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Sammy Sofa

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  1. I've seen/heard plenty of Vin Scully jokes/references on TV over the years; hell, doing an impression of him was practically a hack comedian cliche for a while. I think a ton of people would know his voice as soon as they hear it even if they don't know his name
  2. It's a generally unpopular opinion, but I can't stand Vin Scully and his completely emotionless delivery. A [expletive] scud missile could take out the center field bleachers in the middle of the game and he'd describe it with the same tone as "Juan Uribe draws a pinch hit walk". I know he's a legend and he commands respect, but I don't really give a [expletive] about him one bit. Scully's WAY past his good days.
  3. so YOU'RE the musical oaf? got it No, you're of the ilk to do the whole "I've never even heard random insanely popular song that has played literally everywhere." Or maybe you're not. I don't know; either way, you're a musical oaf.
  4. Oh my God, someone please get the clip of him screaming "FUUUUUUUUUUCK!!!" after popping up. Perfect microcosm of the season.
  5. Phenomenal management and hitting that inning. Really great job, fellas.
  6. Put some stank on it, you Klingon-named [expletive].
  7. That's odd. Oh, come on. It's subjective, but you can't seriously think it's weird that some people would already tuned out of yet another horrible team. Besides Castro and Rizzo you've get the minor stories of guys like Lake and Olt, but until Baez gets here it should be obvious why it's Snoozeville for a lot of fans.
  8. They got a decent prospect; that was about the best that could be hoped for.
  9. Hey, everyone's right at least once in a while. It's just weird to expect people to not criticize the head of the organization.
  10. Good point; it's like there's another aspect of the job or anything.
  11. Hey, it's my fault for just assuming we weren't literally breaking down the minutia of the Cubs actually play off odds right now vs. all 3 making the team as regular starters; I thought it was obvious that hyperbole was in play. My point was just that I don't think it's a stretch to think that the odds aren't very good for the Cubs' outfield to be regularly manned by Almora, Soler and Bryant 2-3 years from now.
  12. Fine, semantics are all we have going for us right now with the season already over. Plus you factor in Baez and it just terrifies me. Like I said, maybe it's battered Cubs fan syndrome, but I cannot wrap my head around how so many people seem convinced that 3 or all 4 are basically locks to be at least every day starters for the Cubs. That just seems nearly impossible to me.
  13. I agree that all of what he's saying is ridiculous...that said, I wouldn't go quite that far. Of all three being long term starters for the Cubs? I don't think it's that much of a stretch. Based on their skill-sets, the track records of the guys who picked/signed and are now developing them, and their own overall track records, in this particular case, I think the odds are higher than like 8% or however much lower it is now that we're 2 weeks in. It's 3 different guys of varying ages/timetables and injury histories; I just don't think it's ever going to be a smart idea to reserve the entire outfield for them at any point.
  14. I agree that all of what he's saying is ridiculous...that said, I wouldn't go quite that far. Of all three being long term starters for the Cubs? I don't think it's that much of a stretch. I'm pretty sure those 3 have a better than 0% chance of becoming starting big league outfielders. I'm Vegas-ing it up, you monster. It's all I have. 75 to 1! I'M RIDIN' IT OUT.
  15. And we've also seen this Frankenstein monster of a team beat up on several pitchers. Tanaka obviously is the epitome of SSS right now, but damn, he's looked good.
  16. A lot of pitchers have looked good against the Cubs. This...this is just a terrible, terrible post. Was I wrong? I don't think I'm really stretching to say that the Cubs hitting has not done well. Tanaka may well have been great (I'm only watching gameday) but lets not pretend he's going against murderers row here. Of all of the arguments you could take trying to somehow salve the Cubs not signing him there's probably a dozen ahead of "the Cubs suck so maybe he's not THAT good."
  17. I agree that all of what he's saying is ridiculous...that said, I wouldn't go quite that far. Of all three being long term starters for the Cubs? I don't think it's that much of a stretch.
  18. This is terrible logic on multiple levels. The Cubs, with their resources, shouldn't have to be pinching pennies and completely ignoring a guy like Ellsbury when their OF now is barren and because they have several prospects who might pan out over the course of several years. Having a logjam with your projects is a good position to be in; leaving things shitty praying that they pan out and you're fucked if they don't isn't.
  19. This I don't care about. Doesn't fit in our window and we were never going to out-bid the Yankees. Plus, outfield is not a need. This is a joke, right? The outfield is a nightmare of awfulness. Right now it is, look at our system. And? It's hardly like they have all 3 spots locked down.
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