http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15688193...young-candidate

 

LOL, wow. All I have to say about this piece.

http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/15688193...young-candidate

 

LOL, wow. All I have to say about this piece.

I don't care if it's petty, calling him "Chicago's Other Ace" when he was the first one is offensive and stupid.

I opened this thread expecting to see an article about Quintana...

That's pretty bad. f*** ESPN.

3K words of puff.

That's pretty bad. f*** ESPN.

That's pretty ESPN. Sale is a better pitcher than Arrieta, but whatever. Just keep winning.

Biggest mistake here is opening an ESPN.com article. The TMZ of sports.

Biggest mistake here is opening an ESPN.com article. The TMZ of sports.

Pretty much. There's no analysis on ESPN anymore. Just manufactured debate or G rated "controversy". If I could just get the live action and 30 for 30, I would be satisfied.

Edited May 24, 20169 yr by Deadpool

I'd rather re-read a week old sports section than something written by that group of assclowns.

If you think an article is stupid, why link to it?

It's like this author thinks Arrieta was good before Sale or something.

I opened this thread expecting to see an article about Quintana...

Lmao, same here. Q was the first name that popped into my head when I read the title.

That's pretty ESPN. Sale is a better pitcher than Arrieta, but whatever. Just keep winning.

 

Yup. Fans need to get over the inferiority complex.

That's pretty ESPN. Sale is a better pitcher than Arrieta, but whatever. Just keep winning.

 

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Yep, Sale has been fantastic and I am a huge fan. But, I honestly don't think Arrieta will ever get lit up this season like Sale did tonight.

Yep, Sale has been fantastic and I am a huge fan. But, I honestly don't think Arrieta will ever get lit up this season like Sale did tonight.

 

Sale is absolutely great. Arrieta though is arguably on the greatest run of pitching our generation has seen.

Sale is absolutely great. Arrieta though is arguably on the greatest run of pitching our generation has seen.

But he's not even the best. Kershaw is by far. Then everyone else.

Yep, Sale has been fantastic and I am a huge fan. But, I honestly don't think Arrieta will ever get lit up this season like Sale did tonight.

Arrieta will wait til the playoffs.

I am not a huge fan of ESPN as an entity, but there are plenty of good writers who work for ESPN.com, people.

Edited May 25, 20169 yr by 3GamesToLove

But he's not even the best. Kershaw is by far. Then everyone else.

 

 

haha yep. Kershaw's FIP is 1.38.

I am not a huge fan of ESPN as an entity, but there are plenty of good writers who work for ESPN.com, people.

You have to cut through the fat, though. And there's a ton of fat.

It seemed like more of a comment on how the Cubs get all the press and the Sox are shuffled to second team status. Which is true for most of the country. Here in Texas, despite having AL teams, people think of the Cubs when they think Chicago baseball. Same in more areas of the country.

It seemed like more of a comment on how the Cubs get all the press and the Sox are shuffled to second team status. Which is true for most of the country. Here in Texas, despite having AL teams, people think of the Cubs when they think Chicago baseball. Same in more areas of the country.

Because so many people in Texas are Cubs fans. They could watch the Cubs on the WGN superstation for much of their lives. People who have never even been to Chicago in Texas cheer for the Cubs.

Exactly. WGN was beaming across the country via cable while the Sox where on pay TV. All the shut-ins could watch day games. It was all that was on TV

You have to cut through the fat, though. And there's a ton of fat.

 

It's definitely not a site you want to just browse through on your own the way you do SBNation or did Grantland. Know your writers, follow the right people on Twitter, and you'll get the good stuff. Didn't someone recently declare Zach Lowe the best sportswriter in America?