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  1. Sammy Sofa
    No, there is obviously a story because he's involved whether it's his fault or not. For better or for worse he was the guy there that went for the ball and effectively ran into Alou as he was reaching over the wall, hence why he was thrust into the spotlight. If YOU refuse to see this is an interesting story, fine, that's your prerogative, but if you're going to also refuse to acknowledge why tons of people would find the whole spectacle interesting (WITHOUT BLAMING HIM FOR ANYTHING) then you're on your own with that. Him being at fault or not isn't what makes it a story...it's that a nobody, average fan was forced into the surreal and unusual position he ended up in because of the larger context of what was going on and where he was and what team was involved, plus you have the story of how it's become this thing that the Cubs are forever saddled with until they actually go to another WS. Him not being at fault is irrelevant because it's still a thing that happened on the public stage that was very unique and "cinematic."
  2. Sammy Sofa
    Pretty much. When they [expletive] up it's spectacular and it can leave you dumbfounded, but most of the time they're just fine.
  3. Sammy Sofa
    is it as remarkable as blaming livestock? Exactly. The whole premise that the Cubs lost because of a Curse or a Goat or Steve Bartman is nauseating and should be an insult to every reasonable person's intelligence. Neither of which anyone is arguing here. And yes, the goat story is a story. I don't see how you're not grasping the difference between "OMG, THOSE ARE THE REASONS THE CUBS LOST!!!" and "wow, those are weird stories." The Bartman saga is interesting. A guy trying to bring his damn goat to a ballgame and being turned away and then supposedly cursing the team is interesting. It's like you're arguing that everyone should just shrug these stories off or ignore them, as if acknowledging how unusual they are is somehow condoning meatballism.
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Actually, a single fan being blamed for a team and fanbase's nearly a century's worth of misery continuing is a pretty remarkable and interesting story. I have no idea why you're going to keep pretending that this isn't an unusual story, but go right ahead.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    You're arguing against something that nobody really here is saying. Nobody here is saying that he lost them the game. The closest you've got is a guy saying that he thinks the Cubs would have won the series if Alou caught the ball. There's a huge difference between saying he cost them the game/series and recognizing that it was a very emotional, very unusual, very dramatic event that was the precursor to even more high drama for the rest of the inning.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    I wouldn't believe what, that a fan tried to catch a foul ball hit straight to him? Yes, OK, pretend that it had absolutely no meaning outside of that. And no, I'm not blaming Bartman for anything, but to act like it was a total non-story is absurd.
  7. Sammy Sofa
    Hey, Pena is OPSing over 1.000 over the last week...there's no way you want a guy like that hitting #3.
  8. Sammy Sofa
    How is it "needless?" It happened, it was unusual and dramatic, and the larger context of it being Wrigley and the Cubs and the WS on the line and him being a Cubs fan makes it an incredibly unique story. If it happened in a movie you likely wouldn't believe it.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Nightmare scenario: Pujols opts to stay with the Cards for less money, the Brewers win it all and Fielder opts to stay and the Cubs plunge further down the shame spiral. I don't see Fielder staying regardless. A realistic scenario is this injury bringing the bidding for Pujols down into the Cards' range, and it drags out deep into the offseason, when he eventually re-signs with STL. The Cubs wait out the Pujols decision, while Prince signs elsewhere during the process, leaving them with neither. I don't see Fielder staying either, hence why it's a nightmare. And I really don't see Prince signing before Pujols unless it becomes apparent that Pujols is taking a deep cut.
  10. Sammy Sofa
    Just to clarify, Bartman didn't catch the ball.
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I'm a terrible fan and Bartman is overplayed. He might be overplayed, but that's quite different from insisting that it wasn't a critically important moment in an historic game. Those are meatballs who do that. They differ from the meatballs who insist it's all his fault, but they're still meatballs.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    Aren't the Cubs only like 3-4 games behind the Sox in this godforsaken series?
  13. Sammy Sofa
    Nightmare scenario: Pujols opts to stay with the Cards for less money, the Brewers win it all and Fielder opts to stay and the Cubs plunge further down the shame spiral.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    It's pretty baffling.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah, this just generally sucks for the Cubs since it makes it that much less likely that Pujols won't be a Cub AND Prince is now going to be even more expensive. Fine, give me Prince and Reyes this year and Kemp after 2012.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    Yeah including Soriano and Grabow, but ignoring Pena seems really strange. Pena is probably the Cubs' best trade chip, unless they make Soto available. 760 OPS so far this year after last season's 732. I'm not so sure he's much of a chip. That OPS is dragged down by his awful April, where he put up .159 .289 .175 .464 with no HR and only 5 RBI. Since then he had a May where he went .258 .402 .517 .919 with 7 HR and 19 RBI and June where so far he's posted .226 .344 .509 .853 with 4 HR and 9 RBI. There's a pretty decent chance that if he's still putting up similar numbers into July he could be very appealing outside of that stinky April start.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    To be perfectly blunt, I'm not surprised at all that none of the Latino players are in it and I'm REALLY surprised/impressed that Byrd is in it.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    And sad to say it, but I'm really not surprised they got as few players as they did.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Kosuke's an interesting trade option. He plays a traditional power position, but obviously doesn't provide that much power. However, he gets on base like crazy and plays decent defense or better (even though UZR hates him this year). Will teams value the OBP/defense combo or claim he has little to no value because he doesn't hit for power? I think the key to getting a good return on Kosuke is how much of the remaining money for this season the Cubs would pick up.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Really cool of them, but what's up with the bizarre way they shot Dempster? It's like he was sprayed by a skunk and nobody wanted to get near him.
  21. Sammy Sofa
    He was reaching over the railing after the fact. The actual "interference" that prevented Alou from catching the ball occurred because Alou was reaching over the railing into the stands. After the catch isn't made Bartman's momentum is still carrying him forward and his hands end up over the railing.
  22. Sammy Sofa
    That was Winger, and everything he does is creepy.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    On any given pitch there is nothing wrong with swinging at something you can drive. But over the course of a game and a season it is absolutely necessary to not be a bunch of overaggressive morons. The Cubs are a bunch of overaggressive morons, and have been throughout virtually the entire Hendry era (with the exception of portions of the Piniella era). And nowhere did I say that that's a good or necessary thing over the course of the season. My issue is zeroing in on a single half-inning where it WASN'T an example of being aggressive automatically being a bad thing as if that was the epitome of what's wrong with the Cubs.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    The circle of life.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Well, yeah, which is why you saying that they "created" the story right before doesn't make much sense. It's a memorable story because of how unique it and the larger context was/is, regardless of ESPN.
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