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LF and CF is supposed to open May 11th, RF not until sometime in June

It's funny that I'm more surprised when Ross gets a hit than someone like Herrera or any pitcher besides Lester.

Who'd have guessed at the beginning of the season that Addison would homer before Bryant? Good job rook! Edit: I figured someone would make this comment before me

Hope the Hawks game doesnt go into 2OT tonight

Looking good...are they still targeting next homestand for LF/CF?

I think the way Q gives out ice time - especially on the 3rd line and pairing - has Bowman miffed. Stan is trying to maintain organizational depth through the draft (the right way, IMO) and Q has a very hard time trusting anyone young. Then he goes out gives up a number 1 to acquire a solid veteran who is at worst a spectacular addition to the 3rd line, and Q moves him around a ton before humiliatingly benching him during the first couple of games of the 1st Round. Sort of reminds me of the guy who coaches another team in the same building, except that Q has two Cups, which in my mind gives him more rope, but not sure Stan feels the same. Big changes are potentially afoot this offseason (Sharp, the entire 3rd pairing, Oduya, Richards, and potentially Bickell or Shaw). Q might just excuse himself from the situation. That would be annoying. I mean Q has a lot of quirks and they frustrate the hell out of me, and the Hawks are super talented so its hard to really judge how much value (at least in my eyes) the coach brings to the organization, but the guys results are up there with the best coaches in the game. I understand the GM and coach having differences but sometimes you have to live with that and work with it. I don't know it would just be frustrating if Chicago got rid of Thibs and Q in the same offseason, both very good coaches with visible flaws but overall its hard to see them being better off without.

So Shane Ray gets busted for pot and gets drafted by Denver.

When's the last time a 54 point win happened in the playoffs? 2009...actually 58 points

I don't know enough to have really strong opinions, but that doesn't sound like something I want them to do. Well especially because they are supposedly asking for 3 1st round picks. I like Mariota and all but if we are going to give up that much, he'd better succeed or else Pace will be out of a job in a 2-3 years.

I'm going to miss you guys. NSBB is like my default webpage when I open a browser and don't really have a specific destination in mind. I'm sure I will be frustrated a couple of times tonight when the page wont load!

I feel like we dominated the Pirates for most of 7 games and we ended up 4-3

Sometimes I have to remind myself that Soler has gotten like a seasons worth of ABs professionally since leaving Cuba and that he's really young

Suck it Rays

Took me awhile to realize you had to type in Russell, not Addison to write him in.

This is a poll for his 1st HR, not his 4th

That's crazy that Lester has the 2nd lowest xFIP in baseball. Between that and the expected onslaught of dongs, things are looking to get even better.

Is it just me or does it look like he's aged a bit over the past few months? A lot of wrinkes around his eyes.

Since every single time he comes to the plate I expect it to be his first dong, I will choose tonight

Miggy really undersold this team... #wearegreat

I hated eastern time with a fierce and undying passion when I lived out there. In large measure due to having to wait until 8pm for Cubs games, football and other "event" driven television. The last time I lived on the east coast I was in college and staying up til 3am every night so it didn't bother me but yeah that would piss me off these days.

Yikes. Nobody is going to out-miserable this. seriously like, these playoff series go 5 and 6 games all the time. it's not ideal but it's fine. this is one of those annoying scrappy teams that scraps these games out. reminds me a little of the pacers in the 2010-11 first round. The celtics scrapped by a 38 win Hawks team in 7 games and then went on to win the championship

We look like we've never played with each other before this series We also kind of look like we hate each other

And JR Smith suspended 2 games Pretty favorable outcome for the Bulls. I'm not used to them having fortunate things happen

That's when I was thinking. I know the first round could still be going on..I think wednesday would be the last of the potential game 7's but the NHL has routinely started the next round when the first round is still going on when necessary. Everyone seems to think Thursday is out because of the draft being in Chicago so Friday is really the only other option, unless the Bulls win tonight making Saturday a possibility. If it's on Wednesday though they better announce it very very soon like within the next few hours.