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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    That's fine, but what's the point of counting 60s and 70s stuff either? I don't make the rules, baby. True, but you’re clearly confused by them Also yea, lets move the Bears back to Wrigley. That makes sense, but only to the pre-super bowl crowd. How old are you?
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    you're gif suggest the Bears will be eating Tommy Lestella soon. That seems far fetched, but maybe not toooooo far fetched.
  3. minnesotacubsfan
    No. Jersey has outlined well The Browns are in a class by themselves, rivaled only by the Lions prior to their last 3-5 years.
  4. minnesotacubsfan
    No, that's not what happened. Oh, ok. So they are marginally better the Chicago? Sounds like you are comparing a fresh chunky pike of horsefeathers to a slightly less fresh chunky pike of horsefeathers.
  5. minnesotacubsfan
    Talking up the ‘Boys like they’re the horsefeathering Patriots Whatever, I like watching that shitshow get bounced every damn year. Nothing goes better w/fine TexMex better.
  6. minnesotacubsfan
    You're pointing out the flaws of a fanchise that actually has more success then your favorite baseball team. Think about that. So what? Cubs fans, and, really, the entire world, know what the Cubs were. The Bears, by contrast, have been ducking their rep as a Trash Team for far too long. Thats a hot take, but its dead wrong. They are an original franchise and therefor get coddled in conversations, but no one looks at them like the horsefeathering Cowboys: ie a team destined for the SB every year that somehow fails. Thats a team that ducks their deserved reputation
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    The 85 Bears had a top 5 offense
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    this spelling was so bad that it actually made me forget how to spell it. speaking of, what is the realistic drop off from Danny to White Nick? WN passes the eye test, he shows up when he plays and seems like he makes more plays then Danny. Is it WN's pass coverage thats so terrifying?
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    You're pointing out the flaws of a fanchise that actually has more success then your favorite baseball team. Think about that.
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    GRIIP IT AND RIIP IT
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    Was that the one about how shocked his teammates were at practice whenever he threw an incompletion? I don't know if I'd rather have it be that Pace and co just whiffed terribly or that there is a literal curse at Halas Hall that destroys QBs. I can't remember if that anecdote was in there. It was the one in this post. But the article has been taken down, it looks like. It was an analysis of Watson and Trubisky before the draft. http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1203&p=164877&hilit=presnapreads&sid=92d3bdf714c07736b975b20fb4b900c8#p164877 and there was also this: http://www.northsidebaseball.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=44&t=1203&p=166013&hilit=accuracy#p166013 yes, his accuracy was his biggest asset pre-draft as I recall. But that just makes me wonder how well scouts know this horsefeathers, and why they place one qb's accuracy over the other. The second post suggests "his throws allow covered guys to become uncovered, essentially". what the hell does that even mean? And what was that comment based on?
  12. minnesotacubsfan
    the videos above showed games in the regular season. Doesn’t mean they do it every game or for an entire game when they do it. Maybe they only do it in close and late situations. well, I was reacting more to the postseason splits provided, and saying it definitely happened during the regular season. I would venture a guess that there are players who do want the tip off and players who don't want it. Lots of factors in play that could narrow how much its done or how much the benefit is realized, but overall the effect likely isn't that large. But I'm willing to bet they either did it or made a decision not to do it every game, some way or some how, and especially at home.
  13. minnesotacubsfan
    welp, we all know where sully stands on that one
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    why are you suggesting/assuming that they were doing this on every pitch @Minute Maid Park the entire season Astros team-wide postseason splits, 2017 home: 862 OPS away: 632 OPS the videos above showed games in the regular season.
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    oh ok you're barely paying attention, nevermind then I don't think you're paying attention to Sofas view: MLB doesn't have a ton of motivation to make it a big deal. I'd agree because its not that there was/wasnt cheating, or that it vastly helped 1 team in the league (it likely helped, but not to the extent of propelling them to the WS win), its that it probably is very pervasive in the MLB, MiLB, and that the overall effect is likely very marginal.
