So the SUPERIOR SIX?

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

It is pretty sobering to think that the current Cubs prospects may not even match the production of Fielder, Braun, Weeks, and Hart, and the Brewers ended up winning jack squat (and they had some decent pitching, with Sheets, Sabathia and Greinke at one point). And now look at them.

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When they were coming up, they were part of the best farm system in baseball. The best they did was get to a NLCS.

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Sheets, Sabathia, and Greinke weren't there at the same time. 2007-2008 would have been Ben Sheets, Yovani Gallardo, Jeff Suppan, Dave Bush, Manny Parra, and then CC Sabathia down the stretch in '08 when Yost/Sveum had him pitch like every other day.

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I've never heard of this "core four" outside of this message board.

If you had to pick 4 :

Rizzo
Bryant
Schwarber
Soler


Prince is a beast n will probably be in the HOF , The brewers "best" prospect at the time of C.C. trade was Laporta...huge bust .

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I'll save my plaudits for when any of them can beat the .294 90RBI 27HR average season that ARam put up while here .

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It aint the six minutes. Its what happens in those six minutes.

I've always been an ARAM backer..he mashed when he was here..probably underpaid every year.

I'm concerned about the welfare of Joe, Dolphin n Rick next October ..These poor guys have blinders on n can't see what's coning ...The Cubs may or nay not get in the postseason this year...they will next year n probably every year after for a decade .

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You can get all the action you want on that one.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

The core 4 was Bryant, Baez, Soler, Almora

Then some added Russell with the trade.

Then they drafted Schwarber


Way too early to make grand pronouncements about any of them. Some were calling Bryce Harper a bust as recently as last year. Others called Rizzo a bust before his 2014 breakout.



Patience, Darling, Patience

Ive been making that comparison for a couple years now. They got what 3 MVPs out of that group?

They just didnt put together the pitching with it at the right time. It happens. No guarantees. See the Indians of the 2005-2008, the Royals so far, The Diamondbacks even in the early 00s


But they are small markets. Hopefully the Cubs can get the pitching to go along with it if/when these guys put it together for a whole year. Arietta has made things a lot better.

Current Brewers Core 4:

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Power is always in the hands of the masses of men. What oppresses the masses is their own ignorance, their own short-sighted selfishness.
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Been cleaning up this year ... Got the Sox having worse record than Cubs for lotta dough ...lookin good .

Been playing against the Sox most of the time n occasionally with em n coin great...

Its going to happen .. We got the payroll to buy our way out of mistakes ..combine that with competent G.M. -President n good farm..its all but guaranteed... Wake up

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Awesome

Isn't that pretty much common sense for a guy who follows baseball ?

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I hope not when they played the Cubs.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

JOOR getting hosed in this thread.

Carlos Bowie........no reason.

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You mean because a few Cub fans remember the names of their busted prospects?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

Combine the "its gonna happen" with the feeling of "there is no difference between winning 65 games and 85 games" mantra and you have your answer, Joe Orr. Of course, this is not all Cubs fans, but its certainly more than half...at least.

It's ironic, isn't it? For the last four years there was no difference between winning 65 and winning 85, but this year they're jizzing themselves over winning 85.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Matthew, Tulsi, and Don

So Grampa is the Cubs organeyezation, and the rest of the Townspeople-- starting intently and watching with baited breath for whats going to happen next-- are their fans. Really good gif use there, Juiced!

Loose this website. Just delete it from your bookmark and exit the browser. Thanks!

Another great gif! The Cubs are trying to dunk, and the rest of the league says "get outta here with that weak sauce." You are on fire today, Mr Juiced!

The GIF analysis is unmatched.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

I don't believe I've seen or heard anyone say 85 wins or 65 wins is the same, if there is no playoff berth.

Now , 60 wins or 79 wins ? Different story .. If the club is over .500 its watchable ... I'm not watching a 75 win team ..they suck ..so they may as well win 60 games n draft first .

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75 wins are not the issue with some teams. Especially when they have made it clear they are basically in tryouts. Some team in town is about to average 72 wins over 3 years, and hasnt had back to back 80+ wins in 10 years now? At the same time GOING FOR IT all that time.

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"That's what the internet is for. Slandering others anonymously." Banky
“Been that way since one monkey looked at the sun and told the other monkey ‘He said for you to give me your fuckin’ share.’”

Saint Theo himself said there is no glory in winning 83 games, or something to that effect. Somebody here (possibly IMU?) had it quoted in their signature for a while.

Settle down Frank.