Re: Darvish

[Pushfrog98]

 

I'm about 95% sure he knows nothing and is just saying what he thinks is likely to happen so that some of his followers will believe he broke a big story. In my mind there is a 5% chance he has any actual real information. That is my opinion.

 

you're 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it?

 

the point is that you're assuming this guy is being a [expletive] just because a lot of guys on twitter act like dickheads

 

i cant wait to make this guy eat crow!!!!! (if there's something he should eat crow about!!!!)

 

That's not terribly unusual.

 

-bleachernation dude posts something and it's worth noting

 

-twitter dude with website and 1500 followers posts something, and it's "95%" bs.

I have a website and a lot of followers. Doesn't mean I know anything. Plus, he's been going on for days about how the Blue Jays have basically won already. Nobody knows what the Cubs bid was.

[Guest]

 

-bleachernation dude posts something and it's worth noting

 

-twitter dude with website and 1500 followers posts something, and it's "95%" bs.

 

I will fully admit that any confidence in the stuff Brett posts is irrational and based almost entirely on the fact that he posts here (and his posts make sense) and that somehow that familiarity leads me to want to put an irrational amount of trust into what a stranger on the internet is saying.

[17 Seconds]

 

I'm about 95% sure he knows nothing and is just saying what he thinks is likely to happen so that some of his followers will believe he broke a big story. In my mind there is a 5% chance he has any actual real information. That is my opinion.

 

you're 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it?

 

the point is that you're assuming this guy is being a [expletive] just because a lot of guys on twitter act like dickheads

 

i cant wait to make this guy eat crow!!!!! (if there's something he should eat crow about!!!!)

 

Did I say anything about wanting him to eat crow?

 

Yes, I'm 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it. I don't have to see evidence for and against every possibility out there to determine whether some of them are BS or are legit.

 

i'm 95% sure that mark prior took a lot of performance enhancing drugs. i don't have to see evidence. that's my opinion.

[Guest]

btw, i put no stock whatsoever in what that guy said because there's no reason for me to believe or disbelieve him.

 

i'm just saying it's funny how people get all mad at people who say anything that might not be good news for the cubs.

 

you really just take any random internet guy's word and think it has a 50/50 shot of being true? even with a web site and a bunch of followers?

[mul21]

Is there any real indication there will be an announcement soon? Who will do it and in what form?

 

The rumors last night and today were that the Ham Fighters were expected to accept the highest bid tonight (Tuesday morning in Japan) and that winning team would be announced shortly thereafter.

 

It sounds like the Ham Fighters will announce their acceptance of the winning bid themselves, and then MLB will announce which team made that bid (since the Fighters don't know the identity of the bids). What form that will appear in, I have no idea.

 

Quit calling them the Ham Fighters. They're owned/sponsored by Nippon Ham. That'd be like calling the Cubs the Steaks Cubs if they were called the Chicago Omaha Steaks Cubs.

[Little Slide Rooter]

A report by the same guy who thought Starlin Castro was fair compensation for Theo and has basically had nothing but sour grapes for the Cubs since this whole thing started?

 

Opinions and reports are separate.

 

Unless you have an agenda.

 

Even so, I doubt that he'd risk his professional reputation by spreading false rumors and trying to pass them as actual news because he has an agenda.

 

Think about how certain sportswriters in Chicago have "reported" on certain members of the Cubs and post that same thing again.

 

Have they ever tried to pass an opinion off as fact?

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I'm about 95% sure he knows nothing and is just saying what he thinks is likely to happen so that some of his followers will believe he broke a big story. In my mind there is a 5% chance he has any actual real information. That is my opinion.

 

you're 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it?

 

the point is that you're assuming this guy is being a [expletive] just because a lot of guys on twitter act like dickheads

 

i cant wait to make this guy eat crow!!!!! (if there's something he should eat crow about!!!!)

 

Did I say anything about wanting him to eat crow?

 

Yes, I'm 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it. I don't have to see evidence for and against every possibility out there to determine whether some of them are BS or are legit.

 

i'm 95% sure that mark prior took a lot of performance enhancing drugs. i don't have to see evidence. that's my opinion.

 

Are you on Twitter hoping to make a name for yourself?

[Guest]

i'm 95% sure that mark prior took a lot of performance enhancing drugs. i don't have to see evidence. that's my opinion.

 

a more proper analogy would be i'm 95% sure that you're not a millionaire because the vast majority of people aren't millionaires

[Guest]

although i'm more like 99% sure of that

[Little Slide Rooter]

Is there any real indication there will be an announcement soon? Who will do it and in what form?

 

The rumors last night and today were that the Ham Fighters were expected to accept the highest bid tonight (Tuesday morning in Japan) and that winning team would be announced shortly thereafter.

 

It sounds like the Ham Fighters will announce their acceptance of the winning bid themselves, and then MLB will announce which team made that bid (since the Fighters don't know the identity of the bids). What form that will appear in, I have no idea.

 

Quit calling them the Ham Fighters. They're owned/sponsored by Nippon Ham. That'd be like calling the Cubs the Steaks Cubs if they were called the Chicago Omaha Steaks Cubs.

 

The Wrigley Gum Cubs would have had a nice ring to it.

