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Watching the free preview on time warner cable in the office

Why did Bench tuck his jersey into his pants?

The Mets catcher just threw the ball to himself while trying to throw out a base stealer.

Jack Cust is 30-something years old. Being wise to saberfriendly philosophies at a young age had nothing to do with it.

That success has been over for about 5 years now.

But you can't do something as subjective as try and rank rivalries and not take into account recognition and opinion. A rivalry does not exist in a vacuum.

Well if the feelings of those involved is that their rivalry is a huge in comparison to other rivalries than the feelings of those not involved obviously do matter. Cubs/Cards matters to Cubs/Cards fans, but not to any others.

If you want to give Colvin a start in the first week, even the first series, go right ahead. But you don't spend a year blaming the Cubs woes on the chemistry involved in the Milton Bradley situation and then advocate benching your best option veteran on opening day in favor of a kid who hasn't come close to earning the job through his minor league performance. If some kid came out of obscurity with a phenomenal spring to win the 5th starters job, you would not advocate giving him the opening day start over the more deserving veteran.

An advocate of him as a fulltime starter or just that he get some starts while he's up with the team? Actually he did say if it were up to him Colvin would start the first game as a reward for his spring. I think that's a bad idea from Bruce. Making the team was a reward for his spring. Fukudome is the most qualified RF on the team, you start him on opening day, no questions asked. You don't sit your best option in favor of a barely qualified player who had a flukishly good spring training.

listening now, I can see why these hosts would purposefully invite Kaplan to be on their show. I'm done now.

I've lost all respect for 312sports if they are affiliating with Kaplan. He's the worst human being following Chicago sports.

If the Cubs had an empty spot in RF and more or less handed the job to Colvin before spring training, I would guarantee that Sullivan's answer to that question would have been different.

I think it was the Sun-Times writer who was framing everything in the batting average context. He referred to him as a disappointing 258 hitter who can only be acceptable if he hits 285 or better.

I just read that stupid article, and the really crazy thing is that of the 9 questions, that is the only one Sullivan decided to answer in any sort of definitive fashion. Everything else was just maybe/maybe not, or just a random quote from a player on the topic. So of all the questions about this team, the only thing Sullivan is positive about is that a disappointing minor league player who had a good spring is absolutely the real thing and should be starting in RF despite the fact that prior to the spring nobody even considering him a candidate to start.

I should leave early today.

I've been in the Navy for 13 years. Ive been stationed in various places in the US and out. I've met and befriended literally hundreds of baseball fans. Most fans only interact with people in their local area, or on boards such as these, but I work with and hang out with fans from almost every state on a daily basis. In my experience the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry is only relevant to Cub and Cardinal fans. The San Fran-LA and Mets-Phillies rilvary is much more acknowledged by the casual fan than Cards-Cubs. At least in my circles, but they are broader than the average. As far as very recent history is concerned, I can agreee with the Mets/Phillies thing. Between the Mets back to back collapses in a heated race with Philly, and the general disdain between Philly and NY in all sports, not to mention the proximity, it's a big deal. But rivalry means a few different things, what's hot at the moment and what is always a big rivalry. Cubs/Cards is not nearly as big nationwide as many Cubs/Cards fans assume, but it's up there. That said, Mets/Phils is only relavent to Mets/Phils fans, Yanks/Red Sox is only relavent to their fans, and thee people who make money off it. Giants/Dodgers is only relavent to their fans, but that includes both east and west coast fans, since they moved and retain a fan base.

If the Cubs win the World Series I may just run around drunk and naked for a few months. I'd have to put my clothes on within a couple days.

his star player was beside himself with pain and grief (and, probably fear) over destroying his knee and/or career, and he was trying to calm him down. I think it was a nice move, as several coaches would just stand on the sideline with their arms crossed I know what his intentions were. He took it to a new level of creepy. First thought I had was the internet is going to love this. I screwed up my shoulder once and it hurt like a mother. I still remember my coach on his knee trying to reassure me, now I feel like I did something wrong since he didn't try to copulate with me.

I disagree. He's a receiver, not a QB. He could easily go back to playing football at a high level.

I am in a Newark cab, help me

I am in a Newark cab, help me

A lot of my friends have jobs that give them summer hours and days like today off, so right now there's table of 4 drinking beers all day in the glorious sunshine waiting for me to meet them on the way to Newark for the game tonight. I hate them.

No, but it's probably an unnecessary price for a toxic relationship like they have.

Virginia wouldn't. They surprised me with Cutler and Peppers, not to mention Ogunleye, Muhammed and Tait, so I guess it's possible. But they have issues with criminals and I'm guessing, especially domestic abusers.

Now that's a stupid thing to say. Of course every game has participants who want to win. Everybody wants to win every game (except the Colts), but the fact is it doesn't freaking matter if you lose a bunch of games because you'll get in anyway. Even if you're upset about the losses, it doesn't mean that it matters.