Dude, you seriously are awful at this. I'm not trying to be a dick, but having to respond to your inane nonsense this early in the morning is not something I can do today. I shouldn't have responded in the first place. Go watch some baseball and think critically about it. Maybe read some books or listen to your favorite radio personality, Dan Bernstein. The fact that you can't understand that there is a large amount of variance in baseball playoffs doesn't make it anyone else's job to educate you.

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So he's got another 2-3 years in him before we call it?

Sometimes you can call this type of shit before it becomes obvious(Joe Gibbs becoming HC again was an absolute joke)

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No, it's not. And if you don't understand how ridiculous it is to ask someone to give a specific percentage to it might make you equally obtuse.

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Be honest about this debate and you might be more open minded about it. He never once asked for a specific percentage and in fact said a rough estimate would be fine for debate purposes.

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Bump.

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This is why I wanted your help, fellas.

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It's equally stupid to ask for a rough percentage. And we all know why he is. So that he can say "Derp! That's not even 50%! Derp! It's not even that much!" or "Derp! It's more than 50%! So it's okay for me to say 'mostly'! Derp!" It accomplishes nothing to throw out some random, meaningless percentage, whether it's a rough guess or not.

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It really isnt Leash's fault that you cant accept things unless they are put into a hard number.

There is more variance in 11-17 games than 162.

Sometimes luck plays no role and the dominant team dominates. Other times, a great team catches a few bad breaks and loses.

Attempting to put a percentage on it wouldn't even work because every playoff series is unique and they have changed the playoff format twice the last 22 years (small amount of time overall)

Nuance has no place here, ok!?

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You'll never know for sure until you give him a shot. Throw out a percentage. See what happens. Live a little.

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

Not today. I'm still fuming from last night. Maybe after a few drinks tonight

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Stop crying. Make whatever argument you want. Give a percentage or don't. I don't care.

Are the MLB playoffs mostly luck? My perception is many believe that. Are you one of them?

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Well I used 'mostly' and you also got mad so I don't know how else to put it. Just explain your thoughts on luck vs skill in the playoffs in a way that makes it clear if the better team wins most often and if it's a big gap.

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Yea, he's been there 20 years now. He's probably phoning it in at this point.

I could but you would say "no, the team that won was better because they won" so there's no point, right?


You think the team that wins is always the better team. I think sometimes the better team gets outplayed or hits some bad fortune over a small series. We disagree, its fine. I like you.

I can't believe I actually agree with BRick on this...

The Cubs look to the WNBA for bullpen help next year.

I haven't stated my entire view on the matter in this thread, as it is an ongoing argument between BRick and me. I will when I have more time. You're welcome.

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The better team doesn't always win.

So do you think the playoffs are mostly skill?

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It is such a beautiful sunny morning.

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Waiting for the time when I can finally say
That this has all been wonderful, but now I'm on my way

I think the better team wins most of the time and the team that wins the WS is usually at least one of the top 2

Unless it's a team from the inferior league.

See just from your era: both Marlins teams, Diamondbacks, the recent Cardinal teams, the Cub, the 1990 Reds, the last Giants team that had to send out MadBum out 4x.

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Thanks! Leash do you feel similarly?

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Ill bet it hurt to have to include the Cubs in World Series winners.

You're completely ridiculous right now, but I get it. Enjoy!

The better team wins most of the time, but I do not agree that the team that wins the WS is necessarily one of the top 2.

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lol wut. This doesn't even make sense.

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Hey, dickheads, this thread is about ME! ME, ME, ME!

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luck.

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So it is mostly skill that wins in the playoffs?

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