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Auburn #2? They lost a game.

Actually it really is. The biggest comeback in Division 1-A history - the previous record was 31 points.

I don't care as long as the Cardinals don't hold up a trophy within the next two weeks.

Mack Brown, you freakin moron

I did too. Oh well I at least think we are going in the right direction. Plus Zook gets a good recruit each week, hopefully he stays away from Weber. He's the right guy for that program. From what I saw at Florida, he's a great recruiter but a fairly lousy game coach. At a school like Florida, that won't fly. But Illinois' major deficiency was talent, and Zook is making big strides in addressing that problem.

jeez, now huge first down by TX and the guy fumbles, but an offensive fatty recovers

wowwwwwww.... Nebraska passed for a first down with 2:20 left and Texas had no time outs... essentially the game would've been over. But a Texas player made a nice hit as the receiver was turning upfield and forced a fumble, so Texas has the ball inside Nebraska territory.

haha, the guy on ESPN just said "Michigan State is making Northwestern look like Michigan State"

How about last week? :wink:

lmao @ michigan st. I'd say the stamp is on their season... they've mailed it in.

GMJ has had OPS+ 10 points higher than Pierre (and even better than that the last 3 years) OPS+ isn't the best stat in evaluating leadoff hitters. Here's a list of a few players, along with their career OPS+... which one would you most want to have had playing outfield for your team? Brian Giles - 142 Bobby Abreu - 137 JD Drew - 133 Ryan Klesko - 131 Tim Salmon - 129 Moises Alou - 128 Rickey Henderson - 127

You are quite wrong on all of your assumptions. Only if you count Little League to be "baseball experience." :lol: Dusty Baker: Lots of baseball experience Tim McCarver: Lots of baseball experience John Kruk: Lots of baseball experience Tino Martinez: Lots of baseball experience Joe Morgan: Lots of baseball experience Steve Phillips: Lots of baseball experience Hawk Harrelson: Lots of baseball experience Walt Jocketty and John Schuerholz - not a lot of baseball playing experience.

There are two kinds of mediocre free agent pitchers. There are the guys with higher strikeout rates and the "still unfilled potential" tag who can command $10 million or more per season. See Chan Ho Park, Darren Dreifort, Carl Pavano. Andy Pettitte slots in as a little better than average, but still wildly overrated and overpaid. Then there are the underappreciated mediocre starters like Suppan, Batista, Kenny Rogers for most of his career, Tim Wakefield. These guys usually have some things in common: -low strikeout rates -don't throw all that hard -never had a really great year that stands out -pitch in a hitter's park -played in fairly low profile settings (non-playoff teams, small markets, or was nothing better than a 3rd/4th starter in the playoffs) -didn't do anything really special in the playoffs (Derek Lowe would've made at least $3M less per year if not for his performance in the '04 playoffs) -rather hittable, but low walk rates -toward the middle or end of their career; no "potential" left to fulfill These are guys who can be had from the bargain bin at $3-6M per year, half of what some of the guys above are making - and the bargain guys are just as good (going by ERA+) as the overrated guys. I'm hoping the Cubs bring in one of the $5M or so bargain guys who they can count on to pitch 200 innings with an ERA+ around 100.

He's been great so far this season. How is Calder working out with you guys? Calder has been lousy, but then again, so has the rest of the team. I'm glad for the sake of Zeus' that he got off the Flyers' ship just before it sank.

Yes, they're both awful. I'm working my usual overnight shift tonight and since it's Illinois, I'm not going to wake up to watch the game. After hearing that Pam Ward and Mike Gottfried are doing the game, I'm even happier about my decision. They really are the worst announcing duo in college football.

I agree, in that you know what you're going to get out of him every year - makes every start and puts up about a league-average ERA. Guys who can do that can often be had for a bargain price.

When he put on that Jersey. I swear Duncan is a Genius or they are the luckiest team alive pitching wise. they turn lemons into lemonade consistantly. Look at Weaver for god sakes! actually weaver sucked during the regular season for the cards too... he just all of a sudden learned how to pitch once the playoffs rolled around.

worst purchase ever

That's why I can stay somewhat optimistic. If you can win your division and get into the playoffs, anything can happen so you don't have to build the best team in baseball, just the best team in your division and hope somebody on your team gets hot at the right time. Lock the thread Backtobanks makes the post of the day. of course, these things happen to the Cardinals, not the Cubs... when the Cubs go in with an inferior team, they generally get spanked - see 1989 and 1998 (the Cubs had a better record than the Giants in '89, but the Giants were a better team with two dominant hitters, a starting staff that hadn't been plowed into the ground the last two months of the season, and a far better and deeper bullpen)

no thanks, he gets on base too much. cedeno or izturis is a much better fit for this club

we have a winner

if he wasn't wearing that tie, i could easily mistake him for a homeless man

One really good year does not a good player make.

Not us Cub fans, we just expect the Cardinals to win it all for yet another kick in our collective groins.

Oh they're idiots alright. Believe it or not, I heard that Suppan's 1-run performance was just more proof that great pitching beats good hitting. great pitching = 101 career ERA+. I guess Anthony Young was pretty much a great pitcher (career ERA+ 99)