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  1. bukie
    I would never, ever vote for a DH for the hall. They are hardly even players. If Ozzie Smith can get into the hall for being world class at one baseball tool, a DH has a place in the hall. Yeah but he at least still had to hit. And he wasn't terrible at it. If you're not playing the whole game, the parts you are playing have to be devalued. There are also relief pitchers in the hall.
  2. bukie
    I would never, ever vote for a DH for the hall. They are hardly even players. If Ozzie Smith can get into the hall for being world class at one baseball tool, a DH has a place in the hall.
  3. bukie
    Because the BBWAA thinks they're the stonecutters guild or something.
  4. bukie
    I'm happy for the Hawk, but I think there were 6 candidates on the ballot that deserve being in the hall more than him, and it's a shame they didn't get in. Alomar and Blyleven got robbed. Trammell, Raines, Larkin and McGwire deserve more hall support. Heck, Edgar Martinez was arguably better.
  5. bukie
    I think if you intend to vote for nobody in a year, your ballot shouldn't count towards the % required to get in. EDIT: Of course, idiots would side step that by issuing a throwaway vote at, say, Eric Karros, but public ballots would make those writers at least somewhat accountable for that.
  6. bukie
    Rob Neyer says it better than I would.
  7. bukie
    Err... http://www.northsidebaseball.com/bridge/index.php?f=44&t=56484&rb_v=viewtopic
  8. bukie
    Also, Kane has kind of quietly crept up the points leaderboard and now stands 5th in the NHL, behind Thornton, Sedin, Gaborik and Ovechkin (although Ovechkin has played 9 fewer games than the rest), and tied with Crosby.
  9. bukie
    I checked out a Minnesota Wild blog, and they straight up compared the matchup tonight to the Death Star vs. the planet Alderaan in Star Wars. (partially because in the last matchup against Minnesota, Toews, Seabrook and Hossa were all out, so now the battle station was fully operational).
  10. bukie
    Projected final standings based on current Pythagorean projection: Eastern Conference: TEAM PTS New Jersey 120 Washington 113 Buffalo 109 Pittsburgh 107 Boston 103 Philadelphia 91 Atlanta 88 Ottawa 88 ------------------- NY Rangers 87 Montreal 86 Florida 83 Tampa Bay 78 Toronto 72 NY Islanders 72 Carolina 61 Western Conference: TEAM PTS Chicago 130 Vancouver 117 San Jose 115 Calgary 108 Phoenix 103 Los Angeles 98 Colorado 95 Detroit 94 ---------------- Nashville 92 Dallas 86 St. Louis 82 Minnesota 80 Anaheim 78 Edmonton 76 Columbus 68 Yeah, despite having the best record in the NHL (2nd best by points/game or point percentage to NJ), the Hawks are actually underperforming their Pythagorean by the second most in the NHL (to Vancouver, who you might notice gets a bump in the projections). It's pretty ridiculous.
  11. bukie
    Good defensive effort tonight, especially in the first half.
  12. bukie
    I'll do another stat run after tonight's action is done. It's starting to look silly.
  13. bukie
    Its not Lovie's fault that he has a mediocre running back. If we had a Chris Johnson/Adrian Peterson type of player, would you have a problem with Lovie saying he wants to run the football? Especially coming off a year when we got away from the run, although after hearing the report about Forte's injury, it seems as if there could have been a legitimate reason for it. Considering the NFL is a pass-first league now, and that almost all the teams that made the playoffs this year are pass-heavy offenses, it's Lovie's fault for insisting on playing a style that just doesn't work in the league. Never mind he doesn't have the personnel for it either, he's just stubborn and naive.
  14. bukie
    Anybody else notice how terrible Harris and Briggs were this year? It was bad enough the Bears were down to their #6 and #7 LBs for most of the year, but their supposed "#1 guy" was absolutely awful the whole year.
