Drive toward 0.500 (Sept. 9th)

[neely crenshaw]

can we quit this? soon we will be saying if we sweep every series from now until sept 25..we'll be .500. on the last one i said we would be closer to .300 than .500(i think the date was in august) we will be lucky to finish .400. and the truly sad part is that the national league is absolutely terrible and slowly falling apart. the way everyone in the central is playing 85 wins might win it..and our front office put together the worst team in baseball for the basement price of 95 mil! damn fine work jim

[go_cubs_go]

If the Cubs win every game after the All-star break, we could be .500 by mid August.

 

YEA! now were talking!

[ConstableRabbit]

 

Actually, it would probably be easier to say anyone not named Lee, Aramis and Barrett.....

 

 

You forgot Zambrano. If he's not the definition of "untradeable," I don't know what is.

I'd say that Neifi is the definition of untradable.

We have very different definitions.

 

:lol: :lol: I audibly chucked at that.

[soccer10k]

The next time the Cubs will be .500 is when they are 0-0 in 2007. And that's technically even .500.

[frostwyrm]

As much as I want Baker gone, what happens if 3/4 of the players absolutely love Baker and will be very upset at his removal? Do you think they'll play harder for an interim manager?

The kids will play hard for any manager. I don't give a hoot what the vets do. They can spend the rest of 2006 in the Bahamas for all I care. I'd actually prefer to see Aram do weight training for the rest of the summer instead of playing ball.

[Scott G. F.]

1-0 one step closer to 0.500. Marshall and the staff did well. Can't remember the last time the Cubs won a game 1-0.

 

...and no we can't stop this. Yes the last thread of this kind the day was in August but now it's in September.

 

If Dusty has 'boys' they'll be pushing harder now that the fire is directly on Dusty. I see the Cubs finishing in a flurry before the ASG and pissing every Dusty hating Cub fan off because Hendry will not pull the trigger. He He. Typical Cubs. You hate them and wanna quit then they pull together some good wins and look good and then slap you down once again.

 

As for 58-104 no way.

 

Neely I stated the Cubs would be closer to 0.500 then 0.300, as of right now it looks good for your guess, but it isn't over.

[Pinktermite]

They won one game for crying out loud. They will lose 3 of 4 to the Brewers and Baker will go home wondering if he has a job or not. 104 losses is a real possibility for this team unless they grow a pair and start playing with a little heart, which would come from a manager that demands something from his players and criticizes them when they need it. Winning this weekend only gives baker more leash.

[Scott G. F.]

They won one game for crying out loud. They will lose 3 of 4 to the Brewers and Baker will go home wondering if he has a job or not. 104 losses is a real possibility for this team unless they grow a pair and start playing with a little heart, which would come from a manager that demands something from his players and criticizes them when they need it. Winning this weekend only gives baker more leash.

 

Indeed it does. More leash and more time for Dusty and the Cubs to make things hard for Hendry.

 

Yes one win, will it lead to 2 wins and maybe purhaps 3 wins? Dare I say 4 wins for the first time all year. Wow what a horrible thought for us Cubs fans to think about. Of coure Dusty will not be the cause of that either. The Cubs will be lucky of course.

[cubfan1955]

If the Cubs pitchers can shutout the other team the rest of the year we wll probably win most of those games.

[Scott G. F.]

If the Cubs pitchers can shutout the other team the rest of the year we wll probably win most of those games.

 

The slippery slope is this.

 

The Cubs pitching has failed due to trying to be perfect because poor offense. The offense has been just god aweful, but with D Lee, Barrett, Jones and JP getting in a grove, runs are going to be scored once again. Am Ram will alway be a side-kick, never a main hero. The defense as a whole is respectable.

 

So if the offense gives 3 runs a game, the pitchers can give quality starts and the pen does what it's suppost to do sans Fat Glendon. then I see the Cubs fighting for respectability once again.

