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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Ok. See, unlike you, I can use actual facts when debating. Here is why you are wrong: Lou Piniella's approximate Cubs managerial record: 311-276 (.529 win pct), with 2 playoff appearances A worse manager? Of the long list of managers I could name, let's go with Jim Riggleman: 374-419 (.472 win pct) with 1 playoff appearance. Ok. Your turn. How many teams managed by Jim Riggleman had a week as bad as Lou's team??
  2. SouthSideRyan
    I want to trade Silva in the offseason, so shutting him down now would not be helping the trade value.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    I have to give credit to TT for making me smile during this conversation picturing Erik with Kurkijan's goofy ass smile on his face on the verge of orgasm with every stat he rattles off
  4. SouthSideRyan
    On a walk-off but ONLY AGAINST THE CUBS!!! Also, #8 hitters have hit 500 this week against the Cubs, find me a team who's done worse!
  5. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah but how many teams had a cycle end on a walk-off hit??? Mull that one over for a while Bob
  6. SouthSideRyan
    Erik perhaps if you weren't saying "ONLY THE CUBS" after losses in August of '08, people would pay attention to you. You're naming ridiculously specific events, which similar stuff could be brought up about virtually every other team in baseball, both on the positive and negative side.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    Ok, that was clearly tongue in cheek
  8. SouthSideRyan
    Hawks have an awful lot of bandwagon fans at the moment. That I can understand, but I've seen people who've played hockey much of their lives saying this. Like Jersey, I'm far from an expert at hockey, but this just seems like common sense. It's people falling in love with what happened in the playoffs, and thinking that Byfuglien and Niemi were the reason this team was so good.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    I've seen multiple people on facebook claim the Hawks won't make the playoffs. I guess I assumed since hockey had less fans than the other big 3 that there weren't as many morons, but maybe not
  10. SouthSideRyan
    And how long does that go on? I don't want to be the Yankees trotting out Bob Shepard's corpse after he's gone. I really don't care much one way or another about the stretch, but I think it'd be pretty absurd to have a guy who's been dead for 60 years "leading" the crowd in the seventh inning stretch.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    Nah, Erik's got me pegged. I'm pretty sure the Cubs are coming back to win the whole thing. GO CUBS GO!! Let's get drunk in the bleachers!!! When's Sammy up to bat?
  12. SouthSideRyan
    Considering only one of the stats you mentioned had the Cubs as the leader, doesn't that disprove your Only The Cubs, woe is me [expletive]?
  13. SouthSideRyan
    I've multiple times seen it referred to as "the dreaded vote of confidence" by media members. They understand it's a nothing term.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    I'm thinking media members, not fans. And it's not so much being upset about firing Hendry, but more finding out why he gave the vote of confidence and then fired him. This happens virtually every year across every sport, and you never hear a peep about it from the media. Nobody cares
  15. SouthSideRyan
    That makes it sound like they're not going straight geographically for football. I don't like it.
  16. SouthSideRyan
    Again. Poops himself in public again.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Picking nits, but Soriano's performance is only poor relative to his contract. He's had one below average year, and that was when he played the season on one leg.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    It's too late now, but I can't see the logice in keeping Shiancoe
  19. SouthSideRyan
    They wanted 4 million at the hearing while the Hawks just signed a goalie with comparable (in some cases) better numbers for 1.3 million. How is that overvalue? If I had to bet, he's going to sign for less per year than 2.75 otherwise I think the Hawks would have signed and traded him at that number. Whatever teams that are interested in him have to believe they can do better than that number. The market on goalie's contracts is down. They offered 4M at the hearing, it didn't mean they were expecting it. You seem to think he should've signed with the Hawks for 2M. If he gets more than that on the open market then the agent played it right. (financially speaking)
  20. SouthSideRyan
    I'd imagine Niemi gets more than the 2M the Hawks offered, so I don't see how his agent overvalued him.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    No their player development was terrible up until about 3 years ago. Partially a function of ownership refusing to spend on the draft, and partially a function of Ed Creech having manure for brains
  22. SouthSideRyan
    Just because he was a short white guy doesn't mean he had lesser talents and got the most out of what he had. You risk arbitration with Lilly because he's going to be 35 and this is his last shot at a multi-year deal. He's not taking a 1 year contract to add more wear on his arm, and be another year older as he looks for one last payday.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Lilly would win arbitration if the team offered 9.6M, and then the team has Lilly for 15M for one year, which isn't bad, but if you don't have it in your budget to drop 15M on a pitcher, it really messes things up.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Frostwyrm is laughing maniacally at you all from his secluded cabin in Montana
  25. SouthSideRyan
    Most fans are that stupid.
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