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I think it is a fluke, simply because I think they couldn\'t do it again this season.  They are good, but not that good.  It was just one of those everything coming together at the right time things.  They got hot at the right time, and that carried them through the series.

They\'re the best team in the NL...so i don\'t see why they can\'t do it again. If they have to pitch the hell out of Johnson and Schilling again, so be it. Do whatever it takes to win.

The D-Backs are:

2nd in the NL in batting average. Behind Colorado.  8th in the league.

1st in the NL in slugging percentage. 4th in the league.

3rd in the NL in hits. 9th in the league.

1st in the NL in runs. 7th in the majors.

As you can see, the D-Backs got some offense this year. While their pitching has slacked off a little bit, they can still get some good innings from Batista and Anderson.


They\'re better than you give them credit for.

I just still don\'t see them winning it again.  We\'ll see though.

I have a feeling they won\'t win it either. But they\'re good enough to win it.

Aaaaand...just to give more evidence that it wasn\'t a fluke...

The D-Backs beat the Yankees in every major hitting and pitching catagory during the 2001 season.

Batting average they tied

D-Backs won:

Slugging percentage
OBP
Hits
Runs

ERA
Hits
Runs
K\'s

Fluke? I think not.

I go see Star Wars again and this is what happens. Blah.

Alright, first off, it all seems like we\'re Cubs supporters to a point (Tony, yes, root for the Cubs, that\'s good...you hate all of my other teams :P). The Cubs are goona come back, and that\'s the way it is. For those of you 22 year fans (Jar), ya gotta look back at the good ****, like when we had Maddux and The Zim as the manager, you know, the good (bad) ol\' days.

Oh, and the D-backs would NOT have beaten the Yankees with a Game 8 or 9. If Kim comes through, the D-Backs win that series in 5 or 6 games. Miguel Bautista and Brian Anderson pitched GEMS against the Yankees during that series. Kim blew both games. Game 7 came down to a bit of luck. Mark Grace (CUBS!) Leads off the bottom of the 9th with a single. That\'s luck? Grace, in his day, was one of the biggest clutch hitters in his day. Ahh, I still can\'t forget his patented doubles down the 1st base line in Wrigley, those were absolutely great. Rivera blows the play at 2nd, ****ed that up right good. That play at 2nd in a sense cost the Yankees more than anything. They get that out, you got a runner on 1st with 1 out. The game would probably go to the 10th.

Personally, I don\'t really think the Yankees care about that. You win 2 or 3 in a row, and things come easy. Somebody had to dethrone them, glad it was in the World Series, and not some other AL Team that would beat the NL Champs. That would have sucked.

Go NL, and GO CUBS.

See Yuz.

Originally posted by Fayded
Aaaaand...just to give more evidence that it wasn\'t a fluke...

The D-Backs beat the Yankees in every major hitting and pitching catagory during the 2001 season.

Batting average they tied

D-Backs won:

Slugging percentage
OBP
Hits
Runs

ERA
Hits
Runs
K\'s

Fluke? I think not.

I already told you what my definition of fluke is, and this doesn\'t fit it.  Do you ever listen? :rolleyes:

And James...um...we both like team USA in the World Cup!

No...you didn\'t exactly give a definition of a fluke. You said the D-Backs wouldn\'t have won without Schilling or Johnson (which they wouldn\'t have). Just like the Lakers wouldn\'t be in the NBA finals without Shaq or Kobe. But those stats show it wasn\'t a fluke that they won the World Series.

Yeah, it was a fluke that they made it. They shouldn\'t have even been there. If they would have met the Cubs in the playoffs? Cubs would have taken them in 5 games, no contest :-D

See Yuz.

I told you, I\'m not basing it on stats, I\'m basing it on if I think they can win again this year.  I don\'t think they can.  They can prove me wrong, but I still believe that they won\'t win it again this year, and that they were a fluke.  Read a little more closely next time.

I think this pretty much says it all by Baylor:
http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/clubhouse?team=chc

Christ. "Blame Me". Well, no ****, Don. That entire ESPN Cubs Section is basically about Baylor ****in\' up.

well i must say that i was very impressed with the cub against the mariners taking 2 out of 3 and holding ichiro to 1for12 but you win a series like that and procced to go down to houston and lose the first game thats a game that you should win i hate how these guys show sparks of greatness then get killed the next day its either be real good or real bad at least then i know what to expect

Originally posted by shockwaves
Unfocused: Braves suck.
 

Ha thats pretty funny coming from someone who\'s team is 5 games back and just got swept by the Braves.  

Originally posted by shockwaves
When Alomar starts playing like...well...Alomar, watch out.

 Yeah the same exact thing can be said about Chipper Jones too, so that argument doesn\'t exactly work.

Originally posted by Jar O\' Pickles
well i must say that i was very impressed with the cub against the mariners taking 2 out of 3 and holding ichiro to 1for12 but you win a series like that and procced to go down to houston and lose the first game thats a game that you should win i hate how these guys show sparks of greatness then get killed the next day its either be real good or real bad at least then i know what to expect

Yeah, I thought they should have won, too. Miller just comin\' off the DL and Kerry being as hot as he was on the road. But, Wood wasn\'t on his game early on, and Miller was. Looked pretty good when Patterson made it a 1 run game, but Berkman\'s shot hurt. That, and the ump had a strike zone as wide as a truck in the Top of the 9th. Those calls against Alex Gonzalez were ridiculous.

Oh well, Bere\'ll get them today, he\'s actually been pitching well lately, the wins just aren\'t there :-P

See Yuz.

God, I hate the Yankees and their late game homers. Brenly made a bad decision (he rarely does) by putting in Prinz. He has like a 10.7 ERA. That guy SUCKS to say the least. He\'s gettin moved back to the minors where he belongs. But still, he gave Johnson a lose he didn\'t deserve. Bah.