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  1. Irrelevant Dude
    http://static.foxsports.com/content/fscom/img/2010/06/10/0609-Derrek-Lee-Primary_20100610010302_660_320.JPG Not only has he stopped shaving, but in that photo he looks really pale and even sickly. He looks like he is in Week 3 of Cubs Survivor.
  2. Irrelevant Dude
    Cubs are 11-20 in games decided by 2 or fewer runs. Santo says it is "ridiculous" and, for once, I agree with him.
  3. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm with you. The best part of any drive to the south is seeing that first Waffle House shining like a beacon on the side of the road.
  4. Irrelevant Dude
    "Name the attendance" Nice.
  5. Irrelevant Dude
    Another postgame gem from Lou tonight, who "doesn't want to talk about our offense anymore." There it is folks, the solution to our offensive problems. The best offense is a good defense I always say!
  6. Irrelevant Dude
    I have an idea. Let's give him 2 days off, then bat him cleanup again. Any day now someone will flip that magic switch that instantly turns the worst hitter in the major leagues into a run producer.
  7. Irrelevant Dude
    That is horrible. It would be nice to see the call overturned, but I'm just not sure what kind of precedent that would set for future games.
  8. Irrelevant Dude
    That sucks. I was hoping for west coast baseball tonight.
  9. Irrelevant Dude
    What exactly are the "problems clearing the field"?
  10. Irrelevant Dude
    I like the idea of trading Lilly, especially considering we already have a cheap replacement in Gorzellany.
  11. Irrelevant Dude
    I may try to dump 1 of my 2 remaining games at Wrigley, but unfortunately I still have a potentially miserable trip to St. Louis planned in August. Luckily I only bought tickets to 2 of the 3 games in advance, so at least I can get away from the Cubs for the middle game and find something else to do. Why would you even go to St. Louis in the first place, even to see the Cubs? Two years ago was Cincinnati. Last year was Pittsburgh. The way the schedule worked out this year, St. Louis was next up. It would have been fun if the Cubs were able to stay in contention, but I should have known better!
  12. Irrelevant Dude
    I may try to dump 1 of my 2 remaining games at Wrigley, but unfortunately I still have a potentially miserable trip to St. Louis planned in August. Luckily I only bought tickets to 2 of the 3 games in advance, so at least I can get away from the Cubs for the middle game and find something else to do.
  13. Irrelevant Dude
    With Thursday being an off day, can Lou survive a series sweep against the Pirates tomorrow? I'm afraid the answer is yes, but how many other managers could last through a 1-8 start against the Pirates? The team obviously isn't hitting, but his mismanagement (or lack of management) of the bullpen may have cost the Cubs another game tonight.
  14. Irrelevant Dude
    Can we blow the team up yet? Yeah yeah, I know, it can't happen... but I'd much rather watch a team of rookies like Colvin, Castro, Cashner, etc. lose games than this ragtag bunch of bums.
  15. Irrelevant Dude
    I saw it, but wasn't sure if it was a shrug or a shiver. I was giving him the benefit of the doubt that it was a shiver.
  16. Irrelevant Dude
    Yeah I know, we should have spread those runs out a little bit. Those 2 runs could have got us 2 wins against a lesser team! I've been for firing Jim Hendry since like 2 years ago. Maybe we could hire someone who understands how to use $140 million to make an above .500 type team. According to Bruce Levine on Waddle & Silvey this morning, he thinks Hendry has done a good job and isn't going anywhere. He said that a lot of the fault lies with Sam Zell and the Tribune Company pushing him to spend money to drive the value of the team up. Yep, he really said that...
  17. Irrelevant Dude
    Good point. From now on, I'm going to encourage actual discussion. Would you like to start ? The Jelly bean is neither made of jelly nor is it a bean. Discuss.
  18. Irrelevant Dude
    Yeah I know, we should have spread those runs out a little bit. Those 2 runs could have got us 2 wins against a lesser team!
  19. Irrelevant Dude
    How is Nady's arm coming along? Can he play 3B?
  20. Irrelevant Dude
    Yikes. 3 terrible swings by Soriano.
  21. Irrelevant Dude
    Lou's comments after today's game: I guess he doesn't know.
  22. Irrelevant Dude
    Ah ha! That explains it. Thank you, and Flames24Rulz also.
  23. Irrelevant Dude
    But can't teams change lines whenever they want? I don't understand the concept of a "last change".
  24. Irrelevant Dude
    I'm an admitted bandwagon fan who watched a little bit of hockey in the 90's Roenick/Chelios era, but didn't start watching semi-regularly until last season. As I'm starting to pick up some of the strategies and intricacies, I have a few questions that I'm hoping someone can answer. 1) What does it mean to have the "last change"? The announcers make it sound like it gives the home team an advantage to pick their matchups, but if the other team doesn't like the matchup can't they just make a line change at any time to adjust? 2) How are +/- stats calculated? I understand that they are the differential in scoring while the player is on the ice, but can't that be deceiving if someone is involved in a lot of power players or penalty killing. For example, wouldn't a player on a penalty-killing line be at a disadvantage because his line is more likely to be scored on? 3) If postseason hockey can survive just fine without fighting, why is it necessary in the regular season? I really don't understand the two seperate sets of rules. Either allow fighting or don't, but it doesn't make sense to change the rules once the playoffs start.
  25. Irrelevant Dude
    I think the combination of a reasonably-sized jumbotron across the street for replays/stats and in-stadium cellphone/wifi access is the way to go. There is no need to get rid of the old scoreboard.
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