Hey, the Cubs have a 2-game winning streak and have won 3 of their last four. If they can win 3 of 4 the rest of the way, they'll be a 95-win team. If you can believe the Cubs can win at a .750 clip, I'm happy for you. Instead let's enjoy the following:
1) Jake Peavy's arm has fallen off. He reported shoulder discomfort last month when he sucked, but he had three or four good starts when he could have been on the DL, and now it looks like he has a significant injury. Not Mark Prior or Kerry Wood significant, but even Tony LaRussa would consider this significant.
2) Speaking of The Genius, he'd consider a 9-run 9th inning significant, especially if it came with the Cardinals entering that inning leading 9-3.
3) Dewyane Wade and Chris Bosh are going to enjoy playing 2-on-5 basketball for the next five or six seasons. And Dewyane will have some fun alimony checks to boot.
4) Every day Aramis Ramirez hits two homers, somewhere, Barry Rozner is a little sadder.
5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI. The game was so in reach, yet not really.
6) A bunch of Englishmen and French feel like we did after the 2008 playoffs.
7) Oh and Paul Konerko is polling as well as Dennis Kucinich in the 2008 primary.
Good morning?
8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on July 07, 2010, 09:55:43 AM
8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
9) The Brixen Ivy guy probably wishes he could sell a rooftop event to a bunch of loud, drunk morans.
10.) Robert Byrd died.
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8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
9) The Brixen Ivy guy probably wishes he could sell a rooftop event to a bunch of loud, drunk morans.
This brought back the image of morph falling down the stairs. Thank you for reminding me, I'm lol'ng now.
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
11.) Andy MacPhail has decided to share his deceptive powers of destruction with a team that's not the Cubs.
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
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8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
9) The Brixen Ivy guy probably wishes he could sell a rooftop event to a bunch of loud, drunk morans.
This brought back the image of morph falling down the stairs step. Thank you for reminding me, I'm lol'ng now.
Reality'd.
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
People have a tendency to single out coordinators and coaches for some reason in singular games when it was probably, quite possibly, maybe, very speculatively the players on the field who didn't execute well enough to beat the other team. Blaming the coaches is easy
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
People have a tendency to single out coordinators and coaches for some reason in singular games when it was probably, quite possibly, maybe, very speculatively the players on the field who didn't execute well enough to beat the other team. Blaming the coaches is easy
I get that. The order of blame for that game is as follows 1) The defensive line/Secondary. 2) Rex Grossman 3) The entire defensive coaching staff. STOP PLAYING THE GOD DAMN COVER 2. NO MORE "TAKING AWAY BIG PLAYS." ON 3RD DOWN AND FIVE AN 8 YARD HOOK IS A BIG FUCKING PLAY YOU MOUTH BREATHING RETARDS OH FUCK I THINK DOMINIC RHODES JUST GOT ANOTHER FIRST DOWN ON A PASS THAT TRAVELLED THREE YARDS IN THE AIR. DIE DIE DIE DIE ALL OF YOU DIE
Quote from: Chuck to Chuck on July 07, 2010, 09:55:43 AM
8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
Your fascination with this guy is weird.
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
Yep.
Rainstorm, running game working, shaky QB, & still a close game in the 3rd qtr and Ron's solution is to throw the fucking ball all over the place.
QuoteLong after Hester's return, for reasons that have haunted the Bears for three years since that moment, former offensive coordinator Ron Turner stopped calling plays for former running back Thomas Jones and -- as quickly as you can say trust me - the Bears became former Super Bowl contenders. The rest is history -- the kind that's been much less fun to record.
Trailing 19-14, the Bears had the ball and momentum facing a second-and-one at the Colts' 45 early in the third quarter.
Instead of taking the gimme and keeping hope alive, Turner called a pass play that resulted in a sack and an 11-yard loss. On the next pass play, third-and-12, Rex Grossman fumbled the snap and the Bears began the slow, painful descent into becoming a team it didn't want to be. [\quote]
QuoteThough averaging 7.5 yards per carry in the game, the Bears' only called 15 running plays in the 29-17 loss to Indianapolis.[\quote]
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8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
Your fascination with this guy is weird.
