Help me argue with a reasonable Cards fan

[rocket]

how would that not have been a joke?

 

never know these days....

 

Stop, just admit it went over your head.

 

That's because it wasn't a joke.

 

hey i can't stand the voice of reason as much as everyone else, but it was pretty obvious he was joking.

[FergieJ31]

...but it was absolutely, positively obvious he was joking.

 

fixed

[SCCubbieFAN]

"The jerk store called and....."

 

"I had sex with Josh Hancock's wife!"

 

"His wife is in a coma."

[Faceman]

There's several ways you can go with it, I'm especially partial to "Speak up please, it's hard to hear up here in first place."

 

This is another good joke.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There's several ways you can go with it, I'm especially partial to "Speak up please, it's hard to hear up here in first place."

 

This is another good joke.

 

It'd work better if the Cardinals weren't tied with us.

[Electron Blue]

There's several ways you can go with it, I'm especially partial to "Speak up please, it's hard to hear up here in first place."

 

This is another good joke.

 

It'd work better if the Cardinals weren't tied with us.

 

Yet we're listed first and have been statistically better at winning.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

There's several ways you can go with it, I'm especially partial to "Speak up please, it's hard to hear up here in first place."

 

This is another good joke.

 

It'd work better if the Cardinals weren't tied with us.

 

Yet we're listed first and have been statistically better at winning.

 

Then I'll counter with their PythW-L.

[Electron Blue]

There's several ways you can go with it, I'm especially partial to "Speak up please, it's hard to hear up here in first place."

 

This is another good joke.

 

It'd work better if the Cardinals weren't tied with us.

 

Yet we're listed first and have been statistically better at winning.

 

Then I'll counter with their PythW-L.

 

CHC: 7-5

STL: 9-5

 

PythWL is, very roughly a measure of "luck" and "deserved wins," right?

 

They are luckier and more deserved because they've played two more games than we have? :)

 

Sure they'll win that argument, but it's pretty flimsy as well. Everything is a flimsy argument right now, to be honest...

[Faceman]

I think the point is that, regardless of winning pct, it's laughable to brag about a lead when the GB column reads "--".

 

It's laughable to brag about any division lead in April, for that matter.

[abuck1220]

it's laughable to brag about any team winning anything since you're just some dude and he's just some dude and neither one of you have anything to do with anything.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

it's laughable to brag about any team winning anything since you're just some dude and he's just some dude and neither one of you have anything to do with anything.

 

5.0

 

(but completely correct)

[Soul]

Cards fan whipped out the World Series trump card, which is what pretty much every Cards fan is going to do.

[hardcorecubfan]

Cards fan whipped out the World Series trump card, which is what pretty much every Cards fan is going to do.

 

It is one heck of a trump card.

[The Voice of Reason]

how would that not have been a joke?

 

never know these days....

 

Stop, just admit it went over your head.

 

That's because it wasn't a joke.

 

You're right OMC and actually it should be Cubs 2 and the Cards 0 in World Series titles.

 

The 1926 championship shouldn't count either because it ended with Babe Ruth (of all people) trying to steal a base. He was out by a mile and Hornsby was later seen paying for the Babe's hookers with a wod of $50 bills. Obviously the series was fixed.

 

And of course, in 1982, the Cards won the series solely because the baseball talent on other teams in the league had been severely diluted by not having their players from Argentina, who in a show of patiotism, choose to stay home and fight Britain in the Falklands War instead of playing ball.

Edited April 22, 2009 by The Voice of Reason

[Mike Aller]

how would that not have been a joke?

 

never know these days....

 

Stop, just admit it went over your head.

 

That's because it wasn't a joke.

The 1926 championship shouldn't count either because it ended with Babe Ruth (of all people) trying to steal a base. He was out by a mile and Hornsby was later seen paying for the Babe's hookers with a wod of $50 bills. Obviously the series was fixed.

That's a lot of 1926 hookers.

[Transmogrified Tiger]

There's several ways you can go with it, I'm especially partial to "Speak up please, it's hard to hear up here in first place."

 

This is another good joke.

 

It'd work better if the Cardinals weren't tied with us.

 

It was more a reference to the fact that this is happening for the 3rd year running, but I can see how the wording is ambiguous.

[OleMissCub]

touche

[The Voice of Reason]

quote]That's a lot of 1926 hookers.

 

 

The Babe had a big appetite - in more ways than one.

[Pushfrog98]

"The jerk store called and....."

That's funny... you're their best seller!