Desipio Message Board

General Category => Desipio Lounge => Topic started by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM

Title: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Armchair_QB on October 11, 2016, 09:36:20 PM
And after you delete your account, jump in front of a bus.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: flannj on October 11, 2016, 09:37:57 PM
Quote from: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.

He posted that from Australia.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:21:01 PM
Quote from: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.

Won't beat him Thursday either.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: World's #1 Astros Fan on October 11, 2016, 10:23:49 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:21:01 PM
Quote from: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.

Won't beat him Thursday either.

Eat shit, TJ.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:29:58 PM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 11, 2016, 10:23:49 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:21:01 PM
Quote from: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.

Won't beat him Thursday either.

Eat shit, TJ.

Care to bet on the outcome of Thursday's game? Actually, if they somehow rally and win tonight, that's a win for you too.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 11:07:22 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:29:58 PM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 11, 2016, 10:23:49 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:21:01 PM
Quote from: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.

Won't beat him Thursday either.

Eat shit, TJ.

Care to bet on the outcome of Thursday's game? Actually, if they somehow rally and win tonight, that's a win for you too.

It's a win for everyone.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: World's #1 Astros Fan on October 11, 2016, 11:13:24 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

To say nothing of illustrating how much your sound and fury on Twitter really does signify nothing.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: World's #1 Astros Fan on October 11, 2016, 11:15:18 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:29:58 PM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 11, 2016, 10:23:49 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 10:21:01 PM
Quote from: Shooter on October 11, 2016, 09:36:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:31:52 PM
Quote from: Saul Goodman on October 11, 2016, 09:13:15 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Delete your account

I'd love to be wrong, but I don't see this team beating Cueto tomorrow. They're done.

Definitely won't beat Cueto tomorrow.

Won't beat him Thursday either.

Eat shit, TJ.

Care to bet on the outcome of Thursday's game? Actually, if they somehow rally and win tonight, that's a win for you too.

Sorry for your disappointment.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Canadouche on October 11, 2016, 11:17:50 PM
(http://i.imgur.com/ooTXiNA.gif)
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:22:15 PM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 11, 2016, 11:13:24 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

To say nothing of illustrating how much your sound and fury on Twitter really does signify nothing.

Fair enough, although I never stuck a fork in them. Just stared at the fork and swore at it a lot
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Armchair_QB on October 11, 2016, 11:22:43 PM
I don't think there's any way the Cubs beat Cueto on Thursday now...
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Canadouche on October 11, 2016, 11:23:28 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 11, 2016, 11:22:43 PM
I don't think there's any way the Cubs beat Cueto on Thursday now...

Dammit, TJ wins again!
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Quality Start Machine on October 11, 2016, 11:24:26 PM
Well done, TJBC.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:25:52 PM
Quote from: Armchair_QB on October 11, 2016, 09:36:20 PM
And after you delete your account, jump in front of a bus.

This.

FYTJ!

What an asshole!
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: World's #1 Astros Fan on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, and they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Bort on October 12, 2016, 10:12:26 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

It's not really part of my Internet persona, but I'm going to stand and salute that.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Yeti on October 12, 2016, 10:33:21 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

LSA +1
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Oleg on October 12, 2016, 10:34:03 AM
WE'RE THROUGH THE LOOKINGGLASS PEOPLE!
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: SKO on October 12, 2016, 10:37:46 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

I can't really THIS this because lord knows I do more than my fair share of panicky dipshit bitching, but the only thing that would possibly be against them in this postseason is that short-series baseball is a fickle asshole. The Cardinals lost an NLCS on a walkoff homer from Travis fucking Ishikawa. They got blanked in two different world series by a previously "cursed" team. They probably have more playoff heartbreaks than the Cubs simply because they've been there more often. If they lose god knows I'm going to go down swearing but I'VE SEEN IT TOO MANY TIMES is not one of those complaints. This team has as much to do with the 2003 Cubs as it does the 1942 St. Louis Browns. The beauty of this team is I haven't seen most of the shit they are doing before.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: morpheus on October 12, 2016, 10:41:25 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

