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  1. All things equal, they should win. Unfortunately, over a 3-7 game stretch, things are rarely equal.
  2. It's weird, but it can probably be legitimately said that 4 of the best 5 or 6 teams in the NFC are in the East this year. At least so far.
  3. Actually, Soto would be the regular I expect to see getting the most rest this week, considering the sore hand and the fact that he's a catcher that's been behind the plate a lot this year. After that, probably Lee, DeRosa and Theriot, getting 2-3 days of rest. I expect starters will pitch on schedule, with a 75-90 pitch limit (so, like an average Harden start), perhaps letting Marshall/Samardzija/Wells pitch a start sometime this week to give everyone an extra day of rest.
  4. http://tbn0.google.com/images?q=tbn:kDAX8SazYA3AfM:http://www.rockofagescandy.com/HTFCandyBars/Products/Kudos.gif
  5. To me, it has nothing to do with "big hits." The playoffs aren't about scoring runs - you win in the playoffs by preventing the opposition from scoring. Fukudome is a HUGE part of why the Cubs staff has had so much success. actually, they are about scoring runs. You can prevent runs until the snow falls, but if you don't score runs, you're not winning any games.
  6. As I said before, even if I prefer to see, for example, the Dodgers, Mets and Brewers in the NL playoffs, I'd much prefer to see them win their spots in an intricate series of one-game playoffs on Monday and Tuesday.
  7. Boston will clinch a playoff spot and the Yankees will be eliminated if the Yankees lose their last Yankee Stadium home game ever.
  8. Gotta go with Kerry Wood. Here's a question I have...if fans of other teams had to pick a favorite Cub (particularly Astro, Card and Brewer fans), who would that be? I know Zambrano, Soriano and Ramirez are wildly unpopular among rival fans, so I would guess someone quieter like Marmol (though he's animated on the mound I guess), Wood (I can imagine Astro fans are not Wood fans) or Soto (probably not popular among Brewer fans since Thursday). Maybe it's Howry, since he's been arguably the easiest pitcher to come back off of for them.
  9. A Pedro Feliz 2-run HR puts the Phils up 5-2 in the 8th.
  10. I'm rooting for an intricate series of ties so that everyone but the Cubs has to play on Monday next week.
  11. One additional thing to note: If they don't care about replaying that last Houston game in regards to HFA, the Cubs have already clinched HFA as they can finish at worst 94-67, and the Mets and Phils can finish at best 94-68.
  12. Since the Cubs won, the HFA magic number is 1 for both the Mets and Phils (94 Cub wins, 68 NYM/PHI losses). So, if each lose today, the Cubs clinch HFA.
  13. Who's making excuses? At this point you're just baiting posters anyway. It was a blown call, and absolutely something that Tillman can't let happen at that point in the game. It sucks to have outplayed all three opponents to this point and be 1-2.
  14. Quit being a complete troll already. This is just stupid crap. Trolling? It is a reasonable point. This extra-curricular crap started at the very beginning of the game. Body of work, this was just the last one. The refs blew that call, and hopefully some Buc players will be suspended when that is reviewed.
  15. The HFA magic number would also fall to 2 if that held, I believe. Three more outs from our JV beating the Cardinals again. Magic number's already 2. If the Cubs win and the Mets lose, the Mets would be eliminated from HFA.
  16. Quit being a complete troll already. This is just stupid crap.
  17. It was a BS penalty, but that kind of thing just can't happen at that point.
  18. That drive was at least as much about the pass blocking as it was about Orton and the WRs, though.
  19. The Bears are catching the Bucs off guard with an entirely new dimension for the offense. Most other teams call it "passing".
  20. Just let the emotions flow naturally. The worst thing about any given HR call is the need to do it a certain way, which just ends up making it sound completely fake.
  21. I'd actually like to see Fukudome get more work in this last week.
  22. Chances are pretty good he won't throw 110 pitches this time, though.
  23. Huh, Adam Kennedy grand slam. Didn't see that one coming. Ahh well, still 9 innings of offense left for both teams.
  24. Not a great 1-2 pitch. 95 on the gun, which is ironically bad for Carlos, considering he throws a sinking fastball, and the higher up in the 90's it gets, the less it sinks.
  25. not even close. Hell, I remember a year when not only one, but two teams blew 5 game leads with a week to play.
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