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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    Apparently baseball is the new hockey. We are headed toward a World Series that could match 2 teams who tied for the ELEVENTH best regular season record. Let's get more playoff teams in Bud.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    A Cardinals fan friend of mine posted a trolling Facebook status asking whether Reds, Cubs or Nationals fans were most disappointed this morning. I don't know the guy who replied, but his reply was perfect: "Baseball fans." They just don't get that were all tired of the same crap over and over. And why did it have to be the two bums that got the big hits?Does anyone remember the year that Sandberg and Dunston got hurt and the Cubs had a middle infield of Paul Noce and Mike Brumley? I can't help but think if that had been the Cardinals, Noce and Brumley would have led the team to the playoffs.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    You forgot the part in between where they were granted an extra draft pick because they need it for competitive balance. They did? I thought they were one of the two "small market" teams that didn't. I thought they had got a pick in Round B, but I was wrong. That really doesn't change the point though that it is ridiculous for a team like the Cardinals to even be in the lottery for extra picks. If they can afford a $110 Million payroll, they certainly don't need any handouts.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    You forgot the part in between where they were granted an extra draft pick because they need it for competitive balance.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    I think Moreland signed a 3-year deal, so he is still under contract for 2013. I hope the Cubs will explore their options for that role after the 2013 season.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    Wendell Kim sighting.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Ahead of Cespedes... Really poor decision.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    Someone should give the Cardinals another free draft pick. They deserve it.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    If you put the DH in the field you lose the DH. That must be what I was thinking of.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    Why did I have it in my head that if you pinch hit for the DH, you lose the DH? Was that ever a rule in any level of baseball?
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    Amazing.
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    Ok, thanks guys. I went with a 2 year print subscription (once I was already in for 1 year, the price of the 2nd was impossible to resist) so I'll see how it goes! I know I'm one of the dying breed who still reads print magazines, but spread over 2 years the cost of the print subscription was about the same as subscribing to the website content by itself.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    Is it worth the subscription fee, either for print + website or website-only? I have been considering a subscription, but it is a little on the pricey side.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    The Cardinals are going to go to the World Series again, aren't they? Damn you Bud Selig!
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    No one will argue that the 2012 Cubs were terrible, but it is short-sighted to judge one season of a new administration without looking at the bigger picture. Epstein and Hoyer assembled the 2012 roster, but they did so based on a system left to them in disarray. To make a statement implying that Epstein and/or Hoyer are primarily responsible for this season is ignoring the larger picture. Okay, so when I post "I am judging Epstein and Hoyer's regime on the 2012 W-L record," your responses will make sense. Would you like me to edit my post to reflect what you thought you were replying to? I could be a nice guy like that. That is not what you said, but you blamed Hoyer for assembling the 2012 roster. That is partially true, but it is also true that the roster was assembled based on what was left to him, so it is unfair to look at the 2012 season in a vacuum and assign the blame to Hoyer/Epstein for "the worst Cubs team in most of our lifetimes".
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    It always does...
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    No one will argue that the 2012 Cubs were terrible, but it is short-sighted to judge one season of a new administration without looking at the bigger picture. Epstein and Hoyer assembled the 2012 roster, but they did so based on a system left to them in disarray. You really can't separate one from the other at this point. To make a statement implying that Epstein and/or Hoyer are primarily responsible for this season is ignoring the larger picture.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    Did I hear that right from Brandon Marshall? "Some days are a shot glass and other days are a wheelbarrow?" I'm thinking maybe I misheard part of it, but either way that is a pretty funny quote.
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    You can't be serious. Surely the part about it being one of the worst Cubs teams can't be argued, but to blame Jed Hoyer for that is nonsense. Who am I supposed to blame? Virtually all of the bad players were put on the roster by him. I mean, I could have blamed Theo Epstein, but I feel bad that Jed never gets any recognition for being the GM. You are looking at one season at face value without any regard for the long term plan. If the goal was to put a team on the field that could possibly reach .500, then Epstein and Hoyer failed. If the goal was to start building a championship team, then it is way too early to make any judgements. I don't think anyone is happy with how this season turned out, but to assign blame to the new administration at this point is just silly.
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    You can't be serious. Surely the part about it being one of the worst Cubs teams can't be argued, but to blame Jed Hoyer for that is nonsense.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    Mock all you want, but I won my fantasy league last year with Orton as my starter for most of the season. Game manager!
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    Hahaha
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    Dagger time!
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    Is it just me or did that Bears fan look like an old, shriveled-up Troy Aikman?
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    Nice... Urlacher saying "wow" to the Bears fan response.
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