If you told the Cubs they would be a half game ahead of the White Sox on April 25th, they probably would have thought they would be a bit disappointed. Chicago baseball right now is 28-11, yikes.

I don't think the Cubs are concerned about the White Sox in the slightest. I have a feeling that the Cubs are going to keep on rolling, while the Sox are going to come back down to earth a bit in the next couple months.

The Sox pitching will come back to earth no doubt about that and they probably are not a team that will win 100+ as is their current pace. But if the pitching can hold up halfway respectable and the hitting can become mediocre, A win total in the lower 90's would certainly be possible and that should be good enough for a wild card. Since 1962 the Sox have started the season (first 20 games) with 14+ wins 4 times and the win totals for those seasons were 90,95,99, and 77. So historically that would say Sox have 75% chance of finishing with 90+ wins this year which in today's age is usually good enough for a wild card spot.

Chicago baseball now 35-14, this feels bizarre.

Regarding the WS pitching

1) Sale has been on of the top 5 in MLB the last 3 years, he's legitimately great and already 6-0. A career W-L of 63-40 and career era of 2.86!

2) Latos is coming off injuries and knows he has to prove himself. He had 3 fine years with the Reds and Padres

2010 SD 14-10 2.92 era
2012 Cincy 14-4 3,48 era
2013 cincy 14-7 3.16 era
2014 Cincy 5-5 3.25 era

Got hurt in 2014 and hada a bad 2015 coming back from it.

3) Jose Quintana has never got the credit he deserved because the WS never hit or fielded well behind him

2013 9-7 3.51 era
2014 9-11 3.32 era
2015 9-10 3.36 era

WS were bad defensively last year. Eaton is not a CF but a more than capable corner OF. Rollins is a better defensive SS than anybody they had on the roster last year. Frazier is a far superior 3B to any they'e had since 05/06

Austin Jackson can't hit worth a damn but covers alot of ground in CF which means Melky only has to make catches that are easy for him.

Entire MLB has only 13 starters with an ERA under 2.00 and the WS have 3 of them.



With an 18-8 start the Sox can lose 54 games and still win 100 this year, let that sink in.

(05-02-2016 03:20 AM)MaddDawgz02 Wrote:  Chicago baseball now 35-14, this feels bizarre.

If that level of success continues and with the Black Hawks coming off of an offseason where they will have finally gotten some much needed rest having won 3 of the last 7 Stanley Cups; the Bears could be irrelevant overlooked team this fall.

Not since 1906 have both Chicago baseball teams won 90 or more games in the same season. That year the Cubs won 116, the White Sox 94 with the White Sox beating the Cubs in the World Series.

With both teams at 19 wins each, both getting to 90 is highly probable with a realistic possibility of both reaching 100 wins which has not been done in a very long time, going back to the 1980's at least (both NY teams)

(05-04-2016 03:07 PM)Policiious Wrote:  Not since 1906 have both Chicago baseball teams won 90 or more games in the same season. That year the Cubs won 116, the White Sox 94 with the White Sox beating the Cubs in the World Series.

With both teams at 19 wins each, both getting to 90 is highly probable with a realistic possibility of both reaching 100 wins which has not been done in a very long time, going back to the 1980's at least (both NY teams)

Cubs have 20 wins

I hate to say it, but having the White Sox winning too is kinda fun.

(05-04-2016 04:44 PM)BleedsHuskieRed Wrote:  I hate to say it, but having the White Sox winning too is kinda fun.

You jinxed it

WS now 22-10. With 130 games remaining, they can finish 78-52 (play .600 ball) and still win 100!
Cubs at 23-6 with 132 remaining, can finish 77-55 and still win 100.
Chris Sale is the first MLB pitcher to 7 wins with the 4th lowest AL ERA at 1.79 and Quintana with the 2nd lowest at 1.38 to go with a 5-1 record. Latos ERA has risen to 2.62 but is still undefeated at 5-0. Sox have won 17 of the 20 starts by their 1 through 3 starters. Extrapolate that win percentage out over a 93 total start season and that's 79 wins. As long as those 3 are pitching link they are, the Sox's odds for a 100 win season are strong

The Sox aren't winning 100 games. Only three AL teams have had a .600 win percentage over the past 10 seasons. No chance.

(05-09-2016 04:09 AM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  The Sox aren't winning 100 games. Only three AL teams have had a .600 win percentage over the past 10 seasons. No chance.

