Finish the sentence

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If the Cubs don't make the playoffs this year, it's because _________.

[jersey cubs fan]

baseball

[Tangled Up in Plaid]

poor tom ricketts

[Hairyducked Idiot]

baseball

 

Could you save the most perfect answer for the end of the thread? I'm trying to get some things going here. It's almost Opening Day and we're going to be good now, time to break out of the NSBB wasteland funk the site has been in for years.

[Guest]

If the Cubs don't make the playoffs this year, it's because _________.

Lester's shoulder is actually goo

[Hairyducked Idiot]

If the Cubs don't make the playoffs this year, it's because _________.

Lester's shoulder is actually goo

 

*shudder* too real

[Guest]

we held down Bryant for three weeks.

[Guest]

If the Cubs don't make the playoffs this year, it's because _________.

Javy is named the new swing coach.

[Guest]

goony wins the thread

[Derwood]

Kyle doesn't deserve good things

[JennieGarthAlgar]

the Cards and Pirates are a handful of games better.

[rawaction]

Nobody steps up offensively at 2B, LF/3B (depending on Bryant) and C.

[NOLA]

The Cubs lineup becomes a K machine and leads the league in runners left on base.

Arrieta and Hammel regress closer to their norms.

[sneakypower]

i'm high on our lineup but the defense has the potential to be really trashy

[mul21]

i'm high on our lineup but the defense has the potential to be really trashy

 

How so? The only 2 question marks are 3B and LF. I'd think we're likely to be above average to really good everywhere else, and possibly even at those 2 spots depending on who ends up there (i.e Bryant in LF and Olt/Russell at 3B).

[jersey cubs fan]

i'm high on our lineup but the defense has the potential to be really trashy

 

How so? The only 2 question marks are 3B and LF. I'd think we're likely to be above average to really good everywhere else, and possibly even at those 2 spots depending on who ends up there (i.e Bryant in LF and Olt/Russell at 3B).

 

If we didn't have so many GD threads all over the place this would be easier to keep track of but it does seem like the Cubs have expectations of a questionable defense going into 2015.

 

http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/2015-Projected-WAR-Batter-Components_FINAL.png

 

 

http://www.hardballtimes.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/NL_v03.png

 

 

Unless I am reading this wrong they only have one quality defensive position expected next year, at 1B. CF and SS are the worst.

[Sammy Sofa]

Yeah, with Fowler they're basically just hoping his defense plays better at Wrigley.

[RynoRules]

Tony Clark has voodoo dolls in the likenesses of Maddon, Hoyer, and Epstein.

[Tyrant]

If we didn't have so many GD threads all over the place

 

seriously, it's pretty annoying right now to try and keep track of where certain discussions are taking place

[Guest]

Yeah, with Fowler they're basically just hoping his defense plays better at Wrigley.

 

Not exactly.

 

http://www.cubsinsider.com/dexter-fowlers-defensive-woes-probably-overblown/

[Guest]

If we didn't have so many GD threads all over the place

 

seriously, it's pretty annoying right now to try and keep track of where certain discussions are taking place

 

Yes it's so much easier to look in a thread of random things to find what discussions are taking place than it is to find threads with titles describing what is being discussed in them.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

If we didn't have so many GD threads all over the place

 

seriously, it's pretty annoying right now to try and keep track of where certain discussions are taking place

 

Yes it's so much easier to look in a thread of random things to find what discussions are taking place than it is to find threads with titles describing what is being discussed in them.

Especially since threads around here never stray off topic.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

Wait a minute, this one did! I feel dumb.

[Guest]

Wait a minute, this one did! I feel dumb.

 

I mean this is a thread that is inherently random so it's fine.

[Guest]

Wait a minute, this one did! I feel dumb.

Haha - basically every active thread right now is discussing mega threads or swearing. A mod should definitely merge them all