[17 Seconds]

btw, i put no stock whatsoever in what that guy said because there's no reason for me to believe or disbelieve him.

 

i'm just saying it's funny how people get all mad at people who say anything that might not be good news for the cubs.

 

you really just take any random internet guy's word and think it has a 50/50 shot of being true? even with a web site and a bunch of followers?

 

you still don't understand my argument. 50/50? i literally JUST said i put no stock in his info because i have no reason to believe or disbelieve him.

 

you probably were 95% sure fanta dude was lying too

[Guest]

I HAVE NO EVIDENCE TO SUPPORT THIS, THUS I SHOULD NOT CONCLUDE THAT HOLLANDSWORTH'S MUG ISN'T THEO EPSTEIN

 

 

 

HE MIGHT BE.

[17 Seconds]

 

I'm about 95% sure he knows nothing and is just saying what he thinks is likely to happen so that some of his followers will believe he broke a big story. In my mind there is a 5% chance he has any actual real information. That is my opinion.

 

you're 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it?

 

the point is that you're assuming this guy is being a [expletive] just because a lot of guys on twitter act like dickheads

 

i cant wait to make this guy eat crow!!!!! (if there's something he should eat crow about!!!!)

 

Did I say anything about wanting him to eat crow?

 

Yes, I'm 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it. I don't have to see evidence for and against every possibility out there to determine whether some of them are BS or are legit.

 

i'm 95% sure that mark prior took a lot of performance enhancing drugs. i don't have to see evidence. that's my opinion.

 

Are you on Twitter hoping to make a name for yourself?

 

no, but neither is david.

[Guest]

btw, i put no stock whatsoever in what that guy said because there's no reason for me to believe or disbelieve him.

 

i'm just saying it's funny how people get all mad at people who say anything that might not be good news for the cubs.

 

you really just take any random internet guy's word and think it has a 50/50 shot of being true? even with a web site and a bunch of followers?

 

you still don't understand my argument. 50/50? i literally JUST said i put no stock in his info because i have no reason to believe or disbelieve him.

 

you probably were 95% sure fanta dude was lying too

 

you're saying you have no reason to believe or disbelieve him, thereby implying equal likelihood of the two possibilities. do you realize this?

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I'm about 95% sure he knows nothing and is just saying what he thinks is likely to happen so that some of his followers will believe he broke a big story. In my mind there is a 5% chance he has any actual real information. That is my opinion.

 

you're 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it?

 

the point is that you're assuming this guy is being a [expletive] just because a lot of guys on twitter act like dickheads

 

i cant wait to make this guy eat crow!!!!! (if there's something he should eat crow about!!!!)

 

Did I say anything about wanting him to eat crow?

 

Yes, I'm 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it. I don't have to see evidence for and against every possibility out there to determine whether some of them are BS or are legit.

 

i'm 95% sure that mark prior took a lot of performance enhancing drugs. i don't have to see evidence. that's my opinion.

 

Are you on Twitter hoping to make a name for yourself?

 

no, but neither is david.

 

But the guy on Twitter is.

[El Duderino]

get a room, guys

[dew1679666265]

Quit calling them the Ham Fighters. They're owned/sponsored by Nippon Ham. That'd be like calling the Cubs the Steaks Cubs if they were called the Chicago Omaha Steaks Cubs.

 

My apologies. The humor I find in that name is a weakness of mine.

[hawkeyecub]

Make it stop...

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i just don't understand why you don't think it's a good idea to be sure that somebody did something wrong before trashing them.

 

what happens when you're wrong? "hey sorry that i completely generalized you and stuff, it's just that i really really thought you were full of [expletive]."

[Guest]

Boring argument. Let's discuss whether we should call them Fighters or Ham Fighters, because I definitely prefer Fighting a bunch of Hams, thus Ham Fighters.

[treebird]

these threads where we think news is coming shortly are usually really fun

 

EVERYONE START BEING FUN

[davell]

Brett has never passed any info he has gotten off as fact. That's the big difference between him and this guy. It's why Brett will continue to grow his site too, he doesn't take chances where he'll look bad in the end.

[17 Seconds]

 

Did I say anything about wanting him to eat crow?

 

Yes, I'm 95% sure of something that has no evidence whatsoever behind it. I don't have to see evidence for and against every possibility out there to determine whether some of them are BS or are legit.

 

i'm 95% sure that mark prior took a lot of performance enhancing drugs. i don't have to see evidence. that's my opinion.

 

Are you on Twitter hoping to make a name for yourself?

 

no, but neither is david.

 

But the guy on Twitter is.

 

my post was pretty obviously mocking david's quotes and not the twitter guy's, sooooo

[Guest]

i just don't understand why you don't think it's a good idea to be sure that somebody did something wrong before trashing them.

 

what happens when you're wrong? "hey sorry that i completely generalized you and stuff, it's just that i really really thought you were full of [expletive]."

 

If the Blue Jays win the bid, I continue to be almost certain that this guy was not the first person in the entire world to hear this and report it.

[chi-guy]

Gentlemen, let's wrap up this little squabble with a glass of nog and an accapella rendition of Mariah's Carey's "All I Want For Christmas Is Yu"