Since the announcement of the repeat of the end of sports history and the dawn of a newly discredited day, I’ve heard a lot of nasty rumors about what Obstructed View will be like. Mostly it’s a bunch of lies and obvious misrepresentations, so I just want to clear the air right off the bat. If you’re going to fom opinions about this blog, I sincerely hope you do it based on what you see for yourself, and not what you hear from Tim via DM on twitter unsubstantiated hearsay. I’ll just start tossing out myths and shooting them down.
Myth #1: Obstructed View is just a way to coerce Berselius, Aisle 424, and And Counting to spew MB21’s polluted cynicism and cultish groupthink to a broader audience than ACB.
That’s patently false. We’ve all been parroting MB’s views for quite a long time, and this won’t draw half the audience that ACB did.
Myth #2: And Counting and the other contributors will lose their individual personalities when they merge their work into one venue.
Seriously, I think it’s hilarious that people think we have personalities.
Myth #3: The guys at Obstructed View are completely full of themselves as evidenced by the massive amount of hype and self-promotion.
That was all just a pretty elaborate charade to give us an excuse to openly pretend we were Disney princesses.
Myth #4: Obstructed View will turn AC and Aisle 424 into stat nerds.
I can only hope. But apparently you can’t put hope into a spreadsheet. I do plan to learn to watch games using only Microsoft Excel, though.
Myth #5: Obstructed View will turn Berselius and MB21 into heartstring-tugging booger joke peddlers.
Fart jokes and fascist tea party spokesmanship is the new name of the game. Get your stories straight, leftist liberalistas!
Myth #6: Berselius is actually just MB21’s Fight Club alter ego.
I don’t know, I guess that’s possible.
Myth #7: All the memes and commenting subculture from ACB will migrate to Obstructed View.
(dying laughing)
Myth #8: There’s a link you can click to see everyone who has ever looked at your twitter profile.
That’s insane. It’s gotta be a hoax. But . . . what if it’s not? It kills me that I can’t know this. Do you know how much time I spend on twitter wondering who’s really following me? Don’t ask.
Myth #9: Obstructed View is going to be the greatest Cubs blog out there.
See now that’s just a trick. Using greatest and Cubs in the same sentence is a recipe for all sorts of deception. You gotta be smarter than that, people. We have high standards of critical thinking over here in our new home.
Myth #10: The Cubs will contend in 2011.
Okay, I lied. I made that myth up. No one’s saying that.
Comments
My individual personality is what has made me so famous. I’m not going to lose it. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
This blog sucks. I’m gonna go beat off to dead cat porn.
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]My individual personality is what has made me so famous. I’m not going to lose it. (dying laughing)[/quote]That’s exactly my opinion. (dying laughing)
My computer is as tired as I am. But I can finally comment.
AndCountingQuote Reply
I’ll fix these ugly urls in a couple days, but I’m afraid if I touch anything else the internet is going to explode.
mb21Quote Reply
When are we finally going to go live and I have to pretend like I care what people comment about?
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]When are we finally going to go live and I have to pretend like I care what people comment about?[/quote]We went live about 45 minutes ago. That’s perfect that you didn’t know that. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
It makes sense though since I deleted all of the comments on the payroll page.
mb21Quote Reply
Alright guys, I’m out for awhile. I’ll miss you.
AndCountingQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]Alright guys, I’m out for awhile. I’ll miss you.[/quote]I’ll try not to delete anything else while you’re gone.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]We went live about 45 minutes ago. That’s perfect that you didn’t know that. (dying laughing)[/quote]
I knew, but I was trying to be funny. I guess I’m cut from the blog now.
Aisle424Quote Reply
I should be banned for not recognizing humor.
mb21Quote Reply
I’m surprised more people didn’t get up early on a Sunday or skip church for our grand opening. The younger generation just doesn’t have any priorities anymore.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I should be banned for not recognizing humor.[/quote]
This is the worst thing to every happen on this blog.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Manni Stats]This blog sucks. I’m gonna go beat off to dead cat porn.[/quote]
Maybe we can add that as a category.
Aisle424Quote Reply
Finally! I’ve been crossing off the days on my Jack Benny calendar waiting for March 27th to arrive.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
So far, so good. The banner is awesome, and I already like the mix of writers better than ACB.
(dying laughing)
EDIT: it works!
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban Kid]Finally! I’ve been crossing off the days on my Jack Benny calendar waiting for March 27th to arrive.[/quote]A lot of people have been waiting for this day. We got hundreds of emails each day asking us to move the date up. They just couldn’t wait.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Suburban Kid]So far, so good. The banner is awesome, and I already like the mix of writers better than ACB.
(dying laughing)
EDIT: it works![/quote]It was literally the first thing I did after we installed the comment system.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]This is the worst thing to every happen on this blog.[/quote]That’s impressive when you consider that this blog has been around for as long as it has been.
mb21Quote Reply
I posted this link in another thread, but it’s one of the funniest I’d ever read so it gets posted here again: http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/5/12/1469664/starting-a-meme
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]A lot of people have been waiting for this day. We got hundreds of emails each day asking us to move the date up. They just couldn’t wait.[/quote]
Unfortunately, they all went insane with anticipation and killed themselves in a ceremony involving a misting station, so we still don’t have many readers.
Aisle424Quote Reply
That would be hilarious if you guys got sued and shut down on your first day for using that MLB Opening Day logo up top. (dying laughing)
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban Kid]That would be hilarious if you guys got sued and shut down on your first day for using that MLB Opening Day logo up top. (dying laughing)[/quote]That’s our grand plan. This was really only going to be around for 2 days and then we were going to go back to our blogs. It’s like the dream season from Dallas.
mb21Quote Reply
That logo won’t be up long anyway. We just didn’t know what else to put there. It will change throughout the season.
mb21Quote Reply
I hope my financial aid application went through and I can comment here. That registration fee is brutal. Otherwise I’m going to have to get my dogs working the corners.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]That’s our grand plan. This was really only going to be around for 2 days and then we were going to go back to our blogs. It’s like the dream season from Dallas.[/quote]That would be very marketing-savvy of us. We need to associate ourselves with some of those recent shows.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Silva release is officially official.
