BigSlick
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As beautiful as it would be to see him leave St. Louis I'm just not seeing that many options for him to go to. The usual suspects all have DH/1b types locked up (Yankees, Red Sox) we are shedding payroll and the new ownership may not be enthused with us adding another gigundo contract on top of the ones we're currently suffering under, the Mets suddenly have no money, the Dodgers are going through ownership woes of their own, the White Sox/Tigers have their 1b/DH locked up, maybe the Angels when they're not giving [expletive] contracts to old/bad outfielders? (Kendry Morales is pretty good and young though) Seattle would have an opening, I have no idea how much money they can spend? San Fransisco too? I can't think of any other team that has the money and opening to sign him.
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We're 24-6 vs teams below .500 and 23-4 at home (we'd have home court advantage). So no, I'm not the least bit concerned about our first round matchup. I'd prefer not to play the Knicks, especially if they have Melo by then. But even if we do, I would not be worried at all as long as our team is healthy. If they get Melo then we'd probably not be seeded against them (thankfully)
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Honestly even if this meme were true he could still be deserving
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Not gonna lie, the Bulls struggle offensively when you double DRose
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I dont even understand how they are possibly down 15 right now have they scored 5 points since taking the 11 point lead? Jesus Christ what
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This makes me really happy I thought this was never going to happen so this is a pleasant surprise
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Ben Roethislberger is Schrodinger's Quarterback. He's simultaneously overrated and underrated and you can only find out if you open the box
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Boers and Bernstein use the term 'meatballs' exclusively and I find it somewhat preferable to meathead now
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Nice. Solid line drive percentage reinforces the fact that he wasn't just pulling a smoke and mirrors act.
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The team will be absolutely phenomenal defensively when Noah comes back. Thibodeau's coaching has been excellent this year, taking what amounts to a bunch of what has been average or worse defenders and making them perhaps the best in the league. (Aside from Noah and Deng, who have been good defensively) I love and I hate that Thibodeau is a complete hard ass. I like that he gets absolutely furious when the Bulls give up an easy basket, or completely blow an assignment. He's like a Scott Skiles, but with better results. But i worry he'll burn out some of the players, especially with some of the minutes he's giving Rose...and sometimes that attitude in general can just wear on players after a while. Cannot wait for the playoffs.
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I really prefer when teams use their 'colored' jerseys at home and their white jerseys on the road. It just seems 'right' to me, other than say some teams where its ingrained in the culture, like the Redskins and their white uniforms. Its kind of a shame that the Bulls wear their whites at home and their reds/alternates on the road. Also please never wear the old school Stags alternates every again, whooo boy those are ugly.
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I thought Quade's syndrome left him unable to grow any hair on his head at all. That would include facial hair. Because if I could grow any hair, I'd definitely get down on growing some eyebrows first, and thats the most strikingly missing thing on his head.
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It also remains to be seen what we get from 2b (if anything at all) and if Starlin Castro will have a sophomoric slump. Was his BABIP unusually high last year? We'll see how much pitchers adjust to him and how well he, in turn, adjusts to them.
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Wrigley Field is being destroyed by snowpocalypse
BigSlick replied to inari's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
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He's not really a coach.
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He hits him lower? Is this a trick question? Well hitting him too low is also a penalty. He's also in a throwing motion and you'd like to be able to disrupt that as you make the tackle. Maybe you hit him as fast but you also let him have a clean throwing window. That's taking away from the defender. The idea that you can safen the game by cleaning up dirty hits only and not by taking away a defender's chance to make the play in the fastest possible way in certain cases is a complete fiction. It's a sport played with forward body lean by both defenders and offensive players and it's inevitable that helmet to helmet plays occur when all a defender is trying to do is make a play in the shortest amount of time. I'm not disputing at all that it's a flag by the book. it's leading with the helmet and hitting another guy in the helmet. you can lunge at the quarterback and hit him pretty much anywhere else except for in the head. Well, though I haven't seen it called in a game I've watched, I'm pretty sure there is some rule about rolling into a guys knees after what happened to Carson Palmer and Tom Brady in successive years
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I don't really think the schedule is that tough. It's just tougher than what it's been lately. Asider from Utah and New Orleans the really tough games are at home and the Bulls can beat anyone at the UC. Well its not really immensely tough but its also mostly on the road and we've been pretty ordinary on the road, despite the pretty good road trip earlier in the year
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Pass on Casey Matthews until he gets the same 'doctor' as Clay
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i think there is no doubt this next month is gonna be rough. we're due to come to earth a little bit, and without noah and on the road vs. some very tough teams we'll probably see the pretty record drop somewhat. good thing the end of the season is cupcakes all over again though.
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as much as it would be a luxury it would be pretty swell to have Corey Liugett come to this team, obviously if all things fair I'd go offense with every pick in the draft but pairing a good pass rushing DT with Peppers would mean we could still put replacement level players in the secondary and be fine. Still need two starter quality players on the O-line.
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I haven't looked at the advanced stats or anything, and I don't watch all that much basketball outside of the Bulls, but I have a tough time believing Rose isn't the MVP. Or to use that stupid qualifier for the MVP, "the most valuable to his team." I say this without as much homerism as I can, I think if they voted today, he would win. (Whether or not he deserves it remains to be seen)
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I know I've said it before and I know no good can come from me saying it, but I really don't like or get people that split their fandom across different cities like that, especially when its something like a Cubs/Packers fan. Its just gross. I know everyone that ends up this way has some great (boring) story about it (oh my dad was from Milwaukee and blah-de-blah-blah) but it still irks me in the worst way. Still better than one of my best friends whos a Sox-Packers fan.
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some interesting things just looking at the standings: Bulls are 9-0 in their division, and honestly, if they play hard in every single one of their future division games, they probably should go undefeated in their division. Has that ever happened? The Timberwolves are winless in their division, oof. At least they got Kevin Love racking up more meaningless stats for them. Good for him. The Wizards are winless on the road. 0-20. Holy crap.
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Did we convert a 3rd down all game?
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Here's hoping the Redskins offer a third rounder for him. It would be the least they could do after unleashing Todd Collins on us