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Winners have the hangover in baseball in recent years, with the losers playing well the next year. Opposite the NFL.
Winners have the hangover in baseball in recent years, with the losers playing well the next year. Opposite the NFL.
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Correction - we did not have a game in which we gave up 17, as I was thinking. We scored 17 twice.
However, in the last ten days, we have games in which we allowed 12, 12, and 15. (But won one of those)
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Since 2000, only one team has lost in the World Series and then gone on to win the World Series the next year. 2015 Royals.
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How about another, Kyle?
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Huge difference between winning the WS and just being there. Particularly a team that hadn't won in 108 years....they were all over the media for months after game 7. TV and radio appearances that seemed like a daily occurrence. Did anyone hear or see anything about the Indians once the series ended? Other than a day or two of explaining how they blew a 3-1 lead....they were gone and into hiding. While it's not really a viable reason the Cubs have struggled...it's also not a reason why the Indians are on a huge win streak.
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A team can play well and not win the WS.
No winning team has done it back to back recently.As mentioned, the winner rarely gets back to the postseason the next year.
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By the way.. what up with Indians fans..
Defending AL champs , first place, won 20 in row and struggle to get over 20000 attendance
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Defending AL champs , first place, won 20 in row and struggle to get over 20000 attendance
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Lol
One game. He's played well in one game in recent memory.
You guys are too funny. Can't wait for the stats.
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And as I said earlier about that, more analysis would need to be done into why. It's not a simple equation. Many teams are built for a single year run. Others are built for the long-term. This is a young Cubs team and our youngsters should be getting better, not worse.
I think the goal was to win 2 or 3 WS before 2022. Based on what I'm seeing this year, I don't know how that's going to happen. Not to mention we are likely losing Jake in the offseason but I haven't heard anyone tell me who we are going to get to replace him. I've heard some people say we can promote Tseng and give Monty a slot. Yea as if that's going to get us another title.
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How about a more simple explanation: Their players are performing, ours aren't. I'm not sure why excuses always need to be made for poor performance.
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I'm talking about talent, to me it's clear that his bat is superior to everyone in our roster but KB and Rizzo
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You think his bat is superior to Contreras? lol
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Yes
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His .200 BA convinced you of that?
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So do Jay, Zobrist, Heyward, Almora have a better bat than Schwarber? I don't think so
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I'm okay with you giving Kyle some benefit of the doubt. But to say he has a better bat than Contreras (who's been our best player in the 2nd half and seems to have found himself as a player) at this point in time is preposterous.
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This Wilson can't even mop up....the Cubs got fleeced on that deal.
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It is never 1-2-3 with Wilson.
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His arm talent, though. Clearly, the best on the team after Arrieta and Lester.
