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  1. If there is a good lb nyg will take him
  2. agreed Is there a difference between an electronic ad board and a jumbotron aside from a lack of gigantic face of Marlon Byrd? Huge difference. Especially if this rendering is any indication. http://www.chicagobreakingbusiness.com/LF-Sign.jpg
  3. The ones people have heard of. They should probably invite more than normal, since they have 2 prime time nights to fill. I hate this format. I still don't see why they couldn't leave the entire thing on Saturdays like always. Because enough people show interest to think they can get better ratings, and more ad revenue, in primetime. What I don't get is how the three day event can work.
  4. The ones people have heard of. They should probably invite more than normal, since they have 2 prime time nights to fill. I hate this format.
  5. Aside from possibly Pudge leaving the team while injured, none of that says "walking over the coach", it's just stuff that comes to light on bad baseball teams. The 86 Mets did worse stuff every week.
  6. The original wildcat team obviously has to take Tebow here.
  7. That's a pretty badass attendee list for a minor league game.
  8. One could say the same thing about the Mets, but no one would call them a small market team. That's just it, they're not in similar situations. If both teams would start doing well, the Nats would make a hell of a lot more money. More ticket revenue. More revenue from things like t-shirt sales. More cable TV subscribers. More revenue from radio. And so on. They are in similar situations, what they don't share is similar prospects for the future. But right now they have crappy teams that nobody cares about and have to take fliers on similar players. And you're wrong about the Mets. They are the red headed stepchild of NY baseball, but they have a huge passionate fan base and plenty of people attend their games.
  9. NY, LA, Chicago, Philly, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas and maybe Miami probably rank higher. That would still make it a pretty big market. Sure, as far as actual human beings are concerned. They probably have more potential than Pittsburgh, but as far as how both teams are run right now, they are both small market consistently crappy teams. Everybody in Pittsburgh is going to support the Pirates if they get good. That's not the case in DC.
  10. http://cache.gawkerassets.com/assets/images/11/2010/03/thumb160x_ron-washington1.jpg
  11. NY, LA, Chicago, Philly, Houston, Atlanta, Dallas and maybe Miami probably rank higher.
  12. Besides having played for both teams, I don't see what these guys have to do with each other? Two small market teams with new ballparks that haven't delivered on promises that have been exchanging youngish upside players to take new gambles on. I think his point was more about the teams being similar than the players themselves. DC is a small market? As it pertains to the baseball team, sure. Nobody gives a crap about them and they don't show up to the stadium. Granted the actual population of the metro area is probably twice that of Pittsburgh, but there's a huge amount of divided loyalties as nobody is actually from DC, and nobody actually moves to Pittsburgh. ;) The teams are in quite similar situations. If either actually built a winner, it's quite likely that they would succeed, given the rabid fan bases of the other teams in town, but as things stand right now, they are pretty darn similar.
  13. Besides having played for both teams, I don't see what these guys have to do with each other? Two small market teams with new ballparks that haven't delivered on promises that have been exchanging youngish upside players to take new gambles on. I think his point was more about the teams being similar than the players themselves.
  14. Jesse Rogers tweeting that Crawford may be starting tonight. Huet was the only one not at that ridiculous Leno taping, down with the flu.
  15. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5003245 Would Shawn Andrews be a worthwhile candidate to help with the offensive line?
  16. It is when the new hideous ad space provides money that can be spent on the team. I'd bet this has more to do with kickstarting negotiations with that rooftop owner than meaningful ad revenue helping the team. It sounds like a awful looking sign that would be positioned more for blocking purposes than anything else.
  17. It was the middle of last season. Wasn't Hamilton busted in the middle of last year?
  18. Well there's the fact that Lovie is absolutely enamoured with him and has been since the day he was drafted. Lovie loved his physical abilities, but he's been jerked around so much, and pulled from duty so often, that I have to think the enamel has worn off a bit.
  19. I beg to differ..it has everything to do with fundamentals. I agree that the timing is bizarre, but the Cubs player development philosophy over the last eight years or so has been to get every player fundamentally sound (that includes the art of bunting). You also have to understand that wins and losses mean very little in the minors, which is probably why he has/had his cleanup hitters laying down bunts every now and then. The other thing everyone needs to understand is the fact that Sandberg wouldn't be managing this way in the majors. His managerial style would be alot different..I can guarantee you that Lee or Ramirez wouldn't be laying down a bunt with guys on base. So then if you admit they wouldn't do it in the majors, why would they be working on it in the minors?
  20. Which is kind of meaningless, since he didn't have many real players anyway, it was his first gig, that was a long time ago, and how players feel about a manager doesn't change how good of a baseball player they are.
  21. He's probably the best case scenario. Although that probably also would mean the Cubs would get a couple good years out of him and then vastly overpay him. Garrett Anderson + good defense is pretty damn good For a couple years.
  22. You'd have to make the argument, but it's completely bogus. He was overdrafted and has played almost exactly as expected for a physically good player with a horrible approach at the plate.
  23. He's probably the best case scenario. Although that probably also would mean the Cubs would get a couple good years out of him and then vastly overpay him.
  24. He hasn't shown his skills at lower levels, he's pretty much stunk as a minor league player. And it's hardly accurate to say the only issue is how he'll translate to the major league level. The issue is will he actually be better at the major league level than he has been in the lower levels, because he's got to do a heck of a lot more than translate. He's got to improve. .277 .320 .465
  25. lollll so many people lost money on this one I don't know how anyone can bet the NBA regular season. There are too many games that teams just throw away. I don't blame them either. The season is too long. If you had the money to start you could easily make lots of money each season. Don't bet the line but rather just the who will win. If you bet 50 bucks each and every game against the Nets you will have won 59 times and only lost 7. Say you only get 50% return on wins that makes the profit equation (59x$25) - (7x$50). That would be $1,125 profit this season. Obviously the Nets are having one of the worst seasons ever but you could each year wait a month to see who are the worst 2-4 teams and then do this. You would make 3-4 grand a year doing this but you would need the starting capital. Oh and you could do this for each sport, although I wouldn't do it with football (too unpredictable and too few games). The man knows his financial schemes.
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