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  1. 1908
    They'll beat South Africa in the first round. All they have to do to advance is beat Mexico. Anything can happen in one game. When they get to the second all they have to do is beat Japan and Korea. Japan is the weaker of the two teams and should be very beatable as they don't have much pitching. Once again it comes down to one game. Beat Korea and they're in the semis. I think they can do that. I think Mexico beats Canada is the first round. I think they stand the best shot at upsetting the US in the first round as well. Can't agree about Japan being a weaker side than Korea. Why do you think Japan doesn't have much pitching? Is there something in the Texas water? I think texascub's second round picks are spot on. Well, Japan couldn't beat Korea in a one game shot. Canada wins the right game in each round and they'll be in the semis. That's why Japan has poor pitching? They allowed three runs to Korea? You said yourself that anything can happen in one game. Winning the "right game in each round" is true of any team in the tournament, and Mexico's changes at doing so are better than Canada's.
  2. 1908
    They'll beat South Africa in the first round. All they have to do to advance is beat Mexico. Anything can happen in one game. When they get to the second all they have to do is beat Japan and Korea. Japan is the weaker of the two teams and should be very beatable as they don't have much pitching. Once again it comes down to one game. Beat Korea and they're in the semis. I think they can do that. I think Mexico beats Canada is the first round. I think they stand the best shot at upsetting the US in the first round as well. Can't agree about Japan being a weaker side than Korea. Why do you think Japan doesn't have much pitching? Is there something in the Texas water? I think texascub's second round picks are spot on.
  3. 1908
    You must've been watching a small sample of the game if Curry was dominating. Hmmm... I was watching in the beginning/middle of the 3rd quarter, and Curry was indeed dominating. The Knicks as a whole were during that time. So I posted it. I'm sure it was a small piece of the game. I stopped watching when the Bulls got down by 15. What's the big deal, if I may ask? Curry is certainly capable of playing well. Hasn't shown it this year---maybe his heart really is a serious problem. What makes you think it's a big deal? Curry didn't dominate in the first half and he barely played in the fourth quarter -- hence my comment. Also, in general, Curry is not a dominating players. He has excellent hands and scores very efficiently close to the basket, but he doesn't do anything else very well.
  4. 1908
    Are you basing this off the first three games they've played in the tournament? Career stats of their staff? Just curious.
  5. 1908
    You must've been watching a small sample of the game if Curry was dominating.
  6. 1908
    He'll forever be adored by Sox fans, who aren't close to making up half of Chicago's population, even immediately after a Championship. I know what you're getting at. The Cubs are the popular team of the city. Ozzie will reach iconic status if the Sox continue to win, and they seem poised to do just that. There are a lot of non baseball fans out there that will love Ozzie because he's latin. I drive 50 blocks down Western everyday, and I see a lot of people wearing Sox stuff, especially around Division. So the Sox need to continue to win for Ozzie to reach iconic status, even after they've won the first World Series in this town in 88 years? That statement alone sums up my point. No. He's already the greatest living manager in Chicago. To reach iconic status the Sox will need to put a couple more years of playoff baseball together. I think they will. And even if he defies the odds and makes that happen, more than half of Chicago won't love Ozzie -- anecdotal evidence and Cards fans dating White Sox fans aside. :)
  7. 1908
    He'll forever be adored by Sox fans, who aren't close to making up half of Chicago's population, even immediately after a Championship. I know what you're getting at. The Cubs are the popular team of the city. Ozzie will reach iconic status if the Sox continue to win, and they seem poised to do just that. There are a lot of non baseball fans out there that will love Ozzie because he's latin. I drive 50 blocks down Western everyday, and I see a lot of people wearing Sox stuff, especially around Division. So the Sox need to continue to win for Ozzie to reach iconic status, even after they've won the first World Series in this town in 88 years? That statement alone sums up my point.
  8. 1908
    He'll forever be adored by Sox fans, who aren't close to making up half of Chicago's population, even immediately after a Championship.
