Eagle Rock Photographer wrote:
?? Why pull a starter who is doing great? Especially when the relievers are not as good and are tired? Was the Cubs Mgr. stoned or hypoxic? What was he thinking?

Much criticized as "idiotic," and darned near cost them the game.

Who cares?
You can question Maddens methods until doomsday but the final score will never change.

Cubs won.... period.

Eagle Rock Photographer wrote:
?? Why pull a starter who is doing great? Especially when the relievers are not as good and are tired? Was the Cubs Mgr. stoned or hypoxic? What was he thinking?

Much criticized as "idiotic," and darned near cost them the game.

David Shinobi  wrote:
Who cares?
You can question Maddens methods until doomsday but the final score will never change.

Cubs won.... period.

i believe the term is, "scoreboard."

first off, lester is not a reliever. he offered his services to maddon last night. he was shaky at the onset, but settled down. and why not criticize tito? miller was ineffective, and neither allen nor shaw were exceptional. the bull pen arms on both squads were gassed last night.

and tito had run out of position players in extra innings. having picked another arm for the world series cost him there. nobody in their right mind would have wanted martinez up in that spot, and it sealed the deal for the cubs.

note to lester: go see a fucking shrink this off season and deal with your ocd issues, dude. and you aren't going to have ross back next year. pitch to whomever the best catcher is on the squad. his ocd is so bad, that he has to have three signs given to him, even when there are no base runners. he's a wackadoo.

David Shinobi  wrote:
Cubs fans and the Cubs organization owe this championship to this man.
He PROMISED big changes to come and he is a man of his word!!!
It only took 108 years but it was well worth the wait.
Hopefully many more years of winning Cubs baseball to come....

congrats to the Cubs.
live by the stadium for a few years, hung out with the maker of the Shawno meter for a handful of games.  Right out of ferris buller's day off.


procrastination is my sin, I need to finish my book on the true nature of the curse against the sox and cubs, and why is reversed.

love theo, did a great job with the sox and has a great attitude towards winning.

to paraphrase one his sayings.

"I try to get a team that will make the playoffs every year and then hope for the best"

Eagle Rock Photographer wrote:
?? Why pull a starter who is doing great? Especially when the relievers are not as good and are tired? Was the Cubs Mgr. stoned or hypoxic? What was he thinking?

Much criticized as "idiotic," and darned near cost them the game.

I suspect he was thinking "I think this will win us the game".

And guess what.. it did.

I remember a call in radio show just after the blue jays won their second consecutive World Series. Someone called in and started criticizing gastons decisions during the last game.

It was ridiculous and the host knew it. Hung up on the guy and made fun of him for the next 10 minutes in the show.