I think he was giving a "fuck you" to the haters.

SHOTS FIRED at JimmyPasta.

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They asked him something about the intensity of the game after it was 6-6, paraphrasing, he said something like "yeah when we were up early I had friends texting me congrats and I was like man fuck you"

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

He could have done all this winning shit in year one.

I'll never admit I was wrong.

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

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

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

2 hours sleep and at work . Suck it up bitches!!

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

To the Victors go the spoils

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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Someone said it earlier...I think Mr. Reason...that if the Cubs won last night it would be in spite of Maddon's decisions, not because of them.

I still feel that way.

The players were the heroes, and they deserve all the credit. Merlot Joe can drink the wine that they put on the table for him.

Oh and.

out of

For the series.

This will be made into a movie.

I was confident the Cubs would win their division in 2016 and win 100 or more games and be a true contender for a title. But goofy things can happen, like pulling Hendricks after just 4 2/3 innings when he is pitching brilliantly, or putting an overused Chapman into the game, that can derail a team. But they won and it may well be just the first of several, in the next 5-6 years. Many of the best players have yet to reach their prime.

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Go Cubs!!!!

It's not that he could have won in year one but it certainly could have been done without tanking. Don't give up on that. You are correct and that should never be accepted by a fanbase before a season starts.

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

I think the White Sox have won 15 more games while trying to contend than the Cubs did while tanking.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

Irrelevant. The Sox doing it wrong doesn't mean the Cubs could not do it well.

For fuck's sake, they tried to sell you that the cupboard was bare and yet there were two guys in key roles yesterday who were there before day 1. Rizzo was acquired on Day 1. That is 3/8 of a championship starting lineup in place before the first cup of coffee in the morning.

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

and Jimmy eyerolls...himself.

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

I felt he had a little Joe Q in him last night....

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An unjust law is no law at all--St. Augustine of Hippo

Cause tried and true
I see the light in you
Oh, can you dig in my soul?
Could you smell my whole...
life?--Gener and Deaner

Exactly! I can't recall a manager being as bad as Maddon was in the WS and half the playoffs.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

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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

I might read thru this whole thread just to get a feel of the insane ups and downs. What a ride. I had fun with you internet cretins.

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Hardly. Keep trying though, you might stumble onto something poignant.

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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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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

+1. What a great feeling!

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"This is Chicago, my friend. Anything can happen."

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

Same, but maybe in a few days. I did not read or participate in any Cubs discussion for the entire game...social media, text or otherwise.

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Rick Hahn is the best GM in baseball.

I'll make a book out of it and sell it on Amazon.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

I'm numb. Still a bit drunk too...but numb fo sho. Unbelievable

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Proud to be UNVERIFIED.

Were you at least on time?

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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

7 minutes late . Still employed.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

Look at all that manspreading. Julie would be furious.

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-- source

of course it is

Thank you for reading

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

Theo takes over in 2011. Cubs tank starting in 2012. That first year of tank results in Kris Bryant.

Bryant, has a career WAR of 13.6 at this point in his career. The rest of that first round class in aggregate has a WAR of 8.2.

I'm sure the Cubs would be in just as good a place in 2016 had they won 78 games in 2012 and drafted in the middle of the first round.