Now what?
by lemon20pie on Jul 10, 2008 12:44 PM CDT
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It's been awhile and Well it appears that the many on this site are happy about the acquistion of Rich Harden even though when I was screaming at the top of my lungs last off-season that in order for the Cubs to go deep into the playoffs they would need another "top of the rotation guy" and many of you scoffed at it and believed that the Cubs could do it without the addition of a pitcher like Harden and that their "starters ERA" was 3rd in the NL last season and yada yada yada , the most overrated stat out there. and you know who you are. Another very unpopular opinion I had was Rich Hill was terrible and more importantly terribly overrated, ehum. Which is why I never come to this site or any other Cub site anymore: 90% of Cub fans just aren't that baseball smart and I was wasting my baseball knowledge and got tired of the usual suspects playing devils advocate with me because they apparently had nothing else to do but act like Cry babies and toss insults around when they disagreed to one of my many ( since accurate ) predictions (Excluding the DBacks :).
Anyway, I digress. The next thing the Cubs MUST address and very soon is a RH hitter off the bench to replace Cedeno and send Cedeno down to the Minors When Johnson is starting, Ronny the brainfreeze Cedeno is quite possibly the worst #1 RH hitter coming off the bench for any ML team. What RH Middle Infielders out there could possibly be had and would be an upgrade over Cedeno?
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Clearly I am not smart enough to answer
so why ask?
also you might want to look up the definition of never
by madeindetroit on Jul 10, 2008 12:50 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Just read
on the Seattle Times that Richie Sexson was released. There’s your RH power right there. And if you’re lucky then Murphys will run the same promo bars out here had – “Draft beer for Sexson’s BA”. Good deal.
by thegangler on Jul 10, 2008 12:52 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
another Edmonds???
Maybe we could get Richie the same way we have Edmonds. Let other teams pay him a lot of money while we get the benefits. He was a great hitter but something has happened to him. And he would be a nice sub for DLee at first when he needs a rest.
by pickupman21 on Jul 10, 2008 1:19 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Some one is bitter today
Who am I to judge myself.
by brownbuddha on Jul 10, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
A couple of things
Most people, as I remember it, also said that the Cubs needed a front line starter. I know I wasn’t satisfied with Lilly as #2.
Secondly, did you really think that Rich Hill was going to be what he is now? I don’t think anyone could hae predicted that, but everyone knew his was a shakey proposition. At worst, I think most thought he’d be up and down – have good starts followed by bad ones.
As for what the Cubs should do, I say they should go after Bedard. Why not? He’s going on the DL again, but should be back for one or two starts before the trade deadline. He would have to be really cheap, but if the Cubs could get lighting in a bottle from him, think of the possibilities.
Formerly NO100
by jerry morales rules on Jul 10, 2008 12:53 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Well Lemon, you weren't missed-feel free to leave again
“m. Which is why I never come to this site or any other Cub site anymore: 90% of Cub fans just aren’t that baseball smart and I was wasting my baseball knowledge and got tired of the usual suspects playing devils advocate with me because they apparently had nothing else to do but act like Cry babies and toss insults around when they disagreed to one of my many ( since accurate ) predictions (Excluding the DBacks :).”
You should just like Steve Stone
by cubswin on Jul 10, 2008 1:01 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
So you basically came back
And posted a giant “I told you so?”
What a pompus ass.
Kick bricks
"I guess you had some lean years, and didnt have to beat it hard" - Craig Sager
SORIANO WATCH: AVG: .283 15 HR 40 RBI
by Galvan316 on Jul 10, 2008 1:12 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
really?
you wanted to gloat.
don’t hurt yourself patting on your back.
by halfblindcubbiegirl on Jul 10, 2008 1:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
wow.
wanna complain about your mom too?
While I think this rotation is better with a healthy Harden, I still think it was one of the best in the Majors. After all, we have the best record in the league and we’re in first place.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 10, 2008 1:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
No contradiction
You can not think the Cubs needed another front line starter and still be happy that they got one. I don’t see the contradiction.
by Texas Wahoo on Jul 10, 2008 1:20 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, great baseball knowledge you got there
I remember this gem of a fanpost you made at the beginning of the year.
“Cub fans are so annoying. this team is so painfully average,” Lemon20pie.
“The Cubs are the most overrated team out there,” Lemon20pie.
Yeah, you are one hell of a baseball mind there Lemon20pie, give it up.
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 10, 2008 1:28 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
oh, and might I reiterate what cubswin said
you were not missed.
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 10, 2008 1:45 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Many wanted a better #2
and I was never a fan of Hill and his 5 inning performances..
What the Cubs need is more bullpen insurance. Marmol and Howry have been shakey and Wood has a history of injury problems.
SORIANO! YESSSSSSSS! JIMBO!!!
by CubFaninCA on Jul 10, 2008 1:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Wow dude.
