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  1. jersey cubs fan
    I think I heard at least a dozen references to a "Jeter-like play" or a "play that only Jeter makes" this postseason.
  2. jersey cubs fan
    I have very strong doubts that this is anything but a smoke screen to keep opponents guessing. He's got a high ankle sprain and is going to miss 3-4 games.
  3. jersey cubs fan
    and a first round pick What percentage of first rounds picks are actually "productive" major league players? If it's not very high, then who cares about losing the first round pick, especially if the guy you are signing is already a "productive" major league player? On the flip side, what percentage of superstars come out of the first round as compared to any other round? I don't like the idea of giving up our first round pick for a reliever. For someone like Dunn, sure, but a middle reliever or a setup man, no. That was one of the reasons the Latroy Hawkins signing was such a bad idea.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Spitting image, yet nobody agrees with me whenever I mention it.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    Jenkins is poking fun at Lou for foolishly forcing Eyre off the team, and onto a WS winner. Eyre is celebrating being on a WS winner. Not sure why there's a question here.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    Isn't the whole point of trading Greene to get out from his salary? I would think the point is saving some money. If they could save all of it I'm sure they would, but there's a fairly long list of teams that still pickup up significant portions of salary just for the opportunity to save some money.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Sports talk radio makes all fanbases seem dumb. Only because all fanbases are dumb.
  8. jersey cubs fan
    What is: A clock is always right two times a day? I'm guessing he was referring to the typo in the title.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I don't see how you can say they've played mediocre. The defense has, but the offense has been solid. I think they've played very much like a 5-3 team, better than most, but not great.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    They'd be much better off keeping one or two extra guys in to block and sending a couple guys deep than going with the quick routes option. And no, Turner isn't going to have Rex roll out. I don't get the over the top criticism that Turner takes. He's not horrible. He disappointed me last year, but he's done a tremendous job this season getting a productive unit out of what everybody considered weak QB, WR and line situations and questionable RB.
  11. jersey cubs fan
    Damn park district and their soccer games! :x what soccer games are playing in Soldier Field nowadays? The Fire used to ruin the field, but they are gone.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    what was up with that turf? It was embarrassing.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    Tennessee is currently a 3 point favorite. Two things the Bears have going for them, they are the more desperate team and Tennessee really doesn't know exactly what they must game plan for from the Grossman led Bears offense. There's a school of thought that the team that needs a game more is the team that's going to win. It doesn't really hold up when there are huge disaparities in talent, but Tennessee is not a 2007 New England juggernaut. The worst part for the Bears, ironically, might be that they are playing at home, with fans who boo loudly whenever Grossman throws an incompletion. With Orton behind center I think the Bears keep it close and may have snuck away with a win. With Grossman back, there's a greater chance of a blowout, but there's also some hope that Rex can beat them by throwing deep. Checking down and being conservative with the pass isn't going to work. They need to test Tennessee down the field and go for a few big plays. Turner has done a very good job this year, now he's got to step it up even more and figure a way to get Grossman ready to air it out.
  14. jersey cubs fan
    Well my understanding is that in the Cover 2, as in all zone defenses, there are holes to exploit. One of the big keys is a pass rush to hurry the QB so that he cannot find those holes. If theres no pass rush, the QB has tons of time to throw and find a receiver. Thanks, after posting the question I thought perhaps, its success is predicated on a pass rush. Given the Bears haven't had a consistent pass rush all season, it seems counter-productive that the Bears would continue to utilize such a scheme. Wouldn't a non-zone scheme which takes away the holes and gives the DL time to get the QB be a better choice for the Bears? The cover 2 is essentially a bend but don't break defense. You don't give up big plays, so you force the offense to make several good short plays in order to succeed. It's also heavily reliant on turnovers. Basically, you don't really care if the opposition hits 7 yard pass plays. Non-zone means man-to-man, which relies on defensive backs covering guys one on one all over the field, and the Bears do not have the personel to handle that type of scheme. It would be nice if they'd stop blitzing all the time because they have clearly gone back to their old ways, running the blitzer, usually Briggs, right into the chest of blockers and getting no extra pressure.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    I want to see more than 7 games. This is around the time of 2006 when Rex started falling apart at the seams. Let's see if Ort can hold it together. It makes perfect sense to be hesitant to fall for Orton, but his 2008 has not really been comparable to Rex's 2006. In 2006 Rex was beating teams by dropping back unencumbered and tossing deep balls to Berrian. He also crapped the bed bigtime in week 6. Orton hasn't come close to showing signs of that type of game, which Grossman repeated 2 games later. He's consistently been a 60% completion guy. There's no way of knowing if he'll be a good QB going forward (and it was absurd that Haugh and others talked about the need to lock him up ASAP), but Orton is nothing like Rex Grossman.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    I don't. At all. Rex still may have more ability, but Kyle has become the better QB. No kidding. Maybe it's because I never wanted him drafted, but it wasn't that hard for me to get over the Rex era coming to a close. Same thing with Benson.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    Absolutely. Anderson is only a couple years younger. And while people focus, justly, on his horrible lack of OBP, he can't hit for power either. He hasn't crossed the 20 HR threshold since 2003. He's less of a hitter than Mike Fontenot.
