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Nothing wrong with a die hard Sox fan having a different view on 2005. Everyone enjoys their championships differently. He chooses to reflect quietly by himself and credit luck. It's all fair and square.

He looks Latino


I am sure MANY have wanted to slug him then as well as now.

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They were " lucky" I don't listen to that horseshit show but if that's his premise...he's correct, lightning in a bottle n won't be replicated anytime soon


Lucky....define that for me in the context of what we are discussing.

The team was in 1st place wire to wire.






Never said they weren't a very good team for that season...can't deny that, but it was wasn't built got any sustainability.. It was lightning in a bottle.


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If he really said they were "lucky," he's an idiot. It wouldn't even matter if you thought that... when a team wins a title, the ends always justify the means. At the end of the day, they still have a WS title. I agree with his philosophy moving forward, but there is no criticism to be had of a team that wins the World Series, especially a team who was as dominant as the Sox were.

Now excuse me while I throw up...


Sir was throwing out the "regular season is the judge of the best team" stuff yesterday.

Like it or not, the playoffs are how we decide a champion and have for a century. The Mariners are not considered the best team of all time.

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leashyourkids wrote:
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2004: 83 wins
2005: 99 wins (Won a World Series)
2006: 90 wins
2007: 72 wins
2008: 88 wins (Won Division)

That's not a bad 5 year run.


If you win a WS, there's nothing to justify. You won a WS.


If you win a WS first,there's nothing to justify

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If he really said they were "lucky," he's an idiot. It wouldn't even matter if you thought that... when a team wins a title, the ends always justify the means. At the end of the day, they still have a WS title. I agree with his philosophy moving forward, but there is no criticism to be had of a team that wins the World Series, especially a team who was as dominant as the Sox were.

Now excuse me while I throw up...


Sir was throwing out the "regular season is the judge of the best team" stuff yesterday.

Like it or not, the playoffs are how we decide a champion and have for a century. The Mariners are not considered the best team of all time.


I agree with him that the regular season is a better indicator of who the best team is. What he fails to mention is that it's a moot point because we judge the winner by a playoff system. It doesn't matter who the "best" team is. It matters who won.

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good dolphin wrote:
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2004: 83 wins
2005: 99 wins (Won a World Series)
2006: 90 wins
2007: 72 wins
2008: 88 wins (Won Division)

That's not a bad 5 year run.


If you win a WS, there's nothing to justify. You won a WS.


If you win a WS first,there's nothing to justify


Don't ruin my good will. And don't think I didn't see this before when you screwed up the bold function.

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leashyourkids wrote:
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If he really said they were "lucky," he's an idiot. It wouldn't even matter if you thought that... when a team wins a title, the ends always justify the means. At the end of the day, they still have a WS title. I agree with his philosophy moving forward, but there is no criticism to be had of a team that wins the World Series, especially a team who was as dominant as the Sox were.

Now excuse me while I throw up...


Sir was throwing out the "regular season is the judge of the best team" stuff yesterday.

Like it or not, the playoffs are how we decide a champion and have for a century. The Mariners are not considered the best team of all time.


I agree with him that the regular season is a better indicator of who the best team is. What he fails to mention is that it's a moot point because we judge the winner by a playoff system. It doesn't matter who the "best" team is. It matters who won.



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Nothing wrong with a die hard Sox fan having a different view on 2005. Everyone enjoys their championships differently. He chooses to reflect quietly by himself and credit luck. It's all fair and square.

He looks Latino


I am sure MANY have wanted to slug him then as well as now.


That is definitely a very punchable face.

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pittmike wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
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leashyourkids wrote:
If he really said they were "lucky," he's an idiot. It wouldn't even matter if you thought that... when a team wins a title, the ends always justify the means. At the end of the day, they still have a WS title. I agree with his philosophy moving forward, but there is no criticism to be had of a team that wins the World Series, especially a team who was as dominant as the Sox were.

Now excuse me while I throw up...


Sir was throwing out the "regular season is the judge of the best team" stuff yesterday.

Like it or not, the playoffs are how we decide a champion and have for a century. The Mariners are not considered the best team of all time.


I agree with him that the regular season is a better indicator of who the best team is. What he fails to mention is that it's a moot point because we judge the winner by a playoff system. It doesn't matter who the "best" team is. It matters who won.



