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Guessing Q throwing 15 scoreless innings in his last two trips in Milwaukee stings a lot since he'd probably be a Brewer if not for Theo

Well that was cool

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on April 06, 2018, 08:48:14 AM

Quote from: SKO on April 06, 2018, 06:48:26 AM
Really good to see Vintage Lester last night

Goddamn, I love the Brewers. Because they decided their best course of action was to get Lester into "fuck you" mode early in the game.

I really love when teams talk shit about getting into Lester's head and being aggressive against him and then they just end making outs on the bases.

Really good to see Vintage Lester last night

He hit a ball so hard it broke Corey Knebel, so that's a start

Quote from: Huey Potatohead on April 05, 2018, 12:34:01 PM

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2018, 12:07:57 PM

Quote from: R-V on April 05, 2018, 12:05:07 PM

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2018, 11:28:41 AM

Quote from: R-V on April 05, 2018, 11:21:26 AM

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2018, 10:34:27 AMI really do find it funny that there has to be some kind of higher relationship with a sports team than "mad they lost, happy they won." I'm obviously perfectly rational and happy to discuss stats and stuff between games but in the end if the point is not to have some kind of emotional reaction to the actual events of the games themselves I gotta say I don't get it. You know they're not your friends, right? They don't care about or acknowledge your existence, you don't owe them anything. Yell at them when they lose or yell at everyone yelling at them when they lose, in the end you make no difference here.

I mean at the end of the day nothing we do makes any difference, we're all farts in the wind eventually. The point is not that you can't or shouldn't get mad when your team loses. It's that trying to draw some greater meaning about where the season is headed out of a meaningless sample size (Happ should be benched because of his K rate...Lester might be done...Heyward is clearly bad again) is a waste of breath.

I mean most of the time my twitter account is just "fuck. shit, goddamit, that sucks" if you can see me drawing making any proclamations like the above, fine. I mean the Heyward thing I am going to wait until he has sustained success before I change my default opinion that he sucks ass. I think I may have called for Happ to get a day off but not end up benched, he was clearly just pressing too hard there for a bit. There's just a default attitude among a large chunk of Cubs Twitter that basically anyone who dares get mad at the outcome of a single baseball game is a moron. I'm a moron, but that's not why.

I wasn't talking about you specifically, just general Twitter stuff. And yes that's on me to stop following people who chap my balls.

Unless someone's a completely petulant asshole like that JamFan guy who not only insists that every player be executed for every mistake but that you personally suck if you do not agree my default stance is let people fan how they wanna fan. I don't yell at the Pollyannas to get mad, but Huey sure seems to think that *this* is the time telling me to calm down midgame is the time it's gonna work, by god.

Just to be clear, this is what you tweeted AFTER the last game, after this team that has gone to 3 straight LCS had the NERVE to not light up the world from jump street.



I mean, aside from happily showing your ass with this comment, this is of course not even remotely accurate.  I know, I know context and everything ("I MEAN THEY'RE AN UNDISCIPLINED TEAM RIGHT NOW!"), but that's splitting hairs.  That you see some sort of chasm between your expressed thoughts and those of that fuckhole JamFam might bring you some comfort, but in reality these are pretty similar sentiments that only differ in volume.

But thanks for the new signature!

Can we just not have this conversation anymore, it cannot still be news that I get angry during games, nor can anyone but you possibly still care

Quote from: R-V on April 05, 2018, 12:05:07 PM

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2018, 11:28:41 AM

Quote from: R-V on April 05, 2018, 11:21:26 AM

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2018, 10:34:27 AMI really do find it funny that there has to be some kind of higher relationship with a sports team than "mad they lost, happy they won." I'm obviously perfectly rational and happy to discuss stats and stuff between games but in the end if the point is not to have some kind of emotional reaction to the actual events of the games themselves I gotta say I don't get it. You know they're not your friends, right? They don't care about or acknowledge your existence, you don't owe them anything. Yell at them when they lose or yell at everyone yelling at them when they lose, in the end you make no difference here.

I mean at the end of the day nothing we do makes any difference, we're all farts in the wind eventually. The point is not that you can't or shouldn't get mad when your team loses. It's that trying to draw some greater meaning about where the season is headed out of a meaningless sample size (Happ should be benched because of his K rate...Lester might be done...Heyward is clearly bad again) is a waste of breath.

I mean most of the time my twitter account is just "fuck. shit, goddamit, that sucks" if you can see me drawing making any proclamations like the above, fine. I mean the Heyward thing I am going to wait until he has sustained success before I change my default opinion that he sucks ass. I think I may have called for Happ to get a day off but not end up benched, he was clearly just pressing too hard there for a bit. There's just a default attitude among a large chunk of Cubs Twitter that basically anyone who dares get mad at the outcome of a single baseball game is a moron. I'm a moron, but that's not why.

I wasn't talking about you specifically, just general Twitter stuff. And yes that's on me to stop following people who chap my balls.

Unless someone's a completely petulant asshole like that JamFan guy who not only insists that every player be executed for every mistake but that you personally suck if you do not agree my default stance is let people fan how they wanna fan. I don't yell at the Pollyannas to get mad, but Huey sure seems to think that *this* is the time telling me to calm down midgame is the time it's gonna work, by god.

