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make your pick already IM AT WORK

lol, the cards just have one reliever left in the pen after this garcia jabroni

I think Harden can cut his fastball any direction he wants to, and as fragile as he is and with as much success as he has with his arsenal already, i definitely don't want him throwing sliders or curves or anything like that.

So what you and Jericho are saying is you want Bob Howry and Jason Marquis to make a sex tape and leak it to the internet.......... celebrity boxing imo

Doesn't this cross the line just a little bit? it's pretty lame, but NCCub talked about wanting to murder howry a couple of weeks ago, so I imagine it's ok. What i'm saying is that clearly nsbb doesn't want to have howry here for a chat anytime soon

if we had just drafted wieters, he would have calmed down cashner and none of this would have happened WTG WILKEN

Joba's on his way to see Dr. James Andrews right now, so I think that this talk is pretty much done.

FB, slider, curve and change per a Scout article when he signed in 2007 - slider is his best secondary pitch and the change is his weakest. Yes, he's Australian. any truth to the rumors that his slider spins backwards like their toilets

I like Stanbeck. At least I did in college. He was a hell of a wild QB but quite an athlete.

Details, plz? Did anyone throw any punches? Fielder and Parra were walking along the dugout, Fielder gestured emphatically, shoved Parra to the Bench, Parra didn't really do anything, then Fielder shoved him again. don't sugarcoat it those were sissy slaps. the first shove was no sissy slap

hahah parra just immediately went into shock prince came out of nowhere

I'm looking forward to seeing how all of secondary looks. I've been hearing good things about Scandrick, Ogelsby, and Ball in the early goings of camp. Courtney Brown has replaced Watkins in the 1st team dime package too. I've heard that Scandrick has looked great on special teams. I'm glad there are at least 4 Cowboy fans on this board. thumbs up

There's no market for lee at his salary, age and production even if we traded him with the idea of going after Teix in the offseason, the chances that we strikeout on that play are just as high if not higher than the chances of us signing him and then what, hoffpauir at first? no thanks. Lee+whatever for Teix who agrees to sign longterm? yes please. But i dont see Lee accepting a trade and i don't see Hendry wanting to trade him

yeah, rams are a solid sleeper in that they can't be as bad as they were last year

Moises Alou. i've got to think that moises is faster than dye... or at least was, I haven't watched a mets game in ever. The other day I saw a flyball get hit three steps behind dye - not a liner either, a flyball - and it got over his head. he moved so slow i thought espn had the tape on rewind

2 out of 3 would be 9 out of 11, hard to beat that. I want 30 games over and this is a good month to do it.

FYI here are Reed's HR and their situation: 7th inning: 2 R HR off Juan Cruz to tie the game against the DBacks on May 11th 5th inning: 3 run HR of Sean Burnett in a already blowout game on May 23 2nd inning: 3 run HR of Doc Halladay to put the Cubs up 4-0 on June 14th. 8th inning: Grand slam off Rosales that provided the margain of victory against the D'backs on July 23. 5th inning: solo shot off Josh Johnson that temp gave the Cubs the 2-1 lead against the Marlins on July 25th. 8th inning: 2 run (and I believe the OFFICIAL GW HR) HR off Sean Burnett in the 8th on August 3. All but one of his homeruns were either to tie up the game, give the Cubs the lead/add on to the lead or eventually won the game for the Cubs. So when Reed hits a homerun its' a "CLUTCH" homerun. I dunno if I would use the word CLUTCH to describe a HR that later turns out to be the game winner. Reed can't see into the future. Actually.... the case can be made that Reed Johnson is our most clutch hitter this year........ Percentage of baserunners driven in........ 03/31 - 08/03 BDI LOB RBI% Johnson 34 90 0.274 Edmonds 24 71 0.253 E Patterson 6 19 0.240 Soriano 29 92 0.240 Ramirez 54 172 0.239 D Lee 51 197 0.206 Fontenot 22 90 0.196 Cedeno 20 83 0.194 DeRosa 44 185 0.192 Soto 45 199 0.184 Murton 6 29 0.171 Theriot 29 145 0.167 Fukudome 32 161 0.166 Ward 7 40 0.149 Pie 6 44 0.120 Hoffpauir 1 9 0.100 Blanco 4 47 0.078 CUBS 430 1803 0.193 Oooh, do you have that stat for RISP?

something's weird

I've been in pretty hardcore football mode for the last three weeks or so, but hearing Madden and Michaels last night pretty much sealed the deal for me. Week 1 Date Matchup TV / Time(all times EST) Aug. 7 New York Giants at Detroit Lions 7 p.m. Aug. 7 New York Jets at Cleveland Browns 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7 Baltimore Ravens at New England Patriots 7:30 p.m. Aug. 7 Kansas City Chiefs at Chicago Bears 8 p.m. Aug. 7 New Orleans Saints at Arizona Cardinals ESPN / 8 p.m. Aug. 8 San Francisco 49ers at Oakland Raiders 7 p.m. Aug. 8 Philadelphia Eagles at Pittsburgh Steelers 7:30 p.m. Aug. 8 Seattle Seahawks at Minnesota Vikings 8 p.m. Aug. 9 Buffalo Bills at Washington Redskins 7 p.m. Aug. 9 Indianapolis Colts at Carolina Panthers 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Miami Dolphins 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 Atlanta Falcons at Jacksonville Jaguars 7:30 p.m. Aug. 9 Denver Broncos at Houston Texans 8 p.m. Aug. 9 St. Louis Rams at Tennessee Titans 8 p.m. Aug. 9 Dallas Cowboys at San Diego Chargers 10 p.m. Aug. 11 Cincinnati Bengals at Green Bay Packers ESPN / 8 p.m. That Aug. 11 game should be interesting.

that's the spirit

someone say something awful about jay jackson before badnews gets in here and beats you to it

I'll start counting down once it hits 20. I think it's a bad idea doing it this early. It's the equivilent of counting down outs starting in the 4th or 5th inning of Game 6. . Its a number, thats it. Whether people on a random internet message board choose to pay attention to it has no effect on the outcome of a major league baseball game or season. INCORRECT

lolllllllllllll that "punch" from carrasco was hilarious

i cant believe that dye is anything less than miserable in the field, i've never seen anyone move so slow

What a god