Guzman shut down

[Ding Dong Johnson]

or his expletive elbow

[Sammy Sofa]

Or his [expletive] ACL.

 

I love how HCCF lives in this world where someone like Longoria would be instantly forgotten if he was catastrophically injured and never able to play again.

[Guest]

I love how HCCF lives in this world where...

[imb]

This is just another case of a super-kid disappointing Cub fans. I am sure h is too but it is our fault over-hyping any of these kids until they have had three productive years in the majors. What fun would it be if we didn't, the disappointment is such joy

 

that's right rays fans. don't get excited about evan longoria just yet, he's only had 2 major league seasons.

 

He blows out his acl or elbow and in five years you will go "Evan who"

 

i like how you threw "or elbow" in there too, since you didn't know if longoria was a hitter or pitcher

[Guest]

This is just another case of a super-kid disappointing Cub fans. I am sure h is too but it is our fault over-hyping any of these kids until they have had three productive years in the majors. What fun would it be if we didn't, the disappointment is such joy

 

that's right rays fans. don't get excited about evan longoria just yet, he's only had 2 major league seasons.

 

Well, he did say disappointing Cub fans........

 

I'm disappointed that Longoria isn't a Cub.

[17 Seconds]

i'd still like verification that what hccf says is true and he actually is a teacher.

[NonProfitCow]

i'd still like verification that what hccf says is true and he actually is a teacher.

I'm not going to lie, he's my favorite poster here. Sometimes I think he's a joke account, but then I realize that if it was. the guy shouldn't be spending time on a message board because he's the most genius person alive.

[Burtonbell]

Does it bother you, hccf, that I still remember Eric Chavez?

[javy knows my name]

Does it bother you, hccf, that I still remember Eric Chavez?

hahahaha

[SouthSideRyan]

Does it bother you, hccf, that I still remember Eric Chavez?

 

It does, but that's just because he's Mexican.

[Tracer Bullet]

nice career Guz, right up there with Prior

I'm not quite sure why I find this statement so irritating that I just can't let it go without comment.

 

I'm willing to bet that you have no clue about how hard these guys have worked and how much pain they have suffered to come back from their various injuries. I hope you never have to go through such pain in your life. And I'd bet money that you never work quite so hard.

 

I understand the sentiment, Tim, but I can also understand his frustration. But if someone came up to any poster on this board and offered them $10m to injure their elbow and undergo months of physical therapy to overcome it, I'm fairly confident that everyone here would take the deal. Have these guys worked hard and endured a lot of pain? Yes, but they play baseball for a living and we get enjoyment (and a lot of frustration) from that. Expressing some frustration without calling Prior or Guz a [expletive] doesn't seem unreasonable. Does pain hurt less or is work not as hard when you have $10m in the bank? I have no idea but I'm more than willing to find out.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Repeated studies have shown that after you have enough money to very comfortably meet all basic needs (varies by cost of living, but around $60,000 a year), additional money provides no additional happiness on average. That might not be true for all of us, but it'd be true for more of us than we'd think.

[Tracer Bullet]

I'm not talking about happiness, I'm talking about motivation. Money may not bring happiness after a certain point, but $10m dollars will motivate some people to do some things.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3l3z5EAykVE

[hardcorecubfan]

Does it bother you, hccf, that I still remember Eric Chavez?

 

Hugo's brother, right

[hardcorecubfan]

This is just another case of a super-kid disappointing Cub fans. I am sure h is too but it is our fault over-hyping any of these kids until they have had three productive years in the majors. What fun would it be if we didn't, the disappointment is such joy

 

that's right rays fans. don't get excited about evan longoria just yet, he's only had 2 major league seasons.

 

He blows out his acl or elbow and in five years you will go "Evan who"

 

i like how you threw "or elbow" in there too, since you didn't know if longoria was a hitter or pitcher

 

have we not had a couple of MLB outfielders who just went under Tommy John?

[David]

Repeated studies have shown that after you have enough money to very comfortably meet all basic needs (varies by cost of living, but around $60,000 a year), additional money provides no additional happiness on average. That might not be true for all of us, but it'd be true for more of us than we'd think.

 

 

I'd be willing to bet that if I had F U money and didn't have to work for the rest of my life and could literally do whatever I wanted everyday for the rest of my life, my happiness levels would be far higher than the average person making enough to cover basic needs. Far higher.

 

But I'm much lazier and impulsive than the average person.

[KaiserCesar]

This is just another case of a super-kid disappointing Cub fans. I am sure h is too but it is our fault over-hyping any of these kids until they have had three productive years in the majors. What fun would it be if we didn't, the disappointment is such joy

 

that's right rays fans. don't get excited about evan longoria just yet, he's only had 2 major league seasons.

