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  1. jersey cubs fan
    Your first general point was right though. I can't stand how many drivers simply don't pay attention to what else is out there. So many people just focus on their route, and the car in front of them. You have to try and anticipate what other cars are going to do, including the really dumb things. You shouldn't drive in the left lane, that isn't the fast lane, that is the passing lane. When you see something on the shoulder up ahead, assume something might happen. Merge into the middle lane (or other lane if it's just 2), slow down if you are next to another car. Always create space between you and other cars. I know California is known for traffic, but NY and NJ aren't exactly sparsely populated with cars. All the time I see things like cars in the right lane that do not accomodate other cars merging into the road, they don't even see them coming onto the road. People pull out into traffic when they know they can make it, without thinking about whether or not that move will force other cars to adjust (or maybe they do think that, and don't care).
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    S&M?
  3. jersey cubs fan
    He's admitted to a personal grudge against Angelo, and he's had problems with Bears people in the past. Something I thought was really funny a couple years ago, he went an entire season without picking a Bears game in the 8-10 picks he makes every week. Not that he never picked the Bears, but he never picked a game they played in. And there's no rhyme or reason to what he picks, he'll focus on headline games, but he picks stinkers as well. I think he just ignores them.
  4. jersey cubs fan
    Haven't the Cubs beaten twice in a row? He had owned the Cubs in his first four starts against them (back he owned everyone for awhile), but I think the Cubs, like everyone else apparently, will figure him out tonight. Murton should definitely start - he owns Duke. Well, he's 4-1 with a 1.40 ERA against them. Last year he was 2-1 with a 1.86. The last time they faced him, the Cubs won, but they couldn't touch him, with 0 ER in 7 innings (Cubs won it off Grabow in the 8th). The outing prior to that, however, the Cubs roughed him up for 5 in 6 IP and he lost. He had beaten them twice in the first few weeks of the season. The one time they did beat him, they scored 4 in the first on a bunch of singles and groundballs. Then he shut them down for the next 5 innings until Murton went deep with a solo shot. So, not sure if they did figure him out, since it was basically one inning of back to back to back to back ground ball singles that got to him and then he had 12 more solid innings against them. But yes, Murton should start.
  5. jersey cubs fan
    fans don't vote for pitchers Which is very bizarre. All Star games are stupid anyway, and I don't really care about the voting. But what is the point of letting fans stuff ballots for hitters and not pitchers? Do they think fans aren't capable of judging what a quality pitcher is? It's all part of making the All-Star game as pointless and archaic as possible. Seriously. Home field advantage. In the Series. Decided in an exhibition game. Idiotic. It's not like deciding it randomly was much better. Well, it wasn't decided randomly, everybody knew which league would have it going into the year. It rotated, that's not random.
  6. jersey cubs fan
    To accomplish two things, breaking up the lefties and allowing him to face an inferior offense at home. Another thing is that by not using your 5th starter until you "have to" you are not building in any extra rest for the other starters. Keeping guys on 4 days rest is great, but it could be helpful to give them an extra day or two here or there. Throwing Guzman on the 6th allows for a little more rest for some of these guys. It's debatable which is the best course of action.
  7. jersey cubs fan
    Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the Bears draft, but D is pretty ridiculous. The national media generally hated the Jones trade and are holding the Briggs situation, as well as the Lovie and Rivera situations against the Bears. I'm not getting the same "terrible offseason" vibe that these guys have. Another national trend that came up during the draft is the completely contradictory stance by so many that teams don't stand a chance in today's NFL without a good to great franchise QB, and that Rex Grossman isn't even close to being a good QB. I don't know for sure, but I have to believe that winning the NFC championship counts as the Bears having a chance last year. And they are currently the favorite, or among the favorites to make the super bowl again this year, meaning people think they have a chance. Yet according to these people, the Bears shouldn't have a chance since Rex can't be a franchise QB.
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    I say who cares if he was drinking or not. It's very tragic and very sad regardless. It is very sad and tragic regardless. But it's important to acknowledge the drinking and driving, if, in fact, he was drinking and driving. So, I would say everybody should care. It's an ongoing national problem that people can solve on their own with an ounce of common sense. It's nothing but stupidity that fails to prevent such tragedies. I see no reason why people can't speculate about the circumstances, considering what happened and what has emerged so far.
  9. jersey cubs fan
    I don't. I'm pretty certain he's not. But that's okay, he can still contribute by being a .360 OBP guy making $350,000 on the bench. He's better than our other options (Izturis, Cedeno). Probably, but that doesn't mean it makes sense to play him every day. They probably need to try and set-up a platoon and hope one guys gets hot now and again.
  10. jersey cubs fan
    I'm not sure what that means. But I do see the point in trading a DE, if you get value. Brown and Wale are both disappointments. I wouldn't have a problem if either one was traded, assuming they get something like a 2008 3rd round pick or better. It would be a benefit both for cap space reasons, as well as maintaining the influx of talent in the future. If they do somehow end up dealing Briggs along with an end, that could potentially bring in a windfall of young talent. I don't have a problem with them keeping both guys either, as it could help to give those vets competition (even if Anderson's emergence didn't seem to light a spark in either guy). Now that the draft is over, it's time to focus on bringing in some depth (hopefully offensive lineman) via cap casualty type free agents.
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    I don't. I'm pretty certain he's not. But that's okay, he can still contribute by being a .360 OBP guy making $350,000 on the bench.
  12. jersey cubs fan
    At least it's refreshing to see a move made quickly, rather than the Dusty philosophy of letting a horrid player like Neifi start game after game with nothing being done about it. Agreed. I just hope Theriot continues his hot streak and makes it where the only part of Izturis' uniform that gets dirty is the seat of his pants from sitting on the bench. Hot streak? His line is .188/.188/.188 in the last 7 games. He probably needs a day or two off.