  15. bukie
    My worst nightmare scenario (i.e. predictions): Pats 34, Ravens 10 Jets 21, Bengals 17 Cowboys 41, Eagles 20 Packers 34, Cardinals 20 Pats 41, Chargers 35 Colts 21, Jets 17 Packers 34, Saints 17 Vikings 31, Cowboys 13 Pats 24, Colts 17 Vikings 35, Packers 34 Vikings 37, Pats 34
  16. bukie
    In that case... C: 2001 Todd Hundley 1B: 2001 Julio Zuleta 2B: 2002 Delino DeShields 3B: 2002 Chris Stynes SS: 2000 Jose Nieves LF: 2005 Todd Hollandsworth CF: 2001 Damon Buford RF: 2007 Jacque Jones SP: 2006 Glendon Rusch SP: 2006 Jerome Williams SP: 2000 Kyle Farnsworth SP: 2003 Shawn Estes SP: 2002 Jason Bere CL: 2009 Kevin Gregg
  17. bukie
    I love Jimmy, but defense matters Enough to overcome the overwhelming offensive advantage Edmonds had? Really, then, the only other player close was 2003 Patterson, as none of the Cub CFs were particularly good defensively either aside from Patterson/Pie. 2003 Lofton was at best average defensively with a decent offensive push in the second-half 2003. Nomah in 2004 wasn't particularly good for Nomah, but it was still leagues better than Theriot/Gonzalez/Gutierrez/Cedeno offensively, and only Gonzalez would have an argument defensively (except, you know, 2003 game 6 disqualifies him from any discussion of value from that year).
  18. bukie
    I don't see how CF on the all-decade team can't be 2008 Edmonds. Nobody else was particularly close. Here's how I'd set up the 25-man roster: C: 2006 Barrett 1B: 2005 Lee 2B: 2002 Bellhorn 3B: 2004 Ramirez SS: 2004 Garciaparra RF: 2001 Sosa CF: 2008 Edmonds LF: 2001 White DH/Util/Bench: 2004 Alou, 2007 Soriano, 2000 Gutierrez, 2003 Patterson; 2008 DeRosa; 2008 Soto SP: 2008 Harden SP: 2003 Prior SP: 2004 Zambrano SP: 2008 Dempster SP: 2009 Wells RP: 2007 Marmol; 2001 Farnsworth; 2000 Tim Worrell; 2004 Hawkins (pre-closer); 2004 Mercker CL: 2008 Wood
  19. bukie
    As I've said before, the most frustrating thing about this current team is the lack of perimeter defense, which is largely on two freshman starters and a returning ex-walk-on guard. It's the exact opposite of everything that's happened in the past with Weber's teams, and something that can be fixed through the year. Offensively, this is the best they've been since 2005, which is promising. Paul and Richardson will be better and improve throughout the year, most of the improvement expected defensively because of Weber. Fortunately, the conference schedule will allow them to progress gradually, as long as they don't have an abysmal showing on the road against one of the weaker conference opponents.
  20. bukie
    I'm thinking Packers, Cowboys, Ravens and doesn't matter this weekend.
  21. bukie
    Because if there's a team that hasn't been pulling crap the last few weeks, it's the Saints.
  22. bukie
    Yeah he's killed it without Self's recruits. Killed it. Barring a 12-6 conference record he's gonna miss the tournament for the 2nd time in 3 years. Badass. Yeah, it's not as if two of the most important players on this team are freshman that are struggling on defense, and that this team's main problem is defensive. Other than the team being bad defensively, though, you're right, it's exactly like those other Weber disappointments, like the 2nd place team from a year ago that everyone expected to finish first.
  23. bukie
    We are about to have one tournament win the the last 5 years. Same could probably be said for Bruce Weber. facepalm I mean, all Weber has ever done at Illinois is underachieve...
  24. bukie
    The scoring binge over the last few games has pushed the Hawks up to 3rd overall in scoring average, behind Washington and San Jose (tied with Pittsburgh and Atlanta). They remain 1st in the league in scoring defense, which puts their scoring margin way ahead in first overall.
  25. bukie
    Kane may be arguably the best player on the USA roster. Which is why I think they'll be hard pressed to medal.
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