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  1. BigbadB
    I agree with most of this. However, Orton did have at least one poorly thrown ball. It was down the right side of the field and Olsen had to reach back to prevent the defender from intercepting it.
  2. BigbadB
    See Soul. Now you've got Raisin spending his valuable time looking up former Bears QB's in a thing we call "Where are they now?". I hope you're happy.
  3. BigbadB
    The booing isn't just directed at the QB in the game at the time. It is also directed at the personnel who decided not to give us good QB's.
  4. BigbadB
    Careful now. I think most Bears fans are tired of the carousel of QB's, not that they want Kyle. They'll take anyone who has the capacity to be good, a team leader and will consistently get this team to the playoffs. Granted, Matt Ryan is just a rookie with only a small handful of games under his belt, but he showed some great composure and he found his receivers when he wanted and needed to. That's what I want in a QB. I've only been waiting for that for 35 years.
  5. BigbadB
    Okay, this needs to be said. You had your fun in the last game thread, and I'm officially tired of reading it. If you don't have Bears game related material to share, please quit posting in the Bears game threads. Your whining is as childish as anything. Grow thicker skin. Who's whining? Where do you see whining? There is one Bears thread per week, and I don't think it's asking too much to limit the discussion to the game at hand. My request has nothing to do with who should or should not post in the Bears game, but simply to keep the discussion to the game at hand. The last game thread was littered with off topic discussion that had to be weeded through to find actual game discussion. I don't really think that's asking too much. But, if you don't like it, take it up with an Admin.
  6. BigbadB
    when i first saw the highlight of that play i almost fell off the couch laughing. so typically lions. The only thing missing from this play was a completed pass to someone with a Lion's jersey on in the front row of the bleachers.
  7. BigbadB
    Playing on wild card weekend might be their only chance of actually winning a playoff game. The Bears still play New Orleans at home in December, have 5 games left vs their own division, and a game with STL. They can still go 9-3 against the NFC with wins against two playoff contenders in New Orleans and Philly (plus GB/MIN). Is it just me, or has this NFL football season been one of the most unpredictable seasons to date? It's become next to impossible to predict a winner in any game.
  8. BigbadB
    That's not surprising considering you had 2nd string corners playing every down, and 3rd string nickel and dimes playing in passing situations.
  9. BigbadB
    It's a sad day when you can't trust your special teams to hold the return to less than 30 return yards. The squib kick was a horrible idea. Did Lovie honestly believe that his special teams unit would give up back to back 70+ yard returns? If they did, then they don't deserve to win. But, essentially, he never gave them an opportunity to make that stand, so this loss hangs over Lovie.
  10. BigbadB
    It should be illegal to generate a ridiculous amount of excitement followed so closely by a ridiculous amount of depression. So being a Cubs fan should be illegal? I suppose so.
  11. BigbadB
    It should be illegal to generate a ridiculous amount of excitement followed so closely by a ridiculous amount of depression.
  12. BigbadB
    Okay, this needs to be said. You had your fun in the last game thread, and I'm officially tired of reading it. If you don't have Bears game related material to share, please quit posting in the Bears game threads.
  13. BigbadB
    Being as fair as I can possibly be with a stop watch, I come up with about 10.53 seconds to complete those two plays. That's saying that each time the clock was stopped, that would mean that between the two clock stoppages, there must have been a full second for each play. I did go back and look at the Bears last drive. The clock seemed to be ticking a bit more liberally before the Bears scored. It even appeared as though 2 or 3 seconds ticked off the clock after the time out was called. With that said, I think it's fair to say that if we were really watching the clock like a hawk, the Falcons deserved a little more than 11 seconds on the clock since time should have been put back on the clock on the Bears drive. But, we know why the clock was ticking super fast when the Bears were driving now, don't we? My final summation on this is: As slowly as the official timekeeper was at starting the clock, he seemed just as slow in stopping the clock at the end of the plays (as I was still within 11 seconds on my stopwatch, and that the Bears do NOT have grounds for a protest.
  14. BigbadB
    That one was nothing compared to how long it took for the clock to start on the kickoff. If anyone has a DVR and can still rewind, check it out. And remember that just because it said 11 seconds on the clock doesn't mean there is a full second before it ticks down to 10. It says 11 all the way to the point there is 10 seconds left. The scoreboard clock operator took his sweet time starting that clock. I think I'll go back and see how the clock ticked off at the tail end of the Bears touchdown catch.
  15. BigbadB
    I rewound my DVR several times and I've determined that the first second of the kickoff was the longest second in the history of mankind. Also, the first second of the last pass play was the second longest second in the history of mankind. On the first one, the receiver caught the ball and took at minimum 2 steps before the first second ticked off the clock. On the pass play, a lot happened before the first second ticked off the clock. Basically, it was a minimum of 13 seconds for those two plays, yet it only took 10 for them to get in field goal range. Amazing.
  16. BigbadB
    It's Ewekeluhs, not Euclis. Duh.
  17. BigbadB
    I thought it was hilarious. The entire SNL Update was hilarious.
  18. BigbadB
    Agreed. I'm fine with Hill backing up a prospect at AA or AAA, but he's done as a major league backstop. There are other options available on the cheap that I'd be perfectly fine with. But, my first preference would probably be to bring back Blanco for 1m.
  19. BigbadB
    Yes, because good contact hitters like Mark Grace average 160-170 RBI a year. Hmm. Wait. You know someone who makes good contact and doesn't strike out much? Miguel Tejada. 32 GIDP's this year. What do you hate more, a strike out or a GIDP? Ryan Howard hit into 11 GIDP's. Ryan Howard= 475 outs this year Miggy Tejada= 496 outs this year
  20. BigbadB
    I think I can answer this one. Chad Billingsley. Good strike out pitchers can strike out anybody, not just strike out prone hitters. Sometimes, people are just going to strike out against a guy like Billingsley. Billingsley thrives on missing bats with his pitches. Come to think of it, the Cubs have a few guys like that, too.
  21. BigbadB
    Why would the Angels not sign Tex? They traded their starting 1b for him. Did they do this simply as a one year rental?
  22. BigbadB
    I bet it'd be close enough to not make it worth them to fight him in arbitration. I bet he'd get the raise and then some (and as you said, the arbitration fight could make later negotiations even more difficult.) Agreed. I haven't been a strong advocate for Hendry over the years, but one thing he has been able to do is sign players on the cheap that were deserving of much more than what they signed for had they hit the market. Picking up the option is a sign of respect to that player, and in future dealings could impact a cheaper contract than if you disrespect the player by trying to negotiate a much smaller raise.
  23. BigbadB
    Henry Blanco started 28 games this year. That accounts to more than $100,000 per game started. I like Hank White as much as the next guy, but come on. If they can't resign him to a million or so, it's time to bid adieu. The only teams that should be able to afford a 3m back up catcher are the Bosox and Yankees. That money would be better spent elsewhere. There are plenty of cheap catchers out there that could provide a better bat for pinch hitting purposes. I certainly wouldn't expect Blanco to reproduce the numbers he put up this year.
  24. BigbadB
    He's signed through 2010. Ah. Gracias.
  25. BigbadB
    With the other Cub fan friends, we have yet to even make "eye contact" even though we've been within a few short feet of each other. To the fans of other teams who are friends and know my passion for the Cubs, they've been as respectfully quiet as possible, or a few of them shared in a respectful way their frustration. To the fans of other teams who are not close friends, but acquaintances who know my passion for the Cubs, they have each said "what happened to your cubbies", to which I quickly and loudly said I'm not talking about it. I'll talk to you about anything else, but not that. They quickly adhered to my request.
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