Great thoughts on the Blackhawks. Really drives home your Cubs thoughts..........

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Normally I'd say I wish I knew what your point was, but I really don't care.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Cubs will make multiple PLAYOFFS is my official stance. I think JORR is confusing playoffs with winning it all.

Way to temper your enthusiasm!

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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

Whoa whoa whoa

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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.’”

Yeah, but which one happened in a more important game?!?

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"I'm not smiling because I thought what you said was humorous. I'm smiling because one day I know you'll be dead..."

It's a great time to be a Cub fan. When have we ever seen multiple young players that the team developed living up to expectations?

Now of course they can all go the Jerome Walton route next year, but dammit, I'm going to enjoy the hell out of this remaining baseball season.

Join us dolphin. We'll sit you right between Veder and Tom Morello.

I'll probably throw some down on the Cub in the playoffs and you'll see me cheering like Dolphin Woo Woo.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I picture the good dolphin sitting down to enjoy a game while sporting his Rod Beck replica jersey. I bet you even swing the arm before changing the channel a la Beck.

http://www.fangraphs.com/coolstandings.aspx

The Cubs currently enjoy an 87.5% chance of being in the playoffs.

(the White Sox have a 7% chance)

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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.
- Henry George

Hi IMU

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2018
#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Hi Walt

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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.
- Henry George

That's not comparable!!!

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

Huh? I called you Walt, as in Disney, because of the animated cartoon pig avatar ... I wouldn't possibly know what else you could have thought I meant.

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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.
- Henry George

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#ExtendLafleur
10 More Wins

And you won't get one. Yet this line of thinking is continually attributed to Cub fans here.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

So you're going to be happy if they're like the Sox of the 1990s? Who ya crappin'? You're not expecting a bunch of 90 win teams that never win. You think this team is going to win World Series. Own it.

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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

If the Cubs go 500 the rest of the year..... I won't spoil it....try it yourself

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Kenny Williams fell for the banana in the tailpipe

Just checked it. That would be unbelievable.

I watched the White Sox broadcast just to listen to the pain and jealousy in Hawk's voice.

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favrefan said:"Chris Coghlan isn't gonna pay your rent, Jimmy."

6/29/15

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I still don't think they'll make it and if they do it will be one and out. You guys seem pretty certain they couldn't possibly play under .500 the rest of the way.

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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

It cannot be disputed....the plan has worked. Thank goodness they did not deviate from the plan at the deadline. They are not willing to squander great young prospects for a short term chance to grab lightning in a bottle. Sustained excellence is the goal. Playoff berths year after year, with the chance to win a Championship each year, not every once in a great while. The plan is certainly working.

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Go Cubs!!!!

There is nothing for me to own. I do not think this team is going to win the WS. I do not know why that is so hard to believe. I am hopeful that at some point they will win a WS, but I in no way think it is a foregone conclusion.

As I have stated from the beginning, I was in favor of the plan put in place. I was glad to see them tear it down and rebuild. I was willing to give them time to see it through.

I love the results so far. I am happy to be able to watch meaningful baseball in August for the first time in several years.

But I in no way believe that this is a guarantee of a championship. And no matter how many times you guys say it does not make it true.

Hopefully things will continue to move forward and for the foreseeable future they put themselves in contention each year.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

Very well said.

That is the key, to be in the position to have a chance at a WS title, year after year for a sustained period of time. The Braves may have won just 1 title during their stretch of 14 straight division titles, but they had the chance each year for a sustained period. that is the goal.

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Go Cubs!!!!

The goal is to contend & make the playoffs every year...not to have the best record every year. The team with the best record rarely wins the world series. Like Hockey, the hot team in the playoffs wins.
Cant argue with the plan so far as it has been executed perfectly.
As a guy who used to be a huge baseball fan & pretty much took the last 10 years off, its fun to be interested in baseball & the Cubs again. I have watched more baseball this year than I have the last 10 years combined.
I can't wait to watch the Cubs in October.

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CSFMB 2014 Nascar Pick 'em Champion

We don’t have a trillion-dollar debt because we haven’t taxed enough; we have a trillion-dollar debt because we spend too much. — Ronald Reagan

Great! We're in agreement then.

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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

They'll sprint to the playoffs and then lose in one game against the other team's ace. This second wild card is more trouble than it's worth.

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