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The Bulls haven't done anything wrong, and they're not going to do anything wrong.

Asked and answered. Hello, Dave.

I truly hope Bernstein gets mugged and beaten bloody. In a city with a lot of jackasses
he is number one.
What a pathetic human being. Fuck him.

Great show. Can't disagree with a thing.

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Not reading 5 pages. Did anyone mention Terry sounding a little "strokey?" He seemed to have a bit of a slur.

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I read the thread and listened some. To be serious, Dan Bernstein - as always - is just a garbage human being. Obviously, I'm not religious, but decorating graves is - at worst - a waste of time and - at best - a psychological moment of joy for those who cope with the loss of loved ones. And it impacts no one except those who partake. I've run out of adjectives. He's just a piece of shit.

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Terry did not have a stroke.

I shut it off at that point. Here you people trying to deal with loss and maintain a connection to the past, and this jag ridicules it.

A few minutes earlier, a caller announced, "I'm from Cleveland," and Bernstein replies with a smugly disinterested "So what?" No, your emotional investment in your city and your team does not matter....except when Bernstein does it. Last week, he was referring to the Cubs as "we."

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isn't that why (or the main reason why) Epstein came here--the challenge?

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His Hoyer interview provided a huge WYC. Dan asked Hoyer if putting Schwarber on the roster was, more than anything, a symbolic gesture to reward his hard work. Jed redponded with,"We aren't putting him on the roster unless we think he can hit some home runs and help us win a championship." He even said that any addition of Schwarber would have zero to do with sentimentality.


ALL THAT MATTERS IS CHAMPIONSHIPS, DAN. DON'T ASK DUMB QUESTIONS.

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Yeah all excited fan boy Dan actually asked if it was a "prize" for Kyle.

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Elections have consequences.

Right, the Cubs shifted the least amount of times in MLB. Yet their defense was one of the best. Cubs cracked the code. Key is to have good defenders on your team. Genius discovery, I know.

My theory earlier this year was Cubs' defense making pitchers look a lot better.

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Elections have consequences.

Overall BABIP, yes. On pulled grounders, however, the overall BABIP is down 13 points to .183 since, I think, 2011. Similarly, the BABIP on opposite-handed grounders is up to .379 from .255. However, if you have enough data (and enough samples), there will be a "break even" point, at which it becomes sensible to shift on a hitter to their pull side and open yourself up to the oppo-grounder, because of the hitter's overall tendencies.

I have stopped listening to them almost completely. I listen sometimes if I am working from home and am in the car between 1 and 3 running errands. Otherwise I listen to either music, MLB network radio, or after 3 it is Bomani Jones on the ESPN XM feed.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

Yeah one of those guys calling about the grave thing sounded pretty offended when Bernstein scoffed at him. I though the guy was going to go off on him and spout anti-Semitic slurs like that Nation of Islam guy did when Dan was making fun of Tony Snell's hair.

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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

It was nice to hear Terry though. I thought I was prepared for a post-Boers afternoon show, but man that was rough...

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"Now comes good sailing. Moose. Indian."

Sent from my Gravity Insulation Suit

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Dan's first sentence has been nagging at me all day:

If it's not really mine then why do I get to have experience/emotion/moment?

This portion of the sentence is driving my brain insane. It's so jagged. A jumble of words. How could his editor (is there an editor) believe there shouldn't be a tighter sentence?

THAT THAT THAT THAT THAT

What's not to like?

It's a one-way street which radiates emotion (as one-way streets are wont to do), and it is also a relationship between both ends of the one way street. There's plenty of absurdity inherent in that.

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No, there is no editor, as was apparent when Tim Baffoe referred to sympathizing with one's kidnapper as "Helsinki syndrome," which is actually when you sympathize with your kidnapper and your kidnapper is Teemu Selanne.



streeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet emooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooootion

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I find it hard to believe that was not deliberate, but I don't really know his whole deal. Does he ever traffic in absurdism?

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

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This is what happens when people are afraid to say "no" to you.

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No, all he does is call everyone stupid.

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Ok, well I was trying to cobble together an Oslo pun while walking my dogs, but I came up empty, so good. Fuck that guy.

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I don't remember half the time if I'm hiding or I'm lost

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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

he got a raw deal for sure. maybe ricky rent-a-manager can bring him down to comiskey to replace rick hahn and then once the band's together they can draft the next javier baez and trade for the next matt garza? start making moves like that (along with paying edwin encarnacion or someone ~40mil more than the next highest bid [that they also made =]) and yeah i'm thinking it's time to turn back the clock to 2011 cuz i'd be "ALL IN" =D

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dude, i respect your gumption to stick to your beliefs and all that, especially when nowadays it's easy to let go and go on autopilot all "LONG LIVE THE CUB" </hudsucker-proxy-references> ---- but COME ON DUDE.... seriously, THE PLAN(TM) worked out pretty damn fabulously (even without the 2nd super-high-draft-pick-that-you-tanked-for, babe fucking schwarber) and while i'll give you taht there was "luck" in arrieta coming good (which can also be attributed to scouting and perhaps realizing something was fixable w/arrieta that the orioles didn't?) and likely hendricks being THIS good.... but still... dude... what more do you want?

i mean seriously, look at the team you've got right now... look what it's on the verge of doing.... and right now you won't agree on the plan cuz you think they could make a run for the widcard in 2012-13 or something?! if the cubs win the world series this year i think i'm going to never agree with you on THE PLAN not being the right way =]

.......

/me inhales, exhales, goes and takes a piss and comes back to still be all kinds of "WOW!" that jimmy seriously believes that the cubs didn't go about this whole "lol we've got the best team in baseball appx 1-3yrs ahead of chedule" thing "THE RIGHT WAY" ?!?! lol.



TLDR = lol..... comeon dude. i respect your gumption in sticking to your guns.... but i mean, honestly the only way you're "right" here is if the cubs DON'T win the world series this year, then you can start being all chest-puffy about how they shoulda tried to nick a wildcard in 2012-14 =D

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