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That would be amazing. I think he'll be good and I'm quite ecstatic about the signing, but think those numbers are a wee bit on the optimistic side.

I've been telling my Michigan friends since the beginning they should hire Grobe. Yes, even over Miles.

Jim O'Brien is a very good coach, I was very pleased when he was hired. Of course, they're not going to the NBA Finals or anything, but they should hover around .500 and squeak into the bottom of the playoffs. They have some nice young pieces: Granger, Williams, Dunleavy (warts and all), Diogu, etc.

Really? Cause the Padres are in desperate need of OFers, and the Cubs have Pie to offer up. And if Murton isn't foolishly included in a Roberts deal (though he will be), the Cubs would have both Pie and Murton to offer for Greene.

I don't want him for any rational reason, I'll admit. I want him for the purely irrational desire to get Soriano out of the leadoff spot. I know that lineup positioning matters little, and that Soriano really isn't a terrible option as a leadoff hitter, but there's just a little bit of that conventional wisdom ingrained in me that wants him in the late-middle of the order. I feel like Roberts would play a big role in getting that done. Plus, if you really are so sure that DeRosa will regress to the mean next year, wouldn't Roberts be a pretty good upgrade there? All that said, I'd be more excited about a trade for a new SS than I would be about Roberts. Soriano will likely still leadoff, just now Roberts will hit second instead of Theriot.

Unfortunately, that's irrelevant. Roberts is inevitable. this is true, but i am optimistically thinking some how a wrench will get thrown into the wheels of hendry's mind OK. Step one: throw the wrench in. Step two: take wrench out, make new wheel labeled "Pie for Greene."

Unfortunately, that's irrelevant. Roberts is inevitable. Though I'd love him if it meant Derosa would move to SS, but that's not happening either.

okay not exactly but close enough Yeah, except that the idea of the Socratic method is to make the person your teaching feel like they're smarter than you and they're actually doing the teaching. What you're doing seems to come off as a pompus ass who is condecending to everyone else. That's not even close to the Socratic method. Hmm...that seems an awful lot like what passes for the Socratic method at law schools. True it is... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method#Law_school Yes, I know this well. I've become quite familiar over the past 2.5 years. Unfortunatly it doesn't change once you start practicing....its just a different source....Judges, Partners...at the end of the day it never seems to end...(well, maybe once you become a partner and get to turn the tables).... :D Thanks for that bit of uplifting news.

Nothing much to add but \:D/

Ah, I love me some Bob Sanders.

So far, so good.

That's exactly what I've been thinking this whole time. Fukudome will be Furcal the second I fear. I thought getting Fukudome was inevitable, now I'm thinking he's the Padres to lose. Ugh.

There weren't that many expected good games. The only four that I wasn't certain on were SD/Ten, Sea/Ari, NYG/Phil, and NE/Pit. I got all of these right. Granted, I missed TB/Hou, but this was an easy week. Even still, congrats. I nailed every game but TB-Houston, too.

okay not exactly but close enough Yeah, except that the idea of the Socratic method is to make the person your teaching feel like they're smarter than you and they're actually doing the teaching. What you're doing seems to come off as a pompus ass who is condecending to everyone else. That's not even close to the Socratic method. Hmm...that seems an awful lot like what passes for the Socratic method at law schools. True it is... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socratic_method#Law_school Yes, I know this well. I've become quite familiar over the past 2.5 years.

okay not exactly but close enough Yeah, except that the idea of the Socratic method is to make the person your teaching feel like they're smarter than you and they're actually doing the teaching. What you're doing seems to come off as a pompus ass who is condecending to everyone else. That's not even close to the Socratic method. Hmm...that seems an awful lot like what passes for the Socratic method at law schools.

the trop only holds 38k That's pretty much irrelevant to my point. The Trop opened in 1990, eight years before the Devil Rays, or Rays, came into existence. That wasn't a conscious decision by an MLB team to build such a small stadium; this is. Considering their fan-base, I'm not saying they should build a bigger stadium. It's just quite small. I believe PNC was built to be just 36k. Citi Field is going to be much smaller than Shea. It's been a trend for a while. Wrigley and Fenway showed the benefits of small capacity. The trend has been smaller, especially after both Colorado and Texas built huge stadiums. But 34,000 still seemed small to me, that was my question. According to wikipedia (I know, I know) PNC seats roughly 38,500 and Citi Field will seat about 45,000. PNC is right in line -- albeit a little smaller -- with Wrigley and Fenway, but in a much smaller market. It's also ironic you mention Wrigley and Fenway to extol the virtues of smaller stadiums, when both have crammed extra seating in everywhere possible this century.

the trop only holds 38k That's pretty much irrelevant to my point. The Trop opened in 1990, eight years before the Devil Rays, or Rays, came into existence. That wasn't a conscious decision by an MLB team to build such a small stadium; this is. Considering their fan-base, I'm not saying they should build a bigger stadium. It's just quite small.

