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Dan Haren World Series Preview 10/24/16

Monday, October 24, 20168 takes

NFL Week 7 recap ( - ). Big Cat recounts Saturday night from the bleachers and the Cubs clinching their first pennant since 1945 ( - ). Football Guy of the week ( - ). Tiger Woods Who's Back Of The Week ( - )). Dan Haren joins the show to preview the World Series, what it's like to pitch in a simulated game, and the chances of Kyle Schwarber having an impact on the series ( - ). Segments include PR 101 for Ryan Fitzpatrick. Humans vs The Sun, Hmmmmm, Respect the Biz, Kicker's Psychiatrist and Sabermetrics of the week.

Recap

Void
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016
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Big CatBig Cat

The Cubs celebration for winning the NL pennant was maybe a little too much

I actually do think that the celebration was maybe a little too much, to be honest. I feel like, I mean, it was an unbelievable night, a night I'll never forget, but there definitely was a feeling like this is the greatest moment when still got the World Series to win.

The Cubs did go on to win the World Series, justifying the caution, though fans would argue 71 years of waiting earned a big party.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016
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HankHank

The Chicago Cubs will win the World Series in four or five games

I got to go Cubs. I think it's going to be Cubs too. I think it's going to be four or five games.

The Cubs won the 2016 World Series, but it took the full seven games, not four or five.
Loss
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016
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PFT CommenterPFT Commenter

The Cleveland Indians will win the World Series and celebrate at Wrigley Field

Man, how heartbreaking would that be if the Indians won in Wrigley Field, huh? And you guys had to watch him celebrate there? God, I hope that doesn't happen. No Cubs, no.

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The Indians did not win the series; the Cubs won game 7 in Cleveland.

Football Guy Of The Week

Void
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016·Football Guy of the Week
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Big CatBig Cat

NFL coaches only work out to prevent stress-induced heart attacks, not to get in shape

A very football guy move, they're not working out to get in shape. They're just working out so they don't have a heart attack. It's purely to stop the heart attack. Get through the day. Yes. Stress heart attack. Everyone knows you cure a stress heart attack by going on the elliptical for 45 minutes.

This is a humorous generalization about coach lifestyles and cannot be factually proven.

Interview

Win
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016
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Dan HarenDan Haren

The Cubs will win the World Series in seven games

I'm going to say Cubs in seven. The Indians are tougher than you think, man. They're pretty good. The tough thing with the Indians is if they get a lead on you with Shaw and then obviously Miller can go two innings and Cody Allen. So basically if they get through five innings with a lead, you're in bad shape.

The Cubs defeated the Indians 4-3 in the World Series, winning exactly in seven games as Haren predicted.
Void
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016
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Dan HarenDan Haren

Trevor Bauer's teammates are likely talking behind his back about his drone injury

I think they're more mad than they would lead on. Like they would probably say, Hey man, nothing, no big deal, but then you get the guys behind closed doors that are probably talking a lot of shit about him.

This is a claim about private locker room feelings and cannot be definitively verified.
Win
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016
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Dan HarenDan Haren

Kyle Schwarber can successfully return and hit home runs in the World Series after six months off

If anybody can do it, it would be [Schwarber] to step back, just to step up after a year off or not even a year, like six months off and be able to hit bombs. It would be him. He will not overthink it. That's impossible.

Schwarber returned as DH and hit .412 with a .971 OPS in the 2016 World Series, arguably the most successful injury return in MLB history.

Sabermetrics

Win
Take Slip·Oct 24, 2016·Sabermetrics
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Big CatBig Cat

October 22nd is the most significant date in Chicago Cubs history

October 22nd, 2016, the Cubs clinched the NLCS. October 22nd, 2011, the Cubs hired Theo Epstein. October 22nd, 1970, the man behind the Billy Goat curse died. October 22nd is a big-time sabermetrics date in Cubs history now.

The dates provided are historical facts: the Pennant win, Theo's hiring, and William Sianis's death all occurred on Oct 22.