Or at least in Back to the Future 2, they did. Perhaps the offseason moves that they made were inspired by the YouTube clip below :bigass:
And if Lester doesn't pitch a perfect game every time, and doesn't pitch for all nine innings, then the Cubs should demand their money back.
Where's the flying cars?
At least the USA Today still prints the paper...although who actually reads the physical paper (except for those that get it free at a hotel)?
Queen Diana might miss her trip to Washington, unfortunately.
I find it interesting that the Cubs will legitimately have a shot at it next year if they stay healthy. Of course, they won't have a chance to play Florida in the WS - but they COULD face Tampa Bay...
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 11, 2014, 11:42:00 AM
Where's the flying cars?
Maybe in 1985 plutonium is available at your corner drug store, but in 2014, it's a little hard to come by!
Quote from: Alps on December 11, 2014, 07:25:05 PM
I find it interesting that the Cubs will legitimately have a shot at it next year if they stay healthy. Of course, they won't have a chance to play Florida in the WS - but they COULD face Tampa Bay...
I still think that the Cardinals are the best team in the NL Central until proven otherwise. I thinks the Cubs will be a factor but they seem to be a year away (besides the Pirates have made the playoffs the last 2 seasons).
Man, to have me a Gray's Sports Almanac. Though, I'd prefer one that maybe goes out to about 2050.
IMO, this year's Cubs team seems ALOT like 2012's Blue Jays as a big-market team that made a ton of offseason moves, highlighted by a big pitching acquisition. I think they peter out due to a lack of depth and a tough division.
Quote from: OCGuy81 on December 12, 2014, 05:01:53 PM
Man, to have me a Gray's Sports Almanac. Though, I'd prefer one that maybe goes out to about 2050.
I'm not sure if it would continue to work after people figure out that you always win your bets. After all, couldn't the people on the teams you're betting on figure out you're betting on them to win, and then bet on the other team and throw the game?
The Bartman curse!
QuoteI'm not sure if it would continue to work after people figure out that you always win your bets. After all, couldn't the people on the teams you're betting on figure out you're betting on them to win, and then bet on the other team and throw the game?
Well, yes, it probably can't continue forever.
Key would be to do a few large bets on something with high odds (placing a bet on the Raiders to win this year's SB probably paid 250:1 or better) and do that just a few times before cashing out.
One challenge to doing it as a few large bets with very high odds is whether the casino/bookie would be able/willing to pay you the whole amount.
Quote from: algorerhythms on December 12, 2014, 05:14:12 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on December 12, 2014, 05:01:53 PM
Man, to have me a Gray's Sports Almanac. Though, I'd prefer one that maybe goes out to about 2050.
I'm not sure if it would continue to work after people figure out that you always win your bets. After all, couldn't the people on the teams you're betting on figure out you're betting on them to win, and then bet on the other team and throw the game?
Causality begs to differ.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on December 12, 2014, 06:49:06 PM
Quote from: algorerhythms on December 12, 2014, 05:14:12 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on December 12, 2014, 05:01:53 PM
Man, to have me a Gray's Sports Almanac. Though, I'd prefer one that maybe goes out to about 2050.
I'm not sure if it would continue to work after people figure out that you always win your bets. After all, couldn't the people on the teams you're betting on figure out you're betting on them to win, and then bet on the other team and throw the game?
Causality begs to differ.
BTTF does not follow Novikov Self- Consistency principle. If the bet itself causes a change in the outcome of the event, the book wouldn't change until some time after the bet is placed, according to the silly temporal mechanics shown in the movie.
Al gore rhythms' scenario is problematic, though. Any team can bet against themselves and throw the game, with our without information from the future. Either way, the league should have rules against that. If the lucky gambler's bets are taken to be prophetic by others, the smarter and simpler course of action would be to bet the same way, and just about anyone can do that. But chances are, the bookies would refuse to do business with the gambler, or try to take advantage of the information he possesses by adjusting the odds when dealing with other gamblers.
Ah, that's what I missed in my scenario: the bookie, if he knows that that particular gambler is always right, will adjust his odds to reduce his losses. That makes a betting-against-yourself scenario more profitable, because the odds will be more favorable to get a large return. If the bookies adjust the odds by enough, it might be enough that the athlete betting against himself won't have to worry about the consequences from the league if he's caught...
Just lose a few intentionally and use different bookies or houses; not that difficult...just a nickel bet on your sentimental favorites, and the losses are bound to happen.
I don't see Biff being clever enough to place anything but winning bets. I wonder if Gray's included a footnote about Biff's apparent luck in the alternate timeline...
I would love to see the Cubs win a World Series in my lifetime. Please end my suffering!
Quote from: golden eagle on December 15, 2014, 05:40:30 PM
I would love to see the Cubs win a World Series in my lifetime. Please end my suffering!
I tell ya, they gotta make peace with Bartman. Get the monkey off their back.
I'm so over Bartman.
Quote from: golden eagle on December 16, 2014, 03:29:33 PM
I'm so over Bartman.