White Sox just missed winning 100 in 2005 & 1983 (99 wins each season)

Angels 2014 98-64 .605
R Sox 2013 97-65 .599
Yankees 2011 97-65 .599

TB just missed in 20i0 TX in 2011, Oakland in 2013 and Baltimore in 2014 at .593 (96-66)

Your just a long suffering Cub fan who is afraid of the White Sox catching lightening in a bottle and stealing some of your team's thunder this year.

All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

(05-10-2016 05:28 PM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

You didn't just go there did you??? A Huskie fan talking about attendance!

(05-10-2016 05:28 PM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

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Typical Cub fan, ignore the incredible failure and futility of your franchise:

1) No World Series appearance for 70 years (1945)
2) No World Series title for over 100 years (1908)
3) The one season the Cubs played the White Sox in the World Series the White Sox won (1906)
4) Only 6 seasons with 90 or more wins in the last 70 years.

All you can talk about is attendance, newsflash nobody awards championships for attendance.

The White Sox have the best W-L record in the AL, continuing that gives the Sox home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs With the American Leagues dominance over the National League in the All Star Game (12-3-1 tie since 2000; 19-6-1 since 1990) plus the game being played in an AL ballpark this year; odds are high for another AL victory which sets up the post season very nicely for the
AL Champion giving that team home field advantage in the World Series (DH will be used in 4 of 7 games).

So if by some miracle the Cubs actually win the NL Championship; they will be at a disadvantage in the World Series, most likely.

But then facts and logic have never been the strong suit of Cub fans.

(05-12-2016 01:00 PM)Policiious Wrote:  

(05-10-2016 05:28 PM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

-3

Typical Cub fan, ignore the incredible failure and futility of your franchise:

1) No World Series appearance for 70 years (1945)
2) No World Series title for over 100 years (1908)
3) The one season the Cubs played the White Sox in the World Series the White Sox won (1906)
4) Only 6 seasons with 90 or more wins in the last 70 years.

All you can talk about is attendance, newsflash nobody awards championships for attendance.

The White Sox have the best W-L record in the AL, continuing that gives the Sox home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs With the American Leagues dominance over the National League in the All Star Game (12-3-1 tie since 2000; 19-6-1 since 1990) plus the game being played in an AL ballpark this year; odds are high for another AL victory which sets up the post season very nicely for the
AL Champion giving that team home field advantage in the World Series (DH will be used in 4 of 7 games).

So if by some miracle the Cubs actually win the NL Championship; they will be at a disadvantage in the World Series, most likely.

But then facts and logic have never been the strong suit of Cub fans.

The only one of those facts that is remotely relevant to the current season of baseball is the All-Star game, and even that is mostly mistaken. This season, the NL currently has a better record in interleague games than the AL, and even then, the two teams will be full of all-stars and are relatively evenly matched.

(05-12-2016 01:13 PM)niusfactuary Wrote:  

(05-12-2016 01:00 PM)Policiious Wrote:  

(05-10-2016 05:28 PM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

-3

Typical Cub fan, ignore the incredible failure and futility of your franchise:

1) No World Series appearance for 70 years (1945)
2) No World Series title for over 100 years (1908)
3) The one season the Cubs played the White Sox in the World Series the White Sox won (1906)
4) Only 6 seasons with 90 or more wins in the last 70 years.

All you can talk about is attendance, newsflash nobody awards championships for attendance.

The White Sox have the best W-L record in the AL, continuing that gives the Sox home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs With the American Leagues dominance over the National League in the All Star Game (12-3-1 tie since 2000; 19-6-1 since 1990) plus the game being played in an AL ballpark this year; odds are high for another AL victory which sets up the post season very nicely for the
AL Champion giving that team home field advantage in the World Series (DH will be used in 4 of 7 games).

So if by some miracle the Cubs actually win the NL Championship; they will be at a disadvantage in the World Series, most likely.

But then facts and logic have never been the strong suit of Cub fans.

The only one of those facts that is remotely relevant to the current season of baseball is the All-Star game, and even that is mostly mistaken. This season, the NL currently has a better record in interleague games than the AL, and even then, the two teams will be full of all-stars and are relatively evenly matched.

It's been proven time and time again that the AL is much tougher than the NL. There is a reason why the AL has won more interleague games over the NL for 12 straight years and nearly has won 300 more games than the NL in interleague play since it started back in 1997. Two weeks into May doesn't make an entire season for a record/standings debate.

