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  1. minnesotacubsfan
    lol wow
  2. minnesotacubsfan
    um, if anything it would have been offsetting interference calls on the final hail mary, as one of the Ravens WR's totally powerslammed one of the Patriots safeties right, but why didnt they replay the down? dont they replay the down in that instance? yeah replay the down so kyle boller can throw another super-low percentage pass and not reach the end zone with it. why not, thems the rules, right Tom?
  3. minnesotacubsfan
    um, if anything it would have been offsetting interference calls on the final hail mary, as one of the Ravens WR's totally powerslammed one of the Patriots safeties right, but why didnt they replay the down? dont they replay the down in that instance? yeah, i don't know. just correcting what the blown call was thats what burned me, the Patriots were allowd a second chance because of their f-up, but the Ravens aren't given the same oppertunity. I dont know, I guess it never should have came down to it, and I feel the holding call was ticky-tack.
  4. minnesotacubsfan
    um, if anything it would have been offsetting interference calls on the final hail mary, as one of the Ravens WR's totally powerslammed one of the Patriots safeties right, but why didnt they replay the down? dont they replay the down in that instance?
  5. minnesotacubsfan
    lets see, a false start, then a holding call, but no pass interference on the last hail mary throw? nice officating. way to be consistant. Ravens got screwed.
  6. minnesotacubsfan
    um..no its not, and that is the dumbest analogy I have read on this board to date. cancer isn't a performance under stress. I hope this helps: Not that I necessarily agree with this but here it goes, Clutch is simply performing at "typical" levels in "pressure situations". The player doesn't get better, he simply performs at or near expected levels Anti-clutch is the player performing at significantly worse levels in "pressure situations". I don't know how they would measure drop-off and how to control for opportunities, but I think that is the logic. It makes sense at some level. ok, I can buy that, but then there is neither "clutch" nor "choke", simply performing at expected levels and not performing at expected levels.
  7. minnesotacubsfan
    see how that works both ways? you cant have "choking" in baseball w/o "clutch". why? please explain this to me. Yeah, that's just not true. It can't be explained. It’s very simple. If stress of a situation can drain a player’s ability and concentration, then it can also help them to elevate it. You cannot claim in a reasonable argument that stress only takes from a player’s ability. (well you could, but you aren’t being reasonable). Some players may have the ability to elevate their game in a situation that they recognize it to be critical. Another poster mentioned that a "critical" situation is subjective, and can depend on the player (critical to his career, to his batting ave, etc etc etc.) I could buy this argument, but if that is the case it can also be said for "choking". I cannot accept someone claiming there is such an event of choking with out its antithasis, clutch.
  8. minnesotacubsfan
    um..no its not, and that is the dumbest analogy I have read on this board to date. cancer isn't a performance under stress.
  9. minnesotacubsfan
    see how that works both ways? you cant have "choking" in baseball w/o "clutch".
  10. minnesotacubsfan
    HENDRY IS AN IDOIT. WE ALL KNOW THIS. BUT SOMEHOW, HE JUST OUT-DOES HIMSELF AND SURPRISES THE LIVING #### OUT OF US. AWESOME.
  11. minnesotacubsfan
    I guess what bothers me on this arguement is why cant they do better? If they can do better, why can't they do that all the time? Why are they doing worse than they should a majority of the time. maybe they are unaware of how it happens-the same whay some onw who is a "chock-artist" is unaware of how not to choke the flaw in the anti-clutch arguement for me is that it can only happen one way-that a player can only get worse then their typical/average, but never better. statistics are based on average, but lets face it, NO ONE give 110% every day every second.
  12. minnesotacubsfan
    I guess what bothers me on this arguement is why cant they do better?
  13. minnesotacubsfan
    Explain why. if you cannot have the ability to focus, concentrate, and adjust your approach/skill set in a "pressure" situation, you cannot have the ability to loose focus, concentaration, and ability to adjust youre approach/skill sets and thus "choke" I do believe ther is somthing to being "clutch", although I think it is overblown by mainstream media
  14. minnesotacubsfan
    jimbo likes him some K very much, thank you.
  15. minnesotacubsfan
    http://www.suntimes.com/sports/hockey/blackhawks/659087,hawk112007.article
  16. minnesotacubsfan
    the guy had ONE ARM! The only reason he was playing anyways was because all the real players were fighting in the war. I am amazed at how fast he his glove-to-throwing hand transfer was
  17. minnesotacubsfan
    Maybe Jimbo is looking at trading Marquis
  18. minnesotacubsfan
    I'm beginning to come around to this thought as well. At first, I wanted nothing to do with Kobe, buuuut, if Kobe can get his way, the Bulls could have a very very good team for a long time w/Kobe, Deng, Hinrich, Nocioni, etc....
  19. minnesotacubsfan
    thats interesting
  20. minnesotacubsfan
    screw it lets give him ownership
  21. minnesotacubsfan
    Lee is more expendable than Aramis. If you're going to trade one, trade Lee to LA for Kemp or Loney. thats prolly true. Can Arod play 1st? if not, can Aram?
  22. minnesotacubsfan
    fine. then trade Aram and sign Arod
  23. minnesotacubsfan
    cabrera? Miggy-for 1st base He's not a FA this offseason. yea I know and I was impling we would have to trade for him I guess I am not being very clear/eloquent thei safternoon. hell, send them aram if we could get Miggy. Lini and Z make a GREAT 1&2 starter tandum However, once again, pitching was not our problem. Offense is. I wouldn't be giving up Aram/Lee unless I really really had to. truuuueee...but replacing Marquis with Lini and putting Marquis into the bull pen as long man (essentially eating his contract) makes us MUCH better. of course this trade is based on the idea we could then trade for Miggy to replace Lee/Aram's bat. otherwise I wouldnt do it. in reality, a Miggy for Lini deal between SF and Florida makes more sense, but I'm just dreaming here.
  24. minnesotacubsfan
    you better believe if Miggy could fit under Carlos's wings, he'd try to eat his way out yea but Carlos would bitch slap Miggy back in to place. Then GEOVANNY SOTO would have to step in and calm them both down.
  25. minnesotacubsfan
    cabrera? Miggy-for 1st base He's not a FA this offseason. yea I know and I was impling we would have to trade for him I guess I am not being very clear/eloquent thei safternoon. hell, send them aram if we could get Miggy. Lini and Z make a GREAT 1&2 starter tandum
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