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"The Dallas Cowboys Character Building Workshop"
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No permalink, so you'll have to scroll down some...but the Tampa Tribune says that the Favre deal will happen within 24 hours, and that Favre will agree to it. http://www.tboblogs.com/index.php/sports/related/C546/
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Even reporters like David Haugh, and announcers like Tom Thayer have admitted that neither has been better than the other. Both have been pretty boringly "ok". They've had a few mistakes, they've had a few nice moments, but generally, they've both been meh. Neither is ahead of the other, though Haugh said if pinned down, he's say Orton's been better, but not in any significant fashion.
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Thank you. There's still so much focus on the QB battle, and I'm wondering if it even matters given that line. Chris Williams needs to get his ass on the field.
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This is all a bunch of nonsense. The whining about ownership always was overblown. They ran the team like crap and employed horrible personel decision makers. That is why they sucked. It wasn't because of spending or the drive for profit. How can you say its nonsense? Is it so absurd that the motivations of a publicly traded company with shareholders might be different that those of a sports fan who happens to be rich? The Cubs clearly never had the smarts of the Twins or the A's. Nobody is denying that. But neither did the Yankees or Red Sox. My gripe is that the Cubs never spent the money they should have given their fan base and revenue. Look at their payroll in relation to the league for the past 10-20 years. Yes, we can all point out about dumb personnel decisions. But to me, stupidity is more forgivable than greed. It's true that smart decision making can to a large extent overcome a big payroll, but it can never make a consistent winner. And payroll will roughly correlate with wins, even if there are exceptions. That's undeniable. In the last 5 years, the Cubs have been in the playoffs twice. Both times the team that beat them had a payroll significantly lower than theirs. Money was never the issue...or at least not in recent years.
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Hadn't heard that yet. How did they come to that decision? Are they saying that it means he's ahead of Grossman right now or are they planning on having Grossman start the second game? It's Orton 1st quarter and Grossman 2nd quarter for the first game. Vice versa for the second game. Lovie and Turner both were adamant not to read into this, that it's more like a "flip a coin" situation.
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LOL...look...I agree the decision was awful, but come on. Lee should tell Piniella what to do? That's possibly the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard.
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Its also on Howry Lou put him in position to fail.
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Lou after the game: "Well, Blum and Wigginton had hot bats, and Lee didn't have a hit, so we went after him."
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Wow. I mean seriously...wow.
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This AB doesn't give me the warm fuzzies.
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Seems like Aramis has a lot of "first pitch-itis" lately. He's done it at least twice this game, though he does have the walk/rbi.
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I'm gonna quibble with you here. Hill hadn't pitched a full season yet when Marquis was signed. Marquis pitched the 3rd game of the season last year. Hill pitched 4th. The only reason Hill pitched the 4th game is because Lou wanted to split up the left-handers. When Marquis was signed, every article and quote had him as the 4th starter behind those 3, with 1 of Prior/Miller/Guzman filling the 5th spot. Gotcha...that sounds familiar now. He's still a damn expensive medicore 5th starter.
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I'm gonna quibble with you here. Hill hadn't pitched a full season yet when Marquis was signed. Marquis pitched the 3rd game of the season last year. Hill pitched 4th.
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Here's a few reasons why I don't like Marquis: When Marquis was signed, he wasn't supposed to be a #5, he was supposed to be a #3 behind Z and Lilly. Marquis is pitching slightly worse this year than last year based on hits per inning, runs per inning, and ERA. (I'm sure there's some better stats I should be using, but the point is that he's not exactly getting any better.) Marquis is making $6.4 million this season. That's $2million more than Rich Harden is making this season. I believe Sean Marshall, if not a better pitcher now, certainly has a higher ceiling than Jason Marquis as far as growth.
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Here is where you are off. When a group wants to bid for a club, said group must sign a release which states that they have no recourse if they are not chosen as the winning bidder for the ballclub...i.e., cannot sue. Tribune had to sign a similar agreement. BTW, yes, Kenney (the self proclaimed chairman) was the lead General Counsel and was involved in M&A with Tribune on the legal side of things. This saying, he was involved with the acquisition of Times Mirror Company which quite frankly began the downward spirla of the Tribune Company and why they are where they are today. Why on earth would the Tribune sign something limiting thier legal options? What possible benefit would they get from that? They signed it to get the right to purchase the Cubs in the first place. But that was a long time ago, and it still does not mean they can't and won't file a lawsuit. Gotcha. I'm not legal expert, but I presume that the Trib signing that, and then Zell buying the Trib makes Zell subject to the same agreement even though he wasn't the one that signed it in the first place?
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So I found myself wondering today who the 3rd string QB is this year. I went and looked at the roster to find that the only other QB on the roster is Caleb Hanie out of Colorado St. Who is this guy, and is he any good? (probably not)
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Here is where you are off. When a group wants to bid for a club, said group must sign a release which states that they have no recourse if they are not chosen as the winning bidder for the ballclub...i.e., cannot sue. Tribune had to sign a similar agreement. BTW, yes, Kenney (the self proclaimed chairman) was the lead General Counsel and was involved in M&A with Tribune on the legal side of things. This saying, he was involved with the acquisition of Times Mirror Company which quite frankly began the downward spirla of the Tribune Company and why they are where they are today. Why on earth would the Tribune sign something limiting thier legal options? What possible benefit would they get from that?
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Geo no longer needs to use words to communicate.
Banedon replied to Brian's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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8-1 Cubs keep it rolling at home 1:20 CSN
Banedon replied to The R-Train's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Yet he's one out from a quality start. I can't say that I'm happy with mediocre pitching. I'm just not mad about it either. That's kind of what mediocre is. In a pennant race, mediocrity steams me up a little. I guess we're just different like that. He's a 5th starter... Jeff Karstens is out pitching him. that's a silly point to make. the guy hasn't given up a run, so he'd be outpitching just about anybody at this point. Admittedly, not my best argument. -
8-1 Cubs keep it rolling at home 1:20 CSN
Banedon replied to The R-Train's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
I'm dropping the Marquis bashing in favor of offense bashing now. Marquis hasn't been as good as I want him to be, but the O is driving me nuts right now. -
8-1 Cubs keep it rolling at home 1:20 CSN
Banedon replied to The R-Train's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Yet he's one out from a quality start. I can't say that I'm happy with mediocre pitching. I'm just not mad about it either. That's kind of what mediocre is. In a pennant race, mediocrity steams me up a little. I guess we're just different like that. He's a 5th starter... Jeff Karstens is out pitching him. -
8-1 Cubs keep it rolling at home 1:20 CSN
Banedon replied to The R-Train's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Yet he's one out from a quality start. I can't say that I'm happy with mediocre pitching. I'm just not mad about it either. That's kind of what mediocre is. Exactly. Sure would be nice to not have a mediocre pitcher every 5 days, but when the other pitchers are dominating, I can't complain about 6 IP 3 ER. In fact the Pirates would have to have that performance once a week. He's given up 8 hits and a walk in 6 innings. He's lucky only 3 runs crossed the plate. And this is againt the Pirates of all teams. Of all teams to be mediocre against... -
8-1 Cubs keep it rolling at home 1:20 CSN
Banedon replied to The R-Train's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Yet he's one out from a quality start. I can't say that I'm happy with mediocre pitching. I'm just not mad about it either. That's kind of what mediocre is. In a pennant race, mediocrity steams me up a little. I guess we're just different like that.