I wonder if he started going to the games again. I heard he is still a fan. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/sports/baseball/10-years-later-a-cubs-fan-remains-invisible.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& thought it was an interesting story anyway. I'd have a "Steve Bartman day" Let him throw out the first pitch, maybe to the guy who was supposed to catch the ball that day, put him in the press box, sing "take me out" and call it "remove the curse" day and have fun with it. Doubt he'd do it though.
Quote from: texaskdog on December 17, 2014, 10:45:09 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on December 16, 2014, 03:29:33 PM
I'm so over Bartman.
I wonder if he started going to the games again. I heard he is still a fan. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/sports/baseball/10-years-later-a-cubs-fan-remains-invisible.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& thought it was an interesting story anyway. I'd have a "Steve Bartman day" Let him throw out the first pitch, maybe to the guy who was supposed to catch the ball that day, put him in the press box, sing "take me out" and call it "remove the curse" day and have fun with it. Doubt he'd do it though.
Watch all 9 starters go down with injuries that day.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on December 17, 2014, 11:08:25 AM
Quote from: texaskdog on December 17, 2014, 10:45:09 AM
Quote from: golden eagle on December 16, 2014, 03:29:33 PM
I'm so over Bartman.
I wonder if he started going to the games again. I heard he is still a fan. http://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/14/sports/baseball/10-years-later-a-cubs-fan-remains-invisible.html?pagewanted=all&_r=1& thought it was an interesting story anyway. I'd have a "Steve Bartman day" Let him throw out the first pitch, maybe to the guy who was supposed to catch the ball that day, put him in the press box, sing "take me out" and call it "remove the curse" day and have fun with it. Doubt he'd do it though.
Watch all 9 starters go down with injuries that day.
Yikes, you might be right.
The Cubs are like the ultimate franchise. Always loved no matter how bad they are. Are there any fair weather Cub fans?
Quote from: algorerhythms on December 12, 2014, 05:14:12 PM
Quote from: OCGuy81 on December 12, 2014, 05:01:53 PM
Man, to have me a Gray's Sports Almanac. Though, I'd prefer one that maybe goes out to about 2050.
I'm not sure if it would continue to work after people figure out that you always win your bets. After all, couldn't the people on the teams you're betting on figure out you're betting on them to win, and then bet on the other team and throw the game?
Just make a huge bet on a big game and stop. That's what I'd do. Then again, if I were a star pro athlete I'd sign a huge 5 year contract and then retire.
Whether the Cubs win the World Series next year, or 1000 years from now, I don't want to be within several hundred miles of this city when it happens...
Quote from: ajlynch91 on December 26, 2014, 11:51:42 AM
Whether the Cubs win the World Series next year, or 1000 years from now, I don't want to be within several hundred miles of this city when it happens...
I'll watch with popcorn and a good beer on a balcony lol
I wouldn't want to be the guy with headphones on that gets blamed if they lose :P
If the real Cubs win the World Series next year, I will move back just to get lifetime season tickets :sombrero:
In the real world, the 2015 Cubs need to reach wild card spot in season's end: they have to get past the Mets, Giants, Pirates, Dodgers and Cards. I suppose a Florida team will make it (the Rays), while the AL leaders are the Twins, Yanks, Royals and Astros, formerly a NL team who went to the 2005 world series to only lose to the White sox, Chicago's other major league ball club. As an Angels fan, I want them to reach the postseason and unlike last year's sweep in the first round, I seriously hope the Angels make it...and may they play the Cubs.
Quote from: Henry on December 30, 2014, 11:36:49 AM
If the real Cubs win the World Series next year, I will move back just to get lifetime season tickets :sombrero:
Sure, but they wouldn't win again until 2115.
Quote from: Mike D boy on June 19, 2015, 10:52:03 AM
In the real world, the 2015 Cubs need to reach wild card spot in season's end: they have to get past the Mets, Giants, Pirates, Dodgers and Cards. I suppose a Florida team will make it (the Rays), while the AL leaders are the Twins, Yanks, Royals and Astros, formerly a NL team who went to the 2005 world series to only lose to the White sox, Chicago's other major league ball club. As an Angels fan, I want them to reach the postseason and unlike last year's sweep in the first round, I seriously hope the Angels make it...and may they play the Cubs.
Well, the guy in the movie did say it was a "million-to-one shot."
In the world of video game simulation, anything goes...I found this on YT: the Orioles won the 2015 world series vs. the Cardinals (it's possible the two will be in this postseason). On my video game versions: the then-Montreal Expos swept the Cleveland Indians (my HS senior year 1998) and the Seattle Mariners defeated the L.A. Dodgers in 6 games (2000s on PS2). The 1994 Expos and 2001 Mariners seasons in RL were so sad: the Expos never had a postseason during the MLB strike and the Mariners may had 120 season wins, but couldn't win the ALCS.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLQ7I2A38QM
EDIT: LOL about the Cardinals staff allegedly hacked the Houston Astros web site to find out why the Astros are so good this year. The Cards have a high chance of winning this year's world series, but they shouldn't try to copy (er, steal) the Astros' secrets.
