Derwood
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It has been well documented by Chicago sports writers/radio personalities that Dusty has his "boys" in the clubhouse. These are the guys he tends to use more often because he has a history with them. Perez is definitely in that club, as he played for Dusty in SF, etc. Hollandsworth has become a "chosen one". Sosa was the president of the boys club. Well the worry is that the new guys aren't Dusty's Boys yet, meaning Hairston, Dubois, Blanco, etc. aren't going to be his first choice off the bench no matter the situation. I'm not sure what it takes to be qualified as a Dusty Boy (besides being a light hitting, switch hitting utility infielder). I thought traditional logic was "play for the tie at home, play for the win on the road". Playing for the win when you're down 1 with a man on in the 9th is to bring in the guy who is most likely to hit a home run (ie Dubois). Grrr....
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And they play the Wiz this week...
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My apologies, as I haven't read all 66 pages of posts, but here is a question: I know that getting the 4th seed in the playoffs is important because it guarantees home court for the first round. However, wouldn't you rather drop to 6th so that you wouldn't have to face the Heat until the Eastern Conference finals? A 4th or 5th seed would have you see them in the 2nd round (assuming both the Bulls and Heat won in the opening round)
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This team is tiring out. Thankfully Jermaine O'Neal is out for the season and the Philly trade for Webber isn't working out, or else I'd be worried that the playoffs will slip away. With 20 or so games left, this team needs to suck it up and push through.
