What an exciting game!
by Worf on May 14, 2010 4:23 PM CDT
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I had the day off and got to enjoy the game with Little Andre Santo Sandberg Neifi Aaron Miles Worfington. I was telling him, as he kept trying to cram toy after toy into his mouth, that such baseball games are a treat.
You had two evenly matched teams going at it and giving it their all. That's what makes baseball, and sports, great, really. You can watch two high school teams, or D-III teams, and get a good game, so long as they are evenly matched and motivated.
I am a diehard Cubs fan, but I have to say, if the Cubs and Pirates played all 162 games against each other, I think they would both finish 81-81. They are that evenly matched.
Yes, it looks like the Pirates will get the Cubs today, but it was close, and that's a moral victory.
What's that, son? The Cubs should expect MORE than being evenly matched with the Pirates? With our payroll and theirs, we should be beating them?
Why, that's CRAZY talk, son. Now, just enjoy the show. The Cubs this season won't get too many even matches.
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Maybe if
the Pirates hired Aramis as their hitting coach we’d have a chance this series.
DEJESUS!!!
Ahhh...the airing of grievances
“The tradition of Festivus begins with the Airing of Grievances. I got a lot of problems with you people! And now, you’re gonna hear about it. You, Kruger. My son tells me your company stinks! You couldn’t smooth a silk sheet if you had a hot date with a babe…I lost my train of thought.”
Frank,
No offense but this holiday is a little, bur bi burp bup, out there
But Jim Hendry is a neat guy!
I'm singing, "GO CUBS GO! GO CUBS GO!" -- DrCrawdad on Jun 12, 2009 7:23 AM CDT
Facts are meaningless. You could use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true! -- Homer J. Simpson
by Shanghai Badger on May 14, 2010 5:01 PM CDT reply actions
Did anyone see that Evan Meek guy pitch today?
He was HORRIBLE. hahahaha
I’m glad the Cubs don’t have guys like HIM in their bullpen…
"It's hard to win 97 games, it's hard to win the division. Our attitude is if you get in every year, you get in most of the time, sooner or later you are going to knock that door down." -- Jim Hendry
Try living in Pirates country (if there really even is one)...
and having their AAA Pittsburgh Pirates beat up on the Cubs. I’ve been telling everyone who gives me shit the same thing Worf is saying here. It is two evenly matched teams going at it.
United we stand and united we'll fall......down on our knees the day we win it all!
And the Cardinals can't beat the Astros
Oh, well.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 14, 2010 5:28 PM CDT reply actions
thank god, we'd be about 11 games out of first if they could!
I guess I'm just a worrier, that's why my friends call me whiskers
by Nunyabidness on May 14, 2010 5:48 PM CDT up reply actions
There is a difference between a superior team
having an occasional bad series and two inferior teams being matched.
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
Nice to see
the usual suspects lining up on this reply.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 14, 2010 8:19 PM CDT up reply actions
Are you seriously going to argue
That we belong in the same conversation at the Cardinals?
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
They don't look like
world-beaters to me.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 14, 2010 9:19 PM CDT up reply actions
The Reds may give them a run for their money, but not the Cubs
short of drastic changes.
"I am not ashamed to say I love Greg Maddux" - Jim Hendry
Me either Jim
by Doggie Stalker on May 14, 2010 11:40 PM CDT up reply actions
Village people is more like it.
Kwa...Ki...Sur...Pee...Nee...Ku?
by Kinky Reggae on May 15, 2010 9:20 AM CDT up reply actions
I'm usually a pretty optimistic Cubs fan
But this season is looking very bleak, which doesn’t mean I’m not going to root for them, but at some point you have to realize this team does not look good at all.
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
And that point
hasn’t arrived yet.
As was said elsewhere, not too early to be ticked off at the results, but too early to jump ship.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 14, 2010 9:20 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm not jumping ship
As I said, I am going to keep rooting for them, no question about that, but to say they do not look good does not take away from my ability to be a Cubs fan. Unless something happens, in my opinion Lou getting fired, I don’t think this team has much of a chance to compete this year.
"It's been my policy to view the Internet not as an 'information highway,' but as an electronic asylum filled with babbling loonies." - Mike Royko
Pirates May Actually Finish Close to .500
The Pirates haven’t even finished close to .500 since 1999, when they were 78-83. I think they can finish that well this year. I don’t know if the Pirates are ever going to contend on a regular basis ever again.
"The big possums walk late." - Harry Caray
Say What?
How much does it cost you and your son to see a high school or D-III team? You’re part of the problem. Everyone has fun at the old ballpark and could care less that the product stinks.
Iwastherein69
Right.
Fans are part of the problem. Uh-huh. Tell me another funny story.
"You can observe a lot just by watching." ~ Yogi Berra
Clearly you're a liability to the club's success, Al.
If you care about this team at all, you’ll do the honorable thing and set your remaining tickets on fire.
I'm not entirely sure
if Iwasthere is continuing my joke or has been completely fooled by it
There is no such thing as an ugly female breast
LOL at "Little Andre Santo Sandberg Neifi Aaron Miles Worfington"
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Worf is right, these are 2 almost evenly matched teams.
Next week however we get to start playing the weaker teams like the Phillies. Then the Cubs will start making up ground!
Honestly, I'm looking forward to those games.
Maybe playing the “harder” teams in the NL will do something for them.
"Juuuuuuussst a bit outside. He tried for the corner and missed..."
- Harry Doyle
by Rusty in Peoria on May 15, 2010 10:57 AM CDT up reply actions
Ahhh, yes.
Playing good teams is what the Cubs need. That’s the ticket for sure. It’s been down right embarrassing that they’ve been asked to play the likes of the Pirates, Marlins and Reds. Why those clubs should be mighty thankful that Hendry’s nine has even seen fit to take the field with them. It’s no wonder the boys got demoralized and lost.
“What’s with all the crappy teams? What is this, extended spring training?” Aramis Ramirez asked. “Wake me when the Phillies and Dodgers get to town.”
Yeah, that crappy Reds team
that’s in first place. Or the crappy Marlins team that just swept the Mets. Oh, well.
by Not Bruce Froemming on May 16, 2010 5:28 PM CDT up reply actions
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