud bray, and your content sucks too.

  195. 195.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 10:52 pm

    @Jerzy Russian: Dumb rules. It’s like they don’t want you to watch their product.

  196. 196.

    Oldgold

    November 2, 2016 at 10:54 pm

    Lester is a strange athlete. So limited. But, he can pitch!

  197. 197.

    BlueDWarrior

    November 2, 2016 at 10:54 pm

    @redshirt: It’s all about protecting the cable tv cartels. They know that Sports is one of the few things that they can really still monopolize since most people want to watch it live.

    And I definitely don’t like it, but until a few more years pass or a few more people retire/die, that’s the way it’s gonna be.

  198. 198.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 10:55 pm

    @redshirt: Yes, either a huge oversight or more likely Fox Sports, TBS, et al. being dicks.

    On a related topic, don’t even get me started about football. I would be willing to pay $10 per game to watch the Broncos play each week on my laptop. There does not seem to be a way to do that if all one has is internet.

  199. 199.

    BlueDWarrior

    November 2, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    @Oldgold: I think in terms of picking up balls and whatnot, Lester fields his position quite well. His problem is that he has a clear psychological issue with throwing the ball from his pitcher’s position to first base.

    The ‘yips’ is a hard thing to quantify but you can see it when it’s there.

  200. 200.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 10:56 pm

    @Oldgold: “”The longest distance in any race is the six inches between your ears” , or sumpin like that.

  201. 201.

    Death Panel Truck

    November 2, 2016 at 11:00 pm

    @Mary G: Joe Buck needs to watch game 7 of the 1975 World Series, and let Curt Gowdy take him to school. Now that man was the shit.

  202. 202.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    @Death Panel Truck: God I hated him and Al DeRogatis.

  203. 203.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    November 2, 2016 at 11:03 pm

    @Mary G: Joe Buck knows everybody hates him and here is his explanation.
    Spoiler: he thinks it’s because he is so neutral

    So he’s Tim Russet, or any other Sunday morning narcissist, covering sports

  204. 204.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    I wish the Red Sox could get pitchers like Jon Lester. :(

  205. 205.

    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 11:06 pm

    @redshirt: Hangin’ in there :) Still watching.

  206. 206.

    Oldgold

    November 2, 2016 at 11:07 pm

    Jon Lester’s batting average in 2016 is .102. His career batting average is .064, with 10 hits in 157 at bats.

    But, they pay him to pitch. And, he does that exceptionally well. Good outing tonight.

  207. 207.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:07 pm

    @BlueDWarrior: Remember Chuck Knoblauch? He lost the ability as an infielder to throw to first base. Baffling.

  208. 208.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:09 pm

    @CaseyL: I watched the Pats-Seahawks superbowl having stayed awake for over 40 hours at that point. It was great!

  209. 209.

    Oldgold

    November 2, 2016 at 11:09 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist:

    He needs to write on a white board “9th Inning.” Then, he will be declared a baseball savant for the ages.

  210. 210.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:11 pm

    @redshirt: And general managers like Theo Epstein. And managers like Terry Francona. And catchers like David Ross…

  211. 211.

    Death Panel Truck

    November 2, 2016 at 11:13 pm

    @raven: This is why I liked him.

  212. 212.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:13 pm

    Holy cow!

  213. 213.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:13 pm

    I give up.

  214. 214.

    hedgehog mobile

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Argh!

  215. 215.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Oh, my.

  216. 216.

    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Damn. That’s quite a comeback.

    This thing goes into extra innings I am NOT staying up.

  217. 217.

    OldDave

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Glad I’m a hockey fan….

  218. 218.

    Marc

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Boom!

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    Death Panel Truck

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    Great. Thanks, Chapman.

  220. 220.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 11:14 pm

    fuck a duck

  221. 221.

    JCJ

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    Oh shit!

  222. 222.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    What a good game! I love it when they go down to the last out.

  223. 223.

    Waldo

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    First game I’ve watched all year. Picked a great one.

  224. 224.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    God dammit fuck Jesus shit

  225. 225.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    So maybe having Chapman throw 327 pitches last night wasn’t the best idea?

