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2016 MLB Season - Curses, foiled again?

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burd said:
The boys on SCORE radio in Chi were talking before the weekend that if the Cubs were up 3-1 going into Sunday's game it could be the hottest single ticket in all of sports history, including the Thrilla in Manila. Last night's game must have been close, even though it was in Cleveland.
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Bartender last night said that it wasn't $100 cover charge for bars in Chi-town anymore for last night's game. It was $250. :eek:
 
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icehawk said:
Obviously he spent it on the right players. Doesn't always work.
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This isn't the buy-a-title Marlins. There's a good mix of bought and home-grown talent, and in fact a lot of the good young players on Boston were acquired under his watch.
 
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The bus wasn't very full this morning. I can't imagine why.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
I thought he pulled the starter in the 5th? Maybe not. Anyway, he pulled the starter too soon.
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Dunno if you read that right. He was talking about the decisions in GAME 6 and 7, not the starter. And yes, last night Maddon went to Lester in the 5th.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
I thought he pulled the starter in the 5th? Maybe not. Anyway, he pulled the starter too soon.
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Games 6 and 7.

As in using Chapman at all in a 7-2 game, sending him back out there when it's a 9-2 game, pulling Hendricks with 2 outs in the fifth in a 5-1 game when he's cruising, inserting Lester in the middle of that inning with a runner on, pulling Lester in a 6-3 game in the eighth when he's cruising, putting in Chapman when he's been unnecessarily overused, having Baez squeeze bunt with a full count when a sac fly would've worked just as well, etc.

Thankfully they won, because Maddon managed scared for the last 15 innings of that series, and tried his best to lose it
 
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Hammer said:
Management trumps money.
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Not sure I agree with this 100%.

Money alone is no solution, as the Cubs, Red Sox, and even Yankees at time have shown us, and success if it comes seems more random than anything.

On the other hand, management alone is also not likely to provide consistent winning, save for the lightning in a bottle seasons which show up periodically. Give me a team with great management and no money and I'd say their chances are about as random as a team with no management but endless money.

But when you combine the two, now you are talking.
 
CLS said:
This isn't the buy-a-title Marlins. There's a good mix of bought and home-grown talent, and in fact a lot of the good young players on Boston were acquired under his watch.
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And they will be contenders for a long time because of Theo
 
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I was ok having Baez squeeze bunt with 2 strikes.

Both teams overused some of their staff, and both teams got hurt by it.
 
SonofSouthie said:
Good win by the Cubs but I wonder how their genius GM would do running the Brewers or the Rays with monetary constraints instead of having carte blanche and being able to spend like a kid in a candy store as he's been able to do with Chicago and Boston?
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The Cubs only had the 14th highest payroll in baseball this year. Behind such juggernauts as the Padres, Reds and Mariners. Let's not pretend Theo had a bank vault like he would have had in LA or New York.
 
ticapnews said:
The Cubs only had the 14th highest payroll in baseball this year. Behind such juggernauts as the Padres, Reds and Mariners. Let's not pretend Theo had a bank vault like he would have had in LA or New York.
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No one's saying he didn't do a good job of course.

I'm sure he's helped by his younger guys being on early contracts and not being FA eligible. Which would explain the overall payroll. But the did drop 180 mil on 1 player. So, he isn't some pauper.
 
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