2015: The Back To The Future Season

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

[Oleg]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

[Slaky]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

Hornsby was a prick, no doubt, and that quote/meme has probably worn out it's welcome, but damned if it still didn't manage to be apt.

[ChuckD]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

Hornsby was a prick, no doubt, and that quote/meme has probably worn out it's welcome, but damned if it still didn't manage to be apt.

Well, it's not a unique sentiment to baseball fans. You could just as well remove "when there's no baseball" and it would still be accurate for a pretty big segment of the population.

[Quality Start Machine]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

Standing next to a burning cross was cheaper than heating his house.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

Hornsby was a prick, no doubt, and that quote/meme has probably worn out it's welcome, but damned if it still didn't manage to be apt.

Well, it's not a unique sentiment to baseball fans. You could just as well remove "when there's no baseball" and it would still be accurate for a pretty big segment of the population.

"People ask me what I do in winter when there's no baseball.  I'll tell you what I do.  I stare out the window and wait to spot Wilford Brimley lookalikes"

-Chuck Dickens

[Quality Start Machine]

Back to this team.

For someone better at researching than I am (so pretty much everyone), I have a question...

Has a team ever made the postseason with 4 rookies (Bryant, Russell, Schwarber, Soler) in the everyday lineup before?

Soler was a September callup, so he's still technically a rookie, right?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

Back to this team.

For someone better at researching than I am (so pretty much everyone), I have a question...

Has a team ever made the postseason with 4 rookies (Bryant, Russell, Schwarber, Soler) in the everyday lineup before?

Soler was a September callup, so he's still technically a rookie, right?

Soler definitely did not pass up his rookie status last year (remember they sat him a lot because of previous injuries), so it's definitely 4.

The funny thing is that by the time Baez comes back he'll be the least experienced of the 5 but will be the only one who's not a rookie.

And I'm pretty sure 4 starting rookies on a playoff team would be historic. That's half the goddamn starting 8. Has anyone even had 3?

[SKO]

Back to this team.

For someone better at researching than I am (so pretty much everyone), I have a question...

Has a team ever made the postseason with 4 rookies (Bryant, Russell, Schwarber, Soler) in the everyday lineup before?

Soler was a September callup, so he's still technically a rookie, right?

http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2015/07/29/what-history-says-when-you-start-four-rookies/
http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2015/8/10/9120763/chicago-cubs-trying-to-buck-history

Basically no team has ever made the playoffs with 4 rookies (and yeah, Soler counts) getting 300+ PAs, in fact only 2 teams since 1969 have even managed a winning record.

The second article expanded it to include 5+ players who are 25 and younger (like these Cubs) and still only found 1 team since 2000 that would have made the playoffs using today's format (the 2001 Twins).

So yeah, what they're doing is pretty crazy.

[Oleg]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

Hornsby was a prick, no doubt, and that quote/meme has probably worn out it's welcome, but damned if it still didn't manage to be apt.

Well, it's not a unique sentiment to baseball fans. You could just as well remove "when there's no baseball" and it would still be accurate for a pretty big segment of the population.

I don't give a shit.  He said it about baseball and there's something poetic about that quote.  And, it's fucking baseball and baseball is fucking awesome.

And, I'm sure I'd hate the fucker if I was around back then, even when he played for my favorite team.  I mean, Patrick Kane can get bent.  I can hate him and be disappointed and disillusioned and still appreciate the joy I've had for the past 8 years watching him play on my favorite hockey team, right?

[Slaky]

I'm just glad I survived a day without baseball.  I do not like those days at all.

Pretty sure he attended Klan rallies when there wasn't any baseball.

Hornsby was a prick, no doubt, and that quote/meme has probably worn out it's welcome, but damned if it still didn't manage to be apt.

Well, it's not a unique sentiment to baseball fans. You could just as well remove "when there's no baseball" and it would still be accurate for a pretty big segment of the population.

I don't give a shit.  He said it about baseball and there's something poetic about that quote.  And, it's fucking baseball and baseball is fucking awesome.

And, I'm sure I'd hate the fucker if I was around back then, even when he played for my favorite team.  I mean, Patrick Kane can get bent.  I can hate him and be disappointed and disillusioned and still appreciate the joy I've had for the past 8 years watching him play on my favorite hockey team, right?

I'll say no you're wrong just to be contrarian. Fuck Rogers Hornsby and you.

[Quality Start Machine]

#CubsLegendRogersHornsby

[ChuckD]

This team is awesome.

[Tony]

This team is awesome.