  13. jersey cubs fan
    fans don't vote for pitchers Which is very bizarre. All Star games are stupid anyway, and I don't really care about the voting. But what is the point of letting fans stuff ballots for hitters and not pitchers? Do they think fans aren't capable of judging what a quality pitcher is?
  14. jersey cubs fan
    I don't have a problem with it either, but that's not the point. The point is that a decreasing K rate can indicate arm problems.
  15. jersey cubs fan
    And to make matters worse, they are playing the 1955 Pirates who don't think it's necessary to put the game on TV at all, so no extra innings channel is showing this one. Absurd.
  16. jersey cubs fan
    There's no way someone can say a player will never be traded. Anything can happen in the future. samardzija has a no trade clause and a huge contract. there's like 0.000000000001% chance of him being traded within the next 8 years. Forgot about the NTC; that does make it unlikely that he'd be traded during the duration of the contract. However, he certainly could be traded after that, so I still disagree with your comment that there's almost no chance he'll ever be traded. A NTC hardly negates the chance he gets traded. And the contract isn't anywhere near large enough to get in the way either.
  17. jersey cubs fan
    I heard one report say the tow truck was in the left lane, and then I heard another say it was on the shoulder. But then if there aren't any shoulders it can't be true I guess. Anyway, my understanding is if you block a traffic lane on a highway you must put cones or flares out immediately. Maybe that's not the case in Missouri? I can't imagine traveling 70 MPH and realizing too late someone is blocking the lane. Seems way to dangerous to me -- but then again, I don't know the facts about what really happened here. the radio reports (KMOX) i've heard have always said the truck was in the left lane, but i believe the stalled car was also in the left lane. i guess a truck with flashing lights is better than a stalled car with no lights. maybe the driver didnt have time to set up the other safety/warning items. iirc 40 curves a little to the right at that point right before the grand exit going west, so an obstruction in the left lane would be shielded a bit to west bound drivers. This seems to be the only logical explanation - the police just hadn't arrived yet. Very dangerous situation obviously. How does a tow truck arrive before police? Was he just roaming that stretch of land anticipating accidents?
  18. jersey cubs fan
    He's not a free agent is he? I thought he was just having a little tiff with the Steelers. If he goes anywhere he probably ends up in Arizona with his ex-coach.
  19. jersey cubs fan
    My team has now carried a lead into the weekend 3 weeks in a row, only to cough it up late for the loss. I need more clutch players.
  20. jersey cubs fan
    I hadn't either. ESPN's depth chart has Langerhans/Jones/Francoeur, with Diaz backing up both corners and Hanz backing up in LF. They just called up a 28 year old with a pretty long history of not doing a whole lot in the minors (772 OPS) or majors (600 OPS). Langerhans wasn't hitting at all this year and hasn't done anything in his career, so it seems to me like they just gave up on him, as opposed to wanting to clear space.
  21. jersey cubs fan
    I wish the team would do that too, even if they don't stick with it. Tuesday is when the roster move will be made. Then they will play two games, then an off day-then 3 more, then another off day. I don't see any reason to need 12 pitchers that week. Finally they have 13 in a row, but Cherry will be eligible to be called back up by game 4 of that, and that will buy them another 10 days of figuring out what to do and possibly putting together a trade. This is a very solid argument for going with 11 pitchers, at least for the immediate future. Yeah, there's definitely no reason to make a move now. They don't need the 5th starter for a while, so you have yourself an 7-man pen until then, and that's the only reason to have a 12-man staff. And after a series of 4 off days in 12 days, the bullpen should be well rested and properly staffed by the time a 5th starter needs to be called up.
  22. jersey cubs fan
    Miller was near retirement when the Bears convinced him to stay in the league. Brown had to be convinced to stay this year. They don't have a single decent lineman in his mid 20's. St. Clair is a turnstile. An injury to either tackle, and this line will falter. An injury to Kreutz and the line crumbles. This team has been extremely lucky to be as healthy as it has been on the line the past two years. Sure, proper conditioning and quality strength work can help prevent injuries, so it's not all based on luck. But the health of offensive lineman is always in doubt. They needed a tackle this year. Next year's first rounder won't be nearly good enough to get the best tackle out there, and probably not somebody who could start in 2008 either. They needed to start developing guys a couple years ago, but they've ignored the offensive line in the past few drafts, and are pressing their luck.
  23. jersey cubs fan
    Very mixed emotions on this draft. Going into it, I had a lot of faith in Angelo based on his track record. I wasn't in love with Olsen, but he's a good pick, can't knock it. A few guys I wanted in the 31/37 area were drafted before the Bears picked. I think the trade they made was great. But I'm pissed they ignored the offensive line issue until the middle round, getting just a guard. They need tackles desperately, and a 7th rounder is probably not going to cut it. They drafted some of the positions I wanted to see, including linebacker and change of pace back. I wanted them to take a flyer on a QB late in the draft, and can't really complain about Leak there. But the overload of d-backs seems excessive, even if they had an eye on restocking their special teams with those guys. And it seems just about everybody but Olsen and Beekman were overdrafts. I realize Angelo has done well here, and as somebody else noted, the Bears don't focus as much on getting guys in the right slots for the pick as they do how that person fits with the team. But even still, I can't help but think they left a lot of value on the table, and didn't put enough emphasis on their biggest need, offensive lineman. If that line slips at all this year, the offense is going to take a major step back.
  24. jersey cubs fan
    right now I'm pissed. wolf was practically undrafted free agent caliber. the others seem like complete reaches and ego picks. this is the type of draft that could make or break angelo's reputation.
  25. jersey cubs fan
    It's got to be Murton. They're killing him right now, as he's pretty much just wasting away doing nothing.
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