RAGTOP wrote:for anyone who has actually watched the playoffs the last couple of years you could give the A's the first 2 wins in the series and a 10-0 lead in game 3 and they will somehow find a way to lose 3 straight I don't see them making it this year again.
Awful lot of cockiness from Cub fans around here. 1 thing I learned from being a Sox fan is talk is cheap in April...
You're right... I am a little over-confident... but after watching what some consider as the 5th best starter in the Cubs rotation nearly pitch a no-hitter yesterday, it's hard not to be confident!
And I have noticed how well the Astros are playing right now too... I'm just counting on them to implode sometime in August, just in time for the Cubs to win the division!
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TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:Adam, I agree. Cubs fans are talking like there will be no problems.....for a team that hasn't won a WS title in 96 years....or even been to a WS in 59 years. April success has broken a lot of hearts.
Sounds like talk I'm hearing from a town famous for it's beans that has a similar history.
hey we might not have won a WS in 86 years but at least we have been to one in the past 20 years ... that actually sounded better in my head than it looks in type
iuparrothead wrote:You're right... I am a little over-confident... but after watching what some consider as the 5th best starter in the Cubs rotation nearly pitch a no-hitter yesterday, it's hard not to be confident!
But didn't they play the Mets, the 5th best team in the NL East the last 2 years? It's no great accomplishment beating the Mets, or even coming close to pitching a no-hitter against them.
TheSecretsInTheCrust wrote:Adam, I agree. Cubs fans are talking like there will be no problems.....for a team that hasn't won a WS title in 96 years....or even been to a WS in 59 years. April success has broken a lot of hearts.
Sounds like talk I'm hearing from a town famous for it's beans that has a similar history.
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LIPH wrote:
But didn't they play the Mets, the 5th best team in the NL East the last 2 years? It's no great accomplishment beating the Mets, or even coming close to pitching a no-hitter against them.
The team you pitch against does not matter when it comes to a no hitter. You have to get 27 people out in a row with the odds saying that someone will get a hit. Hell, Nolan Ryan pitched a no hitter against the Tigers in 1973, that does not diminish his accomplishments!
iuparrothead wrote:You're right... I am a little over-confident... but after watching what some consider as the 5th best starter in the Cubs rotation nearly pitch a no-hitter yesterday, it's hard not to be confident!
But didn't they play the Mets, the 5th best team in the NL East the last 2 years? It's no great accomplishment beating the Mets, or even coming close to pitching a no-hitter against them.
So!
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
You don't have to get 27 people out in a row, that's a perfect game not a no-hitter. There's more luck than skill when it comes to a no-hitter, or else there would be a lot more of them.
Awwwww c'mon now! Let's not start another feud here! It's all in fun...Cub fans don't get many years/seasons to talk a little smack. Just exercising the opportunity while they're playing well!!!
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
`You must be,' said the Cat, `or you wouldn't have come here.'
I'm not trying to start a feud, I even put a smiley in my first post when I mentioned the Mets. I'm a Mets fan, I was poking fun at the futility of my own team.
BTW, I did a little research on no-hitters and I found something that said there are 58 pitchers in the Hall of fame and only 30 of them ever pitched a no-hitter so a lot of no-hitters were pitched by average to below average pitchers. My own Mets have been around since 1962 and they've had some great pitchers over the years but none of them has ever thrown a no-hitter while pitching for the Mets.
LIPH wrote:I'm not trying to start a feud, I even put a smiley in my first post when I mentioned the Mets. I'm a Mets fan, I was poking fun at the futility of my own team.
BTW, I did a little research on no-hitters and I found something that said there are 58 pitchers in the Hall of fame and only 30 of them ever pitched a no-hitter so a lot of no-hitters were pitched by average to below average pitchers. My own Mets have been around since 1962 and they've had some great pitchers over the years but none of them has ever thrown a no-hitter while pitching for the Mets.
Good. I wasn't necessarily suggesting you were... I was just hoping that we were all just having fun!
Interesting fun facts!
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st.somewhere wrote:You know what I just realized...? Roger Clemens has a higher batting average then every single player in the Yankees line up. How funny is that???
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pretty damn funny
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st.somewhere wrote:You know what I just realized...? Roger Clemens has a higher batting average then every single player in the Yankees line up. How funny is that???
[center]rnrn$183,000,000.00rnrnrnrnHA HA HA HA!!!![/center]
st.somewhere wrote:You know what I just realized...? Roger Clemens has a higher batting average then every single player in the Yankees line up. How funny is that???
[center]rnrn$183,000,000.00rnrnrnrnHA HA HA HA!!!![/center]
And...
Clemens has more RBI's than Bernie Williams.
Doug Maribeli has more HR's than Jeter, Shefield and Bernie combined......
- - “If it doesn't work out there will never be any doubt that the pleasure was worth all the pain.”
I like mine with lettuce and tomato,
Heinz Fifty-seven and French fried potatoes...
Big kosher pickle and a cold draft beer,
Well, good God Almighty, which way do I steer...
I don't see them making it this year again.
`How do you know I'm mad?' said Alice.
... that actually sounded better in my head than it looks in type 
