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  1. UMFan83
    Also, I think its stupid that the Cubs have to play their last spring game on Saturday afternoon in Arizona. I'm guessing they will send all of Sunday's starters and pen to Chicago after the Friday game and fill the saturday game with bench guys and guys called up from the minor league camp. That game should have been cancelled once it was announced that the Cubs would be involved in the sunday night game.
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    I like how forward-thinking Maddon is. Apparently he's moved on from batting pitchers 8th to playing 5 infielders. Maybe having Hammel pitch from 2B is a way to fully stretch his arm out before the season starts?
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    lmao He's worth 1.4 wins (assuming Olt is only replacement level) in 2 weeks of playing time?
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    Haha, I could see Julian Green addressing the media on Sunday: "No, uhhh, we intended for that crane to remain on the field. Umm....we feel it will add a unique character to the ballpark. We are working with tonights umpires to define ground rules."
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    Well no, because I was asking for people's 2015 predictions for the MLB as a whole. I just posted a media prediction and cubcentrically posted a summary.
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    My predictions: E: Blue Jays C: Indians W: Angels WC1: Mariners WC2: Tigers E: Nationals C: Cardinals W: Dodgers WC1: Pirates WC2: Fine, Cubs Mariners over Tigers Cubs over Pirates Mariners over Angels Blue Jays over Indians Nationals over Cubs Dodgers over Cardinals Mariners over Blue Jays Nationals over Dodgers Nationals over Mariners MVP: Trout, Rendon (just trying to be bold) Cy Young: Hernandez, Wainwright ROY: Rusney Castillo, Bryant
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    Feel free to include your own, but also wanted to post media predictions as I find them http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/mlb-predictions-2015--standings--playoffs--awards-and-more-043325435.html Tim Brown: 82-80, 3rd, 6 GB Division, 2 GB WC2 Jeff Passan: 83-79, 3rd, 9 GB Division, 3 GB WC2 Mike Oz: 84-78, 3rd, 6 GB Division, 1 GB WC2 Chris Cwik: 82-80, 3rd, 8 GB Division, 2 GB WC1/WC2 Mark Townsend: 83-79, 5 GB Division, 3 GB WC2 Mike Oz actually lists the Cubs in his playoff predictions but for some reason has the 89-73 Pirates out of the playoffs. Anyways, he has the Cubs beating the Padres in the WC game and then losing to the Nats in the NLDS. -2 of the 5 have Kris Bryant winning ROY, 2 of the other 3 have Soler winning ROY, the 5th has Joc Pederson winning it. -1 guy has Soler as his breakout hitter -2 of the guys predict that Jake Arrieta will thrown the first no hitter this season. -3 of the 5 predict Lester will have a better season than Scherzer -Each picked the date of Bryant's first MLB HR (2 picked 4/17 which I think is the first day he can come up, then 4/23, 4/29 and 5/2)
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    Almost there.... http://i.imgur.com/EdT4Q1d.jpg I'm guessing once they finish putting up the panels they need to set up all the wiring and stuff before its operational. Plus they probably need to close up the back of the structure to protect from weather.
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    Looks like they are done for today. 1/4 complete. If they follow that pace it will be done on Friday.
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    I was going to make a joke like 'because they outscored their opponents in ~55.6% of their games this year" but I figured it would get nothing but groans.
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    Javy makes a positive contribution
  12. UMFan83
    all star break? wtf are they worried about this court decision or what? shouldn't take nearly that long to put up. Right...look how quickly the LF board is going up. Something fishy here
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    Apparently it's going up fast:
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    Maybe its like those encyclopedia sets that they use to advertise when I was a kid. "For only 12 installments of $19.95, you will receive a new and exciting panel each month to add to your collection."
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    Guys stop swearing or else Eric Patterson will stop doing interviews with us
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    Hmm...looks smaller than I thought. I think PTR got fleeced.
  17. UMFan83
    Yup they still have a game in hand on Winnipeg and 2 points behind. I just cannot fathom LA not making the playoffs. They should be in playoff mode right now but they looked terrible tonight.
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    approximately the same as his odds of being killed or seriously injured in some sort of accident. So his odds of being traded to St Louis basically?
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    The Hawks need every ROW they can get. They lose that tie breaker to everyone they would likely be tied with except the Jets. Good point. But they could have won in OT, given Winnipeg a point and gotten an ROW. Don't get me wrong I'm fine with them winning in regulation. 2 points is 2 points! Just would love to see LA not make it. But in looking at the standings, LAs more concerned with finishing 3rd in the Pacific than the Wild Card.
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    Great finish and win. Although I wouldn't have minded winning in OT to give Winnipeg an extra point to hurt LAs playoff chances slightly
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    Maybe the Hawks are trying to tank themselves into the Pacific bracket
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    I think he had 5 hits in his 2 games prior to this
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    Holy hell. Apparently after looking at all the good candidates and not a lot of competition for coaches, DePaul dug deep and it looks like they are going to rehire....Dave Leitao? Let's recap...Leitao starts building somewhat of a decent program, getting them to the NCAA tournament and having them competing in their conference. He ditches them to head to Virginia, where he falls flat on his face and is fired after 4 bad years. He resurfaced 2 years later to coach a freaking NBADL team in Maine before heading back as an assistant at Missouri. He is now an assistant at freaking Tulsa and is putting his tail between his legs to come back to DePaul. He's older (54), he has had basically one season of success since leaving UConn, has no ties to Chicago other than his time at DePaul and this is the hire DePaul feels it needs to make? The scary thing is the possibility that none of the other names talked about have expressed interest in DePaul.
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    Getting closer... http://i.imgur.com/rSyXk8d.jpg
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    Random question but why does ESPN care so much about the Cricket World Cup? I go on ESPN.com this morning and this is the main front page story, over Kentucky-Notre Dame? Seems odd for an American sports website, considering virtually no Americans know anything about or care about cricket.
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