If they make the World Series, I'll HAVE to go for at least one game. Maybe we get a World Series Road Meet? ;)
Quote from: US71 on June 19, 2015, 07:51:16 PM
If they make the World Series, I'll HAVE to go for at least one game. Maybe we get a World Series Road Meet? ;)
Why didn't we have one last year when the Royals were in the World Series?
I didn't notice they actually are doing well this year, would be a WC if the season ended today. They're still the cubs and still won't win but it is a surprise.
The mid-season: in the American League, my Angels are now first place above the Astros by a game (or two). The Royals are leading the Central above the Twins, and the Yanks are the team everyone hates: they win, win, WIN. In the National, the Cards are another Missouri team to watch (again, the most team wins so far), but looking ahead, the Dodgers could hold on. The Pirates, Cubs and Nats know they're halfway there to the postseason if they continue their winning streaks. Tomorrow is the MLB Home Run Derby and on Tues, the All-Star Game in Cincy, I wonder the Reds legend Pete Rose is invited to appear on the field (ROFL, no way).
Funny what a few months can do...all of a sudden the Cubs are four games away from the World Series.
Quote from: ajlynch91 on October 15, 2015, 01:09:13 AM
Funny what a few months can do...all of a sudden the Cubs are four wins away from the World Series.
FTFY
I'm happy the Mets are going to the World Series again! Could the Cubs have a Buckner moment?
Quote from: texaskdog on October 16, 2015, 10:16:44 AM
I'm happy the Mets are going to the World Series again! Could the Cubs have a Buckner moment?
For the Cubs, it'd be a Bartman moment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Bartman_incident).
Otherwise, as much as it may pain me to say it (Tigers fan here), Chicago > New York. It didn't break my heart to see the Cards get beat either.
I'm rooting for Kansas City the rest of the way. They're my second favorite team in the MLB. (The Cincinnati Reds are my favorite. :-() I will root for Chicago over the Mets.
Buckner is (or was, since the Red Sox have won three World Series in this century alone) the Boston equivalent of Bartman. And I'm hoping that my Cubs will go all the way, like they did in Back to the Future!
I'll always be a Red Sox fan, but I'd like to see the winner of the NLCS take it all. The AL teams are blah. I wouldn't mind the Mets because it would finally put '86 in the rearview mirror and it would irk Yankee fans to see their crosstown rivals celebrate with a ticker tape parade. As for the Cubs, it's the whole 107 year factor, as well as the Theo connection.
Quote from: jp the roadgeek on October 16, 2015, 12:30:39 PM
I'll always be a Red Sox fan, but I'd like to see the winner of the NLCS take it all. The AL teams are blah. I wouldn't mind the Mets because it would finally put '86 in the rearview mirror and it would irk Yankee fans to see their crosstown rivals celebrate with a ticker tape parade. As for the Cubs, it's the whole 107 year factor, as well as the Theo connection.
As a Yankee fan, I can live with three Mets wins in 55 years, or three Red Sox wins in 95 years. Neither carries much of a bragging right.
And now the Cubs are one loss away from elimination. They need to study very closely what the 2004 Red Sox did in the exact same situation and use that as their motivation.
I decided to end my special root for the Cubs as it appears they won't be able to prove the Back to the Future prophecy true. But again, after having seen an association football team topping a 0-3 score against them, anything is possible. Coincidentally the same match is going to happen next weekend.
Well my pick is that the Royals win the World Series in 6 games against the Mets.
Quote from: Henry on October 21, 2015, 12:33:52 PM
And now the Cubs are one loss away from elimination. They need to study very closely what the 2004 Red Sox did in the exact same situation and use that as their motivation.
Play the rest of the series in Boston & the Bronx? :-D
Or they just correctly predicted the last day the Cubs will play in 2015?
Quote from: Big John on October 21, 2015, 08:54:11 PM
Or they just correctly predicted the last day the Cubs will play in 2015?
Yep, the Cubs are down 6-1 at the top of the 6th. It looks like they will be the ones getting swept on October 21, 2015.
Quote from: US 41 on October 21, 2015, 10:16:36 PM
Quote from: Big John on October 21, 2015, 08:54:11 PM
Or they just correctly predicted the last day the Cubs will play in 2015?
Yep, the Cubs are down 6-1 at the top of the 6th. It looks like they will be the ones getting swept on October 21, 2015.
Aaaaaaand they're out. Fuck.
Quote from: jakeroot on October 21, 2015, 11:48:14 PM
Quote from: US 41 on October 21, 2015, 10:16:36 PM
Quote from: Big John on October 21, 2015, 08:54:11 PM
Or they just correctly predicted the last day the Cubs will play in 2015?
Yep, the Cubs are down 6-1 at the top of the 6th. It looks like they will be the ones getting swept on October 21, 2015.
Aaaaaaand they're out. Fuck.
What he said :thumbdown: :-(
Damnit. Now it's time to change Back to the Future II to show what actually happened. I won't be greeting the NY Mets if they win the World Series (As a matter of fact, I never greet FC Barcelona since I hate them). From now I'll be rooting for the Royals. But I still believe the Cubs will win again the World Series before I die.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on October 22, 2015, 09:48:03 AM
Damnit. Now it's time to change Back to the Future II to show what actually happened. I won't be greeting the NY Mets if they win the World Series (As a matter of fact, I never greet FC Barcelona since I hate them). From now I'll be rooting for the Royals. But I still believe the Cubs will win again the World Series before I die.
