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abuck1220 Iowa Cubs

abuck1220

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i guess this argument can be summed up as:

 

you think it is more beneficial for the young cubs to watch/listen to maddux for the next two months and i think it is more beneficial for the young cubs to actually pitch for the next two months.

 

neither of us can prove we're right.

 

the end.

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abuck1220

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There's way too much gooey sentimentality in baseball.

 

"Gooey sentimentality" is what makes sports fun. My job has no gooey sentimentality, and that's why people don't pay $50 for a seat watching people file reports in cubicles.

 

I don't necessarily want a GM with too much of it, but if it didn't exist, what would be the point of watching sports? Isn't this supposed to be about fun? What's wrong with a little sentimentality?

 

it's more fun watching good teams than teams i want to hug and write poems about.

 

Feel free to prove that the Cubs would suddenly go from a team that hasn't won in 95 years to a good team by trading one guy for a "C" prospect.

 

feel free to prove how the cubs would suddenly go from a team that hasn't won in 95 years to a good team by keeping a 40 year old with a 4.70 era in the last year of his contract.

 

Answer a question with a question...hmmm....

 

Anyway, I don't have to prove that, seeing as how I never claimed it to be true. I have claimed TWO things:

 

1. Keeping Maddux would be good for Marshall, etc., because they have expressed an affinity for him and claim that he has helped them greatly.

2. Keeping Maddux would be good because I enjoy watching him pitch

 

These two things, in my opinion, outweight the cumulative value of getting some C prospect and having Ryu get 10 starts. That's what I have written.

 

You are the one who claimed you wanted to watch a "good" team, therefore the burden of proof is on you. Go ahead.

 

you got me. i can't prove the opposite of the thing that you admittedly can't prove yourself. it's like you saying unicorns exist and then saying you're right b/c i can't prove they don't.

 

well played.

 

No-you can't prove the opposite of the thing I never tried to prove in the first place. Good try, though.

 

kinda like how you imagined me saying that trading maddux would make the cubs a good team.

 

Its really hard to deny something that you wrote when you quote it in your post.

 

yeah, except i didn't. feel free to quote where i said trading maddux would make the team good.

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Rosenthal

 

With 30 minutes remaining before the non-waiver trade deadline, the Cubs were still talking to two clubs — believed to be the Padres and Dodgers — about a trade involving right-hander Greg Maddux.

 

thank you. something to do with a TRADE. :D

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Great God in Heaven! Please! Stop!

 

I'll talk, but please just stop! At 1835 hours, a base of fire from Hill 341 will begin, followed by a flanking attack on your HQ building 42 minutes later. The main body will be 4 platoons in strength. No air cover.

 

OK? No more torture? Please???

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i may light myself on fire if Hendry holds onto maddux- i mean, really- that would be such a dumb move-do something besides eat donuts and give 2nd baseman away-
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i may light myself on fire if Hendry holds onto maddux- i mean, really- that would be such a dumb move-do something besides eat donuts and give 2nd baseman away-

 

Bookmarked for later today. :lol:

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There's way too much gooey sentimentality in baseball.

 

"Gooey sentimentality" is what makes sports fun. My job has no gooey sentimentality, and that's why people don't pay $50 for a seat watching people file reports in cubicles.

 

I don't necessarily want a GM with too much of it, but if it didn't exist, what would be the point of watching sports? Isn't this supposed to be about fun? What's wrong with a little sentimentality?

It's the amount of sentimentality in this sport that bugs me. If Mad Dog had said he's absopositively retiring after this season then even I would be more-or-less okay with retaining him so he could he pitch the final game of his career at Wrigley Field. Unfortunately he's stated he's going to keep playing as long there's an MLB team willing to hand him a baseball. Therefore, I say trade him.

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seven minutes left. dundundun.

 

Expect trades to still be announced after the deadline passes....

 

Oh, i expect that.

 

 

FWIW the deadline has passed.

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i may light myself on fire if Hendry holds onto maddux- i mean, really- that would be such a dumb move-do something besides eat donuts and give 2nd baseman away-

 

Bookmarked for later today. :lol:

 

can i watch too? lol

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There's way too much gooey sentimentality in baseball.

 

"Gooey sentimentality" is what makes sports fun. My job has no gooey sentimentality, and that's why people don't pay $50 for a seat watching people file reports in cubicles.

 

I don't necessarily want a GM with too much of it, but if it didn't exist, what would be the point of watching sports? Isn't this supposed to be about fun? What's wrong with a little sentimentality?

It's the amount of sentimentality in this sport that bugs me. If Mad Dog had said he's absopositively retiring after this season then even I would be more-or-less okay with retaining him so he could he pitch the final game of his career at Wrigley Field. Unfortunately he's stated he's going to keep playing as long there's an MLB team willing to hand him a baseball. Therefore, I say trade him.

 

Besides, If I were that sentimental about Maddux (who I personally think is a class guy), I'd trade him to a contender so he can try to end his career on a high note rather than make him suffer in this organization these days.

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Looks like we're giving the Dodgers money in the deal. Hope we got something good for him.

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