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  1. jumbo
    Don't be an idiot Take your own advice. Go away
  2. jumbo
    That's how it works when you're on a board full of people that want the Cubs to win. I just hate the super overreactionary stuff. It's terrible and annoying when Ski and Rondon Fan do it in the regular season and it's annoying now. I get people are frustrated. I'm frustrated also. But the posts that are suggesting the ump is singlehandedly costing the Cubs the game are ridiculous and wrong. Just because the ump blows a call or two doesn't mean that he's the worst ump ever. And just because he blows one call doesn't mean he's blowing every close pitch. You can't tell what's a strike on the screen because of the angle. People have pointed out in previous games and in this one that FOX's zone on the screen sometimes sucks (like the one where the top of the zone was clearly below the batter's belt). Barely anyone has given Kluber any sort of credit for pitching a great game, which is what he's done. And barely anyone has acknowledged that Lester is a bit off tonight. Kluber is amazing tonight, but he is clearlt getting a generous zone. I don't know how you don't realize that you're being a contrarian prick. horsefeathers off and go post on a white sox board.
  3. jumbo
    Guyer can't believe it - welcome to the game, pal
  4. jumbo
    Game 6 I made sure to the exact same thing. Tomorrow my liver gets a rest, but Tuesday it's back on. #quoting myself
  5. jumbo
    If I knew how, I would have done one with Zoidberg from Futurama
  6. jumbo
    Game 4 I came home and had my last beer. Then I switched over to scotch. Eventually the Cubs were way ahead and I fell asleep in the 8th or 9th. Game 5 I made sure to do the exact same thing. Tonight my liver gets a break, but tomorrow it's back on.
  7. jumbo
    holy horsefeathers
  8. jumbo
    ha ha
  9. jumbo
    Gotta be Lester if this one holds
  10. jumbo
    ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!
  11. jumbo
    Who's this 6th grader batting against Chapman?
  12. jumbo
    I'm fine with baseball being fun but it's the playoffs. Every run matters. Unlikely Baez scores from 2nd on the single to left field. I see your point, though
  13. jumbo
    same Oh, and eat a dick, costas I want Strop to pitch tonight and then whip Bob's ass
  14. jumbo
    Died for me for a couple minutes also. Got the SQL error. same Oh, and eat a dick, costas
  15. jumbo
    Died for me for a couple minutes also. Got the SQL error. same
  16. jumbo

    Golf thread

    jumbo replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports

    I am addicted to golf but have difficulty getting time away from my wife and kids to play. My wife wants me to teach my kids to play. My daughter is left handed but plays field hockey right handed so I'm not sure how to approach teaching her to play. My youngest son is 7 and I'm not sure if that's too young. based on baseball, he's pretty coachable but he gets frustrated easily. He's right handed but bats lefty. Teaching the kids to play would allow me to play more but I'm not sure how much I'd enjoy that. My oldest is 6 and teaching her how to play now would be nearly impossible. It makes me think that Earl Woods must have been a sociopath. I would try to get your daughter to play right handed if only for equipment availability. I'm planning to try to play with my kids and get them lessons so we can just play together.
  17. jumbo

    Golf thread

    jumbo replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports

    I am addicted to golf but have difficulty getting time away from my wife and kids to play.
  18. jumbo
    Huh? Why would they do that when they are the only network in the country broadcasting the game? Yeah, I'm not sure jumbo realizes those blackouts don't apply when the local RSNs don't have the game. Thanks, guys.
  19. jumbo
    FS1 has UFC stuffs that night so I imagine that's the problem. Maybe MLB shot down being on FS2? MLBN always gets a couple of playoff games regardless of whatever else is going on. They did last year too but both of them were AL games. No way they blackout the playoffs, right?
  20. jumbo
    I actually kind of am. My niece, my nephew who both would be bummed if I didn't go. Have friends from different circles coming, plus a girl I invited who is really excited to go. I'd be a lame friend and a horsefeathers uncle if I bailed. Congrats on the sex [bbvideo=560,315]https://giphy.com/gifs/l0HluN8PywCl6Hckg/html5[/bbvideo]
  21. jumbo
    One addition in bold
  22. jumbo
    If there is one encouranging thing about Pace's drafting, its been his picks outside the first round, as well as UDFAs. But you can't swing and miss on multiple top ten picks. Not that its too late for them to turn it around, but eaely returns are not promising, and there was plenty or criticism at the time so its not just 20/20 second guessing. Regarding his coaching pick. Yea, he went safe. Pro personnel? He did a good job at his two ILB pickups. Outside of that... pretty meh over both years. Isn't that basically the exact same flaw as Angelo? Good with late round picks, terrible with high picks. My memory of Angelo was that he would zero in on a player, then during his media sessions tell people that they had intelligence that the player would be gone before their next pick, so they pulled the trigger to get the guy they wanted. I'm sure other FO's picked up on this and gamed him for years, laughing at him taking players 1-2 rounds early (or at all in some cases).
  23. jumbo
    Man, you are sofa are observant. I didn't notice either the first time through
  24. jumbo
    It came from a nickname for young, promising players. So technically it started as species non-specific, but I think the bear connection has been pretty well established retroactively. Because I'm a Cubs/Bears pyscho, my in-laws bought me a book on George Halas. In it, the claim is made that he named the football franchise the Bears because that was a grown-up version of the Cubs baseball squad. Maybe wrong, maybe right. Halas was a University of Illinois graduate, which is the motivation for the Bears colors being blue and orange. The more you know (rainbow rainbow rainbow)
  25. jumbo
    One game at a time, Ding Dong
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