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Bears game 7: Sunday Oct. 24 vs WAS on FOX
jersey cubs fan replied to jersey cubs fan's topic in Other Sports
Well its just like last year. Pretty much after the debacle in Cincinnati everyone pretty much knew things were toast. With all the injuries we had on defense and the inconsistent offense, any good team we placed was going to have their way with us. We started 3-1, lost a close game to Atlanta that actually made me feel good about them and then got embarrassed 45-10 by Cincinnati. I think people kind of sensed what was happening. And before we knew it we had lost 8 of 10 games. This year I feel slightly better than we did last year mostly because the defense will keep us in games, whereas last year any good offense we played I expected them to roll over us every single time they had the ball. I think there was still some hope left before Arizona. At least I remember being at the game and sensing that people still held out hope for a playoff run. Everybody gets one crap game to write off and ignore. But the 2nd blowout in 2 weeks ended everything. This years crap games have not been blowouts, so it is different. But one of these times it's going to happen. -
Teams like the Yankees able to stash their 6th and 7th starters on the DL in between starts.
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Fewer, but the force is more significant, since they usually are the result of a ball to the head. Googling concussions and MLB turns up quite a few examples over the past few years. I think there were a couple relatively high profile ones the past two years. Some guy came back and was really bad. And everybody is up in arms about concussions right now.
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Teams are hesitant to put a player on the 15-day DL if he only needs to miss 5-6 days. If it's just for concussions though that would be kind of weird.
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I think people would be a lot more reluctant to lead with their head if their face wasn't protected as much as it is. In fact, pads in general just serve as instruments to inflict pain, not protect from it. I agree it would help, but like you had mentioned in another thread CB's use there helmets like a missle. A helmet to someones unprotected face will do a ton of damage, unless we go to the old school leather helmets, which would be really cool regardless of anything. But they are making contact with both the helmet and facemask area. They are one and the same.
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I think people would be a lot more reluctant to lead with their head if their face wasn't protected as much as it is. In fact, pads in general just serve as instruments to inflict pain, not protect from it.
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He's already applying for other gigs some naughty language
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I think there's going to be a lot of late arrivals and maybe no-shows to today's game. I know a few people who haven't even left yet. And another guy was planning on selling his tickets and the secondary market was dead.
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im sold!!!!!!!!!!!! I've already informed my wife that our next child (male or female) will be named Quade. I was going with Mike.
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That's diving while reach out for a guy, very different. What DBs are doing is diving with their arms down and head being used as a missile. It is a very easy to see distinction.
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They are unnecessary. They are fun and make for good show but completely unnecessary, not counting diving for the ball of course.
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You shouldn't dive at players to make tackles. It's very risky. If you choose to do so then you are liable for the punishment that can come about as a result of your reckless action. There's no reason to dive, people do it for the theater of the big hit. It's unnecessary, but fun.
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You shouldn't dive head first at a ball carrier to make a tackle.
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We let people ruin their later years by letting them smoke too. Maybe education could be better, but shouldn't it be up to the individual if they want to trade a potentially long and healthy life for one with the fame and money that the NFL provides? The problem is that people have their post-football careers ruined by clean and dirty hits alike. That and there is a ton of gray area between what could be a clean/healthy tackle and one that would be ejection worthy. There's also a ton of black and white and people largely ignore them with bogus "slippery slope" and "pussification" defenses.
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Archer hasn't moved. And if you want help in the bullpen I'm not sure how going for your lesser arms is supposed to help.
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Because you need help in the bullpen and don't want to trade for other people's junk or spend big money on other people's junk. And you are getting big league value out of him. You can't wait for a spot in the rotation to open for all of these guys, you can't start them all in the rotation, and you have to field a bullpen.
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He was a relief pitcher for only one year as an amateur, which was his junior year at TCU. Prior to that, he was a starter in junior college and in high school. And he wasn't all that great a pitcher until he became a reliever. And then again when he became a starter again. I don't see the point in putting much weight in Cashner's #s from 4 years ago in college when we have his recent success as a starter to go off of. Success in limited innings.
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He was a relief pitcher for only one year as an amateur, which was his junior year at TCU. Prior to that, he was a starter in junior college and in high school. And he wasn't all that great a pitcher until he became a reliever.
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And he had limited experience as a starter because he had limited success as a starter. The assumption people seem to be making is that he was a lock to turn into a 220 inning ace. I just don't see the point in assuming that. Yes, I'd prefer he be a 220 inning ace over a reliever. But odds are that wasn't happening. I'd prefer they have let him stay on as starter, but it's perfectly reasonable to have him be a major league reliever.
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There's a middle ground to work with here. And the point that was being discussed is they have plenty of good enough arms to fill out the bullpen as well as contend in 2011. There is no reason to assume they cannot win the division next year.
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He was the best option in the organization, there was a decent chance that was what he was going to end up being eventually anyway, it got his arbitration clock started earlier and the team needed pitching help in the majors. It was not the ideal usage for the guy, but he hasn't been ruined or had his career destroyed. Archer and Jay Jackson were probably better options than a lot of guys that appeared in the pen this year, would you be ok with them being there? Jay Jackson more so than Archer. But Cashner's situation was very unique given his history as a reliever and very limited success as an actual starter. The fact is you can't start out every pitching prospect in the rotation. You can get guys innings in the bullpen and you aren't necessarily destroying their careers.
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That didn't happen, it was a joke.
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What if Lou finished the year? Who manages?
jersey cubs fan replied to drcub1908's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
You are including free falling Cardinals and Padres teams there? The first Cardinals series, not the second when they were all but eliminated. And yes, I included the Padres series where they were 1 game out and 7-7 in their last 14 going into the series. And like 3-11 in their previous 14. San Diego was a mirage all season and it caught up to them. They were crap since the middle of August. -
I don't think they are making a new rule, they are just changing enforcement. Some guys scoffed at the yardage/money penalty. But a suspension might change things.
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I don't think it sucks. I'd prefer actual tackling instead of just launching heads into people. That is dumb and dangerous football.
