that argument makes no sense. 1989-No current Cubs. 1998-No current Cub hitters. 2003-Aramis. So 2007 is the only good comparision to the 2008 team and its performance. MITC was wise to add the 2007 and 2008 teams. That means more. But his argument is still that the Cubs need more HR hitters. And the Cubs finished 8th in total home runs and their top five home run hitters were better than the Rays top five. So a better conclusion to what the Cubs need would be to state that the Cubs need better playoff producers, not neccesarily HR hitters. When it came down to game 7 last night, the Rays got good baserunning and timely hitting. One home run, one double and one single brought in their runs.

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

They also had a guy on the mound who didn't walk many, had solid defense behind him, and pitched into the 8th inning. Something the Cub starters haven't done the past 2 years.

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as previously stated in other threads, I didn't trust the Cubs pitching staff and went on record on B&B saying they would get swept and the Dodger pitching staff would outpitch the Cubs. I'm not surprised. I wasn't surprised in '07 either. I was surprised in '03, but more by the Cubs beating Atlanta than them losing to the Marlins after such a lead.

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

It wasn't an argument.

It was a lament.


Edit: as well as an admiration of the Rays.

the DLee post reminded me of one of my first battles on the board as a rook...in this thread.

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

Too bad this thread is too long for me to even consider reading.

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My exact thought