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The first game I went to was June 23, 1970, Cubs vs. Mets. Mets won 12-10 in 10 innings on a two-run HR by Duffy Dyer off Phil Regan. Cubs led 4-1 after 3, Mets then scored 7 in the 4th to lead 8-5 after 4 (Cubs got one back in the bottom of the 4th). Cubs then scored 5 in the bottom of the 5th to take a 10-8 lead. Mets tied the game with 2 in the top of the 9th before winning in the 10th. As it turned out that was the Cubs' last day in first place that year (it was game 4 of what eventually became a 12-game losing streak). The next day they lost a DH to the Mets to fall out of first. http://www.baseball-reference.com/boxes/CHN/CHN197006230.shtml I don't remember much about having expectations, since it was just my second year of following baseball. What I do remember about that season was Ernie Banks' 500th HR early in the season, the beginning of the end for Randy Hundley (his first knee injury cost him nearly half of the season and he was never the same) and the mid-season acquisitions of Joe Pepitone and Milt Pappas.
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NSBB Name + Team Name + Owner Name and a request
NCCubFan replied to karenmac's topic in Fantasy Sports
Juan can do that himself if he thinks it would be helpful. As commissioner he has been set up with moderator powers in this forum. -
Condolences. And I'm an IU fan.
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My personal opinions on these issues: 1. I think you should be able to promote a player to your major league roster as long as it doesn't put you over the keeper limit of 10. In fact, I already did that myself with Wade Davis before the keeper deadline since he is expected to be a major league starter from the beginning this year anyway and I only had 9 keepers otherwise. 2. I think you should be able to draft even if you have 10 minor leaguers as long as you make up for it by dropping another minor leaguer to stay at the limit of 10. 3. Last year we didn't set a predetermined number of rounds for the prospect draft; it just continued until everybody said they were done drafting. If we're only going to have one prospect draft like we did last year I don't see the need to limit the number of rounds at lower than 10. As Brian mentioned different people are in different situations with respect to how many players they have that are still minor league eligible. In my case I currently have 6 minor leaguers, but a couple of them I wouldn't hesitate to drop if there are any prospects remaining that I like better.
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Former Memphis (then known as Memphis State) head coach Dana Kirk has died of a heart attack. Kirk basically was John Calipari before John Calipari was John Calipari, in the sense that he led the Tigers to a Final Four appearance (in 1985) that they later had to vacate. He also served time in prison for tax evasion.
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Mulder to retire
NCCubFan replied to Banedon's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
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I'd always assumed Scott was the son of Jake Scott, the Dolphins' All-Pro DB from the 1970s (he was on the 1972 undefeated team among other Dolphins' teams). I just recently read that they, in fact, are not related.
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Minor leaguers don't count towards the cap, but they must meet eligibility requirements. I doubt that Milledge does meet those requirements. Once a batter has 200 or more ABs in a seaon, then they are not minor league eligible. Once the season starts and he is actually on a minor league roster, then you can stash him in the minors. But Milledge had over 500 AB's two years ago. He has to be on your major league roster or dropped. Karen has room on her exempt/non-exempt roster so Milledge can move there... Yes, but his points from 2009 would count against the cap (his exempt years were 2006 through 2008, so 2009 points count).
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Louisville beats #2 (or #3, depending on the poll) Syracuse 66-60 at Syracuse, ending the Orange's 11 game winning streak.
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Revisionist history, NFL style. Gotta love it. :D
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He botched it with the Browns/Ravens. He treated it as though the old and new Browns are a single continuous franchise and the Ravens were the expansion team. That's backwards. It's the same as in baseball, where the old Senators/current Twins are a single franchise and the later Senators (now Rangers) are a different franchise.
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I especially liked that the Koreans knocked each other out as opposed to skaters from different countries getting tangled up.
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He is still exempt. Since he only had 8 appearances in 2006 his exempt years were 2007--2009, so his points don't count against the cap this year but they will a year from now. If he had 10 appearances rather than 8 in 2006 his exemptions would have ran out after 2008.
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Yes, it should be...and now I'm afraid. My guess is that it's either a trophy for winning last year or anthrax to ensure that you don't win again this year. :D
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Re: Which Big Ten team brings the least to the table.
NCCubFan replied to Ding Dong Johnson's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
You may have misread what this thread was supposed to be about just like I did. I think it's intended to be totally hypothetical, not reality. -
The Sox have un-retired number 11, previously retired for Luis Aparicio, so it can be worn by Omar Vizquel. Vizquel's previous number was 13, which belongs to Ozzie Guillen. Aparicio doesn't seem to mind since Vizquel and he are both Venezuelan.
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I hate coming across that Duke footage, Williams. I remember watching that game on TV. I don't recall if I watched the entire game, but I at least saw the comeback and overtime.
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The Pitt-WVU game reminds me of the game in 2001 where Duke was trailing Maryland 90-80 with just under a minute to go, yet tied the game 90-90 at the end of regulation and won 98-96 in OT.
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The cover has become the butt of a lot of jokes.
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This is actually a rule we changed a year or two ago (for the better, in my opinion). It used to be that a year where a player had even one plate appearance or pitching appearance burned an exemption, so a September call-up or a brief call-up during the season as an injury fill-in would have counted. That sometimes resulted in a player using up all his exemptions before even becoming a major league regular.
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Re: Which Big Ten team brings the least to the table.
NCCubFan replied to Ding Dong Johnson's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
A lot of daydreamers here. There's a ZERO chance that IU gets booted out of the Big 10. I think there's practically a zero chance that ANYBODY gets booted out. -
No he's not, because he had 78 plate appearances in 2006. If he had fewer than 50 then 2006 would not have burned an exemption and he would have still been exempt after 2009.
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I think it includes any minor league player not on a Roadkill roster regardless of whether the player is in the database; at least that's how it was last year. Juan can create a dummy player for a player not in the database. That's how I wound up with Dae-Eun Rhee, Catcher, Anaheim.
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I was able to drop my non-keepers, but that was before the draft order was set and you were able to check your keepers. Maybe that action disables the add/drop function for now, since players not checked as keepers (including minor leaguers, as I learned the hard way last year) are automatically dropped at the deadline.
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Do you have room for King Felix? He has 737 points compared to Halladay's 750. You have their points backwards. And no, I'm short on Halladay by about 4 or 5 points assuming that Brandon Webb's points do count as negative. It seems to me like they should, since they counted as negative when he pitched last year.
