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Old 07-07-2019, 09:34 PM   #246
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2075 Playoffs – ALCS (10/24)

Chicago Fire (8-6, On Roade: 3-4) @ Jacksonville Jaguars (9-4, At Home: 6-1)
That Jacksonville, at home now with a full day of rest between contests, finds themselves here is not surprising - this is a quality club with a proven track record. This could be the win that catapults them into a rareified air - the stratosphere reserved only for champions - it could be the start of righting the wrong that the universe delivered when Josiah Weber went down due to season-ending injury against Seattle in 2072. They should have run roughshod over everyone that year - but, unfortunately, we’re unable to overcome that devastating loss. That squad was a juggernaut with a capital J - jobbed by the injury bug. This team doesn’t have that same make-up - they’re a hard-scrabble bunch of ne'er-do-well’s who have fought for everything they’ve earned. And, their opponent, the Chicago Fire? They’re no easy out - not for anyone - and here, with their backs against the proverbial wall, will look to come out swinging. Loading them up, every shot sent forth with the illest of intentions - this one should be a barn burner. Will Mercury and his band of less-than-merry men get it done or will Gavin Nalley and his hard-scrabble squad of up-tempo up setters survive and force a game 7?

Jeffrey Egans (2-1, 3.91) @ Nat Millard (2-1, 3.51)
Nat Millard comes into this contest with an 0-2, 3.91 ERA against the Fire in the regular season – not ideal, but he might be good for it – he kicked it off by sitting them down in order during the top of the 1st, so could just be too small a sample size to carry any water. And it didn’t – this time, Nat got the win, and it was Egans who would get pummeled – a 6-run did him in and, effectively, ended the Fire’s season. Paul Swift, Jeremy Glickstein, Telma Taveras, and Burton Darden each brought in 2 RBI’s for Jacksonville – ensuring that their ticket to the World Series was properly punched. Nat went 7.2 innings and allowed 3 measly hits on only a single earned run – he’d add 7 K’s to his tally before handing it over to Rion Foreman who registered 2 K’s en route to closing this one out. Jacksonville gets it done, in dominant fashion, by a score of 10-2. Ultimately, this is the result I expected – honestly, I’m just glad it wasn’t Green Bay that made it to the Series.

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