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I said this after week 1. He's long gone. can't say I blame him. If he wants to play college football... key word being play... it's pretty obvious that he's not going to get the chance at ND, with Joe Montana Jr. already starting as a freshman.

http://images.sportsline.com/u/ap/photos/MDS106091216_800x600.jpg that is pathetic

Of course you ommitted his 412 SLG. Thats 24 points higher than Juan Pierre last year. Now do you see? Plus his BABIP is .326, after posting .313, .279 and .269 the past three years. Floyd isn't exactly Ichiro when it comes to running from home to first, so his high BA and OBP is significantly due to good luck on balls in play. If his luck were average this year, he'd have been really terrible as opposed to just pretty bad.

if i lived in st louis, i'd probably turn to drugs/alcohol too. What a crappy city.

look at Wainwright's second half numbers versus what Zambrano's been doing lately... if there's a mismatch it's in favor of the Cardinals. Look at his stats against us. i'm just assuming that's a fluke, since the cubs suck at hitting

look at Wainwright's second half numbers versus what Zambrano's been doing lately... if there's a mismatch it's in favor of the Cardinals.

What's on the front page of espn college football page? Michigan-Notre Dame. What game's gotten the most coverage on SportsCenter? Michigan-Notre Dame. zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz... hey are there any games between teams that are actually relevant?

yeah but he has 2 homers in like 3 days... if he hits a couple more the cubs will say "look, he has something left in the tank after all!" and offer him a two-year deal

why do you think ankiel is slumping so badly? (a) has poor plate discipline and pitchers have figured out they can get him out by throwing pitches out of the strike zone (b) everyone knows he's a fraud now, and it's gotten in his head © back on cocaine

he was probably angry when he was hungry, which apparently was always. God did he get fat and out of shape later in his career.

I don't think Ted Lilly looks angry... he just always looks the same. If anything I'd say his face is just calm and emotionless, not really pissed off.

not julius jones.... probably can flip a coin between peterson and mcgahee.

let soto play plz

i hate you cardinals, and i sometimes hate you, cubs

Cubs scouting director Tim Wilkens wants to know, what's the big deal about Chase Daniel's last name.

The junior/senior classes during Willingham's last two years were horrible too. When your best players are Arnaz Battle and Carlyle Holiday, you're not going to win much. Willingham's teams were routinely being trampled by good programs those two years, and the reason was a deficit in talent. As for Samardzija not playing the first two years, you can find examples of that in any program. Larry Johnson started all of one year at Penn State. I could go on, but the point is that under even the greatest coaches' tenures, you'll have players who fall through the cracks, whose talent isnt recognized until late in their college career. Weis may be a better coach/recruiter than Willingham - not sure yet, but he probably will be regarded as such - but I still think Willingham is a good coach who got a raw deal in South Bend.

I think Joe Buck really does hate the Cubs, or at least dislike them... he's a Cardinal announcer, it's not too hard to see the connection. Meanwhile, where is the Jimmy-Claussen-is-God coverage the other day does one get the idea that ESPN hates ND? Oh brother, it's the media. They pump up Jimmy because he got hype. As soon as he shows signs of not being good (which he hasn't really yet), they'll rip him down like they do everyone they put up on a pedestal. And Pat Forde JUST WROTE an article blasting Weis for winning with Willingham's players and being unable to win with his own, ignoring A) that Ty couldn't win with his own players (ever notice how NO ONE points out that Ty's only decent season as coach came with Bob Davie's players?) and B) that very few of Weis's players had any experience at all coming into the season and were immediately charged with beating two (current) Top 20 teams, one on the road in front of 110,000. So there's that. ND got thoroughly outplayed in both games and hasn't scored an offensive touchdown yet this season. Not saying the blame all, or even much blame, belongs to Weis. But when Willingham went through those two bad years, the seniors and juniors on that team were all Bob Davie recruits. If your team has bad senior and junior players, you're not going to win, regardless of how promising your incoming freshmen and sophomores were. Look at the guys that Willingham inherited - not many guys who went on to be successful players at the next level. Willingham was also transitioning the program into a West Coast offense, and that takes time. He brought in a good recruiting class his first year - Quinn, Samardzija, Abiamiri, and a couple others - but then had a poor class his second offseason, coming off a bad 5-7 year. There was a lot of negativity surrounding the program at that point. I'd argue that the schedules that ND played under Willingham were more difficult than the ones they've played the last two years under Weis - mostly because the last two years a number of teams they've faced have been disappointing. I guess my point is, I don't think three years is enough to determine whether a guy is a good coach. Weis went out and won with Willingham's players - some of whom turned out to be really good - and now he's struggling with some weaker classes brought in by Willingham. It's very similar to what Ty did, but Weis seems to be the golden calf, whereas willingham was already being panned at this point. I don't know what the reason is. I would guess that more of it has to do with Weis' reputation as an offensive genius with a team that won three super bowl titles. But I can't say for sure that race didn't play a role as well.

to quote IMB about the Cubs actober commercial:

That's pretty much his last start. this is the cubs, they're incompetent... i won't believe that it's his last start until the season is over and he hasn't started another game

great job cubs, now please never let trachsel pitch again unless it's as a long reliever in a 15-2 game

hey maybe marmol can just pitch every inning for the rest of the year

The guy who assassinated RFK went to my HS's biggest rivals (as did Jackie Robinson). Jackie Robinson killed RFK? boy now i really don't think mlb should have retired his number

:roll: and :roll: You can't teach power, and apparently you also can't teach him to stop swinging at every turd the pitcher flings toward home plate. And yeah, health has been his biggest problem, not a completely lack of strike zone understanding.

yeah stupid MLB trying to enforce their rules, and stupid Justice Department for trying to enforce the law

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