I can THIS this, but just barely.  I was on the ledge last night.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: flannj on October 12, 2016, 10:45:12 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

Thank you Huey. Kris Bryant was 11 in 2003 for Pete's sake.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: air2300 on October 12, 2016, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 10:37:46 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

I can't really THIS this because lord knows I do more than my fair share of panicky dipshit bitching, but the only thing that would possibly be against them in this postseason is that short-series baseball is a fickle asshole. The Cardinals lost an NLCS on a walkoff homer from Travis fucking Ishikawa. They got blanked in two different world series by a previously "cursed" team. They probably have more playoff heartbreaks than the Cubs simply because they've been there more often. If they lose god knows I'm going to go down swearing but I'VE SEEN IT TOO MANY TIMES is not one of those complaints. This team has as much to do with the 2003 Cubs as it does the 1942 St. Louis Browns. The beauty of this team is I haven't seen most of the shit they are doing before.
Maybe this goes to I admit it thread, but I have to say, non game-day SKO is rational.  During the games, reading your panicky tweets makes me want to throw my phone through the wall. 
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: SKO on October 12, 2016, 11:41:01 AM
Quote from: air2300 on October 12, 2016, 11:38:22 AM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 10:37:46 AM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

I can't really THIS this because lord knows I do more than my fair share of panicky dipshit bitching, but the only thing that would possibly be against them in this postseason is that short-series baseball is a fickle asshole. The Cardinals lost an NLCS on a walkoff homer from Travis fucking Ishikawa. They got blanked in two different world series by a previously "cursed" team. They probably have more playoff heartbreaks than the Cubs simply because they've been there more often. If they lose god knows I'm going to go down swearing but I'VE SEEN IT TOO MANY TIMES is not one of those complaints. This team has as much to do with the 2003 Cubs as it does the 1942 St. Louis Browns. The beauty of this team is I haven't seen most of the shit they are doing before.
Maybe this goes to I admit it thread, but I have to say, non game-day SKO is rational.  During the games, reading your panicky tweets makes me want to throw my phone through the wall.  

I've said many times before that I usually wake up after most games in shredded purple shorts, looking at the destruction around me and screaming in horror "oh god what did I tweet". If they actually make the World Series my wife is on standing orders to just take away my phone.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Oleg on October 12, 2016, 11:48:25 AM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 11:41:01 AM
Quote from: air2300 on October 12, 2016, 11:38:22 AM

Maybe this goes to I admit it thread, but I have to say, non game-day SKO is rational.  During the games, reading your panicky tweets makes me want to throw my phone through the wall.  

I've said many times before that I usually wake up after most games in shredded purple shorts, looking at the destruction around me and screaming in horror "oh god what did I tweet". If they actually make the World Series my wife is on standing orders to just take away my phone.

*If*?  You fucking fatalistic douche.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: CT III on October 12, 2016, 12:07:56 PM
Quote from: Cannonball Titcomb on October 12, 2016, 10:06:44 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 11:27:21 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 11, 2016, 11:12:01 PM
The way the Cubs have fucking owned the shit out of TJ both times he's declared them done makes my cockles tingle

Me too. But 1984 has done this to me.

Oh for fuck's sake, snap out of it.  You're not the only one who experienced '84.  And '03 was identical, blah blah fucking blah.  But in '03, they not only finally won a series but also won the Game 3 in Florida that everybody at the time was convinced they would lose; you'll recall the game ended on defensive miscue that was immediately erased by a Florida baserunning gaffe.  They beat Pittsburgh last year, they absolutely destroyed St. Louis.  There's enough out there to show the fates favor nobody; it's just that, as our Head Moran pointed out a couple weeks ago, when you rarely make the postseason, the times you fall short are magnified.  Those past horrors--which again, have NOTHING to do with today and everything to do with your own neuroses-- are evening out in any event.  I'm not denying I'm not scarred by it; but I'm also not going to irrationally impose those events on this fucking awesome group of players that should never fucking be doubted because FUCK YOU.

