Daily MLB Banter

[LIHoosier]

9 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Cleveland clinches playoff berth on the always exciting ... bases-loaded walk-off HBP. 

https://x.com/CleGuardians/status/1972119092690633105

[LamarCheeks]

Playoff matchups. 

As a Cubs fan of 50-plus years, I have PTSD when it comes to the postseason and the Padres. Hopefully, it'll turn out better this time for the Northsiders! 

[Rico]

[jermhoosierfan]

15 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Playoff matchups. 

As a Cubs fan of 50-plus years, I have PTSD when it comes to the postseason and the Padres. Hopefully, it'll turn out better this time for the Northsiders! 

As a fellow Cub fan for over 45 years, I would love a remake of the first 2 games of that '84 NLDS.  I wish that Horton can be Sutcliff for his game.  

Also, it is crazy that Detroit and Cleveland play in a series after what happened this last 3 weeks with them.  

[LamarCheeks]

Been waiting 41 years for this ... So long, Padres!!! 

[Hovadipo]

Can’t wait to play road games at our vacation home for the NLDS. 

[jermhoosierfan]

14 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

Been waiting 41 years for this ... So long, Padres!!! 

I am glad they didn't have to make the trip to San Diego and have those ghosts of '84 come back to haunt us.

[AZ Hoosier]

27 minutes ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I am glad they didn't have to make the trip to San Diego and have those ghosts of '84 come back to haunt us.

Just gotta keep that Bartman dude away from Wrigley!

[jermhoosierfan]

17 minutes ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Just gotta keep that Bartman dude away from Wrigley!

I read a story a few years ago during the 2016 Playoff run, that he left Chicago and doesn't go back except for family.  The Cubs were offering him tickets to a game if they made the World Series, and he turned them down.  They wanted to exorcise that demon I suppose.  

[AZ Hoosier]

1 hour ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I read a story a few years ago during the 2016 Playoff run, that he left Chicago and doesn't go back except for family.  The Cubs were offering him tickets to a game if they made the World Series, and he turned them down.  They wanted to exorcise that demon I suppose.  

Interesting... so Bartman goes the way of the Billy Goat curse...

[jermhoosierfan]

1 hour ago, AZ Hoosier said:

Interesting... so Bartman goes the way of the Billy Goat curse...

Sorry, he lives in the area, but he stays out of the spotlight.  The Cubs also gave him a 2016 World Series ring for closure, but he just wants to stay out of the public eye.  Alex Gonzalez is the one that really costed the Cubs in game 6 of 2003 because that error hurt.

https://fanbuzz.com/mlb/steve-bartman/

[Brass Cannon]

3 hours ago, jermhoosierfan said:

I read a story a few years ago during the 2016 Playoff run, that he left Chicago and doesn't go back except for family.  The Cubs were offering him tickets to a game if they made the World Series, and he turned them down.  They wanted to exorcise that demon I suppose.  

I don’t blame him my wife lived near the stadium at the time and she talked about roving packs of people looking for him after the game. 

[jermhoosierfan]

1 minute ago, Brass Cannon said:

I don’t blame him my wife lived near the stadium at the time and she talked about roving packs of people looking for him after the game. 

His incident let Alex Gonzalez off the hook.  They still had the lead in game 7 and lost it.  I was 32 and was pretty peeved for about a month. 

[WayneFleekHoosier]

With the condition of the starting rotation, I have very low expectations for the Cubs in the NLDS. Horton is out, Boyd has been great, but looks out of gas. Imanaga is giving up 4 homers per inning. Rea and Tallion have be terrific end of rotation guys but not sure you can count on that in the playoffs The offense has been so inconsistent. Just don't get swept. Of course, the Brewers will choke eventually and I'd prefer it this series, but hard to see the Cubs out slugging the them right now.  
Hope I am wrong. 

Yeah, excited about it. But feel the same. I think we needed an ACE at trade deadline. Bullpen at times has been great. But other times awful. The bats are the same. Pretty inconsistent. Boyd was hot for a while but has been shaky lately. Milwaukee despite the best record in baseball doesn’t scare me.


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[Naturalhoosier]

On 9/29/2025 at 10:18 AM, Rico said:

Waving hello or goodbye?

[Rico]

16 minutes ago, Naturalhoosier said:

Waving hello or goodbye?

It was hello....then it became goodbye.

[LamarCheeks]

On 10/3/2025 at 3:11 PM, jermhoosierfan said:

His incident let Alex Gonzalez off the hook.  They still had the lead in game 7 and lost it.  I was 32 and was pretty peeved for about a month. 

I always thought Baker leaving Prior in during Game 2 against the Marlins played a little part. Cubs were up 8-0 after three innings and 11-0 after five, and Baker kept Prior in for seven innings and 116 pitches. Pull him earlier, let him rest and turn the game over to the bullpen.

Prior said that when he needed to reach back and get "that little extra," he was always able to. But not in Game 6. Said he had nothing left in that eighth inning. Maybe pulling him earlier from Game 2 makes a difference. Maybe not. But he didn't need to stay out there that long in a blowout. 

I was at the Bartman Game. Still not over it. LOL. 

[jermhoosierfan]

23 hours ago, LamarCheeks said:

I always thought Baker leaving Prior in during Game 2 against the Marlins played a little part. Cubs were up 8-0 after three innings and 11-0 after five, and Baker kept Prior in for seven innings and 116 pitches. Pull him earlier, let him rest and turn the game over to the bullpen.

Prior said that when he needed to reach back and get "that little extra," he was always able to. But not in Game 6. Said he had nothing left in that eighth inning. Maybe pulling him earlier from Game 2 makes a difference. Maybe not. But he didn't need to stay out there that long in a blowout. 

I was at the Bartman Game. Still not over it. LOL. 

I am still not over '84, and I still hate Steve Garvey.

[LamarCheeks]

On to Game 5. 

Hoosiers-Ducks, then Cubs-Brewers on Saturday. 

Looking for a pair of Ws! 

[jermhoosierfan]

11 hours ago, Hardwood83 said:

I did not have a 3 hit shut-out on my bingo card tonight! Just one more time. 

And if the bats wake up like they were in May, they can do something special because there is no over powering team this year.