I know I have read and heard about what a POS team this Cubs team is after the WS title in 2016. Mostly from Sux fans and the like just giving us grief that we probably won't repeat.

Now I want to make clear I put this in the Cubs section for Cubs fans. They do have nearly 100 games left to play, right?

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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!

THIS IS A CUBS THREAD. IT WAS MADE FOR CUB FANS.

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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!

Thread approved

Can anyone explain to me why Schwarber is so terrible and he gets to keep playing everyday? It's sort of like how Donald Trump gets to keep being president.

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I'm With Me.

Fukin lying rich arrogent amoral elitist corupt scumbag from NY. delete you're account.

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libtard's personfied:

is this Panther talking to Panther ?

We gonna do this, computer boy?

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More whining.

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Elections have consequences.

You are King Whiner.

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TL;DR version: 87 wins, NL East champions, lose in 4 to whoever wins the NL West whenever they get around to facing them (LDS/LCS).

Long version:
As a Cub fan, this team reminds me a little of the 1985 team. A few key injuries, a few declines from career peaks, and they just never got going.

They don't remind me of the 2004 team, because that was a group of arrogant pricks led by the biggest arrogant swinging prick of them all in Dusty Baker, who didn't deserve to win because they were entitled asshole snowflakes. By comparison, the 2017 is a bunch of Mormons.

If they had lost the WS, I don't think that both Strop and Rondon would still be here. The bullpen is structurally deficient, because both Edwards and Uehara are challenged to go back to back nights, and Strop and Rondon are on their downsides and prone to flare-ups. All of this would be ok if the damned starters would go 6 2/3-7 1/3 consistently, but they are not.

All this puts more pressure on young hitters still getting used to the fact that major league pitchers and defensive data-crunching gurus can and will successfully adjust to their tendencies, something that's never happened to them going all the way back to T-ball. Joe can play magic wizard, but that's a lot of kids' hands to hold.

I'm trying to be patient, but I don't see how the pitching staff survives multiple night playoff games in NL West ballparks. At this point, I wouldn't even pull the trigger on bringing in somebody on a July rental, any acquisitions would be for 2018 and anything they give you in 2017 is a bonus.

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

Pitchers need to get better or the staff needs shoring up.

The hitters will be fine.

Without the pitching, they'll be a quick exit after making the playoffs.

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Sini's Fur Coat

#thatsCub

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CSFMB: Home of the small minded

Should still win the division but the magic seems long gone.

Will need to buy 2 quality SPs in the off season.

Leave Montgomery in the rotation the rest of the year.

Dump Rondon.

Wow, just saw this thread. Leash with a big WYC after giving Mike so much grief

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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

Yeah, leash has had a rough day. He needs a nice, quiet evening with a couple of Portillo's Hot Dogs and the garage all to himself.

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I saw the list of next year's FA SP's.

Not good.

Fuck you, you asshole mult. At least I have a thought that's not fascist. And unlike Sini, I actually understand how to create sentences with fifteen words or less.

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

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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

You're dime, you're dance floor, Mr. Coppock.

Your

#It'sFriday #That'sCub

Have you seen the photo of my owner with Jack Brickhouse? Fortunately I was pretty feeble by the time Chet could afford fur coats, so Jack's idiosyncrasies were not an issue. Why would a man have a glass coffee table in his bedroom??

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

I don't want to hear "injuries" as ANY kind of excuse. They've been very healthy...just very mediocre.

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Russell finding his groove of late.

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At least 2 , maybe more.

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Proud member of the white guy grievance committee

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

:rimshot:

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