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[Quality Start Machine]

but you're CLEARLY a bigger man than I am

something something

[J. Walter Weatherman]

his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons

Wash, rinse, repank.

By all means, let's rehash this yet again.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons

Wash, rinse, repank.

By all means, let's rehash this yet again.

I hardly think that's the only place I've ranted on that fucksicle before.

[Bort]

Dempstink is terrible.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons

Wash, rinse, repank.

By all means, let's rehash this yet again.

I hardly think that's the only place I've ranted on that fucksicle before.

"Yet again."

[Yeti]

He was a pretty good player who, by all accounts, loved Chicago and loved playing there.

Shits given = zero.  I think it's weird that something that superfluous has any value to you.

I also find it weird that you have no hard feelings that his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons, but you're CLEARLY a bigger man than I am, because that shit frosts my ass (obviously).

It's not that it has value to Eli, but it's not like he was shitting on the town and the fans all the time. It'd be one thing if he was Milton Bradley (❤❤❤), but he was not that. His asshattery is basically him trying to be funny and sportswriters thinking it had some intrinsic value to the club's CHEMISTRY. When, really, it didn't fucking matter either way.

But, anyway, what 2 seasons did he torpedo? I know of 2008, but what's the other one?

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

He was a pretty good player who, by all accounts, loved Chicago and loved playing there.

Shits given = zero.  I think it's weird that something that superfluous has any value to you.

I also find it weird that you have no hard feelings that his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons, but you're CLEARLY a bigger man than I am, because that shit frosts my ass (obviously).

It's not that it has value to Eli, but it's not like he was shitting on the town and the fans all the time. It'd be one thing if he was Milton Bradley (❤❤❤), but he was not that. His asshattery is basically him trying to be funny and sportswriters thinking it had some intrinsic value to the club's CHEMISTRY. When, really, it didn't fucking matter either way.

But, anyway, what 2 seasons did he torpedo? I know of 2008, but what's the other one?

Sigh.

We've been over this Yeti--stop smoking so much pot.

Bottom of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-3, Cubs' Ryan Dempster facing 5-6-7            Jose Macias moves from PR to 2B
Todd Zeile pinch hits for Heath Bell (P) batting 5th

0-3 0 --- 5,(1-2) ..LCFBS O NYM T. Zeile R. Dempster -2% 2% Strikeout Swinging
9 0-3 1 --- 5,(3-1) BBBCB  NYM E. Valent R. Dempster 3% 5% Walk
0-3 1 1-- 6,(3-2) CBFBBB  NYM J. Phillips R. Dempster 6% 10% Walk; Valent to 2B        

LaTroy Hawkins replaces Ryan Dempster pitching and batting 6th

0-3 1 12- 4,(1-2) .BCFX O NYM J. Keppinger L. Hawkins -6% 5% Flyball: RF; Valent to 3B
0-3 2 1-3 5,(2-2) BCF*BX RRR NYM V. Diaz L. Hawkins 49% 54% Home Run (Fly Ball); Valent Scores; Phillips Scores

3-3 2 --- 5,(2-2) FBBSC O NYM G. Williams L. Hawkins -4% 50% Strikeout Looking

And the two guys that Dempster walked?  Well, though Eric Valente was in the midst of a "career year" (.267/.337/.481), he was out of baseball some 30-odd games later with a career line of .234/.307/.389.  The other guy--JR Phillips--was in the midst of tearing up the league in 2004 with what would wind up to be a .218/.298/.363 clip.

Those are the two guys Dempster walked in the 9th inning of a game in which the Cubs led by three runs, in game they absolutely needed to have in order to maintain their slim Wild Card lead.  But nooooooo....he fucking walked those 2 bums--the second of whom was a powerless catcher with a .298 OBP.  All of that would've been forgiven, in my mind, had he done his job in Game 1 of the 2008 NLDS and beyond.   But instead, he essentially did the same goddamn thing again.

