OCF and his fiancee, now wife, were juniors at OHIO. With the Cubs in the World Series for the first time since I was in my first year on this planet, and OHIO beating Toledo, I'm in seventh Heaven right now. GO OHIO!

Same here, circa 1981 :)

I was three when they won at the Glass bowl. The last time we beat them was my senior year. We were 4-6-1 that year, the same record as that team up 33.

I would add she watched it on a nice big 4k TV at home. Said it was the best production ever for a Bobcat game texting from the iphone. I'm so glad for CBS Sports.

CBSSN treats basketball the same way. Very refreshing.

Agree about CBS SN. Far more fun to watch than ESPN broadcasts.

.........I was a second grader in Brevard County, Florida, and attending the first elementary school in the district which had an integrated attendance zone. The district was under a consent decree with the U.S. Justice Department due to persistent segregation and opened the school in 1966 as a way to begin to comply with the 1954 Brown vs. Board of Education Supreme Court ruling. A few weeks after Ohio's win, I watched the successful Apollo 4 launch -- unmanned -- which tested the Saturn V rocket which carried later Apollo missions to the moon and back safely. My pop was a rocket scientist who worked for McDonnell-Douglas and later Grumman during the Apollo program.

As Russ Eisenstein said post-game, this was a good program win. I look forward to seeing how we build on it in the weeks ahead.

I agree with those who say the CBS Sports Network coverage is strong and the reasons cited.

I disagree. The TV timeouts are not solely responsible. yes, the commercials can be very long, but the players (batters and pitchers both) are taking way too much time between pitches. (This is coming from a total baseball honk, too. My three favorite sports are baseball, baseball, and thinking about baseball while having sex.) I swear it took Chapman a minute between pitches the other night and the catcher to mound visits are getting out of hand. It's the world Series. If you don't have your signals straight now, you never will, and you've already scouted all the hitters tendencies. I think MLB has done a great job getting the regular season game times down. and I love a game with some rhythm to it. I think the umps should take a little initiative to get it moving a little bit in the playoffs.

that said, yes, NBC comparing today's bullpen-centric game to a Bob Gibson complete game gem of yesteryear is stupid.

And to stay on topic, that Bob Gibson gem is more recent than our last win at the Glass Bowl!!

I know that this is thread drift, but since I started this thread, I can do anything with it I want, right? Your comment here reminds me of one of my pet peeves. The use of computers to come up with the most arcane stats imaginable. I'm waiting for "Russell has now become the first, right-handed batting shortstop of Filipino ancestry in the history of the World Series to hit a grand slam home run in third inning of the sixth game." Go Cubs! ;-)

Oh, yes, the Cubs World Series championship drought is longer than OHIO's against Toledo.

I must recognize that OCF was right about the Cubs.

(despite being wrong about much else)



That game last night was so dramatic.

But the third game 1-0 victory by The Tribe was much more nervous tension for me since it was a key game at the time and the game could have changed at any moment on a single pitch. The Cubs seemed in control of game seven for almost all of the game.

The key to the series was getting men on base with less than two outs. The Cubs did that better, especially in the latter games. Also, the Cubs adjusted their hitting style (from trying to smash everything to driving the ball to where it was pitched). That and the fatigue of The Tribe's staff meant a lot less called strikes and swing and misses by the Cubs--especially in game seven.

The Tribe made running (Lindor picked off first in the first inning of two games) and fielding errors (how'd a short fly to Rajai Davis turn into a sacrifice fly)? But the managers both hurt their teams at the end.

In game seven, three balls were smashed--tagged-- off Kluber in the 2nd inning. All three were caught. But after he got through the third inning, he should have been lifted by Francona. First pitch of fourth: Cub Dinger.

In the tenth, the Cubs had 2d and 3rd with one out and a right-hand hitter hitting about .091 coming to the plate against right-hander Shaw. Francona decided to walk that guy to load the bases. But the next guy up was a lefty (who singled, driving in the 8th run)--I'd've pitched to the right-handed batter.

Maddon almost blew it by over-using Chapman. (Shouldn't have used him in sixth game--certainly no more than to get Lindor out with two on, two out in the 7th.) And pulling Hendrix early yesterday was really a bad move--it put Cubs in position of going early to an undependable bullpen. If the Cubs had lost, people would've been talking about Maddon's management eternity. But he won, so nevermind.

All in, the Cubs were the better team.



Sure wish The Tribe would've have healthy Carrasco, Salazar and Brantley. But that is in no way an excuse. The Cubs won and that's the full and final bottom line.



Why people thought the Cubs would sweep easily thru The Tribe after The Tribe went 7-1 in the first two rounds is beyond me.

OCF--I did not see your slam call but that is an awesome prediction.

I assume, of course, that you put $10 on it in Las Vegas and received the 17,468 to 1 payoff.

Maybe you can find a bookie who'll take late action!




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