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  1. UMFan83
    I was going to bag on Castro and Rizzo going a combined 2-9 despite scoring 9 runs but then both of them came through with huge hits and both days end up looking solid.
  2. UMFan83
    I was trying speed home to catch the end but I'm still stuck on the train dammit. Oh well, this is the kind of game that reminds you that baseball is awesome even when your team is 30 games under.
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    Pretty fun game for a lost season. cubs win!
  4. UMFan83
    How about an 8 minute OT, no FGs or XPs allowed, teams must go for 2 after every TD? OK I put no thought into that at all, no need to rip it apart with "logic"
  5. UMFan83
    8 straight losses to the Brewers including 6 in the last 10 days. Yay
  6. UMFan83
    Bill Simmons, for like the 7th year in a row said " I don't think the Bears are going to be very good this year." In his most recent podcast. OK Bill Keep in mind that before Cutler got hurt last year he reversed his earlier "Bears are going to suck this year" opinion and was saying the Bears were at least the 3rd best team in the NFC and a sleeper SB pick.
  7. UMFan83
    Twins have a major announcement to make tomorrow and it's almost certain they are announcing that the 2014 ASG will take place in the twin cities.
  8. UMFan83
    Rizzo 0-4 with 3K's today. OPS down to .771 for the season now. He's hitting .233/.283/.282/.565 in August (27 games, 113 PA) with 3 XBH (1 in his last 18 games), 26K with 9 walks. For an unfair comparison, his OPS last year (in 49 games) was .523. Despite the extreme negativity from me in this post, I still believe in Anthony Rizzo, but I'm a bit disappointed with how he has played since his hot start.
  9. UMFan83
    It may or may not carry over. Preseason record doesn't tell us one way or the other. And your example hardly applies considering the Bears are 2-1. That was just an example showing that preseason play doesnt mean anything. If you go off the assumption that you have to be playing "well" to go 4-0 in the preseason, it means nothing with regards to the regular season success of the team. As far as individual units, how much can you really take out of watching the defensive line going vanilla with no gameplan tailored to the opponent? No disguises, little blitzing, etc. Or the offensive line...are they coming up with a game plan to handle the other team's best pass rusher, or are they hiding that plan so that other teams with elite pass rushers don't have tape on it? And then you consider the fact that as much as the players want to to play as hard as they can, unless you are fighting for a spot on the team or a starting role the intensity is not 100%, not for the opponents, not for the Bears. So you have Bears players playing at 85% running very basic plays out of very basic formations going against a team that is also playing at 85% running very basic plays and this is supposed to tell you anything about the regular season?
  10. UMFan83
    OK but what does that have to do with last weeks preseaon game against the Giants? They looked really bad in that game and if such a thing carries over into the regular season the margin of errors disappears and Lovie is gone. It won't carry over into the regular season because there's no coorelation between preseason performance and regular season performance. Over the last 4 seasons, the combined regular season record of teams that went 4-0 in the preseason: 39-72 Over the last 4 seasons, the combined regular season record of teams that went 0-4 in the preseason: 82-78 I know this is a very basic way to look at it because the starters don't even play half the minutes in a preseason, but you would think that went a team goes 4-0 in the preseason, the team played pretty good football, starters, reserves, etc, and vice versa with 0-4 teams
  11. UMFan83
    OK but what does that have to do with last weeks preseaon game against the Giants?
  12. UMFan83
    It's not overreacting to me, its a silly statement. Of course if they play like garbage, they won't make the playoffs and Lovie will be gone. But there is an indirect implication in your statement that the Bears preseason performance has something to do with their regular season performance. If there wasn't that implication, you are just making statements like "look at that bartender serving alcohol. If he serves alcohol like that to 10 year olds, he will go to jail" There is too much proof of preseason performance (yes even when the first teams are out there, and even when you are evaluating individual position groups like the o-line) having no relation to regular season performance for me to really look too deeply into these things.
  13. UMFan83
    If the 2008 Lions played like they did in the preseason, they'd have gone 16-0 instead of 0-16.
  14. UMFan83
    There was a website that told you how many wins to expect based on lineup order (or something along those lines), but I don't remember what it was. I think I remember reading a long time ago that the batting order has a surprisingly small effect on run production over the course of a season. I read that so long ago (and I know it was discussed on this board quite a bit 2004ish) that I could have gotten the facts wrong.
  15. UMFan83
    I might be the only person who never cared for Scalabrine that much. The whole glorification of the awkward white player/victory cigar was ripped off directly from Boston and IMO was dumb to begin with. Just my (rather unpopular) opinion.
  16. UMFan83
    Are these yours? I've got Michigan State over Wisconsin and OSU going 8-4 and PSU going 5-7. I think Purdue will make a bowl game and Indiana will win at least 1 conference game. I also think the Michigan, Michigan State, Nebraska triangle will go similar to last year except Michigan will beat MSU and lose to Nebraska and MSU will beat Nebraska.
  17. UMFan83
    Only 6 more home night games this season, the next 3 days and Sept 17-19 against the Pirates and Reds. I wish all the games (except Sundays) were night games
  18. UMFan83
    I think Theo and Beane were just bored and made the trade to amuse themselves.
  19. UMFan83
    Can we talk about a B prospect being called a TOR arm? Sorry man, you should read a bit or watch the guy. You're just really wrong here. 100 MPH, damn good changeup. If he commands his slider even somewhat, he's got ace potential. And it's not even disputable honestly. He has one of the absolute best arms in baseball. The potential is definitely there to be TOR. He's been busy making the best twitter account ever, cut him some slack man. Isn't that imb! Or are you referring to another twitter account?
  20. UMFan83
    Is that 1912? Ahahahaha I'm so funny
  21. UMFan83
    Javier, you can go ahead and start dominating whenever you want. I'm giving you permission.
  22. UMFan83
    Welp, time to waste another top 4 pick on a safety next year.
  23. UMFan83
    He didn't have much trouble in his first Dodger AB
  24. UMFan83
    12 walks on the year. 5.7% rate. Yeah whoops, not sure how i came up with 5
  25. UMFan83
    Rizzo has 2 walks in his last 13 games and 5 overall this season, and has 1 XBH in his last 14 games. C'mon dude finish the season strong. Edit: 4 pitch inning
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