2016 MLB Postseason Thread

[JZsportswhiz]

is there not a single guy in our lineup who can get a hit off of arrieta
 
apparently not

Now you know how I felt last night
 
Cubs have been shutout 3 times this postseason... it happens

 

[JZsportswhiz]

It's also been 4 innings so chill

 

[Mexi]

Congrats to the cubs for breaking the curse

Congrats to Cleveland for a great season that must have been quite the ride

 

[videofreak8]

ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

 

[elcheato]

Most excited I've ever heard Joe buck

 

[Mexi]

Some people really didn't want to let schwarber start lol

What a great story. I feel happy for him
Definitely my fav cub

 

[Mexi]

Most excited I've ever heard Joe buck

since the nlcs and any baez play

 

[videofreak8]

 

[videofreak8]

This inning will never end

 

[videofreak8]

thought Perez did it again
 
still no hits

 

[videofreak8]

Salazar coming in

 

[videofreak8]

OMG A HIT

 

[JZsportswhiz]

Some people really didn't want to let schwarber start lol

What a great story. I feel happy for him
Definitely my fav cub

Will be interesting to see how things work out at Wrigley. Zobrist has played RF a little this season so they can do it if they sacrifice defense

 

[videofreak8]

Please get a run so I can at least have some false hope

 

[videofreak8]

I'LL TAKE IT

 

[JZsportswhiz]

I've seen Arrieta so much better than this too.  Guy throws 5 1/3 innings of no-hit ball in the World Series and he's got about 75% of this stuff

 

[videofreak8]

What clicked to make Arrieta so dominant once he got to Chicago?

 

[videofreak8]

And don't say the beard

 

[JZsportswhiz]

What clicked to make Arrieta so dominant once he got to Chicago?

The Cubs basically changed every aspect of his mechanics. There was a great article on Fan Graphs I believe last year during his dominating 2nd half. I'll try to find it later.
 
Edit: I think it may have been this one... don't have time to read it now, I know it was a stats based site so Fan Graphs or 538.
http://fivethirtyeight.com/features/jake-arrieta-is-not-your-normal-ace/

 

[videofreak8]

2 runs here please
 
Article covers how much he changed his release point. Extremely effective and added a lot of movement to his breaking balls