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  1. UMFan83
    VORP: Roberts 50.6 DeRosa 35.7 (BTW, Roberts VORP was higher than anyone on the Cubs) EqA Roberts .295 DeRosa .291 Roberts was a better player than DeRosa (in his career year), as well as younger and only slightly more expensive. I didn't post this to bag on DeRosa, he had a really nice year and I like him as a player and person, but anyone who says that he outperformed Roberts is just wrong.
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    They had a deal in place to trade him to the Red Sox, but he veto'd it saying he loves living in SoCal
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    I read that too. It kinda makes sense. I would take our 1-15 over anyone in the nl's though i think
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    Theres crapshoot and theres winning 97 regular season games and then leading for 2 innings of an entire playoff series while scoring a grand total of 6 runs. If we even play a competitive game in this series, I would look at the team more fondly. We got pantsed by a team that we statistically dominated. If we lose 3-1 or 3-2 then yeah, oh well crapshoot. What happened shouldn't have.
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    I totally agree. They'll sell out the season again. What I do think we'll see is a heightened sense of... not sure what the word is, maybe fickleness or impatience or intolerance for non-success. I think the boo's are going to come out much quicker and the team, especially certain player (Soriano) are going to have very short leashes in the fans' minds. Yeah, I don't think Wrigley is going to be a fun place for the home team to play at next year. I could be wrong though. The fans mentality right now won't be the same as their mentality 6 months from now. I cant believe there is 6 months until the next Cubs game. This is such a cruel sport.
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    Unfortunately it is better. We won 0 games in October, and they've won 1 and counting. I hate to admit it, but its completely true. It's completely untrue. People used to celebrate division championships. People used to be proud of a great regular season. Don't let TV convince you that this team wasn't special and didn't accomplish something. We accomplished something sure. I'll look back at the regular season fondly. But the White Sox have accomplished more in their season, having won more postseason games than the Cubs did.
  7. UMFan83
    Unfortunately it is better. We won 0 games in October, and they've won 1 and counting. I hate to admit it, but its completely true.
  8. UMFan83
    The worst part is WS Champion drought: 1st (100 years) NL Champion drought: 1st (63) Playoff win drought: 10th (2003)
  9. UMFan83
    Braun and Fielder
  10. UMFan83
    Someone want to add it all up?
  11. UMFan83
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=jackson/081006&sportCat=mlb I guess we are racist AND fickle now. Oh and we have potty mouths....
  12. UMFan83
    This is probably the writer speculating but still. Can't everyone see the Cubs landing Sabathia, and then his arm going out from overuse with the Brewers and him pitching 20 games for us over 4 years?
  13. UMFan83
    Screw this team for already trying to toy with my emotions. I'm not ready for the hot stove yet. Try me in February.
  14. UMFan83
    I was just about to make this thread. Should be a good test for our run D, who everyone is praising right now.
  15. UMFan83
    Yeah, Matt Ryan doesn't need to move the offense...Norwood and Turner do.
  16. UMFan83
    My disapointment order: 2003 2008 2004 2007 2001 1998
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    I'm actually optimistic. We are 2 Greg Olsen fumbles and a late game defensive lapse from being 5-0 with wins over the Colts, Panthers, Bucs, Eagles and Lions.
  19. UMFan83
    Who cares if he's right? He shouldn't be saying it. Especially after consecutive bad postseasons.
  20. UMFan83
    ^^ If people thought the pessimism and realism on the board was bad during the Cubs season, I can only imagine how bad it will be next year after this Cubs collapse
  21. UMFan83
    And except for today they've been doing it against real competition. This year is looking like a very pleasant surprise. Maybe last year was an aberration rather than the start of a decline. I don't know if you can compare last year to think year in terms of offense at least QB: Grossman - Orton WR: Berrian/Muhammad - Lloyd/Hester? RB: Benson - Forte OL - Miller/Brown - Beekman/St. Clair Thats 6 of the 11 offensive players, with only Kreutz, Tait, Garza, McKie, and Clark staying constant.
  22. UMFan83
    I actually feel worse today than I did yesterday. It feels like breaking up with a girl. There are little signs and stuff throughout my day that remind me of times I was happy with the Cubs and full of unbridled hope.
  23. UMFan83
    For an offense we all expected to be putrid, the Bears have scored the 6th most points in the NFL.
  24. UMFan83
    by adding $13m to the roster and replacing most of the expiring contracts with minimum salary players? i'm not sure that checks out. Zambrano gets a 2.75M raise Ramirez gets a 1.65M raise Soriano gets a 3M raise Lilly gets a 5M raise Fukudome gets a 5.5M raise Marquis gets a 3.5M raise DeRosa gets a 750K raise Harden will get a 3.5M raise if option is picked up Gaudin will probably get a 1M raise in arbitration Thats 25.65M in salary added right there
  25. UMFan83
    ^ You are looking at like a $160-170 million payroll, which would be a 40-50 million raise from last year, all commited during a time of ownership change.
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