Well, a wise old Doctor was once fond of saying "while there's life, there's hope".
Cubs had a good run this year. Maybe next year they can go all the way.
It's funny, and sad, how the Cubs' 2015 seasons ended on the same day, and in the same way. Only in the real world, instead of sweeping the Miami Gators in the World Series, they got swept by the Mets in the NLCS.
Whoever wins the ALCS, I will be rooting for them in the Fall Classic.
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
It's funny, and sad, how the Cubs' 2015 seasons ended on the same day, and in the same way. Only in the real world, instead of sweeping the Miami Gators in the World Series, they got swept by the Mets in the NLCS.
Whoever wins the ALCS, I will be rooting for them in the Fall Classic.
Except in 1985, before the neverending expansion of the playoffs, the World Series ending in October was possible.
Do we really need baseball in November?
Quote from: Pete from Boston on October 22, 2015, 12:13:26 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
It's funny, and sad, how the Cubs' 2015 seasons ended on the same day, and in the same way. Only in the real world, instead of sweeping the Miami Gators in the World Series, they got swept by the Mets in the NLCS.
Whoever wins the ALCS, I will be rooting for them in the Fall Classic.
Except in 1985, before the neverending expansion of the playoffs, the World Series ending in October was possible.
Do we really need baseball in November?
We can start by not giving so many off days to these teams in the fall classic. These players play about every 2 weeks on average for 6 months between days off, yet they get to the post season and suddenly a 7 game series takes 12 nights to play.
Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 22, 2015, 12:17:40 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on October 22, 2015, 12:13:26 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
It's funny, and sad, how the Cubs' 2015 seasons ended on the same day, and in the same way. Only in the real world, instead of sweeping the Miami Gators in the World Series, they got swept by the Mets in the NLCS.
Whoever wins the ALCS, I will be rooting for them in the Fall Classic.
Except in 1985, before the neverending expansion of the playoffs, the World Series ending in October was possible.
Do we really need baseball in November?
We can start by not giving so many off days to these teams in the fall classic. These players play about every 2 weeks on average for 6 months between days off, yet they get to the post season and suddenly a 7 game series takes 12 nights to play.
There are two off days in the World Series, one in between the 2nd and 3rd games and one in between the 5th and 6th games. This is exactly the same as it was in 1985.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on October 22, 2015, 09:48:03 AMDamnit. Now it's time to change Back to the Future II to show what actually happened.
Why? They changed the timeline.
While the Doc takes Marty to 2015 to stop the rot there, the film makes it clear that the rot had already happened long ago. The end of the third film shows that that future had been changed and (after that) deals with the incident that makes it a dystopia for Marty and his family by changing it from what had happened in the obsolete timeline.
Quote from: spooky on October 22, 2015, 12:47:48 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 22, 2015, 12:17:40 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on October 22, 2015, 12:13:26 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
It's funny, and sad, how the Cubs' 2015 seasons ended on the same day, and in the same way. Only in the real world, instead of sweeping the Miami Gators in the World Series, they got swept by the Mets in the NLCS.
Whoever wins the ALCS, I will be rooting for them in the Fall Classic.
Except in 1985, before the neverending expansion of the playoffs, the World Series ending in October was possible.
Do we really need baseball in November?
We can start by not giving so many off days to these teams in the fall classic. These players play about every 2 weeks on average for 6 months between days off, yet they get to the post season and suddenly a 7 game series takes 12 nights to play.
There are two off days in the World Series, one in between the 2nd and 3rd games and one in between the 5th and 6th games. This is exactly the same as it was in 1985.
So it is. (I looked back at several years' worth of dates). It just seems longer!!
Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 22, 2015, 01:56:43 PM
Quote from: spooky on October 22, 2015, 12:47:48 PM
Quote from: jeffandnicole on October 22, 2015, 12:17:40 PM
Quote from: Pete from Boston on October 22, 2015, 12:13:26 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 22, 2015, 12:09:18 PM
It's funny, and sad, how the Cubs' 2015 seasons ended on the same day, and in the same way. Only in the real world, instead of sweeping the Miami Gators in the World Series, they got swept by the Mets in the NLCS.
Whoever wins the ALCS, I will be rooting for them in the Fall Classic.
Except in 1985, before the neverending expansion of the playoffs, the World Series ending in October was possible.
Do we really need baseball in November?
We can start by not giving so many off days to these teams in the fall classic. These players play about every 2 weeks on average for 6 months between days off, yet they get to the post season and suddenly a 7 game series takes 12 nights to play.
There are two off days in the World Series, one in between the 2nd and 3rd games and one in between the 5th and 6th games. This is exactly the same as it was in 1985.
So it is. (I looked back at several years' worth of dates). It just seems longer!!
It's not the NHL, where last year's Stanley Cup finals had six games played over
thirteen days!
