SouthSideRyan
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I'm going to be in NYC for it. Depending on my schedule I'll either be at the Cubs bar by myself(in which case I'll be real hungover on Thursday) or out with my boss in which case I'll have to not be a total spaz about the game
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As someone who trended towards Kyle's side on THE PLAN, and isn't as negative towards him as most...I have no Earthly idea what his issue was with the previous 3 years (other than the obvious endless losing) based on his stance in this thread..
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We've got our all-world mega-ace going in the WC game. How'd we get him again? By going huge on a free agent in the offseason, or by spreading it around on lots of pitching bets? do we really want to spend any time whatsoever from this little window of cheap offensive production we've constructed for ourselves hoping to get lucky on a bunch of small pitcher bets? This isn't online poker It's pitching. You're hoping to get lucky no matter what you do. I'd rather bet on two great pitchers and 10 OK ones than 3 great pitchers and 6 OK ones. That seems like an awful [expletive] bet.
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We've got our all-world mega-ace going in the WC game. How'd we get him again? By going huge on a free agent in the offseason, or by spreading it around on lots of pitching bets? We also saw what happened when we signed Edwin Jackson to a 4 year deal, so hopefully we can dump Lester and replace him with Jeremy Hellickson and Mike Montgomery.
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I kind of don't want 1/3rd of our payroll in 2017 tied up in a pair of 33-year-old pitchers. I don't want to be pondering a bullpen game in the 2016 playoffs. Exactly. So let's fix the pitching depth this offseason. Yes, more Jason Hammels, who we are pondering skipping for a bullpen game.
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I kind of don't want 1/3rd of our payroll in 2017 tied up in a pair of 33-year-old pitchers. I don't want to be pondering a bullpen game in the 2016 playoffs.
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I don't know if I could be friends with a Cardinal fan. It might be a litmus test for me. He'd have to have a great personality. Personality goes a long way. He'd have to be one charming mother [expletive] Cardinal's fan. I mean he'd have to be 10 times more charming Jon Hamm. I've DATED Cardinals fans. Never in October though, come to think of it.
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I really don't understand how somebody could look at our current situation, and say nah, let's stay out of the David Price derby, and sign multiple Jason Hammels.
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You're going to *love* me whenever we go out in the playoffs. I'm setting up an emergency mod protocol for such a scenario. I remember last time I compared us being excited about making the playoffs to my cat being excited when I bring home burgers. Then I spent an entire offseason telling everyone I was trying to be a Cardinals fan. WHY ARE YOU REMINISCING ABOUT THIS
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You're going to *love* me whenever we go out in the playoffs. I'm setting up an emergency mod protocol for such a scenario. Citizen's banning
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i'd say he's right more often than most and he has a lot of knowledge of baseball and the things he's talking about even if he doesn't know stuff like what hand mike minor throws with or which one is paul blackburn and which is duane underwood. Mojo would kindly request you stop making people up.
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It's nice to be incorporated but it's incorporate to be nice. Burst out laughing on a conference call.
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Todd sure comes off as creepy.
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And we're pitching Jake Arrieta and they're not.
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It makes perfect sense to extend the benefit of the doubt to our FO at this point. Why people are giving the benefit of the doubt to ownership when it comes to finances is rather baffling.
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Seeing as the team is owned by the Family, they should really be slotted in at 14 no?
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Sure. But the only reason it's fun to laugh at *them* and not the millions of other idiots is because they disagreed with you on a specific subject. Just like the only reason it's fun to post stats stripped of context is because they vaguely allude to a real point I like to argue. Most of them showed a fundamental lack of understanding of well, anything.
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Translated: He keeps giving me fake phone numbers and calling me a weirdo to Jed when I'm within earshot.
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Maybe I'm remembering incorrectly, but I thought Wood was quoted earlier this year saying that the club should welcome Sosa back. I stand corrected if true. There's not really that many people left in the organization that would have been personally upset with Sosa. Crane Kenney is the most prominent person I can think of still with the Cubs but I'm sure I'm missing someone. It's pretty clearly a directive from metaball Ricketts
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September Other Games Thread
SouthSideRyan replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Meatball manager rule book says you can't get a save at home tied after the 8th, so it's ok to pitch your closer right away. On the road you wait until you have a lead to save or you lose with your worst pitcher on the mound -
September Other Games Thread
SouthSideRyan replied to Little Slide Rooter's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Fantasy championship? -
That was probably more satisfying
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Don't spare Bielolema like this
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Home games 1 and 2 would be games 3 and 4 of the NLDS
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Yeah it was a fluky TD but I think Kingsbury completely blew this by going away from their offense with 4 minutes left