  226. 226.

    chopper

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    @Death Panel Truck:

    yeah, putting him in was clearly a good choice.

  227. 227.

    rikyrah

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    Sob ????

  228. 228.

    Elizabelle

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    Unbelievable. Don’t watch baseball team often, but what a game. Go Cubs, but WTG Cleveland.

  229. 229.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:15 pm

    @different-church-lady: He should use the other arm.

  230. 230.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:16 pm

    IT’S A WHOLE NEW BALLGAME

  231. 231.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    Fuck.

  232. 232.

    jk

    November 2, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    Fuck You Joe Maddon You Goddamn Jackass for not knowing how to use your pitchers

  233. 233.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    Ricky Vaughn is warming up in the bullpen

  234. 234.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 11:17 pm

    get Chapman out of there, for fuck’s sake

  235. 235.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    This is why baseball is best American sport.

  236. 236.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    @Steeplejack (phone): To distract from the shock of this turn of events, have you checked your email?

  237. 237.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    I blame Obama

  238. 238.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 11:18 pm

    The billy goat is still mad.

  239. 239.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:19 pm

    @different-church-lady: Sigh… what could have been.

  240. 240.

    Death Panel Truck

    November 2, 2016 at 11:20 pm

    @efgoldman: Can’t argue with any of what you said.

  241. 241.

    Eric S.

    November 2, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    @efgoldman:

    If the Cubs lose this, it’s 100% Maddon over managing.

    This. But I repeat myself.

  242. 242.

    jk

    November 2, 2016 at 11:21 pm

    @redshirt:

    You’re absolutely right and Joe Maddon is a clueless prick.

  243. 243.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:22 pm

    this ballgame is riggggged!

  244. 244.

    PsiFighter37

    November 2, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    Insane. I literally turned on the TV just in time to see that homer.

  245. 245.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    Grampa needs a hit right about now.

  246. 246.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    And now it’s raining.

    The Sharknado should arrive around the 15th innning…

  247. 247.

    Marc

    November 2, 2016 at 11:23 pm

    ….and rain….

  248. 248.

    Prescott Cactus

    November 2, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    We’ll make things right, we’ll feel it all tonight
    We’ll find a way to offer up the night tonight
    The indescribable moments of your life tonight
    The impossible is possible tonight
    Believe in me as I believe in you, tonight

    Billy Corgan 1995

  249. 249.

    Eric S.

    November 2, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    Here comes the rain.

  250. 250.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    Who are the starting pitchers for game 8?

  251. 251.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 2, 2016 at 11:24 pm

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AFf0ysgNiM

  252. 252.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    Long as I remember the rain been comin’ down
    Clouds of mystery pourin’ — confusion on the ground.
    Good men through the ages — tryin’ to find the sun.
    And I wonder — still I wonder — who’ll stop the rain.

  253. 253.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    Now it’s raining. Drama!

    Joe Buck, if you don’t stop with the stupid statistics some unpaid intern comes up with, I’m going to curse your hair plugs you are so obsessed with.

  254. 254.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:25 pm

    @different-church-lady: Nah, the Sweet Meteor o’ Death is scheduled for the 11th.

  255. 255.

    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 11:26 pm

    What did that sportcaster just say? It sounded like he was trying to express how hard the post-season is on players, but it came out gibberish.

  256. 256.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    @WaterGirl:

    Will do!

  257. 257.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:27 pm

    Looking at the radar, the rain should clear fairly quickly and then a gap of an hour or so before more rain.

  258. 258.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 11:28 pm

    @David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: Heroin movie.

  259. 259.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:28 pm

    @Mary G: “We have just witnessed the first 2-2 count from a left-handed pitcher with more than 17 innings in the post season during wet weather in a game 7 taking place in November when the moon is a waxing crescent…”

  260. 260.

    jk

    November 2, 2016 at 11:29 pm

    @efgoldman:

    This is right up there with Grady Little leaving Pedro in too long in 2–3.

    That’s a very good comparison. I hope the Cubs can keep it together to win this damn thing in spite of Maddon trying to give it away.

