Chicago Cubs baseball!!!

darwinstheory said:

Bright side is he's taking out all the guess work as to whether or not he should be on the playoff roster.

Exactly. No chance he starts a game in the playoffs. Debatable he even makes the playoff roster.

Degeneratefk said:

pureoc said:

darwinstheory said:

Bright side is he's taking out all the guess work as to whether or not he should be on the playoff roster.

Exactly. No chance he starts a game in the playoffs. Debatable he even makes the playoff roster.

I think he makes the playoff roster. Look at every game since the all star break. He hasn't been pitching that bad.

7-7: ND, 5IP, 2 ER, 6ks
7-16: W, 6IP, 1ER, 7ks
7-22: W, 5IP, 2ER, 4ks
7-27: W, 7IP, 1ER, 7ks
8-2: W, 6IP, 0ER, 3ks
8-10: W, 7IP, 0ER, 6ks
8-16: W, 7IP, 0ER, 7ks
8-21: L, 3.1IP, 6ER, 1k
8-27: L, 2.1IP, 3ER, 2Ks
9-5: L, 5.2IP, 8ER, 5ks


That's a 6-3 record since the break. Sure, his last 3 are horrible. But it can be easily turned around.

Stupid facts. Yeah, the early August run was nice.

Ouch!

Degeneratefk said:

2-feign-reluctance said:

Boy, the bandwagon is getting full guys! Seeing tons of Cubs hats around campus this year, even the guys from Chicago have started wearing them again! Haha!

I see this even in South carolina. I know there are many cubs fans down here, but they are coming out of the closet this year.

You should have seen Chicagoland in 2005 and since. The Sox couldn't even sell out homegames in September the year they won the World Series.

Then there were the people in Indiana. The Colts "fans". I didn't know a single Colts fan growing up. All of a sudden, they draft Peyton Manning and 2 years later, all the Colts fans I knew were "Colts fans their whole lives".

Degeneratefk said:

I wear my cubs apparel through the good times and the bad.

Ditto. Cubbies for life. Even when every single person I knew poked fun at me for it growing up. I only wear 1 team hat - and that's the Cubs. It'll make everything worth it when we get to that "crying and covered in beer" part.

Degeneratefk said:

Gtilley8 said:

Degeneratefk said:

I wear my cubs apparel through the good times and the bad.

Ditto. Cubbies for life. Even when every single person I knew poked fun at me for it growing up. I only wear 1 team hat - and that's the Cubs. It'll make everything worth it when we get to that "crying and covered in beer" part.

I don't know what I'd do if they won it all. It's too overwhelming to consider at this point. I have spoken with a few red Sox fans about that very issue. I really don't know if I could be as die hard of a fan if they won it all.

I'd like to think it would happen at Wrigley, I would be in the bleachers, and as soon as the last out is made I jump on to the field and start doing snow angels in the outfield grass. After that, who knows? Maybe just bask in the glory of having seen it happen in my lifetime. Who cares after that, really? Sure, I want them to be good for a long time. But just to see it once. That's all I need. Baseball would still be my favorite sport, and I'll only ever care about the Cubs - I'm sure I'd be just as much a die hard. (in fact, I proudly display my Die Hard Cub Fan Club membership paper framed in my home)

HesCalledDyer said:

The Cubs were the first sports team I ever liked. I was 5, Ryne Sandberg was a rookie, and Harry Caray was in his first year with the team.

Mine too. Ryne Sandberg is still my all time favorite cub. Followed closely by Mark grace and Anthony Rizzo.

Degeneratefk said:

HesCalledDyer said:

The Cubs were the first sports team I ever liked. I was 5, Ryne Sandberg was a rookie, and Harry Caray was in his first year with the team.

Mine too. Ryne Sandberg is still my all time favorite cub. Followed closely by Mark grace and Anthony Rizzo.

My uncle's daughter's first and middle name: Addison Grace

Gtilley8 said:

HesCalledDyer said:

The Cubs were the first sports team I ever liked. I was 5, Ryne Sandberg was a rookie, and Harry Caray was in his first year with the team.

We're about the same age then. Sandberg is my all-time favorite player. Only jersey of a player I own.

The 1984 team is my most valuable sports memory..even more than 85 bears and they won!!

Degeneratefk said:

I was 6 during the 84 season. I remeber them blowing the lead vs San diego. My dad said "don't worry, they'll be back!"

My uncle was at the game in SD - called my dad from a payphone in the 7th inning - yells into the phone "can you feel it? we're going to the world series." To this day, my father won't answer his calls during a bears or cubs game.