Billy Beane likes this.

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Now I am certain my Cub bet will come through. I think this is the first positive post I have ever seen from brogue about a team he actually roots for.

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Both teams in this city have had decades long droughts without qualifying for the playoffs. Making three in a row is a big deal here. Winning a series in 3 straight years is all the more impressive.

Alright, but you gotta give us something if this dumbass troll war is gonna continue through the winter

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Why? Is it not impressive?

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Billy Beane is a great GM. The smartest Sox fan on the board thinks he's the best in baseball.

But, aren't the playoffs mostly luck, especially when talking about one series?

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I don't believe Chus has ever espoused such an opinion.

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I dont know if someone here said "mostly luck" but it wasnt me. There are some "bad bounces" that even out over 162 but not over 5.


It's hard because it's not black and white. Like the Nats are a better team than the Cubs, but the Cubs played better over a 5 game series. So credit goes to the Cubs but you can still say the best team didn't win.


But we're going circles here right? You believe the best team always wins. That's cool.

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No one ever said "mostly luck." That's just Rick twisting it to help out his awful argument that he only believes because he is emotionally weak.

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Billy Beane is a very good general manager.

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Let's save some time.

What percentage of the playoffs won by luck instead of the better team? 80% skill, 20% luck? 50% skill, 50% luck?

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So no Chus or Tall Midget then?

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There is no exact answer. I'm sorry that you struggle with this so much.

I've asked you a similar question multiple times and you have refused to answer. You then get mad when I portray it as you and others thinking it was "mostly(at least 51%) luck".

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Tall Midget is a Sox fan?

Chus is a good baseball fan.

There is no exact percentage, but it shows a lot about how you think that you think there is.

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I feel the need to preface this by saying I'm not trolling or being purposefully confrontational on this, but how many years in a row do the A's need to finish with 75 wins or less before you change your mind?

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So, because I refuse to answer a ridiculous and impossible question, you just assume what my position is and then use it as a talking point? Sounds reasonable.

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I'm a huge A's fan, and I cannot think of someone else I would want as my GM.

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I'm asking for a rough estimate here.

This is the problem. You guys use random and luck to explain good portions of the MLB playoffs, to the point where you think the best team is actually better determined by the regular season, but then you get mad when I call it "mostly(51% or more) luck".

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Isn't he no longer the GM?

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The fact that you don't understand any of this does not make it our obligation to educate you. We've tried, but it's impossible.

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You are free to actually state your position in response instead of calling it "impossible".

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You had a chance, and still do, to refute the idea that the playoffs are "mostly luck". You have chosen not to.

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I don't know how to respond to that aside from laughter. I asked a specific question. Based on your response as an A's fan I have to assume the answer is infinitiy, which is funny.

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He's on the clock but he had another downswing like this followed by three 88+ win seasons.

Nah I call bullshit on that. Rick is right when calling Cubdom out on that particular inconsistency.

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