BerseliusQuote Reply
But is it finally final?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]That would be very marketing-savvy of us. We need to associate ourselves with some of those recent shows.[/quote]I tried to find a Dallas image with four characters to use for the images we put together over the last few days, but there were just too many characters in that show.
mb21Quote Reply
Nice set-up! I did skip church for this, but I am wearing a quasi-papal outfit for the occasion.
(dying laughing)
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
[quote name=Recalcitrant Blogger Nate]Nice set-up! I did skip church for this, but I am wearing a quasi-papal outfit for the occasion.
(dying laughing)[/quote]
By skipping church for this blog, you are now allowed to eat dinner tonight (assuming you aren’t sent to hell first).
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]But is it finally final?[/quote]
Who owns the Cubs?
Aisle424Quote Reply
One thing we didn’t mention in the Welcome post (I have since) is that this site should be mobile friendly. It seems the four of us have iphones and it works fine for us, but I’m not sure about other devices. It should work though.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Who owns the Cubs?[/quote]Al Yellon?
mb21Quote Reply
Jesus, I can’t believe how many of the Chicago media are reporting that the Cubs are eating 11.5 million in releasing Silva. They’re missing the 2 million 2012 buyout and the 5.5 million that Seattle is paying.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Yeah, the Cubs were set to pay Silva $6 million of Silva’s remaining contract. If another team signs him they’re on the hook for $5.6 million. If no other team signs him they pay him $6 million.
mb21Quote Reply
(dying laughing), via Yellon and Sullivan
logic does not compute.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]Jesus, I can’t believe how many of the Chicago media are reporting that the Cubs are eating 11.5 million in releasing Silva. They’re missing the 2 million 2012 buyout and the 5.5 million that Seattle is paying.[/quote]
The Hobbiton Gazette reported yesterday that contrary to what some people were saying, the Cubs are eating $11.5 million. I don’t know why there would be a negation of Seattle paying their portion of the deal or why the extra $2 million buyout is being ignored, but everyone seems to be going with it.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]The Hobbiton Gazette reported yesterday that contrary to what some people were saying, the Cubs are eating $11.5 million. I don’t know why there would be a negation of Seattle paying their portion of the deal or why the extra $2 million buyout is being ignored, but everyone seems to be going with it.[/quote]
Well, there’s the explanation of where Seattle’s money went.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Al Yellon?[/quote]
He’s just their best customer.
Aisle424Quote Reply
(walks around. . checks shelves for dust. . . looks in fridge . . . flops on couch)
So . . what’s new?
JulieQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius](dying laughing), via Yellon and Sullivan
logic does not compute.[/quote]That can’t be real. Is he just trying to get people riled up? Paul does have a degree. I can’t imagine he’s actually having a difficult time comprehending this. Right?
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]He’s just their best customer.[/quote]Apparently the Cubs like to screw their customers over by having sales. Personally, I never buy anything when it’s on sale. Take yesterday for example. I went to buy some jeans. One place had them for $29.99 and the other place for $34.99. Same jeans. I wasn’t about to pay $29.99.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Julie](walks around. . checks shelves for dust. . . looks in fridge . . . flops on couch)
So . . what’s new?[/quote](dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]That can’t be real. Is he just trying to get people riled up? Paul does have a degree. I can’t imagine he’s actually having a difficult time comprehending this. Right?[/quote]Paul Sullivan is a stupid, spiteful little cretin that cares less for his craft than he does for his integrity–and that’s saying something.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
http://praiseball.wordpress.com/2011/03/24/i-wish-dave-allen-was-never-born/
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Apparently the Cubs like to screw their customers over by having sales. Personally, I never buy anything when it’s on sale. Take yesterday for example. I went to buy some jeans. One place had them for $29.99 and the other place for $34.99. Same jeans. I wasn’t about to pay $29.99.[/quote]You should’ve had made the place charging $29.99 raise their prices to $34.99 by explaining how much the lower prices were hurting you.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Julie](walks around. . checks shelves for dust. . . looks in fridge . . . flops on couch)
So . . what’s new?[/quote]
Hey! Take your shoes off on the new couch! This how the last place turned into such a shithole.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]Hey! Take your shoes off on the new couch! This how the last place turned into such a shithole.[/quote]Amusing, but wrong. Prove me wrong.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Amusing, but wrong. Prove me wrong.[/quote]
Correct
melissaQuote Reply
Has anyone talked about the Brewers trading Cutter Dykstra for Nyger Morgan? I think it’s a good pick up for the Brewers.
melissaQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius](dying laughing), via Yellon and Sullivan
logic does not compute.[/quote]
Yeah, that confused me too. I thought the Cubs only had to soak up $8MM, not the whole salary plus the buyout or whatever they’re saying.
Nice pad, guys.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Has anyone talked about the Brewers trading Cutter Dykstra for Nyger Morgan? I think it’s a good pick up for the Brewers.[/quote]
Clearly you don’t understand that this blog has shit to do with baseball.
MishQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]Has anyone talked about the Brewers trading Cutter Dykstra for Nyger Morgan? I think it’s a good pick up for the Brewers.[/quote]Aren’t Morgan and Carlos Gomez kind of redundant? Wonder if the Brewers aren’t looking at platooning them.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Aren’t Morgan and Carlos Gomez kind of redundant? Wonder if the Brewers aren’t looking at platooning them.[/quote]
So they’re both fast above average fielding CFs who won’t hit for much power, right? That seems like the definition of a platoon from the Cubs’ dictionary.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Manni Stats]Clearly you don’t understand that this blog has shit to do with baseball.[/quote]
Crap, that’s right, it’s a blog about foursomes. What do you expect, though, this is just the type of place that draws idiots like me.
melissaQuote Reply
I think Morgan is probably a little better at the plate than Gomez but I’m assuming they plan on platooning them. Gomez has been more hype than production so I think Morgan’s a good acquisition for them. If Marcum and Greinke are healthy I think they’ll win the division easily.
melissaQuote Reply
I like how this setup combines the best of the old commenting system with the artificial status conferred by faget point accrual.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]I like how this setup combines the best of the old commenting system with the artificial status conferred by faget point accrual.[/quote]
We call it the RC system.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]The Hobbiton Gazette reported yesterday that contrary to what some people were saying, the Cubs are eating $11.5 million. I don’t know why there would be a negation of Seattle paying their portion of the deal or why the extra $2 million buyout is being ignored, but everyone seems to be going with it.[/quote]
Is that like simple economics?
