9/22 Gary Pressey’s last game

[r_mack]

I think it’s pretty clear there is a culture issue with this team. All the players have to get that “how are we going to blow this?” feeling every single game.

So the culture of the last five years is gone, replaced by a 5 game stretch? This is miserable/morbidly entertaining, but get the horsefeathers out of here with this big picture meatball stuff.

They blew a big division lead last year and blamed the schedule. Meanwhile the Brewers just rattled off 15 of 18 with no off days and no Yelich

[UMFan83]

 

This is the golden decade of Cubs baseball

[Gmoney23]

I think it’s pretty clear there is a culture issue with this team. All the players have to get that “how are we going to blow this?” feeling every single game.

So the culture of the last five years is gone, replaced by a 5 game stretch? This is miserable/morbidly entertaining, but get the horsefeathers out of here with this big picture meatball stuff.

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

What in the hell are you talking about.. i see 4 years with a 95 win avg, a world series, and an injury riddled shitty season that we were in the division/playoff race all year.

[soccer10k]

I think it’s pretty clear there is a culture issue with this team. All the players have to get that “how are we going to blow this?” feeling every single game.

So the culture of the last five years is gone, replaced by a 5 game stretch? This is miserable/morbidly entertaining, but get the horsefeathers out of here with this big picture meatball stuff.

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

[TMan92]

First four game sweep at Wrigley by Cards since 1921

[Sammy Sofa]

It's weirdly impressive for last season to end like it did...and then their response is blow the very next season in an even more horrendous fashion.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

It's weirdly impressive for last season to end like it did...and then their response is blow the very next season in an even more horrendous fashion.

 

Haha. Yup.

 

I don't care if this roster should be blown up or not. I want it blown up.

[abuck1220]

So the culture of the last five years is gone, replaced by a 5 game stretch? This is miserable/morbidly entertaining, but get the horsefeathers out of here with this big picture meatball stuff.

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

What in the hell are you talking about.. i see 4 years with a 95 win avg, a world series, and an injury riddled horsefeathers season that we were in the division/playoff race all year.

 

guess we have different standards.

 

I don’t consider last year to be a success. yeah they won 95 games but half of the league was tanking. and they choked on their own balls down the stretch. this year was a complete and total disaster, injuries or not. I mean yelich is way better than any cub and way more important to the brewers than anyone is to the cubs and they are cruising.

 

also, this run of being good was predicated by years of unwatchable trash, and that counts for something. yeah I’d take the last 8 years because it meant a WS but man if Jose Ramirez was standing 4 inches to his right...

Edited September 22, 2019 by abuck1220

[abuck1220]

So the culture of the last five years is gone, replaced by a 5 game stretch? This is miserable/morbidly entertaining, but get the horsefeathers out of here with this big picture meatball stuff.

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

 

Not for original conversation, which is "last five years."

 

Jim Hendry was GM for 9 seasons and had 3 playoff appearances. Theo is gonna be 4/8. It'd be funny if they missed again next year and he ended up being exactly one appearance better than Hendry (and that one appearance was a play-in game loss).

 

Sure, Theo got through the playoff crapshoot time, which was super fun but doesn't specifically reflect on him as an executive.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Wait, I can cherrypick it even harder to really make it funny.

 

Both Jim Hendry and Theo Epstein:

Full seasons running the Cubs, 8

NLDS appearances, 3

[UMFan83]

Wait, I can cherrypick it even harder to really make it funny.

 

Both Jim Hendry and Theo Epstein:

Full seasons running the Cubs, 8

NLDS appearances, 3

 

K now do NLCS and World Series appearances

[soccer10k]

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

 

Now you’re moving the goalposts.

[Bryants Disco Ball]

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

 

Not for original conversation, which is "last five years."

 

Jim Hendry was GM for 9 seasons and had 3 playoff appearances. Theo is gonna be 4/8. It'd be funny if they missed again next year and he ended up being exactly one appearance better than Hendry (and that one appearance was a play-in game loss).

 

Sure, Theo got through the playoff crapshoot time, which was super fun but doesn't specifically reflect on him as an executive.

 

Theo got you to cry tears of joy. I just read the Game 7 thread yesterday and saw that.

 

He wins.

[Cubswin11]

 

the last 5 years have been good? I see 3 good to great years sandwiched in between 5 years of dog horsefeathers.

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

Lol. They helped get us our MVP and a World series hero, that’s how they count.

[Perd]

Only the Cubs could make their glory days feel this shitty.

[gobigred]

We are counting last year as making the playoffs? The 1 game play in game that we lost? Miss me with that ...Divisional series or bust is the actual playoffs all the rest is falling short

[The_Achiever]

Only the Cubs could make their glory days feel this horsefeathers.

 

The silver lining I'm hoping for in this situation is the Cubs needed to totally miss the playoffs for real change to happen. Maddon needs to go, and then some. I know anything can happen in the playoffs but this team wasn't going to do dick.

[Hairyducked Idiot]

Wait, I can cherrypick it even harder to really make it funny.

 

Both Jim Hendry and Theo Epstein:

Full seasons running the Cubs, 8

NLDS appearances, 3

 

K now do NLCS and World Series appearances

 

Playoff series are crapshoots.

[UMFan83]

 

Cubs doing things that no teams have done in 100+ years!

 

[TMan92]

Even though I don’t really like them either. Go Braves

[Schwarber Fan]

That first stat is literally unbelievable.

[abuck1220]

 

97, 103, 92, 95 wins. I’d say that’s a pretty damn good run.

 

EDIT: Most wins in the majors in that span. 1 of only 2 teams to win 90+ all four years (Dodgers) and only the Red Sox and Indians won 90+ in 3 of the 4 seasons.

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

Lol. They helped get us our MVP and a World series hero, that’s how they count.

 

you’re allowed to get good players without intentionally losing for three years

[Andy]

Cardinals have clearly mortgaged their season entire franchise to Satan.

 

We're gonna lose every game in this series by a single effing run.

FTFY

[Hairyducked Idiot]

 

where did the cubs win total from 2012-2014 rank? those seasons count too.

Lol. They helped get us our MVP and a World series hero, that’s how they count.

 

you’re allowed to get good players without intentionally losing for three years

 

Are we doing this again?