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Intruder: Mar 5, 2003; I got a taste for blown saves

Jesus dude do you exist solely to be mad about your team winning the WS?

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:31

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# ? May 30, 2024 00:04

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Your Taint posted:

That's right. I forgot that the Cubs are completely infallible because they won the WS and will never do anything wrong again ever and every decision they've ever made is perfect. My bad.

There's a difference between questioning it, and still being "pissed" about it. One is fair to do with almost any decision whether it works or not, the other is for crazy people.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:31

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Intruder posted:

Jesus dude do you exist solely to be mad about your team winning the WS?

"Disagreeing with a managerial move" ==/== "mad about my team winning the WS"

Yes, we won the WS. But it doesn't mean it was the best move to pitch Chapman so much in Game 6 or pull Hendricks in the 5th when he was cruising so Lester could come in and give up some runs right away.

Everything worked out in the end, which is awesome. But the moves can still be debated and questioned. Personally, I think Joe got lucky. But it worked.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:33

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Your Taint posted:

"Disagreeing with a managerial move" ==/== "mad about my team winning the WS"

Your Taint posted:

Hell, I'M still pissed about that.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:35

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

Single game management decisions in the playoffs are a crap shoot. It could just have easily been the right move and the Cubs sailed to an easy 6-0 win and no one would be talking about it. Getting mad months later over an ultimately inconsequential management move that *could* have turned out badly is pointless. Maddon makes mistakes like any manager, the point is like almost everything in baseball it matters over the course of a full season in which he is clearly a net positive. Who cares if he almost screwed up? It worked out and overall he's a good manager, would you rather see him replaced?

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:35

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Dexo posted:

There's a difference between questioning it, and still being "pissed" about it. One is fair to do with almost any decision whether it works or not, the other is for crazy people.

"pissed" may not have been the best word choice. I forget where I'm posting sometimes. People tend to jump to conclusions and misinterpret things around here, especially when they feel like picking a fight, so I'll be more selective in my word choices.

case in point...

Popete posted:

Single game management decisions in the playoffs are a crap shoot. It could just have easily been the right move and the Cubs sailed to an easy 6-0 win and no one would be talking about it. Getting mad months later over an ultimately inconsequential management move that *could* have turned out badly is pointless. Maddon makes mistakes like any manager, the point is like almost everything in baseball it matters over the course of a full season in which he is clearly a net positive. Who cares if he almost screwed up? It worked out and overall he's a good manager, would you rather see him replaced?

Ok, see, this is what I"m talking about by "misinterpret." My questioning of Maddon's moves does not mean I want to see him replaced. Good lord.

BigBallChunkyTime fucked around with this message at 18:38 on Jan 17, 2017

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:35

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:37

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.: Oct 9, 2003; I've got a case of malt liquor stashed in the trunk, Mr. Marvin Gaye on the CD. We are gonna get all the way down.

Your Taint posted:

"pissed" may not have been the best word choice. I forget where I'm posting sometimes. People tend to misunderstand and misinterpret things around here, especially when they feel like picking a fight, so I'll be more selective in my word choices.

"Hey you, let's fight!"

"Them's fightin' words."

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:38

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:

"Hey you, let's fight!"

"Them's fightin' words."

Bring it. I was the slapfight champion of my lunch table in 11th grade.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:39

Paul Zuvella: Dec 7, 2011

I remember being really mad that Joe decided go with a 3 man rotation for the World Series and start everyone on short rest when two of those pitchers were AJ Burnett and Old Andy Pettite.

Then they won and I literally never have thought about it again until writing this post.

Baseball is a game won on the margins. Managers make a ton of small decisions every game and they are only wrong if the team loses. Relief pitching is a crapshoot, a lot of the time there are literally no good choices so you're just going with the situation that you think is the least risky.

What I'm trying to say, is Maddon did nothing wrong becuase the cubs won. That's all the matters you dolt.

