GO...Cardinals??!!??

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 12:30 PM CDT Comment 41 comments

Yea, i know it seems weird to say and/or hear.

it seems to me that it would be better for the4 cubs if the brewers missed the playoffs altogether. though i am not scared of them or anyone else, i think that they are the team to pose the biggest threaqt to the cubs in the postseason.

i will be rooting for the cardinals in the upcoming head to head matchup btween the brewers and cards. i know it is only a 2 game series. i know alot of people may say "be careful what you wish for" but i am wishing for the best as i see it for the cubs.

and btw how often do teams get 2 days off out of 4? i noticed the cards/brewers are both off monday AND thursday next week. all the while, the cubs have to play all 4 days. whats up with that?

im sure some people will bash me for saying these things, but it is how i feel! how about you?

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The Brewers

are the second-best team in the league. So if the Cards edge them out for the wild card spot, It’d be good with me.

Borowy . . .Sutcliffe . . .Harden?

by Josh77 on Aug 24, 2008 12:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Absolutely.

I want to see the Cards in the playoffs over Milwaukee for several reasons…

1. The Cards are the inferior team.

2. Beating the Cards in the NLCS en route to the World Series would be incredible.

3. I live in St. Louis. Cubs-Cards in the NLCS would allow me a better chance to go to one or more games.

Go Cards!

by kanderber on Aug 24, 2008 12:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

No brainer.

But it really doesn’t matter, like another poster said above, the Brewers and the Cubs are the best 2 teams in the NL. Both teams will make the playoffs and at this point it’s just who can win the Division and get Home Field in the Playoffs.

But yeah, go Cardinals. Although, I do have a bet with a Cardinals buddy of mine of $10 bucks for every game the Cubs finish ahead of the Cardinals. Right now it stands at $80. I might just give him the opportunity to call it quits now and pay me the $80 now. Not because I’m a nice guy, but because I don’t think he can afford anything more than that.

Over time, your quickness with a cocky rejoinder must have gotten you many punches in the face - Al Swearengen

by lemon20pie on Aug 24, 2008 8:43 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Let's see.....

the Brewers are 4.5 back, the Cards are 8………I’m good with it. Go Cards! ;)

by MOCubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 12:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I'm indifferent

I just want the Cubs to make it to the post season!

by ak123 on Aug 24, 2008 12:45 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I completely understand

but I dont care. I believe the Cubs have THE best team in the major leagues. The reason why we are so good is because they dont have an MVP player. Every day, there is a new hero. We dont need to rely on anyone. We are that balanced. Our SP 1-3 (NLDS) is better than anyone and 1-4 (NLCS) is superb too. I think an NLCS matchup with either would be incredible, as kanderber puts it. The Cubs-Brewers is a new rivalry that gets better and beter with each series. What way to make it better with a playoff series, deciding who goes to the World Series? Im not arguing for the Brewers, Im just throwing it out there.

"I can accept failure, but I can't accept not trying" - Michael Jordan, the one and only...

by LPLancer23 on Aug 24, 2008 1:19 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I've been on record here saying I'm pulling for the Cards

Because the Brewers are the 2nd best team in the NL. I have to admit, where I live likely plays a part in that, too. And, if the Cubs “get there”, whoever they play will be tough. But, the Cards seem a better matchup.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 24, 2008 1:34 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Call me crazy...

But I’d much rather take my chances against the Phillies rather than the Cardinals or Brewers, if it came down to that in the NLCS.

I’m rooting for the Dodgers to win the NL West, btw, because I’d hate to see the Cubs play the DBacks in any round… scary.

One thing you learned as a Cubs fan: when you bought you ticket, you could bank on seeing the bottom of the ninth.
Joe Garagiola

by Ryan at Cubshub on Aug 24, 2008 2:29 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

this is a stupid thread

Every week we talk about Cubs playoff matchups, and whether we would rather have the Cardinals or the Brewers in the postseason. I’m so sick of this topic… talk about beating a dead horse. Can’t we just put it to bed? I wish I could “not-rec” a thread like this.

Lamest fanpost. EVER.

/sarcasm

You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.

by mambochicken23 on Aug 24, 2008 2:58 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

How many fanposts...

…do you intend to make this joke in?

Yes, sir!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 25, 2008 10:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

have I gotten my point across?

Then I guess I could stop.