(05-12-2016 02:19 PM)RedandBlackAttack Wrote:  

(05-12-2016 01:13 PM)niusfactuary Wrote:  

(05-12-2016 01:00 PM)Policiious Wrote:  

(05-10-2016 05:28 PM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

-3

Typical Cub fan, ignore the incredible failure and futility of your franchise:

1) No World Series appearance for 70 years (1945)
2) No World Series title for over 100 years (1908)
3) The one season the Cubs played the White Sox in the World Series the White Sox won (1906)
4) Only 6 seasons with 90 or more wins in the last 70 years.

All you can talk about is attendance, newsflash nobody awards championships for attendance.

The White Sox have the best W-L record in the AL, continuing that gives the Sox home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs With the American Leagues dominance over the National League in the All Star Game (12-3-1 tie since 2000; 19-6-1 since 1990) plus the game being played in an AL ballpark this year; odds are high for another AL victory which sets up the post season very nicely for the
AL Champion giving that team home field advantage in the World Series (DH will be used in 4 of 7 games).

So if by some miracle the Cubs actually win the NL Championship; they will be at a disadvantage in the World Series, most likely.

But then facts and logic have never been the strong suit of Cub fans.

The only one of those facts that is remotely relevant to the current season of baseball is the All-Star game, and even that is mostly mistaken. This season, the NL currently has a better record in interleague games than the AL, and even then, the two teams will be full of all-stars and are relatively evenly matched.

It's been proven time and time again that the AL is much tougher than the NL. There is a reason why the AL has won more interleague games over the NL for 12 straight years and nearly has won 300 more games than the NL in interleague play since it started back in 1997. Two weeks into May doesn't make an entire season for a record/standings debate.

And if you look at the past 6 years the NL and AL are tied 3-3. And if you look at the whole history of MLB, the NL leads the AL in all-star victories. Blah Blah stats and reference points can be manipulated. All those victories the AL has over the NL from 12 years ago doesn't matter a lick when it comes to this year, because all those players are retired.

(05-12-2016 01:13 PM)niusfactuary Wrote:  

(05-12-2016 01:00 PM)Policiious Wrote:  

(05-10-2016 05:28 PM)PrideinthePack Wrote:  All of those near misses don't count. .599 is great, but it's not the .600 criteria you posted.

The Cubs are the talk of not only the town but of all of baseball. No one cares about the Sox. 3rd largest market in the United States. 4th lowest attendance. The Marlins are averaging more fans than the Sox lol

-3

Typical Cub fan, ignore the incredible failure and futility of your franchise:

1) No World Series appearance for 70 years (1945)
2) No World Series title for over 100 years (1908)
3) The one season the Cubs played the White Sox in the World Series the White Sox won (1906)
4) Only 6 seasons with 90 or more wins in the last 70 years.

All you can talk about is attendance, newsflash nobody awards championships for attendance.

The White Sox have the best W-L record in the AL, continuing that gives the Sox home field advantage throughout the AL playoffs With the American Leagues dominance over the National League in the All Star Game (12-3-1 tie since 2000; 19-6-1 since 1990) plus the game being played in an AL ballpark this year; odds are high for another AL victory which sets up the post season very nicely for the
AL Champion giving that team home field advantage in the World Series (DH will be used in 4 of 7 games).

So if by some miracle the Cubs actually win the NL Championship; they will be at a disadvantage in the World Series, most likely.

But then facts and logic have never been the strong suit of Cub fans.

The only one of those facts that is remotely relevant to the current season of baseball is the All-Star game, and even that is mostly mistaken. This season, the NL currently has a better record in interleague games than the AL, and even then, the two teams will be full of all-stars and are relatively evenly matched.

X2. Yeah he really got off topic there. We were talking about the Sox "stealing thunder" from the Cubs. Attendance shows that no one cares about the Sox.

Jake Arrieta going out to dinner on an off day would get shown first on the local news over a Sox game. Cubs are always mentioned first on local news, national news, print, radio and TV media. Cubs fans aren't worried about the Sox stealing the Cubs thunder. They're irrelevant. That drives people like him crazy. He wishes people cared about the Sox so bad.

And congrats to the Sox winning 99 games in 1983, as if that pertains to the conversation in any way lol