 

He blows out his acl or elbow and in five years you will go "Evan who"

 

i like how you threw "or elbow" in there too, since you didn't know if longoria was a hitter or pitcher

 

have we not had a couple of MLB outfielders who just went under Tommy John?

 

Cubs prospect Hak Ju Lee, even

[SouthSideRyan]

This is just another case of a super-kid disappointing Cub fans. I am sure h is too but it is our fault over-hyping any of these kids until they have had three productive years in the majors. What fun would it be if we didn't, the disappointment is such joy

 

that's right rays fans. don't get excited about evan longoria just yet, he's only had 2 major league seasons.

 

He blows out his acl or elbow and in five years you will go "Evan who"

 

i like how you threw "or elbow" in there too, since you didn't know if longoria was a hitter or pitcher

 

have we not had a couple of MLB outfielders who just went under Tommy John?

 

I like how you threw "outfielders" in there casue you think he's an OF.

[Soul]

Repeated studies have shown that after you have enough money to very comfortably meet all basic needs (varies by cost of living, but around $60,000 a year), additional money provides no additional happiness on average. That might not be true for all of us, but it'd be true for more of us than we'd think.

 

 

I'd be willing to bet that if I had F U money and didn't have to work for the rest of my life and could literally do whatever I wanted everyday for the rest of my life, my happiness levels would be far higher than the average person making enough to cover basic needs. Far higher.

 

But I'm much lazier and impulsive than the average person.

 

I used to think this way, but I've come to understand that going to work every day is something that gives my life meaning. Not working is nice for a couple months. Then I need something productive to be doing to feel good about myself.

 

Many people can just find things to do though, all on their own. I really need that structure provided for me. I'm not really all that much of a self-starter.

[Guest]

Repeated studies have shown that after you have enough money to very comfortably meet all basic needs (varies by cost of living, but around $60,000 a year), additional money provides no additional happiness on average. That might not be true for all of us, but it'd be true for more of us than we'd think.

 

 

I'd be willing to bet that if I had F U money and didn't have to work for the rest of my life and could literally do whatever I wanted everyday for the rest of my life, my happiness levels would be far higher than the average person making enough to cover basic needs. Far higher.

 

But I'm much lazier and impulsive than the average person.

 

Yeah. I don't know who those people are that were studied but I'm certainly not one of them. I'd love to have a few million in the bank.

[Guest]

Repeated studies have shown that after you have enough money to very comfortably meet all basic needs (varies by cost of living, but around $60,000 a year), additional money provides no additional happiness on average. That might not be true for all of us, but it'd be true for more of us than we'd think.

 

 

I'd be willing to bet that if I had F U money and didn't have to work for the rest of my life and could literally do whatever I wanted everyday for the rest of my life, my happiness levels would be far higher than the average person making enough to cover basic needs. Far higher.

 

But I'm much lazier and impulsive than the average person.

 

Yeah. I don't know who those people are that were studied but I'm certainly not one of them. I'd love to have a few million in the bank.

I've been rich and poor. The difference in happiness isn't what you'd expect. I've generated a favorite phrase to describe it:

 

Being rich can't make you happy. But being poor sucks.

 

Think of a curve that goes like this:

                ----------------------
			/
		----
	   /
    ---
   /
    --
/
  /
 /
/

As you get richer, the amount of additional happiness each dollar brings diminishes rapidly

[David]

There's a difference between having a job where you make a lot of money and having enough money in the bank that you don't have to work a day for the rest of your life, though.

 

And whether I'd have a job or not is fairly inconsequential... it's mainly about whether I'd need one or not.

[David]

If I had that kind of money, I'd get season tickets to the Cubs, Bears, and Bulls. I'd spend my days going to the gym, going to games, and taking up whatever hobby interested me at the time (I do plenty of this one now). I'd work whatever part time jobs I'd think would be fun for a while and then I'd quit them as soon as I got sick of them.

 

I'd also spend my winters somewhere warm... so, scratch the Bulls season tickets, but I'd still make it to the Bears games.

 

Hard for me to see how this life wouldn't be far happier than actually having to work to make a living and having the majority of my time tied up with a 9-5 or something close.

 

But, like I said before, I'm lazier and more impulsive than the average person. I love sleeping in. I love sleeping extremely odd schedules. I love sleeping, period. I like acting on impulses and doing things repeatedly until I get completely tired of them and move on to the next fleeting interest.

 

 

Now I just need to win the lottery.

[SouthSideRyan]

I'd also spend my winters somewhere warm... so, scratch the Bulls season tickets, but I'd still make it to the Bears games.

 

It's not like seeing every game of a miserable Bulls season would bring you happiness anyway.