This division appears to be a runaway for the Cardinals if we could just get Wainwright to get his head out of his ass for the rest of the season.
I was amazed so many people did not pick us to either win the division or the wildcard at least. People act like Pujols and Larussa were our whole team...laughable.
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Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
This division appears to be a runaway for the Cardinals if we could just get Wainwright to get his head out of his ass for the rest of the season.
I was amazed so many people did not pick us to either win the division or the wildcard at least. People act like Pujols and Larussa were our whole team...laughable.
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I'm partial to 76-49 and +8 myself. But then again, I like living in the present rather than the past and facing reality rather than denial.
Congrats on overtaking the Pirates for distant second. You may have some trouble holding on to that dubious honor through the weekend.
Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
But then again, I like living in the present rather than the past and facing reality rather than denial.
Do you abide by this same philosophy when discussing the storied and unmatched history of Kentucky Basketball, or does it only apply when history isn't on your team's side?
Originally posted by legalbeagle123:
Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
But then again, I like living in the present rather than the past and facing reality rather than denial.
Do you abide by this same philosophy when discussing the storied and unmatched history of Kentucky Basketball, or does it only apply when history isn't on your team's side?
Terrible comparison, because Kentucky Basketball past, present and future (OK, final Tubby and all Gillispie years excepted) is awesomely awesome. The King is sovereign, and can do no wrong.
In response to your question, however, see my response to 3rex's nearly identical query above.
Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
Originally posted by legalbeagle123:
Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
But then again, I like living in the present rather than the past and facing reality rather than denial.
Do you abide by this same philosophy when discussing the storied and unmatched history of Kentucky Basketball, or does it only apply when history isn't on your team's side?
Terrible comparison, because Kentucky Basketball past, present and future (OK, final Tubby and all Gillispie years excepted) is awesomely awesome. The King is sovereign, and can do no wrong.
In response to your question, however, see my response to 3rex's nearly identical query above.
translation.... no, i love to talk about the past when it is UK, but when it comes to the Reds & Cardinals, I refuse to talk about the past....
i look forward to seeing how he holds to that philosophy in the event of the Reds making noise in the playoffs and/or World Series.......something tells me he will then have an overwhelming desire to talk about the past
Apparently your translator is broken.
Translation: If a UL fan comes to me and starts talking about how much better this year's Cards are than the Cats, I will address that assertion based on information relevant to this year. Unlike you, I won't have to resort to talking about years past because PRESENTLY, the Cats are awesome. Get it?
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Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
Apparently your translator is broken.
Translation: If a UL fan comes to me and starts talking about how much better this year's Cards are than the Cats, I will address that assertion based on information relevant to this year. Unlike you, I won't have to resort to talking about years past because PRESENTLY, the Cats are awesome. Get it?
to each his own I guess....me, i talk a lot about the Wildcats past, because I am proud of it...whether we happen to be good in the present has nothing to do with that...i enjoy talking about Goose Givens, James Lee, Jay "the blond bomber" Shidler...about Jamal Mashburn, Pitino's Bombinos....about Rex Chapman and Kenny Walker....because I love talking about our glorious past.
But you feel welcome to "address assertions based on information relevant to this year."
My gosh, you sound like either a fool, or the dumbest fan on the planet, or just plain ignorant, not sure which.
And, for the record, I don't "resort" to talking about anything. I choose what I want to talk about. And, to me, the Cardinals are always PRESENTLY awesome....just like the Cats.
Then again, i don't spend time analyzing this stuff as you do.
Let's go Cards!! :)
Are you really this obtuse?
This isn't a subtle point I'm making, and it's not hard to grasp.
"YEAH, BUT its been 22 yrs since you guys have won anything."
"YEAH, BUT the world series championship numbers are 11-4."
All you got is the past. Because PRESENTLY, the Reds have two Cy Young candidates. PRESENTLY, the Reds have the leading Rookie of the Year candidate. PRESENTLY, the Reds have kept right on winning despite their MVP candidate being sidelined. PRESENTLY, the Reds are 27 games over .500. PRESENTLY, the Reds have a 7 game lead over the Cardinals. PRESENTLY, the Reds are beating the Cards 4-2. And PRESENTLY, you look pretty pathetic talking about the past because you know you have no response regarding the present.
Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
Are you really this obtuse?
This isn't a subtle point I'm making, and it's not hard to grasp.
"YEAH, BUT its been 22 yrs since you guys have won anything."
"YEAH, BUT the world series championship numbers are 11-4."