Quote from: R-V on April 05, 2018, 11:21:26 AM

Quote from: SKO on April 05, 2018, 10:34:27 AMI really do find it funny that there has to be some kind of higher relationship with a sports team than "mad they lost, happy they won." I'm obviously perfectly rational and happy to discuss stats and stuff between games but in the end if the point is not to have some kind of emotional reaction to the actual events of the games themselves I gotta say I don't get it. You know they're not your friends, right? They don't care about or acknowledge your existence, you don't owe them anything. Yell at them when they lose or yell at everyone yelling at them when they lose, in the end you make no difference here.

I mean at the end of the day nothing we do makes any difference, we're all farts in the wind eventually. The point is not that you can't or shouldn't get mad when your team loses. It's that trying to draw some greater meaning about where the season is headed out of a meaningless sample size (Happ should be benched because of his K rate...Lester might be done...Heyward is clearly bad again) is a waste of breath.

I mean most of the time my twitter account is just "fuck. shit, goddamit, that sucks" if you can see me drawing making any proclamations like the above, fine. I mean the Heyward thing I am going to wait until he has sustained success before I change my default opinion that he sucks ass. I think I may have called for Happ to get a day off but not end up benched, he was clearly just pressing too hard there for a bit. There's just a default attitude among a large chunk of Cubs Twitter that basically anyone who dares get mad at the outcome of a single baseball game is a moron. I'm a moron, but that's not why.

I really do find it funny that there has to be some kind of higher relationship with a sports team than "mad they lost, happy they won." I'm obviously perfectly rational and happy to discuss stats and stuff between games but in the end if the point is not to have some kind of emotional reaction to the actual events of the games themselves I gotta say I don't get it. You know they're not your friends, right? They don't care about or acknowledge your existence, you don't owe them anything. Yell at them when they lose or yell at everyone yelling at them when they lose, in the end you make no difference here.

Also Sheehan reacted to ONE Schwarber misplay by saying the Cubs needed to get over their "crush" on the guy that has been far and away their best hitter so far and just play Almora, so he can eat a dick

Quote from: Huey Potatohead on April 04, 2018, 12:48:31 PM

Quote from: R-V on April 04, 2018, 11:20:35 AM
Joe Sheehan wrote a newsletter just for Cubs Twitter today.

QuoteI spent my Tuesday deflecting questions from well-intentioned radio hosts intent upon gleaning meaning from the first five days of the season. As much as I enjoy having baseball back, and have particularly enjoyed the way the schedule has been spread out, allowing us to watch games for 10-12 hours a day on many days in the early going, that's what it is: enjoyment. It's about getting back into that rhythm, and watching our game, our favorite players, our new favorites. Storylines are out there -- the new managers up and down the eastern seaboard, the two-way player in Anaheim, the death of the ground ball -- but you're not going to be able to reach meaningful conclusions about any of it five days in.

I'm a stickler for this, even as coverage of baseball more and more resembles that of the NFL, all breathless reaction, all an endless race to be first with a conclusion. Baseball demands patience, and then when you think you've waited long enough, it demands more patience. We watched a team win 104 games last season, post the best record in baseball...and lose 16 of 17 games at one point along the way. The NL MVP started the year with one extra-base hit and no homers in his first seven games. The AL Cy Young Award winner had a 5.06 ERA in six starts as May came to a close.

Even our ability to measure inputs down to the tenth of an MPH or a degree has to be tempered by patience. Just because a particular displayed skill stabilizes quickly doesn't mean 30 pitches or 15 balls in play are enough to form a conclusion. Sometimes that information points to a meaningful change in a player's skill set, or even an injury. Sometimes, it's just noise created by a bad night's sleep, or a hitter seeing the right set of pitches to drive. Players are not Statcast-generating robots any more than they are stat-generating robots.

Maybe I'm just the old, wagging his finger as he looks out upon his neatly-manicured lawn. I'll live with that if so, but this trend, this need to NFLize baseball coverage, is the least attractive thing about what is really a golden era for baseball writing. Let the season breathe.

INTREPID READER: SKO: OH LOOK AT THE COOL RATIONAL FAN FUCK YOU I RESERVE THE RIGHT TO CALL THE TEAM GARBAGE AND AN UNDISCIPLINED TEAM BECAUSE THE FIRST 7 DAYS WERE FAR LESS THAN THE OPTIMAL PLAY THAT I ALLOW MYSELF TO EXPECT AND AM ENTITLED TO.

Yes all of that is correct.

stop striking out so much, assholes.

That was a pretty big dong yesterday

Quote from: Quality Start Machine on March 29, 2018, 09:13:16 PM

Quote from: SKO on March 29, 2018, 03:04:16 PM
That's it, Schwarbombs are officially "FYCs" now. Fuck you, Chuck. Tired of you shitting on Schwarber.

they've been FYOs for a year due to Oleg's deep-seated loathing of Schwarber not becoming Chris Archer.

Yeah trying to meme an Oleg comment about Schwarber's trade value into a thing is less important to me than telling Chuck to go fuck himself for his perpetual dogging of a franchise hero who dared to slump for a month and a half in his first full season after winning the Cubs a goddamn world series.

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