The insufficiently strident will be the first purged.

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It's odd, but every time I think an argument on this board can't be topped in stupidity, I find myself being mistaken.

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http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

This thread started with idiocy.....there was some fun chirping to call out the idiocy....and now it's back to another form of idiocy.

Do I think the 2005 Sox were better than the 2016 Cubs? yeah...a little bit, but who gives a shit. A WS championship is a WS championship.

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Yeah I find it humorous as well when people people try to argue something that's factually incorrect. RFDC and conns are Trumpets in December here

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well said, thanks for being a Sox fan with some sense.

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"He is a loathsome, offensive brute
--yet I can't look away."

I thought the science was settled on the ‘05 Sox, yet here we are.

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Finally.

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There no such thing as the greatest one season champion. If there is, it's in the context of other championships in that relative time period. For instance, the '27 Yankees or the '86 Celtics. No one has ever put forth the 2005 White Sox to be "in the team picture".

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Good effort, but no.

So now we can trust the media?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Quiet, NarFDC

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Now the Beloved of Beloveds has been caught up in the effort to diminish the ‘05 Sox.

Sad!

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They are certainly had a historic run in the playoffs and were a wire to wire first place team

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

2005 AL; 8 of 14 teams with a record of >.500. That's 57% of the AL.
2016 NL; 6 of 15 teams with a record of >.500. That's 40% of the NL.

2005 White Sox playoff opponent win%; .573
2016 Cubs playoff opponent win%; .559

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2005 White Sox Divisional opponents win %: .467
2016 Cubs Divisional opponents win %: .471

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2005 White Sox win% vs division opponents; .701
2016 Cubs win% vs division opponents; .668

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Is that meant to say the 2016 Cubs played high quality opponents in the regular season?

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Just shows the Sox were bigger bum slayers.

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Either they are both bum slaying champions or they are not.

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In the regular season maybe but 11-1 doesn't lie.

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You do not talk to me like that! I work too hard to deal with this stuff! I work too hard! I'm an important member of the CSFMB! I drive a Dodge Stratus!

Incorrect.

The Sox won a league where 57% of the teams were above .500
The Cubs won a league where 60% of the teams were below .500

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Frank, there is no call to make me do math.

I'm guessing that doesn't include the playoffs

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Frank brought up bum slaying there way to a division title like the 16 Cubs. Could just as easily brought up the 05 White Sox.

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You could have, and you would be wrong just like you are now.

I noticed you stop posting stats as they no longer support your argument which was beyond feeble to begin with.

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I'll do some more.

Other than the Cubs, the 2016 NL Central teams played 648 games.
Other than the White Sox, the 2005 AL central played 647 games. Obviously somewhere along the line there was a rainout or something that didn't get made up. Had that game been played, and had the AL Central team won, the 2005 White Sox Divisional opponent win% would have been .471.

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The last couple pages of this thread are pretty funny.

I don't really agree with the idea that all champions are equal. Either the Bucks or Suns are going to win the Finals this year, and both teams would get murdered by the majority of champions over the last 30 years.

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Fare you well, fare you well
I love you more than words can tell
Listen to the river sing sweet songs
To rock my soul

Happy anniversary and THANKS CUBS!!!

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“When I walked in this morning, and saw the flag was at half mast, I thought 'alright another bureaucrat ate it.'" - Ron Swanson

Hopefully Rose and Flete are ready by the playoffs.

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