No Wild Card for Cubs
September 5th, 2008 at 08:43pm Matt Trowbridge
With the Cubs hitting a rough patch, the Tribune has floated the idea that the Cubs might be better off with Milwaukee passing them and Chicago settling for the Wild Card. The idea is they would be better off playing the Mets in the first round than the Diamondbacks and their awesome pitching trio of Brandon Webb, Dan Haren and Randy Johnson. … Um, like facing Johan Santana would be any easier? Has anyone noticed that the fearsome Diamondbacks are 12th in the Majors in ERA, one spot behind the Mets. And they are 19th in runs scored, 11 spots behind the Mets. The Cubs should WANT to play Arizona in the playoffs. The Diamondbacks are going to be the weakest of all possible playoff foes.
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1. Flying Hellfish | September 8th, 2008 at 3:10 pm
I had to check the date on your post to make it sure it wasn’t 4/1/08 because the last two lines sounded like an April Fools joke. Nobody - nobody - wants to play the D-backs in the playoffs. The three pitchers you mention, Webb, Haren and Johnson are incredibly tough and could easily shut down the Cubs’ offense. I would much rather face Santana and whoever else on the Mets staff would throw at us. I just don’t see how anybody can call the Diamondbacks the weakest of all playoff foes with Webb, Haren and Johnson at the top of their rotation.
2. Tony Garcia | September 8th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
I’d love for the Cubs to face the Diamondbacks, especially if they’re sitting at home in October watching the Dodgers.
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