  261. 261.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    @raven: 70s Hippie version of The Big Sleep

  262. 262.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 11:30 pm

    @David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: Nam vet hippies. GRU dudes.

  263. 263.

    hueyplong

    November 2, 2016 at 11:31 pm

    Hayward will try to steal.

  264. 264.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    Oh wow, they called him out.

  265. 265.

    SFAW

    November 2, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    Maybe it’s selective memory on my part, but I can’t remember a game where Chapman turned in a top-notch performance. Reminds me of what they used to say about Bledsoe on WEEI (local sports radio) back in the pre-Brady era: : “He’s big, he’s got a strong arm, he’s got a strong arm, and he’s big.”

    But at least Chapman can throw it 100+ MPH.

    BFD

  266. 266.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 11:33 pm

    @Baud:

    That was bullshit.

  267. 267.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:34 pm

    @Mary G:

    Just thinking the same thing! “This is only the second time in the seventh game of a World Series that a left-handed infielder with a BMI over 36 has blah blah blah . . .”

  268. 268.

    Aleta

    November 2, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    bad feeling

  269. 269.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:35 pm

    Just one out.

  270. 270.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:37 pm

    I hope there’s no rain delay. Already too late for me.

    Don’t know what I’ll do if there are extra innings.

  271. 271.

    Tom Q

    November 2, 2016 at 11:37 pm

    Given the two teams involved, getting to Game 7 was a gift; putting it to the 9th tied (especially when it looked like an easy win) is baseball nirvana for those of us without a rooting interest. Indians & Cubs fans — of which I know both — are exempt from this feeling; I know they all have terminal agita.

    I’m going to feel deeply sorry for whichever team doesn’t win.

  272. 272.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    @raven:

    Excellent, overlooked movie. Great cast.

  273. 273.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    I still think one of these teams is gonna win this game.

  274. 274.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    November 2, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    This game is starting to remind me of this election, goes on forever and no clear outcome.

  275. 275.

    Tenar Darell

    November 2, 2016 at 11:38 pm

    OMG What?! Someone tweeted this in 2014

    2016 World Series.

    Cubs vs Indians

    And then the world will end with the score tied in game seven in extra innings #apocalypse

  276. 276.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    Uh oh.

  277. 277.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:39 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    And it’s not like the game isn’t dramatic enough in its own right!

  278. 278.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Suicide squeeze fail.

  279. 279.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    Don’t ask for help
    You’re all alone
    Pressure!

    You’ll have to answer
    To your own
    Pressure!

    But here you are in the ninth
    Two men out and three men on
    Nowhere to look but inside

    Where we all respond to
    Pressure!

    Pressure!

  280. 280.

    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 11:41 pm

    @Tenar Darell: This seems like a good time to mention Kinsella’s wonderful book about an apocalyptic, otherworldly baseball game, “The Iowa Baseball Confederacy.”

  281. 281.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Well, we’re certainly seeing some novel managing tonight…

  282. 282.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    @Mary Gdoh!

  283. 283.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 2, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    They’re talking it down to the wire…or…dare I say it…extra innings!

  284. 284.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    Thank you, Joe Buck, for that incisive analysis.

  285. 285.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:42 pm

    Wow.

  286. 286.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:43 pm

    Houdini!

  287. 287.

    Gin & Tonic

    November 2, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    @raven: You’re up late.

  288. 288.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    To the bottom of the 9th!

  289. 289.

    Lizzy L

    November 2, 2016 at 11:44 pm

    FFS.

  290. 290.

    raven

    November 2, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Only for this on a weekday.

  291. 291.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    Chapman!

  292. 292.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 11:45 pm

    @Tenar Darell: And the person says they tweeted that the day Maddon was hired by the Cubs. Spooky!

    Now Joe Bush ** freudian slip by me ** is talking about Al Capone was nine in 1908.

  293. 293.

    Mary G

    November 2, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est: Yes, where they run out of pitchers and the first baseman has to try to get the last couple of outs.

  294. 294.

    TaMara (HFG)

    November 2, 2016 at 11:46 pm

    Everyone still breathing? What a game.

  295. 295.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    Chapman is spent.

