Bananarchy

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 09:06 PM) In a "because New York" and "because Texas" world, I'd pick New York 99/100 just sayin'. Why? Houston and the White Sox are in the same "Pay no Mind" list, to where the teams have to be really good for anyone to know they exist or act like they exist. I sympathize.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 09:03 PM) I'm going Jays for this post-season. I guess my order is: 1. Jays 2. Astros 3. Mets 4. Royals (make our division look good) 5. Cubs (despite having some annoying friends, I do have some good friends that are big fan I wouldn't mind them winning for them. And my mom has always been a die-hard) 6. Rangers 7. Dodgers 8. Cardinals (I don't hate them but they've won enough) In Richard Roeper's book "Sox in the City", he talks about why he wants the Cubs to succeed and would be happy for them. That's about as much of my interest in the Cubs themselves. And those are middle fingers on TV.

That's kind of BS, honestly. The Cubs are so stupid. It's like they think they won't get suspended.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 09:01 PM) How so? Granderson and Wright two of the nicest guys in sports Because New York

QUOTE (Big Hurtin @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:59 PM) So... Cubs Cardinals Dodgers Mets Go Mets, I guess. The Mets are so hateable. Go 'Stros

Wild Card games are terrible.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:54 PM) I don't think he is trying to say that it was a hard play. Right, he made a good play look harder.

Good grief Kris Bryant.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:44 PM) What's your Twitter username? I'd like to follow you lol. @79JoseAbreu

The young guys came hungry.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:36 PM) Yup. We have instant replay, clocks to regulate time between innings, and all this new tech, yet we don't have a fair strike zone. In any game, not just this one They could implement that and essentially not tell anyone. Just have a little earphone in the home play ump's ear calling balls and strikes.

We need automated strike zones. It makes no sense in this generation balls and strikes are called by a guy who can't see the strike zone.

QUOTE (soxfan2014 @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:31 PM) Man I miss the Sox being relevant. Though, they've only had what 3 playoff appearances since 2000? We did get the one that counts, at least. This would all be a heck of a lot less tolerable if we lost in '05. The Illinois basketball frustration comes to mind. 2005 Illini were nice, but they still lost.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:26 PM) Cards better be able to hit Lester. If they can they have a good shot. I'm not optimistic about Cards chances. The crazy thing is the Cubs would be favorites against either LA or NY. The Mets haven't beating the Cubs this season. But this is baseball, so anything is possible.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:25 PM) It's the 5th inning and I'm already getting s*** from Cubs fans. And the Hawks are down 3-1. What a night! The Sharp trade looks horrible right now.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:23 PM) Agreed. My friends who are fans of NL teams love it though. I have no idea why. It's basically a free out- 11% of an NL lineup is pointless. And then they gloat about how NL pitchers always have lower ERAs than AL pitchers... Mine, too. They're just wrong. "You lose the strategy of the double switch!" It's the double switch for crying out loud. It's not the 3-4 defense or the Pistol. It's a stupid, unimportant "strategy" that shouldn't be necessary.

Here's something we can all agree on. Pitchers batting is just stupid.

QUOTE (Soxfest @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:06 PM) Wow Hawks looking awful Daley sucks. Agreed. I knew it the second it happened. Daley is terrible and Garbutt is bad. They're a -2 and a -1 in this game, respectively.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:15 PM) I'm defending you here. You clearly admire and respect the Cubs as an organization. I'm not saying you're a fan of them. Sorry, I just hate having to constantly defend myself from people who feel it's not okay to admire the Cubs if you're a White Sox fan.

QUOTE (Jose Abreu @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:14 PM) Lmao, you admire Tom Brady with everything that's going on right now? Like winning 4 Super Bowls? Yeah, I do.

QUOTE (Quinarvy @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:12 PM) Guys, there's no questioning AustinIllini is a Sox fan. He just holds extreme admiraton for the Cubs. I don't like the Patriots but I admire Tom Brady? I'm a lifelong Bears fan. You need to readjust your definition of fandom.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:09 PM) This isn't the first time I've seen you post Pro-Cubs stuff on here. Are you sure that you're really a Sox fan? I'm a White Sox fan. It's agonizing. I want the Sox to be good. They're trash from the top down. The Cubs are the model we need to follow.

Hopefully, if the Cubs are good enough, it will convince our FO to go in that direction. You know, drafting and developing our own talent.

QUOTE (Mike F. @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:06 PM) Hey Cub fan, shouldn't you be on a different forum? I don't question your fandom. Don't question mine, Cub fan.

QUOTE (fathom @ Oct 7, 2015 -> 08:05 PM) Just going to get worse the next few weeks if this continues. 2003 was crazy It's going to "get worse" indefinitely. This is twice the organization we have.