The NHL tries to avoid back-to-back game nights during the playoffs, and then you have issues with juggling the schedule based on when weekends are and so on. You also have more travel days than you do in baseball due to the format, but even if the NHL used the 2—3—2 format, the "3" portion could not be on consecutive nights because the CBA prohibits teams from playing on three consecutive days.
MLB could work the schedule so the postseason ended in October, but the two best ways to do that would be either shortening the season (most likely back to 154 games) or scheduling doubleheaders. The owners dislike both options and the players dislike the second option. Reducing days off during the regular season isn't a viable option because the CBA mandates a minimum frequency of days off, and I believe that applies even in the event of postponed games. There was an issue a few years ago where a team, I think it was the Marlins but I may be wrong, had to play a doubleheader one day despite having the next day off, and the reason was that had they played the rescheduled game on the off day, they would have had to play too many days in a row.
Edited to add–I found it on Wikipedia: "On August 22, 2012, the Miami Marlins played a day-night doubleheader at the Arizona Diamondbacks due to a scheduling error violating another section of the CBA, which prohibits 23 consecutive games without a day off." It turns out it wasn't a rescheduled game–MLB just messed up when they prepared the schedule and the Diamondbacks weren't given an off day when required, so to fix it, they scheduled the doubleheader.
The staff of the Cauldron on Youtube edited the Back to the Future video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YfP2_7tZqk
Quote from: Stephane Dumas on October 26, 2015, 07:43:10 AM
The staff of the Cauldron on Youtube edited the Back to the Future video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YfP2_7tZqk
Amazin' Mets, my ass! I hope the Royals beat up on them. And do we really need baseball in November?
Quote from: Henry on October 26, 2015, 12:47:10 PM
And do we really need baseball in November?
About as much as we need football in February. ;)
Quote from: triplemultiplex on October 26, 2015, 03:08:57 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 26, 2015, 12:47:10 PM
And do we really need baseball in November?
About as much as we need football in February. ;)
It gets worse, we have basketball (NBA) in June.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on October 26, 2015, 03:08:57 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 26, 2015, 12:47:10 PM
And do we really need baseball in November?
About as much as we need football in February. ;)
At least, IMHO, football is more exciting with a one-and-done post-season setup. Baseball, and as US 41 points out, NBA basketball is more drawn-out with the best-of __ championship series. It's one of the of the other big reasons why I prefer NCAA basketball to the NBA.
Quote from: US 41 on October 26, 2015, 05:17:18 PM
Quote from: triplemultiplex on October 26, 2015, 03:08:57 PM
Quote from: Henry on October 26, 2015, 12:47:10 PM
And do we really need baseball in November?
About as much as we need football in February. ;)
It gets worse, we have basketball (NBA) in June.
Don't forget the NHL, whose Stanley Cup is also awarded in June.
Quote from: DaBigE on October 26, 2015, 05:37:56 PM
At least, IMHO, football is more exciting with a one-and-done post-season setup. Baseball, NHL hockey, and as US 41 points out, NBA basketball is more drawn-out with the best-of __ championship series. It's one of the of the other big reasons why I prefer NCAA basketball to the NBA.
Modified, for the reason listed above.
IMO, the baseball playoffs are tolerable because games can be played back-to-back-to-back, resulting in the playoffs taking usually just less than a month. I dislike the NBA and NHL playoffs because they last over two full months and seem to drag on forever, with seven -game series that take two weeks to play finish.
Nexus 6
The reason they all drag out now is TV. If it wasn't for having to have every game on national TV, the NBA, NHL, and MLB playoffs could all be played in half the time. And they used to be. The NBA and NHL, and MLB could easily play games in the same city back-to-back, with one day for travel between cities. But they have to have that almighty TV dollar.
QuoteMLB could easily play games in the same city back-to-back, with one day for travel between cities
You realize that's what they do now, right
Quote from: corco on October 28, 2015, 12:27:04 PM
QuoteMLB could easily play games in the same city back-to-back, with one day for travel between cities
You realize that's what they do now, right
Yeah, I had a brain fart, sorry.
I always wondered why the NBA and NHL do playoff series when that's not how they do the regular season. There are no regular season series where the same two teams play for a couple days in a row.
Quote from: triplemultiplex on October 28, 2015, 06:19:17 PM
I always wondered why the NBA and NHL do playoff series when that's not how they do the regular season. There are no regular season series where the same two teams play for a couple days in a row.
Maybe not, but they do play a home-and-home series where the same two teams play consecutive games that alternate between venues (i.e. the first game is played in one team's building, and the second game in the other team's building). While rare, it definitely happens in the regular season.
I wonder if this one is Bartman's fault too? Or was it the goat's fault?
KC is now 1 win away from winning the WS.
Go Royals! Don't let the Mets win the World Series, as they swept Cubs away from the Back to the Future prophecy! I don't believe on the Curse of the Billy Goat, and if such curse was ever in place it most likely was broken when the Alanland thread got sealed, so Cubs might win a World Series soon (perhaps even before 2020).
