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  1. BigSlick
    I don't see a way for the Lions to not score here This game is a disaster
  2. BigSlick
    fumble number 5 woot
  3. BigSlick
    Jay Cutler rules I can't believe that Detroit player just kinda watched him take that for a first down
  4. BigSlick
    Shaun Hill, QB
  5. BigSlick
    the defense gets ANOTHER three and out, GET THEM SOME POINTS THEY DESERVE IT
  6. BigSlick
    How many times can you get the ball to the opponent's 35 yard line and not score? I think we're pushing 4 times now
  7. BigSlick
    I still refuse to believe BABIP is all luck. You're telling me a pitcher has no control of the ball once it hits the bat? I don't get that. the best way to explain it is how Bill James (I think it was him) explained it when people started saying this: (paraphrased) ' Obviously pitchers have some degree of control over whether a batted ball drops for a hit, but its much much less than what we thought it was ' pitchers have a lot of control over whether a ball is hit in the air, hit on the ground or popped up. each of those outcomes have their own degree of chance in whether or not the ball is a hit or not. the reason why i tend to believe pitchers have a low amount of control over their BABIP is because it tends to fluctuate wildly season to season with the same pitchers, while other metrics (strike outs, walks, home runs given up) tend to stay more constant. even amazing pitchers have bad BABIP years.
  8. BigSlick
    i'm just furious a team that gives significant playing time to the corpses of juan pierre, mark kotsay and omar vizquel is still 'in contention' you should be barred from the game of baseball for doing that
  9. BigSlick
    Ugh not like I needed anymore reason to hate LaRussa and the Cardinals
  10. BigSlick
    Actually its turning out to be really bad MLB wide: The Yankees won and the Rays are trailing The Twins lost even though they wont lose any ground. The Cardinals won and the Reds are losing 4-0 right now These are bad things
  11. BigSlick
    The playcalling is...curious. 2nd and goal on the 12, dial up a dive play... 3rd and goal from the 10 and they run a QB sneak? What?
  12. BigSlick
    really? because a-rod's admitted it and no one seems to give him any sympathy, in fact people have never liked him and its always mystified me not like i care if these guys took steroids or not anyway
  13. BigSlick
    just checked in since half, forgot the game was going. team looks really [expletive] bad but its just the back ups now i suppose i checked the play by play and it looks like i missed a bunch of frustrating play anyway so good that i missed it, i can always check the highlights for the forte run team is uninspiring at best, absolutely abhorrent at worst, this is gonna be a fun season
  14. BigSlick
    They make some nice chain saws though. on the other hand the twins aren't spending this new payroll super wisely (other than the most-obvious-resigning-of-the-century in mauer which i guess they wouldn't have made previously) bill smith is slowly but surely gutting the young talent for bad players, making bad trade after bad trade and now their pitching, which surely should have been a strong point when looking from a vantage point 2-3 years ago to today, is really bad bill smith- bad gm
  15. BigSlick
    yeah but he has a crapload more power on the left side edit that was a cursory glance at the total home run numbers while neglecting smaple size, he is a stronger hitter as a lefty but not overwhelmingly so
  16. BigSlick
    COMPLETELY ANECDOTAL: i was watching a game recently, think it was in the giants series (and this is remarkable because i really have avoided cubs games in the last 2-3 months) and Lee with 2 strikes reached out and and flailed around a breaking ball to strike out. I had never seen him do that. Sure i had seen him be a little tardy on a fastball, or go over the top of a breaking ball, or be in front of a change up before. I had never seen him full out, Soriano-style, flail at a ball down and away that was completely unhittable. I think thats the proper coda on his career.
  17. BigSlick
    honestly, i'm not too worried about it. i'm sure the 1996 bulls will be popping those champagne bottles somewhere around halfway through this season
  18. BigSlick
    I felt like whatever we did as long as he got consistent at bats it was fine. Basically even if he was hitting <.250 but still getting a chance to work stuff out he'd be ok, but its not like his development is far from over. I would not be surprised to see his struggle more in the next few years especially if he has some BABIP problems. As long as we don't tug him around and bench him and overall treat him like a piece of meat like we did with Felix Pie and we'll be OK.
  19. BigSlick
    I think people tend to overrate Taj Gibson a tad. Yeah he was a pretty competent player when we had a disastrous front court but remember this: He's not that young. He'll be 25 next season, so his career path isn't as promising as many might think it is. Basically if the trade cost us James Johnson I'd do it but if it cost us Taj Gibson I'd at least think about it.
  20. BigSlick
    Michigan losing to Appalachian State will go down as one of my favorite sports games of all times The Michigan tears are so so sweet
  21. BigSlick
    http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/post/_/id/18798/what-next-for-t-mac
  22. BigSlick
    Is it weird or too forward thinking of me to think we should sign him to a team friendly Evan Longoria-type deal now and lock up some of his free agency years (He'll be like 26 when he gets his first free agent deal, whoa)
  23. BigSlick
    If we complete the Rudy Fernandez trade my excitement for next season may reach "Can't miss a single game" levels rather than "if it's on and I'm not doing anything I'll watch + playoffs"
  24. BigSlick
    Playing Eastern/Wester/Illinois State is the only way the Illini ever get any wins so I don't mind it Its silly for top 25 caliber teams though, they may as well be pre-season games
  25. BigSlick
    Waaaaay younger and already better with a bat I'm ok with it
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