2015: The Back To The Future Season

[thehawk]

This team is awesome.

[SKO]

This team is awesome.

[WTB...A RING FFS!!]

This team is awesome.

AGREED 100%!!!

[Brownie]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

The 4 game sweep of the defending champions, with whom they were battling for a playoff spot, will stand out long after this season ends.

That and the fact that it kick-started a 10-game winning streak which propelled them to eventually overtake the Cardinals.

[Slaky]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

[SKO]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

[Tony]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

[Quality Start Machine]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

13) Bryant's first two-homer game, the first of which was the first opposite-field homer hit off of Kershaw in 37 years.

[SKO]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

13) Bryant's first two-homer game, the first of which was the first opposite-field homer hit off of Kershaw in 37 years.

14) That game where Jonathan Herrera homered off of Jacob DeGrom because holy fuck that is a thing that happened, man.

[Chuck to Chuck]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

13) Bryant's first two-homer game, the first of which was the first opposite-field homer hit off of Kershaw in 37 years.

14) That game where Jonathan Herrera homered off of Jacob DeGrom because holy fuck that is a thing that happened, man.

15) A new Soriano to hate.

[Eli]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

13) Bryant's first two-homer game, the first of which was the first opposite-field homer hit off of Kershaw in 37 years.

14) That game where Jonathan Herrera homered off of Jacob DeGrom because holy fuck that is a thing that happened, man.

15) A new Soriano to hate.

You're doing it wrong.

[Chuck to Chuck]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

13) Bryant's first two-homer game, the first of which was the first opposite-field homer hit off of Kershaw in 37 years.

14) That game where Jonathan Herrera homered off of Jacob DeGrom because holy fuck that is a thing that happened, man.

15) A new Soriano to hate.

You're doing it wrong.

Your wrong is my right.

[Bort]

August. What a fucking glorious month. It's the put up or shut up month. What does your team got?

In 1984, there was the Pete Rose line drive off Lee Smith's hip, the 4-game sweep of the Mets, and win seemed to be a louder statement: We're not going away.
In 1989, it was the 9-0 comeback against Houston
In 2003, it wasn't really August, but that first week of September, and the 5 game series with the Cardinals.
In 2007, the Cubs actually stumbled in August. (The memory burned into my head will always be this
In 2008, the Cubs went 20-8 in August, closing July with the 4 game sweep of the Brewers in Miller Park and then taking 2 out of 3 against St. Louis at Wrigley, including a Sunday Night game a few of us viewed from a rooftop.

So what will we remember from 2015? Rizzo's catch? Rondon's high wire act?

From 2015 not just August? Bryant's homer against Colorado.

Things I'll definitely remember from this year, not necessarily in order:

1) Bryant walkoff vs Colorado
2) Last night's Rizzo catch/Walkoff Miggy
3) Starlin's back to back walkoffs vs the Reds
4) David Ross beating the Nationals with a pickoff at first.
5) Jorge Soler's 2 homer game vs the Reds, made even weirder by him having only 5 home runs total.
6) The Kyle Schwarber Game
7) Taylor Teagarden Beating Aroldis Chapman
8) Rizzo crushing that 3 run homer in the 9th inning vs the Diamondbacks, with Fowler literally turning around at second and holding up both arms in celebration before trotting home.
9) Gregor Polanco falling down to give them a walkoff vs. Pittsburgh
10)Pretty much the entire Giants series, but especially Hector going full Wild Thing to end it.

I just noticed that The Cubs Kicking the Reds' Dicks In is the major theme of this list.

11) Fowler's game winning homer in Colorado.

12) Bryant's 4th of July

13) Bryant's first two-homer game, the first of which was the first opposite-field homer hit off of Kershaw in 37 years.

14) That game where Jonathan Herrera homered off of Jacob DeGrom because holy fuck that is a thing that happened, man.

15) A new Soriano to hate.

You're doing it wrong.

Your wrong is my right.

No, Chuck.