Knock off your own personal melodrama and get over it.  Repeat after me--the past has NOTHING to do with this team.  If they get bounced in the next round, it'll be because they didn't play well and/or played a hotter team.  It happened last year and you survived.  Enough with the fatalistic bullshit.

And hang with your goddamn team for crissakes.  

As someone who both nodded along while reading Huey's post but could not bring himself to make eye contact with the television while Chapman closed out the 9th, I'll just say this: sports emotions are weird and crazy.

The slate is clean, the deck is clear, the next series starts on Saturday.  Let's do it all over again.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Canadouche on October 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM
I guess the big take away for me is, you're not really hurting anyone but yourself by getting totally freaked out when things are going badly. A lot of people, if not most, do that.

But yes, it's frustrating and annoying to read doom and gloom while things have yet to be decided, if only because it has the tendency to increase the anxiety people are already feeling. So, maybe if you're a Doom and Gloomer, show some consideration and keep your morbid thoughts to yourself, or perhaps to some like-minded friends.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: SKO on October 12, 2016, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM
I guess the big take away for me is, you're not really hurting anyone but yourself by getting totally freaked out when things are going badly. A lot of people, if not most, do that.

But yes, it's frustrating and annoying to read doom and gloom while things have yet to be decided, if only because it has the tendency to increase the anxiety people are already feeling. So, maybe if you're a Doom and Gloomer, show some consideration and keep your morbid thoughts to yourself, or perhaps to some like-minded friends.

And my advice, as always, is don't follow me on twitter. Why anyone does is a total mystery.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: R-V on October 12, 2016, 02:36:22 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM
I guess the big take away for me is, you're not really hurting anyone but yourself by getting totally freaked out when things are going badly. A lot of people, if not most, do that.

But yes, it's frustrating and annoying to read doom and gloom while things have yet to be decided, if only because it has the tendency to increase the anxiety people are already feeling. So, maybe if you're a Doom and Gloomer, show some consideration and keep your morbid thoughts to yourself, or perhaps to some like-minded friends.

And my advice, as always, is don't follow me on twitter. Why anyone does is a total mystery.

You should set up two accounts. You could use one to send out the in-game stuff that is totally unreadable, and another for everything else that is totally readable.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: thehawk on October 12, 2016, 02:56:42 PM
Quote from: R-V on October 12, 2016, 02:36:22 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM
I guess the big take away for me is, you're not really hurting anyone but yourself by getting totally freaked out when things are going badly. A lot of people, if not most, do that.

But yes, it's frustrating and annoying to read doom and gloom while things have yet to be decided, if only because it has the tendency to increase the anxiety people are already feeling. So, maybe if you're a Doom and Gloomer, show some consideration and keep your morbid thoughts to yourself, or perhaps to some like-minded friends.

I like the idea of an SKOmeatball handle

And my advice, as always, is don't follow me on twitter. Why anyone does is a total mystery.

You should set up two accounts. You could use one to send out the in-game stuff that is totally unreadable, and another for everything else that is totally readable.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Quality Start Machine on October 12, 2016, 03:11:20 PM
Quote from: Oleg on October 12, 2016, 11:48:25 AM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 11:41:01 AM
Quote from: air2300 on October 12, 2016, 11:38:22 AM

Maybe this goes to I admit it thread, but I have to say, non game-day SKO is rational.  During the games, reading your panicky tweets makes me want to throw my phone through the wall.  

I've said many times before that I usually wake up after most games in shredded purple shorts, looking at the destruction around me and screaming in horror "oh god what did I tweet". If they actually make the World Series my wife is on standing orders to just take away my phone.

*If*?  You fucking fatalistic douche.

This is 2010 Blackhawks land. Enjoy a very special group of athletes slaying every memory that haunts you.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Canadouche on October 12, 2016, 04:30:59 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 02:24:53 PM
Quote from: Canadouche on October 12, 2016, 02:13:20 PM
I guess the big take away for me is, you're not really hurting anyone but yourself by getting totally freaked out when things are going badly. A lot of people, if not most, do that.

