The Rational Thought thread.

[Little Slide Rooter]

Why? Because there needs to be something between the highs and lows.

 

Between our young big league studs, those on the farm, our FO's commitment to maintaining a strong farm system, and their knack for pulling the occasional rabbit out of a hat, we will be contenders for a very long time.

 

For these same reasons, The Cardinals will also be contenders for a very long time.

 

The Reds will remain on the fringe, and the Brewers and Pirates will have their moments.

 

This year, The Cardinals have had a great start, and have built an early division lead. But it's May 5th. They have a potent lineup, but they're not a run away with the division in June and never look back. If Heyward awakens, they will be that much more frightening. For the time being, their rotation of Lynn, Lackey, Wacha, Martinez, pray for rain is solid but by no means fearsome.

 

And yes, there's a a good chance that Tyler Lyons, who is probably their Eric Jokisch or Dallas Beeler, will spend the evening causing us to question all that we believe in. But won't Eric Jokisch or Dallas Beeler, who are probably our Tyler Lyons' do the same for our opponents at some point? Sometimes Mark Reynolds is going to be fed a tasty meatball at the most inopportune moment. Sometimes, Tony Cruz is going to make us hate life. Sometimes Jonathon Hererra or David Ross are going to do the same for our opponent.

 

Because it's baseball and it's stupid. There's a lot of luck involved. But having good players tends to help as well.

[rocket]

-life was simpler when i didn't take cubs losses so seriously for that 5 year stretch, so maybe the cubs sucking again is a blessing in disguise.

[sontensei]

-life was simpler when i didn't take cubs losses so seriously for that 5 year stretch, so maybe the cubs sucking again is a blessing in disguise.

 

agreed 100% for me the void was '09 season until end of '14 season 0 cubs, in fact 0 baseball at all (i kept playing in my wanna be baseball player softball league though lol) I've been a fan since i can remember and i dont switch teams.

[imb]

this is definitely the correct thread starter for a rational thought thread