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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    I'm glad Samardzija got his shutout yesterday. Nothing would pain me more than losing to that sob!
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,900
    Fucking Cubs!!
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • Malroth
    Malroth broken down chevrolet Posts: 2,557
    I.......can't...........take...........this
    The worst of times..they don't phase me,
    even if I look and act really crazy.
  • PJ-Cubs
    PJ-Cubs Posts: 3,377
    We need to start scoring runs.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,900
    So here we are at the break.
    If the season were to end today, the Cubs would be a playoff team, right?
    Wild card?

    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Yep. If the season ended today, we'd play at Pittsburgh in the WC game. 7 games over .500 at the break far exceeds my expectations for this team. If only we had 5 Jake Arrietas, we'd be about 77-10 right now.
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  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,900
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Yep. If the season ended today, we'd play at Pittsburgh in the WC game. 7 games over .500 at the break far exceeds my expectations for this team. If only we had 5 Jake Arrietas, we'd be about 77-10 right now.

    Wild card is the Cubs ONLY option...And that's a shame

    If the Cardinals go 37-36, the remainder of the year, they finish 93-69

    The Cubs would have to go 46-29....17 games over .500, just to tie.

    And that's not happening in a million years.
    Take me piece by piece.....
    Till there aint nothing left worth taking away from me.....
  • lolobugg
    lolobugg BLUE RDGE MTNS Posts: 8,195
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Yep. If the season ended today, we'd play at Pittsburgh in the WC game. 7 games over .500 at the break far exceeds my expectations for this team. If only we had 5 Jake Arrietas, we'd be about 77-10 right now.

    I am pretty amped... heading down to the ATL on Sunday and Arrietas is the scheduled starter!!!
    hope to see some good baseball.

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  • mca47
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    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    Yep. If the season ended today, we'd play at Pittsburgh in the WC game. 7 games over .500 at the break far exceeds my expectations for this team. If only we had 5 Jake Arrietas, we'd be about 77-10 right now.

    Wild card is the Cubs ONLY option...And that's a shame

    If the Cardinals go 37-36, the remainder of the year, they finish 93-69

    The Cubs would have to go 46-29....17 games over .500, just to tie.

    And that's not happening in a million years.
    Yeah, the Cards, even with injuries are still the team to beat and show no signs of slowing down. Best case scenario, we catch up and pass the Rats. That's gonna be tough. Just got to keep winning and hope for the WC.
    But yeah....I expected this team to do much better this year, but didn't expect to be having the playoff talk this year.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    I see a massive cardinals and pirates slide in the second half. I think the cubs catch the pirates and get the number 1 wild card seed. I don't think they will catch the cards. Even though I think they will make it interesting. I say they get within 5 games.
  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited July 2015
    And I'm still holding onto hope that the cubs go after Cueto.

    I doubt they go after cueto, but God damn it, there's no reason not to go after Chapman. We need a closer almost as bad as we need an ace.
    Post edited by Last-12-Exit on
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,327
    HesCalledDyer said:

    He did indeed, cutz. Those 49 HR led the league, too. I will say for McGwire, at least he had the guts to admit taking andro while everyone else was running with their tails between their legs. And at the time of admission, it was not illegal in MLB nor was it federally classified as an anabolic steroid.

    oh, he was good when he came in but got hurt and became a juicer. pretty sure he did more than andro.
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    imalive said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    He did indeed, cutz. Those 49 HR led the league, too. I will say for McGwire, at least he had the guts to admit taking andro while everyone else was running with their tails between their legs. And at the time of admission, it was not illegal in MLB nor was it federally classified as an anabolic steroid.

    oh, he was good when he came in but got hurt and became a juicer. pretty sure he did more than andro.
    Didn't McGuire say he did steroids his entire professional career? Including his rookie year?
  • Wobbie
    Wobbie Posts: 31,327
    Last-12-Exit said:

    imalive said:

    HesCalledDyer said:

    He did indeed, cutz. Those 49 HR led the league, too. I will say for McGwire, at least he had the guts to admit taking andro while everyone else was running with their tails between their legs. And at the time of admission, it was not illegal in MLB nor was it federally classified as an anabolic steroid.

    oh, he was good when he came in but got hurt and became a juicer. pretty sure he did more than andro.
    Didn't McGuire say he did steroids his entire professional career? Including his rookie year?
    I thought he used the tried and true "I only did them to recover from an injury" excuse aka the Pettite Defense.

    but what do I know?
    If I had known then what I know now...

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  • DewieCox
    DewieCox Posts: 11,432
    Pretty sure he simply said he used and didn't say anything too specific. Cards had him come out with it when they hired him as hitting coach to avoid the headache once the season started. He did dispute a lot of Canseco's book, but I don't remember if that was before or not.
  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,491
    Last-12-Exit said:

    And I'm still holding onto hope that the cubs go after Cueto.

    I doubt they go after cueto, but God damn it, there's no reason not to go after Chapman. We need a closer almost as bad as we need an ace.

    Jonathan Papelbon is looking like a good choice. And at this point, we might only have to give up Castro or Baez to get him. Good fucking riddance to either one of those clowns. Baez is a complete suckfest, and Castro is the dumbest... that's D-U-M-B-E-S-T... dumbest player in all of MLB.
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    edited July 2015
    HesCalledDyer said:

    Last-12-Exit said:

    And I'm still holding onto hope that the cubs go after Cueto.

    I doubt they go after cueto, but God damn it, there's no reason not to go after Chapman. We need a closer almost as bad as we need an ace.

    Jonathan Papelbon is looking like a good choice. And at this point, we might only have to give up Castro or Baez to get him. Good fucking riddance to either one of those clowns. Baez is a complete suckfest, and Castro is the dumbest... that's D-U-M-B-E-S-T... dumbest player in all of MLB.
    I'd rather see Baez go. I wouldn't mind keeping Castro. He's only what, 26? This is by far his worst year offensively. It could be his best year defensively. He'll hit.
  • SPEEDY MCCREADY
    SPEEDY MCCREADY Posts: 26,900
    For 2 weeks I talked about getting Cubs tickets for todays game. For 2 weeks I checked stubhub every damned day. For 2 weeks!!!
    Then I got cheap and said "I am not spending $100 on tickets for a ballgame".
    What happens?

    HE THROWS A NO-HITTER!!!!!

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  • guacamolejoe
    guacamolejoe Posts: 2,396
    SPEEDY MCCREADY said:

    For 2 weeks I talked about getting Cubs tickets for todays game. For 2 weeks I checked stubhub every damned day. For 2 weeks!!!
    Then I got cheap and said "I am not spending $100 on tickets for a ballgame".
    What happens?

    HE THROWS A NO-HITTER!!!!!

    No-no, lol.
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  • Last-12-Exit
    Last-12-Exit Charleston, SC Posts: 8,661
    Fuckin cubs...

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