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How about Mark Loretta for third base?
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It was his throwing shoulder. :( No it wasn't. Did I miss something? He landed on his right hand, screwing up his right shoulder. Is that not his throwing shoulder? Screw you Miles, you piece of trash. Nope, it was definitely his glove hand. He grabbed it, pulled his hand out of the glove, and then grabbed his hand then his shoulder.
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Nice effort that half inning.
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Oh God.
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This is what you call an inauspicious start.
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I'd rather have AD, Berrian, Harvin, and especially Minnesota's offensive line rather than the pu pu platter the Bears have at receiver, two decent (possibly very good in Olsen) tight ends, Forte, and the offensive line.
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If the Vikings had Billy Volek or something they'd win 12 games.
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I'm confused by an efficient Rich Harden.
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I can't believe Hart and Pence are in the same division.
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Reeeeed!
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Sure, but they will still need to experience the actual games too. You can't totally substitute game experience with practice. The Vikings receivers will have that same adjustment period with either Favre or Rosenfels. Honestly, I'd go with Tarvaris Jackson over either of them. He has the most upside and probably won't be significantly worse than either. Let him try to develop or pull a Titans and bring in a decent veteran who won't do anything great, but also won't make major mistakes (Gus Frerotte perhaps?). They had Frerotte last year.
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You could argue that, sure. But people tried saying that last year too. The Bears, with Cutler, are much better than they were last year. I'd give the edge to Minny, just because I anticipate a growing period with Cutler. Doesn't mean the Bears won't win it though. What's their to grow? It's not like getting a new QB is throwing off all the offensive chemistry. The team has had 3 different QBs start the majority of its games the last 3 years. And it's not like Cutler is inexperienced and will need a ton of time to learn the offense. He should be fine to run the entire playbook by opening day. And a lot of his success comes from extending plays anyway. If their is a growth period w/ Cutler the same can be said with Rosenfels or Favre, even with playing for Childress years ago. It'll take growth from the WR to adjust to Cutler. The receivers will invariably drop lots of balls that hit them right in the hands because they're busy jumping into the air or diving to the ground where they're used to seeing the ball end up. Also, Hester will stop dead in his tracks awaiting dead ducks instead of continuing routes so he can run right under them.
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You could argue that, sure. But people tried saying that last year too. The Bears, with Cutler, are much better than they were last year. I agree. Minnesota SHOULD be better than they are. To take a running game and a run defense that dominant and barely scrape by in a weak division and then get knocked out in the first round is pretty sad.
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Here's what I'm talking about regarding Rosenfels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cmY_bkpbyME
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And if you're worried about ball security, Rosenfels is even worse in that regard than Favre. His body isn't broken down and maybe he'll get better but he makes some absolutely boneheaded plays. Look at the Houston/Colts game last year for some of the worst decision making an NFL QB has made in years...and that's including Rex.
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You can reasonably argue that Minnesota is the division favorite whether Jackson, Rosenfels, or Favre are the quarterbacks next season. They're loaded everywhere.
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Doug Glanville weighs in on ARod tipping pitches to opponents: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/06/opinion/06glanville-tipping.html
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Just saw the crawler on ESPN: Favre to meet with Childress to discuss coming out of retirement to play for the Vikings. And so it begins!
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](*,) http://www.suntimes.com/sports/football/bears/1556493,CST-SPT-bear04.article Is this bad because you think Vasher has nothing left? I thought Graham was fairly decent last year even by the poor overall play of the secondary.
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David Lee is a horrible defender.
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I wish the Bulls had SVG. Howard makes a huge difference but Orlando is a team that understands how to play team defense with pretty average athletes (again outside of Howard). Tyrus Thomas could use some of that coaching.
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One of the best series ever: Celtics win 4-3
SpongeWorthy replied to cubswin2009's topic in Other Sports
Depends on your definition of decent. I think there's a decent shot that you could say "I'd rather have Derrick Rose than Dwyane Wade" sometime in the next 2-3 years and have it seem totally reasonable. -
http://nymag.com/daily/intel/2009/05/a-rod_book_faq.html The funniest nugget: Is the book really all that salacious? We had heard she gets into A-Rod attending swingers clubs and what not. Not really. Roberts does touch on A-Rod being spotted at a Dallas-area “couples-only lifestyle club” called Iniquity, but if there was truly dirty stuff in here at one point, the HarperCollins lawyers appear to have scrubbed it out. There’s still plenty of embarrassing A-Rod With Ladies dirt, though, including: 1. At functions involving Yankees and their spouses and families, he once used several pickup lines on players’ wives. When confronted, he claimed he was joking. 2. At clubs, he has been known to approach women by saying, “Who’s hotter: Me or Derek Jeter?” 3. At one point, Roberts describes A-Rod, as his marriage to Cynthia Rodriguez dissolved, as an “insatiable hedonist.”
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One of the best series ever: Celtics win 4-3
SpongeWorthy replied to cubswin2009's topic in Other Sports
I don't think AST-TO ratio is very relevant for shooting guards, especially when their primary duty is to score. I think Gordon is a really valuable player, but I understand his limited appeal. I'm kind of intrigued by a bigger lineup with Salmons at SG and Deng at SF, but does anyone trust Deng to stay healthy? If Gordon isn't resigned, the SG-SF depth is really thin. On a totally different note, given how the Bulls got hammered on the boards by the Celtics, I'd love to see the Bulls find a way to draft Dejuan Blair. I don't trust Deng to be any good even if he is healthy. If you can convince 06-07 Deng to come back then I'm all on board with letting Gordon walk and moving Salmons to SG. Blair would be a nice addition. -
Tebow was robbed.