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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #15 on: October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.
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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #16 on: October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.
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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #17 on: October 05, 2015, 11:53:54 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

...so, playoff bush?
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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #18 on: October 05, 2015, 11:54:27 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

I don't see the Latin or black guys getting on board with that, honestly. Hockey's for whites who grow beards over coffee.
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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #19 on: October 05, 2015, 11:54:36 AM »
Quote from: SKO on October 05, 2015, 10:01:27 AM
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on October 05, 2015, 10:00:28 AM
Quote from: Eli on October 05, 2015, 09:54:52 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 05, 2015, 09:53:31 AM
Agreed that Austin in LF is a good idea - partially because I'm having nightmares about Schwarber or Coghlan making a huge mistake in the outfield that becomes the difference in a low scoring game.

I could also see Joe going with Bryant in RF and Baez at 3B if he decides to go all in with his best Bryant-inclusive defensive alignment.

Counterpoint: Does outfield defense matter if the Pirates can't hit the ball out of the infield against Arrieta?

This.  It's sort of the same teeth gnashing Pirates fans are engaged in about playing Pedro Alvarez, because of his defense.  With Cole on the mound, who cares?  Most outs are going to be K's or in the air.  Few opportunities for mistakes in the field = prioritization of offense.

nobody cares

I tried telling them that on Facebook (CFiHP's friends) and got shot down with the usual Cubs tripe.  from a bunch of fans who didn't even know what a playoff was up until two years ago.  It was kind of fun.

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #20 on: October 05, 2015, 11:55:54 AM »
Quote from: Oleg on October 05, 2015, 11:54:36 AM
Quote from: SKO on October 05, 2015, 10:01:27 AM
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on October 05, 2015, 10:00:28 AM
Quote from: Eli on October 05, 2015, 09:54:52 AM
Quote from: R-V on October 05, 2015, 09:53:31 AM
Agreed that Austin in LF is a good idea - partially because I'm having nightmares about Schwarber or Coghlan making a huge mistake in the outfield that becomes the difference in a low scoring game.

I could also see Joe going with Bryant in RF and Baez at 3B if he decides to go all in with his best Bryant-inclusive defensive alignment.

Counterpoint: Does outfield defense matter if the Pirates can't hit the ball out of the infield against Arrieta?

This.  It's sort of the same teeth gnashing Pirates fans are engaged in about playing Pedro Alvarez, because of his defense.  With Cole on the mound, who cares?  Most outs are going to be K's or in the air.  Few opportunities for mistakes in the field = prioritization of offense.

nobody cares

I tried telling them that on Facebook (CFiHP's friends) and got shot down with the usual Cubs tripe.  from a bunch of fans who didn't even know what a playoff was up until two years ago.  It was kind of fun.

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #21 on: October 05, 2015, 11:59:30 AM »
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

Hear, hear. Shave your goddamn face. This Cubs team should have zero tolerance for superstitious bullshit.

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #22 on: October 05, 2015, 12:05:38 PM »
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up he got good; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #23 on: October 05, 2015, 12:09:55 PM »
Quote from: Brownie on October 05, 2015, 11:59:30 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

Hear, hear. Shave your goddamn face. This Cubs team should have zero tolerance for superstitious bullshit.

I'm not superstitious at all. But I like the little things that fans can do to demonstrate that they are somehow a part of this.
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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #24 on: October 05, 2015, 12:14:39 PM »
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 11:54:27 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

I don't see the Latin or black guys getting on board with that, honestly. Hockey's for whites who grow beards over coffee.

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #25 on: October 05, 2015, 12:19:44 PM »
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

SCENE:

A young boy in Elk Grove sitting in front of his 19" Kenmore TV wearing his plastic Cubs batting helmet turns to his father:

BOY: Dad, it's pretty neat how the Cubs are all growing beards and calling themselves the "Grubby Cubbies"

FATHER: Take it somewhere else of that's how younger about it

BOY: Geez, dad...I never thought of it that way...

/SCENE
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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #26 on: October 05, 2015, 12:22:57 PM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 12:14:39 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 11:54:27 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

I don't see the Latin or black guys getting on board with that, honestly. Hockey's for whites who grow beards over coffee.



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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #27 on: October 05, 2015, 12:28:26 PM »
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 12:19:44 PM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

SCENE:

A young boy in Elk Grove sitting in front of his 19" Kenmore Zenith TV wearing his plastic Cubs batting helmet turns to his father:

BOY: Dad, it's pretty neat how the Cubs are all growing beards and calling themselves the "Grubby Cubbies"

FATHER: Take it somewhere else of that's how younger about it

BOY: Geez, dad...I never thought of it that way...

/SCENE

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #28 on: October 05, 2015, 12:28:38 PM »
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 12:22:57 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 12:14:39 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 11:54:27 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

I don't see the Latin or black guys getting on board with that, honestly. Hockey's for whites who grow beards over coffee.



The exception doesn't something something.

Back to the thing:

Javy at third and Bryant in left sounds pretty good except Javy vs. Cole seems like an automatic sombrero, no?

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Re: The 2015 Coin Flip Game Thread
« Reply #29 on: October 05, 2015, 12:31:09 PM »
Quote from: Slaky on October 05, 2015, 12:28:38 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 12:22:57 PM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 12:14:39 PM
Quote from: InternetApex on October 05, 2015, 11:54:27 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:46:29 AM
Quote from: Median Desipio Chucklehead on October 05, 2015, 11:42:52 AM
Quote from: PANK! on October 05, 2015, 11:22:29 AM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 05, 2015, 11:20:08 AM
So, are baseball playoff beards a thing?

God I hope not.

Jake Arrieta sneers at you.

Arrieta's been rocking a beard since he came up; that's different. Just this emulating hockey players shit is dumb.  Sorry if that make me a buzzkill for Happy Happy Pen Joy.  In fact, I think the idea of hockey playoff beards (a practice which is less than 4 decades old and not always practiced (i.e. Edmonton w/Gretzky)) is overplayed but it's definitely stupid for baseball.  Be original, assholes.

I don't see the Latin or black guys getting on board with that, honestly. Hockey's for whites who grow beards over coffee.



The exception doesn't something something.

Back to the thing:

Javy at third and Bryant in left sounds pretty good except Javy vs. Cole seems like an automatic sombrero, no?

Does it, now?
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