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  1. Rose betting on baseball, on his own team, could have had a HUGE effect on games. did he bet on games he played or on games he managed? and betting doesn't tarnish the fact that he was statisically the most accomplished hitter of all time
  2. And the team is................................the Cardinals! They are relocating the New Jersey Cardinals here to Happy Valley. I'm so conflicted! On the one hand, i'm thrilled to be getting a minor league team (in a brand new stadium) just 3 miles from my house. On the other hand, it's the frigging Cardinals!
  3. Now that you mention it, there are criminally few division games in September. WTF? I hope this gets sorted out.
  4. And the Cubs played winning ball against THEIR division and where did that get them?
  5. How is this typical? Can you site other incidents similar to this from the White Sox this year? Every year for the past 4 years, the Sox telling the media that they're better than the Twins. "Magglio Ordonez is a Venezuelan #####! He's got an enemy (More ##### and more hateful obnoxiousness)" Buehrle's whining about the Rangers supposed cheating from a team whose fans would gloat for years about what a great sign stealer Nossek was. Guillen's whining at every single oppurtunity possible about everything and anything. If Podsednik's mediocre year didn't appeal so well to old-schoolers, I can't understand why anyone would root for this sham of a team. Sham? 99 win sham? C'mon, I know people hate the Sox, but a crappy team doesn't luck it's way into 99 wins. All those things you listed are inexcusable, but I could got item for item with the Cubs actions the past 2 years as well.
  6. I'm conflicted on this issue. Sometimes I think you need to separate the misdeeds from the good deeds in times of celebration. For example, I would have applauded Pete Rose at the "100 greatest players" celebration simply because of his baseball accomplishments. Remember Jim Gray getting killed by the players because he chose that moment to bring up the gambling again? Sometimes you need to let it go and give them their due for their on-the-field accomplishments. That said, Rose's gambling didn't affect his ability to hit the baseball or amass records. Andro/Roids could have done that for McGwire.
  7. How is this typical? Can you site other incidents similar to this from the White Sox this year?
  8. June looks rough :cry:
  9. Pirates: @PIT - Apr 14-16 vsPIT - May 1-2 vsPIT - Aug 4-6 @PIT - Aug 28-30 vsPIT - Sep 4-7
  10. Wow, I thought the Cubs were poorly managed. Could be a Diamondbacks-style gutting of veterans here soon in Houston.
  11. Wow, those are awful! Louisville gets a BCS bowl but Virginia Tech plays in the Gator Bowl? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
  12. Anyone think that Penn State can beat Ohio State this Saturday? OSU is coming off a bye week, but PSU is at home. If PSU wins this, holy christ is it going to be nuts here.
  13. If the Yanks didn't get ho-slapped by schilling on sunday, this would be a moot point. or how about beating tampa bay just once?
  14. nothing we didn't suspect, but you hate to hear these things get closer to confirmation
  15. http://www.suntimes.com/output/cubs/cst-spt-kiley03.html Some of the unfortunate highlights: And then this Baker nugget:
  16. Francouer will win because of his hype, while Howard actually had better numbers (and filled in for an injured superstar in Thome). I don't follow the AL enough to even know who is a candidate
  17. I agree with the idea that Pujols will win on a "make up call" for the last 2 seasons where he lost to Bonds. It's also about perceived value vs. cold-hard stats. Pujols (and even Jones) are perceived as being more valuable because they play on winning teams. Jones will get quite a few votes since he really excelled at a time when there were 47 rookies on the team. You all give the voters WAY too much credit for statistical analysis. Many probably don't even know what OBP is much less Win shares or VORP
  18. Yeah we could get Nen to just hang around too and play I Palindrome I. Ah, shoot, why not bring back Stan Javier, Mark Gardner, Danny Darwin and William van Landingham while we're at it?
  19. Other two are still in, as one picked TB over DET, the other CIN over HOU :x
  20. Hey, I'm in that picture! And again MSU finds itself way behind a team they beat in the polls. I'm pretty sure that they erase the memories of the pollsters every week to make sure they are only judging their picks based on yesterday's games.
  21. Shortly after signing Rueter, the Cubs will trade Derrek Lee for JT Snow, sign Rich Aurilia, then get Marvin Benard for the bench. :lol:
  22. Who on the what now?
  23. Suicide is hilarious :( In other news, I knew Penn State would be a Top 25 team, but 16? That's a little overzealous I think
  24. Perez or Macias getting at-bats, in my mind, falls under Baker, who is not part of the poll
  25. Most predictable response by IMB! ever
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