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Posts: 37 February 20, 2008 10:32 AM |
Ol Stevey was just on the Dan Patrick show and twice said that the cubs will run away with the central and then said they were the only team in the central.
Not even a mention of the Brewers. Kind of fired me up.
(unambigufied thread title --1992)
Last Edited By: support March 3, 2008 5:37 PM.
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Posts: 3037 February 20, 2008 10:35 AM Brewerfan.net Moderator |
He's always like that, he's had some sort of issue with Milwaukee for a long time. I don't listen to the man, he was a mediocre pitcher who had one
great year, he is a mediocre announcer, who got to sit next to a fan favorite for years. I like his style as an announcer, but he's often short on
substance.
Stand up philosopher! I coalesce the vapors of human existence into a viable and meaningful comprehension.
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Posts: 807 February 20, 2008 10:39 AM |
What an idiot. Why can't we have something that at least approximates the truth. Yes, the Cubs will probably win the division, but unless there's some
major injuries on the Crew it's gonna be close. What's wrong with saying that. I just don't get it. It's an insult to Cub fans if you think
about too.
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Posts: 6584 February 20, 2008 11:18 AM Brewerfan.net Staff |
Well,
Upon seeing the thread title I thought about writing off the 2008 season and finding something else to do with the time I usually spend on bf.net (because what's the point? The Cubs will run away with the Central). However, splitter's talked me off the ledge. Thanks, Todd! Why should you keep rooting? All 45 of us can't keep the 40,000 seats warm for ya'all when you jump back on the wagon when we eventually start winning. (Soon God, make it soon.) - The Bwaz We can be heroes, if just for one half. - Bring Back the Stein, on CC Sabathia Never surrender. |
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Posts: 1652 February 20, 2008 11:36 AM |
When the Brewers win the divsion I hope he is reminded of this statement and see than what he says. No doubt he will have some poor excuse just like most Cub
backers do.
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Posts: 3 February 20, 2008 11:39 AM |
Steve Stone is a moron.
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Posts: 1185 February 20, 2008 12:00 PM |
He must not have heard that we are close to bring back Branyan.
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Posts: 4678 February 20, 2008 12:00 PM |
Stone was on WSCR last week and a caller from Kenosha asked him about the Brewers.
He said that while he likes the Brewers, he doesn't think Sheets qualifies as a ace because he's never won more than 12 games, and that's the difference. He went on to say the Cubs have 5 or 6 guys who can win 12 easily. Of course the caller failed to challange him by saying the Brewers have that too. Stone is on the Score every Thursday, usually at noon but earlier likely tomorrow because Murphy is on vacation. Fans can call. Mayble he should be taken on with more vigor than the guy from Kenosha. |
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homer |
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Posts: 6834 February 20, 2008 12:18 PM |
It could logically be argued that the Cubs have a better team than the Brewers, but to say they will 'run away' with the division is just ignorant.
When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. - Jonathan Swift |
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TerraceReserved |
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Posts: 452 February 20, 2008 12:19 PM |
Wow, he's a smart guy, using W/L to judge pitchers and being completely wrong. Is it that tough for a for a radio show (or ESPN for that matter) to get a
guy that actually knows what he's talking about?
On a vocabulary game......
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JohnBriggs12 |
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Posts: 4679 February 20, 2008 12:37 PM |
TerraceReserved wrote: Yeah, since when did W/L record mean anything? Actually since the beginning of time. They don't call it the Cy Young award because he had a 2.63 ERA and I don't think there is a Hall of Fame pitcher with a .500 record. |
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Posts: 4979 February 20, 2008 12:53 PM |
The entire W's argument is just silly (I'd use the real word for it but I'd get banned) so it isn't worth rehashing, anyone that judges a
pitcher like that isn't going to change their mind no matter what you say and you have to just ignore it and move on.