  9. 1908
    That trade was suggested by Chad Ford, and I agree it's a trade the Bulls would have to make. Other suggested Garnett trades have the Bulls giving up a lot more, though. I'd also start Noch before Harrington by a wide margin. i'm talking about Al Harrington from the Hawks, not Othella..even though you may still want to start Noc over Al as well. Oh. Trading Deng and picks for Garnett would eat up the Bulls cap space.
  10. 1908
    If DePaul played at the UC, I'd do my best to make a few games a year. But All State Arena is a terribly inconvenient location for me. Just thinking about getting on the Kennedy heading towards the airport during rush hour makes me lightheaded.
  11. 1908
    That trade was suggested by Chad Ford, and I agree it's a trade the Bulls would have to make. Other suggested Garnett trades have the Bulls giving up a lot more, though. I'd also start Noch before Harrington by a wide margin.
  12. 1908
    Not quite, the Bulls have the option to swap first round picks with the Knicks in 2007, but they will have only one pick in the first round. There's certainly plenty of reason for optimism, but I'm not convinced this team will be a perennial contender.
  13. 1908
    Didn't Detroit trade for a star in Wallace, well after he was developed, to put them over the top from perennial eastern bridesmaid to championship team? They also traded for and developed Billups, Ben Wallace, and Hamilton. Rasheed is a cog in that machine. Certainly not the lone superstar, if any of them even qualify as one. What they need to do is stop trading away young talented players like Elton Brand and Ron Artest before they've had the chance to develop into stars, and I think Paxson understands that.
  14. 1908
    Like every professional sport, teams win with stars in the NBA. Off the top of my head, I can think of four different ways to acquire star players in the NBA: 1) draft and develop them 2) acquire young players from another team and develop them, 3) acquire them from another team, and 4) sign them as free agents. The Pistons were build using model 2 mostly. I strongly suspect most championship caliber teams are build using a combination of these methods, and I also strongly suspect methods 1 and 2 have the highest success rate.
  15. 1908
    Young talent develops in the NBA, both Deng and Gordon have All-Star potential, and your 3-year window is too narrow.
  16. 1908
    Yep, once, in 2002 at 1032 W. Waveland. I really enjoyed it. Food and beer was better than what you'd typically get in the park. You'd lose the ball once it got within 10 feet of the outfield wall or so; other than that, the view was great -- kinda like being in a bleacher upper deck.
  17. 1908
    Likely a much bigger concern than Z's pitch counts in the WBC will be. True, but it all counts. He'd be throwing the same number of pitches in Spring Training. He'll just enjoy throwing these more, and I'll enjoy watching them more.
  18. 1908
    Likely a much bigger concern than Z's pitch counts in the WBC will be.
  19. 1908
    Z doesn't agree with you.
  20. 1908
    Yeah, I knew about the woman owner elected, but I wasn't sure if they were using the same criteria for the former players.
  21. 1908
    Were they considering his eligibility based on his performance as a player or based on his contributions to the game after his playing days were over?
  22. 1908
    It depends on the two players. If the Bulls traded Gordon and Deng plus their two first rounders for Garnett, would the resulting team be any better? Or would it be a borderline playoff team with a superstar? Seems more like the latter to me. Ford's suggested trade of Deng and the two first rounders for Garnett appeals, though. Garnett-Chandler-Noch-Gordon-Hinrich -- yep, that would work.
  23. 1908

    1908 replied to DivineBovine's topic in Other Sports

    In the holy grail of drafts, the Bulls take Aldridge with the first overall pick and Barganai with the second overall pick -- at least according to Ford.
  24. 1908
    Gordon wasn't on last night. Missed a lot of shots. He shot 40% from the floor last night and he's shooting 42% for the season. Ben wasn't lights-out but he didn't have a bad game, especially considering the defense he was facing. It was a great game and I was proud of the Bulls last night. They didn't back down and the game was closer than the final score. I used to despise the Pistons more than any team in the NBA. This game brought a lot of that back.
  25. 1908
    It's actually 30, 18, 27, and 24. Roughly equivalent to 21, 13, 19, and 18 home runs in MLB ball if you put any stock in Jim Albright's conversion method, and right in line with Uribe's power potential.
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