The 2010 Cubs Free Agent and Roster Moves Thread: SAVEENG OUR KUBBEEZ!!11

[SKO]

Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone.

EXACTLY. 

Yeti's recent sabermetric burst has shown me just how annoying I've been all these years.  I'd like to apologize to everyone for everything I've ever said, and I'm truly sorry for all those times I quoted made-up stats from Fangraphs. 

I'm not out to ridicule sabermetrics, nor am I out to say anything against you, Eli. Hell, I still like that obese sonofabitch. I'm just saying that before making or continuing an argument, one should ask themselves exactly What they wish to accomplish with said argument. If the goal is to convince a bunch of people who'd rather just move on and forget about Milton Bradley that he was in fact a great baseball player and that we'll rue the very day we lost him, it's not going to happen, so why waste the time?

[Jon]

I'm with SKO on this. And I'm a giant flaming bag of statfaggotry.

[Eli]

Come on!  No one can take away the awesome sense of self-righteousness I feel when someone defends Juan Pierre because he gets 200 hits.

And no one should  take that away from you.

I'm not out to ridicule sabermetrics, nor am I out to say anything against you, Eli. Hell, I still like that obese sonofabitch. I'm just saying that before making or continuing an argument, one should ask themselves exactly What they wish to accomplish with said argument. If the goal is to convince a bunch of people who'd rather just move on and forget about Milton Bradley that he was in fact a great baseball player and that we'll rue the very day we lost him, it's not going to happen, so why waste the time?

Completely agree.

[SKO]

I'm with SKO on this. And I'm a giant flaming bag of statfaggotry.

I'm generally a statfaggot myself. Granted, I understand football statfaggotry much better and generally concede to people on the baseball front, but for god's sakes it's not about the stats anymore. Milton had a shitty year that wasn't as shitty as it's been portrayed, but he's gone and the fucking argument over how WE WRONGED MILTY just needs to go away.

[Yeti]

Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone.

EXACTLY. 

Yeti's recent sabermetric burst has shown me just how annoying I've been all these years.  I'd like to apologize to everyone for everything I've ever said, and I'm truly sorry for all those times I quoted made-up stats from Fangraphs. 

I'm not out to ridicule sabermetrics, nor am I out to say anything against you, Eli. Hell, I still like that obese sonofabitch. I'm just saying that before making or continuing an argument, one should ask themselves exactly What they wish to accomplish with said argument. If the goal is to convince a bunch of people who'd rather just move on and forget about Milton Bradley that he was in fact a great baseball player and that we'll rue the very day we lost him, it's not going to happen, so why waste the time?

Actually, I kind of try to come off as a douche, and I'm pretty sure I succeed. I realize my Milton love is insufferable...

[Internet Apex]

Even Eli stopped arguing in favor of the guy once he was gone.

EXACTLY. 

Yeti's recent sabermetric burst has shown me just how annoying I've been all these years.  I'd like to apologize to everyone for everything I've ever said, and I'm truly sorry for all those times I quoted made-up stats from Fangraphs. 

I accept your apology. Your contrition has moved me somewhere deep inside. I've lit a match in your honor.

[CBStew]

Milton has talent, but he didn't want to share it with the Cubs. 

[Andy]

I don't have any problem with Sabermetrics.  It's interesting stuff, and when studied by people who understand them, pretty useful.  I know who those people are, because they can explain it to dopes like us.

Too bad the two Cubs blogs made up of guys who want to understand them, are instead made up of guys who really don't.

[PenPho]

I miss Lonestar.

Bump.