Comments on: They updated the Cubs’ Futility Odometer

By: Bobby Metzinger

Bobby Metzinger — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 17:34:20 +0000

In response to:

That’s why Midwestern college grads should move to St. Louis. It’s more friendlier, easier to get around, the beer is cheaper, colder and the baseball is better. I’m a life-long Yankee fan and it took me a week in this town to figure that out.
Go Billikens.

By: jimmy

jimmy — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 15:15:38 +0000

I’m with Bret the Jet. Shame on Deadspin for such heavy-handed copying of Richie Rich’s fine piece. A casual reader skimming through the Deadspin rip-off would easily be led to believe Rick Chandler authored the piece.

By: Bret the Jet

Bret the Jet — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 23:49:51 +0000

Ryan -

Deadspin gave HRD credit, via a link at the *end* of the post … but there was hardly any reason to follow it. All the pictures of the LBC were used at Deadspin.

Deadspin regurgitated that post. That’s a Fanhouse tactic.

I bet if Rich posted out the stats of how many people followed the link from Deadspin to HRD, it’d be really small.

By: ryan

ryan — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 22:48:24 +0000

bret the jet –

do you understand how blogs work?
deadspin gave HRD all the credit. youre a f*cking moron.

By: Bret the Jet

Bret the Jet — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 18:05:08 +0000

Wow.

DEADSPIN totally ripped you off. Took your pictures, took your quotes, and basically … took your post.

By: Jon

Jon — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:42:22 +0000

I wonder if it would make more sense to have the numbers reversed —
WS-NL-NL Central. Because winning the World Series is the most significant event, shouldn’t it be in the front?

By: Willie

Willie — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 17:33:13 +0000

The last paragraph sums it up quite nicely. Why bother really trying to win when losing is so profitable? Yuppies and recent college grads are the lifeblood of this uber-trendy baseball team. They don’t care about success…they just wanna get drunk.

By: fiesta

fiesta — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 16:10:09 +0000

And when you’ve said “Wait ’til next year” so many times–as I have as a Tribe fan–it becomes a reflex.