I was wondering who would bite first. Congrats, Gil.
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
Yep.
Rainstorm, running game working, shaky QB, & still a close game in the 3rd qtr and Ron's solution is to throw the fucking ball all over the place.
Sigh. To say the run game was "working" up until that point is extremely misleading, or to say that calling one pass on 2nd and 1 is "throwing the fucking ball all over the place" is ridiculous. If you can't take a chance on passing on 2nd and 1, when can you? It's not the coordinators fault Rex PANK'd back to back plays. At that point in the game Turner had called 10 passes to 8 runs. It's not like he suddenly turned into Air Coryell. Also, Cedric Benson was already out of the game, and Thomas Jones had gained 63 yards on 6 carries. That sounds good, but 52 of those yards came on one carry. On the other 7 carries of the half the team averaged 2 yards. They'd called more runs than passes on 4 of their possessions and went three and out on three of them. Their only turnover to that point had been on a Benson fumble.
Also, Jones 2nd longest runs after the 52 yarder were two 12 yard draw plays that were run AFTER the team was down 29-17. Take away those three carries and the Bears averaged fewer than three yards on the rest of their running attempts. It's hard to say Turner abandoned the running game when it was absolutely dominating.
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8) John Murray isn't making any money selling signs.
Your fascination with this guy is weird.
I was wondering who would bite first. Congrats, Gil.
The truly great Chuck is better for having trolled.
9) It's still a lousy time to be a commercial lender?
10) I'm not the guy who called the Score this morning feeling stupid for having dropped 5 figures on 2 Bulls' season tickets for next year.
Quote from: CT III on July 07, 2010, 12:14:42 PM
10) I'm not the guy who called the Score this morning feeling stupid for having dropped 5 figures on 2 Bulls' season tickets for next year.
THI
Quote from: CT III on July 07, 2010, 12:14:42 PM
10) I'm not the guy who called the Score this morning feeling stupid for having dropped 5 figures on 2 Bulls' season tickets for next year.
No lie - I know a person that did that very thing. 200 level, too.
Quote from: SKO on July 07, 2010, 11:15:23 AM
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5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
Yep.
Rainstorm, running game working, shaky QB, & still a close game in the 3rd qtr and Ron's solution is to throw the fucking ball all over the place.
Sigh. To say the run game was "working" up until that point is extremely misleading, or to say that calling one pass on 2nd and 1 is "throwing the fucking ball all over the place" is ridiculous. If you can't take a chance on passing on 2nd and 1, when can you? It's not the coordinators fault Rex PANK'd back to back plays. At that point in the game Turner had called 10 passes to 8 runs. It's not like he suddenly turned into Air Coryell. Also, Cedric Benson was already out of the game, and Thomas Jones had gained 63 yards on 6 carries. That sounds good, but 52 of those yards came on one carry. On the other 7 carries of the half the team averaged 2 yards. They'd called more runs than passes on 4 of their possessions and went three and out on three of them. Their only turnover to that point had been on a Benson fumble.
Also, Jones 2nd longest runs after the 52 yarder were two 12 yard draw plays that were run AFTER the team was down 29-17. Take away those three carries and the Bears averaged fewer than three yards on the rest of their running attempts. It's hard to say Turner abandoned the running game when it was absolutely dominating.
I don't think you guys understand how this thread is supposed to work.
Quote from: Oleg on July 07, 2010, 01:54:47 PM
Quote from: SKO on July 07, 2010, 11:15:23 AM
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Quote from: Brownie on July 07, 2010, 09:46:14 AM
5) A bunch of Uruguayans are feeling sort of the way we did the day after Super Bowl XLI.The game was so in reach, yet not really.
Obligatory fuck you to Ron Turner.
