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[Shawn1112]

Also, regarding the .500 argument, I personally just take the difference between wins and losses but fully understand the other side as well.

Thats pretty much where I stand as well.

 

[Shawn1112]

It's like measuring your dick from behind your balls.

Are you speaking from experience, if so any pics of you doing this?
You know us Cub fans are dying to see the pics

 

[Huggerorange73]

Are you speaking from experience, if so any pics of you doing this?
You know us Cub fans are dying to see the pics

I don't have a need to cheat in that department

 

[Turk]

And I totally see that side as well.

During the season, it kinda makes sense as there are still xx amount to games to play.

Again, to me it's semantics, no matter which "math" you are using to measure it, you're still BELOW .500 AND SUCK.

It's like measuring your dick from behind your balls.

That’s a very good point and I think I do that. If the Sox end the season with 70 wins I’d probably consider that 11 under .500. Just don’t feel like doing the calculations throughout the season.

 

[Huggerorange73]

That’s a very good point and I think I do that. If the Sox end the season with 70 wins I’d probably consider that 11 under .500. Just don’t feel like doing the calculations throughout the season.

Like I said, both sets of math retun the fact you either had a losing season, an average season or a good season.

The rest of it is just noise

 

[Shawn1112]

Like I said, both sets of math retun the fact you either had a losing season, an average season or a good season.

The rest of it is just noise

You can add HORRIBLE SEASON because thats what the SUX are having. Dont try and sugarcoat that shit because if the rolls were reversed you would be singing the same tune as me.

 

[Turk]

You can add HORRIBLE SEASON because thats what the SUX are having. Dont try and sugarcoat that shit because if the rolls were reversed you would be singing the same tune as me.

If you’re under .500 in the absolute worst division in baseball, you’re also having a horrible season.

 

[Shawn1112]

If you’re under .500 in the absolute worst division in baseball, you’re also having a horrible season.

Wrong, but if that helps you justify how bad the SUX are then carry on
Per the great Mike, they play a balanced schedule now, am I right Huggerorange73. If so please school your fellow compadre.

 

[Huggerorange73]

You can add HORRIBLE SEASON because thats what the SUX are having. Dont try and sugarcoat that shit because if the rolls were reversed you would be singing the same tune as me.

Please point any any reference where I have ever attempted to sugar coat what is happening on the South Side this season.

I'll pay you $1 for everyone you find, and you pay me $5 for every time I said they're fucking horrible.

I'm not Flyn, when my team blows dicks...I'll say it.

 

[Turk]

Wrong, but if that helps you justify how bad the SUX are then carry on
Per the great Mike, they play a balanced schedule now, am I right Huggerorange73. If so please school your fellow compadre.

It’s not a balanced schedule. You still play your division more, just not as much as a few years ago.

Cubs have one of the easiest strengths of schedule and still can’t play above .500 with all that talent and hall of fame manager? What’s happening over there?

 

[Shawn1112]

It’s not a balanced schedule. You still play your division more, just not as much as a few years ago.

Cubs have one of the easiest strengths of schedule and still can’t play above .500 with all that talent and hall of fame manager? What’s happening over there?

Huggerorange73 please step in and explain to him what you have explained to us over the last year or 2
I know you have the spreadsheets for proof

 

[Shawn1112]

Please point any any reference where I have ever attempted to sugar coat what is happening on the South Side this season.

I'll pay you $1 for everyone you find, and you pay me $5 for every time I said they're fucking horrible.

I'm not Flyn, when my team blows dicks...I'll say it.

Sugarcoating by saying losing season vs horrible season.

 

[Huggerorange73]

Wrong, but if that helps you justify how bad the SUX are then carry on
Per the great Mike, they play a balanced schedule now, am I right Huggerorange73. If so please school your fellow compadre.

They do play a balanced schedule, in the terms they now play every team every year.

However, I think that it's still biased towards your own division.

I believe it was reduced from 19 games against each team in your division to 13.

Beginning with the 2023 season, teams play a balanced schedule as follows: thirteen games are played against each of the four other teams in their own division (52 games total), six or seven games against each of the other ten teams in their own league (64 games total), four games against one "geographic rival" from the other league, and three games each against the other fourteen teams from the other league, for 46 total interleague games. Under this schedule, divisional games consist of two, three or four-game series, intraleague games consist of three or four-game series, and the interleague games consist of two two-game series against the geographic rival (one series home and one away) and a single three-game series against the other interleague opponents (the home team alternating every year).