  18. jersey cubs fan
    You should have reflected your second statement in your first. It's more accurate to say that Hendry strayed from his roots with regards to OBP because of Dusty, and has since returned to center and even moved right with Lou. But it's not like Hendry as baseball person was oblivious to OBP pre-Lou. His biggest mistake was starting his GM career with Dusty. Every indication was he was as oblivious as a GM could be to the value of OBP. He talked of hitting not walking, and scoffed at media questions regarding OBP. Throughout his time in the minors, the Cubs completely ignored patience as a virtue with hitters, it was 100% about tools with no focus on approach and actual production. And Garrett Anderson would be the dumbest of the dumb moves. I don't think it will happen.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    It's a hand though, isn't it? I could see the point in easing him back if he had a hammy or other leg issue, but with the hand, he's either ready to go or he's not.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    Agreed. Marmol is not going to be part of a major package, Marmol would be the featured piece. Fans know him, the league knows him. He's marketable, and quite valuable. I'd give him up in a Peavy deal, but would not throw in a bunch of other pieces.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/2008-09-FOX1.html Guess who is doing the Bears game, again. Rosen and Ryan.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Actually, I've noticed a heck of a lot less whining than I expected to hear when the delays first started to become inevitable. Maybe it's because so few people are interested, but most people have taken the "there's nothing you can do" angle, and despite thinking Selig looks dumb, agree that he made the right decision.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Just asking, because I haven't looked, how much of that( Abreu's OPS) came against crappy Cubs pitching. Lighting it up at Wrigley doesn't necessarily tell the whole story. He could have built up great stats against some really bad to average staff's in the late 90's and early 00's. Using a players numbers at Wrigley is an absurd reason to justify going after him, especially if that player is 35 and has been playing in the AL for 2.5 years. Abreu is a nice bat, nothing special anymore, but pretty good. He'd probably help the Cubs vault from 14th in the NL in RF OPS to something closer to the top 5. But his 1129 lifetime OPS at Wrigley is absolutely meaningless and he won't come close to duplicating that if he comes to the Cubs.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    I'd rather have Cabs.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    We could argue about this all day, but here's my view. You get two points for a win and zero points for a loss. So what do you call it when you get one point? I'll call it a tie. If you're 3-3-3, you're exactly .500. You're right, we could argue about this all day. But my point is, I don't call any scenario where one team gets 1 point, and the other team gets 2 points a tie. It's not an outright loss, but its worse than a tie, especially in any game against a Western Conference opponent. Either way, we've emerged victorious in 3 of our 9 games, which is not a good pace. I agree that it's not a good pace. And I wasn't really calling it a tie vis a vis the team they just played, but in terms of the standings and distribution of points. Yesterday I was going to say that despite the relatively hot recovery off the slow start, they were still not in a good spot, but then I noticed the standings and they were actually the 7 seed. And it wasn't just about playing more games either. However, they've just fallen back out of the race as the 9th seed, due to too many points coming off OTL rather than wins. They definitely need to pick up the pace this coming month. Teams that go .500 don't make the playoffs anymore, you have to be much better than the 3-3-3 pace the Hawks are on. That 82 point pace isn't going to come close to getting it done, it's closer to top of the draft than playoff territory.
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