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  1. TruffleShuffle
    That's the worst part. I don't really dislike St Louis all that much (I loathe Houston), but the fact that Scrappy McHustler won the MVP makes me sick, because not only wil we be subjected the the standard "heart wins over talent" boilerplate sportswriting/radio for the next 12 months, but there's a better than 75% chance that Hendry decides he needs to field a team that features below average corner OF's, a terrible C, a godawful middle IF, and a mediocre starting rotation anchored by a solid #1 in order to win. I'm pretty sure this cements Ramirez being gone. We will all love the scrappy David Bell or Rich Aurillia at third next season. :pukel: Very few things could make me quit being a Cubs fan, but if that happens, I might take a break until Hendry is fired. I really wouldn't mind. The last thing I need now is for the Cubs to go and make lots of good free agent moves to get my hopes up again. Just have another useless offseason like last year so that I have no hope in 2007.
  2. TruffleShuffle
    :D Sucks to be a Cubs fan in STL right now though. well, if you're a Cubs fan who's living in St. Louis permanently, then your life just sucks. You live in a boring place masquerading as a city, and you root for a team that will never win. What's the point? Move back to Chicago or just start rooting for the Cardinals. I wouldn't hold it against you. At least you have the excuse that all Philly teams suck going for you. Kudos for toughing it out and staying a Cubs fan. Though the local alternatives are nearly as bleak. I never had a choice. My dad is a huge Cubs fan but was never that big a fan of any other professional team. He raised me to root for the Cubs and let me choose the others on my own, which naturally ended up being the teams that play 20 minutes from where I grew up. The incompetence of my favorite teams may drive me to disillusionment and disinterest, but I'll never jump ship for another team. People who do that cannot be trusted in any facet of life. But yeah, I like where I live now, and I love where I grew up. I'd rather be dead than live in St. Louis.
  3. TruffleShuffle
    :D Sucks to be a Cubs fan in STL right now though. well, if you're a Cubs fan who's living in St. Louis permanently, then your life just sucks. You live in a boring place masquerading as a city, and you root for a team that will never win. What's the point? Move back to Chicago or just start rooting for the Cardinals. I wouldn't hold it against you.
  4. TruffleShuffle
    Perhaps Mini Me has already been signed by Jim Hendry to play a weak armed SS next season. http://spot.colorado.edu/~finkelsn/pics/mini-me.jpg is that ben kingsley?
  5. TruffleShuffle
    no.
  6. TruffleShuffle
    I guess if we can take solace in anything, it's that we don't live in St. Louis. They get to be happy for a few days, a month, maybe even a year... but then that feeling wears off, and they still live in St. Louis. Actually, that cheers me up a lot!
  7. TruffleShuffle
    I honestly don't even care at this point. Maybe it's that I just knew the Cubs and Flyers would be bad this year, but I came into each season more apathetic than any previous season than I could remember. It's like dating some girl who keeps cheating on you. At first you're too stupid and in love to walk away, but you keep getting hurt over and over, at some point you get tired of the hurt and you just start to let go.
  8. TruffleShuffle
    well, I guess after watching the Flyers prove they have no hope of winning this year, and watching a crappy kicker from Tampa make a game-ending 62 yard field goal against the Eagles, what better way to cap off October than another huge kick to the groin. Be happy you guys had the Bulls in the '90s. I'll be six feet under before a team I root for wins a championship.
  9. TruffleShuffle
    The Cubs also haven't won a world series since Jimmy Slagle retired at the end of 1908. We should bring him back.
  10. TruffleShuffle
    Yeah after watching Pujols make some amazing diving play and Weaver scoop a ball out of the dirt at first, it's not hard to see how this one is meant to turn out. Cardinal fans can enjoy their victory, but as far as I'm concerned it never happened.
  11. TruffleShuffle
    i honestly cannot watch this any more... i'm just going to take a nap and pretend that none of this ever happened.
  12. TruffleShuffle
    why a seeing-eye flare, of course he might have more hits this postseason than he did in any month this year. actually you're not far off... Molina had 21 hits in June; otherwise his 17 hits in the postseason are more than in any month this season. By the way, in June he hit .284 and in every other month he hit .224 or worse.
  13. TruffleShuffle
    hey mulder tell us something about pitching... with that 7.14 ERA you must have some pearls of wisdom to share
  14. TruffleShuffle
    molina again, what a friggin joke
  15. TruffleShuffle
    You got to do that for what? 2 and a half seasons? yeah, I guess I shouldn't get greedy. Actually, at least the last two years I knew the Cubs sucked, so it wasn't as painful as 2003 or 2004. I know the Cubs will never win a World Series, so maybe I should just root for their losing to be as painless as possible.
  16. TruffleShuffle
    more "clutch pitching" for the Cards... seriously, don't even bother going up to bat with two outs and RISP against them. Just concede the out and take the field.
  17. TruffleShuffle
    is that Moises Alou out there?
  18. TruffleShuffle
    no, weaver was on a one-year contract w/the Angels this year. Besides, I think if you release a guy, you're on the hook for his contract and he can sign for whatever he wants with another team. Thanks. I was worried they would get Weaver for league minimum for the next 3 years and have a guy with about a 4.00 era. (i must thought he and ortiz were in the same boat). would of been a good deal for them. Not we just gotta get the birds to bite the bait and sign weaver to nice hefty contract :twisted: Why would they do that when they can just pick up some other piece of crap for cheap? seriously. guys like Bruce Chen, Joel Pineiro and Shawn Estes are probably available. Since the Cards have the miracle worker in their dugout, there's no reason to spend any money on pitching. Wouldn't that just take the cake? guarantee you he'd at least be an average pitcher for the cards
  19. TruffleShuffle
    no, weaver was on a one-year contract w/the Angels this year. Besides, I think if you release a guy, you're on the hook for his contract and he can sign for whatever he wants with another team. Thanks. I was worried they would get Weaver for league minimum for the next 3 years and have a guy with about a 4.00 era. (i must thought he and ortiz were in the same boat). would of been a good deal for them. Not we just gotta get the birds to bite the bait and sign weaver to nice hefty contract :twisted: Why would they do that when they can just pick up some other piece of crap for cheap? seriously. guys like Bruce Chen, Joel Pineiro and Shawn Estes are probably available. Since the Cards have the miracle worker in their dugout, there's no reason to spend any money on pitching.
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    oops
  21. TruffleShuffle
    screw you mellancamp
  22. TruffleShuffle
    take a seat you friggin prick
  23. TruffleShuffle
    Someone else will find this out next year when they give Suppan a big deal. Well yeah, I'm just saying that it seems more cost-efficient to pay one guy big bucks than to pay a lot of pitchers big bucks.
  24. TruffleShuffle
    no, weaver was on a one-year contract w/the Angels this year. Besides, I think if you release a guy, you're on the hook for his contract and he can sign for whatever he wants with another team.
  25. TruffleShuffle
    seriously, if you think duncan is the reason that all these guys pitch out their rear when they get to st louis, why not give him $10 million per year and then go cheaper on pitching? After all, it seems to be the coach and not the arms themselves. Weaver has turned from one of the worst pitchers in baseball to a #2 in just two months.
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