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Joe Orr Road Rod

Post subject: Re: Do the Cubs check all three boxes?

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:14 am

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Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

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Elmhurst Steve

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:33 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

When outstanding hitters like Anthony Rizzo are in a slump, nobody is stupid enough to think he's just not any good. He's in a slump. Similarly, when a team with as many good players as the Cubs has, endures a string of games where they struggle a bit, no intelligent baseball fan thinks they are not good. They are just experiencing a little slump.

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Joe Orr Road Rod

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:37 am

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Elmhurst Steve wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

I guess he was in a slump the first two years of his career. :lol:

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Elmhurst Steve

Post subject: Re: Do the Cubs check all three boxes?

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:42 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

I guess he was in a slump the first two years of his career. :lol:

That's really dumb. He was still developing and learning the pitchers/ making adjustments. So I guess we should all believe Abreau just sucks now? I mean, it can't just be a slump. He must just not be any good anymore.....If you are going to troll, at least make it less obvious.

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Joe Orr Road Rod

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:50 am

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Elmhurst Steve wrote:

It's possible Abreu is just a guy who had a couple good seasons. Possible for Rizzo too. See, that's the thing about MANY (RPB PLEASE NOTE- MANY, NOT ALL) Cubs fans. You think every guy that has a good season or even a good month is a Hall of Famer. I remember when Derrek Lee was better than Konerko and then he got really hot and he was better than Pujols. You should just enjoy your guys while they're hot. Once in awhile one turns out to be really good.

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Frank Coztansa

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:52 am

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Elmhurst Steve wrote:

Similarly, when a team with as many good players as the Cubs has, endures a string of games where they struggle a bit, no intelligent baseball fan thinks they are not good.

I guess that depends on if you consider 3rd place good or not.

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Elmhurst Steve

Post subject: Re: Do the Cubs check all three boxes?

Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:55 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

It's possible.....good way to avoid taking a real position.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 7:56 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

When they have the best record in the league after a two week slump.

Anything else I can teach you?

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Joe Orr Road Rod

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:00 am

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IMU wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

When they have the best record in the league after a two week slump.

Anything else I can teach you?

Maybe they were just peaking when they built that good record early and this is the real team. Seriously, what's more realistic- that they're a .500 team or an .800 team? Now, what else can I teach you?

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Elmhurst Steve

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:02 am

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

Similarly, when a team with as many good players as the Cubs has, endures a string of games where they struggle a bit, no intelligent baseball fan thinks they are not good.

I guess that depends on if you consider 3rd place good or not.

Well, when a team is in 3rd place and wins 97 games and has the 3rd best record in Baseball overall as happened in 2015 with the Cubs, that is pretty darn good. This year, when the Sox finish in 3rd with about 83-85 wins and miss the playoffs, it will not be nearly as good.

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Elmhurst Steve

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:03 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

When they have the best record in the league after a two week slump.

Anything else I can teach you?

What is much more likely, is they are neither, but rather in between the two. Somewhere around a .667 team.

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Frank Coztansa

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:05 am

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Elmhurst Steve wrote:

Somewhere around a .667 team.

This team is not going to win 108 games.

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Elmhurst Steve wrote:

What is much more likely, is they are neither, but rather in between the two. Somewhere around a .667 team.

Are you really predicting 108 wins?

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Joe Orr Road Rod

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:07 am

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pittmike wrote:

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

What is much more likely, is they are neither, but rather in between the two. Somewhere around a .667 team.

Are you really predicting 108 wins?

No, he just typed .667 without actually understanding the math.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:23 am

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

When they have the best record in the league after a two week slump.

Anything else I can teach you?

Can they only finish at one of those two winning percentages?

They are a high 90's win team. They were in March. They were in April. They are in May. They will be in September.

The team is frustrating to watch this week. This week is just one week of 24.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:26 am

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pittmike wrote:

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

What is much more likely, is they are neither, but rather in between the two. Somewhere around a .667 team.

Are you really predicting 108 wins?

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My call was a good one. They may have only won 92 games but they didn't lose more games than that and they did end up winning a lot of games. I did not forsee other teams beating them as many times as they did and I did not forsee the Cubs not winning as many games as I said they would. It still was a great season and I'm very excited for the future.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:13 pm

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

Good question.

It's like posters. You're normally a good poster. But anytime you talk about the Cubs your thoughts are God awful.
Is it slumping? Or are you a bad poster?

I just think it's a blind spot. Like high fastballs to Corey Patterson.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:31 pm

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Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

It is called Chicago White Sox baseball. Watch it sometime. You might figure it out soon but I doubt it.

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:36 pm

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Darkside wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

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Elmhurst Steve

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Posted: Tue May 24, 2016 8:59 pm

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pittmike wrote:

Elmhurst Steve wrote:

What is much more likely, is they are neither, but rather in between the two. Somewhere around a .667 team.

Are you really predicting 108 wins?

I said well before the season began that they would win over 100 games. I said SOMEWHERE AROUND .667. So they may win 103-111....somewhere around .667.

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Frank Coztansa wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best Hitting
Best Pitching
Best Defense

Absolutely not
No
No

u wot m8

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Posted: Tue Mar 07, 2017 11:43 am

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IMU wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Joe Orr Road Rod wrote:

IMU wrote:

Best team in the league..currently slumping.

How do we know when a team is "slumping" and when they just aren't good?

When they have the best record in the league after a two week slump.

Anything else I can teach you?

I was wrong.

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