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  1. David
    wow What? You know... they're going to lose a lot of games this year. Even if they're really, really good. And they're going to look pretty bad in most of those. But I'm glad that 3 games have given you enough evidence to conclude that this team will win 78 games. I wish I had that kind of clairvoyance.
  2. David
    Before I bite, that's sarcasm, right? Nevermind, I just saw that you were the one who said we needed a new catcher earlier. You're right, we should get rid of one of the best hitting catchers in the league. That's a bad thing. Get me one of the Molinas, plz. At least we'd be able to hit Z 8th in those games.
  3. David
    You know.... we're gonna win 60 and lose 60. Not sure what'll happen in the other 42 (or even this one), but I'll wait a while before freaking out.
  4. David
    Yea, I mean... he brings FIRE! and INTENSITY!
  5. David
    Ugh, pinch running, SB attempts, big leadoffs, bad baserunning. I don't like this crap.
  6. David
    Especially with Lee coming up. It really, really would blow.
  7. David
    I wouldn't lose any sleep if the Cubs didn't attempt another steal all season (or even take a significant lead off).
  8. David
    There's a freeview? until the 8th, yep Is it just for this week, or when does it end? Am I missing some joke here?
  9. David
    MARK!!!!
  10. David
    Nice.
  11. David
    CPatt? I thought that was Tuffy Rhodes. http://www.baseball-almanac.com/box-scores/boxscore.php?boxid=200303310NYN Sorry. I meant 324, although he might've been on pace for more than 486 at some point during that game.
  12. David
    Remember when CPatt was on pace to hit 486 home runs?
  13. David
    EDIT - n/m I'm a moron.
  14. David
    Northerly Island?? thats too close to the sox and traffic would be a pain in the arse like after bears games. imagine a cubs game and bears game going on at the same time :!: Yea, but that would happen what, maybe one or two times a year, maybe three if the Cubs are in the playoffs?
  15. David
    Northerly Island?? There were already buildings there. Hell, there was an airport there. I think the law means that no new land can be used for buildings. They can't take away part of a park or beach to build something new. They can probably tear down and rebuild where the buildings already existed though. Right. I was just suggesting it as a possible spot for my fantasy park. ;)
  16. David
    Northerly Island??
  17. David
    Yes. And I'd love it even more on the lakefront...but we've been down this road before.
  18. David
    There's a perception that Daley, a notorious Sox fan, gives the Cubs a hard time when it comes to getting things that need his approval and such done through the city.
  19. David
    Until you actually show me an example of it happening, I consider it a pretty big stretch to surmise that not getting along (even to an extreme) would cause players to hit or pitch less effectively than they normally would. You would think that in 100+ years of MLB history, you could come up with at least a few examples of the effect that you're suggesting (which, admittedly, a lot of other people also believe in).
  20. David
    I could've sworn that team went to a World Series. ;) Yes, but look at the fallout the next season with Kent gone. If you had an entire team full of altercations like that it wouldn't be something easily overcome. Or more of the Sammy Sosa boombox things going on. Egos can play a lot in all sports, baseball included. Did it really matter on the field? The next year they won 93 games and won their division. And the Cubs with Alou's crazy antics and Sosa's boombox were a much better team in 2004 than without them in 2005. But look at it on a large scale. We're talking about isolated examples. Image that kind of a fireworks display all year long with huge egos and pouty stars. I don't think there would be the ability to overcome it despite their talent. I understand what you're saying. I'm just not seeing real world evidence to prove your point. Show me a case of chemistry actually trumping talent like you're suggesting. Just one. I'm not even trying to be argumentative, I'd just like to see some evidence. EDIT - Also, you're citing extreme cases of players not getting along, like Bonds/Kent, where they were literally at each other's throats. In most cases, even when teammates don't like one another, they can tolerate each other.
  21. David
    I'll go ahead and pin this one on nurture over nature. We'll have to see some twin studies and adoption studies to get a look at the whole genetic thing.
  22. David
    I could've sworn that team went to a World Series. ;) Yes, but look at the fallout the next season with Kent gone. If you had an entire team full of altercations like that it wouldn't be something easily overcome. Or more of the Sammy Sosa boombox things going on. Egos can play a lot in all sports, baseball included. Did it really matter on the field? The next year they won 93 games and won their division. And the Cubs with Alou's crazy antics and Sosa's boombox were a much better team in 2004 than without them in 2005.
  23. David
    I could've sworn that team went to a World Series. ;)
  24. David
    I don't see that "fantasy baseball" mindset as nearly as much of a cause for concern in baseball as it would be in football or basketball. Baseball isn't really a team game in the way that other team sports are, where, a lot of times, the whole is greater than the sum of the parts. It's more of a bunch of individual outcomes adding up to an overall team result. One individual's success doesn't take away another's opportunity for success (unless you're worried about RBIs, but that's a whole separate argument), in fact, on offense, for instance, not making an out creates more opportunities for success. It's not like basketball where a selfish player could hurt the team, or football where each player on the field has a specialized role. I think I'm just stating the obvious here, but my point, more or less, is that I don't see the so-called fantasy baseball approach as one that would be all that bad in baseball. You could take a top five player at every position and take no regard to how these players would work together, and you'd likely have the best team in baseball, or close to it. /non-angry rant
  25. David
    I'm from Chicago (well, suburbs) and I wouldn't mind a new stadium, assuming it's done right, at all. It could go either way.
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