 

(hears.. off in the distance the "neigh sayers" stampeding toward the thread.")

[vance_the_cubs_fan]

Scott, whatever you're smoking...I want some.

[goonys evil twin]

If the Cubs pitchers can shutout the other team the rest of the year we wll probably win most of those games.

 

The slippery slope is this.

 

The Cubs pitching has failed due to trying to be perfect because poor offense. The offense has been just god aweful, but with D Lee, Barrett, Jones and JP getting in a grove, runs are going to be scored once again. Am Ram will alway be a side-kick, never a main hero. The defense as a whole is respectable.

 

So if the offense gives 3 runs a game, the pitchers can give quality starts and the pen does what it's suppost to do sans Fat Glendon. then I see the Cubs fighting for respectability once again.

 

(hears.. off in the distance the "neigh sayers" stampeding toward the thread.")

 

3 runs a game? That's far worse than they've done so far, on their way to a .369 W%. There is nothing respectable about that.

 

We aren't naysayers, you just have no concept of reality.

[Scott G. F.]

If the Cubs pitchers can shutout the other team the rest of the year we wll probably win most of those games.

 

The slippery slope is this.

 

The Cubs pitching has failed due to trying to be perfect because poor offense. The offense has been just god aweful, but with D Lee, Barrett, Jones and JP getting in a grove, runs are going to be scored once again. Am Ram will alway be a side-kick, never a main hero. The defense as a whole is respectable.

 

So if the offense gives 3 runs a game, the pitchers can give quality starts and the pen does what it's suppost to do sans Fat Glendon. then I see the Cubs fighting for respectability once again.

 

(hears.. off in the distance the "neigh sayers" stampeding toward the thread.")

 

3 runs a game? That's far worse than they've done so far, on their way to a .369 W%. There is nothing respectable about that.

 

We aren't naysayers, you just have no concept of reality.

 

 

Actually, I do have a concept of reality, just arguing for the Cubs to win on a webboard made for the Cubs takes quite an effort this year. Gleening any positive from this years Cubs team has been diffiuclt to say the least. So Instead of Dusty bashing or rehashing and retyping why the Cubs stink I have decided not to. I have decided that this dark age of Cubbiness will pass just like the others. So if 0.500 is still reasonable this year, why not put a date on it and lets see.

[CubinNY]

So if 0.500 is still reasonable this year, why not put a date on it and lets see.

 

This is what, your third ".500 by date X" thread? With each thread the date gets set progressively more distant in the future.

 

I'd say that your next thread should say .500 by April 1st. That's realistic.

 

None of you .500 by date X threads have been in the realm of reality.

[Banedon]

So if 0.500 is still reasonable this year, why not put a date on it and lets see.

 

Here's where the problem is. It's not reasonable.

 

Possible does not equal reasonable.

[Big Fergie J]

On the date that the Cubs are mathematically eliminated from finishing .500 do these threads stop ?

 

Just curious.

[Caryatid]

I have decided that this dark age of Cubbiness will pass just like the others.

 

Let's see...this dark age started in 1908 and ended in...in...

 

 

 

Never mind.

[Scott G. F.]

On the date that the Cubs are mathematically eliminated from finishing .500 do these threads stop ?

 

Just curious.

 

Haven't decided.

[Scott G. F.]

That, your third ".500 by date X" thread? With each thread the date gets set progressively more distant in the future.

 

I'd say that your next thread should say .500 by April 1st. That's realistic.

 

Yes it's the third thread and it seems every time I start one the Cubs find even worse ways to lose.

 

0.500 by April 1st 2007 is probably more correct.

[Scott G. F.]

Let's see...this dark age started in 2003 game 6, then in 2004 when Hawkins gave up a 3 runner to blow the save to the Mets, then 2005 with Woody going down yet again. 2006 saw darkness with the snap of a couple of D Lee's bones.

 

But all things come to an end.

