David

Continue at link... http://sportsworld.nbcsports.com/theo-epstein-cubs-playoffs-in-reach/ EDIT: Apparently Theo is ARCubsfan

Try not to lose to this sack of crap team again, jerks Especially this ugly idiot http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/5181.png&w=350&h=254 dong him into submission like you know you can and should

[tweet] [/tweet] Forgot to post it when it first came out a while back but here's his actual job title. Moratorium on hiring Boston guys is over.

So, I was getting all sappy and remembering Theo's comments about the payoff of following guys up through the minor league system for a few years and then suddenly seeing them be awesome in the big leagues and becoming a national story and all that. (I can't find the quotes, so if someone wants to help me out with that, that'd be cool.) But anyway, before I gave up, I was looking for the quotes in this thread viewtopic.php?f=4&t=61092&start=75&hilit=theo And I noticed we were all freaking out about it taking 5 years (holy [expletive], can you imagine two more years of irrelevance and terribleness?). This was mid 2012. We've had plenty of debate over Theo's time here as to whether we should've gone with this full tear down/rebuild or attempted to do both (which, IMO, presumably would involve, barring some really good luck, some sacrificing of the long term potential and *how* good you could be in x amount of time to at least some extent, in order to get good sooner...) So, basically, my question is if you were back in 2011 and we knew we could be THIS good with this many really talented young players with "only" 3 tanked seasons (one of which - last year - was actually sort of fun by the end) - rather than the five (or more) we were fearing + the understadable uncertainty of whether it'd work out -, would you take that deal? Now that we are where we are, was the tanking (and the fact that it took less of it than we feared) worth it to you, personally, in hindsight?

Just what have I happened upon here? viewtopic.php?f=6&t=12505&p=252854&hilit=nomar#p252854

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We've got a game in like 4 hours so somebody had to do it since sneaky and CT aren't stepping up to the plate. If we lose, #blameCT this stupid idiot http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/33618.png&w=350&h=254 faces off against this fine, albeit goofy looking, gent http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/6480.png&w=350&h=254

Would shawon dunston have had a more productive career had he been converted to a pitcher? Please look at his fangraphs page before you answer.

UGH, stupid Pirates are winning 7-2 already. LOSE SOME GAMES JERKS. Hopefully, we can at least get a Cards loss.

Guess this question is mostly about how many of these guys we think are panning out long term at this point...and to put some perspective to it. I posed it this way so that guys like Palmeiro and Donaldson wouldn't muddy it up. For the longest time, before Starlin, the anecdote was that we hadn't produced a real everyday position player since Grace (Theriot?)...just over the past year there's been Soler, Russell, Bryant, Schwarber...(Baez?)

this thread is a tribute to butters let it be known

Not a lot going on today. Go Nats, I guess? I'm cool with whoever wants to win in St. Louis.

Same as always, you decide what a good is. Past Results (Maddon) May 2015 - 100% Yes (27 votes) Past Results (Rick Renteria) Sept 2014 - 96% Yes (28 votes) August - 93% yes (28 votes) June - 80% yes (30 votes) April - 69% yes (26 votes

Same old. Be consistent, how you define good is up to you. Past results: May 2015 - 100% Yes - 26 votes Post 2014 Trade Deadline - 100% Yes - 47 votes Post-2013 Season - 93% - 29 votes Post-2013 Trade Deadline - 98% - 46 votes Spring Training 2013 - 100% - 40 votes Post-2012 Season - 84% - 31 votes Post-2012 Trade Deadline - 90% Yes - 42 Votes Opening Day 2012 - 87% Yes - 31 Votes

Mets are presently down 2-1 to the Rockies. Nationals (Gonzalez) play at LAD (Anderson) later tonight.

Goony, where'd you get that list of probables that you copied and pasted into the thread a couple days ago?

http://chicagocubsonline.com/archives/2015/08/cubs-reportedly-interested-in-of-sam-fuld.php He's been very bad sooo

Just thought I'd let you guys know.

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this is thread for being afraid that bryant won't ever get better and will never make contact again

lol check out these numbers Career line.. .305/.394/.553 348 RBI in 4 seasons 116 HR Two 10 WAR seasons and an 8 WAR -- Proven Superstar centerfielder ---

where is it? Tennessee Smokies ‏@smokiesbaseball 3m3 minutes ago .@mike_olt juuuuuust misses a HR in his 1st at bat today, knocking a double off the top of the LCF wall! Is 4-for-7 in his rehab assignment!

This learned fellow http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/33173.png&w=350&h=254 faces this moron http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/28638.png&w=350&h=254 #wearegood we will win

http://www.foxsports.com/mlb/just-a-bit-outside/story/playing-baseball-right-way-depends-three-factors-when-who-where-061615 i love rizzo

This hideous doofus http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/33252.png&w=350&h=254 goes up against Dr. K http://a.espncdn.com/combiner/i?img=/i/headshots/mlb/players/full/32042.png&w=350&h=254 and now we have bleachers everywhere!