I certainly won't defend the asshat, and his gameplan was retarded, but of all people that could and should be blamed for that game...you single out Ron Turner?
Yep.
Rainstorm, running game working, shaky QB, & still a close game in the 3rd qtr and Ron's solution is to throw the fucking ball all over the place.
Sigh. To say the run game was "working" up until that point is extremely misleading, or to say that calling one pass on 2nd and 1 is "throwing the fucking ball all over the place" is ridiculous. If you can't take a chance on passing on 2nd and 1, when can you? It's not the coordinators fault Rex PANK'd back to back plays. At that point in the game Turner had called 10 passes to 8 runs. It's not like he suddenly turned into Air Coryell. Also, Cedric Benson was already out of the game, and Thomas Jones had gained 63 yards on 6 carries. That sounds good, but 52 of those yards came on one carry. On the other 7 carries of the half the team averaged 2 yards. They'd called more runs than passes on 4 of their possessions and went three and out on three of them. Their only turnover to that point had been on a Benson fumble.
Also, Jones 2nd longest runs after the 52 yarder were two 12 yard draw plays that were run AFTER the team was down 29-17. Take away those three carries and the Bears averaged fewer than three yards on the rest of their running attempts. It's hard to say Turner abandoned the running game when it was absolutely dominating.
I don't think you guys understand how this thread is supposed to work.
Maybe when these two are done we can dissect the Bartman inning.
11) I heard Lindsay Lohan is going to jail, but have no idea why.
Quote from: Fork on July 07, 2010, 02:28:56 PM
11) I heard Lindsay Lohan is going to jail, but have no idea why.
I'm hazarding the speculation: "drugs."
I'm still really sad about Peavy. I like how the Sox feel Adam Dunn is the missing piece. Good luck with that.
12) Roz is just a bit more sad tonight.
The Deadbirds blow another lead between the 8th and 9th tonight, and we're rehashing who's at fault for the Bears losing to a better Colts team? Really?
Lindsey Lohan has something to say to anyone who's discussed that Super Bowl in this thread:
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/lindsay_lohan_fu_585.jpg
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on July 08, 2010, 12:38:17 AM
The Deadbirds blow another lead between the 8th and 9th tonight, and we're rehashing who's at fault for the Bears losing to a better Colts team? Really?
Lindsey Lohan has something to say to anyone who's discussed that Super Bowl in this thread:
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/lindsay_lohan_fu_585.jpg
13) While the Cubs are closing quietly on the Cardinals, the first place team is handicapped by its manager.
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 06:47:14 AM
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on July 08, 2010, 12:38:17 AM
The Deadbirds blow another lead between the 8th and 9th tonight, and we're rehashing who's at fault for the Bears losing to a better Colts team? Really?
Lindsey Lohan has something to say to anyone who's discussed that Super Bowl in this thread:
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/lindsay_lohan_fu_585.jpg
13) While the Cubs are closing quietly on the Cardinals, the first place team is handicapped by its manager.
Oh no you didn't.
I'll tell you negative Nancy Reagans what; if Rammy really is back, the kids in the pen keep throwing like this and they play the Diamondbacks 40 more times, this team could climb back to .500.
Quote from: Slaky on July 07, 2010, 03:39:15 PM
I'm still really sad about Peavy. I like how the Sox feel Adam Dunn is the missing piece. Good luck with that.
Wait, I thought Adam Dunn was the Cubs' missing piece. All the guys at NSBB say he is!
I'm so confused.
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Quote from: Slaky on July 07, 2010, 03:39:15 PM
I'm still really sad about Peavy. I like how the Sox feel Adam Dunn is the missing piece. Good luck with that.
Wait, I thought Adam Dunn was the Cubs' missing piece. All the guys at NSBB say he is!
I'm so confused.
What are you confused about? He has a .939 OPS. He had a .928 OPS last year. He's really good at hitting a baseball.
Ah, you were trying to make a joke. Got it now.
