CubbieBum

Stone would be a huge upgrade over Brenly. Just an FYI, you misspelled "downgrade." Nope. Last week I was listening to the Cub-Sox broadcast on XM on my way home from work. Stone hasn't lost anything. He was talking about Quniten being a low ball hitter and how Dempster's approach should bode well for Quntin. Sure enough Quntin gets up to bat and hits a bomb on one of Dempster splitters. That's just one example. When I got home I was treated to Brenly's non analysis on WGN. He's a horrible color man. Len would be better off by himself. I don't like Brenly at all either. He never really adds anything other than corny jokes. I loved Stone but the way he has been acting I've little respect left. I do want a different color guy though. I vote for myself since I graduate in Dec.

That's a good question hadn't thought about it. Do they move as well. I assume so all but a couple WNBA teams are owned by the same people as the NBA. And OKC Jackmans http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/25/Oklahoma%21_%28London_Stage_Revival%29_.jpeg

Chase Daniel plays for missouri, rookie I was talking to TT, veteran. Oh, well Noel Devine plays for WVU, novice I know. It was worded terribly. I was just pointing out the irony of a Mizzou football fan burning an Oklahoma fan, experienced player. Well I get it now, uhhh, greenhorn? I've enjoyed your guys' contest on most synonyms for experienced and inexperienced.

Isn't Edinson Volquez a rookie. Any list without him on it is absurd.

Best mascot in college football. And this is coming from a hardcore Tennessee fan. Colorado's buffalo, Texas' bull, Otto the orange and, obviously, Smokey are also favorites of mine - but Uga is simply awesome. Zippy of Akron won the mascot battle last year and is the first undefeated champ but I regress because he isn't the best I'm biased and like Purdue Pete because no one is even remotely like him. IU is the worst they don't ever use theirs to my knowledge. All it is is a guy in a suit as a regular white dude with red hair and a IU cowboy hat on. As my dad says their is no such thing as an Indiana cowboy.

Best mascot in college football. And this is coming from a hardcore Tennessee fan. Colorado's buffalo, Texas' bull, Otto the orange and, obviously, Smokey are also favorites of mine - but Uga is simply awesome. i would like to see ralphie and bevo fight to the death sometime... that would be awesome. You have computer access in jail. Man they are pampering you.

You don't trade productive SS's they don't come along too often. Now if it was the make or break of a trade for CC maybe but CC has said their is no way he won't test the FA market so I'm less inclined to give up alot for him. The only reason I would go for Renteria would be to have one more beloved former Cardinal to piss off their fans. Then again I don't really like having former Cardinals on the team.

I put that one on the way to San Jose.

Because in a sport like baseball when a guy has all the physical tools to succeed and isn't its something with his brain. Marmol's stuff is just as nasty as before so it's not like he just lost it. It would be like LeBron struggling next year. It wouldn't be because he all of sudden lost all his athletic ability. Except that Marmol hasn't struggled for the whole season. He's in a bad stretch. Look at Kerry Wood. He had a bad stretch, but came out of it. Lebron is a bad example, as he plays the entire game every night. Relief pitching doesn't translate very well to basketball. Try not to take things too literally. LeBron is a good example because he is a freak and has more ability than anyone other than maybe Kobe. Marmol is a freak as a pitcher and has as good of stuff as anyone. It has nothing to do with playing time and has nothing to do with a whole season. It's a simple example of someone else with ridiculous ability. And Pedro is still effective when he is healthy he is just not healthy any more. He tried to pitch in a couple games this year while injured so his ERA is ridiculous but last year came bak from injury and had a 2.57 ERA.

Because in a sport like baseball when a guy has all the physical tools to succeed and isn't its something with his brain. Marmol's stuff is just as nasty as before so it's not like he just lost it. It would be like LeBron struggling next year. It wouldn't be because he all of sudden lost all his athletic ability.

Thats pretty good although many won't get it.

Where would we be without him this season? Second place.

struck out the first two then had a hit and walk followed by a homerun. Then came back and got a strike out. Like I said I think he's got a mental issue with doing well and then relaxing too soon or doing the same thing in each at bat and by the time the third batter comes up they've figured it out. I think its most likely the later.

Another bad outing. My worry level is at full alert now. His era is up to 3.59. He seems to start well and then start getting hit after an out or two.

