Cubs or Indians?
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Have a soft spot for both these teams due to the Major League films (Indians) and a great ESPN documentary (Cubs).
Reckon I have to go for the Cubs. Just seeing the terror in the faces of those fans brought me back to 1999, 2003, 2007 and even 2011. It's something you want so badly, but you get that horrible feeling that it's all about to go to shit.
That Bartman thing also reminds me a bit of the shit Steven Donald copped after HK in 2010. It's just so easy and therapeutic have one person to blame.
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Indians win the first one at home - convincingly - 6-0. Cubs fans will be hoping this guy's assessment is on the money.
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Keri: Indians win both of Corey Kluber's starts (with big assists from Andrew Miller and Cody Allen), but lose the rest. Too much starting pitching, too much hitting depth, too much defense for Cubs to be denied.
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Indians are my second team as I travel to Cleveland every year around October (safe in the knowledge the Browns will not be a contender and the Indians aren't either - fuck. The one year I didn't travel to Cleveland the Indians are fucking 3 games away from the whole shebang.
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After getting dominated in Game 1,the Cubs bounce back to look much the better team in Game 2.
Indians pitchers didn't seem to have many answers tonight and Cubs got so many men on base that the score probably flattered the Indians.
Very handy to have someone like Aroldis Chapman to close out the innings with 100mph+ pitching. A bit like having Dale Steyn bowl your death overs.
Let's hope the Indians don't have a Grant Elliott lurking at the wrong time!
Cubs have overturned the home-field advantage and hopefully can make their supposedly deeper pitching roster pay in game 3.
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as a neutral , but someone that has a bit of interest in baseball , ( played a few seasons of winter ball after I gave up rugby , when I was looking for that sporting fix )
lets hope they go game for game and it goes down to the wire , its always more fun
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@canefan Based on what I saw today, they're going to have to risk it. If Bauer is their second best starter things are going to be looking a bit shaky when they get down to number 4.
Can't say I've ever watched much baseball before, but in the true Olympic spirit I'm already turning into an expert!
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It's going to be a great story whoever wins given how long it's been since each team won the WS. I watched game 2 today and it was good to see the Cubs bounce back. They needed that win.
I'm cheering for the Cubs as I lived near Chicago but hope the WS goes 7 games. The celebs have been out in force supporting the Cubs (John Cusack, Eddie Vedder, Bill Murray). Wrigley will be rocking for game 3. The average ticket will cost you US$4000.
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I'd think they should bring about 1000 goats to the game tomorrow!
That wasn't according to script - they really needed Baez to blast those two runs home at the end.
Cubs fans in the 9th looked a lot like ABs fans in the last five minutes of the 2007 QF.
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@Chris-B. I knew Baez wouldn't get it done - he's too aggressive at the plate. Zobrist was the best option but struck out.
Kluber starts for the Indians tomorrow and he had the Cubs batters in all sorts of bother in game 1. It's a must win for tne Cubs I believe.
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@Bovidae Exactly what I was thinking on all counts.
Rizzo, Zobrist (and Schwalber) look like the backbone of that batting line-up. The others desperately need to find more productivity.
I had the Cubs marked down to win this one and lose tomorrow, so they've got to claw that one back. Hopefully, Kluber's short turnaround will force a short stint tomorrow.
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Cleveland wallops Chicago 7-2 to take a 3-1 lead. Always next year Cubs.
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Francona could make history tomorrow. He was the manager who gave the Red Sox their first title in 86 years and would do the same for the Indians after a 68-yr drought. Not bad to have on your resume.
Maddon needs to make some changes to the batting lineup because the Cubs are struggling.
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@Bovidae Seems like Bauer is back tomorrow, so hopefully the Cubs can have a repeat of game 2 and claw one back with Lester starting for them.
Then they'll have to hope that their longer pitching rotation will pay dividends in the later games. Otherwise it's looking pretty bleak for them.
