Three Nights in June

Rod · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:40 pm

This Cardinal series was hard on Cub fans. THE INQUISITOR is crying like he just saw a Pixar movie.

Hussra · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:46 pm

to be fair, BigFan balked at wagering on his Cubbies as well:

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Northside_Dan · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 3:56 pm

This Cubs/Sox thing is literally my least favorite thing about sports in this town. Lots of people show their ass as TB would say often.

Hockey Gay · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:58 pm

Same. I don't care about the city rivalry. I have nothing against the Sox.

Walt Williams Neck · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 5:38 pm

I'm sort of with JOR on this.....the Cubs could be the 2005/09 Indians..until this team goes deep in the playoffs Theos "plan" has not worked

THE INQUISITOR · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:21 pm

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Theo conned you so hard you can't even see anymore.

Please detail how he has conned Cubs fans?

I can see ...and I see you blinded by your anti-Cub bias ...everything the Cubs have done is wrong...yet you still give them money when you buy tickets and go to Wrigley and I am sure you do not buy a $8.25 Bud or a $9 Goose Island while you are there....

ALL CUBS PROSPECTS FAIL .
Wrigley has lost it's appeal ..no one will go any more.
Ricketts is cheap.
Theo has conned everyone.
Jose Abreu is FAR SUPIEROR to Rizzo.

These are the core principals of The Illuminati and you as their leader should know them all by heart.

Now go back to your corner and watch the 2005 DVD or did you get it on betamax?
Be sure to put in your 8 track of "Don't Stop Believin" because #WINNOW #RELOAD is FAR SUPERIOR THE PLAN.

Rod · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:36 pm

Wait 'til next year! :lol:

pittmike · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 8:48 pm

One of the better things I have read today was the comparison to the Indians. All those wins, all those studs, playoffs, world series appearance and all that. Titles=None. I know it is not all on this board but there are no guarantees with the Cub's plan. They might just be so fucking unlucky that the Astro's plan beats them in three straight WS? Its baseball.

Jaw Breaker · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:18 pm

pittmike wrote:

One of the better things I have read today was the comparison to the Indians. All those wins, all those studs, playoffs, world series appearance and all that. Titles=None. I know it is not all on this board but there are no guarantees with the Cub's plan. They might just be so fucking unlucky that the Astro's plan beats them in three straight WS? Its baseball.

Yep, can Cubs fans realistically hope the current team and prospects will turn out to be ANYTHING close to this 1996 juggernaut?:

C Sandy Alomar
1B Julio Franco
2B Carlos Baerga
SS Omar Vizquel
3B Jim Thome
LF Albert Belle
CF Kenny Lofton
RF Manny Ramirez
DH Eddie Murray

I suppose if they sign Price, and Lester gets his head out of his ass, they might have a better chance...but as you say, nothing is guaranteed in baseball.

pittmike · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:27 pm

Damn that lineup was something. I remember a old score guy named Pluto that was behind me at a game at the cell for that period. What a dude. No message boards then just Scoreheads.

Scooter · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:46 pm

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Wait 'til next year! :lol:

At least the Cubs have that possibility. White Sox don't.

Darkside · **Posted:** Mon Jun 29, 2015 9:55 pm

Did jorr really claim to be the most clear eyed baseball fan on the board or am I having a flashback?

Rod · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 5:51 am

Scooter wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Wait 'til next year! :lol:

At least the Cubs have that possibility. White Sox don't.

The Cubs have had that possibility for 108 years. :lol:

Hatchetman · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 8:29 am

C Sandy Alomar
1B Julio Franco
2B Carlos Baerga
SS Omar Vizquel
3B Jim Thome
LF Albert Belle
CF Kenny Lofton
RF Manny Ramirez
DH Eddie Murray

For a second I thought that was some sort of White Sox team. :lol:

Until I got down to Eddie Murray, I was like....wait....he never played for the Sox, did he?

Fucking White Sox. Why develop your own players when you can sign somebody else's trash?

Scooter · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:30 pm

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Scooter wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Wait 'til next year! :lol:

At least the Cubs have that possibility. White Sox don't.

The Cubs have had that possibility for 108 years. :lol:

So have the Sox. They have such a winning tradition. Multiple WS titles over and over. :lol:

Rod · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 6:34 pm

Scooter wrote:

So have the Sox. They have such a winning tradition. Multiple WS titles over and over. :lol:

At least some living people have seen them win one. And jimmypasta has seen them play in two.

jimmypasta · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 7:23 pm

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Scooter wrote:

So have the Sox. They have such a winning tradition. Multiple WS titles over and over. :lol:

At least some living people have seen them win one. And jimmypasta has seen them play in two.

I was just a little guy still shitting myself in '59. By the time the Cubs do it,I'll be shitting myself again.