Paul Zuvella fucked around with this message at 18:44 on Jan 17, 2017

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:39

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

Ah yes the tenth iteration of this dumb argument.

Please start soon, baseball.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:43

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

Your Taint posted:

That's right. I forgot that the Cubs are completely infallible because they won the WS and will never do anything wrong again ever and every decision they've ever made is perfect. My bad.

You are insufferable; please root for literally any other team. Thank you.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:43

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Sydin posted:

Ah yes the tenth iteration of this dumb argument.

Please start soon, baseball.

I agree. Opening Day can't come soon enough. I've had to resort to going back to my MLB.tv account and working myself into a frothing rage at literally everything the Cubs did in 2016. I need some new things to break stuff over.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:44

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Your Taint posted:

"pissed" may not have been the best word choice. I forget where I'm posting sometimes. People tend to jump to conclusions and misinterpret things around here, especially when they feel like picking a fight, so I'll be more selective in my word choices.

case in point...

Ok, see, this is what I"m talking about by "misinterpret." My questioning of Maddon's moves does not mean I want to see him replaced. Good lord.

To be fair. the word pissed has a pretty specific connotation in the english language.

"I still think his decision making late in the world series was poor, and he got bailed out by his players, but hey we won the world series so that was pretty cool right"

Is probably the less angry sounding way to say that....

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:44

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

GeneX posted:

You are insufferable; please root for literally any other team. Thank you.

I'm not wrong.

And you have an ignore feature. Feel free to use it.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:44

Paul Zuvella: Dec 7, 2011

Dexo posted:

To be fair. the word pissed has a pretty specific connotation in the english language.

"I still think his decision making late in the world series was poor, and he got bailed out by his players, but hey we won the world series so that was pretty cool right"

Is probably the less angry sounding way to say that....

"Im really mad about this thing the cubs did even though they won!!!"

"I never said I'm mad, you're all being dumb :smuggo:

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:46

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Dexo posted:

To be fair. the word pissed has a pretty specific connotation in the english language.

"I still think his decision making late in the world series was poor, and he got bailed out by his players, but hey we won the world series so that was pretty cool right"

Is probably the less angry sounding way to say that....

Fair enough. I WAS pissed at the time he did it, though. I still would have left Hendricks in and think Maddon got lucky and that put a band-aid on his dumb choice.

Is that better?

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:47

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D.: Oct 9, 2003; I've got a case of malt liquor stashed in the trunk, Mr. Marvin Gaye on the CD. We are gonna get all the way down.

Sydin posted:

Please start soon, baseball.

This.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:48

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

ROCK THE HOUSE M.D. posted:

This.

Pitchers and catchers report in a month, so there's that at least.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:49

IcePhoenix: Sep 18, 2005; Take me to your Shida

Don't they report early this year because of the WBC?

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:50

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Your Taint posted:

Fair enough. I WAS pissed at the time he did it, though. I still would have left Hendricks in and think Maddon got lucky and that put a band-aid on his dumb choice.

Is that better?

That's way more reasonable because it doesn't say "I'm still mad about a managerial choice in the World Series that my team won."

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:51

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

Your Taint posted:

Fair enough. I WAS pissed at the time he did it, though. I still would have left Hendricks in and think Maddon got lucky and that put a band-aid on his dumb choice.

Is that better?

Sure, but all but the most level headed of people are irrational when in the throws of watching and being invested in a game that is currently going on.

Like catch me during the wrong moment in a Bulls game and you might see me say something nice about MCW, Rondo or Doug McDermott. After the game you can take a step back look at the big picture and realize that they are all still trash.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 18:54

ALFbrot: Apr 17, 2002

Every day that passes is one day closer to a time when the Chicago Cubs will no longer be the champions, and I am very thankful for that

# ? Jan 17, 2017 19:18

The Pussy Boss: Nov 2, 2004

Hey, remember when Buck Showalter brought in Ubaldo instead of the reliever who had allowed 4 earned runs all year, in extras in an elimination game?