It's time the Royals give the Mets a taste of their medicine that they dished to the Cubs in the NLCS! I was so looking for KC and Chicago to meet...until the so-called "knights of Gotham" stepped in and had to ruin the Cubs' fun! Thanks Steve Levy!
And finally, the Royals win the World Series, 30 years after their last. Chicagoans should thank them for beating the team that denied the Cubs their appearance in the Fall Classic.
At least my second favorite team won the World Series. I'm wondering if I'll ever see the Reds win it all. Oh and I fixed the subject title. :D
Again, the Cubs and White Sox are leading their respective leagues, will this be the year of an all-Chicago world series, this time the Cubs finally win? So far, the Red Sox (AL) and Dodgers (NL) are just as good, and may be the Nationals (NL) and a random AL West team (please be the Angels) could steal the Cubs or W-sox's glory.
Red Sox's pitching's been inconsistent and outright dismal at times so far. They're doing well now in the standings just due to having just swept an uncharacteristically pathetic Yankees team.
Quote from: Desert Man on May 02, 2016, 11:13:40 AM
Again, the Cubs and White Sox are leading their respective leagues, will this be the year of an all-Chicago world series, this time the Cubs finally win? So far, the Red Sox (AL) and Dodgers (NL) are just as good, and may be the Nationals (NL) and a random AL West team (please be the Angels) could steal the Cubs or W-sox's glory.
It's Chicago Baseball. The LA Lakers have a better chance of stealing the Cubs' glory than the Cubs winning it all.
Quote from: Rothman on May 02, 2016, 12:11:35 PM
Red Sox's pitching's been inconsistent and outright dismal at times so far. They're doing well now in the standings just due to having just swept an uncharacteristically pathetic Yankees team.
Price has been inconsistent and Buchholz has been a trainwreck. Price will get it together but Buchholz will end up on the DL for at least a month as he does every year. Wright has been a pleasant surprise and Porcello has been earning his keep this year. Kimbrel is getting it together and with the Tazawa/Carson Smith/Koji setup rotation, Sox are just another starting pitcher away from being a solid contender. White Sox series will be a good measure of where they stand.
At this point, both Chicago teams have the best records in their respective leagues, raising the possibility of a rematch from the 1906 World Series (yes, 110 years ago, when the White Sox upset the 116-win Cubs). Then again, everyone in Baltimore and Washington was hoping for an Orioles-Nationals Series in 2012 and again in 2014, but we all know how that turned out.
Currently in late June, the NL's Cubs and AL's Rangers have 48 wins, leading their respective leagues. This is the preview of this year's world series, but look out: the SF Giants' "every other year magic" and who knows? the Red Sox, they won 3 world titles in 12 seasons (on average every 3, except 2010).
Quote from: Desert Man on June 26, 2016, 09:54:53 AM
Currently in late June, the NL's Cubs and AL's Rangers have 48 wins, leading their respective leagues. This is the preview of this year's world series, but look out: the SF Giants' "every other year magic" and who knows? the Red Sox, they won 3 world titles in 12 seasons (on average every 3, except 2010).
And who knows? After the NBA championship with the Cavaliers, Cleveland might get another one if the Indians go to the World Series.
On the flip side, the Twins and Braves have the worst record in their respective leagues in the 25th anniversary season of their epic World Series battle. (Then again, they were also in last place at the end of the 1990 season, the year before their run to the championship.)
I have a feeling that since the Cleveland curse has been broken earlier this year, the Billy Goat one will follow suit. They might haven't got to accomplish the Back to the Future prophecy, but they may do it this year...
The Cubbies were the best team in baseball in 2016...they're back in the post-season and let's see the curse strikes again...or this IS their year. They need to get past the Giants, probably meet the Dodgers or Nats, and finally an AL team: looks like the Rangers have a better chance than the Red Sox, Indians and Jays (who defeated the Red Sox 10-0 in the ALDS today).
Quote from: Desert Man on October 06, 2016, 09:30:51 PM
The Cubbies were the best team in baseball in 2016...they're back in the post-season and let's see the curse strikes again...or this IS their year. They need to get past the Giants, probably meet the Dodgers or Nats, and finally an AL team: looks like the Rangers have a better chance than the Red Sox, Indians and Jays (who defeated the Red Sox 10-0 in the ALDS today).
Information I can find says that the Red Sox are currently down 3-4 in the 5th inning against the Indians. I can't find anything that says that the Red Sox already lost 10-0.
Also, http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-mlb-predictions/
Quote from: 1 on October 06, 2016, 09:45:14 PM
Quote from: Desert Man on October 06, 2016, 09:30:51 PM
The Cubbies were the best team in baseball in 2016...they're back in the post-season and let's see the curse strikes again...or this IS their year. They need to get past the Giants, probably meet the Dodgers or Nats, and finally an AL team: looks like the Rangers have a better chance than the Red Sox, Indians and Jays (who defeated the Red Sox 10-0 in the ALDS today).
Information I can find says that the Red Sox are currently down 3-4 in the 5th inning against the Indians. I can't find anything that says that the Red Sox already lost 10-0.