XoomwaffleQuote Reply
[quote name=melissa]I think Morgan is probably a little better at the plate than Gomez but I’m assuming they plan on platooning them. Gomez has been more hype than production so I think Morgan’s a good acquisition for them. If Marcum and Greinke are healthy I think they’ll win the division easily.[/quote]
Ah, but you have left out the “The Cubs will win because they have to” variable in your equation.
XoomwaffleQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]We call it the RC system.[/quote]
You do care…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
wait a comment system that allows you to comment!?
+1
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I posted this link in another thread, but it’s one of the funniest I’d ever read so it gets posted here again: http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2010/5/12/1469664/starting-a-meme%5B/quote%5D
That was one of my favorite non-Cubs threads of all time. I choked repeatedly on laughter.
AndCountingQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]The Hobbiton Gazette reported yesterday that contrary to what some people were saying, the Cubs are eating $11.5 million. I don’t know why there would be a negation of Seattle paying their portion of the deal or why the extra $2 million buyout is being ignored, but everyone seems to be going with it.[/quote]I’m pretty sure some of the money from Seattle also went to covering the hot dogs Todd threw in the trash. Add another $30 to the total the Cubs are eating on Silva. Double it if Silva wound up eating the hot dogs.
AndCountingQuote Reply
so have I told anyone that I think the Cubs will win the division this year yet?
dylanjQuote Reply
This is the best Cubs blog I have ever read.
KenQuote Reply
[quote name=Ken]This is the best Cubs blog I have ever read.[/quote]
At least one of my readers found their way over here.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]so have I told anyone that I think the Cubs will win the division this year yet?[/quote]I hadn’t heard that. Is it something you’re telling a lot of people or just family and close friends?
AndCountingQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]At least my one reader found his/her/it way over here.[/quote]
fify
MishQuote Reply
I thought you weren’t supposed to talk about that.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]so have I told anyone that I think the Cubs will win the division this year yet?[/quote]
It’s better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.
MishQuote Reply
Finally. I haven’t anticipated something this much since the last Twilight film.
Ace@BleacherNationQuote Reply
[quote name=Ace@BleacherNation]Finally. I haven’t anticipated something this much since the last Twilight film.[/quote]We act. You feel.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Manni Stats]It’s better to stay silent and be thought a fool than open your mouth and remove all doubt.[/quote]
I’m going to take a wait and see approach.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Ace@BleacherNation]Finally. I haven’t anticipated something this much since the last Twilight film.[/quote]How I resisted the urge to make a Twilight photoshop I’ll never know.
AndCountingQuote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]I’m going to take a wait and see approach.[/quote]You and I don’t often agree.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]How I resisted the urge to make a Twilight photoshop I’ll never know.[/quote]Because then the blog would’ve been divided between Team berselius and Team Aisle 424.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
First AT&T-Mobile and now this? What will it take for the FCC to grow a pair?
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]How I resisted the urge to make a Twilight photoshop I’ll never know.[/quote]
We’ll save that for when we shut this site down and merge with more Cubs blogs.
Aisle424Quote Reply
By the way, I was feeling good about the Cubs’ decision making for a change until I read MB’s post on platoons. Are they really platooning two LH-hitters? WTF?
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]By the way, I was feeling good about the Cubs’ decision making for a change until I read MB’s post on platoons. Are they really platooning two LH-hitters? WTF?[/quote]
Yeah…the smarter thing to do, methunk, was to platoon Soriano and Colvin in LF. But you know how it is…
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]By the way, I was feeling good about the Cubs’ decision making for a change until I read MB’s post on platoons. Are they really platooning two LH-hitters? WTF?[/quote]They’re platooning two LHB in RF, and possibly platooning two RHB at 2B. Bizarre. As MB noted, at least Colvin and Fukudome have reverse-ish platoon splits for their careers, but that doesn’t do much to mitigate the fact that Hendry and Quade have built a roster that has Koyie Hill and Reed Johnson on it, and that employs to same-handed platoons. That’s pretty sad.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Yeah…the smarter thing to do, methunk, was to platoon Soriano and Colvin in LF. But you know how it is…[/quote]
No kidding. Although I suspect/hope we’ll see Soriano get some days off against “tough” RHP.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]Yeah…the smarter thing to do, methunk, was to platoon Soriano and Colvin in LF. But you know how it is…[/quote]This is really the move that needed to be made. Instead, I think we’re going to be treated to a lot of Reed Johnson late-inning defensive replacements in LF. Blech.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Their platooning two LHB in RF, and possibly platooning two RHB at 2B. Bizarre. As MB noted, at least Colvin and Fukudome have reverse-ish platoon splits for their careers, but that doesn’t do much to mitigate the fact that Hendry and Quade have built a roster that has Koyie Hill and Reed Johnson on it, and that employs to same-handed platoons. That’s pretty sad.[/quote]
Isn’t there an opportunity to improve the OF platoon via trade? I mean, they’ve got the “dominant” side of the platoon, playing-time wise. It seems they should be able to trade one of those guys for a similarly-talented RH corner OF’er.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
I also thought just based on naked eye observations that Colvin looked like crap in RF but was serviceable in CF and LF. Having him as one of the regular RF doesn’t seem all that wise to me.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I’m kind of disappointed that there’s a link to Bleed Cubbie Blue in the sidebar.
KeithQuote Reply
[quote name=Keith]I’m kind of disappointed that there’s a link to Bleed Cubbie Blue in the sidebar.[/quote]
Why the hell aren’t I notified about these things?