The Golden State Warriors do not like your thoughts.


Neither do the 16-0 Patriots.

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Hell of a lucky run through those 2005 playoffs. How many losses?

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Chus wrote:
pittmike wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
If he really said they were "lucky," he's an idiot. It wouldn't even matter if you thought that... when a team wins a title, the ends always justify the means. At the end of the day, they still have a WS title. I agree with his philosophy moving forward, but there is no criticism to be had of a team that wins the World Series, especially a team who was as dominant as the Sox were.

Now excuse me while I throw up...


Sir was throwing out the "regular season is the judge of the best team" stuff yesterday.

Like it or not, the playoffs are how we decide a champion and have for a century. The Mariners are not considered the best team of all time.


I agree with him that the regular season is a better indicator of who the best team is. What he fails to mention is that it's a moot point because we judge the winner by a playoff system. It doesn't matter who the "best" team is. It matters who won.



The Golden State Warriors do not like your thoughts.


Neither do the 16-0 Patriots.

or the '34 and '43 Bears (I might be wrong about those dates, but they did have two undefeated seasons, only to lose in the championship)

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Nothing wrong with a die hard Sox fan having a different view on 2005. Everyone enjoys their championships differently. He chooses to reflect quietly by himself and credit luck. It's all fair and square.

He looks Latino



He looks like he was trying to get into a frat party hosted by Tucker Max.

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11-1 in the playoffs and wire-to-wire is some kind of luck.

If you have a healthy Frank Thomas/Ordonez in 2004 there would have been another playoff run. Healthy Thomas in 2005, and that team is even greater. Dan is such a corporate bitch that he has to build in pre-excuses for the Cubs, while shitting on a departed 10-year radio partner that the Score did a terrible job promoting.

Dan knows that the Cubs are the only thing the once-entertaining station has. So this sackless bitch has to go scorched earth on anything that "tarnishes" the golden goose.

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leashyourkids wrote:
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If he really said they were "lucky," he's an idiot. It wouldn't even matter if you thought that... when a team wins a title, the ends always justify the means. At the end of the day, they still have a WS title. I agree with his philosophy moving forward, but there is no criticism to be had of a team that wins the World Series, especially a team who was as dominant as the Sox were.

Now excuse me while I throw up...


Sir was throwing out the "regular season is the judge of the best team" stuff yesterday.

Like it or not, the playoffs are how we decide a champion and have for a century. The Mariners are not considered the best team of all time.


I agree with him that the regular season is a better indicator of who the best team is. What he fails to mention is that it's a moot point because we judge the winner by a playoff system. It doesn't matter who the "best" team is. It matters who won.


The "best team" changes throughout a season with regular season win total being almost as arbitrary as 11 post season wins in determining "best".

It's not really even worthy of conversation but it seems to be a hot topic with Score people this week

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leashyourkids wrote:
good dolphin wrote:
leashyourkids wrote:
Terry's Peeps wrote:
2004: 83 wins
2005: 99 wins (Won a World Series)
2006: 90 wins
2007: 72 wins
2008: 88 wins (Won Division)

That's not a bad 5 year run.


If you win a WS, there's nothing to justify. You won a WS.


If you win a WS first,there's nothing to justify


Don't ruin my good will. And don't think I didn't see this before when you screwed up the bold function.


You should have seen what it looked like before I submitted it

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Chus wrote:
pittmike wrote:
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Kirkwood wrote:
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Nothing wrong with a die hard Sox fan having a different view on 2005. Everyone enjoys their championships differently. He chooses to reflect quietly by himself and credit luck. It's all fair and square.

He looks Latino


I am sure MANY have wanted to slug him then as well as now.


That is definitely a very punchable face.


poured the beer on himself and then asked the waitress to take a picture of him..."Look mom and dad, I have friends!"

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They were " lucky" I don't listen to that horseshit show but if that's his premise...he's correct, lightning in a bottle n won't be replicated anytime soon


Lucky....define that for me in the context of what we are discussing.

The team was in 1st place wire to wire.






Never said they weren't a very good team for that season...can't deny that, but it was wasn't built got any sustainability.. It was lightning in a bottle.


