OK, maybe “left” wasn’t the right word. We have ALL seven games still to play with the Nats.

Better?

This is a place to discuss the good and bad, as long as you keep it clean.

when the team is playing poorly. So many people come out of the woodwork to say how crappy the team is and to vent their frustration, without really bringing any real substance.

Again there is a big difference to me regarding people who criticizes the team thoughtfully and people who simply vent.

Could the season be "over" right now? If you’re talking about a World Series and at the very least a trip to the NLCS, yes, absolutely it could be over right now. Could this team right the ship and rip off a prolonged winning stretch that gets them back comfortably in front of this division? Sure. But nearly 50 games into this season, there is a much greater book of evidence to suggest the former rather than the latter. Blind loyalty and winning apologists aside.

My sig on this board used to be a quote from Lou Piniella: “That’s the great thing about baseball. You never know what’s going to happen till you get the final out.”

The Cubs have come back from 5-run deficits before. They’ve come back to win the division from 4 games back before. I don’t see how you can say that you KNOW that these things won’t happen. And THAT’s what bothers me about the ledge-jumpers — they KNOW, without a DOUBT, that the game is over, and the season too — even when they’re wrong.

Someone was on the board friday during the game, and when the Dodgers went up 1-0, they were SURE that the game was over. Said so many times. Come the victory, they were nowhere to be found. That’s the other problem with the jumpers — rarely are they around to celebrate, but they ALWAYS pop up when we lose.

n/t

with Al being the biggest vote, of course.

But the 1st Amendment does not apply here. The 1st Amendment only applies to the government. So the GOVERNMENT can’t tell you what you can and cannot post on BCB. That’s all.

There are a certain amount of people who spend a lot of time there and seem to regard them as their own private little society. Luckily I have plenty of friends in the non-cyber world that I can discuss the Cubs with.

We’ll sign Pujols in 2 years. Bet on it

a back-up catcher.

I predict he’ll be gone within two years and we’ll begin a "Rick Wilkins-type odyssey’ around the majors before hanging it up.

games 1-162. After that, Rami too failed to produce.

I’d love for it to not matter (obviously). But given Aramis’ track record and the way he started off he was going to have an average “Aramis year” worst case scenario.

I like the guy, and thought he would be our catcher for the next 5 years, but holy crap he has sucked this season. He has NO power. .272 Slugging for the season. I’m willing to be given hope, but as of right now I think he is nothing more than an 8 place hitter that mostly gets singles.

I never said you should find it offensive just as you shouldn’t tell others it’s not offensive. I didn’t say it was racist I said it was denigrating. To say he could have called him a “tall Mienkiewicz” is also irrelevant because he didn’t, did he? He has gone out of his way to put players down and throw in remarks about their ethnicity as well, it’s a pattern of obnoxious behavior. If you don’t mind it fine but don’t tell others what they shouldn’t be bothered by. It’s an ignorant remark and there are obviously people here who were offended so saying you weren’t offended is irrelevant to others. Your logic seems to be that I don’t mind it, so, nobody else should. It doesn’t work that way.

minor leaguers never belong in the majors. MLB players just magically appear out of the ether.

but you’re going too far the other way. I was at Thursday’s game and saw Lee hit 3 balls hard to the right center wall, 1 fell for a double. Sori has done something right to be approaching 300 hr’s and have a .280 career average. Blanco definitely belongs in the majors defensively.

So if you ask people to take a realistic look at the Cubs, make sure you are taking one yourself.

Amazing.

doesn’t make it not offensive. BLou has a track-record, and it’s not a good one.

considering offensive is not an option when flagging a comment.

After this and his outburst the other day (dropping a profanity-laced sand comment again), I’d imagine he’s walking a fine line to getting banned once again. His meltdown is coming.

Obviously a number of people assure me it is offensive, so perhaps I was wrong.

nothing to do with the argument and only brings in sentiment that doesn’t need to be here. Speaking as a black man who has actually lived in a black community, i can tell you that it can be offensive. Although I appreciate your vast knowledge of what is and what isn’t an insult in the black community. There are many terms, which I won’t go into, that black people use when describing other black people, that I find offensive. People seem to believe it’s OK if one black person says it to another. I do not. And believe me, if a white person used it it would be considered an insult. BLou says things like that all of the time. He shouts fire in a crowd and wondeers why everyone starts running. It’s silly and we really don’t need to get into these types of discussions here.

As if there is some collective mindset that is unique only to black people. Trust me, there isn’t such a thing. People are people. I have lived in predominantly black populations for a good portion of my life, and I have never heard the term chocolate used to describe another black person; not once. As a matter of fact, when Ray Nagin referred to New Orleans as Chocolate City in the wake of Katrina, I know a lot of people who were offended.

I have however been called whitey and cracker, and it is offensive, it’s not a term of endearment by any stretch. I would take vanilla in the same way.

I’m not trying to come down on you, and I can see that you are reconsidering your viewpoint on this issue. Bringing someone’s race into play, when it is not necessary, is hardly ever an innocent mistake, on the contrary it is meant to derisive.

flagged as inappropriate. It’s not right to personally attack people.

watch out, especially if Lee continues to hit. If the Cubs offense ever clicks into gear (like it was for most of last season), then this team can reel off a significant winning streak or 20 out of 25 wins, as long as the pitching remains strong.

Martin caught the ball and was waiting on Johnson to get to the plate. It was a very poor decision by Johnson to run because the fielder was so shallow. I would also say that Johnson’s only chance to score would have been to run through Martin and hope he dropped the ball but Johnson slid in feet first. Martin had the plate blocked and Johnson had zero chance of sliding in safe. I also think it’s magnified by the fact it was the 3rd out and his team was down by 5 not a smart decision. Unfortunately when a team is struggling offensively base running blunders seem to have more impact.

If the Cubs are playing like crap, you can be sure that 10 new fan posts will be started to discuss that. But not the other way around. So unfortunately I’ve learnd just to avoid BCB during those times.