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]Isn’t there an opportunity to improve the OF platoon via trade? I mean, they’ve got the “dominant” side of the platoon, playing-time wise. It seems they should be able to trade one of those guys for a similarly-talented RH corner OF’er.[/quote]Well, Fukudome is probably unmovable with his contract and Hendry seems to think Colvin is some kind of future star, so I don’t think we’ll see a deal done. I’m of the mind that if any of the OF get traded, it’ll be Byrd.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Keith]I’m kind of disappointed that there’s a link to Bleed Cubbie Blue in the sidebar.[/quote]
If someone new were to stumble into this place, they’d need to know where 9/10 of the meme’s come from.
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
[quote name=Keith]I’m kind of disappointed that there’s a link to Bleed Cubbie Blue in the sidebar.[/quote]We have to have somewhere to direct the stupid.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Recalcitrant Blogger Nate]If someone new were to stumble into this place, they’d need to know where 9/10 of the meme’s come from.[/quote]Correct.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]I also thought just based on naked eye observations that Colvin looked like crap in RF but was serviceable in CF and LF. Having him as one of the regular RF doesn’t seem all that wise to me.[/quote]Yeah, what I’ve seen of Colvin in RF is not encouraging. At least with Fukudome you get a plus glove out there.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Yeah, what I’ve seen of Colvin in RF is not encouraging. At least with Fukudome you get a plus glove out there.[/quote]
A bunch of Fukudome’s throws this spring have been off-line though. He can catch, and his arm is strong, I guess he just needs more throwing adjustments or something.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]A bunch of Fukudome’s throws this spring have been off-line though. He can catch, and his arm is strong, I guess he just needs more throwing adjustments or something.[/quote]Probably just a getting-in-the-groove thing. Let’s hope he’s not Knoblached.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]A bunch of Fukudome’s throws this spring have been off-line though. He can catch, and his arm is strong, I guess he just needs more throwing adjustments or something.[/quote]
He’s just trying some new things.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Well, Fukudome is probably unmovable with his contract and Hendry seems to think Colvin is some kind of future star, so I don’t think we’ll see a deal done. I’m of the mind that if any of the OF get traded, it’ll be Byrd.[/quote]
Yeah I’m not saying I expect a trade to happen, just that there seems to be incentives to improve two teams by making a deal. And you’d have to level out the salaries between whichever two players are dealt.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
Congrats on the new site guys. New layout looks great. Looking forward to the baseball content, but mostly just the subversive humor about the Cubs.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Correct.[/quote]
You and I don’t often agree, but this time you’re right.
Recalcitrant Blogger NateQuote Reply
Brett Jackson is leading off today.
/Cal alum
Rice CubeQuote Reply
im telling you Manu, the Brews are completely overrated, the cards just aren’t very good and while the Reds are way better than the Cubs I think they will somehow find a way to lose the division.
This team will win the Central and vindicate the FO’s terrible half assed plan to semi-contend every year
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Aren’t Morgan and Carlos Gomez kind of redundant? Wonder if the Brewers aren’t looking at platooning them.[/quote]Why on earth would you platoon these two? One bats lefty and the other bats righty. That ain’t how ya platoon.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]That was one of my favorite non-Cubs threads of all time. I choked repeatedly on laughter.[/quote]I have again today so far. I’m only about half way through it, but it’s just as funny as the first time.
mb21Quote Reply
i’m loving the new layout md.
dylanjQuote Reply
The Zambrano facepalm next to the support beam makes me (dying laughing)
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Ace@BleacherNation]Finally. I haven’t anticipated something this much since the last Twilight film.[/quote]I’m assuming that you have not been let down by our brilliance.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]im telling you Manu, the Brews are completely overrated, the cards just aren’t very good and while the Reds are way better than the Cubs I think they will somehow find a way to lose the division.
This team will win the Central and vindicate the FO’s terrible half assed plan to semi-contend every year[/quote]
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]i’m loving the new layout md.[/quote]We all worked on it and we had a ton of fun doing it. I know Tim mentioned last night in the threat he wrote on 424 that he finally was having fun again and so was I. It had been a good year since blogging had been fun. I’m really excited about what we can do here.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]We’ll save that for when we shut this site down and merge with more Cubs blogs.[/quote]Shouldn’t we start hyping the new one? I really don’t think we hyped this one enough. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=mb21]We all worked on it and we had a ton of fun doing it. I know Tim mentioned last night in the threat he wrote on 424 that he finally was having fun again and so was I. It had been a good year since blogging had been fun. I’m really excited about what we can do here.[/quote]Year One.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
Bruce Miles just said that Beef Castle has some kind of index finger problem and won’t get the backup C spot.
The 2011 Chicago Cubs- All Koyie, all the time
dylanjQuote Reply
In all seriousness, DJ, it would be so Cub for this sad sack team to win the division, get everyone excited and then massively suck for the next decade while Tommy Boy lines his pockets
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]By the way, I was feeling good about the Cubs’ decision making for a change until I read MB’s post on platoons. Are they really platooning two LH-hitters? WTF?[/quote]Yes and from what I heard the other day, it’s likely they’re also going to platoon two right handed hitters. I thought about looking into whether any team had ever done that and then I realized it would have been a complete waste of time. I’m confident enough to say that no team has ever platooned two positions like the Cubs are doing. It’s the equivalent of taking Marshall out of the game when a lefty comes up and bringing in Grabow.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]Bruce Miles just said that Beef Castle has some kind of index finger problem and won’t get the backup C spot.
The 2011 Chicago Cubs- All Koyie, all the time[/quote]If you lose a job to Koyie Hill because of a finger problem, your life sucks.
AndCountingQuote Reply
[quote name=Keith]I’m kind of disappointed that there’s a link to Bleed Cubbie Blue in the sidebar.[/quote]I just combined all of our links together, which was mostly just Adam’s Cubs blog list. I think he had them all. He’s an equal opportunity referrer.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]Bruce Miles just said that Beef Castle has some kind of index finger problem and won’t get the backup C spot.
The 2011 Chicago Cubs- All Koyie, all the time[/quote]I’m about to have a middle finger problem…
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]If you lose a job to Koyie Hill because of a finger problem, your life sucks.[/quote]I’m still certain that Castillo would have been a better option, injured and everything.
mb21Quote Reply
i missed this platoon thing- is it Colvin & Fukudome?
