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I started reading your post and about halfway through it I looked at your info to confirm my guess that you do not live in Chicago. I didn't care about the White Sox when I lived on the East Coast. Unfortunately, I moved back to Chicago in time for the 2005 baseball season, and it was hell on Earth. I live in fear that I will have to one day live in a world where idiot White Sox fans are celebrating another World Series title and taking every opportunity to belittle Cubs fans. It's just really annoying and their fans are idiots, so it does bring a healthy amount of hate to the table.
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wtf was that Castillo? He knows he doesn't need a home run right? -
This. Fine. Assuming the Os and As actually meet for the wild card game, we cheer on the winner.
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There was nothing wrong with the questions they asked him. The only thing I take issue with is the national media taking snippets out of context to push their agenda. I didn't think they were necessarily wrong questions per se, but I was annoyed at how many different ways they were asking the same questions. I don't feel bad for Cutler or anything because I'm sure he probably knew going in he was going to get grilled, but it got to the point where Cutler wasn't going to have anything else interesting to say about the incident and they were still finding ways to dig into him for more. I guess my annoyance comes from the fact that I cant stand how big of a deal this incident has been, and I don't think we needed to spend 40 minutes of an hour long show on the topic, especially when it sounds like Cutler specifically chose this forum to interact better with the fans, and he actually does have a lot of insightful things to say. It just felt wasted spending so much time discussing something like that.
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The whole situation is so insanely idiotic. It makes me so mad that this is still being discussed. I couldn't believe the questions Waddle and Silvy were asking Jay yesterday. It was almost insulting the way they asked the same question in a million different ways and are almost begging Cutler to say something quote worthy. Cutler should be given the Nobel Peace Prize for not decking Silvy on stage for some of those questions. Why is this such a big deal? And I don't even think the meatheads Bears fans even care about this. I havent heard one person talk about the Webb/Cutler incident other then on the radio, tv and newspaper. Because its not a freaking big deal. But I have heard someone on one of the national ESPN shows the other day criticizing Chicago fans for being so hard on Cutler. Just because the media has a hardon for something doesnt mean the majority of Bears fans even give two shits.
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Ugh. Reds magic number for clinching the Central is 4. I believe that they can clinch at Wrigley with wins the next 2 days and Cardinal losses. While tomorrow's (Thursday's) game is a day game, apparently Cardinals/Astros is as well, and it actually starts 35 minutes before the Cubs 1:20 start.
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Given that, my first thought would be that he's there in case of emergency, like another extra inning game where they need more arms. But then again, its September, so there should be no shortage of arms on the roster. Also, since there has been a lot of Orioles chatter on NSBB lately, I think we should adopt the Orioles as our team for the playoffs.
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Yeah I know, Mike and Mike were going off on him a few minutes ago. They were saying 'I dont care who you are, part of this job is to deal with the media, and you have to do it'. Yes no [expletive], maybe he should start a weekly radio show where he can discuss whats going on with him and the team and address any criticisms from the media/fans. Oh wait that's exactly what he did. So he goes on this show, gets grilled with somewhat tough questions, over and over, keeps his poise and answers them all, only to have 10 second snippets pulled out and overanalyzed mostly out of context the next morning.
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Chad Ochocinco homered to right center
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thanks for reminding me. they will put this on podcast later today. I have listened to his first 2 shows and have found him to be very entertaining. Jay owns Silvy the whole show. He does, but he also gets some knocks on Waddle when discussing his WR abilities...but to be fair, Tom is just as eager to make fun of himself as well. Silvy is just an easy target.
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thanks for reminding me. they will put this on podcast later today. I have listened to his first 2 shows and have found him to be very entertaining.
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I just want to ask....am I the only one that's lost a week because the MNF QB loses 2 yards rushing by taking 2 knees at the end of the game? I was up by 0.15 points when Turner rushed for a 1st down with under a minute left. Matt Ryan takes a knee....I'm up 0.05 points now. And now with under 20 seconds left, he takes another knee. I lose by 0.05 points. FML
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Twitter saying a 10:40 start. Geez. Imagine if the game went as long as yesterday's.
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lol. I'd imagine those damn ushers will be trying to keep everyone in the seats they paid for. I am thinking about walking down there and seeing if they'll just let me in.
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PS, this has gotta be AramisFan's right?
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Start time about midnight according to the radar... no mutual off days though so they'll have to wait it out They won't start a game at midnight. The Pirates are looking unlikely to make the playoffs, so the game will just be cancelled unless they're within half a game of the wild card, in which case they'll make it up on the day off before the playoffs. I thought in order to implement the 2nd wild card they couldnt have a day off after the season to mak up rainouts. The season ends on a Wednesday, the new Wild Card game is on a Friday, and the LDS start on Saturday. So I guess if the Pirates were 1/2 game out they could play the makeup there, but if it led to them tying for a WC, it would be a huge mess. Very unlikely scenario though that I doubt the MLB is very worried about happening.
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Did anyone else know there's a site that does win probabiliy charts for NFL games, similar to Fangraphs for baseball? Pretty cool...here is a link to the one from the Patriots Cardinals game yesterday: http://live.advancednflstats.com/index.php?gameid1=2012091602
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Well I guess that could mean it's better or worse. Did he say which? Better
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I do...and I think I drank too much last night because despite watching Red zone literally every week last season and last week as well, it took me an hour into the games to click with me that I could put it on.
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Ugh, putting games like Minnesota vs. Indy on for anyone other than people in Minnesota or Indianapolis should be banned. Every other FOX game would be preferable to this in Chicago.
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ABC just showed these numbers about the Big 10: -4-17 vs. non-conference top 10 opponents since 2006 Bowl Games -1-8 in last 9 Rose Bowl appearances -15 of 26 wins this season have come vs. FCS or MAC opponents -4-8 vs. BCS AQ opponents this season (3 wins by Northwestern and the 4th was Ohio State barely getting by a below average Cal team at home)
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Would would have thought that through 3 weeks, the only remaining unbeatens in the Big 10 are Northwestern, Minnesota and Ohio State?
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Wow this thread was dead today. Anyways, USC goes down, should we just hand the crown to Alabama right now, or do we have to watch Alabama and LSU 2 more times this year?
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Good stuff. Dave Kaplan was railing on Cutler a few Minutes ago for yelling at Webb and kept saying "ask yourself this: would Peyton manning yell at his lineman like that?". I almost called in and read your post on the radio but I didn't want to pop my talk radio cherry talking to Dave Kaplan. Also his reasoning for why it was wrong was that a bunch of players spoke out against it. He said something like "when a bunch of players speak out about something like this, you are clearly in the wrong". Umm Dave...the last time a bunch of players came out against Cutlers actions it was them yelling at him for "quitting the NFC championship game". Later we learn he tore his MCL. We're they right in that instance? Dave Kaplan, who you crappin?
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It'd be really nice if Castro could finish with at least 15 this year and improve to 20 next year.
