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  1. mul21
    Sounds like a lot of Bears fans there based on the reaction to the penalty.
  2. mul21
    No way. He already missed last week because he was hurt. He can't take the pounding that kind of use brings. He's got a really good backfield mate in Bell. They've both had really good seasons so far, with Bell taking the big pounding in short yardage situations.
  3. mul21
    I could get behind this idea. I've always been in favor of reducing the number of preseason games I have to pay for. The playoffs are always fun to watch and adding one team on each side will increase the drama in my opinion. The problem with reducing preseason games is the contracts most teams have with their stadiums that require a certain number of games to be played there every year and reducing the preseason games causes problems with that.
  4. mul21
    I'm on the fence here too. Need one flex. Ridley vs. ATL Alshon vs. DET Pierre Thomas vs. MIA on Monday night with Mark Ingram's status uncertain.
  5. mul21
    after the trade deadline, there's really not a huge incentive to tank. moving up a few spots in the draft isn't very important in baseball, certainly not like it is in (for example) basketball. and every major professional sport has some incentive to tank, whether it be to increase chances in the lottery (nba) or making the draft order simply the reverse order of finish. the much bigger reason to "tank" and not finish 15th is because it makes far more sense to turn an asset like garza into edwards, olt, ramirez and grimm than it does to win another two games the rest of that season, and still miss the playoffs. Another big reason to tank is to get a protected pick and not have to give up your first rounder, especially if you think you're close to competing and are likely to go after a FA with a qualifying offer attached.
  6. mul21
    It's not like the Cards have nothing to play for. They need to finish ahead of the Braves for home field because the Braves hold the tie breaker. I have a feeling they'll put forth a good effort today.
  7. mul21
    That meaningless TD on Monday night by McFadden cost me a win. I'm not sure if I would have rather lost than have it end in the ite it did.
  8. mul21

    Rizzo

    mul21 replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Good? Or were you looking for more? Yeah, that's definitely what everyone here has been saying. You nailed it. Sorry for thinking we all are wanting to succeed. He is dead on, If Rizzo jumps to an .820 OPS he can certainly be our middle of the order bat. Of course we still be losing 90 games, but that's obviously fine. Now if your plan says we get Stanton to hit behind him, then I'll agree. Until something is added, you can't simply say he's fine at that rate, because the stats say differently. In case you were curious, just last year, the San Francisco Giants won the World Series with 1 (yes, 1) qualified player with an OPS higher than .789. Yes, it was Buster Posey and he was awesome, but he was surrounded by utter crap. I'm pretty certain that's not the plan for the Cubs, especially with what's coming up soon from the minors.
  9. mul21
    I don't care for him, I think he's done a lot of both good and bad for the game. I'm glad to see him go. Yeah, if for no other reason than how much worse the croneyism amongst ownership has gotten in the game since he took over.
  10. mul21
    I'm inclined to say Bradshaw with some trepidation because of possibly more involvement from Richardson this week. If Pryor is in, I would probably go with Moore.
  11. mul21
    Yeah, but Girardi has ties to the area and may be sick of NYC. He's a guy who it would make sense for. Somebody like Maddon or Freddi Gonzales, yeah, those would be much tougher sells.
  12. mul21
    Don't Strop Believing
  13. mul21
    Because that's all the NFL experience he has for you to judge him on? I mean, I understand if you don't think he'll be all that great because you think he lacks vision or can't catch the ball or whatever, but you certainly didn't expound enough for anybody to know that.
  14. mul21
    And for people who care about evaluating a front office, its gives a pretty clear-cut break for the new Cleveland front office to no longer be able to blame the old one, since they have a ton of picks this year. Now they have no excuse to be terrible next season and should be competitive in 2015, otherwise these guys are terrible at their job. As QB centric as the NFL has become, combined with the fact that the Browns don't have one, gives them a small out. If they're not as terrible as Jacksonville and don't get Bridgewater, who do they go after and when do they pick a QB?
  15. mul21
    Hurdle, Matheny, Francona, Melvin, Showalter, Girardi A serious question: Mike Scioscia? He probably will be available. I wanted Girardi when we hired Svuem. I'll take him now. Dear god, no I'm asking because I don't know much about him. What's Scioscia's problem? He's west coast Ryno.
  16. mul21
    The Broncos one is funny with the lion's mane. I didn't like the Steelers, GB, Chargers, Giants, and Cowboys.
  17. mul21
    I think I may need a Treymon MS Paint rendering of this to fully understand it.
  18. mul21
    They had an 8 game winning streak in the last 2 weeks that did most of the work. Too bad it's probably too late for them to catch the Reds unless Cincy completely tanks or the Nats just stop losing at all. Hopefully the Pirates can put a nail in the Reds coffin with 6 games left against them. That would serve an awesome dual purpose in knocking out the Reds and maybe pushing the Cards into a WC spot.
  19. mul21
    http://filmdope.com/Gallery/ActorsC/4031-10931.jpg Touché I... who the F*** is that? I'm pretty sure that's the illiterate chick from A League of their Own who couldn't tell if she was on a roster or not. If I'm right, I don't get the joke.
  20. mul21
    Has he changed something significant? His K and BB numbers are down pretty noticeably this year.
  21. mul21
    No, and neither will anybody else because that's not what happened.
  22. mul21
    Must've forgotten he's not playing in front of TBFIB anymore.
  23. mul21
    I don't disagree, but the AFC is somehow 5-1 against the NFC in head to head this year. The one NFC win is the Bears over the Bengals. Chiefs over Cowboys Chargers over Eagles Broncos over Giants Jets over Buccaneers Bills over Panthers Somehow = playing the consistently overrated NFC East teams, plus Tampa being a mess. That, and 3 of those 5 losses happened when the losing team completely crapped the bed in the final minutes of the game.
  24. mul21
    Listening to Waddle and Silvy and there's some serious gushing about Jay by the national media. Hasselbeck this morning on Mike and Mike and Jaws both had some really high praise for him, especially the game winning throw.
  25. mul21
    No, that's what he and Hill projected out be as prospects before showing they were not capable of that. Hill was a 3 pitch pitcher with an average to below average fastball and a below average change. He was never viewed as a top of the rotation guy as a ceiling, more like 3-4 if everything worked out. Marshall was similar with a slightly better fastball and ceiling. Really, because people(media not fans) were picking him to win the Cy Young his rookie year and having that type of talent. http://www.beyondtheboxscore.com/2007/3/5/11735/47786 sounds like a 5 to me.... That guy seems reliable. 4 guys who never did anything significant in the majors and a washed up old guy. Seems like a solid source to me.
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