Andy

Guz is giving up 715.

I agree unless the end result is Miguel Cabrera or similar.

Pippen, Grant and Rodman were obviously all very good, but I have a feeling you're referring to more than just them.

Still Z.

The Bulls have the brightest future of any team in the league, the Panthers and ND are both expected to compete for titles this fall. I repeat the above to myself every time I see another Cubs rally killed or every time I see a crappy outing by Guzman or the like.

Probably Dempster (assuming Dusty ever uses him again)

Wait, there are other teams who have their pitchers leave games with something as ridiculously vague as "elbow discomfort"? I think the Baseball Gods missed. This was clearly aimed at Z.

How about ranging from a 1 to a 4 throughout your career? Jordan homers are hilarious. I'm glad that I have little rooting interest in basketball so I can see things without any bias and see how ridiculous everybody is about their favorites. I should clarify. Who else can be the best 2 in the league for years, then come back after an absence and become the best 3 in the league for the next few years? (I know, we won't see many other people retire midcareer, but it warrants mentioning)

Why is that? If I weren't a fan I'd still be rooting for the upset. I'm rooting for the Cavs just to see how many ways the talking heads can fall in love with LBJ if he makes it to the ECF. are you saying they don't have a reason to fall in love with him? on a related note, scottie pippen said before the cavs-wizards game that lebron would end up being better than jordan. I'm saying that it's ridiculous how much the media falls over themselves to praise these star players. I can't even imagine MJ playing in this kind of climate. And Pippen is just falling into the idiot climate of stupid statements that abounds on ESPN. Did you see the series he put up? 35.7 PPG on 51% from the field, 7.5 RPG, 5.7 APG to go with two game winners. It's not like this is average performance getting hyped just because he's LeBron. The first game winner was a travel, and the second did not face resistence from even a semblence of defense. That being said, LeBron is an absolutely fantastic player and, at the age of 21, is the second best player in the league today besides Kobe. As one of the biggest Jordan homers of all time, and as someone who used to refer to Lebron as LeBrick James, I don't think Scottie's statement is so ridiculous. In fact, I happen to think Scottie is one of the more insightful commentators on TV. LeBron is nowhere near MJ now, but I think he can get there. He doesn't seem to have MJ's competitiveness, which may keep him from getting there in the end, but talent wise, he has it. MJ's competitiveness was probably 80 percent of what got him to the plateau he is on now, with his talent being 15 percent and luck/circumstance being 5 percent. Without MJ-style competitiveness, no one can be better than MJ. It's simply impossible to be as good as MJ was for 13 years without having an amazing competitive spirit. MJ even changed his entire game later in his career, basically transforming from a high-flying 2 guard to a small forward. Who else can/has done that?

Why is that? If I weren't a fan I'd still be rooting for the upset. I'm rooting for the Cavs just to see how many ways the talking heads can fall in love with LBJ if he makes it to the ECF. are you saying they don't have a reason to fall in love with him? on a related note, scottie pippen said before the cavs-wizards game that lebron would end up being better than jordan. I'm saying that it's ridiculous how much the media falls over themselves to praise these star players. I can't even imagine MJ playing in this kind of climate. And Pippen is just falling into the idiot climate of stupid statements that abounds on ESPN.

5 runs in 56 innings.

NSBB compulsively jinxes ex-Cubs. A thread talks about Corey's hot streak, boom, baserunning blunder. We miss Mo, boom, he's hurt.

David, Can we endorse you with the nickname "The Aardvark"? Or is there a different name you go by in the clubhouse that you would rather be known as? Hope to see you back with the Cubs soon!

Why is that? If I weren't a fan I'd still be rooting for the upset. I'm rooting for the Cavs just to see how many ways the talking heads can fall in love with LBJ if he makes it to the ECF.

That's certainly possible, and he could very well have flamed out because of it. In the Cubs defense, I can't think of any top end pitchers that were abused in one year and had it cost them their career in the last ten years, and nearly all top pitchers are abused at some point if not all the time. I would have thought that month off would have given him time to recover. Name me one 21, 22, 23 year old pitcher that was abused like Prior and didn't suffer any consequences. Mark Buerhle Z (hopefully)

He said he feels about 60% right now. He messed up his back. Maybe if he quit hitting so many homeruns his back wouldn't hurt so much and Cub fans would think he's classier. Maybe if Cub pitchers would allow a few more home runs, Derrek Lee wouldn't be involved in collisions at first base that disable him for two months. :lol: Judges? No. Not funny at all.

Wood gets excused for poor performance because of nagging injuries. Why not Moises? I remember him saying he felt healthy in 2004 for the 1st time in a while, and the results showed that. I'm assuming he still feels healthy now, and he's still producing. Completely different situations in my mind. BTW - based on the amount of time he's missed the last couple years, I'd assume he's still suffering from nagging injuries. And didn't he credit his better health in 2004 to his improved offseason workout regimen? Are you mad at Maddux for just now improving his offseason workout regimen too? I'm a little bitter but if he can give us a great season this year I'll get over it.

This one is on CSN+, not regular CSN. Doesn't matter, because Park will throw eight innings of two-hit ball.

Yep. On 4 pitches, no less.

Gotta agree with ya. Wade is a good actor. It's official, I don't like anybody that plays on the Heat team now. It was a good run for the Bulls. Hopefully Pax will make the right moves and we can make it out of the 1st round. Yeah, it seemed like Wade really enjoyed his WIllis Reed move from game 1 (When he simply had cramps from trying to outrun HInrich all game), so he tried to recreate it again in games 5 &6. And could someone tell me more about this fingerpoint ndistops is talking about. I missed the end, and I'm in the mood to be angry with d wade. After he hit his last shot of the game to put Miami up by like 15 with 2 minutes to go, he turned around and pointed his index finger into the crowd. For all I know he was pointing at his family since he's from Chicago, but it looked like a cocky move to me. He did the same thing as the game was ending over on the bench. Skiles is a badass. Walker was telling him to stop his whining at the end of the first half because Skiles believed he should've been whistled, and then Skiles shot back "you've been whining the whole series". Funny, and true.

What Shaq does is football. A 7'1", 330 pound guy just shoving people around and dunking the ball. I hate his style of play. And Wade is full of crap. I didn't see a single piece of evidence that he was injured tonight other than his exaggerated limping for the cameras. He's just trying to create his own MJ flu game. I love his stupid finger point after the game was over. Way to go, jackass. You beat a 7 seed, which only 40 of the 44 2 seeds have done in the last 11 years. I'm completely bitter. An ECF of Heat-Pistons will be an abomination to watch. Cocky bastards against cocky bastards.

Did Neifi just work an eight-pitch AB without swinging at a ball and got a base hit? :shock:

Heh. I bought one, but it makes my wrists break out with a horrible case of Eczema. How many more ways can this team harm me? What's waiting in my Cubs hat. YARRGGHHH!!! RABID SQUIRREL! :wink: :lol: Gameday says Injury Delay?

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