  16. minnesotacubsfan
    Right, but this kind of epitomizes why this won't really be a thing. Besides that it's something pretty much everyone is doing or trying to do in one way or another, and how the numbers don't really play out to this being this amazing advantage for the Astros, that so much of it will come down to things like "LOOK AT THIS REALLY GOOD HITTER CRUSH A TERRIBLE PITCH...also there's the bang" isn't going to give it a whole lot of traction. Like, it would be far more effective to show normally mediocre or lousy hitters having spikes and doing unusual amounts of damage, which we won't get a lot of because it's the Astros and they're mostly really good with or without the "cheating." I guess it would be a Bonds-type of situation in terms of trying to find a line where they went from "just" a great team to freakishly great. Plus MLB has no real motivation to do much of anything about it, and the other teams don't have any real motivation, or a leg to stand on, to make it a big deal. ..are you trying to reenact the Chapelle Show jury selection sketch here oh yeah this guy hits 40 HR now imagine if we could accurately tip pitches to Javy (+plus the juiced ball). Could he hit 60?
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    if you had time to sit and prepare for the pitch, sure, but the video seemed to show the batter getting the info just before the pitcher goes into windup. There's not a whole lotta time to adjust to a pitch at the point, and thats where it can be detrimental to the batter rather then helpful. The only caveat is if the batter is sitting change up the ENTIRE AB and is told when one is coming, THEN he has a huge advantage. Wait, what? That's not how batting works. You don't sit there and prepare for a specific pitch for a few minutes. Knowing before release that a changeup is coming would be a huge advantage. It both allows you to sit fastball if you don't hear banging, then expect off speed once you hear it. You don't need 5 minutes to think it over. :-k thats almost precisely what I'm saying, well more or less I just wish the Cubs did it more
  18. minnesotacubsfan
    put a pager gyro on the mans neck swag
  19. minnesotacubsfan
    *doesn't
  20. minnesotacubsfan
    if you had time to sit and prepare for the pitch, sure, but the video seemed to show the batter getting the info just before the pitcher goes into windup. There's not a whole lotta time to adjust to a pitch at the point, and thats where it can be detrimental to the batter rather then helpful. The only caveat is if the batter is sitting change up the ENTIRE AB and is told when one is coming, THEN he has a huge advantage. lol gtfo if Kris Bryant knew when changeups were coming he'd slug 1000 I know! Thats why I wish the Cubs did the same for him!
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    if you had time to sit and prepare for the pitch, sure, but the video seemed to show the batter getting the info just before the pitcher goes into windup. There's not a whole lotta time to adjust to a pitch at the point, and thats where it can be detrimental to the batter rather then helpful. The only caveat is if the batter is sitting change up the ENTIRE AB and is told when one is coming, THEN he has a huge advantage. The only reason why I disagree is that if it didn't work very well or didn't help much at all, they wouldn't have kept doing it. That's where I wonder if the Astros were combining with scouting reports, ie they knew the WS pitcher threw hit-able change-ups, and thus were pinpointing that one pitch with the batter. In other words, telling their guys to sit change-up, and wait for the signal. They could expand that method to every team they play, every pitcher they face, by adjusting the batters expectations (ie sit change, sit FB) as they went. I mean, to me, its hard to lambast the level of dedication to win by using all sources available. I wish TheoCo would do that for KB, or better yet, Javy
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    if you had time to sit and prepare for the pitch, sure, but the video seemed to show the batter getting the info just before the pitcher goes into windup. There's not a whole lotta time to adjust to a pitch at the point, and thats where it can be detrimental to the batter rather then helpful. The only caveat is if the batter is sitting change up the ENTIRE AB and is told when one is coming, THEN he has a huge advantage.
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    NEVER SIDE WITH MANAGEMENT, SULLEY. I especially like the logic trap of the last one. "Well, the horsefeathers GM who should be fired says the horsefeathers QB who shouldn't have been drafted reminds him of one of the best QBs of all time! BOOM, GOTCHA." it reads like "SO WHAT IF WE CATAPULTED OURSELVES AROUND ANDROMEDA, WE HAD NO FUEL LEFT! IT WAS THE CORRECT DECISION! BESIDES ITS TOO LATE TO TURN BACK NOW! WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER!! AAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!"
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    The disaster was you not watching the game. Well thats partially true. The stomach flu that helped me to sleep in until 2:pm cst was a bitch, but it still doesn’t explain anything about Whitehair/Daniels. How about helping your fellow fan out, were they turnstiles?
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    I missed it. Enlighten us plz. What was the disaster? The disaster was you not watching the game. Well thats partially true. The stomach flu that helped me to sleep in until 2:pm cst was a bitch, but it still doesn’t explain anything about Whitehair/Daniels. How about helping your fellow fan out, where they turnstiles?
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