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]i missed this platoon thing- is it Colvin & Fukudome?[/quote]Colvin and Fukudome in RF and it looks like Barney and Baker at 2B.
/facepalm
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]Isn’t there an opportunity to improve the OF platoon via trade? I mean, they’ve got the “dominant” side of the platoon, playing-time wise. It seems they should be able to trade one of those guys for a similarly-talented RH corner OF’er.[/quote]To the Cubs credit they are at least getting younger players some playing time in these platoons. I’d rather Colvin and Barney play every day to be honest. I’d prefer Marquez Smith, but there must be something seriously flawed about him.
mb21Quote Reply
i think this team has the right mix of upside & rebound to contend MO.
Hendry & Company did justtttt enough to get me to buy mlb.tv again & pay attention. At least until mid April when the 5 back rule comes into play
dylanjQuote Reply
kind of rough on Darwin Barney- here kid you made the team now you can only face RHP.
DeWitt will get the PT once he gets his shit figured out. Its kind of weird that Quade is putting so much into one bad spring.
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]No kidding. Although I suspect/hope we’ll see Soriano get some days off against “tough” RHP.[/quote]I won’t be surprised if it soon turns into a Colvin/Soriano platoon. I think those two could combine to give you well above production in LF.
mb21Quote Reply
After four comments, JamesDalton has been banned from BCB.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]i think this team has the right mix of upside & rebound to contend MO.
Hendry & Company did justtttt enough to get me to buy mlb.tv again & pay attention. At least until mid April when the 5 back rule comes into play[/quote]Okay, you’re insane. (dying laughing) Shipping half the farm for a pitcher who isn’t better than Z or Dempster and signing a 1B on the cheap coming off his worst season got you excited? The only incentive for me to watch the Cubs this season is Starlin and Z. And I’ll watch every third game so I can see Soto play.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]kind of rough on Darwin Barney- here kid you made the team now you can only face RHP.
DeWitt will get the PT once he gets his shit figured out. Its kind of weird that Quade is putting so much into one bad spring.[/quote]Yeah, it’s rough, but at the same time if Barney is going ever have any future at the big league level, he’s going to have to hit righties well. He’s never going to hit lefties well enough. Plus, I think his value is defensively. The guy is supposed to be a well above average defensive shortstop.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]If you lose a job to Koyie Hill because of a finger problem, your life sucks.[/quote]
ROFL
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
For as down as I’ve been on this team, I could easily see DJ being right. They do have enough potential to win the division. A LOT will have to go right, but things usually go right for teams that reach the postseason. I could see it. I just think it’s highly unlikely. I’ll be rooting for the highly unlikely just like every Cubs fan, but I think in the end they trade some parts in July and win around 70 ballgames.
mb21Quote Reply
Here’s the thing about the Garza trade. None of the guys we lost were finished products- Archer had one good year & still has control issues, Lee is in A ball for gods sake. Of all of them I think Chirinos is the best bet to have a productive MLB career. Now, Garza is basically Randy Wells and that trade wasn’t anything to get excited about BUT it does give us another above average SP. I look at our rotation and and pretty happy with it.
And I think Carlos Pena still has some baseball left in him
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]After four comments, JamesDalton has been banned from BCB.[/quote]
Link or it didn’t happen.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]After four comments, JamesDalton has been banned from BCB.[/quote]
A great way to commemorate the launch of this site (dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Thanks for the writeup, Ace.
http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/03/27/the-cublogoverse-is-consolidating-2/
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]Here’s the thing about the Garza trade. None of the guys we lost were finished products- Archer had one good year & still has control issues, Lee is in A ball for gods sake. Of all of them I think Chirinos is the best bet to have a productive MLB career. Now, Garza is basically Randy Wells and that trade wasn’t anything to get excited about BUT it does give us another above average SP. I look at our rotation and and pretty happy with it.
And I think Carlos Pena still has some baseball left in him[/quote]
Your optimism never ceases to amaze me. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]If you lose a job to Koyie Hill because of a finger problem, your life sucks.[/quote]
In Max Ramirez’s case it’s a wrist problem. I actually was hoping that he’d get the nod so BeefCastle could go back to Iowa and play every day. Max is a waiver pickup so he can rot on the bench and still be a better option than Koyie, but I like the idea of Castillo playing every day, something he can’t do with Soto in front of him.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
I could be way off, but I get the impression Baker is going to get consistent playing time at 2B and Barney and DeWitt will be more backups than platoon options. Obviously that will change if he bombs against LHP, but I think Quade will give him a shot. Could be way off though. If defense continues to be a general problem, they could just leave Barney in more often than not and hit him 8th.
And the Colvin/Fukudome situation promises to confuse me all season.
AndCountingQuote Reply
FWIW The Colvin-Fukudome platoon is mitigated somewhat by the fact that Colvin will still probably see plenty of PAs vs RHP. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has the opportunity to get even more playing than he did last year while rotating between the 3 OF spots and 1b. Then again, given how pessimistic I am about his bat that’s not necessarily a good thing.
BerseliusQuote Reply
with Dempster, Z, Garza & Wells you basically have a bunch of 3 WAR pitcher and with Cashner at least you have some upside. Its really not a bad rotation.
Plus Reed Johnson is back so you know, chemistry & team leadership = another 20 wins
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I’m assuming that you have not been let down by our brilliance.[/quote]
Not yet, but one word out of place; one missed comma; one untoward word; and it’s over.
Or if you don’t talk about boobs and weiners enough.
Ace@BleacherNationQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]FWIW The Colvin-Fukudome platoon is mitigated somewhat by the fact that Colvin will still probably see plenty of PAs vs RHP. I wouldn’t be surprised if he has the opportunity to get even more playing than he did last year while rotating between the 3 OF spots and 1b. Then again, given how pessimistic I am about his bat that’s not necessarily a godo thing.[/quote]17 K, 4 BB this spring. Limiting his AB might be the best way to get value out of him at this point.