1984 notwithstanding, the '04 and '08 were arguably the best Cub teams in the last 30 years, and neither team won a single playoff thanks in no small part to your Canadien hero.

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

[Eli]

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

... he said, while tolerating a team that's in the middle of intentionally being bad for like 4 years.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

... he said, while tolerating a team that's in the middle of intentionally being bad for like 4 3 years.

Oooh--good burn. 

So you think Theo's plan is bullshit then?  Good to know, ye of little faith.

I don't think it's bullshit.  I'm actually getting pretty bonerific over what may be around the corner.  I'm sorry you're so despondent over the failed careers of Rizzo and Castro that you don't share that sentiment.

[Eli]

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

... he said, while tolerating a team that's in the middle of intentionally being bad for like 4 3 years.

Oooh--good burn. 

So you think Theo's plan is bullshit then?  Good to know, ye of little faith.

I don't think it's bullshit.  I'm actually getting pretty bonerific over what may be around the corner.  I'm sorry you're so despondent over the failed careers of Rizzo and Castro that you don't share that sentiment.

Nah, I don't think it's bullshit. In fact, I think it's going to work, eventually. But I'm also not convinced that the process needs to be this long and arduous.

But again, we're rehashing stuff that's been covered over and over. To each their own.

[Yeti]

So, I'm glad I was reminded that Ryan Dempster pitched the 2004 Cubs out of the playoffs. Not the other 24 other guys or anything. It's not like the team has 8 more games that season or anything. It's not like they had 153 games before that. No, let's just pin 2004 on a reliever who was back from surgery in a short year when he shat his pants on one of the 162 games the team played that year. It's clearly his fault that they lost games 157 to 161, too.

The 2008 playoffs, I get and completely agree with, because the shit in the regular season doesn't factor in, but to say he "torpedoed" 2004? Re.Tard.Ation.

[J. Walter Weatherman]

By all means, let's rehash this yet again.

Sarcasm, guys. Sarcasm.

[ChuckD]

He was a pretty good player who, by all accounts, loved Chicago and loved playing there.

Shits given = zero.  I think it's weird that something that superfluous has any value to you.

I also find it weird that you have no hard feelings that his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons, but you're CLEARLY a bigger man than I am, because that shit frosts my ass (obviously).

It's not that it has value to Eli, but it's not like he was shitting on the town and the fans all the time. It'd be one thing if he was Milton Bradley (❤❤❤), but he was not that. His asshattery is basically him trying to be funny and sportswriters thinking it had some intrinsic value to the club's CHEMISTRY. When, really, it didn't fucking matter either way.

But, anyway, what 2 seasons did he torpedo? I know of 2008, but what's the other one?

Sigh.

We've been over this Yeti--stop smoking so much pot.

Bottom of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-3, Cubs' Ryan Dempster facing 5-6-7            Jose Macias moves from PR to 2B
Todd Zeile pinch hits for Heath Bell (P) batting 5th

0-3 0 --- 5,(1-2) ..LCFBS O NYM T. Zeile R. Dempster -2% 2% Strikeout Swinging
9 0-3 1 --- 5,(3-1) BBBCB  NYM E. Valent R. Dempster 3% 5% Walk
0-3 1 1-- 6,(3-2) CBFBBB  NYM J. Phillips R. Dempster 6% 10% Walk; Valent to 2B        

LaTroy Hawkins replaces Ryan Dempster pitching and batting 6th

0-3 1 12- 4,(1-2) .BCFX O NYM J. Keppinger L. Hawkins -6% 5% Flyball: RF; Valent to 3B
0-3 2 1-3 5,(2-2) BCF*BX RRR NYM V. Diaz L. Hawkins 49% 54% Home Run (Fly Ball); Valent Scores; Phillips Scores

3-3 2 --- 5,(2-2) FBBSC O NYM G. Williams L. Hawkins -4% 50% Strikeout Looking

And the two guys that Dempster walked?  Well, though Eric Valente was in the midst of a "career year" (.267/.337/.481), he was out of baseball some 30-odd games later with a career line of .234/.307/.389.  The other guy--JR Phillips--was in the midst of tearing up the league in 2004 with what would wind up to be a .218/.298/.363 clip.

