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Twas mentioned in the Cubs game thread. Sorry :( No worries...wasn't scolding...just sayin...

That's what happens when you play for the Royals. or when you are out of baseball for a year. Same thing, amirite? The Royals are arguably the 2nd best franchise in American League history. amirite? One .500 season in 15 years means you get to be the butt of jokes. It's a rule.

Twas mentioned in the Cubs game thread.

That's what happens when you play for the Royals. or when you are out of baseball for a year. Same thing, amirite?

Not to get on a video game tangent, but I was playing the 2k10 demo this morning, and hit a fly ball...as soon as it was hit, I heard someone in the crowd yell "It's gone"....it was caught well short of the warning track.

There were a bunch of people here that thought Blanco was a good one. We traded him for a reason. Posters here got mad at me for posting the disappointing stats of Blanco after he got traded.

All NFL games are broadcast by major networks. Not by local broadcasts. MLB blackouts are trying to manage national vs local broadcasts...something the NFL doesn't have to deal with. There's obviously issues with MLB blackout rules, but saying "make them like the NFL" is impossible.

Well that didn't take long. The STL-Cin feed on gameday is frozen after half an inning.

You're blacked out for some reason.

No Rob Sims for us... Lions traded for him.

He used make some really moronic posts under the name "Mojopin". :)

Cubs-Braves, 4:00, ESPN. Sean McDonough, Orel Hershiser

If you don't get WCIU, you shouldn't be blacked out for ESPN.

At least Lou isn't buying into the hype. He's said some nice things about Colvin, as well he should. But it doesn't sound like Lou's gone all ga-ga over him.

People are very, very dumb. Sit in the crowd at any MLB game and listen to the fans near you discuss the game. They are morons. Making stats easier to understand with minimal explanation can only be helpful. Is there a reason that you're resistant to the idea? Or is it just "I like it the way it is and I don't wanna have to change"?

I'm against it. Or at the very least, I'd like there to be an option to disable it as there is with avatars and signatures. Streaming video sites are blocked where I work, and attempts to hit them are tracked. Basically if we implemented embedded video, I'd not be able to access NSBB from work during the day. Also, if we were to add this, I'd want to restrict it to a few forums. No vids in the game threads for example,

Revenue. Booster donations are way down because of the economy, so schools need to pay for sports programs how they can. Basketball is one of the few college sports that actually make money, so they need that revenue to pay for other sports. This gets more revenue to more schools, and doesn't negatively affect the teams involved in the tournament in any way. Well I'm sorry that the NCAA didn't realize they needed to fulfill your requirements of what benefits needed to be met, but I think "more revenue without much in the way of negatives" was sufficient for them. Increased revenue is a given. Obviously, that's why they're considering expansion, and it's why they'll do it, regardless of the public perception of the move. It's pretty obvious that, in this thread, people weren't debating the revenue benefits of expanding the tournament. They're debating how an expanded tournament affects the event itself. If you can't figure out the distinction between the two, you're kind of an idiot. Listen, can we get the rules to this argument in writing? I mean, I don't wanna be an idiot and not follow the 10 snoodmonger commandments of discussion tournament expansion here. The point is, there doesn't have be a compelling argument in favor of expansion that doesn't involve revenue. As you pointed out yourself, that's why they want to expand. Frankly, the compelling argument needs to be made from the other side...that there's some great harm being done by expanding the tournament. And so far, I haven't seen one.

Truly running back by committee I guess. If it was 2005, they'd be stacked.

Now that's a stupid thing to say. Of course every game has participants who want to win. Everybody wants to win every game (except the Colts), but the fact is it doesn't freaking matter if you lose a bunch of games because you'll get in anyway. Even if you're upset about the losses, it doesn't mean that it matters. oh no they'll be in the tournament, what a disgrace. i didnt watch john wooden win a million games in a row so that vermont st. could get in with only 18 wins! uhhh, who gives a [expletive]? While I'm ok with the expansion, I will say that I'm afraid it's not going to be Vermont St in there, but instead the 8th or 9th place team from the Big Ten.

Yeah...this would be the hurdle for sure.

Broncos have been holding out for a first rounder for him.

Absolutely. We'll see if the ratings bear that out this weekend.

Mike Florio suggests the Bears should trade their 2011 first round pick for Brandon Marshall. http://www.sportingnews.com/nfl/article/2010-04-02/five-moves-should-be-made-before-nfl-draft I know we have other areas of need, but I think I'd probably go for this.