  296. 296.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    @Mary G: Doesn’t Bud Selig just declare the game a tie?

  297. 297.

    Waldo

    November 2, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    Why is this guy still pitching?

  298. 298.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:47 pm

    @Baud: His slider seems to work, his fastball does not.

  299. 299.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:48 pm

    @different-church-lady: I got that reference!

  300. 300.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    @Waldo: Nothing but rags and bones left in the Cub’s pen.

  301. 301.

    Aleta

    November 2, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    @David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch:

    Pressure drop
    Oh pressure, oh yeah
    Pressure’s gonna drop on you

  302. 302.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 11:49 pm

    @Villago Delenda Est:

    Bite your tongue. My eyes are already burning sand.

  303. 303.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    @different-church-lady:

    What is left? The ball boys and assistant groundskeepers?

  304. 304.

    hueyplong

    November 2, 2016 at 11:50 pm

    Does the league that wins this game get to host the all star game next year?

  305. 305.

    Aleta

    November 2, 2016 at 11:51 pm

    why not Wood?

  306. 306.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:51 pm

    I hope they can reattach Chapman’s arm after it falls off.

  307. 307.

    Aleta

    November 2, 2016 at 11:51 pm

    OK

  308. 308.

    WaterGirl

    November 2, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    @TaMara (HFG): I can barely watch at this point, and I’m not at all sure I am breathing.

  309. 309.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    Fuuuuuuuuuuuuuck…..

  310. 310.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:52 pm

    @David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: How else would he be able to pitch the 10th?

  311. 311.

    Marc

    November 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    Extra innings!

  312. 312.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    Earth Orbital Control has told the meteor to go into a holding pattern…extra innings!

  313. 313.

    hueyplong

    November 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    Two more innings until the meteor.

    I was worrying about Ohio’s EVs anyway.

  314. 314.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    I’ll give it one more inning and then I’m done.

  315. 315.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    Am I a fuckin’ genius or what?

  316. 316.

    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 11:53 pm

    Holy wow.

  317. 317.

    Aleta

    November 2, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    @Baud: Don’t you have a foundation to run?

  318. 318.

    Death Panel Truck

    November 2, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    @Mary G:

    talking about Al Capone was nine in 1908.

    Yeah, well, so was my grandmother. Who fucking cares?

  319. 319.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    Extra innings!!!!

    It’s like a story.

  320. 320.

    Villago Delenda Est

    November 2, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    This will go on all night…Odin says no one can win this game…

    Oh…wait…Thor has called a rain delay!

  321. 321.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 2, 2016 at 11:54 pm

    They have got other pitchers other than Chapman. Montgomery, Wood, Grimm, etc. Hell, even John Lackey. The Cubs should score about a dozen runs in the top of the 10th, just to be safe.

  322. 322.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    Haha. Rain delay. Good luck to your teams!

  323. 323.

    Waldo

    November 2, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    Rain delay? Im out.

  324. 324.

    Oldgold

    November 2, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    What a dishonest ad.

  325. 325.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    November 2, 2016 at 11:55 pm

    @Baud: You’re sounding like the guy in the cab at the end of Airplane!.

  326. 326.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    Keyser Söze!!

  327. 327.

    Baud

    November 2, 2016 at 11:56 pm

    @Oldgold: Yeah, that seemed almost like a parody.

  328. 328.

    CaseyL

    November 2, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    Rain delay? Rain delay??

    I can’t, I just can’t. I’ve GOT to get some sleep.

    ‘Night, all.

  329. 329.

    Doug R

    November 2, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    Wtf extra innings and now the tarp?

  330. 330.

    hueyplong

    November 2, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    Now I just feel sorry for CHI and CLE fans. They’ll be subjected to bone-grinding idiocy from Joe Buck and, if Fox is particularly sadistic, Pete Rose and A-Rod as well.

    It’s just too much. A meteor would be merciful.

  331. 331.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    @?BillinGlendaleCA: you know that was Howard Jarvis.

  332. 332.

    different-church-lady

    November 2, 2016 at 11:57 pm

    GROUNDSKEEPER: “So… uh, hey, listen, it says here on my phone that if one of these two teams wins a World Series the Seventh Seal is broken and the apocalypse happens.”