Also, http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-mlb-predictions/
The Blue Jays beat the Rangers 10-1. The Indians beat the Red Sox 5-4. I will say that I am unsure if it was a good idea for the Indians to bring in Andrew Miller in the 5th inning though.
Sorry for the error, I was watching TV when I posted that (LOL). Today the Cubs take on the Giants and SF's cross-state rival the LA Dodgers play the Washington Nationals.
The Cubs have waited 108 years to win another World Series, what's one more? :bigass:
Here come the Giants (and "EYBS" ("Even year bulls__t") is now a term of affection or dismay)
Quote from: kurumi on October 08, 2016, 11:36:53 AM
Here come the Giants (and "EYBS" ("Even year bulls__t") is now a term of affection or dismay)
Don't have to worry about the EYBS anymore.
well, I'm now certain time travelers from 2015 or 16 went back to 1988 or 89 to write a script for Back to the Future II, except they didn't really wanna give it away (no spoilers). The 2016 Chicago Cubs are in the series! 71 years of bad luck...and party like its 1908! No flying cars though, but hoverboards exist.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 01, 2015, 06:49:49 AMI don't believe on the Curse of the Billy Goat, and if such curse was ever in place it most likely was broken when the Alanland thread got sealed, so Cubs might win a World Series soon (perhaps even before 2020).
I might have broken the curse with this statement, and as result the Cubs won the World Series... the following year! I've fixed the thread title :bigass:.
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 03, 2016, 05:03:17 AM
Quote from: CNGL-Leudimin on November 01, 2015, 06:49:49 AMI don't believe on the Curse of the Billy Goat, and if such curse was ever in place it most likely was broken when the Alanland thread got sealed, so Cubs might win a World Series soon (perhaps even before 2020).
I might have broken the curse with this statement, and as result the Cubs won the World Series... the following year! I've fixed the thread title :bigass:.
Actually I think only Henry or a global mod/admin can truly change it by modifying the first post of the thread.
We all know the Cubs didn't really win this year, but last year. After Marty stole the sports almanac, there was a precessional shift in the sporting cosmos, until the apparition of Pete Rose could mysteriously appear on television.
Quote from: formulanone on November 03, 2016, 07:07:08 AM
We all know the Cubs didn't really win this year, but last year. After Marty stole the sports almanac, there was a precessional shift in the sporting cosmos, until the apparition of Pete Rose could mysteriously appear on television.
Speaking of Pete Rose, I heard a commercial on the radio today where he was the spokesperson for some life insurance stuff. At the end, after he said how to contact the company, he said you can also fill out a petition to get him into the Hall of Fame!
I am still on such a high from the win last night. I'm operating on like 2 hours of sleep. It still feels surreal.
Quote from: mvak36 on November 03, 2016, 09:56:22 AM
I am still on such a high from the win last night. I'm operating on like 2 hours of sleep. It still feels surreal.
Same here. Got to sleep around 3am EDT. No more hearing about 1908! No more black cats, billy goats, or Bartmans! No more "lovable losers"! Eamus catuli!!!
Quote from: TR69 on November 03, 2016, 10:22:05 AM
Quote from: mvak36 on November 03, 2016, 09:56:22 AM
I am still on such a high from the win last night. I'm operating on like 2 hours of sleep. It still feels surreal.
Same here. Got to sleep around 3am EDT. No more hearing about 1908! No more black cats, billy goats, or Bartmans! No more "lovable losers"! Eamus catuli!!!
Shit. My heart rate finally went back to normal like 2 hours after the game. The 8th through the 10th innings were a living hell. But we won :bigass:
The baseball moment of the century or millennia: CUBS WIN! Score 8-7 vs the Indians in Cleveland. The game tied in the 8th, then a rain delay in the 9th and finally, the Cubs scored in the 10th. It's been a long long LONG time for the Chicago Cubs to call themselves world series champions. Congrats Cubbies! Both sides of Chicago now have world series titles in recent years: the Chicago White Sox (AL) in 2005 after 86 years without one.
I'm a happy inky.
So was today declared a holiday in Chicago? I can't imagine many people went to work and did anything productive.
Last night was the one time I thanked God that I worked night shift. I watched the game at work, went home and celebrated, slept all day, so I feel completely normal tonight, LOL.
I still cannot believe they won. As I was falling asleep this morning I kept talking to my dad who passed away in 2011-"We did it, dad, we finally did it!"
When I woke up to get ready to come to work tonight, I had to check the my phone to make sure the Cubs actually did get it done and that I hadn't just dreamt it.
Quote from: slorydn1 on November 03, 2016, 10:48:57 PM
I still cannot believe they won. As I was falling asleep this morning I kept talking to my dad who passed away in 2011-"We did it, dad, we finally did it!"
It felt, and still feels very surreal.
Quote from: Alps on November 03, 2016, 10:41:22 PM
So was today declared a holiday in Chicago? I can't imagine many people went to work and did anything productive.
Nope, I'm still going to work. Its a bullshit declaration they do everytime a team wins. Many are working from home though cause downtown will be on lockdown for the parade
It finally turned out that the Back to the Future Part II prophecy was off one year. The Cubs not only broke the Curse of the Billy Goat, they also avoided the Sports Illustrated cover jinx despite them appearing there in the October 10 issue.
