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Ron Santo Scaling Back Broadcasting Duties
Ding Dong Johnson replied to Mark Priors Calves's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
The whole idea of being a sports fan doesn't make much sense. I think that's the only part that does make sense. Being emotionally invested in the successes and failures of the teams we choose to call our favorites is what doesn't make sense to me. -
One would hope being fired as a racing hot dog would serve as a nice wake up call.
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Ron Santo Scaling Back Broadcasting Duties
Ding Dong Johnson replied to Mark Priors Calves's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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I thought jokes were supposed to be funny
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do you have evidence of the contrary? Just that Mali isn't really know for its extremist muslum population. And since most muslums are just peaceful people who believe in Islam and have no reason to hate, I just don't see how likely it is for an extremeist muslim to grow up in Mali and decide to exact his revenge on the Western devils by reffing football matches in hopes that he can one day work a World Cup game that the US is playing in so he can purposely botch the game in the opponent's favor. seems like you're reaching a bit
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son of a bitch, I was just kidding
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they need a big bunt here
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do you have evidence of the contrary?
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Detroit would be fortunate to get a SS of his caliber. Chicago would be fortunate to lose a SS of his caliber. It's a win-win-win.
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Awesome. Wally Backman goes insane on ump. *video*
Ding Dong Johnson replied to OleMissCub's topic in General Baseball Talk
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Who gets fired first? Piniella or Hendry?
Ding Dong Johnson replied to Banedon's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Piniella won't be fired, they'll just let his contract expire so he can retire. Hendry will be fired. -
There is more to commerce than bars.
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Looks a lot like the balance the Big 12 had.
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if you are talking across divisions, then i completely disagree. if you're talking about from top to bottom then i do agree. If division play were happening this upcoming season with the 12 teams, the west (geographically) would have 3 of the top 4 teams. How often did that ever happen in the Big 12?
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yes, SINCE THE BIG 12 WAS FORMED. that's what i'm talking about. from what i see here: https://admin.xosn.com/pdf1/133593.pdf?DB_OEM_ID=600 colorado was sometimes good, sometimes bad through most of their first 75 years or whatever, then they were horrible through much of the '80s then very good from the late '80s through the mid '90s. there's really nothing to differentiate a team like colorado and iowa as far as their track record of success from beginning through the start of the 12 team league, except that iowa has been mostly good over the past 9 years and colorado was really good in the 9 years before the big xii was formed. I guess I fail to see where you're going with this. There is a hell of a lot more parity in the Big 10 than Big 12. There is now, and there was in 1996.
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I haven't seen Colvin's minor league splits, so maybe that is what you are referring to, but I surely wouldn't wouldn't say that he can't hit LHP based on a .263 average over 19 at bats. The strikeout rate is a definite concern though. he hit .277 in over 500 ABs against minor league pitchers with an OPS that was something like 20 points below his OPS against RHP... i have no idea where people got the idea that he is wretched against LHP, but they really should stop saying it. He's a lefty. Lefties can't hit lefties.
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you're looking at the big xii the way things turned out in the 2000s, not the way it was when the conference was formed. in football, colorado was good every year and occasionally contended for a national title when the conference was formed in 1996; nebraska was a powerhouse and one of the top teams in the nation almost every year. kansas st had won at least 9 games in each of the past four seasons. in the south, oklahoma's best season since 1988 had been 9-3 and a gator bowl appearance, and they were downright bad when the conference started play. texas tech was usually average or worse. oklahoma st had been bad since 1989 and the success in the '80s looked like an exception to the rule. aTm and texas were the only good programs at that time. You may want to take another look at Colorado's history. The only blip in their mediocrity was a very good stretch of 7-8 years. They've been pretty terrible since the Big 12 was formed.
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I am very much opposed to adding unnecessary guaranteed games, and it absolutely does not need to happen. People seem to think Michigan/OSU HAS to happen every year, and putting them in the same division ensures it will happen. i guess what it boils down to is if you're okay with putting PSU, OSU and UM in the same division. if you are, then it's an easy split (PSU, OSU, UM, MSU, purdue, Indiana in one; NWern, Illinois, UW, minnesota, iowa, nebraska in the other). a lot of people are opposed to putting the three highest-profile football powers in the same division, though. I'm very comfortable with it. There's a lot more parity in the Big 10 than there ever was in the Big 12.
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I am very much opposed to adding unnecessary guaranteed games, and it absolutely does not need to happen. People seem to think Michigan/OSU HAS to happen every year, and putting them in the same division ensures it will happen.
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it doesn't have to be like that. you can put michigan and ohio st, illinois and northwestern, etc in different divisions and then make those guaranteed games against the other side. like michigan would play their divisional rivals every year (say, PSU, MSU, wisconsin, minnesota and northwestern) every year, then play ohio st on the other side every year, then rotate two of the other five (indiana, purdue, illinois, nebraska, iowa) on the schedule each year. lest anyone say this is unfair, purdue's "locked" games right now are indiana and northwestern, while ohio st has to play michigan and penn st every year. Exactly my point. They already guarantee a game being played without playing everybody else, so I don't see the big deal. The problem becomes a team like Nebraska playing OSU once every 5 years because of the addition of a bunch of unnecessary guaranteed games. There is no good reason to base the divisions on anything other than geography.
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My point is, they don't have to lose it. I understand your point. I have doubts those in charge would make radical divisional assignments which will put them in the same division, and I think it should be that way. It would be tremendously silly to screw with geography for 1 game that rarely has significance other than being a good rivalry historically.
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Wells Fargo is in San Fran. Their consumer finance operation is based in Des Moines.
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I'm sure Michigan and OSU would also want to be in the same division for fear of losing their annual game for a year or two at a time.
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I really don't see it as that big of a deal. It's also not a big deal to put them in the same division.
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Because North and South doesn't make much sense in a league that stretches East to West.