In practice, the LH-LH platoon probably won’t be very detrimental, but in principle, it’s just. so. fucking. dumb.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Thanks for the writeup, Ace.
http://www.bleachernation.com/2011/03/27/the-cublogoverse-is-consolidating-2/%5B/quote%5D
No problem. And I meant it sincerely – I don’t read a ton of other Cubs blogs, but I was a big fan of all four of your work. So I had no choice in liking OV.
Ace@BleacherNationQuote Reply
How bad is DeWitt in the field?
Unless he is Soriano-at-2B level bad, I still think he should have gotten most of the starts against right-handers. I don’t like the idea of altering your off-season strategy for a position based on 50 poor at-bats.
I also like the idea of a Soriano-Colvin platoon in LF. Also allows Fukudome to be the Cubs everyday leadoff hitter. I also wouldn’t mind seeing some more Colvin in CF as well.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
[quote name=AndCounting]I could be way off, but I get the impression Baker is going to get consistent playing time at 2B and Barney and DeWitt will be more backups than platoon options. Obviously that will change if he bombs against LHP, but I think Quade will give him a shot. Could be way off though. If defense continues to be a general problem, they could just leave Barney in more often than not and hit him 8th.
And the Colvin/Fukudome situation promises to confuse me all season.[/quote]That makes sense, AC. Thanks.
mb21Quote Reply
Your optimism never ceases to amaze me. (dying laughing)
its a product of the exponential times we are living in MO
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=Mercurial Outfielder]Okay, you’re insane. (dying laughing) Shipping half the farm for a pitcher who isn’t better than Z or Dempster and signing a 1B on the cheap coming off his worst season got you excited? The only incentive for me to watch the Cubs this season is Starlin and Z. And I’ll watch every third game so I can see Soto play.[/quote]
I *really* liked the Carlos Pena signing. He’s a great buy-low candidate, and they didn’t commit to a long-term deal. It filled a hole at 1B, and gave them a potentially nice trade chip come the deadline. The only thing not to like about the deal is an inherent mistrust in the organization to act rationally if/when Pena does bounce back.
The problem I have is the Garza deal. Not a big enough improvement to matter much this year, and it comes at the sake of low-cost talent for future seasons.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
[quote name=Ace@BleacherNation]Not yet, but one word out of place; one missed comma; one untoward word; and it’s over.
Or if you don’t talk about boobs and weiners enough.[/quote]
There’ll be no talk of pee-pees and wee-wees here!
unless Cone shows up with his compendium of fat naked guy pics.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
speaking of Soriano I had no idea that guy was a 6.9 WAR player back in 07. That must have been when people tried to test his arm in LF
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=Hector Villanueva]How bad is DeWitt in the field?
Unless he is Soriano-at-2B level bad, I still think he should have gotten most of the starts against right-handers. I don’t like the idea of altering your off-season strategy for a position based on 50 poor at-bats.
I also like the idea of a Soriano-Colvin platoon in LF. Also allows Fukudome to be the Cubs everyday leadoff hitter. I also wouldn’t mind seeing some more Colvin in CF as well.[/quote]
He’s not too bad (probably just a few runs below average), but it’s not so much his spring PAs that should lose him the job so much as it’s his batting line in general. It’s not that special. All spring training did was shake the perception that he was a Starter that he got because the Dodgers decided he was the best option they had.
Barney’s bat is worse but he brings a good glove to 2b.
BerseliusQuote Reply
Im liking the fact that i can comment at work.
This place is so discredited that even our Nasa engineer came back..
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]Your optimism never ceases to amaze me. (dying laughing)
its a product of the exponential times we are living in MO[/quote]
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]with Dempster, Z, Garza & Wells you basically have a bunch of 3 WAR pitcher and with Cashner at least you have some upside. Its really not a bad rotation.
Plus Reed Johnson is back so you know, chemistry & team leadership = another 20 wins[/quote]I think the rotation is quite good. I’d probably guess it’s top 4 or 5 in the league. It’s nothing great, but it’s above average across the board. The bullpen has some nice arms a the end of the game, but not much beyond that. No big deal though as the games you win you expect the good 3 to appear in.
The issue once again is offense. This is not a good offense. At its best it is average and at its worst it’s probably 15 to 20% worse than average. I think the defense is probably average to slightly above average overall, but the baserunning is going to erase any gains the defense may make.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=shawndgoldman]I *really* liked the Carlos Pena signing. He’s a great buy-low candidate, and they didn’t commit to a long-term deal. It filled a hole at 1B, and gave them a potentially nice trade chip come the deadline. The only thing not to like about the deal is an inherent mistrust in the organization to act rationally if/when Pena does bounce back.
The problem I have is the Garza deal. Not a big enough improvement to matter much this year, and it comes at the sake of low-cost talent for future seasons.[/quote]
Two words: Gary Gaetti.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]Your optimism never ceases to amaze me. (dying laughing)
its a product of the exponential times we are living in MO[/quote]Indeed. Thankfully, we have the basic human right of a personal opinion.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]Im liking the fact that i can comment at work.
This place is so discredited that even our Nasa engineer came back..[/quote]
I’m no engineer. Those guys wake waaaaay more money than I do.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]He’s not too bad (probably just a few runs below average), but it’s not so much his spring PAs that should lose him the job so much as it’s his batting line in general. It’s not that special. All spring training did was shake the perception that he was a Starter that he got because the Dodgers decided he was the best option they had.
Barney’s bat is worse but he brings a good glove to 2b.[/quote]
I don’t think DeWitt’s a starter by any means, but I don’t think Darwin Barney is either. So long as Barney is able to post a .315 wOBA his glove probably is worth putting in the lineup ahead of DeWitt.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
for the cubs to make it
Aramis has to be healthy and also be Old Aramis
Soriano has to have at least one more semi productive year
Colvin needs to not disappear
Pena needs to travel back to 2008
Castro needs to break out. Now.
dylanjQuote Reply
[quote name=Ace@BleacherNation]No problem. And I meant it sincerely – I don’t read a ton of other Cubs blogs, but I was a big fan of all four of your work. So I had no choice in liking OV.[/quote]I’ve gotten really bad about reading other Cubs blogs to be honest, but at the same time I also rarely even bother to go over to the Tribune or Sun Times. Somehow your link on ACB got erased and I didn’t even know it because I never use the links. I just open a tab and start typing in the url.
