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  1. SouthSideRyan
    Hypothetical question: if a kid doesn't have his scholarship renewed, does he still have to sit out a year to play elsewhere? Almost certain this is the case. I think if you petitioned the NCAA you might get a ruling in your favor for hardship. Has this ever happened? Doesn't the kid always transfer before it gets to this? It's kind of a technicality. The scholarship "getting pulled" and the transfer are essentially simultaneous events. The kid can't petition to get the year waived unless he's trying to play somewhere else via transfer.
  2. SouthSideRyan
    And I thought I was cynical. This is a kid that Boras knew since he was 17-18 years old, he watched him grow up, mature, and reach the majors, and now he's seen that all taken away from him. He's not a soulless emotionless droid, he's a human being.
  3. SouthSideRyan
    Hypothetical question: if a kid doesn't have his scholarship renewed, does he still have to sit out a year to play elsewhere? Almost certain this is the case.
  4. SouthSideRyan
    That's McD's All American Wear twins to you. HA
  5. SouthSideRyan
    There's also no Torres or Shouse. There is Jorge Julio though.
  6. SouthSideRyan
    As long as you are cool with it, I guess we can agree. You've gotta be kidding me. 1 beer on a 6'3, 205 frame doesn't impair anything.
  7. SouthSideRyan
    I never said the Cardinals had a poor season.
  8. SouthSideRyan
    I think Angel Salome has lost a little luster, but he's still a nice prospect. I like him a hell of a lot more than I like Escobar.
  9. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah, 6th best record in the NL is a banner [expletive] season.
  10. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah and they lost Carpenter for the entire season and still almost matched that projection. Wahetever though, it's not really worth arguing if you're just going to pretend like they haven't been competitive. You're pretending a 78 win team was competitive. You're pretending a team that was never better than 10 to 1 shot in the last month of the season was competitive.
  11. SouthSideRyan
    I dunno, something about beating a woman.
  12. SouthSideRyan
    PECOTA had them at 81-81. Try as I might there's not a single projection/prediction putting them below 78 wins.
  13. SouthSideRyan
    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/preview07/team?team=stl ESPN picks for the Cards in '07. THE HORROR Vegas had them at 84.5 wins.
  14. SouthSideRyan
    According to coolstandings.com, the Cardinals peaked at just under 10% for their playoff chances during the month of September. They were better than 50% for maybe 3 or 4 days all last season(in June)
  15. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah, you'd have to go all the way back to 2007 to find them performing worse than expected, and didn't compete. Course, they didn't really compete last year either, but it's unlikely you'll admit that. Come on. Compared to expectations? The Cards were a surprise for most of the year last year. Sure they faded late, but they were supposed to fade early. I think LaRussa's done a nice job with what he's had to work with. I said they didn't compete last year, not that they didn't outperform expectations. I seriously want to know what it was the Cardinals "competed for" last year. And who in the hell thought the Cardinals were going to be pretty bad in '07?
  16. SouthSideRyan
    Yeah, you'd have to go all the way back to 2007 to find them performing worse than expected, and didn't compete. Course, they didn't really compete last year either, but it's unlikely you'll admit that.
  17. SouthSideRyan
    Word is this guy had a suspended license.
  18. SouthSideRyan
    Classic. I'm not sure giving the Cardinals a healthy Soto makes them the best team in the division.
  19. SouthSideRyan
    Yes. Much, much worse. do people forget that he was pretty good in his time spent here? barrett that is. .287, 16, 65 in '04, .276, 16, 61 in '05, .307, 16, 53 in '06 defensive wise, he was bad but he was pretty decent offensively. Pretty sure the previous poster was talking from a defensive perspective. I need no lecture on Barrett's awesomeness.
  20. SouthSideRyan
    Yes. Much, much worse.
  21. SouthSideRyan
    I dunno, how often should you expect a random sampling of 750 healthy, in shape 20-40 year olds to die during a 6 month period?
  22. SouthSideRyan
    No they won't. Half their lineup doesn't belong in the majors.
  23. SouthSideRyan
    Who isn't? Big Ten schools. The conference only allows them to over-sign by 1.
  24. SouthSideRyan
    Blackhawks. It's only a few more weeks. Is there some problem with CSN+? Is it not HD? CSN+ makes no difference to me. It's still HD and better than WGN since directv doesn't get the HD version of WGN. CSN+ is that weird Mojo channel for Comcast customers in Chicago, right? CLTV
  25. SouthSideRyan
    There's been big problems with the streaming since Opening Day. I think it's slowly been getting better, but I'd wait a week or so to see if the stuttering and freezing goes away. If you have a strong connection, premium is worth the extra $30, the picture is incredible, you know, when it's actually moving. These issues supposedly come up every year at the beginning of the year. It'll get fixed.
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