Where's He Been?

**CoventryCat86** · 09-22-2006, 12:19 AM

Big WHAT? Hmmmmm, I don't remember this guy at all.

Does anyone know which baseball team in the National League has the worst record this year?

Bueller........., BigMac........., anyone........?

**BigMacFU** · 09-23-2006, 11:41 PM

Hey Bill, how's payin' a pitcher 18 million for 2/3's a season working out? Oh that's right, it's not. Bill, the Cubs may suck worse than the Astros, or any other team, but you know what, who cares, it's what we expect. At least the real fans know never to get their hopes up, whereas management gets you ignorant Astros fan's hopes up every year. Shoulda traded Clemens to the Yanks and gotten something worth while. Oh Bill, I pity you.

**CoventryCat86** · 09-24-2006, 03:56 AM

Originally Posted by BigMacFU

Hey Bill, how's payin' a pitcher 18 million for 2/3's a season working out? Oh that's right, it's not. Bill, the Cubs may suck worse than the Astros, or any other team, but you know what, who cares, it's what we expect. At least the real fans know never to get their hopes up, whereas management gets you ignorant Astros fan's hopes up every year. Shoulda traded Clemens to the Yanks and gotten something worth while. Oh Bill, I pity you.

It's working out quite well actually, how can you say it's not?

I'd much rather be two under .500 than 30

Face it, the Cubs are a piss poor organization and that ain't changing anytime soon. At least the Astros have a credible team and have won more games in the NL Central than any other team in the NL Central since MLB went to the three division format in the 1990's. Just because the Cubs SUCK, why call fans of real teams "ignorant"?

**CoventryCat86** · 09-24-2006, 04:01 AM

**CoventryCat86** · 09-24-2006, 04:05 AM

DAMN!! Look what happens when you google "Cubs Suck" there's are HUNDREDS like this:

**BigMacFU** · 09-24-2006, 10:32 AM

With the exception of Yankees fans and Cardinals fans, most others are ignorant. Most other teams operate for profit, not for winning, and this includes the Astros. The Cubs have been a for profit team, not winning team ever since the Trib bought them out. But as fans we know this and expect nothing more than 60-80 wins a year, only hovering near .500 occasionally. We have a ballpark that brings in all the revenue regardless of winning or losing, the world's largest biergarten is too beautiful to ignore for the Wrigley faithful. But, no other team, with the exception of the Red Sox have a stadium like this (or fans like the Yanks and Cards). So, the owners have to tease the fans and make them think they'll be good or get them in to the playoffs often enough to peak interest, but never enough to actually win.

If the Astros wanted to win, they could have kept Randy a long time ago, kept Gonzo, kept Wagner, kept so many others that they let go. Why'd they let go, profit, plain and simple. So, fans of teams with owners who are for profit, not winning, yet do not acknowledge this, and thus acknowledge that it is stupid to talk about their organization as if it were a "good" organization is ignorant.

Have there been exceptions occasionally, yes. But these flukes are a) the exception to the rule and b) usually generate from a just above .500 Wild Card team that gets two hot pitchers in the post-season (aka Marlins, Angels, White Sox, and Red Sox in the past many years, though the Red Sox that year abandoned the profit only model and went for an all-star lineup and the highest payroll world series champ ever). So yes Bill, IGNORANT, you are IGNORANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Or, should I spell it for you as you ignorant Astros fans need, IGNANT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**CoventryCat86** · 09-24-2006, 11:28 AM

I asked a question about who has the worst record in the National League and you told me I was "ignorant" which is not true and does not change the fact the the Cubs SUCK.