Other Chicago & General Sports Thread LX: Wild Card

[No Fun Shogun]

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[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

You should feel pretty good. Although USF isn't as good as last year's team (they should have lost to a bad GT team last week), ILL played them tough. At least it's progress.

I agree. It’s a “I’m frustrated today, but content overall” kind of thing. There’s a reason USF was 15-point favorites. They were the better team, and Illinois played like 3 walk-ons yesterday, with two of them starting on defense.

Illinois gets their suspended players back next week. They’re going to get smacked by Penn State. But then they have a bye week, and the following two weeks against Rutgers & Purdue will tell me a lot about where the program is at right now.

So it’s nice to see progress, but I need to see it for the rest of the season to actually say I’m pleased with what I’m seeing.

 

[Illinihockey]

Beyond frustrated with Lovie’s conservative style

 

[Easy E]

Not ideal start Q

 

[Sarava]

Contreras looked bad there.

 

[JCraw1]

If Russell and Contreras bothered to hustle this would be a tie game. That was an easy triple.

 

[Easy E]

Milwaukee losing. So that's a positive.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Milwaukee losing. So that's a positive.

Shhh... don’t jinx it.

 

[TLEH]

YEAH MORE NO OFFENSE

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Milwaukee losing. So that's a positive.

Back to back bombs by the Brewers, and now they’re just down 1.

 

[RayP]

Hanging on to winning the division for the extra days off seems like an absolute must at this point.

 

[Easy E]

Back to back bombs by the Brewers, and now they’re just down 1.

Just saw... Come on friggin Pit

 

[Easy E]

2 out

 

[Easy E]

Brewers lose

 

[RayP]

Alright, no ground lost.

 

[OhCaptainMyCaptain]

Good stuff, Pirates. Cubs so close an off day. Hope they finish this off strong.

 

[RayP]

Good stuff, Pirates. Cubs so close an off day. Hope they finish this off strong.

Sucks they have to fly out to Arizona, but at least they play against a scuffling Diamondbacks team.

Have to assume the Brewers sweep the Reds, so taking 2 out of 3 from Arizona is a must.

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Half good day for the Cubs.

And holy cow, the marathon record was just shattered by 78 seconds. Eliud Kipchoge is the new record holder at 2:01:39. Wow.

 

[TLEH]

Reds are a solid team, and can beat anybody any night. They aren't consistent but taking 2 of 3 considering we hit so badly is fine.

 

[ColdSteel2]

@RayP hell of a battle this week, see you in fantasy hockey.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

My men's league baseball team was AWFUL in the summer. Now I'm on a decent team for fall ball and man does it feel good.

 

[BK]

My men's league baseball team was AWFUL in the summer. Now I'm on a decent team for fall ball and man does it feel good.

Wood bat?

 

[DisgruntledHawkFan]

My men's league baseball team was AWFUL in the summer. Now I'm on a decent team for fall ball and man does it feel good.

Was on a work twelve inch league a few years back out of Palos. My fat ass had to play second because we had a bunch of guys who couldn’t pick a ball out of the dirt. It’s no fun.

 

[MurrayBannerman]

Wood bat?

Yessir.

 

[BK]

Yessir.

I played a few seasons of wood bat. I loved it until the last season where I broke 5-6 SAM bats....