Me too, I remember that too.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 19:28

Artix: Apr 26, 2010; He's finally back, to kick some tail! And this time, he's goin' to jail!

The Pussy Boss posted:

Hey, remember when Buck Showalter brought in Ubaldo instead of the reliever who had allowed 4 earned runs all year, in extras in an elimination game?

Me too, I remember that too.

DO I EVER! :shepicide:

# ? Jan 17, 2017 19:32

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

ALFbrot posted:

Every day that passes is one day closer to a time when the Chicago Cubs will no longer be the champions, and I am very thankful for that

Or is it one day closer to the Cubs once again being the champions? Hmmmmmmmmm

# ? Jan 17, 2017 19:36

iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Popete posted:

Or is it one day closer to the Cubs once again being the champions? Hmmmmmmmmm

Nah

# ? Jan 17, 2017 19:38

TheChaosPath: Jul 22, 2005

In the grim, dark future there are only Cubs championships

# ? Jan 17, 2017 19:55

Poque: Sep 11, 2003; =^-^=

Flags fly forever

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:01

Dexo: Aug 15, 2009; A city that was to live by night after the wilderness had passed. A city that was to forge out of steel and blood-red neon its own peculiar wilderness.

TheChaosPath posted:

In the grim, dark future there are only Cubs championships

I mean Trump might end up killing us all before someone else wins the WS.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:04

Inspector_666: Oct 7, 2003; _{benny with the good hair}

Artix posted:

DO I EVER!

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:04

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

It's fascinating watching Cubs fans be angry at everything that happened en route to their title.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:09

Popete: Oct 6, 2009; This will make sure you don't suggest to the KDz
That he should grow greens instead of crushing on MCs; Grimey Drawer

TheChaosPath posted:

In the grim, dark future there are only Cubs championships

The Dinger Machine God has granted his favor upon the Adeptus Cubs.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:10

Poque: Sep 11, 2003; =^-^=

Spoeank posted:

It's fascinating watching Cubs fan be angry at everything that happened en route to their title.

Fixed

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:12

BigBallChunkyTime: Nov 25, 2011; Kyle Schwarber: World Series hero, Beefy Lad, better than you.; Illegal Hen

Dexo posted:

I mean Trump might end up killing us all before someone else wins the WS.

This is the most likely scenario.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:18

TMMadman: Sep 9, 2003; by Fluffdaddy

I won't be happy until the Cubs go 162-0 during the regular season and then sweep every series of the playoffs.

Oh and every playoff game better be a shutout or I'll be pissed beyond belief.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:22

Spoeank: Jul 16, 2003; That's a nice set of 11 dynasty points there, it would be a shame if 3 rings were to happen with it

TMMadman posted:

I won't be happy until the Cubs go 162-0 during the regular season and then sweep every series of the playoffs.

Oh and every playoff game better be a shutout or I'll be pissed beyond belief.

But they traded Gleyber is it really worth it

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:24

tadashi: Feb 20, 2006

TheChaosPath posted:

In the grim, dark future there are only Cubs championships

Much like the way NBC/Universal/Comcast will own all entertainment, the Chicago Cubs will own all sports. Every game will Cubs vs. Cubs in every sport.

also a reminder that all the porn you watch is owned by one company

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:27

Jen X: Sep 29, 2014; To bring light to the darkness, whether that darkness be ignorance, injustice, apathy, or stagnation.

Dexo posted:

Sure, but all but the most level headed of people are irrational when in the throws of watching and being invested in a game that is currently going on.

Like catch me during the wrong moment in a Bulls game and you might see me say something nice about MCW, Rondo or Doug McDermott. After the game you can take a step back look at the big picture and realize that they are all still trash.

McBuckets is a treasure

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:30

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# ? May 30, 2024 00:04

Sydin: Oct 29, 2011; Another spring commute

Spoeank posted:

But they traded Gleyber is it really worth it

See this guy gets it.

# ? Jan 17, 2017 20:49

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