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If I didn't have faith in my closer, that's probably the excuse I'd make up too.

Sir Charles?! When I saw "entertainer" I thought someone like "the Rock". I'm saying Tom Brady and the Rock.

the immortal chris spurling is out of the game, the time is NOW

what in the world was the third base coach thinking

Did this AGonz absorb the powers of the other AGonz when he retired?

Geovany SOHOT

We're Cub fans, when does the worrying stop? We worry that we might miss the playoffs, then we make it in and we worry that we'll lose in the playoffs. Then it's the offseason and we worry that Hendry will sign a 31-year old to a $136 million dollar contract and then spring training starts and we worry that Mark Prior will get hurt and then the season starts and we worry that we're going to suck and then it's time for the ammy draft and we worry that we'll draft a toolsy outfielder that can't take a walk and then the season winds down and we worry again whether or not we'll make it to the playoffs.

It's amazing that we are even debating whether a double is better than a home run. Man, has this thread gone to heII. Ken You know what's even better than the double? A single! Then we have two men on base still. And technically, we could move Quade over to second and pretend that the bases are loaded. Say that ARam comes up to bat, does he want to bat with no one on where he has to try to force out a homerun or does he want to bat with the BASES JUICED!!? Make Quade the second base coach, tell Ramirez that he's a base runner and BAM guaranteed win, it's science, ho.

I can't believe this is an actual argument that actual people are having. My mind is boggled.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank you for trading me Carson Palmer. Well, Parker has been my best player. McNabb's not doing anything for me right now. This has been a weird year so far. Steven Jackson and, to a lesser extent LDT, have given us nothing through two weeks. I got nothing out of my RB1, WR2 and my starting defense last week. I was very lucky to pull out a win.

I was just responding to a guy that said that you don't get to be at the position you are at if you're baseball illiterate. Those two are the definition of baseball illiterate, yet they win broadcasting awards while broadcasting thousands of games on cable tv.

http://bryan-brown.com/sportsemmy05portraits/images/_DSC7393_lr.jpg http://www.spudart.org/blog/images/2006/hawk-harrelson-sox.jpg And these guys are award winners who broadcast major league games on tv, not just a AA radio guy. You want to think that post through again?

When I was 13, the leadoff guy got on in the seventh and our coach gave me the sac bunt sign. I hadn't bunted all year, that I can remember, and the pitch was way outside, so out of habit I pulled the bat back. The guy on first got thrown out going for second. I ended up walking and getting picked off of first. Not my finest half inning.

Obviously not, I would think. The question is, how valuable are the things that aren't quantifiable, and I think that they aren't very.

I was going to ask you how in the hell you can possibly feel that way, then I saw the LSU sig.

Yeah, take that you geeks. Boo yah, you just got faced.

Man, how many times have we done that this year?

Am I the only guy that has never heard of this effing guy

What an assenine comment. If you've read this thread you'd know that the whole argument for wanting the cubs to miss the playoffs is because fans would like to be able to point to more than 3 out of the last 40 seasons as seasons we had a chance. The word you're looking for is asinine. What's "assenine" is your logic. People don't want the Cubs to make the playoffs because we've been lousy in the past? That's just flat out stupid. No real fan would ever want the team they supposedly support to not make the playoffs. Correcting spelling...the sure sign of someone who has a weak argument. I'll bold the asinine comment. If you've read the thread at allyou will realize that those who may not want the team to win, only do so because they are fans who would like to "enjoy the ride" more often than they have been able to in the past. Your implication that those who do not want them to make it to the playoffs aren't real fans just make you look ignorant/you haven't read the thread/unable to follow very simple logic that has been clearly delineated multiple times. If you're going to comment on the intelligence of my post, at least freaking spell the words right that way you don't make yourself look like a complete... nevermind. Regarding the body of your post... all that needs to be said is that if you don't want the Cubs to make the playoffs, you're not a true fan. It's that simple. This isn't an a=b situation, as has been pretty well explained throughout the thread that you apparently aren't paying attention to. I want the Cubs to make the playoffs, I assume that everyone does. But the question is, if we back into the post season, will management see it as a "we're going the right direction" type of deal, when it seems pretty clear that we're not. There's a lot about this team that needs to change, from top to bottom. Would making the playoffs this year help or hinder that change?

Where did anyone say anything other than that?

Seriously though, Dane Cook ruins it for me.

What an assenine comment. If you've read this thread you'd know that the whole argument for wanting the cubs to miss the playoffs is because fans would like to be able to point to more than 3 out of the last 40 seasons as seasons we had a chance. The word you're looking for is asinine. What's "assenine" is your logic. People don't want the Cubs to make the playoffs because we've been lousy in the past? That's just flat out stupid. No real fan would ever want the team they supposedly support to not make the playoffs. Are you completely ignoring the rest of the thread or did you just not read it?

Jags D, for sure. Harrington should be good for at least 2 picks and a handful of sacks. As far as RBs, pick your poison.

Put me on the list as well. How can a person only walk 15 times in a season? 15 walks in 492 at-bats. That's mind-boggling. I think you mean "mind-bottling"

I don't think you understand exactly what his point was, there.