[fiver]

wow...My perception was that this was the same .500 thread from a couple of weeks ago, and it was still on the first page b/c people were giving poor Scott a hard time. I had no idea that Scott had cracked open a new bottle of "hope".

 

I think Chocolate Milk said it best when he said:

 

"Scott, dude, it's over. It's over."

[Sammy Sofa]

I have decided that this dark age of Cubbiness will pass just like the others.

 

The "dark age" hasn't passed since 1907.

[Scott G. F.]

wow...My perception was that this was the same .500 thread from a couple of weeks ago, and it was still on the first page b/c people were giving poor Scott a hard time. I had no idea that Scott had cracked open a new bottle of "hope".

 

I think Chocolate Milk said it best when he said:

 

"Scott, dude, it's over. It's over."

 

Fiver your post made me laugh.

 

C. Milk might be right but what if C. Milk is wrong? Say the Cubs take 3 of 4 from the brew crew or rattle off nice back to back winning streaks. I bet I wouldn't be the only idiot starting positive Cubs threads.

 

If after the May and June the Cubs had the Cubs get to 0.500, which there still is time too, that that would be a huge accomplishment. I honestly don't wanna hear why they can't. I have a truck load of "why they can't". But why can't they?

 

If the pitchers gave quality starts

If the Cubs provided some good and early run support

If they keep their defense going

If the Pen does it's job, which it seems they have in Howry, Eyre, Novoa and Dempster.

Then the Cubs can get back to a level of 0.500 baseball this year.

 

Maddux always pitches good when he faces his brother

Zambo is the Ace nuff said

Marmol has shown he belongs at this level and is getting better and better.

Prior is getting better as well. I see Prior 1-4 after his next game.

 

Last night Marshall upped the anti for the starting pitching staff along with Am Ram calling them out too.

I see good things happening with the bats. The Cubs team will figure out lefties this year. Starting with this series.

[thedaymen]

Lest we forget, a lot of us fell for the Cubs again last year when they swept a four game series from the Imperiled Game Fish right before the all-star break; having the amount of games below .500 they were. It went poorly after that.

 

Fool me once, shame on, shame on you. Fooll me, won't get fooled again.

[fiver]

wow...My perception was that this was the same .500 thread from a couple of weeks ago, and it was still on the first page b/c people were giving poor Scott a hard time. I had no idea that Scott had cracked open a new bottle of "hope".

 

I think Chocolate Milk said it best when he said:

 

"Scott, dude, it's over. It's over."

 

Fiver your post made me laugh.

 

C. Milk might be right but what if C. Milk is wrong? Say the Cubs take 3 of 4 from the brew crew or rattle off nice back to back winning streaks. I bet I wouldn't be the only idiot starting positive Cubs threads.

 

If after the May and June the Cubs had the Cubs get to 0.500, which there still is time too, that that would be a huge accomplishment. I honestly don't wanna hear why they can't. I have a truck load of "why they can't". But why can't they?

 

If the pitchers gave quality starts

If the Cubs provided some good and early run support

If they keep their defense going

If the Pen does it's job, which it seems they have in Howry, Eyre, Novoa and Dempster.

Then the Cubs can get back to a level of 0.500 baseball this year.

 

Maddux always pitches good when he faces his brother

Zambo is the Ace nuff said

Marmol has shown he belongs at this level and is getting better and better.

Prior is getting better as well. I see Prior 1-4 after his next game.

 

Last night Marshall upped the anti for the starting pitching staff along with Am Ram calling them out too.

I see good things happening with the bats. The Cubs team will figure out lefties this year. Starting with this series.

 

 

Scott,

 

You've been consistently optimistic for the two or so years I've been reading this board, and I don't wish for that to change. It's certainly possible for the Cubs to get back to an even record by playing great baseball in the second half, and I hope they do that. However, that's not a goal that I deem to be important. A World Series title would be great, but the goal is to play in the postseason....Anything else is very disappointing to me.

Edited July 6, 2006 by fiver