03-07-2010, 12:47 PM
<!--quoteo(post=81849:date=Mar 7 2010, 06:22 AM:name=Coldneck)-->QUOTE (Coldneck @ Mar 7 2010, 06:22 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=81837:date=Mar 6 2010, 10:08 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 6 2010, 10:08 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=81834:date=Mar 6 2010, 07:16 PM:name=BackyardLegend)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (BackyardLegend @ Mar 6 2010, 07:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=81812:date=Mar 6 2010, 04:39 PM:name=Clapp)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Clapp @ Mar 6 2010, 04:39 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->probably won't be a fun season.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Did anyone ever think that this would be a "fun" season? Did anyone actually look at our roster stacked next to teams like the Phillies and Yankees and say, "Yea, we're right there."
The answers to those two questions should be no.
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You mean the roster that really wasn't too different from a team that won 97 games 2 years ago? Injuries and about everybody outside of Lee and Lilly performing worse than expected killed this team last year. And still, they won 83 games with most everything going wrong. We're not in the AL East. We're not in the NL East. If you get in, you have a chance.
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We weren't a young team 2 years ago and we're an old team now. There is a huge difference between 2008 and 2010. Dempster had a career year which cannot be expected. Marmol was the best reliever in baseball. Wood was more than adequate as a closer. Aramis actually stayed healthy (for the most part). We got real lucky with Jimmy Baseball Now we have an injured Lilly, an erratic Marmol, no lights out set up guy, an aging and inury prone roster, Z has progressively gotten worse.
While the players may be similar the skills aren't. So I've decided to just enjoy the baseball season with no expectations for success for the Cubs. I'll be a much happier guy and my family will appreciate it.
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Bleh, fuck 2 years. You don't go from the best offense in the league and amazing numbers left and right to blah shitheads 2 years later. We've had bad breaks, that's the bottom line.
Dempster was still very good last year. He gave up too many hits, especially ones that went over the fence. But the rest of his numbers are pretty much in line with the 08 season and show it wasn't a complete "fluke".
Marmol can still be that good as we saw yesterday. He's just gotta get his head on straight and throw the ball near the fucking plate because his stuff is so good, it would make a nun cum. He was even better the year before.
Injuries have never been a huge issue with Aramis. Why should we expect it to be a big problem with him this year? And his OPS in 08 was the worst it's been in the last 6 years.
Jim Edmonds was terrific, but we win the division easily without him anyway that year.
Zambrano had a better ERA last year than the previous 2 years, he won at least 13 games the previous 6 years, his strikeout numbers are the best they've been aside from 2006, and Lou's said how he's already throwing the ball better than he's ever seen.
I'm not even saying you're wrong with any of this, I'm just saying it's not crazy to see some of these things go our way.
Did anyone ever think that this would be a "fun" season? Did anyone actually look at our roster stacked next to teams like the Phillies and Yankees and say, "Yea, we're right there."
The answers to those two questions should be no.
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You mean the roster that really wasn't too different from a team that won 97 games 2 years ago? Injuries and about everybody outside of Lee and Lilly performing worse than expected killed this team last year. And still, they won 83 games with most everything going wrong. We're not in the AL East. We're not in the NL East. If you get in, you have a chance.
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We weren't a young team 2 years ago and we're an old team now. There is a huge difference between 2008 and 2010. Dempster had a career year which cannot be expected. Marmol was the best reliever in baseball. Wood was more than adequate as a closer. Aramis actually stayed healthy (for the most part). We got real lucky with Jimmy Baseball Now we have an injured Lilly, an erratic Marmol, no lights out set up guy, an aging and inury prone roster, Z has progressively gotten worse.
While the players may be similar the skills aren't. So I've decided to just enjoy the baseball season with no expectations for success for the Cubs. I'll be a much happier guy and my family will appreciate it.
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Bleh, fuck 2 years. You don't go from the best offense in the league and amazing numbers left and right to blah shitheads 2 years later. We've had bad breaks, that's the bottom line.
Dempster was still very good last year. He gave up too many hits, especially ones that went over the fence. But the rest of his numbers are pretty much in line with the 08 season and show it wasn't a complete "fluke".
Marmol can still be that good as we saw yesterday. He's just gotta get his head on straight and throw the ball near the fucking plate because his stuff is so good, it would make a nun cum. He was even better the year before.
Injuries have never been a huge issue with Aramis. Why should we expect it to be a big problem with him this year? And his OPS in 08 was the worst it's been in the last 6 years.
Jim Edmonds was terrific, but we win the division easily without him anyway that year.
Zambrano had a better ERA last year than the previous 2 years, he won at least 13 games the previous 6 years, his strikeout numbers are the best they've been aside from 2006, and Lou's said how he's already throwing the ball better than he's ever seen.
I'm not even saying you're wrong with any of this, I'm just saying it's not crazy to see some of these things go our way.
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