You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.

by mambochicken23 on Aug 26, 2008 3:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

just kidding around, preacher :-)

You look like you'd fit in the trunk of my car.

by mambochicken23 on Aug 24, 2008 3:05 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i hear ya!

"Every player should be accorded the privilege of at least one season with the Chicago Cubs. That's baseball as it should be played - in God's own sunshine. And that's really living." --Alvin Dark

by preachermancubsfan on Aug 24, 2008 4:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

weren't the Cubs JUST off 2 days out of 4?

i dont feel like checking whether the cards and/or brewers played one or both of those days, but these things generally even out.

the pink hat guy is my father

by joeschmitt on Aug 24, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Exactly.

Everyone plays the same # of games when the season’s over.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 24, 2008 6:08 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Cards are inferior for sure, but they were also inferior when they won the WS...and the Brewers sill

have not won anything. I’d rather face the Brewers as I think the Cubs have a slight mental advantage. Overall, it doesn’t matter—the Cubs hitters need to show-up this time. The big concern that I have is that this team totally chokes again. I am not impressed with the mental make-up of our stars, but maybe last year’s choke will be productive for this year? Seriously, 100 years is a heavy burden to tote.

by DudeVf11 on Aug 24, 2008 5:42 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

Who peed in your oatmeal this morning?

Let my ashes blow in a beautiful snow from the prevailing 30 mile an hour southwest wind...
When my last remains go flying over the left field wall, I'll bid the bleacher bums adieu,
And I will come to my final resting place, out on Waveland Avenue. --Steve Goodman

by NotSure on Aug 24, 2008 5:50 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Hopefully last year's choke left some of the star players with the feeling that...

…just making the playoffs is a minimal accomplishment. But even this is speculative, who knows why we choked against Arizona? At least this team appears to have better starting pitching right now and hopefully that will carry us in the playoffs and hopefully the hitters show up.

This team has played great and had a great season but I am sure wit will be crushing to them (and the fans) if we lose in the first round again. I like the fact that we have Edmonds, he seems to have the right mental approach and hopefully others will as well. I guess we still need to win the division as the Brewers do not appear to be collapsing.

by DudeVf11 on Aug 25, 2008 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We did not choke...

…we were beaten by a hot-hitting team who got to our starting pitching…

With Harden and Dempster, I don’t see a repeat. Heck, Z is probably our third best pitcher at this point.

by NotSure on Aug 25, 2008 10:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I see what you mean by mental make up

However, I also see a team that doesn’t let tough situations get to them, and who pick each other up.

by daeviant on Aug 24, 2008 6:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

The Big Issue is Arizona

Webb, Haren, and R Johnson who is undefeated lifetime versus the Cubs.

Go Dodgers!!!!!

by vegasjs on Aug 24, 2008 7:04 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

i will be on the ledge if we play brandon webb in game one

in october. i’m not sayin’, i’m just sayin’

by tim815 on Aug 24, 2008 8:31 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I wonder

if I could say “Go Cards” and get away with it? :)
Probably not, so I won’t (not here, anyway.)

I don’t see anything wrong with the mental makeup of the Cubs. THEY WIN!!!
If it ain’t broke…don’t tinker with it.

I’m pulling for the Cubs but I can’t decide who I’d like to see them face when the rubber meets the road.
The Brewers are a better team than the Cardinals so you’d think the Cubs would rather play the Cardinals …….HOWEVER……. There’s another way to look at it.

If the Cubs are the best team in baseball, how cool would it be to put an exclamation point on that by beating the best opponent instead of some also-ran team, just because they’re easier to beat?

Then again, If the Cubs were to lose in the playoffs how much worse would it be to lose to the Cardinals? ….Or…. how much sweeter would it be to beat the Cardinals?

Whew! I guess maybe for the majority of Cubs fans they would like to take the surest, safest road and just GET THERE, especially after a hundred years. I think that’s what I’d want.

Now, before I start getting bashed by somebody looking to bash me simply because I’m a Cardinal fan in Cubland, let me restate….I’m pulling for the Cubs! So If you take this as something negative, you’re looking to make it negative…and it’s not there.
(just trying to head off some of the trolls).

Personally, I want to see the Cubs beat the Brewers…in their own park…decisively….Z vs. CC. They’re suppose to be the team to beat, so beat them and beat them soundly.

