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Yeah, it wasn't bad, but it could have been a LOT better. I would have preferred something a little less fanboy-ish; I don't know if more critical is the right term, but something that really did try to figure out why a team that great didn't go on to more. This seemed to have a similar tone to the one about the Bills, which I thought was really well done, but this isn't a team that needs praising or vindication. This basically needed the opposite: OK, you guys are great at talking up how great you are, but what happened? If it really was simply Ryan leaving, then this could have just been one of the shorts, if bothering to make it at all. Without having really experienced that era first-hand, I always got the impression that it was McMahon's injuries along with Ditka being a boob and being a boob with the QB position. And maybe some bad luck.
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Plus he didn't necessarily say it was weak. Just weaker than other 30 for 30's. 30 for 30's, overall, are mostly great, so that's not exactly saying it was a pile of crap.
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probably should be second on that list.
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plus i think he was directly trying to call out brandon's post...or posters here or something, when 95% of the posters here weren't even born in 1969.
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Agree 100%. Sad to see Buddy Ryan in a wheelchair and suffering. But always good to see Otis Wilson highlights. CSN did an hour program on the 46 Defense and it also was good. Danny White of the Cowboys said that Otis' hits caused White to have two spinal fusions because of his hits. One quick Buddy Ryan story. The Bears were losing at halftime and Buddy goes over to Wilbur Marshall in the locker room and says: "Why don't you take a shower and sit up there with the rest of the cheerleaders." Marshall was pissed and went out in the second half and destroyed the other team. Funny that some people wallow in a '69 team that never won anything and downplay an '85 World Champion. Odd. who?
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Meh, I didn't watch it, but I'm sooooooo over the 85 Bears as to have almost no interest at all. I never cared at all about the 85 Bears and it was really good
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I know. That's what I said you were saying.
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Hey, looks like maybe he was just one of those guys after all: Japanese baseball is weird. So now your story is that you were referring to his Japanese BABIP? This is befuddling. I'm befuddled. No. He's saying that maybe he is just one of those high BABIP guys since he did it in Japan "too." Thing is he didn't really have a remarkably high BABIP here, but whatever.
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Wrigley Renovations and Related Wrigleyville Stuff
David replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
^ we can now end the robot jokes forever because that one is not going to be topped. it just isn't. don't even try. -
Reminder that the 85 Bears 30 for 30 airs tonight
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Wrigley Renovations and Related Wrigleyville Stuff
David replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20160204/BLOGS04/160209906/wrigley-field-marquee-face-lift-heads-to-chicago-landmarks-commission Was hoping they'd replace that 1980's LED board. -
Like I said, I was just eyeballing his season breakdowns. The split in 2007 alone seems pretty glaring. I get that you don't know anything about prospects, but I have no idea what you're arguing here. Murton was not a beneficiary of an unsustainable BABIP. I don't know what he meant by the glaring split in 2007 either
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A .319 BABIP isn't ridiculous, which is what he had from 05-07 with the Cubs. Seemed like when you break down those seasons he was hitting around a .330-.340 BABIP when he was on. I dunno; seems a bit unsustainable for a guy who didn't project to be a big hitter. .336 was his career high for a season (in the 50 game sample in 05), which isn't outlandishly high. for the most part (and for his career) he was in the low-mid .300s, though.
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A .319 BABIP isn't ridiculous, which is what he had from 05-07 with the Cubs. Yeah his BABIP doesn't look very ridiculous at all
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I wasn't bummed because we got Rich horsefeathering Harden. Great horsefeathering day. You went to his debut, right? When Theriot threw that ball into the OF?
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I remember there was some talk that the Cubs weren't shifting that much last year, which was sorta weird, given Maddon was big on it and we have such a data driven front office (also Sveum was doing it a lot). Thought this was interesting...the data here (flawed in terms of sample, for sure) shows that, while the Pirates shifted over twice as much as the Cubs last year, the Cubs only saved one fewer run as a result of shifting last season. http://wrigleyville.locals.baseballprospectus.com/2016/02/04/some-notes-on-the-cubs-use-of-infield-shifts/ Again, not hard evidence, but the obvious implication would be that we may be better at picking our spots for shifts and that we MIGHT, therefore, be saving runs more often by not shifting in other spots, too, which is pretty cool to think about.
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Apparently, Bowden said the Cubs were one of the 9 teams (not that it's surprising)
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Nothing like some 10 year old memes
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Is there a link for this article that I desperately want to read? Ha there actually is http://tinyurl.com/2fcpre6
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seemed like he got in lou's doghouse with rich hill (who, admittedly, proved to have the yips for years after - i still thought at the time that he was given up on way too soon in 08) and michael barrett
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Harry Caray Documentary on MLB Network 2/2 8PM CT
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Just said new ownership wasn't fond of him, IIRC. Talked about the rumors that he slept with August Busch's wife getting him canned from St. Louis. -
And dunn. never forget dunn.
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Harry Caray Documentary on MLB Network 2/2 8PM CT
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gene and georgetti's? -
Just for shits and giggles, I'm gonna try to lay out a scenario where I could see ranking Russell in our top 5 hitters Rizzo Bryant Heyward Schwarber Russell Soler Montero ok horsefeathers this yeah it's gonna be really hard. great problem to have. kind of crazy that i can't even come up with a scenario where a guy as talented as russell with his pedigree and minor league track record will outhit 3 guys out of our everyday lineup. the main reason is i think soler is gonna be legitimately good offensively. russell still obv way more valuable as a player because of position and defense, but i'm even having a hard time putting him ahead of him on offense alone (even though i did while brainstorming up there). if soler is MEH and zobrist kinda shows a little decline, i guess i could see russell having good enough of a year at the plate to be ahead of those two and montero.