Quote from: Slaky on July 08, 2010, 07:12:38 AM
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 06:47:14 AM
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on July 08, 2010, 12:38:17 AM
The Deadbirds blow another lead between the 8th and 9th tonight, and we're rehashing who's at fault for the Bears losing to a better Colts team? Really?
Lindsey Lohan has something to say to anyone who's discussed that Super Bowl in this thread:
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/lindsay_lohan_fu_585.jpg
13) While the Cubs are closing quietly on the Cardinals, the first place team is handicapped by its manager.
Oh no you didn't.
14) Oh yes I did. No, I really didn't.
14 (let's try this one again)) With the Cardinals collapsing and the Reds a ticking time bomb, and the Brewers sputtering and the Pirates, Cubs and Astros just bad, it'll be fung to have the first sub. 500 playoff team in history coming out of the Central.
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 10:02:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on July 08, 2010, 07:12:38 AM
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 06:47:14 AM
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on July 08, 2010, 12:38:17 AM
The Deadbirds blow another lead between the 8th and 9th tonight, and we're rehashing who's at fault for the Bears losing to a better Colts team? Really?
Lindsey Lohan has something to say to anyone who's discussed that Super Bowl in this thread:
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/lindsay_lohan_fu_585.jpg
13) While the Cubs are closing quietly on the Cardinals, the first place team is handicapped by its manager.
Oh no you didn't.
14) Oh yes I did. No, I really didn't.
14 (let's try this one again)) With the Cardinals collapsing and the Reds a ticking time bomb, and the Brewers sputtering and the Pirates, Cubs and Astros just bad, it'll be fung to have the first sub. 500 playoff team in history coming out of the Central.
Way better, thanks.
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 10:02:52 AM
Quote from: Slaky on July 08, 2010, 07:12:38 AM
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 06:47:14 AM
Quote from: CubFaninHydePark on July 08, 2010, 12:38:17 AM
The Deadbirds blow another lead between the 8th and 9th tonight, and we're rehashing who's at fault for the Bears losing to a better Colts team? Really?
Lindsey Lohan has something to say to anyone who's discussed that Super Bowl in this thread:
http://www-movieline-com.vimg.net/images/lindsay_lohan_fu_585.jpg
13) While the Cubs are closing quietly on the Cardinals, the first place team is handicapped by its manager.
Oh no you didn't.
14) Oh yes I did. No, I really didn't.
14 (let's try this one again)) With the Cardinals collapsing and the Reds a ticking time bomb, and the Brewers sputtering and the Pirates, Cubs and Astros just bad, it'll be fung to have the first sub. 500 playoff team in history coming out of the Central.
One already did come out of the Central. The AL Central. (http://www.baseball-reference.com/teams/KCR/1981.shtml)
That's the AL West to you, pal.
I didn't know that. Good stuff.
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 11:11:33 AM
That's the AL West to you, pal.
I didn't know that. Good stuff.
Yeah, I wasn't going to let them off the hook despite the AL Central not existing yet.
Quote from: Internet Apex on July 08, 2010, 07:52:42 AM
I'll tell you negative Nancy Reagans what; if Rammy really is back, the kids in the pen keep throwing like this and they play the Diamondbacks 40 more times, this team could climb back to .500.
15) That Nancy Reagan has a dope-smoking, ghey son, and a drug-addled promiscuous daughter.
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Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 11:11:33 AM
That's the AL West to you, pal.
I didn't know that. Good stuff.
Yeah, I wasn't going to let them off the hook despite the AL Central not existing yet.
Or there being a strike that year either?
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That's the AL West to you, pal.
I didn't know that. Good stuff.
Yeah, I wasn't going to let them off the hook despite the AL Central not existing yet.
Or there being a strike that year either?
Exactly. "First Half Champions"... what is this, the Florida State League?
