Cubs vs Phillies 8/11/2009

[HemisFear]

<!--quoteo(post=57179:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM:name=Baron)-->QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57178:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM:name=HemisFear)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This team is simply slightly better than mediocre in it's current form and only 'good' but not great when it is 100% healthy.

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How can you say that when the whole team has been healthy for maybe 3 games?
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Great teams put together several sustained winning streaks throughout the year
Great teams consistently win close games
Great teams find ways to win

And last but not least...great teams win playoff games. This team at it's core, is a big fat fucking donut for 6 in the playoffs.

I agree that I'd much rather see the team play together as a whole but we can't deny the fact that this squad simply finds ways to give away games. If it's not our bullpen who can't hold a lead, it's our offense who can't hit. When one key player comes off the DL another heads right to it....then there is that whole counting to three thing.

I thought earlier in the year that once we were healthy we'd run away with the division but the Colorado series REALLY put a dent in my confidence of the team (which was heavily waning leading up to that series).


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[Butcher]

<!--quoteo(post=57188:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:25 PM:name=jstraw)-->QUOTE (jstraw @ Aug 11 2009, 09:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57186:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:24 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 11 2009, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I wish I never started watching baseball. The ratio of joy to misery that I bring upon myself because of this joke
of a franchise is probably around 1:10.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Are you married?
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Yes. Sorry to stomp on your fantasies...

[Giff]

That's gotta get reviewed. There's no way that was fair.

[Clapp]

<!--quoteo(post=57190:date=Aug 11 2009, 08:26 PM:name=HemisFear)-->QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 08:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57179:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM:name=Baron)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57178:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM:name=HemisFear)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This team is simply slightly better than mediocre in it's current form and only 'good' but not great when it is 100% healthy.

*sigh*<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How can you say that when the whole team has been healthy for maybe 3 games?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Great teams put together several sustained winning streaks throughout the year
Great teams consistently win close games
Great teams find ways to win

And last but not least...great teams win playoff games. This team at it's core, is a big fat fucking donut for 6 in the playoffs.

I agree that I'd much rather see the team play together as a whole but we can't deny the fact that this squad simply finds ways to give away games. If it's not our bullpen who can't hold a lead, it's our offense who can't hit. When one key player comes off the DL another heads right to it....then there is that whole counting to three thing.

I thought earlier in the year that once we were healthy we'd run away with the division but the Colorado series REALLY put a dent in my confidence of the team (which was heavily waning leading up to that series).


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If you're using the Colorado series to say why you've lost your confidence, I don't know what to say. You're hoping for a split going into that series, I don't care what team you are.

[jstraw]

<!--quoteo(post=57191:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:28 PM:name=Butcher)-->QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 11 2009, 09:28 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57188:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:25 PM:name=jstraw)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (jstraw @ Aug 11 2009, 09:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57186:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:24 PM:name=Butcher)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Butcher @ Aug 11 2009, 09:24 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->I wish I never started watching baseball. The ratio of joy to misery that I bring upon myself because of this joke
of a franchise is probably around 1:10.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Are you married?
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Yes. Sorry to stomp on your fantasies...
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Cubs fandom prepares a man for marriage. You're wife is a lucky woman...and I can wait.

[Lance]

So....would there be any empathy for an alternate viewpoint that said something like.."geez, we've been in the playoffs 2 of the last 3 years...oh, fuck that--fuck that in the ass with a huge cock.

We still have been shitty. I'm pissed. I doubt we make the playoffs this year. But let's hope for a sweep of the Pirates this weekend. Let's have some fun.

[Clapp]

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[Coldneck]

We have the outhit 8-2, so at least there's that.

[Butcher]

Well... Lidge has been pretty ass this season.

[Baron]

<!--quoteo(post=57190:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:26 PM:name=HemisFear)-->QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 09:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57179:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM:name=Baron)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57178:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM:name=HemisFear)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This team is simply slightly better than mediocre in it's current form and only 'good' but not great when it is 100% healthy.

*sigh*<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How can you say that when the whole team has been healthy for maybe 3 games?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Great teams put together several sustained winning streaks throughout the year
Great teams consistently win close games
Great teams find ways to win

And last but not least...great teams win playoff games. This team at it's core, is a big fat fucking donut for 6 in the playoffs.

I agree that I'd much rather see the team play together as a whole but we can't deny the fact that this squad simply finds ways to give away games. If it's not our bullpen who can't hold a lead, it's our offense who can't hit. When one key player comes off the DL another heads right to it....then there is that whole counting to three thing.

I thought earlier in the year that once we were healthy we'd run away with the division but the Colorado series REALLY put a dent in my confidence of the team (which was heavily waning leading up to that series).


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Waitaminute. You said that even healthy this isn't a great team, yet you have lost confidence on road trip where the Cubs played without their platoon CF, had a C coming off the DL, played without their 3B and pitched 2 guys that don't pitch if our starting pitchers were healthy?

[Clapp]

Can we do something other than bunt? Like hit and run?

[Clapp]

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[BT]

<!--quoteo(post=57204:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:36 PM:name=Clapp)-->QUOTE (Clapp @ Aug 11 2009, 09:36 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->Can we do something other than bunt? Like hit and run?<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Or take some pitches.

[Giff]

I fully expect the Cubs to load the bases, and then end the game by getting picked off.

[HemisFear]

<!--quoteo(post=57202:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:33 PM:name=Baron)-->QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 11 2009, 09:33 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57190:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:26 PM:name=HemisFear)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 09:26 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57179:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM:name=Baron)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Baron @ Aug 11 2009, 09:20 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec--><!--quoteo(post=57178:date=Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM:name=HemisFear)--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (HemisFear @ Aug 11 2009, 09:19 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}><!--quotec-->This team is simply slightly better than mediocre in it's current form and only 'good' but not great when it is 100% healthy.

*sigh*<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
How can you say that when the whole team has been healthy for maybe 3 games?
<!--QuoteEnd--></div><!--QuoteEEnd-->

Great teams put together several sustained winning streaks throughout the year
Great teams consistently win close games
Great teams find ways to win

And last but not least...great teams win playoff games. This team at it's core, is a big fat fucking donut for 6 in the playoffs.

I agree that I'd much rather see the team play together as a whole but we can't deny the fact that this squad simply finds ways to give away games. If it's not our bullpen who can't hold a lead, it's our offense who can't hit. When one key player comes off the DL another heads right to it....then there is that whole counting to three thing.

I thought earlier in the year that once we were healthy we'd run away with the division but the Colorado series REALLY put a dent in my confidence of the team (which was heavily waning leading up to that series).


[img]style_emoticons/<#EMO_DIR#>/sad.gif[/img]
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Waitaminute. You said that even healthy this isn't a great team, yet you have lost confidence on road trip where the Cubs played without their platoon CF, had a C coming off the DL, played without their 3B and pitched 2 guys that don't pitch if our starting pitchers were healthy?
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Just color me a jaded prick because at this point in my life I'm so wishy washy on where this team is headed I don't even know how to articulate it! I think I try and soften the blow for myself every year. Not even 6 weeks ago I was saying "we're catching St. Louis", and then when we did, more injuries creeped up and I went right back into my 'son of a bitch every fucking year!' bullshit.

Just pay me no mind I'm angry.