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On Your Mark: The Chicago Cubs will win the World Series, per Marty McFly
www.myrtlebeachonline.com ^ | October 12, 2015 | By Jeff Nowak

Posted on 10/12/2015 1:11:25 PM PDT by Red Badger

It’s beginning to seem like Marty McFly may have been onto something.

The Cubs sure are an interesting team to watch. Nothing demonstrates that point more effectively than mad-hatter manager Joe Maddon calling for two suicide squeezes in the second inning on Saturday, en route to a 6-3 win over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Now, if you’re like me, you wonder why this isn’t always the play with a runner on third and fewer than two outs. I’ve almost never seen it played correctly by opposing defenses, and isn’t it more reliable than a fly ball to the outfield? But hey, there’s a reason I’m not an MLB manager – at least one.

That said, when Marty jumped ahead in “Back to the Future Part II,” he spied a billboard congratulating the Cubs on a World Series victory. And after watching this plucky Cubs squad grab momentum and knot the series at 1 as it shifts to Chicago, that scene is beginning to look more like foresight that fantasy.

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TOPICS: History; Sports; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: 1908; backtothefuture; baseball; cardinals; chicago; cubs; illinois; jeffnowak; missouri; sports; stlouis; stlouiscardinals; worldseries
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To: Red Badger

KC 7
H 6

Houston just blew a 5 point lead and are now 1 run behind KC top of the 8th.

KC has 3 on base, 2 outs and batter with 1 b and 2 strks.


21 posted on 10/12/2015 1:40:52 PM PDT by TomGuy
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To: Red Badger

All the naysayers should make like a tree and get out of here!


22 posted on 10/12/2015 1:42:37 PM PDT by ClearCase_guy (I've switched. Trump is my #1. He understands how to get things done. Cruz can be VP.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Alas, if the Cubs ended up facing the Tigers in the 1984 World Series, they would have been quickly swept by the Tigers that season--the Tigers in 1984 were on a roll and nobody could stop them.
23 posted on 10/12/2015 1:43:27 PM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's economic cure)
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To: RayChuang88
Alas, if the Cubs ended up facing the Tigers in the 1984 World Series, they would have been quickly swept by the Tigers that season--the Tigers in 1984 were on a roll and nobody could stop them.

84 Tigers were the greatest team of the modern era.

24 posted on 10/12/2015 1:44:44 PM PDT by dfwgator
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To: ClearCase_guy

Who or what will be this year’s Bartman?


25 posted on 10/12/2015 1:45:22 PM PDT by dinoparty
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To: brydic1

I was looking for some kind of thread for this Astros-KC game. I’m rooting for the Astros but I can’t believe how KC has come roaring back in the bottom of the eighth. Astros now face lights-out Wade Davis with this seasons’ ERA of 0.94.


26 posted on 10/12/2015 1:46:41 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: TomGuy

They’ll walk him..............


27 posted on 10/12/2015 1:50:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: Jim 0216
It's reminiscent of last year for the Royals, coming back from being way down in the 8th.
28 posted on 10/12/2015 1:50:53 PM PDT by brydic1
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To: dinoparty

Daniel Craig?................


29 posted on 10/12/2015 1:51:18 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: brydic1

Remind me what happened last year. Do you know which game it was and did KC have their backs to the wall and how many runs did they have to score?


30 posted on 10/12/2015 1:55:36 PM PDT by Jim W N
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To: Red Badger
Now, if you’re like me, you wonder why this isn’t always the play with a runner on third and fewer than two outs.

Because bunting is largely a lost art and Cadillacs come from swinging from the heels. That said, good for the Cubs for putting down a couple.

31 posted on 10/12/2015 1:57:40 PM PDT by Colonel_Flagg ("Donald Trump: Quality Conservatism Since 2015.")
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To: Red Badger

What were the odds for the Cubs to win the World Series at “the beginning of the season”?

And there is no “points” in baseball.

They are called runs.


32 posted on 10/12/2015 1:58:09 PM PDT by skinndogNN
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To: Colonel_Flagg

Would you want to bunt with a 95+ MPH fastball heading at your chest?...................


33 posted on 10/12/2015 2:04:10 PM PDT by Red Badger (READ MY LIPS: NO MORE BUSHES!...............)
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To: RayChuang88

They led wire-to-wire, 26–4 record in the first 30 games, won 104 regular season games, but to be fair, in the World Series, they needed FIVE games to reach the championship. ;’)


34 posted on 10/12/2015 2:23:23 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Here's to the day the forensics people scrape what's left of Putin off the ceiling of his limo.)
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To: Jim 0216
It was the wild card game last year. The Royals were behind 3-7 and we scored 3 runs in the 8th then another to tie in the 9th and eventually won the game. Went on to win 3 straight games in the next 5 game series then 4 straight in the 7 game series, then went to a 3-3 in the world series but lost in the 7th game. A great year for the Royals and this one could be another.
35 posted on 10/12/2015 2:46:56 PM PDT by brydic1
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To: brydic1
Looks like I have to go with the KC Royals - the true DREAM TEAM!

No stars, merely "Men at Work."

36 posted on 10/12/2015 3:37:04 PM PDT by zerosix (Native Sunflower)
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To: Yo-Yo

Here is a 1985 technology quiz that I scored 80% percent.

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/1188290-back-to-the-future-quiz-do-you-know-1985-tech


37 posted on 10/12/2015 3:43:01 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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To: Red Badger

They’ll find a way to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory


38 posted on 10/12/2015 4:21:30 PM PDT by big'ol_freeper (Ná tabhair shilíní le muca nó comhairle do amadáin)
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To: Red Badger

http://www.jordoncooper.com/2009/03/20-things-that-have-happened-since-the-chicago-cubs-last-won-the-world-series/


39 posted on 10/12/2015 4:35:11 PM PDT by Defiant (I wouldn't have to mansplain if it weren't for all those wymidiots.)
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To: dfwgator
Unfortunately, all anyone remembers about the '84 Tigers is their fans burned half the city down after they won it all.

35-5 start

109-53 for the season.

The Cubs didn't stand a chance against that team. An incredible year! Thanks Sparky! RIP!

40 posted on 10/12/2015 5:46:41 PM PDT by SkiKnee
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