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I'm going to have to disagree. The guy sucked cold butt for a full year. There was plenty of reason to doubt whether he could return to his top form. Not a full year, but your point still stands. He finished the year showing basically no signs of improving. then spring training plus the first two weeks of this season (or thereabouts).

Never should have been a topic in the first place.

It was a three year contract.

It's just a really odd thing to say, so I hope the quote was taken out of context. To admit after getting destroyed that you underestimated the skill of the opponent is just a really perplexing thing to admit. Especially when people have rightly or wrongly questioned the team's overconfidence affecting their performances for awhile now. I'm not so sure he was admitting they underestimated the skill of the opponent. They've all stated on many more occasions than this one line, that they realize how talented Vancouver is and how much of a challenge this series will be. I think he was just rationalizing a bad game and giving the media a quote.

No, but his contract could have been used better.

I see no reason to get worked up about a meaningless throwaway line like that.

When I walk by the projects near my house, sometimes I can't even see the people because they blend so well into the environment.

I'm going to have to disagree. The guy sucked cold butt for a full year. There was plenty of reason to doubt whether he could return to his top form.

I was actually thinking that Demp better take advantage since the Pirates are resting Wagner for some strange reason. Maybe he's day to day with an injury? I think he's dead.

Maybe he realizes SB are overrated and he's not nearly as fast as he used to be. Plus, he doesn't want to risk ruining his legs anymore. Soriano stole bases much like he hit, based on physical gifts. Abreu has always had an approach at the plate, and that is quite possibly carried into his running. Risk ruining his legs? It's running, not like running into walls. Soriano has already used this defense for his defensive problems. How are SB's overrated when you play on a team that has NO legitimate threat of a stealing a base outside of Ryan Theriot(who's success rate is terrible in his career)? Abreu's approach at the plate has nothing to do with his running. They are overrated because some fans, media types and even baseball people obsess over them and their importance out of proportion to their actual value. Stealing a base isn't just running, it's a straight sprint and a hard slide at the end. And Soriano has been dealing with leg problems since coming here. My point on Abreu is that while he's not a burner, he steals bases by taking them at the right time, much like he only swings at the right pitches to swing at. Soriano has always swung at everything, and it's quite possible that he only stole bases due to his raw speed, which is something he could count on in his 20's, but not as much in his 30's, post injury.

Maybe he realizes SB are overrated and he's not nearly as fast as he used to be. Plus, he doesn't want to risk ruining his legs anymore. Soriano stole bases much like he hit, based on physical gifts. Abreu has always had an approach at the plate, and that is quite possibly carried into his running.

I think that plays a part, but it probably just makes things better and/or worse, rather than forming the opinion in the first place. Soriano was destined to be booed. He's never been as good as his pre-Cubs reputation suggested he was, his contract was insane, and his high strikeout free swinging approach riles fans regardless. Kaplan piling on makes it worse, but it didn't create the monster.

When the Big 12 collapses on itself, we're going to look really stupid for taking scrub schools like Rutgers, Nebraska and Mizzou Isn't the whole hypothetical of the Big 12 collapsing on itself based on the fact that the Big Ten would be robbing them of two teams? Kind of a catch 22. Which is the threat you use to incentivize the top targets to come to you first.

Zambrano gets booed a lot. Soriano doesn't show emotion? The guy acts like an ecstatic kid when he gets a hit. I don't buy that emotion nonsense either. Chicago worships Ditka for a variety of reasons. He played for the Bears, was handpicked by Halas, is emotional, won a SB, has embraced Chicago like few coaches and is a national celebrity. Plus, he left as a sympathetic figure as he was pushed out the door by a hated owner. Had Wanny or Jauron won a SB, Ditka's aura would not be the same. Had Ditka not won a SB, they wouldn't like him at all. Milton Bradley showed plenty of emotion and is persona non grata. The fans' mood about Zambrano varies as much as Zambrano's moods vary. DLee is completely unemotional, but he's probably the most respected player on the team. Having a big personality may make it more likely that the love gets bigger when you do succeed, but it's all about the success, or lack thereof. Soriano came up short of expectations and has been a terrible player for extended stretches, that is his problem.

The ghetto?

what the [expletive]?!?!? edmonton is in canada and kid rock is terrible. why would they do this? Just because Canadians are up north doesn't mean they can't be rednecks. alberta is pretty much redneck canada I think the question is more about why they have a song called American Badass.

Is the protest going on tomorrow as well? If so you might be able to score some cheap tickets from people who are too afraid to upset the protesters, and aren't true Cub fans It would probably be easier to get cheap tickets from people who don't care about watching the Cubs keep sucking, or just the team itself, since they haven't been selling out.

http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-31751_162-20003867-10391697.html santonio holmes kicked off flight.

There is a hierarchy to the bowls though and it's still an honor to make most of them. I doubt the smallest ones bring in that much money.

the trip was caused by the high stick though. Ehh, looked like the other way around to me. Trip first, followed by SJ player flailing like he was shot, causing the high stick. I dont have the game recorded so I cant go back and look at it...I may be blinded by homerism, but that is not how I remember it I saw trip, fall, high stick to face, in that order. Watched with a Penguins fan who had same opinion.

Not under Ron Turner, I agree. So far he hasn't been good enough. I have some faith that he can be good enough, but I'd rather rely on more than just him carrying this club until he actually carries the club.

Ever hear a Yankees radio broadcast? It's amazing how many ads they can fit in there. This 3-2 pitch brought to you by Mobil, fill up at your local Mobil today. Foul ball. That foul ball was brought to you be Perdue chicken. That Perdue Chicken ad was brought to you be Steiner sports.

So that stone is now a legal citizen?

Headline on cubs.com right now: Theriot strikes first as Lilly deals vs. D-backs

You know, unless we exit April with an atrocious record and miss the playoffs by a game or two. Worst they can be is 10-14, not exactly dead and buried territory.