4/21 Cubs (Wood) @ Pirates (Liriano) 6:05 WGN

[Hairyducked Idiot]

People love to cram their sports into narratives. "The Cubs are rebuilding and young so they have to go step by step in the process" is an easy narrative to understand. Actually analyzing baseball teams is hard and complicated.

[Brian]

miguel montero @miggymont26 · 2m 2 minutes ago

Great comeback that was fun #wearegood amazing good

 

miguel montero @miggymont26 · 4s 4 seconds ago

What about @KrisBryant_23 he's awesome and Castro he's a beast

[seanimal]

People love to cram their sports into narratives. "The Cubs are rebuilding and young so they have to go step by step in the process" is an easy narrative to understand. Actually analyzing baseball teams is hard and complicated.

 

#h.u.m.b.l.e.brag

[Guest]

People love to cram their sports into narratives. "The Cubs are rebuilding and young so they have to go step by step in the process" is an easy narrative to understand. Actually analyzing baseball teams is hard and complicated.

 

also i think people just can't wrap their heads around a lineup full of 22 and 23 year olds being capable of maybe winning 90+ games

[Guest]

So, are the rest of you guys like me:

Told all of your friends that the Cubs were going to be good/fun this year and got extremely skeptical responses?

 

not from my closest friends

 

if i say [expletive] like that they know what a [expletive] dork i am about this and know i (kinda) know what i'm talking about

 

but coworkers and randoms at the game have no idea the dong fury that awaits

Yeah I have some of that. No outright "no way," but it's a lot of "Really? I don't know, man. I hope you're right. That would be awesome."

 

even my mom still dont believe me lol she says "tell me that in october" ...

 

and i got kinda trolled hard on facebook

 

stop talking about baseball on facebook

[DiamondMind]

People love to cram their sports into narratives. "The Cubs are rebuilding and young so they have to go step by step in the process" is an easy narrative to understand. Actually analyzing baseball teams is hard and complicated.

 

Winner

[Guest]

[DiamondMind]

Are you sure he wasnt talking about schlitter

[Brian]

he's a national treasure

 

miguel montero

‏@miggymont26

Did you guys see how I ran to first in my walk lol

[itisallpartoftheplan]

Wow, Schlitter just wrote #wearegood on his twitter too. Ok not really.

[halplm]

I just want the highlights on ESPN, but they spent the whole segment making fun of Russell batting ninth, and being shocked the Cubs would win... I hate them.

[DiamondMind]

he's a national treasure

 

miguel montero

‏@miggymont26

Did you guys see how I ran to first in my walk lol

 

Montero is an amazing human.

[RammyFanny]

I think Kyle mentioned it earlier but if Bryant just pulled a Rizzo and decided to stop striking out at the Major League level then omg.

[Guest]

I think Kyle mentioned it earlier but if Bryant just pulled a Rizzo and decided to stop striking out at the Major League level then omg.

 

let's not get carried away here

[Guest]

Wow, Schlitter just wrote #wearegood on his twitter too. Ok not really.

 

schlitter was blaming it on luck after the game

 

uhh you can't do that when everything is being crushed and you don't strike anybody out dude

[RammyFanny]

I think Kyle mentioned it earlier but if Bryant just pulled a Rizzo and decided to stop striking out at the Major League level then omg.

 

let's not get carried away here

And while we're at it Javy will too.

 

 

 

(Ok, that was just to piss off Sammy Sofa and sneaky for 2 seconds)

[Sammy Sofa]

I'm not mad at Baez. I wish him well in his non-baseball endeavors.

[ScrubMD]

On Kris Bryant day I put the game on at work on my computer

 

Co-worker: The Cubs are terrible.

Me: How so?

Co-worker: Everybody knows that

Me: ok.

 

Since Theo took over, when people would ask me, I'd say it would be a few years before the Cubs were good. Then over the past couple years I'd say they should start being competitive in 2015. So naturally, last year I would say "they should be pretty good next year."

 

"LOL! Next year! Typical Cubs fan, you've been saying that every year."

 

So in answer to your question, I'm not lonely, I *choose* to not have friends.

