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Ken Burch

(50,254 posts) Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:08 PM Oct 2016

As a Giants fan, I congratulate the Cubs.

They've earned it.

That was an epic comeback. One for the ages.

(on another note...I just hope that nightmare of a ninth inning finally gives Bochy the ammunition he needs to get the front office to spend the money on a decent bullpen).

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As a Giants fan, I congratulate the Cubs. (Original Post) Ken Burch Oct 2016 OP

A show of good sportsmanship there, Ken True Dough Oct 2016 #1

Thanks. Ken Burch Oct 2016 #2

You know what's odd? True Dough Oct 2016 #3

That's true of some other sports that have their own group, as well. GoCubsGo Oct 2016 #9

Thank you, helluva series… dhill926 Oct 2016 #4

I was pretty sure you guys had it as soon as that eighth-inning homerun in Game One left the park. Ken Burch Oct 2016 #6

Me too, wouldn't it be great if they won the world Series? yuiyoshida Oct 2016 #5

Very Classy KB The Polack MSgt Oct 2016 #7

Well, I Don't Play For The Team ProfessorGAC Oct 2016 #10

It was for Cubs fans as well as the actual players, but thanks. Ken Burch Oct 2016 #11

True Dough

(20,255 posts)

1. A show of good sportsmanship there, Ken

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Tue Oct 11, 2016, 11:52 PM

Oct 2016

And yes, the S.F. bullpen shoulders much of the responsibility for the Giants' exit. The Cubbies went out and got Chapman and it's paying off (even if he's pretty sketchy off the field).

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

2. Thanks.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #1)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:32 AM

Oct 2016

First thing tomorrow morning, the Giants should release the entire bullpen and start over. All of them. There is no possible way that any of them could ever improve in any future season.

And I'll root for the Cubs, with a somewhat heavy heart, against whoever wins the other NLDS matchup(I definitely want to see four "W"s in that series if they end up playing the Dodgers). After this playoff, they deserve to finally win the damn pennant. If they do, the Cubs management should make the first Series game played at Wrigley "Goat Day"...bring in a goat in a case, offer an apology for any living descendants of Billy Sianis for ever making him and his goat leave that game against the Tigers, get somebody from the Roma community to officially lift the curst, and have a contest for "best goat costume" among the fans. I'm a little surprised that the Cubs owners haven't ever admitted the goat ban was wrong after all the grief it has caused them.

True Dough

(20,255 posts)

3. You know what's odd?

Reply to Ken Burch (Reply #2)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:39 AM

Oct 2016

This is the baseball group but most of the posts about the MLB playoffs are in the general "sports" group.

GoCubsGo

(33,012 posts)

9. That's true of some other sports that have their own group, as well.

Reply to True Dough (Reply #3)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 02:45 PM

Oct 2016

It's always full of football and basketball posts, even though they have their own groups.

dhill926

(16,953 posts)

4. Thank you, helluva series…

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:41 AM

Oct 2016

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

6. I was pretty sure you guys had it as soon as that eighth-inning homerun in Game One left the park.

Reply to dhill926 (Reply #4)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 03:26 AM

Oct 2016

Must be insane in the Windy City tonight.

yuiyoshida

(42,718 posts)

5. Me too, wouldn't it be great if they won the world Series?

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 12:48 AM

Oct 2016

I mean, how many years has it been? Maybe the curse will be lifted, ne?

The Polack MSgt

(13,425 posts)

7. Very Classy KB

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Wed Oct 12, 2016, 08:34 AM

Oct 2016

When the Cubs beat the Cards in the NLDS last year I could not bring myself to type out a congratulations post...

I tried but F-bombs kept creeping into the thing.

ProfessorGAC

(69,879 posts)

10. Well, I Don't Play For The Team

Reply to Ken Burch (Original post)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 07:59 AM

Oct 2016

But, thanks for the sentiment sir. In the general sports group, i posted that i feed bad for the Giants fans because that's a pretty good team and one inning ended the season. That's a drag.

The exciting piece was the huge charge the Giants made in Game 3 only to see the other team do it too, the very next game.

I guess that is why we watch!

Ken Burch

(50,254 posts)

11. It was for Cubs fans as well as the actual players, but thanks.

Reply to ProfessorGAC (Reply #10)

Thu Oct 13, 2016, 12:22 PM

Oct 2016

You're right...that IS why we watch.

The only thing I can compare it to in the postseason was Game 6 of the 1976 (Reds v. Red Sox) series, which had a very similar dynamic.

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