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There's not humanly way the Arizona Cardinals at #5 would ever pass on Joe Thomas. They have young players at all the skilled positions on offense. They have a decent, young defense. A great LT is all keeping them from being a serious contender, IMO.

With the 24th pick of the 2007 NFL Draft, the New England Patriots select: LB Lawrence Timmons- Florida State University Pats are old at LB. Timmons is very raw, but has the highest upside of any LB in the draft. He would be learning behind a veteran group that includes A. Thomas, Colvin, Vrabel and Bruschi.

Counting out the rest of the division already, eh? :) Not counting them out. Just not counting them in. If the Cubs win 161 this year....that will take care of itself.

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Cubs Magic Number = 161

Inning 1 out out bb bb out inning 2 bb out out out repeat I actually think Yadier could have a big offensive year. :oops: By big, I mean similar to Barrett.

Gomes was picked because he can play OF. Baldelli is not able to play the OF to start the season, so he is DH'ing. He's really the only backup they have out there right now. And your scenario also takes Upton out of the picture. Upton has the most upside of all. I think the key was getting him a roster spot.

WE could have a 200 page thread on the wrongnesses of Billy Packer.

Mike Davis is gone. All is well now.

I'm actually fine with this move. Don't understand Orvella and Riggans, but Cantu is not that bad of a move. The last roster spot came down to Cantu or Gomes. And Gomes can actually play OF and hit. I never liked Cantu that much. Even in his 28 HR, 117 RBI season, he only got on base 31% of the time. His ISOP went down from .211 in that year to .155 this past season. He went from being a poor man's Jacque Jones to a Cesar Izturis with power, but without the defense. And his minor league career points to 2006 being the norm rather than 2005.

Just like I told shnsjax.....not gonna happen. Dunno with Arron. For some reason, he's still a border-line first round pick to most people. He'll definitely go if he's a first rounder (and he should). Heck, he has one more class to graduate after spring quarter. My thinking was because he's gonna be done with school. I think he's a lock for the first round, and could go anywhere from 16-25.

With Oden they wont have to double down as much as UCLA is and Florida probably wont get all those open look 3s. I didnt see the blowout earlier this year at Florida so im not speaking from much experience. The problem for OSU is Oden can't guard both Horford and Noah so Florida is going to have a mismatch right there. Plus if Oden gets in foul trouble, that's two mismatches. Where as if one of Noah/Horford gets in foul trouble, the other can still guard Oden. So OSU is going to have to either gamble with one-on-one coverage of either Noah or Horford or double and hope Florida isn't hitting from outside. Ohio St. does have other size. They have 3 other big men that get decent minutes. Oden can guard Horford who is less active, and Hunter/Harris can guard Noah, because they are more athletic. Ivan Harris gives up four inches to Noah and will get dominated inside by him. Harris, maybe but he still gives up 2 inches. And it's not like Noah isn't athletic. He's one of the most athletic and active big men in college and it will be a mismatch in Florida's favor. Ohio State is a guard-oriented team after Oden. Florida matches up extremely well with them. They didn't win by 26 earlier this year for no reason. Humphrey, Green, and Brewer shot a combined 21-34 for 54 points in that game so OSU has to figure out what to do there as well. I never said Noah wasn't athletic. I was saying Harris/Hunter are more athletic than Oden (As far as guarding a player like Noah). Nobody is going to matchup against Noah. But it's far from Oden having to guard him and Horford at the same time. Especially, considering OSU will play a lot of zone. And I think the main reasons Florida won by 26 points is because they were at home and they had 5 returning starters against a team with 3 of its top 4 players having less than 12 games experience. Oden had about 7 games of college experience, and that was all with 1 hand at the time.

Just like I told shnsjax.....not gonna happen.

Come on Tim, offer the farm. :lol: I'd make an offer for Harden. What you looking for?

This is like the bizarro game. When a player gets hacked, it's a no call. When slight contact is made, it's a foul.

With Oden they wont have to double down as much as UCLA is and Florida probably wont get all those open look 3s. I didnt see the blowout earlier this year at Florida so im not speaking from much experience. The problem for OSU is Oden can't guard both Horford and Noah so Florida is going to have a mismatch right there. Plus if Oden gets in foul trouble, that's two mismatches. Where as if one of Noah/Horford gets in foul trouble, the other can still guard Oden. So OSU is going to have to either gamble with one-on-one coverage of either Noah or Horford or double and hope Florida isn't hitting from outside. Ohio St. does have other size. They have 3 other big men that get decent minutes. Oden can guard Horford who is less active, and Hunter/Harris can guard Noah, because they are more athletic.

Yeah, this game sucked.

Cubs win 8-6. First hit, HR, run, and RBI- Soriano to lead off the game. First SB- Derrek Lee Zambrano gives up 5 ERs on 3 hits in 5 2/3 innings. Strikes out 9, walks 4, but gets the win and a 2-run double.

Speaking of which, can you do that for Teahan who is actually a starting OF this year?

Roy Halladay, Michael Young, Chris Carpenter, Vernon Wells, CESAR IZTURIS I only count Izturis as a true star. I mean who else on that list can knock in runs with his glove. Actually, didn't realize Michael Young was a Jays product. Carp, Halladay and Wells were the only stars I could think of.

I don't think that's a problem to post that. And wow, those deals look decent. If the Bears can get McIntosh, that's a no-brainer. I'd might even give up the 3rd rounder to make that happen. I don't know about the Buffalo or NYG deals. I'd imagine the Bears would have to trade at least the 37th pick. Hopefully, they would get another pick later in the draft also. (3rd?)

It's the latter (3 division winners and best 2nd place team seeded by record). They are seeded 5th right now, but they would have homecourt advantage over the 4 seed-and if they and the 3 seed somehow reached the conference finals together, they would have homecourt advantage over them as well. So, is it re-seeded at all? If 1-2-3 and the Bulls at 5 all win, and the Bulls have a better record than the 3, who plays the Pistons?

BTW, I'm confused on the seeding this year. ARe the Bulls the 3 seed right now or the 5? I'm not sure if it's seeded strictly by record this year, or is it the 3 division winners and best 2nd place team are seeded by record? IF the Bulls finish 3rd in their division and 3rd in the East, are they the 3-seed, or are they behind the other 2 division winners also at the 5th seed?

Been a while since last pick? Anybody want to step in to get this going? Vance?

Did I read right? The Dodgers are last? I was actually well aware the Jays were #1. IIRC, they don't have a lot of star players developed though.