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Imagine brett's outrage... :lol:
Imagine brett's outrage... :lol:
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You want to take out the trash or is impartiality too much to ask?
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Are you looking in the mirror while washing your hands in the restaurant's men's room?
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What's amusing to me is Sox fans holding it against Cubs fans cuz of where Wrigley is located. I also find it amusing that Sox fans keep holding on to the last 100 years. While you may be right about that, it's somewhat ironic that the Cubs have rebuilt the team for the last 3 years in a similar model as the Cards. Now that makes me want to sip some kool aid .... 'zomfgzzz'. :beerbang:
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they are not rebuilt like the cards. not even close. 1) these specs havent proved shit. 2) its not about keith laws rankings, its how the cardinals dig deep in scouting and development of players that dont get the attention the cubs specs get. the cardinals are the model franchise, the cubs are not. but hey...believe what you want if it makes you sleep better at night.
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The Cardinals were lauded as the best farm system in 2010 & 2011. The same time they won the World Series. The Cubs are lauded as the best farm system in 2014., obviously they need to improve the major league team. You can't build a golden franchise in 3 years. The Royals were in a much worse position 3-4 years ago and I like how things have turned out for them. Looking at the 2011 Cubs, I wouldn't have dreamed they would be in the situation they are currently in. Thought it'd take a lot longer.
Drafting is how you win championships. Goes for every major sport. Spurs, Blackhawks, Patriots, Packers, etc all tend to avoid FA. Blackhawks have added a few pieces via FA, but the core was built via the draft and trading drafted players. Different sports, same model. Takes time to do it this way though. Only need a few players to pan out to change everything.
Drafting is how you win championships. Goes for every major sport. Spurs, Blackhawks, Patriots, Packers, etc all tend to avoid FA. Blackhawks have added a few pieces via FA, but the core was built via the draft and trading drafted players. Different sports, same model. Takes time to do it this way though. Only need a few players to pan out to change everything.
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The current cubs are built more like the 2011 Royals... who wound up in the world series this year. Doesn't guarantee anything for the cubs going forward but it's quite obvious where the potential is.
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yes,and I see your face waiting behind me as I asked you that question.
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You obviously haven't followed the analogy of the restaurant with the bad food. If you did, you would know where we are at currently within that storyline.
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I followed, you just still have rotten guests.
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I didn't say the Cubs were the Cards. I said the Cubs have tried to model themselves after the Cards. The bottom line is that you can ramble on all you want about the last 100 years, it means nothing. It's the last 3 years that you need to realize is what the Cubs are about.
The Cubs are not making historic leaps in Vegas cuz they're doing the wrong things. They have done some pretty smart things actually. People like you complained about their pitching, but they've quietly stockpiled a ton of hitting at a time in the MLB where pitching is prevalent and hitting is down.
Yet, they've quietly assembled a decent bullpen and a few starters that have surprised as well. Nothing they have done guarantee's them anything, but it's leaps and bounds better than the last 100 years, which was bush league.
Personally, I couldn't think of anything better than a Chicago WS between the Cubs and Sox, but it's you damn Sox fans that just can't respect the idea enough. It would be a pleasant surprise to just see you respect the improvement that the Cubs have made for a change.
Who knows, maybe that would help fill the seats a little more.
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The current Cubs are built like the current Cubs.
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Ah whatever, leave it to a Sox fan to keep all off track. The Cubs are doing the right things, whatever the model you want to label them. The Sox trolls were quiet this past 2nd half of the year, and they will be even more quiet moving forward.
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I can tell you this much. Any Sox fan with half a brain would give both their nuts to switch the future of the Sox with the future of the Cubs. Cubs are on their way up while the Sox are heading towards a very dark place.
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