90 wins the next season



100%


To win the WS, it seems that you need a few things.

Clutch hitting (Konerko, Dye)
Catch lightning in the bottle (jose contreras, Jenks)
Career year (Politte, Cotts, Garland)
Consistency (Buehrle)


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11-1 in the playoffs and wire-to-wire is some kind of luck.

If you have a healthy Frank Thomas/Ordonez in 2004 there would have been another playoff run. Healthy Thomas in 2005, and that team is even greater. Dan is such a corporate bitch that he has to build in pre-excuses for the Cubs, while shitting on a departed 10-year radio partner that the Score did a terrible job promoting.

Dan knows that the Cubs are the only thing the once-entertaining station has. So this sackless bitch has to go scorched earth on anything that "tarnishes" the golden goose.


Spot on.

He and DiCaro complained about the Chapman signing lessening the joy of certain Cubs' fans, but his slurpage almost makes me want to root for the Giants.

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They were " lucky" I don't listen to that horseshit show but if that's his premise...he's correct, lightning in a bottle n won't be replicated anytime soon


Lucky....define that for me in the context of what we are discussing.

The team was in 1st place wire to wire.






Never said they weren't a very good team for that season...can't deny that, but it was wasn't built got any sustainability.. It was lightning in a bottle.


90 wins the next season



100%


To win the WS, it seems that you need a few things.

Clutch hitting (Konerko, Dye)
Catch lightning in the bottle (jose contreras, Jenks)
Career year (Politte, Cotts, Garland)
Consistency (Buehrle)


So, you need to be great in every phase. Got it.

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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.

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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Yeah... think about how bad that makes the teams who are trying and still sock.

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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Was that factoid true that the Cubs only played 50 games against +.500 teams and the Red Sox played over 100? If so, that would be a concern.

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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Was that factoid true that the Cubs only played 50 games against +.500 teams and the Red Sox played over 100? If so, that would be a concern.



I don't know the exact numbers, but it's something close to that.

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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Yeah... think about how bad that makes the teams who are trying and still sock.


You sock.

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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Yeah... think about how bad that makes the teams who are trying and still sock.


You sock.


Hey, I was nice to the Sock in this thread. Then your people came in and shit on the Cubbie.

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I apologize for the facts I posted that are so distasteful to Cub fans.


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There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Was that factoid true that the Cubs only played 50 games against +.500 teams and the Red Sox played over 100? If so, that would be a concern.



I don't know the exact numbers, but it's something close to that.


The Cubs played teams that finished with W-L% of .500+ a total of 56 times, going .235/.320/.381 with a 97 OPS+ relative to how The League fared against above-.500 teams.

The Sawx played 103 games against teams with a .500 or better W-L%, going: .276/.341/.457 with a 123 OPS+ relative to The League in the same split.

For comparison, the '01 Mariners had splits against above-average teams more similar to the Sawx (.283/.356/.421, 114 OPS+), but played 32 fewer games against .500+ opponents.

They (the Cubs) are bum-slayers. Really, really good bum-slayers, mind you, but they make their bones slaying bums.


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Juice's Lecture Notes wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Jaw Breaker wrote:
Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:
Franky T wrote:
There is no such thing as "clutch", because you can't quantify it. But, there is such a thing as "luck" according to Danny. I wonder how "luck" is quantified? Variance I guess.


Luck is when a bunch of teams are tanking and you only have to play 50 games vs. teams over .500 on your way to a 103 win season.


Was that factoid true that the Cubs only played 50 games against +.500 teams and the Red Sox played over 100? If so, that would be a concern.



I don't know the exact numbers, but it's something close to that.


The Cubs played teams that finished with W-L% of .500+ a total of 56 times, going .235/.320/.381 with a 97 OPS+ relative to how The League fared against above-.500 teams.

The Sawx played 103 games against teams with a .500 or better W-L%, going: .276/.341/.457 with a 123 OPS+ relative to The League in the same split.

For comparison, the '01 Mariners had splits against above-average teams more similar to the Sawx (.283/.356/.421, 114 OPS+), but played 32 fewer games against .500+ opponents.

They (the Cubs) are bum-slayers. Really, really good bum-slayers, mind you, but they make their bones slaying bums.


Wow JLN. If that is true. Wow.

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