All you got is the past. Because PRESENTLY, the Reds have two Cy Young candidates. PRESENTLY, the Reds have the leading Rookie of the Year candidate. PRESENTLY, the Reds have kept right on winning despite their MVP candidate being sidelined. PRESENTLY, the Reds are 27 games over .500. PRESENTLY, the Reds have a 7 game lead over the Cardinals. PRESENTLY, the Reds are beating the Cards 4-2. And PRESENTLY, you look pretty pathetic talking about the past because you know you have no response regarding the present.
It's truly pathetic to use PRESENTLY to state your case....
during the season. LOL. Sounding like a IU or Cubs fan. If the Reds win some accolades after the season, kudos. I'll be the first to give congrats. But to chirp now, before the end of August, much less September??? Come on now.
Originally posted by Jedwar:
It's truly pathetic to use PRESENTLY to state your case....during the season. LOL. Sounding like a IU or Cubs fan. If the Reds win some accolades after the season, kudos. I'll be the first to give congrats. But to chirp now, before the end of August, much less September??? Come on now.
Simply put, if I mention present lead/present record, and your retort is the sort of "Yeah, but..." response that 3rex has come to rely on, you are tacitly conceding the argument.
Statement: "My team is better than your team. My team is X games ahead of your team in the standings"
Response: "Yeah, but historically, my team has been better than your team."
You have implicitly conceded that your team is not better at present by trying to reframe the argument.
I realize that the Reds have yet to win anything, but 3rex was playing dumb, so I had to spell out my point explicitly. If that sounds like chirping, so be it. This year, the Reds are a better team than the Cardinals. That's my point.
man...im not a blame the umpire or ref guy....bad calls are part of the game, win or lose...
but i gotta say, this first base umpire has jacked us up today...
4-2, still time to come back though...
Let's go Cards!! :)
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ok, i'll play along....exactly what have you guys won PRESENTLY? What trophies have you put in the trophy case PRESENTLY? What banners are you currently hanging PRESENTLY?
I'll hang up & wait for your response...
Let's go Cards!! :)
Originally posted by 3rex:
ok, i'll play along....exactly what have you guys won PRESENTLY? What trophies have you put in the trophy case PRESENTLY? What banners are you currently hanging PRESENTLY?
I'll hang up & wait for your response...
Let's go Cards!! :)
To CW: Good win today by the Reds. Then again, that's in the past so i digress, sorry......but you have somehow failed to answer my question.
I am trying to talk PRESENTLY, which is what you require....
I'll hang up AGAIN & wait for your response to my question above...
thanks...
Let's go Cards!! :)
This post was edited on 8/25 10:15 PM by 3rex
Aww, heck, I guess we can just agree to disagree...
I understand what you're saying...
You have a problem with me saying that we are defending World Series Champions as a retort to your sayin y'all are in 1st place...
But you have no problem with saying you guys are in 1st place as a retort to my statement that we are defending WS Champs...
doesn't make much sense, but anyway, we'll just agree that you can keep the "we are in 1st place" proclamation......and i'll keep the "we are defending WS Champs."
I'll take that trade all day... :)
Let's go Cards!! :)
Go Cards!
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I'm partial to living in the present, yet celebrating the past. Historically, the Cardinals are a much better franchise. PRESENTLY, the Cardinals are the World Series Champions.
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CrittendenWildcat-- The only poster on Rivals who refuses to say anything whatsoever about UK's 7 national championships...because, hey, that's in the past, and CW is a true fan. He only lives in the present.
His team is always 0-0...no wins, no losses. He doesn't talk about the past.
His team has 0 championships. He only talks about the present.
You won't ever hear any bragging, or boasting from ole CW....no siree Bob....not about his Reds, not about the Wildcats...no way....cause he only talks about today.
I know this because it is his copy & paste answer to anything that is not about TODAY. Of course, he takes that position... over & over & over & over......while at the same time telling us who his team beat YESTERDAY...
too funny....
Let's go Cards!! :) and, by Cards, I mean the 2011 World Series Champion St. Louis Cardinals!!!.... because, hey, I have no problem whatsoever talking about the past! :)
This post was edited on 8/23 11:12 AM by 3rex
Silly diatribe.
I celebrate tradition and recognize past accomplishments, and will discuss history...if history is the subject. But history is not the subject. When I presents stats from the present season, and you respond with stats from seasons past, you've lost the argument, because you have failed to address the argument presented. It's a "yeah, but" argument.
"Yeah, but we were good in the past."
"Yeah, but we beat you last year."
We weren't talking about the past. We weren't talking about last year. We are talking about right now. And right now, I guess the Cardinals fans are living on their past accomplishments because they are 8 games down to the Reds today.
