David

i mean, with regard to whatever team you're a fan of, yeah, but that's a given. i basically just try to approach it as being excited about having the dice roll and seeing what happens rather than having expectations going in. it's hard not to, though, with how consistently well this team has performed for the most part. emotionally, though, i kinda am expecting it to happen this year, which i can't help. a roll of the dice? Teams that just squeak into the wild card should be feeling lucky they get one more roll of the dice in the playoffs. Good teams that win their division should feel good heading into the playoffs, but know it's going to be a battle every series. The Cubs have a laughable run differential and are by far the best team in baseball. That doesn't guarantee anything and no one should be totally shocked if [expletive] happens and we lose. But acting like we aren't in a meaningfully better position than every other team (barring some freak injury in the next 2 months) is just as stupid as acting like they should just hand us the trophy b/c we're so much better than everyone else. If you're trying to protect yourself by tempering expectations, that's cool. But a [expletive] dice roll? yes, a dice roll. it is fact. weighted, yes, but in a way that doesn't really change the fact that we're overwhelmingly likely to lose. do we really have to revisit this topic every year? having an 80% (as low as 70% if you REALLY want to be generous about how meaningful the talent gap is) of losing is far from "that doesn't guarantee anything and nobody should be shocked if horsefeathers happens." that's a huge understatement.

they had smooth trails...what about the cumberland gap?

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ha, that's practically the same analysis TT just did. worth noting that only 3 of the teams (2 WS winners) listed were in the wild card era. still as encouraging as any anecdote, though.

Well, yeah, but this guy is also a dongsmith so we're on board right? So he's Matt Bush? what the hell

stupidest thing to bother thinking about? nah. it actually should be the main thing anyone thinks about when it comes to the mlb playoffs, lol. wtf? the main thing? No No it should not. It should be in the back of your head as a reminder to not get carried away, or react to negatively to a loss. But the main thing is thinking about the team playing and hopefully winning. i mean, with regard to whatever team you're a fan of, yeah, but that's a given. i basically just try to approach it as being excited about having the dice roll and seeing what happens rather than having expectations going in. it's hard not to, though, with how consistently well this team has performed for the most part. emotionally, though, i kinda am expecting it to happen this year, which i can't help.

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But there are 7 of them and one Shaq and only one can do it, so it's still considerably more likely that one of the other 7 does it. this is the stupidest [expletive] to even bother thinking about. Yes robot, the field has better odds than any one individual team, the same as every sport every year. stupidest thing to bother thinking about? nah. it actually should be the main thing anyone thinks about when it comes to the mlb playoffs, lol. wtf?

True. But its also like putting Shaq on the line, hoping he's hitting 3 straight. But way worse free throw shooters are trying to make theirs too. But there are 7 of them and one Shaq and only one can do it, so it's still considerably more likely that one of the other 7 does it.

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i was sure the timmons/bullett platoon was gonna do great things

This is from last year...https://www.profootballfocus.com/josh-sitton-complete-right-guard/ This is from this offseason https://www.profootballfocus.com/pro-should-packers-spend-on-josh-sitton-t-j-lang-or-david-bakhtiari/ So maybe he won't be as great as he has been but it has to be seen as a significant upgrade, regardless.

nah http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3257805#post3257805 to be fair, most in that thread were ridiculing hawk for the comment, though I had only really checked that site out for specific game threads, and looking over it more recently that place is really, really weird. Like, disconcertingly so. There's a wide swath of posters there that just have these bizarre opinions about the Cubs and Cubs fans that flat-out sound like some kind of paranoia. It's very odd. yep i think you have to have a log in to look at game threads, and the one i had got banned years ago for just posting "he gone" when crede struck out in a big spot against the cubs in like 08 or 07. last time i tried signing up i couldn't get approved.

i mentioned this earlier, but if you look at the FG playoff odds using "season to date stats" mode, the cubs are all the way up to 27.2%

fixed that for you don't put any tags on it

I hope he has been thoroughly mocked and shamed for that nah http://www.whitesoxinteractive.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=3257805#post3257805 to be fair, most in that thread were ridiculing hawk for the comment, though

holy horsefeathers! this guy is a mod at WSI. what horsefeathering alternate universe is he living in? holy horsefeathers the delusion/misinformation here.

Come on. It's #10. Everyone knows that's Santo. MAYBE a little Durham on the side, but that's set. thatsthejoke.jpg

i've got my bruce kimm pics ready to go

the babip game

this is going to be an RD game in no time

hahahahahahaha

what the hell is going on lmao

i keep thinking it's way later than it is because of how early this game started

soler going oppo for anything but a dong is weird