I dont know if i can wrap my head around this whole “baseball thing.” its pretty difficult. I mean, you have to be about 6 years old to play baseball afterall…
what a effing brain you have. who would have thought having another ace pitcher would make our rotation better?!? Those baseball smarts of yours are impressive. Who was the big #1 pitcher we should have signed in the offseason… Santana didnt want to come here.
I’ll tell you what, you might wanna work on those people skills. the bob’s would not be pleased.
Also to answer the intellegent part of your post. I agree with you. It would be nice if we could turn Marquis into a solid RH bat. That being said, we can live with what we have… i mean we do have the best offense in baseball even with ONEDEC in the bench role.
by cubbieson44th on Jul 10, 2008 1:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
actually
santana said he would have liked to come here. but hey, we didn’t have the pieces at all – the twins got some really nice young players
other than that, yeah – this was a bit of a nasty post. we all know baseball in different ways, and just as it was unfair for some to call lemon20pie names, its totally unfair for him to come back like this…gosh be civil guys
"I'll play any day. I don't care if I'm 0-for-30, playing baseball is my PASSION. I'll go out and play." - Geo Soto
by CubbyBlues on Jul 10, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
As for "Now what," I don't know...
...except for where I hope it involves you going away again.
by cwyers on Jul 10, 2008 2:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol. lemon20pie came down from the mountaintop with the following written on the baseball scorebook of stone...
The cubs are the most overrated team out there, What a mangled mess of clueless players that only worry about themselves and their stats and have no idea how to approach an ab. Tthey just swing….swing…swing. .... swing what fking joke this team is and anyone who said the Cubs shouldn’t go after Roberts, is the biggest joke, amongst us. Cub fans are annoying.this team is so painfully average
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
by northsider on Jul 10, 2008 6:38 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Hey lemon.
I never saw some of the stuff you wrote previous. (Northsider, thanks for the above quote.) Lemon- you really showed your ignorance with that above post. Cubs fans are annoying? Supposed Cubs fans who trot out their opinions as fact, saying that this team is a joke, with clueless players who only think of themselves are ignorant. I said it. Not annoying. IGNORANT. Please stay away. It’s easy to say stuff like that when you’re not the one in the batters box, playing 162 games a year. Baseball players are freaks of nature. They have to do things that are not comparable to what athletes have to do in any other sport. Use your brain. Anyone with half a brain knew going into this year that this team was way above average. You are painfully ignorant.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 10, 2008 7:13 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
hee-hee
roberts… hahahahaha….
Orioles…
BWAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAA….
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 10, 2008 7:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Like you said
...here, in this post, “talk is cheap.”
It’s easy to remember what you were right about and forget what you were wrong about. It’s called confirmation bias.
Let’s see what else you predicted!
“[Dempster is] gonna suck as a starter”
“Wood is a goner”
“Fukudome… [and] any of the [other] endless rumors, will not be enough to put the Cubs ahead of the DBacks or the Rockies.” (Cubs are currently 10 wins better than the D-Backs and 16 better than the Rockies)
“I just don’t see Soto being able to put up amazing numbers”
“Soto will not win the ROY award”
“Theriot… will prove soon enough how he’s not a regular MLB player”
Here you claim the 2008 Cubs are only 4 wins better than the 2007 Cubs (current pace: 12 games better)
So while it’s impressive that you’re flexible enough to, um, toot your own horn so enthusiastically, let’s just make it clear that you aren’t exactly the Baseball Swami either.
by Wreckard on Jul 10, 2008 2:13 PM CDT reply actions 13 recs
No, he is the greatest baseball mind of all time!
Can’t you see, he is never right! Oh, wait, that’s the exact opposite of a great baseball mind huh? Oops, looks like Lemon has about 20 pies on his face right now.
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 10, 2008 2:16 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
****Hey how did Wreckard make his post green ?
by coral on Jul 11, 2008 5:29 AM CDT up reply actions 5 recs
That's a recommended comment.
You can recommend comments by clicking “actions” beneath any comment.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jul 11, 2008 8:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I'll start by recommending coral's post . . .it will need 4 more
by Shanghai Badger on Jul 11, 2008 9:01 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I did it too.
Two to go.
"That's my opinion and if you don't like it, well, I have others." ~ Groucho Marx
by Al on Jul 11, 2008 10:15 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
cool -- a lovely green
and I should have said “4 total”, not “4 more”
oops
by Shanghai Badger on Jul 11, 2008 10:43 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Game, set, match
Thank you for taking the time for that post.
by rlpete on Jul 10, 2008 2:29 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Great job, glad you took the time.
Just because I don't care doesn't mean I don't understand. - Homer J Simpson
by MikeOxbyg on Jul 10, 2008 2:47 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
LOL
The search function is priceless.
LEMONPIE
LIGHT EM UP
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 10, 2008 5:15 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Thank you, Wreckard
I was going to reply much like many people. I didn’t know exactly what I’d say, but douche bag was likely to be used.
However, your approach is much much better.
Completely. Totally. Owned.
by ScottT on Jul 10, 2008 5:36 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Recommended. Let's turn another one green!
