jersey cubs fan

No, hendry sucked from day one.

Big upset?

Yeah, I really hope baseball switches to leaguewide seeding at some point. Not saying the best teams should automatically win the World Series, but the winningest clubs should at least have the opportunity to play five playoffs games. The NL will have one 90-95 win team eliminated in a crapshoot play-in game, and that's unacceptable. It is entirely acceptable.

Is schwarber around?

Jesus Christ Think you pulled the "call out the overreaction trigger" a bit early. I know it's fun to laugh at the people who make stupid comments but I've seen you call out some iffy comments multiple times. No that's pretty ridiculous and an easy call out. lol ok? How is saying (rephrased) "I hope the offense doesn't continue sucking like this, because Jake doesn't deserve a 1-0 loss" any sort of controversial statement The overreacts that are good to call out are the ones that are obviously emotional responses to bad play. Mine was a lazy "stream of consciousness" post in a game I don't care about all that much. Every call out is a good call out in bukie's eyes.

I mean, its 5pm and the game was just scheduled to start at 5pm late last night. Philly people are going down the shore for what might be the last good weather weekend of the year.

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Shaw in a pure salary dump?

good question. It's been a while. 2009 is last time I can recall specifically: http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN200908290.shtml But I had to have been back since then.

that's fairly common

this series is at wrigley

I don't think hendry was terrible, I know hendry was terrible.

If we want to sweep we will need to depend on an Andy macphailure of imagination by the enemy

You mean......? That's right. 1,822. Actually 1.6363636363636363636363636364

Just glad mark prior isn't here so we don't have to witness the twin towel drills

This is our 9 / 11

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Absolutely freaking not. Hendry sucked balls as a GM. He doesn't deserve credit for leaving some assets. Every team has some assets. Hendry screwed the pooch as GM. He inherited a big budget team with a farm system stacked with pitchers but no hitters (that he was responsible for building), his budget increased every year but he screwed the pooch because of his horrible philosophy and general meatheadedness.

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3rd picture looks identical to me, with the possible exception of angle of bat.

San Juan isn't that close to Philly. Hah, yeah, I haven't lived in Puerto Rico since 2008, Too lazy to update my profile Disco Stu doesn't advertise..., his whereabouts.

Yes, he was incompetent and Theo and Jed are both competent. But the argument at the time was that Theo and Co. should be able to field a competive team then and build toward now. While the delusions of putting together an immediate 90+ game winner thankfully died, the idea of going all in for the likes of Cespedes, Darvish (does he still exist) and Tanaka while still building a top farm system wasn't that far fetched. But also, while nobody can question Hendry's win now methods compromising the then future, was the baron farm system that Theo inherited and quickly spun into gold really the fault of Hendry, so much as Tim Wilken, who was very well respected. I know some of us joke about Hendry's willingness to sacrifice too prospects for junk, but other than Donaldson and Archer, both o whom were apart of trades that virtually everybody applauded at the time, and neither of whom could have been expected to become 2 of the game's elite as quickly as they did. But in terms of post-2003, did Hendry really give up that many top prospects so much as he didn't have many to begin with? And those he broke and/or flopped. And wouldn't that be more the fault of Wilken? Hendry didn't have win now methods or willingness to sacrifice top prospects for junk. Nor was his big problem that he spent too much money. Hendry sucked because he refused to believe that there was a different way to evaluate players and measure productivity than the way he knew from coaching high schoolers in the 80s.

Think there's a decent chance that one game is completely inconsequential in the end and it might not get played at all. Am I crazy or haven't they gone with "it'll get played at the end if it's meaningful" before? You are crazy but I believe that has also happened. Cubs do have an off day Monday, they probably go day/night on Friday.

Yes, he was incompetent and Theo and Jed are both competent.

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