Those are the two guys Dempster walked in the 9th inning of a game in which the Cubs led by three runs, in game they absolutely needed to have in order to maintain their slim Wild Card lead.  But nooooooo....he fucking walked those 2 bums--the second of whom was a powerless catcher with a .298 OBP.  All of that would've been forgiven, in my mind, had he done his job in Game 1 of the 2008 NLDS and beyond.   But instead, he essentially did the same goddamn thing again.

1984 notwithstanding, the '04 and '08 were arguably the best Cub teams in the last 30 years, and neither team won a single playoff thanks in no small part to your Canadien hero.

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

Christ, man.

a) He didn't even give up the runs. It appears, (I had to look this up because I don't even remember this shit) Latroy gave up the dongus.
b) It was 10 years ago
c) They lost 73 games that year. Why give so many fucks about that one?
d) See b).

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

So, I'm glad I was reminded that Ryan Dempster pitched the 2004 Cubs out of the playoffs. Not the other 24 other guys or anything. It's not like the team has 8 more games that season or anything. It's not like they had 153 games before that. No, let's just pin 2004 on a reliever who was back from surgery in a short year when he shat his pants on one of the 162 games the team played that year. It's clearly his fault that they lost games 157 to 161, too.

The 2008 playoffs, I get and completely agree with, because the shit in the regular season doesn't factor in, but to say he "torpedoed" 2004? Re.Tard.Ation.

He was a pretty good player who, by all accounts, loved Chicago and loved playing there.

Shits given = zero.  I think it's weird that something that superfluous has any value to you.

I also find it weird that you have no hard feelings that his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons, but you're CLEARLY a bigger man than I am, because that shit frosts my ass (obviously).

It's not that it has value to Eli, but it's not like he was shitting on the town and the fans all the time. It'd be one thing if he was Milton Bradley (❤❤❤), but he was not that. His asshattery is basically him trying to be funny and sportswriters thinking it had some intrinsic value to the club's CHEMISTRY. When, really, it didn't fucking matter either way.

But, anyway, what 2 seasons did he torpedo? I know of 2008, but what's the other one?

Sigh.

We've been over this Yeti--stop smoking so much pot.

Bottom of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-3, Cubs' Ryan Dempster facing 5-6-7            Jose Macias moves from PR to 2B
Todd Zeile pinch hits for Heath Bell (P) batting 5th

0-3 0 --- 5,(1-2) ..LCFBS O NYM T. Zeile R. Dempster -2% 2% Strikeout Swinging
9 0-3 1 --- 5,(3-1) BBBCB  NYM E. Valent R. Dempster 3% 5% Walk
0-3 1 1-- 6,(3-2) CBFBBB  NYM J. Phillips R. Dempster 6% 10% Walk; Valent to 2B          

LaTroy Hawkins replaces Ryan Dempster pitching and batting 6th

0-3 1 12- 4,(1-2) .BCFX O NYM J. Keppinger L. Hawkins -6% 5% Flyball: RF; Valent to 3B
0-3 2 1-3 5,(2-2) BCF*BX RRR NYM V. Diaz L. Hawkins 49% 54% Home Run (Fly Ball); Valent Scores; Phillips Scores

3-3 2 --- 5,(2-2) FBBSC O NYM G. Williams L. Hawkins -4% 50% Strikeout Looking

And the two guys that Dempster walked?  Well, though Eric Valente was in the midst of a "career year" (.267/.337/.481), he was out of baseball some 30-odd games later with a career line of .234/.307/.389.  The other guy--JR Phillips--was in the midst of tearing up the league in 2004 with what would wind up to be a .218/.298/.363 clip.

