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Cubs facilities a reason we haven't won in over 100 years...
jersey cubs fan replied to kente777's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I asked if there was *any* level, not if the Cubs' level was enough. And I already said maybe if they make the playoffs frequently and lose in the first round every time I may eventually think otherwise. But they are 4-15 in postseason series as an organization. They are 8-19 in series this year. What does that mean? Nothing. -
Cubs facilities a reason we haven't won in over 100 years...
jersey cubs fan replied to kente777's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I didn't make any analogy. I really don't understand why this is so hard. It's a yes or no question, and yet not one person will give a yes or a no. Is there any level of playoff ineptitude from the same organization but spread amongst multiple sets of players that would make a stathead wonder if something intrinsic to the organization were having an effect? Yes. Or No? You aren't very good at asking questions, but I gave my answer. They just won a series a few years ago. They aren't 0-20. They've been in the postseason twice since then and lost both. There are more teams that lose in the playoffs than win the WS. The 1945 loss has nothing to do with the 2007 loss. -
http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=monter001jes
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Not to mention that even when he was in better shape as a prospect there were questions about him sticking at 3B. It can't hurt to acquire more cornermen.
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If all he wanted was rings, he would have just signed the deal with Miami. The show that he put on makes it very clear there are plenty of other things that interest him besides rings.
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Cubs facilities a reason we haven't won in over 100 years...
jersey cubs fan replied to kente777's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
You put this question into a thread about the supposed facilities disadvantage and it's assumed you are trying to blame it on the facilities. On it's own, they'd have to make the playoffs far more frequently and lose in the first round everytime before I'd put any thought into it. They aren't any less "lucky" than other teams have been. They went 1-1 in 2003, then lost three in a row. They just lost about a dozen series in a row. I'm not sure why their playoff failure should be viewed as some sort of weird phenomenon. -
Just you talking about idiots fans overreacting to disappointment, and how you would supposedly never do it.
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I doubt you'd be saying "it is what it is" if the Bulls lost Michael Jordan in the summer of 1990. Well, he is right, though. I'm not saying that I don't understand the hurt and disappointment in Cleveland. I do. I'd probably be upset if the best player my franchise has ever had left in his prime before ever bringing a championship. However, it's the nature of sports. Jerry Seinfeld was right: Players move so much that you're essentially not rooting for teams, you're rooting for laundry. He left a ton of money on the table to go to Miami, so this isn't about greed. It's about the desire to win, to reach the very pinnacle of your chosen profession. If I were a Cavs fan I certainly would not be happy at all, but I wouldn't be one of the idiots burning his jersey in the streets. Aren't you the guy who gets apoplectic when the Cubs go behind in a game?
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The one thing he doesn't have is a city that gives a crap about sports.
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And now? They have none of that. He didn't do anything for them. He played for the team that drafted and paid him. I don't get why people use the "after all he did for that city/franchise" nonsense for players. He didn't sacrifice or give up anything to help the city. He played for the team that drafted him, like most everybody else.
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Cubs facilities a reason we haven't won in over 100 years...
jersey cubs fan replied to kente777's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't even know what this is supposed to mean. Four series lost in a decade is supposed to have underlying factors involved? The Yankees lost more playoff series than the Cubs. Minnesota, the ultimate in supposed home field advantage, was 1-5 in playoff series this past decade. The Cubs are 1-12 in these supposed coinflips. I'm asking if there is any theoretical point when there might be some explanation considered other than randomness? 1-20? 1-50? 1-100? I'm sorry. Are you suggesting that the supposed facilities disadvantage somehow allows them to win the "marathon", sometimes easily, but then leaves them susceptible to losing in the playoffs, when it's cold out? The whole crapshoot coinflip theory is overblown. A lot of the times, the Cubs just weren't that good, like 1998 and 2007. The 2003 team wasn't even that good yet they won a series. -
A very good prospect at first base or second base would be what would tempt me with Dempster. On one hand, he is a big component of the 2011-2012 teams. On the other, the Cubs have so much potential starting pitching that it would be hard not to trade him if an opportunity to fill other organizational needs comes up. I'm not so sure about his value to the 2011-2012 team. The last time he went three straight years over 200 innings his arm fell apart. He's had a nice resurgence, and might have a year or two left of that. But he'll be 35 that year and will have had to go 9 straight years with a healthy arm and without declining to be a "big component" of that team. If the thought is to rebuild for then, you can replace him by then.
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While Gilbert did act out of line, do you honestly think he should be thanking LeBron after he failed to ever contact the Cavaliers, make a spectacle out of himself and not let the Cavs know his plans until five minutes before? It's not like the Cavs didn't bend over backwards for LeBron. I'm not saying LeBron isn't wrong either. I'm just saying that for all that he did for the franchise he should have had a little bit more class about it. He could have put out a generic "We are disappointed that LeBron has chosen to pursue other opportunities, and think that he could have brought a championship to Cleveland" statement, but didn't have to rip him like he did. What did he do for them? The franchise isn't any better off now than before he showed up.
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You are worried about how the owner treated Lebron? Lebron made a freaking show out of leaving Cleveland.
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A halfway decent bat and arm.
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Cubs facilities a reason we haven't won in over 100 years...
jersey cubs fan replied to kente777's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't even know what this is supposed to mean. Four series lost in a decade is supposed to have underlying factors involved? The Yankees lost more playoff series than the Cubs. Minnesota, the ultimate in supposed home field advantage, was 1-5 in playoff series this past decade. -
I don't see how anybody can pretend there isn't some criticism warrented here. I don't see how anybody can pretend this isn't sour grapes from fans who wanted him to come to *their* cherry-picked title situation. There's sour grapes from some (watching the local NY news last night was absolutely hysterical). But there's also criticism from people who have no skin in the game.
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I don't see how anybody can pretend there isn't some criticism warrented here.
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But isn't this like the third time management went for the fix it all through free agency strategy and failed miserably? They didn't even come close to accomplishing what they wanted and still lack a game winning star. Not much they can do if the players just don't want to come. They got an All-Star at a need position for a very cap-friendly deal. Short of a colluded, pre-arranged deal by your players to create a superteam, you can't have a better offseason than that. But that's the point. They can be blamed for putting themselves in a situation where they had to sign a super star free agent. If they built a better team over the last decade, they wouldn't have to rely on the whims of others.
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But isn't this like the third time management went for the fix it all through free agency strategy and failed miserably? They didn't even come close to accomplishing what they wanted and still lack a game winning star. If you put yourself in a position where you have to sign a stud free agent to become a real contender, and you say all along you are going to get a stud free agent, and you don't get a stud free agent, you failed. They shouldn't have put themselves in a situation where they were at the mercy of Lebron James PR concerns.
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Riley didn't have anything to do with it. It was former Olympic teammates making a pact to play together 2 years ago. He had to make it possible for it to happen, and keep Wade in Miami.
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That really is something. Not really. Dodgers are 44-0 when they lead at the end of the 8th inning. Most every team has approximately the same record. Approximately, sure. But perfect futility all season, never once causing some team's closer to blow a save and lose? Do closers never blow saves anymore? Don't know how to look it up but wouldn't be surprised if CUBS were the only team with that distinction in the NL. You can blow a save and still win. And you can blow a save before the 9th inning.
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So if Holland wins, calamari for everyone? Leave the squid out of this.
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Not that it doesn't indicate Miami, but I'd think even if I signed a 120 million dollar deal with the Wolves, I'd want to celebrate on South Beach. Miami in the summer is terrible.
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When I read that earlier first thought was, "Lebron doesn't need to reserve cabanas in advance at the W."
