The failure here is you not wanting to believe that Almora is a platoon player.

If you say so. I'll have to adjust as well. Generally you are one of the more levelheaded baseball guys here, but its clear you've been dipping into the Cubbie Kool Aid more and more, rogersparKasper.

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Another swing and a miss. I never took issue with the label platoon player.

Platoon players are not all equal/comparable.

Yasiel Puig was a platoon player last year.

A platoon player on a great team and a platoon player on a tanking team are worlds apart.

You allow yourself and other Sox fans a lot of leeway on things you would kill Cub fans for.

Even in this thread. Cmon! Dont be like Cub fans! They're just being themselves!

Also, as much as some Cub fans love Almora, Ive yet to hear one predict him as a multiple time all star like Adam Jones.

You sure about that?

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Not sure which part you are asking about but yes. I have never heard a Cub fan predict multiple all star games for Almora. That doesnt mean it doenst exist. You seem to be way more plugged in to unrealistic Cub fans than me.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

All Star voting

9 year old children decide that, you never answered if Almora would be the best outfielder on the Sox.

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The Cubs have no subs, they have super subs

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

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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

Only the starters. MLB players themselves pick most of the rosters. SMH.

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I don't think that's a real post

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So children pick the starters and one guy from every team is mandated. Yeah.. it's a joke, like the pro bowl in the NFL. It's no measuring stick of success.

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You think that is legitimate? or trolling?

Even for Steve, that seems like trolling.

Shall I put you down for Puig = Adam Engel, too?

I think the main takeaway from this thread is JORR is in the minority of White Sox fans who understand stats and what they mean. (Hint: 1.0 WAR is good. Negative WAR is bad)


Also, that White Sox fans are as unrealistic as any fan base with their expectations. 75% of 4th overall picks wont be as good as Ryan Theriot.

I don't join groups.

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

Not ten minutes ago Parkins was talking about many Cubs fans making just that comparison. I laughed and thought that yeah, it happened a bit here.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

Zero people made the comparison as far as Schwarber being a Ruth type player

Every fat lefty homerun hitter conjures up images of the Babe. Just like certain guys dunk like MJ.

I'm fairly certain that at least the local painter did.

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There are only two examples of infinity: The universe and human stupidity and I'm not sure about the universe.

You continue to ruin your reputation as a baseball poster with this non sense.

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Of course he was kidding. We all know the correct answer is Jorge Soler!

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A top Cub scout called Schwarber Babe Ruth. That's how it all started.

Another dip shit dago.. smh

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And you believe that official was making a 1:1 comparison of Schwarber to Ruth, rather than saying he's a fat left handed home run hittter with a ton of power?

Ridiculous. No Cub Executive or really any human ever thought Schwarber was going to be the best player that ever lived.

The people pushing this narrative know better, but its fun to pretend Cub fans are a special kind of unrealistic.

Do you believe its more likely they meant

A.) A big lefty with prodigious power

B.) The best player that ever lived


I took it as A. I can see why some would want to say B though.


Anyway, hopefully Madrigal turns into Molitor.

There is not a narrative being pushed. It's literally a quote from a Cubs front office person.

A faction of Cubs fans are quite unrealistic.

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Do you believe its more likely they meant

A.) A big lefty with prodigious power

B.) The best player that ever lived



You know it's A. I know it's A. Everyone knows it's A.

But sure, we'll go with the Cubs front office guy thought Schwarber was going to be the best player that ever lived. Seems reasonable.

I thought Bernsie told the story as it was Theo or Jed that compared his homers to Babe?

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Finally some honesty. Of course it was specifically about his power and not him as an all around player.

Thank you, Michael.

"all around player?" GTFO here with that. Babe was a Hall of Fame pitcher before he even went to the Yankees. You think the CUBS FRONT OFFICE MAN was comparing Schwarber's ability to throw a baseball to Ruth?

No. It was specifically about him being a generational talent of a hitter, and Schwarber has fallen way way way short of that. You are the one continuing to post nonsense here dude.

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