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
by northsider on Jul 10, 2008 6:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
oh, yeah!
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 10, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 10, 2008 7:18 PM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
If I'd known this thread was this good...
...I would have stopped in earlier. lemon20pie, I hereby declare you:
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 10, 2008 10:58 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Wow, lemon. You just got completely owned. Way to not know a damn thing about baseball, chief.
by HereComesASpecialBoy on Jul 11, 2008 8:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I've Been Wrong About Stuff
I thought Dempster would be a mediocre at best starting pitcher. I thought the Cubs should have kept him in the bullpen. There’s also this guy the Cubs got that was released by the Padres that I thought was a washed up, over the hill, has been. What happened with Jim Edmonds? I thought getting Derrek Lee for Hee Seop Choi was a mistake. I felt hiring Lou Piniella instead of Joe Girardi was dumb. I predicted Mark Prior would be the Cubs’ best pitcher since Fergie Jenkins. Well, you can see why no MLB team has contacted me regarding player or manager moves. I’m just some moron who posts on bleedcubbieblue.com.
"The big possum walks late." - Harry Caray
by memphiscub on Jul 10, 2008 2:35 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
How's about those D-Back's!!!!!
Wasting your baseball knowledge? Drinking before noon again?!
Couldn’t help but notice that you posted during a game and not in a game thread- f-ing cowardly troll!!!
You are not missed, appreciated or even hated- you don’t matter.
I’d like to invite you to go away and have intercourse with yourself.
That was fun-
"Baseball is like church- many attend, few understand." ~ Leo Durocher
by The Lip on Jul 10, 2008 3:22 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
"have intercourse with yourself"
LMAO.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 11, 2008 9:24 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I think Ivy Walls
and Blue-Mike should go bowling. The resulting argument would occupy them for years to come.
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 10, 2008 4:48 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Please stay away longer
next time. You have not been missed.
by sue369 on Jul 10, 2008 5:07 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Hi lemon20pie!!! I am always right too! We should go to prom together!
As I've told you before, I never repeat myself.
by santoswoodenlegs on Jul 10, 2008 5:41 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
pooh
tacular
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 10, 2008 7:17 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Lemon, after reading some of your great predictions,
I realize that the only thing you really know about baseball is that the ball is round.
Stay away for a far longer time. You definitely were NOT missed.
by cubswin on Jul 10, 2008 7:36 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
lol-----ouch
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 10, 2008 7:39 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I like how he hasn't responded to a single thing
considering it is his fanpost. I guess, what was he really expecting though? A bunch of praise… lmao!
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 10, 2008 7:43 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
he may not have checked back
otherwise he surely would have deleted it.
Honestly though, not that i agreed with him, his opinions are defentely worth reading
"Hey.....Cubs win!!!" ---Harry
"Swung on belted!!!"---Chip
by Hammer on Jul 10, 2008 7:49 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
... Worth reading for a laugh.
Jimmyeatworld
by Jimmyeatworld on Jul 10, 2008 7:57 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
sort of like how
train wrecks are difficult not to stare at?
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 10, 2008 8:00 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
He'll be back eventually.
Of course, we all probably played right into his hands by giving him so much attention. Still, Wreckard’s pwnage is worth it.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 10, 2008 11:01 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Not only is Lemon20pie
terrible at baseball knowledge, gloating, fanposting, predicting, etc., etc., he’s terrible at sentence structure. Run on sentences, lack of capitals, poor grammar usage, what ever, it is bad.
"Prince Fielder Dies Of Inside-The-Park Homerun" - The Onion
by DTJchris on Jul 10, 2008 11:06 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Alan Trammell: Assistant (to the) Manager
by northsider on Jul 11, 2008 1:48 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
If lemon20pie has a sister...
...I’m pretty sure this is her.
Nanika Ga Okoru!
by dat cubfan daver on Jul 11, 2008 9:28 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
I award you no points...and may God have mercy on your soul.
LOL..Classic!
"Whoever wants to know the heart and mind of America had better learn baseball." - Jacque Barzun
by Bump Bailey on Jul 11, 2008 10:20 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
Simply a troll.
Nothing to see here….move on folks.
"I lof to hit de home ron!"
by Tekboy on Jul 11, 2008 4:01 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
it's too bad there's not a way to "not-rec"
this post. I think you can do it on Slash-dot—“rate” the fanpost…
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 11, 2008 9:19 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
You could flag it as spam
''Listen, losing Soriano is no box of chocolates.'' ~Lou Piniella
by JohnM on Jul 11, 2008 4:35 PM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
technically, it's not spam
but he’s out blue-mike-ing blue-mike. There oughta be an action for that. :P
"We expect to win. We go out to win. So we're just living up to our own expectations." Derrek Lee, 5/29/08
by drewishdrewid on Jul 12, 2008 8:31 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
troll
Evey Hammond: Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici. V: By the power of truth, I, while living, have conquered the universe.
by dtpollitt on Jul 11, 2008 1:21 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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