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  1. bukie
    On the spectrum of possible GMs, Stone and Ned are quite close and every one between them would suck as much as they do. And the rest of that idea (which I assume was from one of the radio guys) is stupid. I remember the year Detroit did something like that, bring up a bunch of ex-Tigers to manage the team to put a pretty face on the disappointing team they ran out. That team even managed to win 5 of their last 6 games to avoid setting a record in futility.
  2. bukie

    Week 21

    bukie replied to UK1679666180's topic in Fantasy Sports

    SF's lineup with Sandoval out is abysmal.
  3. bukie

    Week 21

    bukie replied to UK1679666180's topic in Fantasy Sports

    Garrett Jones in for Ichiro, who gets to be my OF out for this week with a calf strain.
  4. bukie
    Said it before and I'll say it again: Derek Jeter is not the best baseball player in King's life time (innumerable, but let's just start with Mays, Aaron, Mantle). Derek Jeter is not the best baseball player in King's adult life time (let's say since the 70's...Morgan, Schmidt, Yount, Brett, Ripken). Derek Jeter is not the best baseball player among current players (Pujols, Hanley Ramirez, Utley, Fielder, Dunn). Derek Jeter is not the best baseball player among current AL players (Mauer, Morneau, Cabrera). Derek Jeter is not the best baseball player in his division (Youkilis, Bay, Crawford). Derek Jeter is not the best baseball player on his team (Teixeira, Rodriguez). Derek Jeter is not the best candidate for SS on his team (Rodriguez). Now, it could be argued that he's currently the best SS in his division, but Bartlett and Scutaro are right there with him this year.
  5. bukie
    I'm not even sure Jeter is the best Yankee SS currently on the team.
  6. bukie
    The Memphis situation looks more like a UMass than a Gonzaga to me, though.
  7. bukie
    Memphis is high profile? If Calipari stayed and he had his army of paid 18 year olds there instead of Lexington, the NCAA would've found no wrong-doing. With Calipari gone and Memphis's program an afterthought they were able to actually do something(however pointless it may be) Yes, Memphis is high profile. Three straight elite 8's and a sweet 16 is fairly good. And they'll probably return to the tournament again next year. I don't really even see an argument as to whether Memphis is considered high profile or not. You mean, 2 straight elite eights and a sweet 16.
  8. bukie
    John Calipari is now the first coach in history to have a Final Four appearance vacated at two different schools: http://www.cbssports.com/collegebasketball/story/12087903
  9. bukie

    Week 20

    bukie posted a topic in Fantasy Sports

    NC Cubs at Raw Dawgs Saber Metrics at The Eyes of Texas Valenzuela's Screwballs at Harrys Budcrew Northside Baseball at Quakers Galesburg Hand Sanitizers at Tootielicious Alamo Stealth at Lynx Severe Tooterstorms at Fuzzy Logistics The Fighting Manginos at Tampa Bay Rays Since Raw and Lynx still aren't technically eliminated, that makes 4 matchups this week between teams with playoff aspirations.
  10. bukie
    Honestly, I understand why Hendry gave Soriano the contract he did. His job was in jeopardy, and he had to do something drastic after 2006 to change perceptions. Soriano wanted a long term deal and nothing else, and Hendry made darn well sure he got him.
  11. bukie
    Well, after the umpire calls out on fan interference, that guy would be run out of town on a rail worse than Bartman, I'd hope.
  12. bukie
    I think the biggest reason I wouldn't want Lou gone would be that the replacement would more than likely be either Brenly or Sandberg, and I'd much prefer Lou to either.
  13. bukie
    The only thing I could think of is to avoid some kind of defamation suit, saying that the story was overblown by the media.
  14. bukie

    Golf

    bukie replied to stitchface's topic in Other Sports

    Early first round PGA championship action going on now, Tiger Woods currently tied for the lead at -4 with 4 holes to finish up yet on the day. Today's amazing Tiger stat: Since the beginning of 2006, Tiger Woods has a higher winning percentage than 10 different MLB teams.
  15. bukie
    Wait, wait, wait...Ron Zook is the only Big Ten coach other than JoePa to coach his team to the Rose Bowl?
  16. bukie
    Nice catch, Milt.
  17. bukie
    Howard kills righties though. Howard vs. Gregg is a matchup I do not like.
  18. bukie
    Gregg in. If the Phillies don't score here, the Cubs HAVE to win.
  19. bukie
    Color me concerned about someone other than Marshall coming in to face Utley-Howard-Ibanez.
  20. bukie
    Who else is available? Kosuke is already in, then its Miles, Koyie Hill, Aramis Ramirez (hurt). Am I missing anyone on this horrid bench of ours? Fontenot
  21. bukie
    So help me, if Theriot sacrifices...
  22. bukie
    Ramirez being out due to injury and Fukudome being out due to stupidity really hurts the overall lineup.
  23. bukie
    You're right, Fred. It should count for 2 outs. :)
  24. bukie
    I like the rest of what you said, but I think the bolded would be pretty difficult. There'd have to be split second decision making on challenges. The only other alternative would be to treat all close calls as fair balls and force teams to challenge to get foul rulings right. Well, either that or a "do over" (which is what they do in tennis).
  25. bukie
    If we're truly interested in getting calls right while not prolonging the game too extensively, this is what I'd like to see done: - All ball/strike calls are made electronically. The home plate ump's job is to determine when the ball hit the bat, the player, or the dirt (on case of dropped 3rd strikes and such) and plays at the plate and that's it. - A challenge system is implemented for fair/foul calls and in/out of the park calls similar to tennis. The result is immediately provided electronically to the umpires via one of the many screens at the park. In cases where the umpire initially calls a dead ball play (foul ball or home run) that is reversed to a live ball result (fair ball in play), the result is determined by standard rulings (reversed home run is a ground rule double, deep outfield fair ball is a ground rule double, shallow outfield fair ball is a ground rule single, etc). - Umpires still make judgment calls on tag plays, catches and base plays.
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