I never said the Cowboys aren't a good team. I think you're a little over-sensitive when it comes to the Cowboys. The Patriots, however, are a better team -- and they've already proven it on the field this year. That's a simple fact. Does it mean there's absolutely no chance whatsoever for the Cowboys? No. But the chance is very, very small. As for having as much a chance as the Bears -- we all saw what happened to the Bears with their chance. I agree there's still plenty of football to be played though. Who knows? Maybe someone pulls off the miracle and the Pats never even get there. You might be suprised to learn I already have the Cowboys penciled into the Super Bowl. I'm far from a person who thinks they aren't good. They did struggle this weekend against a vastly inferior team though. Not sure why, but they did. i actually give the Cowboys a better chance, if only because the NFC playoffs will be a cakewalk compared to the AFC. The Cowboys set up well to run to the Super Bowl as the #1 seeds, whereas the Patriots could be upset by any of the Jaguars, Colts or Steelers. The Bears were set up the exact same way last year as a No. 1 seed. I'd actually say the 2006 Bears were set up better than the 2007 Cowboys are since Green Bay proved it could play with Dallas. Last year it was pretty clear that it was the Bears and then the rest of the NFC. The Cowboys actually have a tougher path to the Super Bowl than the Bears did last year -- mainly because of Green Bay -- but they also have a better chance of winning the Super Bowl.

Greene is a good player who is extremely hindered by playing in Petco. He'd also be replacing a player that isn't good. As to your "points": 1. Theriot bats right handed. Moot point. 2. Again, neither does Theriot. Except here, Greene has a lot of power for a SS and his numbers would improve at Wrigley. 3. Strike outs? Lame. 4. Batting Average? Super lame. 5. First, defense isn't near as important as offense. Second, errors aren't a good way to judge defense at all. Third, Greene made 11 errors last year at SS, Theriot 8 (and 11 overall). I admit I don't know tons about Greene's defense, simply that when I've seen him he's been good. From what I've seen, he'd definitely be an upgrade over Theriot at SS defensively (obviously he is offensively), but I've got no stats to back it up.

Greene is a good player who is extremely hindered by playing in Petco. He'd also be replacing a player that isn't good. As to your "points": 1. Theriot bats right handed. Moot point. 2. Again, neither does Theriot. Except here, Greene has a lot of power for a SS and his numbers would improve at Wrigley. 3. Strike outs? Lame. 4. Batting Average? Super lame. 5. First, defense isn't near as important as offense. Second, errors aren't a good way to judge defense at all. Third, Greene made 11 errors last year at SS, Theriot 8 (and 11 overall).

fixed Just not true at all.

Almost as great as watching Romo act like a little bitch when things weren't going great. 12-1 congratulations, you're playing for 2nd place just like the rest of the nfc Nope. We're playing for number six. Playing for it? Yes. With a solid chance of winning it? Not at all, not when the only way you can beat the Lions is with a lucky bounce. And that's just a fact, mandinga. We have as much chance to win the Super Bowl this year as the Bears did last year. Will we be favored? Hell no. Are the odds against it? Surely. But we'll have a shot. Agree. The Cowboys most definitely have a shot to win the Super Bowl this year. I don't expect them to, but I wouldn't be surprised at all if they did. I would've been shocked if the Bears beat the Colts last year.

I think the Jags are the third best team in the AFC and would have a great chance against either the Patriots or Colts in the playoffs. They seem tailor-made to play New England in the cold.

The injury prone stuff is overhyped. He had two injuries in college, neither to the same body part. He had a high ankle sprain and a broken collarbone on a freak fall. Nothing chronic. All RB's are going to get banged up from time to time. As far as the upright style, if you watch him run, he's rarely upright when he's about to take a hit. He's tall for a RB so he looks upright when he's in the open field but he lowers his pad level when he's near contact. At any rate, nice to see us put away a bad team early and win big (even against a terrible team) without Adrian having any success or our entire running game for that matter. Injury prone doesn't really have anything to do with injuring the same body part. He missed significant time the past two years at Oklahoma and missed two games this year while splitting time. I hope he can stay healthy, but I just don't see any indication he will.

they may trade down for salary reasons. however, if that SF picks ends up being #2 or #3 overall, the cowboys will definitely have to give up more than two low first-rounders to move up to grab a franchise-caliber player (probably the most attractive player to the cowboys in that spot would be glenn dorsey). The #2 pick is "worth" 2,600 points. Depending on where the Cowboys picks are, it will be hard to reach that with just two first round picks. However, they would be close enough for it not to be a terrible deal, especially if a mid-round pick some year is thrown in.