Matches Malone · **Posted:** Tue Jun 30, 2015 11:41 pm

jimmypasta wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Scooter wrote:

So have the Sox. They have such a winning tradition. Multiple WS titles over and over. :lol:

At least some living people have seen them win one. And jimmypasta has seen them play in two.

I was just a little guy still shitting myself in '59. By the time the Cubs do it,I'll be shitting myself again.

"And now we go out to Mark from Hungover Park. What's on your mind tonight Mark?"

"Hey Les!
I wanna talk about Pat Benkowski. You ever work with him Les?"

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:19 am

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Dude, I'm about as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum.

so by "as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum" do you mean tou use a lot of Clear-Eyes to moisturize your eyes and remove the redness cuz YOU GOTTA BE SMOKING A SHIT-TON OF THE GOOD ICKY STICKY SHIT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE WACKADOODLE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE LIKE W-L >>> ERA/WHIP?!?!?!

WHACK-A-DOODLE I SAY! WACKADOODLE!

i haven't read the rest of this thread but i'm guessing my soon-to-be-new-signature-quote here has gotten some good mileage and responses along the lines of JORR = MASTER TROLL AKA SOX IMU AND ETC. cuz man i cant see my soon-to-be-singature-quote here flying by the first an seocnd lines of cubs baseball defence(TM) cuz holy shit dude.... you realize you're on a board where i'm sure lots of people here wanna #KillTheWin and you're mister #WinsAreEverything and one of those sides is represented by a respected baseball media magnate like brian kenny, nad the other is represented by a guy that i'm surprised nobody has called JORR-JORR BINKS yet.

either way, i just remind you one more time that the word/phrase WACKADOODLE! exists and implore you to consider your place as a purveyor of the finest WACKADOODLE!!!!! baseball thoughts of this side of 2016/2017 mult of the year Bizarro IMU

sinicalypse · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 1:33 am

RFDC wrote:

The reality for the Cubs right now is they are right in the middle of a playoff race. I am completely fine with that

OMFG! hey dude for what it's worht i just yelled out at the top of my lungs "HEY, RFDC'S OK WITH THE CUBS!!! PASS IT ON!!!" and one of my neighbors ~5 houses down the street just picked up on it and he's yelling it out at the top of his lungs, then i can faintly hear another guy 6-7 houses down yelling out the same thing.... so the message is already on it's way to tommy boy, theo, and of course leader of the players "dj riz" so pretty soon you just watch those cubbies of yours go out there and play with a weight lifted off of their shoulders cuz all this time they were winning ballgames and having disco parties after the games but after a few tunes when the novelty of the strobe lights and fog machines would start to wear off you'd see starlin castro sitting there all somber and dejected and when somebody asked him what was the matter he'd look at them with a tear in his eye and say "man this feels right.... this feels good.... it's like welly told us #WeAreGood.... but we don't know if RFDC is completely fine with this. what if he needs us to get another high draft pick or 2? who are we to think we can do this without RFDC on board?"

...to which a lampshade-wearing odoul's-pounding 3/4 naked kris bryant congo-lines-by and says JESUS STARLIN WHY ARE YOU ALWAYS THE THOUGHTFUL BUZZKILL OF THE PARTY? YOU NEED TO STOP WORRYING ABOUT RFDC AND LIVE A LITTLE BIT.... HEY I'VE GOT A HOT DATE TONIGHT WITH A LITTLE STUDLET NAMED "ERIC" TONIGHT SO HEY, THE BABE'S GOT A BABE LINED UP SO WHY DON'T YOU JUST GO OUT THERE AND LIVE A LITTLE BIT?

THE 2015 CHICAGO BASEBALL CUBS WOULD GO ON TO WIN 96 GAMES AND LOSE IN THE DIVISION SERIES TO THE LOS ANGELES DODGERS. RIP.

Rod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 6:10 am

sinicalypse wrote:

so by "as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum" do you mean tou use a lot of Clear-Eyes to moisturize your eyes and remove the redness cuz YOU GOTTA BE SMOKING A SHIT-TON OF THE GOOD ICKY STICKY SHIT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE WACKADOODLE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE LIKE W-L >>> ERA/WHIP?!?!?!

The fact is that if a guy's career is in the books and you could only look at a single stat, his W/L record is going to tell you more about him than any other single statistic including ERA or WHIP.

Take Wes Ferrell, for example. What do you think better defines his career, his .600 winning percentage or his 4.00 ERA or his 1.50 WHIP? The latter two numbers are high because of conditions. He pitched in the 30s at a time when an entire league batted .300. His W/L record shows you how he performed relative to his competition. It also gives you a pretty good idea about how many innings he gave his team.

pittmike · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:27 am

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

sinicalypse wrote:

so by "as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum" do you mean tou use a lot of Clear-Eyes to moisturize your eyes and remove the redness cuz YOU GOTTA BE SMOKING A SHIT-TON OF THE GOOD ICKY STICKY SHIT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE WACKADOODLE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE LIKE W-L >>> ERA/WHIP?!?!?!