If you want to get technical...."we" were not talking to you at all....you came over here with your gibberish...
Let us decide what we will talk about on the Cardinals thread, thank you.
PRESENTLY, its been 22 yrs since you guys have won anything.
PRESENTLY, the world series championship numbers are 11-4.
I can play semantics also.
Let's go Cards!! :)
Originally posted by 3rex:
If you want to get technical...."we" were not talking to you at all....you came over here with your gibberish...
Let us decide what we will talk about on the Cardinals thread, thank you.
PRESENTLY, its been 22 yrs since you guys have won anything.
PRESENTLY, the world series championship numbers are 11-4.
I can play semantics also.
Let's go Cards!! :)
Oh yeah, you never invaded the Reds thread with your nonsense back when you guys were relevant.
Also, we have 5 World Series Championships. And two years ago we won the division title, which is something. We also won it in 95.
And let's not act like we're the Astros. We're in a tie for fourth most titles in the NL and we're in the top 8 franchises in all of baseball. Our franchise isn't some loser laughing stock like the Cubs.
And two years ago we won the division title, which is something.
This is the equivalent of Vandy talking about their win in last year's SEC tourney.
This guy needs to check out Nyjer Morgan's comments from last year.
I will take this season after the incredible postseason the Cards had last year. Cards are still in the hunt for a chance at the World Series this year....and they actually hang a banner for that.
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Your Cards can have one of the wild cards and waste your best pitcher in a one game playoff. Then make it to the second round and get beat like Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament or lose in the wildcard game.
One thing the Cards will not do is win the Central Division or the World Series this yard. Go Reds!!!
This post was edited on 8/27 4:03 PM by CalFan72
This post was edited on 8/27 4:05 PM by CalFan72
Originally posted by CalFan72:
Your Cards can have one of the wild cards and waste your best pitcher in a one game playoff. Then make it to the second round and get beat like Vanderbilt in the NCAA Tournament or lose in the wildcard game.
One thing the Cards will not do is win the Central Division or the World Series this yard. Go Reds!!!
This post was edited on 8/27 4:03 PM by CalFan72
This post was edited on 8/27 4:05 PM by CalFan72
cool story bro... by the way, do you have the lottery numbers for this week as well? :)
Let's go Cards!! :)
^^^
Only 4 titles were legitimately earned.
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Originally posted by legalbeagle123:
^^^
Only 4 titles were legitimately earned.
1919 World Series was won by the Reds 5 - 3. Not the Reds' fault the other team decided to hand them the victory. The White Sox certainly didn't win it.
So, 11-5.
Originally posted by podgejeff_:
...the other team decided to hand them the victory.
As I said, only 4 legitimately earned.
Originally posted by legalbeagle123:
Originally posted by podgejeff_:
...the other team decided to hand them the victory.
As I said, only 4 legitimately earned.
Incorrect logic. If that were the case every World Series "loser" who didn't play up to their potential invalidates every World Series win.
11-5
Originally posted by podgejeff_:
Incorrect logic. If that were the case every World Series "loser" who didn't play up to their potential invalidates every World Series win.
11-5
You cannot be serious. You're actually going to argue that a team purposefully losing a World Series is on the same level as a team not playing to their potential?
Laughably false. 
4 legitimately earned.
yea, because laying down & handing the other team the win on purpose is the equivalent of playing bad & losing....
nice logic...
count em any way u want......my team has 11....earned :)
Let's go Cards!!! :)
they probably think North Carolina should count Helms titles....not surprised they count the gift from the Black Sox...and gotta love a fan of a team who hasn't done anything in 22 years to say "back when you guys were relevant" about the team who won the World Series just a few short months ago...these guys are too funny...
Let's go Cards!! :)
This post was edited on 8/23 10:24 PM by 3rex
I love it!! Reds have an 8 game lead, all is going well.......but the Reds fans inferiority complex continues... like the little brother who always jumps in front of big brother yelling "HEY" "LOOK AT ME" "OVER HERE" :) ....too funny
Good to have you guys over here on the Cards thread, otherwise known as, Home of the Defending World Series Champs!! :)
Let's go Cards!!! :)
Originally posted by UKWildcats#8:
This division appears to be a runaway for the Cardinals if we could just get Wainwright to get his head out of his ass for the rest of the season.
Well..Yeah, about that.
Talking about the Cards running away with the division. On April 19th. That's laughable.
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Originally posted by CrittendenWildcat:
Talking about the Cards running away with the division. On April 19th. That's laughable.
Yep, just as laughable as the "dynasty" talk that was bantered about around here in late 2010.
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