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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Yeah how the gently caress did the Cubs go from looking like a budding dynasty in 2016 to reverting back to being the Cubs? From Cubs to chuds
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I mean look, Trump's 2024 PAC isn't going to fund itself.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Yeah how the gently caress did the Cubs go from looking like a budding dynasty in 2016 to reverting back to being the Cubs? time to unleash the largest cubspost this forum has ever seen
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https://twitter.com/shrecknet/status/1367271934719836169 e: upon further research, he was only a 2-time MVP, and came in second in between. (he immediately won another MVP his first year in SF)
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Mar 4, 2021 03:44
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Yeah how the gently caress did the Cubs go from looking like a budding dynasty in 2016 to reverting back to being the Cubs?
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Shrecknet posted:https://twitter.com/shrecknet/status/1367271934719836169 Shrecknet posted:I remember Bonds' 7/49 deal when he jumped ship to the Giants and how it was plastered over ever magazine cover as the greediest player to ever ruin baseball by wanting to be compensated as the... checks notes... first-ever and reigning 3-time MVP. What's happening here
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Mar 4, 2021 04:27
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boroda posted:give kersh your new sticky stuff so he can live forever
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Did they copy and paste their wrong tweet that they corrected in their post as a tweet 2 weeks later and then edit in the exact same correction? I thought I was stroking out when I read that post because I swore it happened a long time ago. It's taken 12 years of posting in SAS but I can finally jump on board with "gently caress the Angels". I'd like to apologise to y'all, I was wrong.
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Poque posted:What's happening here Thank you for confirming the absurd deja vu that post triggered.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:And the *checks notes* New York Yankees can’t do that with their generational talent? I mean I know that a small market outlet like the Yankees is hard up for cash but hey sometimes you need to take risks. Tatis is significantly younger and plays a more premium position
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Intruder posted:Tatis is significantly younger and plays a more premium position Well the Yankees could have broken the bank when Judge was younger and it was obvious what they had.
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Mar 4, 2021 05:12
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Why would they they're getting all his prime years at a discount. This is one of baseballs biggest problems labor-wise Also Judge has an injury that threatens to shorten his career or did that get resolved
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Mar 4, 2021 05:14
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Yeah how the gently caress did the Cubs go from looking like a budding dynasty in 2016 to reverting back to being the Cubs? Arrieta, unsurprisingly, was never the absolute raid boss he was in 15-16 again, and walked in free agency after 17. Lester slowly declined, albeit gracefully. The Cubs really needed starting pitching at the 17 deadline, so they got Jose Quintana, who was a 3-4 starter for the rest of his arb years. Several looked-like-a-great-move-at-the-time bullpen guys didn't pan out or hurt themselves putting on pants. Bryant misses a bunch of time every year with injuries and never consistently puts it together. Russell is best forgotten, plus he was bad at baseball. Dexter Fowler left in FA after 16. Schwarber never learned how to hit lefties and is below average to bad in left. Zobrist declined and then retired (maybe not officially? But he's done) The farm system that was the best in baseball in 15-16 turned into pretty good player Ian Happ, a clutch tag up and advance to 2nd, good offensive catcher Willson Contreras, 3 months of Aroldis Chapman, and Jose Quintana. tl;dr they sold to maximize wins during the competitive window and did pretty well for 6 years. Everyone's 6 years older now and those guys either didn't pan out, were too expensive to keep, or they're Kyle Hendricks, Rizzo, and Baez. There's a few decent prospects in the pipe, and I don't think it's going to be a 100-loss team again anytime soon, plus the NLC is the worst division by a stretch.
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Well the Yankees could have broken the bank when Judge was younger and it was obvious what they had. It's not obvious what they have. Anything could happen, but Tatis is likely to be better than Judge over the course of his career, or at least the Padres have reason to believe he will be. Nothing against Judge as a player, but the reason he's "one of the biggest names in baseball" is because of the pinstripes on his jersey and how absolutely loving huge he is. If he was on the Reds doing exactly the same thing he would not be a household name.
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Well that and he hit 52 homeruns his rookie season I think people would notice if a Red did that On the other hand, Tatis would be hitting FA at the same age that Judge was a rookie
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Stanton was on the Marlins and everyone knew him because he could hit the ball 500 feet.
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Mar 4, 2021 05:26
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Shimrra Jamaane posted:Stanton was on the Marlins and everyone knew him because he could hit the ball 500 feet. Outside of baseball fans? Like, most people don't know who Mike Trout is, and he plays in a major market and may be the best player to play the game ever.
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more falafel please posted:Outside of baseball fans? Speaking as someone on the outside I’m pretty confident that most people don’t know that Mike Trout is great because it seems that it’s all measured by analytics that most people don’t give a poo poo about. Like I watched this video the other day https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=92ItQ5h0rSU And absolutely nothing about it stuck with me and I was just waiting for the dude to tell me what his batting average is and how many hits and home runs he’s on pace for. But I freely admit I’m a simpleton.
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Trout is unbelievable no matter what type of stats you use to judge him Except playoff wins!
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Death Vomit Wizard posted:How is this not the thread title? great question https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3961079
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