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And not a funny one, either.

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I'd take the risk on Harden. He's well worth it.

Perhaps one day city council or school board, but not mayor or governor or anything.

I don't think people are suggesting to trade Lee just to trade him, or that trading him is necessary to winning a damn playoff game. Most people would just like to see him traded because one of the best 1B in the league just happens to be a FA. Not only is he better, but he's younger too. I was commenting on Stones quote which said nothing of adding Teixeria. Two words for anyone even remotely hopeful that Teix is somehow in the Cubs plans - Scott Boras. Don't the Cubs have a good working relationship with Scott Boras?

I'd sign Tex before trading away DLee, though. If you trade Lee and don't sign Tex, then what?

IBL

I'm predicting "Be Patient" will attain the levels of "It's called hitting, not walking" in NSBB lore.

So you lessen the Cubs loss because it's such a crapshoot. If they won, would you say "Well, you really can't tell much by this NLDS victory because the playoffs are such a crapshoot?" It works both ways. But once again the Cubs looked like complete crap when it counted the most. Just like they did in 69. And 84. And 89. And 2003. And 2004. And 2007. And 2008. I think that speaks volumes more than 97 wins does. This franchise is incapable of winning the big games. I think crapping the bed so much throughout their history says a whole lot more than 97 wins does.

This year's team and last year's team are the same for me, because the end result was still the same. Sure, this team won more games and gave us a lot more fun during the season, but they were just as bad as (and you could say even worse) than last year's team in October.

Unfortunately it is better. We won 0 games in October, and they've won 1 and counting. I hate to admit it, but its completely true. It's completely untrue. People used to celebrate division championships. People used to be proud of a great regular season. Don't let TV convince you that this team wasn't special and didn't accomplish something. We accomplished something sure. I'll look back at the regular season fondly. But the White Sox have accomplished more in their season, having won more postseason games than the Cubs did. The White Sox accomplished more in their postseason. They have not accomplished more in their season. I don't even think I'd give a team an advantage based on playoffs unless they went to the world series. Maybe I'm in the minority, but unless the Dodgers win the NL, I'd say the Cubs accomplished more this season. They don't fly flags for Divisional Series wins. I disagree. I'd consider an 84-win pennant-winning season far and away a bigger success than 97 wins with a first-round NLDS sweep. Winning a Divisional series does not = winning a pennant. No, but if the Dodgers win the pennant, they accomplished more. I'm sorry, I just can't see how anyone can be happy with this. 97 wins means exactly nothing at this point. The Cubs crapped the bed when it counted most, and the Dodgers didn't. And now the Dodgers are 4 wins away from the World Series and the Cubs are cleaning out their lockers. Sure, the regular season was great, but when it counted most, they let the fans down. Again.

Unfortunately it is better. We won 0 games in October, and they've won 1 and counting. I hate to admit it, but its completely true. It's completely untrue. People used to celebrate division championships. People used to be proud of a great regular season. Don't let TV convince you that this team wasn't special and didn't accomplish something. We accomplished something sure. I'll look back at the regular season fondly. But the White Sox have accomplished more in their season, having won more postseason games than the Cubs did. The White Sox accomplished more in their postseason. They have not accomplished more in their season. I don't even think I'd give a team an advantage based on playoffs unless they went to the world series. Maybe I'm in the minority, but unless the Dodgers win the NL, I'd say the Cubs accomplished more this season. They don't fly flags for Divisional Series wins. I disagree. I'd consider an 84-win pennant-winning season far and away a bigger success than 97 wins with a first-round NLDS sweep.

Be patient.

That BS is getting real tiresome for me, wait till next season' playoffs when we'll read and hear crap about how despite being the best team in the 2008 NL they couldn't manage a playoff win, etc. There have been more than 1 team with the best record who lost in the 1st round. Funny how we don't hear anything about those clubs right now. I believe the Braves in '03, when we bounced them. Weren't the Randy Johnson Stros also tops in the NL? I don't think it's all that unusual, yet you would think it's never happened before. I think the way we lost is pretty unusual. We didn't even win a game. How many team with the best record in their league got swept? Does it matter. Would it be any less of a kick in the nuts if they lost in 5? FTR, either 1 or 2 best teams in the league have been swept before. And as I mentioned elsewhere, teams with better records have losing records in divisional serieses. Same with teams with HFA. If they had played 5 good games with everyone playing at the level we know they can, and the Dodgers simply beat them, yeah, it would still suck, but it wouldn't hurt nearly as bad. We gave those first two games away and didn't show up for the 3rd.

That gets REAL old for me, especially coming from Astros fans. Um, what exactly has your team ever won? A pennant. Three years ago, in fact.

Not that hard when the Cubs picked this time to play their worst 3 games of the year when it mattered the most. 97 wins means jack squat right now. The Cubs are eliminated and will be watching the NLCS and World Series from home.

If you're going to suck, you may as well be good at it. Go Angels!

You really should follow your own advice. This will be my last post in this thread.

So who's going tonight? Lilly?

Yeah. The team with the best record in our lifetimes just got embarrassed in the playoffs. Nobody is allowed to be pissed!

I wish I could quit. I know how a smoker must feel. I'll go through withdrawl for a few weeks, then I'll be ok in winter, but once spring training hits I'll get the itch again and won't be able to wait for the opportunity to be kicked in the nuts again by this team. I must be a masochist. Or I must have been a murderer in a previous life for God to have made me be born into a family of Cubs fans.

I would have been more ok with it had the Dodgers simply beaten them in hard-fough, close games in 5. However, the Cubs handed them 2 games on a silver platter, then pressed so hard in Game 3 that as soon as Harden gave up those 2 runs in the first, I changed the channel because I knew it was over. Really, I'm not all that pissed, though. I've come to expect this from the Cubs.

Hooray! fake rally!

So much for the best team in the National League, eh boys?

Yeah, I'd be pissed if I sucked too.