UMFan83
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Looks like the Lester saga is going to drag on for awhile: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/11938036/free-agent-left-hander-jon-lester-san-francisco-giants-meet -
Win it after barely sneaking in? Would they even raise a banner for that or would they avoid it so that opponents aren't laughing at them when they come to town? Might ruin the home field advantage.
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I used to play in a league with hundredth-points. It was completely ridiculous. Yup....I'm in a league with hundredth-points. I once lost a matchup by 0.08 points. The only way to even get hundreth points is with a QBs passing yards I believe.
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I will admit that the championship DVD for a Super Bowl champion that had a 5-11 regular season would be interesting to watch.
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Week 13: Bears (5-6) @ Lions (7-4) Thu 11:30 AM CT CBS
UMFan83 replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
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The point of sports is to win a championship....unless your team has a crappy regular season then in which case you should probably tank in the first round of the playoffs so that other fanbases don't laugh at you. Did I get that right?
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I don't get what your point is? The 2006 Phillies don't recognize the Cardinals championship because their team won more games than them? Again, the end game is a championship. Would I prefer to see the Cubs win the championship after a 105 win regular season over a team that wins 83 games and sneaks in? Yeah...but the difference between the 2 is not very negligable.
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Kaplan is a Cubs mouthpiece. Wouldn't be surprised if the Cubs leaked this to him so that it softens the blow that he's returning to Boston
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So based on recent FA history, the winning team will just need to add a 7th year and an additional $1m AAV to best the Cubs. There will be at least one team that will be desperate enough to do that. So 7/142
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Yeah I don't get this at all. The point of following a team is to watch them win a Super Bowl. Of course there's a limit where I might choose long term success over 1 Super Bowl (ie one guaranteed super bowl vs a 50% chance of winning each Super Bowl for the next 5 years) but almost always you take the title. A smaller scale example is the Giants 2 Super Bowls where they were 9-7, snuck into the playoffs and no one gave them any chance of winning. When they won, haters tried to downplay their run as lucky but I know no Giants fan gives a [expletive] because they got to celebrate, they got the parade and they got the banner.
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I don't know if that was a good move by Thibs. Rose might get pissed and sit out to spite him.
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Uhhh...but isn't the point to win the Super Bowl? Again, I would prefer long-term sustained success over a fluky run that would ultimately hurt the team in the long run. A guaranteed super bowl or the possibility that you might compete for a super bowl over the next 10 years? This isn't like the Cubs deciding to strip down and rebuild for a chance at sustained success. In that scenario we knew we were now being run by a successful and innovative FO that represented a great improvement over the previous team builders. In your scenario you are talking about hiring a new coach with a chance to be at least decent while likely being run by the same person who put together the current team which isn't good enough to win a title. Anyways this is an argument based on a hypothetical situation, but I just cant anyone how you wouldn't take a guaranteed title vs. a slightly more optimistic future.
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Uhhh...but isn't the point to win the Super Bowl?
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(assuming you are a falcons fan?) If your biggest fear involves your team winning the Super Bowl, you are living a nice life.
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I know they got blown out by UK last week but what tonight made you say this? I assumed they lost again, but then checked to see they won a game by 27 points after outscoring their opponent 51-22 in the first half.
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After Ortiz retires, I'd bet that's the plan. Isn't he actually a pretty good defender, or at least decent?
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Welp I lost by 1.9 points last night, marking the 4th time this year I've lost by less than 2 points. How does that happen? 4 losses by less than 2 in 12 games. And the only reason I lost is because Arian Foster and my bye week TE last second decided to miss the game and the emergency pickups I got on Sunday at 11 am combined for 6 points instead of the 30 I was projected to get with Foster and Clay. As a result I am 5-7 despite scoring the 2nd most points in the league. Luckily I'm somehow in 8th place and the only way I don't make the playoffs is if I lose and one team wins. With my luck I'll score 150 points and lose by 2 and the other guy will score 100 points and win.
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So unless an NFC South team finishes 4-1 or better, the champion will have a losing record
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sulleys "only my teams" scenario. Butler continues to dominate, wins MVP, Bulls forced to sign him to Derrick Rose exception max.
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They just signed a manager for 5/25. Did people forget this or something? Also next year's SP FA crop is better than this years. Yes they continue to spend really big (relatively) on infrastructure
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My favorite part of the offseason so far was when I was down on the Zimmerman trade reports because I figured why give up prospects when we can just sign our stud ace outright like we had a definitive choice between the 2.
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The email hack is an interesting angle and I dunno how they're doing it but I am pretty sure I hate them. Until they break something positive for the Cubs
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Maybe Theo is feigning interest in Lester so he can silently swoop in and sign his preferred target, Max Scherzer.
