This is it!

SportsWorld · Post #1 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:28 am

Cubs Schedule:
September 17th- VS Cincinnati Reds
September 18th - VS Cincinnati Reds
September 19th - VS Cincinnati Reds
September 21st - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
September 22nd - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
September 23rd - VS Pittsburgh Pirates
September 25th - @ Florida Marlins
September 26th - @ Florida Marlins
September 27th - @ Florida Marlins
September 28th - @ Cincinnati Reds
September 29th - @ Cincinnati Reds
September 30th - @ Cincinnati Reds
6 Home, 6 Road
2 Off Days

Brewers Schedule:
September 17th- @ Houston Astros
September 18th- @ Houston Astros
September 19th- @ Houston Astros
September 20th- @ Atlanta Braves
September 21st- @ Atlanta Braves
September 22nd- @ Atlanta Braves
September 23rd- @ Atlanta Braves
September 24th- VS St. Louis Cardinals
September 25th- VS St. Louis Cardinals
September 26th- VS St. Louis Cardinals
September 27th- VS San Diego Padres
September 28th- VS San Diego Padres
September 29th- VS San Diego Padres
September 30th- VS San Diego Padres
7 Road Games, 7 Home Games
No Off Days

What do you all think will happen?
Cubs have an advantage with 2 off days while the Brewers have none.

IbreakNeckZ101 · Post #2 » by **IbreakNeckZ101** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:51 am

4 ATL and 4 SD for milwaukee?? central is ours.

SportsWorld · Post #3 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:05 am

IbreakNeckZ101 wrote:4 ATL and 4 SD for milwaukee?? central is ours.

You gotta love it.
Both the Padres and Braves are in a playoff chase and will not be tanking while playing the Brewers so those are some tough games. We play a bunch of cupcakes to end our season that are going to try and play spoiler.

Rodanlee · Post #4 » by **Rodanlee** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:13 am

can you say 4 playoff teams for the chi this year!!!!! cubs, bulls, bears, and blackhawks(ok that's a stretch but i'm excited about them)

SportsWorld · Post #5 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:19 am

Cubs-Possibly
Bears-I am scared. They didn't look to good today while the Packers look really good.
Bulls-Possible championship team either this year or next.
Blackhawks-Who gives

Posey H8er · Post #6 » by **Posey H8er** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:24 am

Don't be scared of the Bears. Defense is lights out. With that, you have a chance every game.

Cubs Schedule:
September 17th- VS Cincinnati Reds W
September 18th - VS Cincinnati Reds W
September 19th - VS Cincinnati Reds L
September 21st - VS Pittsburgh Pirates L
September 22nd - VS Pittsburgh Pirates W
September 23rd - VS Pittsburgh Pirates W
September 25th - @ Florida Marlins W
September 26th - @ Florida Marlins W
September 27th - @ Florida Marlins L
September 28th - @ Cincinnati Reds W
September 29th - @ Cincinnati Reds L
September 30th - @ Cincinnati Reds W

8-4

Final Record: 86-76, 1st in the NL Central

SportsWorld · Post #7 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:29 am

Reds Series: The key to this series is starting Geovani Soto. The Reds ran all over the Brewers this weekend on Johnny Estrada. Geovani Soto has a great arm. Cubs win this series 2/3.

Pirates Series: The key to this series is winning. The Pirates suck. We should sweep them but knowing the Cubs we will lose 2/3.

Florida Series: A series where the combined crowd will be 7,000 people (all Cub fans) This ballpark will play to our advantage. We don't hit many home runs and this is a huge ballpark so finding gaps will be key in this series. Cubs sweep.

Reds Series Part II: A lot of Cub fans will be here and I am even thinking about heading down there to see a potential clincher. Cubs need to win 2 of 3. Anything less than that is unacceptable.

2poor · Post #8 » by **2poor** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:07 pm

Those Padres/Braves series are real beasts for the Brewers. Without looking at the standings, I think both series will have fairly significant Wild Card implications, especially for the Braves who aren't catching the Mets for the division lead anytime soon.

I'm really really really thinking about heading down to Cincy for the final series depending on how things shake out.

Go Cubs! :clap:

Howling Mad · Post #9 » by **Howling Mad** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:45 pm

2poor wrote:Those Padres/Braves series are real beasts for the Brewers. Without looking at the standings, I think both series will have fairly significant Wild Card implications, especially for the Braves who aren't catching the Mets for the division lead anytime soon.

I'm really really really thinking about heading down to Cincy for the final series depending on how things shake out.

Go Cubs!

Double woohooo. First for the Cubs and then for the Mets.

I actually thought I might have to cheer for the Brewers this week. phew!

brewcityboii · Post #10 » by **brewcityboii** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:25 pm

It is going to be a very nerve racking next 2 weeks.

The only thing that I see in our (brewers) favor is that the 2 series you face the reds it looks like you are going to have to face Harang & arroyo in each series.

As a Brewer fan I am much more worried about the 4 game seires in Atlanta just because we play like complete trash on the road. :nonono:

Being that we are pretty much in a dead heat (even in the loss column) I really think its going to be really tough for the Brewers to pull it off, I think they are going to have to bank on the cubs losing 2 of the 4 series they have left.

Question: If the Brewers & Cubs end with the same record do they have to play a tie break game or do the Cubs advance since they won the head-head?

2poor · Post #11 » by **2poor** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 5:15 pm

If the Brewers and Cubs finish tied there would be a 163rd game played to break the tie. The game would be played at Wrigley.

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Post #12 » by **MickeyDavis** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 6:47 pm

We (Brewers) are awful on the road. We did catch a break that Oswalt will miss his turn (wife having a baby). Our seven road games this week plus Padres at home = big Cubs advantage.

I don't think off days matter much at this point in the season.

Cav-Titan-Cub · Post #13 » by **Cav-Titan-Cub** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:07 pm

I think we've just about got the NL Central in the bag...we've got 2 more off days, 2 less games, and alot less pressure.

Post #14 » by **PhilipNelsonFan** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:19 pm

The fact that the Cubs play the Pirates should be enough to tip the scales.

SportsWorld · Post #15 » by **SportsWorld** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 8:33 pm

I guess Bud Selig wants to give the Cubs more of an advantage:
http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/

One game interleague series in Kansas City.

WEFFPIM · Post #16 » by **WEFFPIM** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 9:04 pm

The only thing that can help the Brewers with the Cubs' two offdays is if the Brewers win both those games. But my goodness, these next two weeks will be thrilling and terrifying all at once.

Angry Jimmy · Post #17 » by **Angry Jimmy** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:50 am

Hmm, I've seen this movie before. Cubs look like there cruising to a playoff spot with a nice stretch of bad teams to finish the season.

Didn't like how it ended last time.

Hopefully the remake will be better.

SportsWorld · Post #18 » by **SportsWorld** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:52 am

Cubs are gaining tons of momentum.
From that double play in Houston to the comeback tonight.

Rodanlee · Post #19 » by **Rodanlee** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:31 pm

Cubs can still win 90 games!!!!!!! that is if they win every one of their remaining 11 games...

Isocleas2 · Post #20 » by **Isocleas2** » Tue Sep 18, 2007 4:41 pm

This next week will be huge. If the Brewers can keep pace on the road there will be alot of momentum for their final 7 game homestand.

Btw, at this point Atlanta's wildcard shots arn't much better than their chances of winning the division. 4 back on Philly and 5 1/2 games back on the Padres? Even the most optimistic Braves fans can't be giving their team more than a 10% shot at the postseason.