But yes, it's frustrating and annoying to read doom and gloom while things have yet to be decided, if only because it has the tendency to increase the anxiety people are already feeling. So, maybe if you're a Doom and Gloomer, show some consideration and keep your morbid thoughts to yourself, or perhaps to some like-minded friends.

And my advice, as always, is don't follow me on twitter. Why anyone does is a total mystery.

That's fair, and is pretty much the big counterpoint. I'd have to actively seek out your breakdowns, so they don't bug me. It's tougher on a forum, though, unless there's a specific negativity thread that we can all ignore.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Quality Start Machine on October 24, 2016, 04:29:27 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.

the second best thing about this season is the shorter wait for pitchers and catchers.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Bort on October 24, 2016, 04:47:34 PM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 24, 2016, 04:29:27 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.

the second best thing about this season is the shorter wait for pitchers and catchers.

I never said the proper FYTJ, so I'm putting it down for posterity, but all is long forgiven.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: J. Walter Weatherman on October 24, 2016, 06:08:56 PM
Quote from: SKO on October 12, 2016, 11:41:01 AM
If they actually make the World Series my wife is on standing orders to just take away my phone.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Chuck to Chuck on October 24, 2016, 07:09:23 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.

Hannukah is Christmas Eve this year. Everything is coming up together.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 26, 2016, 05:00:33 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 24, 2016, 07:09:23 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.

Hannukah is Christmas Eve this year. Everything is coming up together.

Do Chinese restaurants make good Latkes?
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Quality Start Machine on October 26, 2016, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 26, 2016, 05:00:33 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 24, 2016, 07:09:23 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.

Hannukah is Christmas Eve this year. Everything is coming up together.

Do Chinese restaurants make good Latkes?

Scallion pancakes are close enough for jazz.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Powdered Toast Man on October 27, 2016, 10:04:35 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Are you like this in real life or is this a thing you do for our entertainment? Choose your answer carefully...it depends on if I continue enjoying your existence.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Chuck to Chuck on October 27, 2016, 10:07:50 AM
Quote from: Quality Start Machine on October 26, 2016, 08:03:12 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 26, 2016, 05:00:33 PM
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on October 24, 2016, 07:09:23 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 24, 2016, 04:03:18 PM
I love that I posted this for two reasons:

1) In case I need to be humbled a little bit. I was wrong. Chuck has never been wronger than I was above.
2) Ironically, "next year" isn't a pie in the sky, empty hope thing. But this year is still here. And we're 61 days from Christmas Eve, which is about 50 days from pitchers and catchers reporting.

Hannukah is Christmas Eve this year. Everything is coming up together.

Do Chinese restaurants make good Latkes?

Scallion pancakes are close enough for jazz.

Probably a 3 hour wait this year.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Brownie on October 27, 2016, 12:16:38 PM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on October 27, 2016, 10:04:35 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Are you like this in real life or is this a thing you do for our entertainment? Choose your answer carefully...it depends on if I continue enjoying your existence.

I was definitely like that during the eighth inning or seventh inning or whenever I posted that on October 11.
Title: Re: Cubs 2017. The Experienced Optimist Version
Post by: Saul Goodman on October 27, 2016, 12:40:28 PM
Quote from: Brownie on October 27, 2016, 12:16:38 PM
Quote from: Powdered Toast Man on October 27, 2016, 10:04:35 AM
Quote from: Brownie on October 11, 2016, 09:09:39 PM
I like the Cubs. And I like baseball. They should win many games in the regular season, before kicking us in the nuts in October.

Four months until pitchers and catchers report.

Are you like this in real life or is this a thing you do for our entertainment? Choose your answer carefully...it depends on if I continue enjoying your existence.

I was definitely like that during the eighth inning or seventh inning or whenever I posted that on October 11.

He and Bruce Levine have about the same reaction time.