    CREW CHIEF: “TARP! NOW!”

  333. 333.

    OldDave

    November 2, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    @Oldgold:

    What a dishonest ad.

    The Clinton Rags to Riches ad was national, was it? Yeah, it was a dishonest piece of work “worthy” of The Donald.

  334. 334.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:58 pm

    Indian rain dance — woooooooooocoooooooodanoe?!?

  335. 335.

    Tom Q

    November 2, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    This is divine. A routine game would have been a colossal fizzle. A late rally/extra innings/now rain makes it one we’ll remember a long time.

  336. 336.

    redshirt

    November 2, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    Radar shows just a small cell over Cleveland right now, with bigger rain to the west. Not sure why the tarp is on.

  337. 337.

    Botsplainer

    November 2, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    @Oldgold:

    It’s a combination of Trump and the FBI, with 30 years of propaganda from Christian conservatives.

    Lies are how they all roll.

  338. 338.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 2, 2016 at 11:59 pm

    @Tom Q: remember what?

  339. 339.

    Waldo

    November 3, 2016 at 12:00 am

    I’m confident the underdog will win, thrilling their long-suffering fans after decades of frustration.

  340. 340.

    Aleta

    November 3, 2016 at 12:00 am

    @efgoldman: You’re alert; admirable.

  341. 341.

    burnspbesq

    November 3, 2016 at 12:00 am

    Of course. Why not?

  342. 342.

    different-church-lady

    November 3, 2016 at 12:01 am

    @David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: I think Madden has Chapman starting for the Cubs.

  343. 343.

    hueyplong

    November 3, 2016 at 12:01 am

    Much as I hate Joe Buck, John Smoltz is my favorite color commentator, like, ever.

  344. 344.

    Peale

    November 3, 2016 at 12:01 am

    Lester was “great?” He started out by giving up two runs on a wild pitch?

  345. 345.

    WaterGirl

    November 3, 2016 at 12:01 am

    @Steeplejack (phone): Why can’t he come back in? Hasn’t Chapman been in two separate times tonight?

  346. 346.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 3, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Can’t wait for Ken Burns’ documentary on this game.

  347. 347.

    different-church-lady

    November 3, 2016 at 12:02 am

    @Waldo: Naw, I still don’t think the Nets have much of a chance this year.

  348. 348.

    WaterGirl

    November 3, 2016 at 12:02 am

    @redshirt: Because they are not in Cleveland?

  349. 349.

    Adam L Silverman

    November 3, 2016 at 12:02 am

    Just put up an extra innings/rain delay open thread. Have at it.

  350. 350.

    Death Panel Truck

    November 3, 2016 at 12:03 am

    @hueyplong: I can deal with Smoltz. Anybody is an improvement over Tim McCarver.

  351. 351.

    Waldo

    November 3, 2016 at 12:03 am

    CNN reporting that Comey called for rain delay.

  352. 352.

    Aleta

    November 3, 2016 at 12:04 am

    By all means, bring out the stats of pitchers in tears.

  353. 353.

    Slaughter

    November 3, 2016 at 12:04 am

    Tune in tomorrow, folks! Same Bat-time, same Bat-channel!

  354. 354.

    ?BillinGlendaleCA

    November 3, 2016 at 12:06 am

    @David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch: I’m a native Californian, of course I know that. That’s part of the joke.

    ETA: My first vote was against Prop. 13.

  355. 355.

    Aleta

    November 3, 2016 at 12:06 am

    @efgoldman: wow. That really is something. Magic at Fenway Park.

  356. 356.

    Mary G

    November 3, 2016 at 12:07 am

    @hueyplong: Here they are. A-Rod isn’t that bad, but Rose should still be banned.

  357. 357.

    Jerzy Russian

    November 3, 2016 at 12:07 am

    @WaterGirl: Chapman has been pitching continuously since the 8th inning.

  358. 358.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 3, 2016 at 12:07 am

    Tomorrow would be the one day in my usually featureless calendar when I have to get up early to go to a dentist’s appointment.