It gets hard to keep up with all the other blogs. There’s no denying that. Whenever you first start you think you’re going to visit all the links on your sidebar each day. I remember those days.
mb21Quote Reply
Given the talent currently on the roster, this is what I’d love to see vs LHP
SS Castro
1B Baker
C Soto
3B Ramirez
LF Soriano
CF Byrd
RF Johnson
2B Barney
P Zambrano (of course)
BerseliusQuote Reply
Gordo told me in an email the other day that “Koyie’s in”. That was before this Castillo injury.
I don’t think either of these platoons are set in stone, only that all four players (and probably Reed and Blake) will get plenty of playing time in April and May.
Suburban kidQuote Reply
Cubs FO continues their tradition of being utterly unable to just let something go quietly.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/cbsports-cubs-release-silva-after-harsh-criticism-of-organization-20110327,0,5530085.story
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I think the rotation is quite good. I’d probably guess it’s top 4 or 5 in the league. It’s nothing great, but it’s above average across the board. The bullpen has some nice arms a the end of the game, but not much beyond that. No big deal though as the games you win you expect the good 3 to appear in.
The issue once again is offense. This is not a good offense. At its best it is average and at its worst it’s probably 15 to 20% worse than average. I think the defense is probably average to slightly above average overall, but the baserunning is going to erase any gains the defense may make.[/quote]
One thing that cracked me up about the Jaffe piece the other day was his skepticism over the back end of the bullpen. They suck on every team (dying laughing).
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]Here’s the thing about the Garza trade. None of the guys we lost were finished products- Archer had one good year & still has control issues, Lee is in A ball for gods sake. Of all of them I think Chirinos is the best bet to have a productive MLB career. Now, Garza is basically Randy Wells and that trade wasn’t anything to get excited about BUT it does give us another above average SP. I look at our rotation and and pretty happy with it.
And I think Carlos Pena still has some baseball left in him[/quote]
My problem with the Archer deal is that I think we could have gotten a much better player than Matt garza for the pieces we traded.
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]speaking of Soriano I had no idea that guy was a 6.9 WAR player back in 07. That must have been when people tried to test his arm in LF[/quote]His UZR was off the charts in 2007 and 2008 because baserunners were too stupid to realize he had the most accurate arm in the outfield. He was able to make up for all of those awful mistakes he makes, but now that the runners aren’t testing him, the only advantage is that he’s saving a tiny bit with his arm by keeping them at the base. Big difference between holding a runner and throwing him out.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=dylanj]for the cubs to make it
Aramis has to be healthy and also be Old Aramis
Soriano has to have at least one more semi productive year
Colvin needs to not disappear
Pena needs to travel back to 2008
Castro needs to break out. Now.
Zambrano needs to pitch like he did in the second half of last season.
Dempster needs to still be solid.
Randy Wells needs to keep the ball down.
Matt Garza needs to limit his HR Allowed.
Carlos Marmol needs to not walk the world.
Kerry Wood needs to keep his arm attached.
[/quote]
We can keep adding, but I figure what we’ve got so far puts the Cubs at ~85 wins.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I don’t know if the others have gotten any emails or anything, but I expected to get several today about various things. I’m thrilled that hasn’t happened and that everyone seems to like the place. Makes all the work we put in worth it.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Cubs FO continues their tradition of being utterly unable to just let something go quietly.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/cbsports-cubs-release-silva-after-harsh-criticism-of-organization-20110327,0,5530085.story%5B/quote%5D
The Cubs are not on the hook for 11.5 of Silva’s contract (or 13.5 million).
/grinds axe
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]Cubs FO continues their tradition of being utterly unable to just let something go quietly.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/cbsports-cubs-release-silva-after-harsh-criticism-of-organization-20110327,0,5530085.story%5B/quote%5DAnd Sullivan continues to selectively mine quotes to construct ad hoc narratives to camouflage his utter inability to write a decent column.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]The Cubs are not on the hook for 11.5 of Silva’s contract (or 13.5 million).
/grinds axe[/quote]
I saw $6MM or $8MM, not sure if the buyout has to be included or not.
GBTS, did you make a fail whale GIF?
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I don’t know if the others have gotten any emails or anything, but I expected to get several today about various things. I’m thrilled that hasn’t happened and that everyone seems to like the place. Makes all the work we put in worth it.[/quote]
I just haven’t finished writing my email complaining about how we haven’t been offered $10 tickets.
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]The Cubs are not on the hook for 11.5 of Silva’s contract (or 13.5 million).
/grinds axe[/quote]Incorrect. They’re on the hook for $16.5 million of Silva’s $13.5 million because they used some of that money to sign Garza.
mb21Quote Reply
Paul Sullivan is so shitty he makes Phil Rogers look like Jerome Holtzman.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]I just haven’t finished writing my email complaining about how we haven’t been offered $10 tickets.[/quote]I told my wife about Al complaining about the sale and late this morning we went out to look at some kitchen supplies. I asked where she wanted to go and she said any place that doesn’t have a sale. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/blog/big_league_stew/post/Cubs-blunder-even-in-cutting-48-million-bust-C?urn=mlb-wp1451
This is somewhat relevant to what was said in that Paul Sullivan article. It feeds into what SK and MB were saying the other day about how the Cubs messed up in telling Silva the bad news.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Incorrect. They’re on the hook for $16.5 million of Silva’s $13.5 million because they used some of that money to sign Garza.[/quote]
(dying laughing)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]Incorrect. They’re on the hook for $16.5 million of Silva’s $13.5 million because they used some of that money to sign Garza.[/quote]
Don’t forget whatever they’re paying Cashner, who is about to take Silva’s place in the rotation.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I told my wife about Al complaining about the sale and late this morning we went out to look at some kitchen supplies. I asked where she wanted to go and she said any place that doesn’t have a sale. (dying laughing)[/quote]She obviously “gets it.”