Those are the two guys Dempster walked in the 9th inning of a game in which the Cubs led by three runs, in game they absolutely needed to have in order to maintain their slim Wild Card lead.  But nooooooo....he fucking walked those 2 bums--the second of whom was a powerless catcher with a .298 OBP.  All of that would've been forgiven, in my mind, had he done his job in Game 1 of the 2008 NLDS and beyond.   But instead, he essentially did the same goddamn thing again.

1984 notwithstanding, the '04 and '08 were arguably the best Cub teams in the last 30 years, and neither team won a single playoff game thanks in no small part to your Canadien hero.

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

[World's #1 Astros Fan]

He was a pretty good player who, by all accounts, loved Chicago and loved playing there.

Shits given = zero.  I think it's weird that something that superfluous has any value to you.

I also find it weird that you have no hard feelings that his inability to throw strikes basically torpedoed two seperate seasons, but you're CLEARLY a bigger man than I am, because that shit frosts my ass (obviously).

It's not that it has value to Eli, but it's not like he was shitting on the town and the fans all the time. It'd be one thing if he was Milton Bradley (❤❤❤), but he was not that. His asshattery is basically him trying to be funny and sportswriters thinking it had some intrinsic value to the club's CHEMISTRY. When, really, it didn't fucking matter either way.

But, anyway, what 2 seasons did he torpedo? I know of 2008, but what's the other one?

Sigh.

We've been over this Yeti--stop smoking so much pot.

Bottom of the 9th, Mets Batting, Behind 0-3, Cubs' Ryan Dempster facing 5-6-7            Jose Macias moves from PR to 2B
Todd Zeile pinch hits for Heath Bell (P) batting 5th

0-3 0 --- 5,(1-2) ..LCFBS O NYM T. Zeile R. Dempster -2% 2% Strikeout Swinging
9 0-3 1 --- 5,(3-1) BBBCB  NYM E. Valent R. Dempster 3% 5% Walk
0-3 1 1-- 6,(3-2) CBFBBB  NYM J. Phillips R. Dempster 6% 10% Walk; Valent to 2B        

LaTroy Hawkins replaces Ryan Dempster pitching and batting 6th

0-3 1 12- 4,(1-2) .BCFX O NYM J. Keppinger L. Hawkins -6% 5% Flyball: RF; Valent to 3B
0-3 2 1-3 5,(2-2) BCF*BX RRR NYM V. Diaz L. Hawkins 49% 54% Home Run (Fly Ball); Valent Scores; Phillips Scores

3-3 2 --- 5,(2-2) FBBSC O NYM G. Williams L. Hawkins -4% 50% Strikeout Looking

And the two guys that Dempster walked?  Well, though Eric Valente was in the midst of a "career year" (.267/.337/.481), he was out of baseball some 30-odd games later with a career line of .234/.307/.389.  The other guy--JR Phillips--was in the midst of tearing up the league in 2004 with what would wind up to be a .218/.298/.363 clip.

Those are the two guys Dempster walked in the 9th inning of a game in which the Cubs led by three runs, in game they absolutely needed to have in order to maintain their slim Wild Card lead.  But nooooooo....he fucking walked those 2 bums--the second of whom was a powerless catcher with a .298 OBP.  All of that would've been forgiven, in my mind, had he done his job in Game 1 of the 2008 NLDS and beyond.   But instead, he essentially did the same goddamn thing again.

1984 notwithstanding, the '04 and '08 were arguably the best Cub teams in the last 30 years, and neither team won a single playoff thanks in no small part to your Canadien hero.

You people tolerate way too much bullshit.

Christ, man.

a) He didn't even give up the runs. It appears, (I had to look this up because I don't even remember this shit) Latroy gave up the dongus.
b) It was 10 years ago
c) They lost 73 games that year. Why give so many fucks about that one?
d) See b).

Good point.

BTW, why do people keep hatin' on Hitler?  That shit was 60 fucking years ago.  Get over it, people!