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In response to "Ask the '69 Cubs." by the liioulu with rickrack

Why would we ask a team that finished 8 games back?

Posted by Will Hunting (aka kelly) Feb 26 '10, 16:48

not every sporting event revolves around chicago.

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This is one year in baseball where it did. Look it up. -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 16:50 22
- No, it really didn't. You lost by 8 games. The last day in first place was September 9th. - Will Hunting Feb 26, 16:55 21
  - That isn't the whole story. As I said look it up. -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 16:57 20
    - I just did. I also see by how the runs went that year, you'd be expected to win 93 games. - Will Hunting Feb 26, 16:59 19
      - Look up the story, not the numbers. -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:00 18
        
        Nah, I don't care enough. Truly. - Will Hunting Feb 26, 17:02 17
        
        It's a story about the Mets and the Cubs. And it's about more than the numbers. - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:06 13
        
        Okay....here's a story...a team plays over its head and had a lead that slowly drifts to nothingness over a hard-charging team..... - Will Hunting Feb 26, 17:15 3
        
        So we should ignor Mark Buehrle perfect game because it wasn't against the Yankees? -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:24 2
        
        Where the hell did this come from? - Will Hunting Feb 26, 17:25 1
        
        Yankees were the winning team last year. and you said it all about the winning team. - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:29
        
        it's the STORY! look it up!! -- nm - jingoist pixie Feb 26, 17:08 5
        
        The numbers are so much more fun to read. and tell such a compelling story. - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:15 4
        
        Stories get colored by the people reliving them. Listening to sad-sack fans talk about how horrendous things are isn't any closer to reality than - Will Hunting Feb 26, 17:19 3
        
        Then look up the versions by the ones who aren't fans. - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:22 2
        
        "Cubs fans blame this on a black cat being released on the field." --- When the more plausible explanation was they just went cold at the end of the - Will Hunting Feb 26, 17:25 1
        
        Still not the whole story. -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:31
        
        You could, I dunno, link it. -- nm - TFox Feb 26, 17:08 2
        
        Can't link books I have at home. -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:13 1
        
        And if someone can fish for the numbers they can fish for the story. -- nm - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:14
        
        It must be some kind of We Are Marshall type story ... just a guess. -- nm - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 26, 17:03 2
        
        Nope, nothing of the sort. A black cat and two losses to 0-99 Phillies. Ouch. - Beryllium (iPhone) Feb 26, 17:10 1
        
        Not really. This is where I keep getting in trouble here. So many of you are about nothing more than the numbers of sports. - the liioulu with rickrack Feb 26, 17:19

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