Suppan has won 16 games twice, Capuano won 18 once. Sheets won 12 games last year in a partial season. Every pitcher in the Brewers rotation that has started a full season has won 12 games at least once. The fact is even using his own terrible logic we have multiple pitchers on the team that have won 16+ games. Zambrano has never won more than Capuano's top end, Lilly/Marquis have never matched Suppan's. Hill has never matched Vargas/Bush/Sheets career high. Even using his ridiculous argument it doesn't favor the Cubs. |
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Posts: 217 February 20, 2008 1:07 PM |
Wasn't (former WSSP host) Peter Brown's big argument against Sheets was his W/L record? Sure, he was in the top five in ERA, but he sucks because he
didn't get any wins. I guess that is why he is no longer working at the station.
We'll see you real soon... and On, Wisconsin!!!
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Posts: 902 February 20, 2008 1:14 PM |
He said that while he likes the Brewers, he doesn't think Sheets qualifies as a ace because he's never won more than 12 games, and that's the
difference.
I just registered FireSteveStone.com (kidding) Seriously though, I wish he would have made this claim in print instead of on a radio show so I could submit it to FJM.
Proud member of an Anti-Yost Coalition.
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Posts: 317 February 20, 2008 1:24 PM |
Steve Stone is almost as idiotic as the guy from ESPN who ranked the Crew as the 29th in MLB.
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Posts: 904 February 20, 2008 1:29 PM |
brewtank34 wrote:
That ESPN thing was obviously supposed to be taken as a joke though....only problem was that it wasn't funny. To paraphrase that line from Seinfeld (when Jerry's dentist coverted to Judaism): "I'm not offended as a Brewers fan, I'm offended as a
comedian!"
Proud member of an Anti-Yost Coalition.
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Posts: 915 February 20, 2008 3:58 PM |
I'm having a real hard time trying to figure out the so called "experts" (I'm not saying Steve Stone is an expert by any means, I'm
talking about everything I read about the NL Central) spin on the NL Central this year. I truely don't get this annointing of the Cubs as the kings of the
NL Central. This isn't just because I'm a Brewer fan. I actually do not really have the hatred towards the Cubs that most of the other people on this
site do. However, what have they done this off season? They acquired Fukodome. That's it. They also lost Cliff Floyd and Jaque Jones. I can't believe
that Fukodome will put up much better (if better at all) numbers than those two combined. Their starting pitching is laughable and I have this feeling that
Zambrano is not going to have a great year.
If they go out and acquire Brian Roberts, I might change my view a little, but their starting pitching will still be weak. They may have enough to get to the playoffs, but they definitely are not built to be successful in the playoffs. I really don't get all the hype. |
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Posts: 4681 February 20, 2008 4:18 PM |
Look I don't agree with Stone's analysis of the NL Central but I respect a guy who's been in baseball for 40 years, won a Cy Young award, and put
up sitting next to Harry Carey more than for more than a dozen years. He does know a thing or two about the game.
It's no secret that the Brewers need either Sheets to stay healthy for a full season or have another pitcher emerge with an "ace like" season. That was true last year, the year before and the year before that. Had that happened they would have won the division at least once if not twice in that time. But I can't fault Stone for basing his prediction on history especially considering his natural Cub bias. |
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Posts: 4849 February 20, 2008 4:39 PM |
homer wrote: Exactly. It should be a close race that could go either way. Didn't Stone get fired by WGN? You would think he would have something against them and
not us?
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apirk |
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Posts: 28 February 20, 2008 4:59 PM |
Good
Let the media hype up the Cubs as the favorite put all the pressure on them and set them up to fail. |
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Bring Back the Stein |
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Posts: 132 February 20, 2008 5:09 PM |
I agree entirely with Stoney. Totally logical.
In fact, I doubt the Cubs will lose a single game. The problem will be deciding who their team MVP will be: Fukudome, who will have a .700 OBP with 212 RBI, or Henry Blanco, who will successfully flush the clubhouse toilet after his b.m. But yes, they will runaway with it. I also think the Cubs will win the Stanley Cup, the Calder Cup, three Tonys, a BAFTA, the Bay View Parochial Soccer League, Iron Chef America (battle onions) and then be assumed bodily into heaven.
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