I said it at the time, that this team had the talent to compete, and could turn it around with 60 games left.

I kept maintaining that MANY teams do this year after year.

In just TWO SHORT WEEKS, there are already numerous examples of teams that were "done", that have climbed back into the race, and teams that looked uncatchable, that have now fallen back to the pack.

Padres - still a good record, but it's hard to have 3 great teams in one division, if for no other reason that they beat up on each other. The Reds and Cardinals have made big runs and the Reds are only 1.5 games back of the wild card. Remember, two weeks, ago the Reds and Cards were thought of as AVERAGE teams.

Red Sox - were 10 games up on NYY a month ago after sweepin' em. Today, they are TIED with them, as NYY have been on a tear and just swept em in a DH today.

Mets - The Mets were leading the division. The Braves were UNDER .500 at the time. The Phillies were floundering. The Mets have come crashing back to Earth and the Braves have played GREAT after BUYING Soler. Atlanta and Philly have BOTH overtaken the Mets.

These are just the examples off the top of my head.

Not only that, the Cubs had an EASY schedule for SEVERAL weeks. Look at their opponenets until Sept 8: WAS, Colorado, vs White Sox, vs MIL, at MIA, at REDS, vs KC, vs COL, at White Sox, at Twins, vs PIT, vs CIN

Other than the White Sox (who no matter the records is always a split), and MIL (at home and they swept us last time so things balance out between division rivals), this was an EASY schedule to make some hay! How could Bully Hoyer overlook this!??

Yet hoyer wanted to run his players outta town just because of one long losing streak. Fuck him. We got ZERO elite prospects. We got guys of the level that WE coulda drafted regardless of how we finished. Had we kept Darvish, Caratini, & Schwarber, we'd be in great shape right now.

But we allowed the media and fans to dog our players, and they themselves wanted out. Nobody wants to hear they're gonna be traded every year. Nobody wants to hear their President and GM tell them they are merely pawns and will become a 'problem' or a 'decision' after 6 or 7 years. You treat them like your own. You treat them like they are there for the long term, and not until some breakpoint where we you fearmonger another same old tired 'plan' again just because it worked the first time. These are grown up professionals, not pawns or subjects. You dont trash the reputation of ur players to the media over the last several years. Even if it means you gotta lie to the media, that's what you do. It's like any business. You dont acknowledge the faults of your business to ur customers. You portray a great product. Same thing here. FUCK THEO EPSTEIN FOR HIS SHITTY RHETORIC (simply because he caved to the media and didnt want them to think he wasn't transparent), and FUCK BULLY HOYER FOR FOLLOWING SUIT. Fuck this city and its fanbase and media.

And FUCK U BRUCE LEVINE AND GORDON WHITTENMEYER FOR FEEDING THE FRENZY.

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The Reds, yes the REDS, have overtaken the padres for the 2nd wild card.

We were a better team than the Reds. That coulda, and woulda, been us.

Fuck u Bully Hoyer.

You may have fooled everybody including Caller Bob, but u didnt fool me. With such an easy schedule, you didnt wanna give ur team a chance, and now u got people paying $50 and $60 to see a AAA team. You should be ashamed of yourself.

FUCK YOU.

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BULLY HOYER said that they should go to a contender instead of playing on a "4th place team" (IN HIS WORDS).

The Blue Jays were a 4th place team too. Practically all season. Guess what. They have now overtaken the Yankees and on the Red Sox heels too.

What a fuckhead to just shut the window of opportunity.

Baseball has a lot of ebbs and flows, and things can change. With our EASY schedule the last 5 weeks, we woulda been able to make hay and been over .500 and see if we can make a move down the stretch. The Giants this weekend also woulda been weaker without KB (since we would have him).

In Rockies in 2007 were 74-74 on SEPTEMBER 15. They won 14 in a row, made the playoffs as a wild card, and made the World Series.

FUCK U CRANE KENNEY, TOM RICKETTS, AND BULLY HOYER FOR OVERTHINKING THINGS AND NOT ALLOWING THINGS TO ORGANICALLY HAPPEN.

THE WHOLE POINT, ASSHOLES, IS THAT YOU BANG ON THE DOOR ENOUGH TIMES TO GIVE URSELF ENOUGH CHANCES TO BREAK THRU.

FUCK U ASSHOLES.

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Fuck Bully Hoyer.

Another season of bringing in waves of useless fckin retreads for no reason.

He has diluted and watered-down the Cubs brand, making them into a minor-league team with no stability.

Fuck him for bullying players in and out of town.

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So now Bully Hoyer runs Schwindel outta town.

Dude was nicknamed The Tank for a reason.

MVP last 2 months of last year. And yet he has a slump this year and he's just gone?

After the fake demotion, he actually was doin' better, and then suddenly, POOF!! Why was he demoted again??!!

Yet u keep and play Heyward? U keep useless degenerates like Rivas and Hermodildo??!!

FUCK U BULLY HOYER FOR RUNNING UR TEAM INTO THE GROUND AND DESTROYING THE BRAND WITH 70 DIFFERENT PLAYERS EACH YEAR. YOU ARE A PIECE OF SHIT EXECUTIVE.

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I heard he only wants SJWs on the roster and Schwindel had snuck onto the field wearing MAGA hats a few times.

i wasnt even aware you could trade guys who had a nickname that rhymed with their first name

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'Your AT&T Universal Card has arrived'? Oh God, Kick-fucking-ass, I got a Master Card! I don't believe it, man. Life is kinda cool sometimes.