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  1. bukie
    I don't know how you've done it, bukie. You have played the weakest schedule (150 points lower than the next closest team) and yet you finish with the two lowest-scoring teams. Nice set up. Defense wins championships. blind luck helps I'll never refuse it.
  2. bukie
    I don't know how you've done it, bukie. You have played the weakest schedule (150 points lower than the next closest team) and yet you finish with the two lowest-scoring teams. Nice set up. Defense wins championships.
  3. bukie
    All my team needs to do to win the division is beat the lowest 2 scoring teams in the league. Set up to fail gloriously.
  4. bukie
    No, that's correct.
  5. bukie

    Week 20

    bukie replied to bukie's topic in Fantasy Sports

    Truffles team ended up with eight starts this week. May not matter anyway, but it is what it is.
  6. bukie
    Baseball should take the hockey method of reviewing calls and the tennis method of challenging balls and strikes.
  7. bukie
    I included England because if the UEFA playoffs started today they would be the ninth team and wouldn't qualify.
  8. bukie
    This World Cup will be a bit of a unique case where I'd want no part of the host country's group, and the seeded teams would all reasonably be the best 8 teams. Still almost no way the USMNT gets a seed (especially if they go just by FIFA ratings again) I'd want absolutely no part of a Brazil, Spain, Argentina, Germany group. Other 4 would likely be from group of Netherlands, Italy, Portugal, Colombia, Croatia, Belgium, Greece, Uruguay, England. Among all those, the only countries even in remote danger of not qualifying are Uruguay and England.
  9. bukie
    Jozy's three goals: http://espnfc.com/video/espnfc/video/_/id/1522547?cc=5901
  10. bukie
    Brooks did really well on Dzeko, that 90th minute goal was just a really good goal. All three of Jozy's tallies were world class. Great touch by Bradley to set up the 3rd.
  11. bukie
    You could get excited about them beating up on the decent CONCACAF teams during the streak (Jamaica, Panama x2, Honduras WCQ). This was a step up in competition, still a friendly. If they can somehow win in Costa Rica in three weeks, it's time for crazy excitement (they've never won in CR before).
  12. bukie
    This was the most impressive win in the streak. Took it to a legit top 5 Euro squad in their place after falling victim to some bad luck (and bad play) early, and dominated possession in the second half especially.
  13. bukie
    Holy crap, they might actually win.
  14. bukie
    Bosnia's a real quality team. This could get ugly.
  15. bukie

    Week 20

    bukie posted a topic in Fantasy Sports

    Three weeks left in the season, three playoff spots clinched, but the rest of the East is basically up for grabs at this point.
  16. bukie
    Ellsbury Tanaka Abreu Choo Cano
  17. bukie
    Scouts also thought Concepcion was terrible.
  18. bukie
    Did that HBP look intentional? I was surprised they didn't walk Castillo intentionally, and then they hit him anyway.
  19. bukie
    Castillo 1 for 1 today with a HR and five plate appearances.
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  21. bukie
    Walkington Castillo.
  22. bukie
    Wait a second...checks in on game...aww, man!
  23. bukie
    That will be difficult with 3 quality long term pieces on the major league team and nothing in the farm system.
  24. bukie
    Another bonus is that the MLS is vastly improving as a product, with 12-14 solid franchises, and only a small handful that are still being run poorly. It'd be huge if the MLS could garner a better showing in the CONCACAF Champions League and even win it once.
  25. bukie
    I'm sure he wasn't. But that's what happened. At the end of the day, we don't have a good role model for a major-market franchise just flat-out tanking in order to expedite a rebuilding. That's why so many of us were flat-out adamant that they would not be doing that when Epstein was hired. But pointing to successful teams that developed prospects isn't particularly accurate or helpful to illuminating the Cubs' position or the viability of their plan. Early 90's Yankees? Say what you will about the lap-the-field spending of the Yankees in the 2000's, but the late 90's success was predicated on the internal core of Jeter, Williams, Posada, Soriano, Pettitte, Orlando Hernandez, Rivera, etc.
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