Quote from: Night Man on July 08, 2010, 11:43:09 AM
Quote from: Gilgamesh on July 08, 2010, 11:42:02 AM
Quote from: Night Man on July 08, 2010, 11:19:48 AM
Quote from: Brownie on July 08, 2010, 11:11:33 AM
That's the AL West to you, pal.
I didn't know that. Good stuff.
Yeah, I wasn't going to let them off the hook despite the AL Central not existing yet.
Or there being a strike that year either?
Exactly. "First Half Champions"... what is this, the Florida State League?
16) The teams with the best overall records in the NL West and NL East in 1981 didn't go to the playoffs. Who were those teams? Look 'em up, why don't you?
I always have to look up the word "schadenfreude". When I do I always say to myself "I knew that". But if I knew that, why did I have to look it up? Is it my guilt over my schadenfreude that I block its definition from my memory? Or is it incipient Alzheimer's? Anyone who thinks it is the latter is engaging in schadenfreude.
Quote from: CBStew on July 08, 2010, 01:13:24 PM
I always have to look up the word "schadenfreude". When I do I always say to myself "I knew that". But if I knew that, why did I have to look it up? Is it my guilt over my schadenfreude that I block its definition from my memory? Or is it incipient Alzheimer's? Anyone who thinks it is the latter is engaging in schadenfreude.
But did you look up the team that had the best record in the NL East in 1981 and how they spent October? And the team that had the best record in the NL West and how they spent October? It warms the cockles of my heart, until I realize that the postseason included the best chances for Andre Dawson and Rick Reuschel to get World Series rings, which they didn't get but Dusty Baker and Steve Garvey did.
Aw, crap, where was I? Oh yeah. Schadenfreude is fung:
15) The Yankees lose out on a coveted star to... the Texas Rangers? (http://www.chicagobreakingsports.com/2010/07/rangers-acquire-cliff-lee-from-mariners.html)
17) That a White Sox pitcher shit the tub in the All Star Game.
18) White Sox and Cardinals--not gonna hai.
I must also say that, much as I hate the Cubs right now, that my hatred is squarely focused on the clown shoes in the front office, from Lord Fauntleroy Ricketts and his weird-ass family through Crane "I should be coaching polo at some east coast boarding school" Kenney down to that whiskey-drenched cruller-guzzling fat fuck in the GM's chair, and that I'm quite proud of the gutless slapdicks on the field for shovelling some dirt on the Tards this week.
Quote from: PANK! on September 15, 2010, 01:11:50 PM
18) White Sox and Cardinals--not gonna hai.
I must also say that, much as I hate the Cubs right now, that my hatred is squarely focused on the clown shoes in the front office, from Lord Fauntleroy Ricketts and his weird-ass family through Crane "I should be coaching polo at some east coast boarding school" Kenney down to that whiskey-drenched cruller-guzzling fat fuck in the GM's chair, and that I'm quite proud of the gutless slapdicks on the field for shovelling some dirt on the Tards this week.
I agree. Now that Theriot is gone, Zambrano is good, and Grabow is dead, or whatever, this team isn't really that hate-worthy. I can't even hate Dempster that much. They're devoid of personality (other than Z), but at least they're still playing hard.
Quote from: Kermit IV on September 17, 2010, 01:39:48 PM
Quote from: PANK! on September 15, 2010, 01:11:50 PM
18) White Sox and Cardinals--not gonna hai.
I must also say that, much as I hate the Cubs right now, that my hatred is squarely focused on the clown shoes in the front office, from Lord Fauntleroy Ricketts and his weird-ass family through Crane "I should be coaching polo at some east coast boarding school" Kenney down to that whiskey-drenched cruller-guzzling fat fuck in the GM's chair, and that I'm quite proud of the gutless slapdicks on the field for shovelling some dirt on the Tards this week.
I agree. Now that Theriot is gone, Zambrano is good, and Grabow is dead, or whatever, this team isn't really that hate-worthy. I can't even hate Dempster that much. They're devoid of personality (other than Z), but at least they're still playing hard.
I would go so far as to say that they were lovable.