  359. 359.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    November 3, 2016 at 12:11 am

    @WaterGirl:

    Chapman pitched in consecutive Innings; that’s one appearance. There’s no “free substitution” (in and out) in baseball.

  360. 360.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:11 am

    @WaterGirl: Yes they are.

  361. 361.

    misterpuff

    November 3, 2016 at 12:11 am

    Pete Rose will doing a midnight show at the Holiday Inn Lounge.

  362. 362.

    different-church-lady

    November 3, 2016 at 12:13 am

    @Jerzy Russian:

    Chapman has been pitching continuously since the 8th inning game 5.

  363. 363.

    Eric S.

    November 3, 2016 at 12:19 am

    Cubs pulled their DH. No more DH for them tonight. The pitcher’s spot now has to bat.

  364. 364.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 3, 2016 at 12:21 am

    WHOOOOO

  365. 365.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:24 am

    YYYYYYYEESEESEESESESESESE

  366. 366.

    divF

    November 3, 2016 at 12:26 am

    @Eric S.: I don’t think so. They pinch-run for the DH; the pinch-runner is now the DH.

  367. 367.

    hueyplong

    November 3, 2016 at 12:26 am

    Cub hitters have decided that Maddon needs some margin for error. Smart guys.

  368. 368.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:29 am

    @raven: You gonna make it till the end?

  369. 369.

    WaterGirl

    November 3, 2016 at 12:29 am

    @redshirt: Wow, I had it in my head that they were in chicago.

  370. 370.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:30 am

    @redshirt: Oh yea, I have over 1000 sick hours and I never take em.

  371. 371.

    Marc

    November 3, 2016 at 12:34 am

    Staunched the bleeding

  372. 372.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:34 am

    @raven: Sweet. Looks like you’re going to bed happy.

  373. 373.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:35 am

    @redshirt: Couch, and it ain’t over and even if we win I won’t sleep.

  374. 374.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:35 am

    @WaterGirl: They used to go 2-2-1-1-1, but now they go 2-3-2.

  375. 375.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:36 am

    @raven: Nice couch?

  376. 376.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:37 am

    @redshirt: It’ll do, I crash on it quite a bit when I get up i the middle of the night.

  377. 377.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:38 am

    FAN!

  378. 378.

    WaterGirl

    November 3, 2016 at 12:38 am

    @redshirt: Thank you.

  379. 379.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:38 am

    A rookie!

  380. 380.

    David ?▶️Bad Hombres▶️? Koch

    November 3, 2016 at 12:39 am

    I don’t want to take ALL the credit, but I did predict this outcome 2 years ago:

    GIO @RaysFanGio

    2016 World Series.

    Cubs vs Indians

    And then the world will end with the score tied in game seven in extra innings #apocalypse

    9:23 AM – 4 Nov 2014

  381. 381.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:40 am

    @raven: You’re so close.

    But I want more innings. Come on Tribe, tie it up!

  382. 382.

    divF

    November 3, 2016 at 12:41 am

    So if the Cubs pull this out, they will have cured their curse the same way Boston did, i.e. hiring Theo Epstein and giving him a big pile of money to work with.

  383. 383.

    SiubhanDuinne

    November 3, 2016 at 12:44 am

    oooooooooo

  384. 384.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:46 am

    Good gosh! This is tense.

  385. 385.

    Daulnay

    November 3, 2016 at 12:46 am

    OMFG what a game.

  386. 386.

    Aleta

    November 3, 2016 at 12:48 am

    yes

  387. 387.

    The Golux

    November 3, 2016 at 12:48 am

    It could be………..it might be……………………IT IS!!!!!!!!

  388. 388.

    Aleta

    November 3, 2016 at 12:49 am

    My shoulder wants icing.

  389. 389.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:51 am

    YYYYYYYYAAAAAAYYYYYYYAAAYYYAYAYYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYAYY

  390. 390.

    raven

    November 3, 2016 at 12:51 am

    YYYYYYYYAAAAAAYYYYYYYAAAYYYA

  391. 391.

    redshirt

    November 3, 2016 at 12:52 am

    Congrats Cub fans! So awesome!

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