[Guest]

Paul Sullivan ‏@PWSullivan 1m1 minute ago

Last night's Cubs game with @Addison_Russell debut earned the highest ratings on @WGNTV since 2011, the Mike Quade era.

[sneakypower]

On Kris Bryant day I put the game on at work on my computer

 

Co-worker: The Cubs are terrible.

Me: How so?

Co-worker: Everybody knows that

Me: ok.

 

Since Theo took over, when people would ask me, I'd say it would be a few years before the Cubs were good. Then over the past couple years I'd say they should start being competitive in 2015. So naturally, last year I would say "they should be pretty good next year."

 

"LOL! Next year! Typical Cubs fan, you've been saying that every year."

 

So in answer to your question, I'm not lonely, I *choose* to not have friends.

i've gotten the bolded a few times, and then i'll rhetorically ask them when was the last time they remember me saying that

 

but you guys are weird, i love talking baseball IRL with anybody who's into it; you don't have to be a total nerd about your opinions

 

anyway, here's WP chart

NSFJ(ake)

 

http://i.imgur.com/005Uqg4.png

Pirates were at 94.8% after the Kang 2B (are his HR Kang Dangs?)

[Banedon]

Paul Sullivan ‏@PWSullivan 1m1 minute ago

Last night's Cubs game with @Addison_Russell debut earned the highest ratings on @WGNTV since 2011, the Mike Quade era.

 

I wonder if that counts all the simulcasts around the region?

[cubscott34]

On Kris Bryant day I put the game on at work on my computer

 

Co-worker: The Cubs are terrible.

Me: How so?

Co-worker: Everybody knows that

Me: ok.

 

Since Theo took over, when people would ask me, I'd say it would be a few years before the Cubs were good. Then over the past couple years I'd say they should start being competitive in 2015. So naturally, last year I would say "they should be pretty good next year."

 

"LOL! Next year! Typical Cubs fan, you've been saying that every year."

 

So in answer to your question, I'm not lonely, I *choose* to not have friends.

 

My two closest friends are Yankee fans so I've heard crap every year dating back to 1983 when we all became friends. For the past few years I've not said a word about the Cubs as I knew they'd be bad. This year, when I started saying that the Cubs would start to be a better team because of Bryant and company they immediately jumped down my throat and claimed I say that every year and that every year the Cubs don't do anything. As a result, we now have a a bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey and a 12 pack of beer riding on which team finishes with a better record this year. Go Cubs!

 

*ETA - First time posting since 2008. Good to be back!

[NOLA]

On Kris Bryant day I put the game on at work on my computer

 

Co-worker: The Cubs are terrible.

Me: How so?

Co-worker: Everybody knows that

Me: ok.

 

Since Theo took over, when people would ask me, I'd say it would be a few years before the Cubs were good. Then over the past couple years I'd say they should start being competitive in 2015. So naturally, last year I would say "they should be pretty good next year."

 

"LOL! Next year! Typical Cubs fan, you've been saying that every year."

 

So in answer to your question, I'm not lonely, I *choose* to not have friends.

 

My two closest friends are Yankee fans so I've heard crap every year dating back to 1983 when we all became friends. For the past few years I've not said a word about the Cubs as I knew they'd be bad. This year, when I started saying that the Cubs would start to be a better team because of Bryant and company they immediately jumped down my throat and claimed I say that every year and that every year the Cubs don't do anything. As a result, we now have a a bottle of Jack Daniels Whiskey and a 12 pack of beer riding on which team finishes with a better record this year. Go Cubs!

 

*ETA - First time posting since 2008. Good to be back!

Should have gone for Knob Creek. You'll win that bet. Yankees are old and will break down this year, worse than last. Besides, I understand that we are good.

[Clem Fandango]

Pirates were at 94.8% after the Kang 2B (are his HR Kang Dangs?)

 

Well if it's supposed to rhyme with his name, Len is pronouncing it "Gung". So a "Gung Dung"? I like it

[Derwood]

 

For the love of [expletive], somebody give me back my ability to have sig pics.

 

Huh? You've had the same "Phil Hartman as Frank Sinatra" sig pic for years