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Team Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Cubs wins, 2008: 86 +0 2. Number of Cubs wins, Cardinals season series (15 games): 11 +75 3. Number of runs scored, 2008: 790 +75 4. Number of runs allowed, 2008: 760 +25 5. Final Placement in the NL Central Division: 2nd +100 275/1300 Player Stats & Scoring 1. Number of Aramis Ramirez Home Runs: 28 +40 2. Number of Soriano Stolen Bases: 18 +40 3. Kosuke Fukudome's OBP: .413 +0 4. Derrek Lee's RBIs: 98 +30 5. Ted Lilly's Wins: 12 +5 6. Carlos Zambrano's ERA: 3.60 +20 7. Rich Hill's Ks: 178 +0 8. Ryan Dempster's Innings Pitched: 170 +20 155/400 Bonus Questions I 1. Which will be higher: Rich Hill's K's or Rich Hill's Innings Pitched? Innings Pitched +30 2. Which will be higher: Jon Lieber's starts or Jon Lieber's relief appearances? Starts +0 3. Which will be higher: Felix Pie's at-bats or Reed Johnson's at-bats? Felix Pie's at-bats +0 4. Who will have more HRs: Soto or Fukudome? Fukudome +0 5. Who will have more wins: Hill or Lilly? Hill +0 6. Who will have a higher SLG: Soriano or Ramirez? Aramis Ramirez +0 Bonus Questions II 1. Most HRs: Soriano +30 2. Highest OBP (min. 400 ABs): Fukudome +0 3. Lowest ERA (min. 150 IPs): Carlos Zambrano +0 4. Most saves: Carlos Marmol +0 The Annual Tiebreaker: Date of Lou Piniella's First Ejection (you may answer "none" to predict an ejection-free season for Lou) To be used only in the event of ties. : none TOTAL: 490

Just got home from work... Happy New Year everyone!!1

this is all truth.

Absolute garbage gets spewed on the internet everyday!! http://msn.foxsports.com/cbk/story/7952192/Seeding-the-Sweet-16-coaches On a lighter note, a bunch of my buddies are staying at my place and we are all going to the sweet 16 here in lovely detroit.

Seth Davis said they were going to win. How could he be wrong?

Wisconsin got athletic in a big damn hurry. \:D/

im loving this.

If hughes is going to keep playing like this, kst has no chance.

HAHA Stiesma burned Beasley. Bizzaro world.

why arnt they switching over to the badger kst game?

badgers hold cal st to the lowest point total (56) this season despite 31 plus points from their guard.

Yep, Wisconsin is even frustrating to watch when you're rooting for them. They don't really blow teams out, they just methodically take control of the game, but very slowly. Even in the Big Ten championship game against Illinois, as an Illini fan you never felt out of it, but you never really felt like you had the game under control...ever. they finally woke up... btw i agree with this characterization.

its hilarious watching csful try to drive inside on butch and stiemsma

Ditto, only I have Arizona instead of WVU. I've seen several and this definitely isn't his typical game. I assumed that hopefully they get past this game and he has one of his stronger games against Wisconsin because I picked them to go the sweet 16 then losing to Georgetown. Same. I don't think Wisconsin has the talent to overcome someone like Beasley. The Badgers might make a game with USC, but at the rate things are going for the Trojans, I'm back and forth on it. OJ Mayo could kill the Badgers. Might make it a game against USC? You think a higher seeded team coached by Bo Ryan is going to lose to a lower seeded team coached by Frank Martin? I don't think you understand what Wisconsin is. Yeah, that's a strange statement. Wisconsin is not as flashy, but is monumentally better than USC or KState. If either beats Wisconsin, it'll likely be one of the top upsets of the tournament. Wisconsin get this bum rap just because only one of their players were five start recruits. People's misperception of them is hilarious.

if he isnt given a look at then they know something we dont. but I totally agree he would be perfect.

if he isnt given a look at then they know something we dont. but I totally agree he would be perfect.

yes, yes, very much so. I am very interested. It was a dumb move by the lions.

Best mock draft ever for the bears. If it actually happened I would dance around the streets naked. http://www.prodraftguide.net/03mockdraft.html

Schefter just said that Brown will probably sign with the texans.

Mayoc has him as No. 1 over McFadden.

Red Flash isnt a real person. these posts dont belong in my happy place of smart bears fans getting together and using logic and reasoning. on a another matter, interesting article about booker: http://chicagosports.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080308-marty-booker-scout-pompei,1,6113459.story

That's true. After reading that it is for the minimum and only for a 1 year deal it doesn't bother me now. Hopefully it can be a JA gem. We need all the help we can get. Veteran help.

Williams would be good at 14, but if the OL aren't there I'd go Mendenhall. Either way I'd be happy. The Bears are NOT going RB in the first rd, unless they trade down. And I prefer the OBVIOUSLY superior Felix Jones to Meddenhall. i hate the illini and am a big felix jones fan... Meddenhall is better, and I think he is going to be quite good in the NFL. it doesnt matter because either clady or williams will be available and either will start at Lt for us next year.

Frankly, I think DT is the sleeper position for a surprise pick in the 1st or 2nd. You're basically relying on a group of guys with documented health issues and inexperience. Even if everyone's healthy, I'm skeptical about the amount of talent among that group. Harris is terrific, but what about everyone else? If one of the top two DTs (Dorsey or Ellis) falls to 14, I'd be doing cartwheels if the Bears took him. Ditto Kentwan Balmer in the 2nd. well... if Dorsey or Ellis fell that would be hard to pass up. The same with Mendenhall. But they really cant afford to go dt or de first round. BTW im liking Chris Williams at 14, move Tait to right tackle.

I completely agree on everything except DT. I think "hopefully" Idjonie will stay at DT and we will have Dvorcek Harris then Toenia Adams Idjonie For the DT rotation. At DE Brown, Wale, Bazuin "this is where the hope comes in" and Anderson.