The fact is that if a guy's career is in the books and you could only look at a single stat, his W/L record is going to tell you more about him than any other single statistic including ERA or WHIP.

Take Wes Ferrell, for example. What do you think better defines his career, his .600 winning percentage or his 4.00 ERA or his 1.50 WHIP? The latter two numbers are high because of conditions. He pitched in the 30s at a time when an entire league batted .300. His W/L record shows you how he performed relative to his competition. It also gives you a pretty good idea about how many innings he gave his team.

Exactly why the numbers geeks cannot be making their grand pronouncements in a vacuum.

Rod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 8:08 am

pittmike wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

sinicalypse wrote:

so by "as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum" do you mean tou use a lot of Clear-Eyes to moisturize your eyes and remove the redness cuz YOU GOTTA BE SMOKING A SHIT-TON OF THE GOOD ICKY STICKY SHIT TO HAVE SOME OF THESE WACKADOODLE THOUGHTS YOU HAVE LIKE W-L >>> ERA/WHIP?!?!?!

The fact is that if a guy's career is in the books and you could only look at a single stat, his W/L record is going to tell you more about him than any other single statistic including ERA or WHIP.

Take Wes Ferrell, for example. What do you think better defines his career, his .600 winning percentage or his 4.00 ERA or his 1.50 WHIP? The latter two numbers are high because of conditions. He pitched in the 30s at a time when an entire league batted .300. His W/L record shows you how he performed relative to his competition. It also gives you a pretty good idea about how many innings he gave his team.

Exactly why the numbers geeks cannot be making their grand pronouncements in a vacuum.

It's like Sale. I love Sale and by no means do I want to diminish the really good season he's having. But you try to compare his strikeouts to Pedro or the Johnsons or Nolan Ryan, well, the context is different. Sale struck out twelve last night. Really strong. Amazing? Not as much when Lance Lynn and a bunch of guys most people never heard of struck out 14 in the same game.

Seacrest · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 9:50 am

Boilermaker Rick wrote:

Hatchetman wrote:

I'd say they both have been pretty shitty overall, with one HUGE exception and we all know what that is.

2005

The Return of the Prodigal Son

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

RFDC wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

For all the excitement and talk about how the Cubs are doing it "the right way" and how dreadful the White Sox are, the great young Cubs are just about as far from a division title as the most atrocious Sox team since the 1970.

just cant help yourself can you? Does this make you feel better about the Sox season? :lol:

The Sox aren't in a division with a team playing great at .680 clip.

The Sox also are not even close to the wild card while the Cubs are right in that race.

Dude, I'm about as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum.

That is true when it comes to 28 of the 30 teams.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

BTW, Jorr started writing this post in the first series of the season but had to wait 3 full months for The Super Awesome Right Way Cubs to get swept (by cheaters of course)

Rod · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 2:23 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

BTW, Jorr started writing this post in the first series of the season but had to wait 3 full months for The Super Awesome Right Way Cubs to get swept (by cheaters of course)

That's not true. What really happened was I read Scorehead piping about how much the Sox suck and how great the Cubs are/will be someday in a Robin Ventura thread.

rogers park bryan · **Joined:** Wed Sep 24, 2008 12:16 pm **Posts:** 81625

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

rogers park bryan wrote:

BTW, Jorr started writing this post in the first series of the season but had to wait 3 full months for The Super Awesome Right Way Cubs to get swept (by cheaters of course)

That's not true. What really happened was I read Scorehead piping about how much the Sox suck and how great the Cubs are/will be someday in a Robin Ventura thread.

The point is, how could a team that goes so long without being swept NOT be celebrated?

When is the parade?

THE INQUISITOR · **Posted:** Wed Jul 01, 2015 7:44 pm

rogers park bryan wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

RFDC wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

For all the excitement and talk about how the Cubs are doing it "the right way" and how dreadful the White Sox are, the great young Cubs are just about as far from a division title as the most atrocious Sox team since the 1970.

just cant help yourself can you? Does this make you feel better about the Sox season? :lol:

The Sox aren't in a division with a team playing great at .680 clip.

The Sox also are not even close to the wild card while the Cubs are right in that race.

Dude, I'm about as clear-eyed a baseball fan as there is in this forum.

That is true when it comes to 28 of the 30 teams.

Disagree JORR is clear eyed and fair 29 out of 30 times... he certainly isn't a FRANK (RIP) who thought everything his Sox did was better than anything the Cubs did.

Cicero Dave · **Posted:** Thu Jul 02, 2015 7:46 am

Pretty sure the Cubs should be in the WC chase all season, but its funny that the AL worst White Sox had no problem beating the Cards two games in a row. And their DH didn't even bat 8th.

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