swishnicholson wrote:See now, and the lesson I was going to draw from BigEd's wonderfully researched post was that championships come along for most teams once in a blue moon. So you'd better appreciate each game on it's own merits. If you become fixated on titles won and the "larger significance" of games, you're almost certain to end up disappointed, grumpy or bored most of the time since, let's face it, virtually all of them are "meaningless" in that context. Yet fans of baseball,even of those teams with even less success than the Phillies, still enjoy the game, since even after a lifetime of watching games it's amazing how often you can still be surprised or pleased by something that happens, and you never would have seen if you'd stopped paying attention.

swishnicholson wrote:See now, and the lesson I was going to draw from BigEd's wonderfully researched post was that championships come along for most teams once in a blue moon. So you'd better appreciate each game on it's own merits. If you become fixated on titles won and the "larger significance" of games, you're almost certain to end up disappointed, grumpy or bored most of the time since, let's face it, virtually all of them are "meaningless" in that context. Yet fans of baseball,even of those teams with even less success than the Phillies, still enjoy the game, since even after a lifetime of watching games it's amazing how often you can still be surprised or pleased by something that happens, and you never would have seen if you'd stopped paying attention.

Stripes wrote:They're WAY over the luxury tax. Paid Eovaldi rather than Kimbrel, and now their bullpen is a mess. When they gave Sale that big extension, I assumed that meant he was healthy. Maybe not so much. Still have to pay Mookie, and eventually Bogaerts and Devers.

Polar Bear Phan wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:See now, and the lesson I was going to draw from BigEd's wonderfully researched post was that championships come along for most teams once in a blue moon. So you'd better appreciate each game on it's own merits. If you become fixated on titles won and the "larger significance" of games, you're almost certain to end up disappointed, grumpy or bored most of the time since, let's face it, virtually all of them are "meaningless" in that context. Yet fans of baseball,even of those teams with even less success than the Phillies, still enjoy the game, since even after a lifetime of watching games it's amazing how often you can still be surprised or pleased by something that happens, and you never would have seen if you'd stopped paying attention.

It's going to be glorious watching spoiled Pittsburgh fans realize this if Big Ben is cooked (or they have no top level receivers), once Sidney and Evgeni decline, and the Pirates continue to be the Pirates.

BatFlipsFTW wrote:

Polar Bear Phan wrote:

swishnicholson wrote:See now, and the lesson I was going to draw from BigEd's wonderfully researched post was that championships come along for most teams once in a blue moon. So you'd better appreciate each game on it's own merits. If you become fixated on titles won and the "larger significance" of games, you're almost certain to end up disappointed, grumpy or bored most of the time since, let's face it, virtually all of them are "meaningless" in that context. Yet fans of baseball,even of those teams with even less success than the Phillies, still enjoy the game, since even after a lifetime of watching games it's amazing how often you can still be surprised or pleased by something that happens, and you never would have seen if you'd stopped paying attention.

It's going to be glorious watching spoiled Pittsburgh fans realize this if Big Ben is cooked (or they have no top level receivers), once Sidney and Evgeni decline, and the Pirates continue to be the Pirates.

Steelers have been mediocre for a while now. Those diehard Pens will forget the team exist again like after Mario.

BatFlipsFTW wrote:By Steeler standards yes. Plus the franchise is on a downwards trajectory.

azrider wrote:

BatFlipsFTW wrote:By Steeler standards yes. Plus the franchise is on a downwards trajectory.

1981-1991 that's the very definition of mediocre. 10 years 84-84, four playoffs, three losing seasons.

azrider wrote:

BatFlipsFTW wrote:By Steeler standards yes. Plus the franchise is on a downwards trajectory.

1981-1991 that's the very definition of mediocre. 10 years 84-84, four playoffs, three losing seasons.

BatFlipsFTW wrote:

azrider wrote:

BatFlipsFTW wrote:By Steeler standards yes. Plus the franchise is on a downwards trajectory.

1981-1991 that's the very definition of mediocre. 10 years 84-84, four playoffs, three losing seasons.

1981-1991 is a time frame. Not a definition of mediocre.

BatFlipsFTW wrote:

azrider wrote:

BatFlipsFTW wrote:By Steeler standards yes. Plus the franchise is on a downwards trajectory.

1981-1991 that's the very definition of mediocre. 10 years 84-84, four playoffs, three losing seasons.

1981-1991 is a time frame. Not a definition of mediocre.

MLBStats
Bruce Bochy has managed from 1995-2019.

His current managerial record is 1995-2019.

BigEd76 wrote:

MLBStats
Bruce Bochy has managed from 1995-2019.

His current managerial record is 1995-2019.

azrider wrote:Nah.... Don't troll you flips, I like ya. I just #$!&@ with you instead. I save the trolling for the people I truly despise. BTW... Still okay to say you're wrong. I've been wrong a lot and in more important things than a message board.