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  1. Derwood
    bye Sheed
  2. Derwood
    i hate these threads why does everyone assume that pie/pignatello/whoever will do any better than who is here now? because they're cheaper? as if that somehow makes each hit count for two or something.
  3. Derwood
    bullet, meet brain
  4. Derwood
    what's the difference between losing with Eyre/Howry/Jones/Zambrano and losing with Rapada/Cherry/Pie/Marmol?
  5. Derwood
    Sports Radio or iPod. Sports when ESPN radio (locally) is airing national shows, but not when they're broadcasting the quarterfinals of the PIAA Division 3 Girl's Volleyball tournament :)
  6. Derwood
    yeah, this place has been all sunshine and optimism lately. thank goodness you're here to bring everyone back down to earth. I wish people would stop quoting him. I've got him on ignore, but I still end up seeing all his posts because people keep egging him on. :x How do you put someone on ignore? you need to have Premium
  7. Derwood
    did Blanco die or something?
  8. Derwood
    Neifi vs. Macias
  9. Derwood
    i actually quite liked the 2004 team right up until, oh, mid-September or so
  10. Derwood
    funny how this sort of thing rarely happens on winning ballclubs.
  11. Derwood
    IBL
  12. Derwood
    clearly, if you want to be a GM in this league, make sure "made game winning 3-pointer for Bulls in NBA Finals" is right at the top of your resume
  13. Derwood
    I mentioned Jeter because of the team, the rings, the liklihood that he'll own the all-time Yankees hits record (among others), etc. IF he stays a Yankee for life, his legacy is more or less guaranteed (esp. if they win another ring)
  14. Derwood
    I'd argue that there's plenty of people clamoring for a cut-rate, well run business though. There are plenty of "discount" airlines that are used pretty frequently. And there's plenty of room for budget hotels. I think that's a terrible analogy. Minor league baseball seems to do just fine. The CBA has managed to stay to remain in business. The CFL, AFL, and NFL Europe all are popular enough to support continued operations. I'm not saying he'll be successful. I just think it's a poor analogy. i think his point wasn't that people don't want discount airlines, but they don't want shoddy, poorly run airlines. People don't want a crappy league with bad players and kitschy marketing
  15. Derwood
    Colin Cowherd (gulp) made a really good point about all this today. He said yes, there is demand for more football, but not for crappy football. He made the analogy to the airlines or hotel industry; there is always demand for another great hotel chain or airline, but no one is clamoring for a cut-rate, badly run business in any industry
  16. Derwood
    competing for players with the NFL and Arena League and the CFL and NFL Europe
  17. Derwood
    The team cook has lseft out the secret ingredient in this year's pre-game buffet
  18. Derwood
    Not to mention the USFL in the 80's. They filed and actually won an antitrust lawsuit against the NFL, but were awarded $3 in damages (that's right, 3 dollars). Carrying a debt of $160 million that $3 didn't go very far, and the league folded after a couple of years. Trump was one of the owners IIRC USFL would have been fine if they had stuck to a spring schedule. as soon as they decided to go heads up with the NFL in the fall, they were screwed
  19. Derwood
    if the Cubs want to suck, I'll root for the Pirates. IT's been a real long time since they were any good, and, at present, they are more fun to watch
  20. Derwood
    Jim Rome says it's Bush, which means it 100% is not
  21. Derwood
    I agree. Its not like we have to be much better than .500 to take the division. Then you just hope you can get hot at the right time. A couple of small trades could probably help things. If nothing else let the firesale occur after Hendry is gone. I've been overly optimistic all season. I really do think they can take it but this team also looks like its quit. you have? You IM me every game acting like the sky is falling I wasn't aware laughing about how bad they're doing and talking about fake rallies qualified as sky falling. i'll have to cut and paste one of our conversations here sometime
  22. Derwood
    the Brewers are playing .333 baseball the last 3 weeks and we've gained one game
  23. Derwood
    no, Soriano12 is trying to bandwagon onto a good team, where we know he'll keep watching the Cubs anyways
  24. Derwood
    nah, our COBS will somehow go 6-4 or 7-3 and give Hendry a reason to buy rather than sell in July (but Milwaukee will go 9-1 and add two more games to their lead)
  25. Derwood
    I agree. Its not like we have to be much better than .500 to take the division. Then you just hope you can get hot at the right time. A couple of small trades could probably help things. If nothing else let the firesale occur after Hendry is gone. I've been overly optimistic all season. I really do think they can take it but this team also looks like its quit. you have? You IM me every game acting like the sky is falling
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