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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    I cannot stop staring at that damn signature! I don't even want to know how many times I've watched it loop.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    I got mine about 30 minutes ago.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    Rose is sitting out tonight's game with left knee soreness.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    Like this: Plz go in our favor Is it true though that the Cubs can't spend non-baseball revenue on the team because of tax implications due to the sale and Sam Zell's ownership stake? I remember hearing somewhere that the Cubs can't dedicate any outside funds to payroll until the tax agreement with Zell has run its course.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    Bruce Levine and Mark Gonzales were on with Kaplan and both indicated that they thought Rick Renteria would be the guy, but I have a hard time trusting their opinions because neither one of them had anything insightful to say. It truly sounds like Levine just makes things up as he goes. He made a comment along the lines of "many of the Cubs major league players should still be in AAA, so they need someone who can teach them at the big league level." I would like him to explain exactly who on the Cubs should still be in AAA. While Castro and Rizzo may have had their struggles, I can't imagine that any organization in baseball would still have them in AAA at this point. I have no idea why he seems to think the Cubs are rushing players to the majors, when I think they are actually being pretty conservative. They have no incentive to rush anyone at this stage.
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    Oh but its just "technical". Here in baseball, close enough is good enough. It was annoying how the announcers considered a missed call a technicality. No mention of it being a bad call, just that it "technically" wasn't a tag.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    Does anyone know why Martinez would have been ruled out?
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    When is the last time the Bears successfully recovered an onside kick? Gould is now 0-11 in his career and I don't recall the last time the Bears have even be close to recovering one.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    I probably would have as well, but I wouldn't be surprised if Trestman used statistical evidence to make that call. Lovie's head just exploded.
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    Look on the bright side. There are 0 excuses this year. New offense.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    Yep, that's always the first thing that pops in my head. Sort-of related, I feel like a good way to test if you're dealing with a Cubs' die-hard (presuming they're old enough to have seen it) is to ask if they know who the three players in that rundown were. Random thing that only lunatics like us remember, I'm sure. best cubs gave i've ever been to. i wonder if the sportscenter video i uploaded years ago is still floating around online... I was at that game too. I think I might even still have the radio call saved somewhere.
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    That's "former Cubs star Keith Moreland" to you!
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    I am in favor of that, but they would also need to balance across the other league or eliminate Interleague Play altogether. I would be ok with either option.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    By that logic, the World Series might as well be shortened to 1 game. A 3 game series is slightly less random than 1 game or else all series would be equally random regardless of length.
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    Good for the Pirates.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    The Division Series don't even start until Thursday and Friday, which means there is plenty of room to fit a 3-game series. There is no reason to let 1-game decide a "playoff" round in a sport that plays a 162 game regular season. 1. It was decided over those 162 games that you're stuck in the do or die situation. If you want a chance at a full series, win your division. 2. In the case of the AL this year, you'd have Tampa traveling from Toronto on Sunday to Arlington on Monday to Cleveland on Tuesday(then presumably) back to Tampa on Thursday, and then to Boston on Fridady. And needing to leave Monday open for tiebreakers/make-up games, you wouldn't be able to start any of the DS games on Thursday. I think you would feel differently if a 94-win Cubs team finished 2nd to the Cardinals and ended up losing the 1 game playoff to an 89-win 2nd Wild Card team. If anything, it was decided over 162 games that the Cubs were better than Team B, so why should one essentially random game decide who moves on? Sure, they could also lose a 3 game series, but that outcome would be a little easier to swallow.
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    The Division Series don't even start until Thursday and Friday, which means there is plenty of room to fit a 3-game series. There is no reason to let 1-game decide a "playoff" round in a sport that plays a 162 game regular season.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    How would you have preferred the two way tie for the final WC spot to be resolved? Exactly how it was, but the Wild Card series should be a minimum 3-game series. Winning 1 game to qualify to play another 1 game is just dumb. 1-game tiebreakers are just fine, but 1-game playoff series aren't.
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    It sure seems silly that a 1-game tiebreaker leads to a 1-game playoff elimination.
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm still intrigued with Dave Martinez, although his hiring would beg the question of why he wasn't even interviewed 2 years ago.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    You've got it right, they need to ask the Yankees for permission to talk to him about the job before November 1. Considering that Theo all but guaranteed that the new manager would be in place before then, you'll likely see news about the Cubs asking the Yankees for permission to chat with him soon. But if the Yankees have any interest in keeping Girardi, wouldn't they deny that request so that they maintain exclusive negotiating rights? Or would it be a case where Girardi makes it clear that he won't sign until he has had a chance to field other offers, thereby forcing the Yankees hand to grant permission to other clubs?
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    What are the logistics for the Cubs talking to Girardi, if that is what they want to do? I thought I read that his current contract runs through the end of October, so I assume the Yankees still have the first chance to negotiate with him and would have to grant permission for anyone else to speak with him.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    3 outs away from the #4 pick. Lock it up.
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    You never know what could happen, so you might as well force the Lions to take as many snaps as possible. It may be a 1 in 1000 chance that something goes wrong, but it could still happen.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    Does Gould not practice that or what? Horrible.
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