Steroids aid muscle recovery. It's not all just about adding bulk. To say they wouldn't benefit an NBA player is false. Actually, I'm all for punishing those that are caught. I'd much prefer the sport to be clean, but I'm not going to pin the blame on one person when many were doing it. I don't believe any records are tainted nor should they be marked with an asterisk. It's called the steroid era because several people used them, not just Bonds. If you believe the wide-spread theory that he didn't start taking them until after the '98 season, then you can safely assume he hit quite a few homes before then off of pitchers that were on something. There is a reason MLB hasn't officially punished Bonds. Read into that what you will. Try rereading what I said. I said steroids wouldn't help NBA players as much. That is pretty easy to see. Yes they could be aided in getting back healthy sooner but after tat they are on their own natural ability meanwhile steroids can help baseball, and football guys add bulk and improve bat speed. Bonds has admitted to having taken them just claims he didn't know he was. He has been caught and he should be punished. The only way left is to blacklist him. Any other player who admits or is caught of purposefully using steroids to get ahead (I'm not talking every positive test because many of them are a result of a drug that didn't list an ingrediant that was banned). I have a lot of respect for Jason Giambi because he admitted to it and that takes guts especially in New York but I'm rather surprised he has just been allowed to keep playing. To me its a bit of a double standard by Selig (no surprise there). Rose has admitted his wrong doing why is he still being punished, that's the best example I can come up with. Giambi cheated, and admitted to it, I don't see why no one tried to get him banned which is how MLB has typically treated such situations before. I did read what you said. You said steroids wouldn't do a whole lot and implied that steroids only add strength, which isn't the case. My apologies if I misunderstood what you were trying to say, but reading it again, that's the only interpretation I can come up with. As for why Giambi didn't get banned, the punishment for steroids is a suspension, the length of which increases with each offense. And for the record, when he first admitted it, he didn't really come out and say what he was owning up to...just that he was "sorry." As for why Rose is still being punished, the consequences for betting on baseball were posted in every freaking locker room. He knew it would result in a lifetime ban, and that's exactly what happened. Obviously, I'm not going to change your mind here, so be it. I'm just trying to understand why someone would seriously consider withdrawing their support for their favorite team because of one player. No big deal. I understand all of that and remember Giambi's farce but it is still hypocritical to me. I'm one for different penalties for different positive tests. If the MLB knows it was something major like what Bonds did then a lifetime ban is fine by me but you can't do that to everyone with a positive test because many are accidents. Right now the current policy isn't going to stop the people who were big time users already. They can use it and likely will go awhile before ever getting tested and most of the time players can get off long enough to not test positive. Once you test positive once say it was an accident and then stop using. I personally think there is a large amount of people still using because so few get tested, they tend to get warning, and the first ban isn't that big of a deal. I'm one for big penalties because if you don't cheat you got nothing to be afraid of. It's why I don't understand why they can't get blood to test for HGH. If you are legit why be against it.

That's not even cool man.

They owner was losing a lot of money with a team that had a terrible lease in a crappy arena, and he sold the organization to a billionaire from a city that had fantastic attendance while hosting a transplant team from another area. What did he think was going to happen? Seattle isn't getting robbed. They barely even supported the team when the whole S.O.S movement needed them the most. The fans in Seattle knew the damn S.O.S. never had a chance because this whole abomination is being orchestrated by David Stern. Why should they have a 'movement' (what are they gonna do, sell out the arena for a team they know is moving?) when they know nothing will change? Stern should be ashamed of himself. No one would stop talking about how wonderful KeyArena is when it opened, now it doesn't meet NBA standards? It's a damn travesty. Everyone, even Seattle fans, admit that the KeyArena is run down. It's no secret that Stern and the entire NBA wanted the Sonics out of Seattle. They're a bad team in a bad arena with apathetic fans... he'd be a bad commish if he didnt want them to head to an area that will support them. Eh support goes up and done over the years and is tied almost directly to team success. If Stern took that philosophy all bad teams would be wanting to leave for a new arena every couple of years.

Which isn't what he said at all. What he said was a lot closer to what you opined he should have said. I misread ... been a bad day for me on that.

I think the deal is that Bennet and co. are buying out the lease, not that the team is staying Yeah, read more carefully, CubbieBum. No mention of the Sonics staying, just that Seattle is getting $75 million. Its a bit misleading and bad story because it doesn't explain completely. It's not too stunning they reached an agreement happens a lot in situations like this. Neither side wants to risk losing it all with a Judge's decision so they settle. Heck this even happens in criminal court with plea bargins. The stunning part would be the Sonics staying and the story should have had a paragraph explaining the Sonics are still moving. One of the first rules to journalism writing is never make the read assume something. I should have realized anyways but in my haste to post since we had just been talking about this I didn't fully think about it.

I think the deal is that Bennet and co. are buying out the lease, not that the team is staying Yeah after looking at it that seems like the case. Although it gives him the choice to stay or go, but his intentions have been made clear.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3471503 HOLY CRAP Seattle and Sonics reach last minute deal. Sorry IMB.

Dude it just rains too much there and I've heard people are pretty sleepless. That would make it hard to play.