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  1. bukie
    Deron and James? Maybe James was more assertive than I give him credit for. Still have a bad taste from the Carolina game, but it was hardly his fault, since he played about 8 minutes.
  2. bukie
    I can't remember the last time Illinois had both a PG and a C that weren't timid. Maybe 2001 with Frankie and Archibald.
  3. bukie
    Wait...Purdue blew a 19 point lead?
  4. bukie
    Early on, looks like the big winners in the draw were England and ... Poland, I guess.
  5. bukie
    Ireland drawn into Spain group. Holland gets Denmark, France into Ukraine's group.
  6. bukie
    I'm a little curious if one of these programs would be interested in taking a shot at Jim Tressel, and if he'd be interested.
  7. bukie
    Spain-Germany-Portugal-France would be amazing. I have a feeling that somehow Germany is going to find themselves in Poland's group, mysteriously.
  8. bukie
    What a horribly written sentence by Sullivan. He basically said "Epstein has to decided whether to give up or not try. It's the same choice Sullivan has to make every day he goes into work.
  9. bukie
    Odd that each of the last 3 games ended up being the only real tossups. EDIT: Of the 10 ESPN expert predictions, John Gasaway did the best, predicting 11 of 12 correctly, missing only on Nebraska.
  10. bukie
    Hey, one of the games is actually going down to the wire.
  11. bukie
    The Bears beat Atlanta something like 30 to 12 in week 1. That's a common game. Dallas is the team Detroit played that the Bears don't.
  12. bukie
    Interesting note: since Tebow took over in Denver, the Broncos defense hasn't actually been any better in efficiency. Their passing offense has been a little worse. Their rushing offense has gone from terrible to amazing.
  13. bukie
    Not according to the Playoff Machine on ESPN. There are several scenarios where the Lions, Bears, and Falcons are all 10-6 and the Bears are left out due to strength of victory tiebreakers. If it's just us and Atlanta at 10-6 and the Lions even at 11-5, it's better for the Bears. We have the tiebreak on ATL head to head, but when 3 teams are in it, there's some weird scenarios. If the Lions and Bears both finish 10-6 (and Atlanta better than 10-6), it is very likely that Detroit wins the tiebreaker with the Bears. The only way the Bears win it is if they can somehow beat GB or Detroit somehow loses to Minnesota. The most likely scenario is that the teams both split their remaining division games, both losing @ GB, and both winning @/vs. MIN. In that scenario, the Lions make it due to record vs. Common teams, which Detroit has already clinched. Explain to me how the Lions have clinched record vs. Common teams, considering two of the Bears' losses have been to teams Detroit hasn't played yet, and the Bears beat Atlanta. Or do you just mean that the Bears and Lions can't tie without the Lions winning the tiebreaker for common opponents? Because the Bears and Detroit can tie both if the Bears lose to Seattle and the Bears and Lions have the same record.
  14. bukie
    Twitter is buzzing about Mike Leach to Washington State.
  15. bukie
    Suppose this is as good a thread as any for this. Christina Kahrl just wrote a blog post outlining three fixes for the NL Central teams. As for the Cubs:
  16. bukie
    Not according to the Playoff Machine on ESPN. There are several scenarios where the Lions, Bears, and Falcons are all 10-6 and the Bears are left out due to strength of victory tiebreakers. If it's just us and Atlanta at 10-6 and the Lions even at 11-5, it's better for the Bears. We have the tiebreak on ATL head to head, but when 3 teams are in it, there's some weird scenarios. In a 3-way tie with Atlanta and Detroit, it'd never get to strength of victory, because the Bears win the first tiebreaker of head-to-head among the three teams.
  17. bukie
    wow, really? is that definitely a thing that happened, or are you speculating? that's pretty brutal if that's what happened. Lots of people speculated that cherington wanted sveum but luchino, at the very least, forced him to drag his feet which left him available for the Cubs to pick off. I think the evidence is pretty strong that upper management wanted more of a name, some flash, and a hot head that wouldn't let guys eat fried chicken. Or ever turn their back on the hitter when in the field.
  18. bukie
    He's a good base runner without being necessarily a good base stealer. The BsR value at FanGraphs is calculated as kind of an inverse UZR, of limited value in year to year samples but of measurable value over a career. It factors stealing bases, getting picked off, advancing extra bases in situations, and basically not making outs on the basepaths.
  19. bukie
    Kevin Goldstein doesn't think DeJesus is an upgrade over Fukudome. I'd agree, except that DeJesus is basically Fukudome from 3 years ago, except for 4 million instead of 14 million.
  20. bukie
    @BruceMiles2112: #Fangraphs has DeJesus' WAR at 2.2 for 2011. James' projection for 2012 is .271/.349/.399. Big change in ballpark factors, though.
  21. bukie
    Considering Jeff Francoeur just got a 2 year extension for 6.5 million a year, this deal is fantastic.
  22. bukie
    Except it's not getting universal praise, and calling him Marlon Byrd is stretching the analogy a bit.
  23. bukie
    DeJesus contract: 2012: $4.25M 2013: $4.25M 2014: $6.5M team option with $1.5M buyout
  24. bukie
    He immediately becomes the most patient hitter on the team, and is a plus fielder and baserunner. It's a bit of a defensive-leaning choice, especially for a corner OF, but the corner OF market was really bad this year, and he's probably the most promising choice among the available FAs.
  25. bukie
    Yes. Seems like a waste of money. We're going to suck this year, just let Colvin flame out once and for all and let Brett Jackson get some playing time. He's a far more patient Marlon Byrd, except DeJesus adds more value on the basepaths and in the field (as a corner OF). Plus, I have a feeling the Cubs send Byrd somewhere before the end of the year.
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