jamesdakrn

There are millions of Koreans that left the North during the war, thinking it would be temporary. In 1950, the level of NK "brainwashing" was not even close to today's, as both the South Korean and the NOrth Korean states were very young, unstable, and frankly no one envisioned that the division would last through today. My guess is that no, they don't think much of Kim Il Sung. In fact, most North Korean Silhyangmin (those who left North Korea before/during the war, literally "those who have lost their homeland" in Korean) are aggressively anti-NK and the Kim regime, since they see that Kim Il Sung took away their homeland and their families.

I don't think Cubs beating the Nats would be an "upset" tbh

He was evil, but the real problem IMO is what happened after him. In short he's the first one, but he's not the worst one.

Defending champs might actually be a knock against them- the Cubs' staff had to pitch way more innings than other teams, and that fatigue is showing on guys like Lester, who's been on and off, Arrietta, who's been solid since the break but not as dominant as he used to be.

Cubs are a good team and shouldn't be surprised if they make it out of the NL, but I can't see them as odds-on favorites

Also thoughts on the recent Dodgers' losing streak after looking like they were going to break the MLB record?

Do you think certain players- the way they play for example (contact-hitter vs. power) make them more valuable int he postseason, aka smaller sample size? Since HRs ARE the most valuable, and stats like wRC+ measure the offensive value of a player based on Run Expectancy Matrix, do you think there may be a fault here where some of the guys (like Joey Gallo, the leader of the TTT) have a lot of day-to-day variance due to hoem runs being much more rare can be more risky int he playoffs?