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If they're anything like the great young cores the Cubs assembled in the mid eighties, the late eighties, the late nineties, the early aughts, and the late aughts, you don't have to worry.verb_to_trust wrote:I'm already embarassed for the city of Chicago for when this young core the cubs have assembled wins a world series. People are going to be so....so.....ughh
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This was a quality post.Lament wrote:If they're anything like the great young cores the Cubs assembled in the mid eighties, the late eighties, the late nineties, the early aughts, and the late aughts, you don't have to worry.verb_to_trust wrote:I'm already embarassed for the city of Chicago for when this young core the cubs have assembled wins a world series. People are going to be so....so.....ughh
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numbers wrote:This was a quality post.Lament wrote:If they're anything like the great young cores the Cubs assembled in the mid eighties, the late eighties, the late nineties, the early aughts, and the late aughts, you don't have to worry.verb_to_trust wrote:I'm already embarassed for the city of Chicago for when this young core the cubs have assembled wins a world series. People are going to be so....so.....ughh
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The Jays are the best team in high leverage situations this year. Unfortunately, they beat the hell out of their opponents so often that we've been deprived of all the walk-offs.
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We'll see. This team is going to have several cracks at it over the next several years.numbers wrote:This was a quality post.Lament wrote:If they're anything like the great young cores the Cubs assembled in the mid eighties, the late eighties, the late nineties, the early aughts, and the late aughts, you don't have to worry.verb_to_trust wrote:I'm already embarassed for the city of Chicago for when this young core the cubs have assembled wins a world series. People are going to be so....so.....ughh
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The late 90's and early 2000 teams were way less home grown than this team btw. Doesn't really fit the narrative. ..
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Joe Maddon is a very good manager too
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yeah, i'm not sure where that came from. while to be sure 3/5 of the staff in 2003 was homegrown (Wood, Zambrano, and Prior), after that 95% of the position starters came over via free agency and trades. in 1998 (the only year they made the playoffs in that decade (they were horrible in the 90's)), with the exception of Mark Grace, every position starter played for other team before the Cubs, and 2/5 of the starters did.verb_to_trust wrote:The late 90's and early 2000 teams were way less home grown than this team btw. Doesn't really fit the narrative. ..
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Yep. That's exactly what it is. We've definitely never heard this whole narrative before...verb_to_trust wrote:White sox fans are a little jelly of what theo has put together, thats all




Maybe wait till the team wins a title to worry about how the city will react. For every late 90s Yankees, there's a handfull of early 90s Pirates, mid 90s Indians, mid 90s/early 00s Mariners, and 00s A's team with nothing to show for what they put together.
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Theo will make it happen for Chicago. He will grow the farm and from there, he just needs ownership to open the wallet to form up a mean rotation and pen.
Dunno about this year, though...there is some hard and experienced competition in the NL.
Dunno about this year, though...there is some hard and experienced competition in the NL.
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This quote is almost verbatim how I would react if the Rangers ever win a World Series.


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I was living in Maryland when the Sox won, and I wasn't sure what to do, so I just ran out the front door and raced around the block like a maniac.BigRedLedbetter wrote:This quote is almost verbatim how I would react if the Rangers ever win a World Series.
When I caught my breath I called my grandparents (lifelong south siders who were at the time 80 and 76 respectively) back in Chicago and listened to them excitedly tell me about all of the people partying in the streets and how amazing it was for them to think that the White Sox were finally World Champions. Then I went joyriding through DC and left obnoxious voice mails for people all night long.
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