"I wouldn't be a part of any club that would have me as a member" : Groucho Marx

by Dave Pendleton on Aug 24, 2008 9:25 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs

I thought about this tonight

And you’re right — it’s more satisfying to beat the best. I shouldn’t waiver in my faith in this team – despite how often we’ve been here before!

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 24, 2008 10:30 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Badger, I love you man...

But I couldn’t possibly care less about facing the best.

If it turns out we face the Brewers, and their entire team catches mono and they have to field a AAA squad in the NLCS, that’s fine by me.

I’m with the Scarlet Pigeon fan here. I want the surest, safest road.

Next year, when we are thinking about defending the World Series, we can talk about revenge and matchups and epic battles.

Give me 11 straight 10-0 victories. I’ll be a happy boy.

Pluto will always be a planet to me!

by DaBard on Aug 25, 2008 6:48 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

lol

As long as they win, I think we’ll all be happy.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 25, 2008 7:13 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

if we go out in 4

in the dcs, will we still claim it was a good year?

by tim815 on Aug 25, 2008 7:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nope.

Pluto will always be a planet to me!

by DaBard on Aug 25, 2008 7:46 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Years later, we will

How can you not say Atlanta had a great run? The playoffs are a crapshoot.

Didn’t the Patriots have a great year?

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 25, 2008 10:07 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I'd think the Patriots would consider last year a failure.

"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx

by Al on Aug 25, 2008 10:12 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Right now, certainly

Do you think they will in 5 years or 10? I think time gives perspective. It will probably always be a disappointment, but how can an AFC Championship be a failure? That means 31 NFL teams and 29 MLB teams fail every year. I don’t agree with that.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 25, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

We've DONE the NLDS

You’re supposed to progress as a team.

If we lose in the NLDS to an NL West team, that will be a failure. If we lose in the NLCS, that is one level above.

But it’s still a failure.

It’s an expectations game. If Tampa Bay loses in the ALDS, no one will consider that a failure. If Boston does, it’s a failure.

Had the Giants lost to the Pats, they would have had a successful season. But the Packers had a failed season. So did the Pats.

I expect the Cubs to win it all this year. In past years, that wasn’t the case.

Pluto will always be a planet to me!

by DaBard on Aug 25, 2008 10:29 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I HOPE the Cubs win it all this year

The postseason is not the same format as the regular season. Would one bad week erase 6 months of excellence?

Not for me. It would be disappointing, granted.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 25, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I"M TERRIFIED

when I look at another possible first round date with Arizona. We always play terrible there anyway, and Brandon Webb twice in a five game set is enough to scare anyone. The mets with Santana? I don’t know, for some reason, that doesn’t scare me nearly as much. It seems that a guy like Webb plays right into the cubs propensity to pound the ball right into the ground (ahem, Derek Lee, ahem). I don’t know, maybe I’m overanalyzing things and am expecting another collapse as a life long cub fan. To agree with the other poster, go dodgers- I’d expect us to pound them if they can take the west. Curious as to all of your thoughts.

by reedjohnson on Aug 25, 2008 10:47 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs

how do i put this delicately

as i look at the standings, i really hope we get 2-of-3 from philly and sweep the mets.

webb twice versus sabathia in the first round wouldn’t upset me at all.

by tim815 on Aug 25, 2008 11:00 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Couple of issues with this

1 – Minor issue — Philly is a 4 game set.
2 – The Cubs can’t get Sabathia in the first round. The WC cannot play a team from its own division in the first round.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 25, 2008 11:04 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

my bad on the phillies.

3 of 4 would be really helpful.

i’d be up for

1. cubs vs. 3. nl east/pick any

2. snakes vs. 4. brewers

sabathia and webb pitch games 1 and 5. if we survive until the nlcs, we miss webb and cc in the first few games.

by tim815 on Aug 25, 2008 12:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

Ok, I see where you're going with that

But yeah, the east would really have to hit a slide.

Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! --Homer J. Simpson

by Shanghai Badger on Aug 25, 2008 1:11 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs

I've been waiting for it to be "that time"...

…and, as the Cards are now a relatively safe eight games back (nine in the loss column), I guess you could say “that time” is here – the time to stop worrying about the overachieving Cardinals and start rooting for them to stun the Brew Crew and lay claim to the Wild Card. Guys, you’re three and a half games back as I type this – get to work.

Yes, sir!

by dat cubfan daver on Aug 25, 2008 10:53 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs