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um, we got TWO hits yesterday, not one. let's get it right

Care to tell/ provide a clip? they walked in the walk off run in the 9th to San Diego

stop watching start running

the Reds pulled a Wuertz last night...anyone see it?

sweet

let the beatdown begin

wow, that's Randolph's version of the "Dusty Baker Patented Getaway Day Forfeit Lineup"

That's funny. How about the guy who played for the Bulls part-time last year and then got traded to Phoenix? What about Vince Carter tanking in Toronto? It happens all the time. Didn't John Starks tank because he didn't want to play for the Bulls? (Admittedly he was at the end of his career though.) no, i think he just sucked

Sammy hitting HR's for a last place team. Where have I heard this before?

That's funny. How about the guy who played for the Bulls part-time last year and then got traded to Phoenix? What about Vince Carter tanking in Toronto? It happens all the time. Carter tanking in Toronto got him traded, but it didn't get him a new contract

You mean "I love the Bears, and want to finish my career here, so I'm seeking a trade" doesn't make total sense to you? this points to another problem with the NFL salary system, which is it fosters a complete lack of team loyalty (on both sides of the equation) with owners constantly cutting vets to try to get cheaper production and players constantly chasing the next big paycheck Unlike the MLB and NBA that's all about team loyalty. There's nobody in the NBA who purposefully tanks a season so they can leave and go somewhere else. Yeah, that's a great system. name me the last player in the NBA who tanked a season to go somewhere else Chris Webber. okay, so that's one guy. it's hardly an epidemic. more often than not, money is a non-factor among the egos in the NBA since the contracts all line up pretty well

You mean "I love the Bears, and want to finish my career here, so I'm seeking a trade" doesn't make total sense to you? this points to another problem with the NFL salary system, which is it fosters a complete lack of team loyalty (on both sides of the equation) with owners constantly cutting vets to try to get cheaper production and players constantly chasing the next big paycheck Unlike the MLB and NBA that's all about team loyalty. There's nobody in the NBA who purposefully tanks a season so they can leave and go somewhere else. Yeah, that's a great system. name me the last player in the NBA who tanked a season to go somewhere else

This is such a one sided blind view of the story. Owners can't just cut on a whim. If they do, most players are just going to sign another bigger deal. The only guys who might lose out in this system are the guys that aren't worth what they are being paid. Being cut in the NFL is not necessarily a bad thing. You can get cut by one team and sign an even bigger deal with another, as long as you are good. But why should a player have to go through that? why sign a 7 year deal if you're going to get cut after 2? Go through what? Free agency? Players love free agency. What are they going through? They should "have to go through that" because the concept of a 7-year contract in anything is absolutely ridiculous. The NFL is a meritocracy, unlike baseball, which is a ageitocracy, or the NBA, which is a hypeitocracy. The fact of the matter is if you play well in the NFL, you get paid. Guys like Lance Briggs choose to gamble and wait for an even bigger payday, and I say good for them. But don't come crying about unfairness in the contract structure. These guys aren't "going through" anything unfair. Even though contracts aren't guaranteed, the fact is owners can't just cut anybody whenever they want, competition from the other teams would destroy them. We're talking about a 52 man roster in a sport that plays 16 regular season games a year, that's twice as many players as baseball and more than 3 times as many as the NBA, and 10% and 19% of the number of games, yet there's still plenty of room for 20-30 guys per team to make millions every year and the sport is run in such a way that unlike the NBA and MLB, they've had no work stoppages or threat of a work stoppage for two decades, plus they have had nothing but constant growth. The pie just keeps getting bigger and bigger. then why not just have all 1-year contracts in the NFL and let every player renegotiate every year?

You mean "I love the Bears, and want to finish my career here, so I'm seeking a trade" doesn't make total sense to you? this points to another problem with the NFL salary system, which is it fosters a complete lack of team loyalty (on both sides of the equation) with owners constantly cutting vets to try to get cheaper production and players constantly chasing the next big paycheck

why is the Scarecrow from the Wizard of Oz wearing the Wicked Witch's hat and riding a unicorn with a comely young maiden in your signature?

This is such a one sided blind view of the story. Owners can't just cut on a whim. If they do, most players are just going to sign another bigger deal. The only guys who might lose out in this system are the guys that aren't worth what they are being paid. Being cut in the NFL is not necessarily a bad thing. You can get cut by one team and sign an even bigger deal with another, as long as you are good. But why should a player have to go through that? why sign a 7 year deal if you're going to get cut after 2?

and what's the difference between Mike Hampton making guaranteed money every year but always being hurt and someone in the NFL making all the money up front and then being cut for being hurt too much? Either way they are getting paid a ton to not play

The NFL salary system is the best in sports, by an extremely wide margin. It's not very often that guys pull this with 3 years remaining on a deal. Occasionally you'll get a former superstar like Ray Lewis who is trying to negotiate one last signing bonus early. If you're an NFL owner yes. It's the easiest sport to make huge up front money as a rookie. No other sports allows you to make as much money as soon as they do. The best players get paid the most. It's the fairest system for all. Baseball requires 3 years of service at minimum wage before you even sniff arbitration, and 6 years before free agency. NBA has slotted contracts that don't stack up to NFL contracts, and then it's filled with a bunch of guys making a ton of guaranteed money who aren't any good. Every sports fan complains about athletes who get paid a lot when they aren't any good anymore, yet the NFL actually has a system that takes care of that problem and people pretend it's unfair to the player. The NBA rookie salary system is way better than the NFL. It completely eliminates players holding out through training camp and demanding huge salaries before every playing a second of pro ball. Non-guaranteed contracts might protect owners, but they become complete jokes from the player side of the argument. Every player now wants huge signing bonuses because the rest of the deal can be cancelled at the whim of the owner. The salary cap is also extremely complicated and difficult to manage. Yes, the NBA has fewer players per team, but as a GM (and even as a fan) it's very easy to track ahead and see what your team's options are year to year.

i don't care. the bears overpaid him in the first place based on 2 or 3 games. he should feel lucky that he's starting, i doubt anyone would give us anything for him. Is he playing the Giants this year? No? Oh, so he wont have his usual 4 sack game against them? The Bears are playing the Giants. This story pisses me off. He's got 3 years on a contract and he's looking to get an extension or find a trade? I completely understand doing this stuff with 1 year remaining, but this is just nonsense. He's basically trying to be a free agent, getting permission to talk to every team so he can find one that will overpay him and give the Bears something in return. This can't sit well with Angelo. the NFL salary system is so broken that players will constantly pull this kind of crap

I think it has to do with the Palace being occupied on Sunday. IIRC, there's a WNBA game scheduled. Gee, what should take priority?? EDIT - Concert Sunday, WNBA Saturday Yeah, that's not a big surprise. While the playoffs would take priority if scheduling all 3 of those together, the arena already scheduled the other two, and to cancel them or move them would be a big headache for them-so the arena isn't going to want to do that without a big fight. what doesn't make sense is the NBA not scheduling their entire playoff schedule into every arena ahead of time

Wuertz?!?! You have to be kidding. :shock: Where did he say Wuertz? Omar said Wuertz I don't like Neal Cotts because he gave me a bad seller review on eBay after the ceramic dalmation I sent him got broken in the mail :(

Actually Phillies are red hot right now. On the verge of sweeping the Brewers. you never would have thought that the Cubs could lose 3 of 4 to the Mets and still gain a game on Milwaukee

wow, they just showed a little montage of all the cheap plays Bruce Bowen had made against the Suns....what a d-bag. Undercutting people under the basket, moving picks, the kneed to the groin....

I think it has to do with the Palace being occupied on Sunday. IIRC, there's a WNBA game scheduled. Gee, what should take priority?? EDIT - Concert Sunday, WNBA Saturday Wow, seriously, just wow

Conor Jackson gets off the shnide (sp?)