 

[Huggerorange73]

Huggerorange73 please step in and explain to him what you have explained to us over the last year or 2
I know you have the spreadsheets for proof

I gave up on spreadsheets this year.

They just made me depressed.

 

[Huggerorange73]

Sugarcoating by saying losing season vs horrible season.

I was at the DBacks game last night with my friend who is a Yankee fan.

Of course the Sox suck again this year, and the Dbacks were getting pasted.

It was when the score hit 8 zip that I asked him what it's like to be a fan of team that had like 34 winning seasons in row.

It was also at that point, that I have made terrible choices in my sports Fandom.

I also realized that I've never turned in my Sox fan card either despite all the suckage...so now I'm wondering if I'm in an abusive relationship with baseball.

We're conditioned to be excited about mediocre baseball in Chicago, and that's sad.

Both fan bases deserve better than bickering about a bad season vs. a horrible season.

 

[Huggerorange73]

Also, let's pause the bickering....because yesterday was a historic occasion.

Lead Pipe turned 40 yesterday!

Happy belated birthday Dan, welcome to the over the hill club.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Also, let's pause the bickering....because yesterday was a historic occasion.

Lead Pipe turned 40 yesterday!

Happy belated birthday Dan, welcome to the over the hill club.

Thanks sexy. To include VenomousDSG, I celebrated by polishing off a bottle of Eagle Rare. Dan00Hawk can go fuck himself.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Lead Pipe turned 40

Happy birthday. Maybe by the end of the next 40 years, someone can take the Lead Pipe out of your head and stick it in your ass as it might help you not be such a fucking idiot all the time. Fuck yourself too, you piece of absolute garbage.

Thanks sexy. To include VenomousDSG, I celebrated by polishing off a bottle of Eagle Rare. Dan00Hawk can go fuck himself.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Back to the .500 debate.

A baseball season is 162 games.

81 - 81 is 500.

If a team finished 62 - 100, there is no way they could finish 100 - 100 as that would result in 200 games played.

81 wins is .500.

This isn't "feels" or an opinion, it's a mathematical fact.

162 is an absolute number.

81 is an absolute number in terms of .500.

If anything the "baseball math" is the fuzzy number.

I stand by my statement that I don't give a flying fuck if you are 1 game under, 10 under, 20 games under or 40 games under at any point in time, you are absolutely having a LOSING season at that point.

And once again, as fans of both Chicago baseball teams, we are WAY too familiar with LOSING seasons as both teams are having yet again at this point.

The fact that the Sox are indeed historically bad this season doesn't cancel out the fact the Cubs are also bad this season.

But carry on!

Agreed, the math works both ways. I've never disputed that. The simple difference method is just easier, and used by all members of media, broadcasting, and journalism which is why it's by far the most commonly accepted way of doing it.

And there are different levels of "bad" and it's clear the Cubs are certainly less bad than the Sox this year. Nothing to gloat over at this point, of course.

 

[Lead Pipe]

Happy birthday. Maybe by the end of the next 40 years, Lead Pipe can take the Lead Pipe out of your head and stick it in your ass as it might help you not be such a fucking idiot all the time. Fuck yourself too, you piece of absolute garbage.

Thank you. It's almost lunch time, go eat a dick you fucking tool.

 

[Dan00Hawk]

Thank you. It's almost lunch time, go eat a dick you fucking tool.

That was the least self contradicting post you've made this year. See, you can improve! There may be hope for you yet, although you're still a filthy shit bucket, and that probably won't change!

 

[Lead Pipe]

That was the least self contradicting post you've made this year. See, you can improve! There may be hope for you yet, although you're still a filthy shit bucket, and that probably won't change!

I am always amazed by your ability to swing so fast from rage filled, shit posting to condescending banter like it doesn't bother you personally.

 

[Aircal]

So to sum things up after 373 pages…….Cubs suck. White Sox suck. Bears suck. Hawks suck and the Bulls suck.

 

[Shawn1112]

Happy B Day Lead Pipe, cheers to another 40yrs

 

[Huggerorange73]

So to sum things up after 373 pages…….Cubs suck. White Sox suck. Bears suck. Hawks suck and the Bulls suck.