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BNROCKS wrote: C`mon Cubs. Beating the Pirates is nothing to brag about.  Pirates have 20 wins and 15 losses against teams who are not The Chicago Cubs this year. Pirates have winning records against Atlanta, Cincinnati, San Francisco, and St. Louis this year. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:28 pm
So you're saying if you're the Cubs, you shouldn't brag about beating the Pirates. 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 12:46 pm
BNROCKS wrote: So you're saying if you're the Cubs, you shouldn't brag about beating the Pirates. No. I'm saying The Cubs have beat them 7 times out of 7, and other than that the Pirates have been pretty good. Pirates have winning records against 4 teams this year (including Braves, Reds, Giants and Cardinals). Pirates are 20-22 despite losing all 7 to the Cubs this year. So yeah, I feel pretty good about how The Cubs have played The Pirates so far this year. Did The Red Sox just get swept by The Orioles? 
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 16, 2008 1:08 pm
CUBSWINWORLDSERIES wrote: Did The Red Sox just get swept by The Orioles? AGH! 
The Orioles used to be a lock for the Sox too! It's just a downswing, dammit! |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:11 am
I've always hated ESPN rankings of the MLB teams. They move teams around way too much over a small sample size of games. A good example that's not the Red Sox, the Indians. 19th to 12th to 17th to 7th in the last four weeks. Also, how can you take yourself seriously to drop a team (the A's) you had number one a week ago to number 5 the next week? "Oops?" They play too much into the flavor of the week thing. At least they've been consistent with some teams like the Cubbies, Diamondbacks and some bottom ranked teams. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:01 pm
BNROCKS wrote: I've always hated ESPN rankings of the MLB teams. They move teams around way too much over a small sample size of games. A good example that's not the Red Sox, the Indians. 19th to 12th to 17th to 7th in the last four weeks. Also, how can you take yourself seriously to drop a team (the A's) you had number one a week ago to number 5 the next week? "Oops?"
They play too much into the flavor of the week thing. At least they've been consistent with some teams like the Cubbies, Diamondbacks and some bottom ranked teams. Where did ESPN have The Rockies ranked last year in early September? I would guess not very high. In other words, none of that matters much to me. Red Sox are back in first place after sweeping The Brewers. Bet you're happy! Cubs won 2 of 3 this weekend, and hang onto a 2 game lead in their division. Man, Soriano has been playing well this past week (probably will get MLB player of the week honors). Hope it continues. GO CUBS!! |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:02 pm
I don't really follow mlb at all, but I wanted to tell you guys that the other day, somebody ordered a cake and wanted a photo on it and wanted the cake to say "Congratulations Cubs!" and I had to stop myself from adding "this is the year?" mostly because the customer probably wouldn't get the joke. _________________ guitarfreak217 wrote: Everyone, listen to Leigh. She knows what's up. theantrider wrote: My jaw hurts and I have an ulcer. That's what spending time with Kylee gets you |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:05 pm
leighish wrote: I don't really follow mlb at all, but I wanted to tell you guys that the other day, somebody ordered a cake and wanted a photo on it and wanted the cake to say "Congratulations Cubs!" and I had to stop myself from adding "this is the year?"
mostly because the customer probably wouldn't get the joke. Yeah, probably was a little league team or something. But that would have been funny!
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:06 pm
Yeah, nothing like some interleague play to get the Red Sox going. They seem to kill it in recent years. I read power rankings to hate on them. Hating should be a fun, healthy past time for all sports fans, imo. |
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Post subject: Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 3:27 pm
BNROCKS wrote: I read power rankings to hate on them. Hating should be a fun, healthy past time for all sports fans, imo. I agree. Hate and sports go hand in hand. |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:22 pm
Jon Lester has a no hitter going through 8 innings for those interested. |
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Post subject: Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:43 pm
HE DID IT!!! So damn exciting. They switched ESPN over to the local broadcast in the 9th so I hope some of you got to watch. 
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Post subject: Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 1:46 pm
Good for him.  If it happened to anyone on the Red Sox, I'm glad it was him.
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Post subject: Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 2:01 pm
Missed it, but saw after the fact the box score. Very cool. |
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Post subject: Posted: Fri May 23, 2008 6:49 am
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/powerranking They almost have this ranking down, Cubs.
Again, Red Sox 9th to 2nd... Astros 4th to 12th... White Sox 14th to 4th??? Anyway, all will be forgiven when they realize that the Sox would kick the Cubs lovable losing asses. |
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