I can't believe they won, I thought for sure Cleveland was going to pull an Aaron Boone moment (ala 2003 ALCS) and win in the bottom of the 9th.
Still, I'm thrilled. No more 1908 jokes, Billy Goats, Black cats, Leon Durham, 89 NLCS choke, Steve Bartman, late season collapse jokes, and on and on.
Quote from: ET21 on November 04, 2016, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: Alps on November 03, 2016, 10:41:22 PM
So was today declared a holiday in Chicago? I can't imagine many people went to work and did anything productive.
Nope, I'm still going to work. Its a bullshit declaration they do everytime a team wins. Many are working from home though cause downtown will be on lockdown for the parade
I was a sophomore in high school (Quigley North) when the Bears won Super Bowl XX. We went to our first 2 classes and then they kicked us loose to go to the rally which was held at Daley Plaza that year. It was so cold I ended up with pneumonia that caused me to miss two weeks of school, LOL.
Quote from: I-39 on November 04, 2016, 07:58:12 PM
I can't believe they won, I thought for sure Cleveland was going to pull an Aaron Boone moment (ala 2003 ALCS) and win in the bottom of the 9th.
Still, I'm thrilled. No more 1908 jokes, Billy Goats, Black cats, Leon Durham, 89 NLCS choke, Steve Bartman, late season collapse jokes, and on and on.
Somewhere, Harry and Jack are having a beer.
Quote from: slorydn1 on November 04, 2016, 08:57:39 PM
Quote from: ET21 on November 04, 2016, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: Alps on November 03, 2016, 10:41:22 PM
So was today declared a holiday in Chicago? I can't imagine many people went to work and did anything productive.
Nope, I'm still going to work. Its a bullshit declaration they do everytime a team wins. Many are working from home though cause downtown will be on lockdown for the parade
I was a sophomore in high school (Quigley North) when the Bears won Super Bowl XX. We went to our first 2 classes and then they kicked us loose to go to the rally which was held at Daley Plaza that year. It was so cold I ended up with pneumonia that caused me to miss two weeks of school, LOL.
Never got off for the White Sox in 05, 96-98 Bulls titles had nothing for us, and the Hawks were during the summer which worked nicely.
Quote from: ET21 on November 05, 2016, 02:16:32 PM
Quote from: slorydn1 on November 04, 2016, 08:57:39 PM
Quote from: ET21 on November 04, 2016, 10:41:46 AM
Quote from: Alps on November 03, 2016, 10:41:22 PM
So was today declared a holiday in Chicago? I can't imagine many people went to work and did anything productive.
Nope, I'm still going to work. Its a bullshit declaration they do everytime a team wins. Many are working from home though cause downtown will be on lockdown for the parade
I was a sophomore in high school (Quigley North) when the Bears won Super Bowl XX. We went to our first 2 classes and then they kicked us loose to go to the rally which was held at Daley Plaza that year. It was so cold I ended up with pneumonia that caused me to miss two weeks of school, LOL.
Never got off for the White Sox in 05, 96-98 Bulls titles had nothing for us, and the Hawks were during the summer which worked nicely.
What if the Bears win another super bowl? Bring back the Super Bowl Shuffle (huge hit in 1986, retro favorite 2007 and it's comin' again). Another holiday!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dzMZkT8WIJQ
Quote from: mvak36 on November 03, 2016, 10:55:56 AM
Quote from: TR69 on November 03, 2016, 10:22:05 AM
Quote from: mvak36 on November 03, 2016, 09:56:22 AM
I am still on such a high from the win last night. I'm operating on like 2 hours of sleep. It still feels surreal.
Same here. Got to sleep around 3am EDT. No more hearing about 1908! No more black cats, billy goats, or Bartmans! No more "lovable losers"! Eamus catuli!!!
Shit. My heart rate finally went back to normal like 2 hours after the game. The 8th through the 10th innings were a living hell. But we won :bigass:
That 8th inning was hell! I was thinking that the billy goat and black cat curses all converged and showed up at once.
I still get teary eyed watching that last out of the game.
I still can't believe I waited 46 years for this to happen! So this means that every Chicago team has won a championship in the last 35 years: the '85 Bears, the '91-93 and '96-98 Bulls, the '05 White Sox, the '10, 13 and 15 Blackhawks, and now the Cubs! Here's hoping they do it again next year :D
Quote from: Henry on December 24, 2016, 04:14:02 PM
I still can't believe I waited 46 years for this to happen! So this means that every Chicago team has won a championship in the last 35 years: the '85 Bears, the '91-93 and '96-98 Bulls, the '05 White Sox, the '10, 13 and 15 Blackhawks, and now the Cubs! Here's hoping they do it again next year :D
One can only hope!
Here a little moment of laugh with the Downfall parody clips where Hitler reacts to the Cubs victory. For those who have a guilty pleasure like me to watch these parody clips. :)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqB4qKiYVSk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sDxyeqX9lYY