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Questions may exist about his character or his possible usage of performance enhancers, but I don't think there are many people who would dispute that, for his accomplishments alone, Sammy deserved a happier ending than this. Sammy, I don't care about Game 162, or the cork incident (on which I wholeheartedly believe you) or the so-called "crappy" 2004 that so many players in baseball would have killed for, or the fact that you couldn't speak English at a court interrogation disguised as a Congressional hearing. The fact is that you were a huge part in me becoming a Cubs fan, and you carried me through many a crappy year in the late 90s - early 00s. And for that, I'll always be grateful. :) -
Lucky they're in a fairly easy block. They've still got supposedly easy wins over Kazakhstan and Slovakia to come (although the Slovaks did beat Russia today).
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Did the commentators just talk about skating bears??? Oh crap, Latvia ties it up on a power play.
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This is a seperate rant, but my roommate's absolute obsession with my Madden football game is keeping me from watching US v. Latvia hockey, and it's pissing me off.
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Cubs and Sox repeats on CSNC this whole week...
Andy replied to RonSantoIsMyHero's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I was at that game! As was I. Woody was ON. The crowd stood and cheered every time he got 2 strikes on someone from the 3rd inning on. -
Boy, its nice to see all Cub fans are not Edward K... and she doesn't even have a good rebuttal... This awfully sounds like someone from NSBB... I'm surprised she even chose to answer the question.
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Shouldn't it be that any player is eligible UNTIL there is substantial proof they've used steroids? Your idea seems sort of backwards. That's the way it SHOULD be. Year - HR 1993 - 33 1994 - 25-prorated to 40 over 162 games 1995 - 36-41 over 162 1996 - 40-52 over 162 1997 - 36-41 over 162 1998 - 66-age 29 1999 - 63-age 30 2000 - 50-age 31 2001 - 64-age 32 2002 - 49-age 33-53 over 162 2003 - 40-age 34(hit in the head with pitch affecting his approach at the plate)-47 over 162 2004 - 35-age 35-45 over 162. Why that almost looks like a natural progression or something. Babe Ruth was roided out of his mind. You're funny. Show me a list of players to put up Sosa's lines. On that list, those stats can't come from 1998-2001. Greg Vaughn, Brady Anderson, Bret Boone, and many others have put up FAR more suspicious stat lines in their careers than Sosa, who was a 30-HR hitter as soon as he started playing full time.
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Why men's figure skating? It would be an absolute shock if anyone not named Plushenko won this thing. I'm interested to see (spoiler alert) how Bode got disqualified from the combined.
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Ah, the cork incident. Let me ask you a question. Do you have a problem with Gaylord Perry being in the HOF? Because Perry was busted (on more than one occasion, IIRC) for throwing a spitball. It was rumored he threw it much of, if not all of, his career. Yet nobody ever seems to remember that. He got in no problem, as I recall. This isn't excusing what Sammy did, however. Don't get me wrong. I'm not saying Sammy shouldn't get in ever, I am just saying that I think he should have to wait a year because of that incident. I've heard much evidence to suggest that the only help corking your bat gives you is in your head. Not excusing it, but just an interesting point.
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I heard that MLB.TV even blacks out Chicago games in the Chicago area, making it completely useless if I were to get it. Is this true?
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Having both of our catchers in it will be a little odd, who's catching spring training games? Other than them and Lee who else is playing in it from the Cubs? Maybe we'll call in Jose Macias as our emergency catcher. :twisted: As for who else is playing - I know Z is planning on pitching for Venezuela, but I believe those are the only four.
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Most Valuable Player, not best numbers. Without Sammy, the 98 Cubs would not have made the playoffs. McGwire's numbers were superior, but the Cards did not make the playoffs. Sammy was more valuable than Mac. In my opinion, it wasn't even close. I'm so tired of this argument. It's not the most valuable player to their particular team. It's most valuable. Period. As much as I love Sammy, McGwire should've won the 98 MVP. It's an individual award and team accomplishments should not play any factor whatsoever. If the team had nothing to do it, then call it the Most Outstanding Player, not the Most Valuable Player.
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Not by a long shot. Not even CLOSE. Unless you've forgotten who was batting directly behind Sammy in 1998. Hint: Henry Rodriguez.
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If he retired before this season, there wouldn't appear to be anyone on the ballot of consequence with him. Jim Rice's tenure on the writers' ballot will be over by then, Mac will be in as well as Gossage, and other than possibly Larry Walker I can't think of any future HOFers who have retired in the last two years.
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My favorite part of going to school here is that we aren't close enough to get CSN Chicago, but we are close enough to have any Cubs game scheduled to be on ESPN blacked out. I love the politics of regional TV.
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That pretty much sums up his time here so far too. He is a lockdown defender but is pretty much useless offensively or on the boards. He wouldn't be playing if Tom Howland could play defense or had any post presence, or if Charles Bass didn't have a Torin Francis-esque inability to finish inside or could avoid foul trouble. This BSU team is completely lacking at the forward positions.
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In that case, Dusty's even more pumped about the idea.
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Sammy is in, and should be for his 2001 season alone, let alone the rest of his legendary career.
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"Progressive" - the word used in the snowboarding commentary that I have no idea what it means. There's one in every event. Looks like another USA sweep in snowboarding, women's this time, since the judges screwed over the Aussie who outperformed Kelly Clark.
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Fixed
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??? there is nothing strange about that. It is just the steelers video and such When he saw it, it was probably the Seahawks video and such.
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Next time: WBC should be played in the Fall
Andy replied to Sweet Swinging Billy's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Baseball is plenty big enough in the Caribbean, in the US, and in Japan, and I really don't see why we should artificially create interest with a trumped up tournament. If people like baseball in Europe/rest of Asia/etc. they will come around and they won't need a WBC to do it. -
The Bulls just broke a 14-0 Clips run. Ben Gordon did it - naturally. Losing by 7 at this point with 3 points in the 2nd quarter 5 1/2 minutes in.
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I learned the fate of the Flying Tomato this morning on ESPN.com, and promptly switched my home page to my e-mail so I wouldn't be spoiled anymore.
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But we really stepped it up in 2002. Not repeating that seems like failure. It's simple fact that when the Games are in your home country you win more medals for a myriad of reasons. Most of the US's medal increase can be chalked up to that in 02.
