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  1. I'm Jerk Store... 6 teams make the playoffs.
  2. They looked to have been playing pretty crappily when they got swept at the Cell.
  3. The worst loss of the season? I'm honestly not sure what that means, but if there were any rankings, this would not be it.
  4. Seriously? You gave up that easy? QUITTER! j/k
  5. If I remember, I'll contribute too. Actually, I probably won't be here for playoff game threads.... they would drive me absolutely nuts and I'll probably be sitting on a friend's couch or at a bar or something.
  6. but it would also be because of the other 60 some-odd losses.
  7. OK, I'm being a bit harsh. They could miss out on winning the division and home field because of this game. That has about a 10% chance of happening.
  8. Ignorant was a poor choice of wording, as it was meant to criticize the opinion, not the person, so I apologize for that if you took that against you personally. However, this game individually doesn't matter...any more than any other game. And if we miss the playoffs, that's still true. At the end of the season, I promise you, we'll barely remember this game if we lose the division. There will be so much more heartbreak between now and then you'll look back on 2003 fondly. You didn't say "this game doesn't matter more than others". You said it doesn't matter. Pretty big difference. And I'm not talking about how we'll feel about this loss if we blow it. I'm just saying it will have mattered. It matters in your scenario that has about a 1% chance of happening. Literally.
  9. To put it another way, I'm not going to spend any more time worrying about the Cubs missing the playoffs than I will hoping they come back to win this game.
  10. That won't be happening. I would kill to be able to bet my life savings and all debt I could possibly take on on a 98% shot (without getting horrendous odds, obviously).
  11. I wanted to jump off a ledge after every loss that year. But I was 12.
  12. I wonder if there were Bulls fans in like 95-96, when they were around 30-3, terrified that they would lose the next 48 games and miss the playoffs. Especially after that damn loss to the expansion Raptors. YOU CANT LOSE TO THOSE TEAMS, NOT IF YOU'RE REALLY THE BEST TEAM EVER. DAMON STOUDAMIRE MY ASS
  13. And this thread is annoying even with that ratio. God could you imagine what it would be if the ratio was reversed? There might be a suicide pact or something. that'd certainly improve the quality of future game threads to have the only two non-crazies dead and a game thread full of unbridled insanity?
  14. It's funny how UM has gone from being one of the 2 to one of the 10....
  15. And this thread is annoying even with that ratio. God could you imagine what it would be if the ratio was reversed? There might be a suicide pact or something. :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
  16. This only counts for one loss. Sweet.
  17. Maybe they're expecting a 90's Bulls team, the kind of team that loses 10 games in 6 months. Good point...
  18. Good point.. Fangraphs doesn't. Wish it did. Probably wouldn't make a huge difference, though.
  19. Seriously, some people have a terrible idea of how to handle rooting for a winning team. Weren't any of you guys Bulls fans in the 90s? Jeez.
  20. Looks like Accuscore had it as a 30% chance of Nationals victory. Much better odds than 0.8% chance of not making the playoffs. It was like 80% when we had the 4-0 lead. FWIW... 20% is still a crapload bigger than .8%
  21. At the end of the year, are you gonna care? If it costs us the division I will If we lose the division, it's not going to be this game that's the cause. It's gonna be the 18 more that we lose down the stretch. If we lose the division by 1 game, splitting the season series vs the worst team in baseball will have had nothig to do with it? Interesting logic. Seriously? How about the epic collapse it would take to actually blow a playoff spot.... And, honestly, we've won 3 or 4 games this year that we had no business winning. Accept the damn losses and be done with it. It's 162 games and it's baseball for eff's sake.
  22. I feel like I'm in a timewarp and we're facing the 2003 Reds
  23. and i never undersand how grown (?) men (?) literally act like five year olds denied a lollipop when their first place, slam dunk to make the playoffs baseball team gets behind 6-4 in the sixth inning of a virtually meaningless baseball game. yet it happens. We're not a slam dunk to make the playoffs, but okay. looooooool It's highly likely, but nothing is a slam dunk. I'm not even sure slam dunks go in 98% of the time...
  24. I think the idea is given a decent lead, pitchers should just throw strikes and pitch to contact... but I'm not really sure that Marquis can throw strikes consistently even if he wants to.
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