keep winning these things Renny!

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

Jason who? What Zobrist?

SOX.

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Renny brought the best new player in to town this off season out of either side of town

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

As a neutral observer, fairly obvious that the Sox will have a higher increase in wins than the Cubs.

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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!

If the Cubs get another top of the rotation arm they could be a 110 win team with the offense they have. Your prediction is very safe.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Cubs don't necessarily need another pitcher to increase wins. All things being equal, they dramatically weakened the Cardinals which would theoretically provide more wins, the Pirates, Reds, and Brewers will all be weaker, as well. So theoretically, they should win more by virtue of other teams in their division being worse.

Of course, that is not how it usually plays out, but the Cubs are the only team in the NL Central getting better this offseason.

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Deciding on Thoyer or Jeo

Hahn has the best job in Chicago.

Every successful move is attributed to him. Every failure is blamed on Kenny.

Jedstein?

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Bernstein broke the story today. Hahn is in control of everything now.

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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!

Another issue I have with Nas. This is ridiculous. They will not win 110 games.

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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 Elon, Tulsi, and Don

I'd set the over under @ 100.

Ridiculous was you thinking they wouldn't make the playoffs last year Jorrnochio.

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Sucking up to bigfan was part of your return package?

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New Sox 3rd sacker had a miserable 2nd half last year. Overall,I don't think the Sox gave up too much for a very good 3rd basemen. If Laroche could have a rebound season,they will have a halfway decent lineup.

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

Cubs won 97 last year.

Heyward adds 4 wins because of his WAR compared to Fowler.

Lackey adds 10 wins over last year. Zobrist adds 3.

That's 114.

And that doesn't even count the Babe Ruths getting better.

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No, it's reality.

Hahn is bulletproof.

Would 100 wins be good enough for second place in the NL Central?

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agreed. I don't see why the Sox can't be a 2nd place team in the central next season.

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Good people drink good beer - Hunter S. Thompson

<º)))><

Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

110 wins, 114 wins. Good golly y'all. The Cards win the division until further notice. You seen Piscotty's stats? Et al.

The Cubs are one starting pitching regression away from being a 90 win team. Making the playoffs is no guarantee, expect Heyward to struggle at least out of the gate.

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

Hey now! Stop making sense and go back to planning that World Series parade route!

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perhaps you have had me on ignore, lo these past two years?

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Ба́бушка гада́ла, да на́двое сказа́ла—то ли до́ждик, то ли снег, то ли бу́дет, то ли нет.

The record is 116 wins. It is in serious jeopardy.

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The only record that matters is 11-1

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

2005.

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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!

In all seriousness though Kirkwood, I believe the MLB record is actually 108 years and its not in all that serious of jeopardy.

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Jake had a once in a lifetime season. He regresses to the mean and that's 4-6 less wins right there.

Why not? With 3 top of the rotation starters and Lackey in a weaker division this team could crack 100+ wins.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!