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  1. Sammy Sofa
    Outside of Cubs fans, though, why should the 1969 team be anything but a blip over the history of the game? They were hardly the first or last highly touted and impressive team that tanked. What is there to talk about with Wrigley outside of its very superficial reputation based on its appearance and age? What of significance has really occured there that merits it getting more than a passing mention at best? The Polo Grounds demolition was dwelled on because it was a big deal. If Wrigley was demolished it would get the same attention, and it would finally merit actually being talked about outside of "that's a nice place to see a game" and "boy, this place is old."
  2. Sammy Sofa
    I'm sorry, but how can anyone honestly expect a baseball documentary about the last 15 years to not focus most of its time on the Yankees, Red Sox, the home run race, Cal Ripken and steroids? What the [expletive] else is going to merit significant time? Outside of the White Sox and how their winning the '05 WS can link back to the old timey [expletive] Burns gets a boner over, what else is there that merits little more than a passing mention at most?
  3. Sammy Sofa
    YEAH! How stupid of Burns to spend most of the time on the biggest baseball stories of the last 15 years. What a [expletive] moron. He should spend more time on memorable winning teams like the Angels and theZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ...
  4. Sammy Sofa
    Very cool.
  5. Sammy Sofa
    I have no problem with Castro out of the 8 spot, its just funny to me that once again Lou says one thing repeatedly, and then within a week he completely ignores what he said. In a related story, Tyler Colvin has started once in the month of May. Because it's only May 12th and all of the regular OF are much better.
  6. Sammy Sofa
    Anybody in the draft that fills the role as sharpshooter? That's what I'm asking. I don't really follow college sports at all, so who fills that roll in the draft that the Bulls have a shot at? How much is he likely going to cost? Is he what the Bulls actually need given how devoid they are of shooters? I don't follow the Celtics that closely, so how is he holding up at 34? Last night was impressive, but is he consistently going out there as a weapon or is he just pulling big games out of his ass from time time or inconsistent due to age/injury?
  7. Sammy Sofa
    So what do the Bulls do in regards to getting a shooter if they somehow land LeBron? Who is out there for the money they have left?
  8. Sammy Sofa
    Castro being in the 8 spot is dumb. I actually like most of that lineup.
  9. Sammy Sofa
    Damn, I miss Scott GF now that I remember him. Did he ever come back after the nightmare of the 2006 season?
  10. Sammy Sofa
    What a great thread. It's nice to see that most of the regular posters were opposed to Lou even before he was hired and that the spazzes who wanted him were invariably of the "he'll bring passion and fire and be the spark that these guys need!" type. Oh, and he'll hold players accountable for sucking. HUZZAH!!!
  11. Sammy Sofa
    I want the Bulls to get LeBron just to see what happens to sulley when they don't win it all.
  12. Sammy Sofa
    OH YEAH?!?!?! HE'S NOT WINNING 15 GAMES A YEAR, MAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNN. HE SUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS.
  13. Sammy Sofa
    I really don't give a [expletive] about this, but I am cracking up over Faces being played in a sports arena. That [expletive] rules.
  14. Sammy Sofa
    Malaise.
  15. Sammy Sofa
    What a fat load. Let's not pretend that loud foul wasn't anything except blind luck. He looked like [expletive] throughout that entire at bat despite how Len is trying to spin it.
  16. Sammy Sofa
    I'm just at a complete loss as to what's happened to Aramis. That pitch he popped out on should be one that he annihilated.
  17. Sammy Sofa
    But IMO they were comically bad, so I could laugh, this team doesn't provide any entertaining or redeemin g feature. They are boring and bad. 2001 was pretty hopeful at times, but when you got Matt Stairs and Ron Coomer anchoring your corner infield spots and Fred McGriff would rather play for TB than the Cubs, you couldn't help but laugh a little. 2001 is probably my most memorable year as a Cubs fan for some reason (been a fan since 98). Probably because it came out of no where. Definitely. 1989 and 1998 were the same way for me. 1984 would have been the same, but that was the first year I really paid attention to baseball, so I kinda got set up for a let down.
  18. Sammy Sofa
    But IMO they were comically bad, so I could laugh, this team doesn't provide any entertaining or redeemin g feature. They are boring and bad. Yeah, I see your point. The "fun" of the bad Cubs seems to have been lost since 2003. I don't like the "lovable loser" crap, but pre-2003 they were just SO hopelessly inept that you just had to go with it. Since 2003 and 2004 it's just depressing and anger-inducing when they suck.
  19. Sammy Sofa
    Pre-2003 this team was hopeless waaaaaaaaaaaay more often than not. I swear, someone would have to be like 10 to look at this as being as low as they can go.
  20. Sammy Sofa
    Was it supposed to be a hit and run? With the pitcher?
  21. Sammy Sofa
    What the [expletive] was that, Wells? Bunt the [expletive] ball, you [expletive] [expletive].
  22. Sammy Sofa
    I can only assume you've been in a coma then for most for the rest of your life.
  23. Sammy Sofa
    I'll watch MMA occasionally, but not often. Much as I'm down on the state of boxing today, I think I still enjoy seeing fighters work within a stricter framework better. I'm probably a rarity in that regard. I like how the restrictions on what you can do makes the "game" of boxing happen. Guys can't just haul off with whatever limb they want, or go for a tackle to get into a wrestling match if they are outgunned. They have to figure out how to beat the other boxer's strong points within the framework. Again though, I'll watch MMA every so often too. I'd call myself a casual fan of both; boxing still holds my interest more. I disagree with you that boxing is dead. In the US, it's on one leg now. But worldwide I think it would be a mistake to declare it extinct. Yeah, boxing is big in Europe, and especially huge in places like the Philippines, Thailand and Mexico. I'm definitely of the same opinion with boxing vs. MMA. Hell, I wish kickboxing had taken off instead of MMA.
  24. Sammy Sofa
    What has he become? I love the attitude that just because he hasn't turned out to be the "20 win ace" people wanted him to be then he must be useless as a starting pitcher. Brilliant.
  25. Sammy Sofa
    Bynum got savaged by the boo-birds that game, including when he came up to the plate. Castro got some after his 3rd error, and it was one that resulted from just piss-poor, inexcusable baseball. He didn't get anything when he came up to bat after that.
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