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]
GBTS, did you make a fail whale GIF?[/quote]I started working on a Free Willy gif where Silva jumps over Cashner, but I had to stop for a while. I might finish it still.
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]I started working on a Free Willy gif where Silva jumps over Cashner, but I had to stop for a while. I might finish it still.[/quote]
I actually thought it was going to be the Twitter fail whale with Silva’s face, but your idea is infinitely better.
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I told my wife about Al complaining about the sale and late this morning we went out to look at some kitchen supplies. I asked where she wanted to go and she said any place that doesn’t have a sale. (dying laughing)[/quote]You went out shopping on Opening Day of the new blog?
DISCREDITED
GBTSQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You went out shopping on Opening Day of the new blog?
DISCREDITED[/quote]No wonder all the other blogs are already continuously blasting this one for being complete shit.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]I actually thought it was going to be the Twitter fail whale with Silva’s face, but your idea is infinitely better.[/quote]Oh well I still have that one.
GBTSQuote Reply
So are we sure that Seattle didnt pay the 6 million last year?
bubblesdachimpQuote Reply
Whenever I meet someone in the third largest city in the United States, I always check to see if they know who Bob Dernier is. When they don’t, I know they are from Lake Wobegon and aren’t a true Cubs fan….. They live in the moment, but miss the meaning, because all they know is incorrect stats, which they don’t even use correctly. All of you are like these people, especially Maddog, who is the type of fan who uses his incorrect stats in an incorrect manner making the number worthless. Without looking, I can tell there are 55.6 examples of Maddog rationalizing a Cubs tie, because he hates the Cubs, due to their history of losing.
it’s not really a history of losing…
I’ve had glorious hours with the Cubs….sitting in the bleachers, writing and singing “The Cubs are On Their Way” many times in the bleachers as Dernier’s Dilettantes with Mary Gerdle, Lee Tammers, and Doug Stopanski. Later we were with Dave. We understood both incorrect stats and how to apply them correctly as well as the love of the game.
We still used to call you guys like you “pigtizzles,” as we formerly did and do to this day, just like we used to do before we stopped but kept doing it.
Dallas Greene had nothing to do with cancer, Vince.
Another pigtizzle.
A true fan is someone who roots for shitty players and boos the good ones when they make a mistake, while hoping they screw up while at bat so I don’t have to cheer for them.
Not like you pigtizzles.
Unlike the Toledo Mudhens audience.
Unlike this blog, which doesn’t know who to properly use incorrect, worthless stats and numbers.
I thought you all had one up on George Will and the rest of the fake Cub fans.
Goodbye to the gaggle.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=bubblesdachimp]So are we sure that Seattle didnt pay the 6 million last year?[/quote]
According to Cot’s they’re on the hook for 9 million – 3.5 last year and 5.5 this year. I’ve seen some conflicting reports. The BLS guy said Seattle is on the hook for the buyout
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=GBTS]You went out shopping on Opening Day of the new blog?
DISCREDITED[/quote]I paid twice as much as they were worth because I felt so bad. I won’t have dinner tonight. Or tomorrow.
mb21Quote Reply
They’re hanging new banners at Wrigley….
http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam/
Rice CubeQuote Reply
[quote name=Berselius]According to Cot’s they’re on the hook for 9 million – 3.5 last year and 5.5 this year. I’ve seen some conflicting reports. The BLS guy said Seattle is on the hook for the buyout[/quote]Whatever the case, Sullivan is wrong. (dying laughing)
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
I’m certain the Cubs owed Carlos Silva $6 million and that was it. Whether $2 million of that is the buyout, I don’t know, but they owed him $6 million of his contract. Whatever else is owed is paid by the M’s.
mb21Quote Reply
[quote name=Rice Cube]They’re hanging new banners at Wrigley….
http://www.cubworld.com/category/a_cubworld_cam/%5B/quote%5DTommy Boy has literally resorted to window dressing.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
186 comments on Sunday morning.
Way to peak early…
Suburban kidQuote Reply
[quote name=mb21]I’m certain the Cubs owed Carlos Silva $6 million and that was it. Whether $2 million of that is the buyout, I don’t know, but they owed him $6 million of his contract. Whatever else is owed is paid by the M’s.[/quote]But they just used that money from M’s to put tricolored bunting on the outside of Wrigley, so they now owe all of Silva’s salary, plus the cost of the helicopter to fly him to his pod in the northwestern Pacific Ocean.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban Kid]186 comments on Sunday morning.
Way to peak early…[/quote]Sounds like my wedding night.
Mercurial OutfielderQuote Reply
New post up
http://obstructedview.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=111:nl-central-questions-a-answers-milwaukee-brewers&catid=47:major-league-baseball&Itemid=229
(link fixed)
BerseliusQuote Reply
[quote name=Suburban Kid]186 comments on Sunday morning.
Way to peak early…[/quote]
We really have nowhere else to go but down from here.
Aisle424Quote Reply
[quote name=Aisle424]We really have nowhere else to go but down from here.[/quote]
BerseliusQuote Reply
Was the Mariner partial payment of Silva’s contract dependent on Silva remaining on the Cubs roster? As far as saying that the Cubs “spent” the Silva money on Byrd, that could only be true if the Mariner’s payment was dependent on the Cubs paying that money to Marlon Byrd.
That’s the only way that you can say the Cubs ate then entire contract by cutting him when they did.
In other words, Paul Sullivan and Al Yellon are morons. But, of course we already knew that.
Hector VillanuevaQuote Reply
I don’t think the M’s payment to the Cubs was dependent on anything, but I don’t know. I’m just guessing I know more than Paul Sullivan. (dying laughing)
mb21Quote Reply
First day of the first live thread on the new blog and already I can’t be bothered to read all the comments (dying laughing)
So just in case nobody’s said it already, thank God that we can give faget points again. The last two weeks of having to actually reply to good posts were like torture.
fang2415Quote Reply
I’d like to nominate pigtizzle as the OV word of the day.
shawndgoldmanQuote Reply
Welcome, gentlemen. 🙂 I couldn’t wait!
GirlieViewQuote Reply