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  1. UMFan83
    because they were for their entire history until what, 15 years ago? Believe it or not their first year in the NFC was only 2002. Also technically they played in the NFC their first season in existance (1976).
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    Just for fun, I am ignoring the Giants, Falcons and everyone else and just focusing on the Lions and Bears and 1 playoff spot. If the Bears and Lions tie at 9-7, there are 9 possible scenarios, and only 2 of them involve the Bears getting in over Detroit. Detroit loses to either Oakland or San Diego, but not both and loses to GB. Chicago loses to Seattle and beats GB and Minnesota. If the Lions and Bears were to tie at 10-6, there are 3 scenarios that can occur with Chicago making it in one of them: Detroit beats Oakland and San Diego and loses to GB Chicago wins out Given that in any 3 team tie with Detroit and another team, the Bears will still have the same issues of winning the tiebreaker over the Lions to contend with, those scenarios are the only chances the Bears have to make the playoffs unless the Bears simply finish with a better record than Detroit. I know, the Bears are done and its stupid to discuss, but for some reason I like putting together this stuff so screw you. I think this is right but I've been wrong on these before.
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    That picture is priceless. Man Kaman looks like he should be holed up in some remote cabin in Montana
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    Yeah but its not hard to use back channels to get work out that they are interested in someone. Teams do it all the time. As we've seen, the new Cubs regime, starting with Tom Ricketts is very tight lipped and do not let much leak unless there's a reason to. We might have to get used to not having 3 month mega threads about Brian Roberts and Jake Peavy. Lets just say that if Hendry were still the manager, I would be pretty convinced that we werent going after Fielder, but with Theo in charge, I almost think the less we hear the better the odds are.
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    Cubs DVDs

    UMFan83 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    Heh. I have the set's post-1989 games deteriorating on VHS as we speak. VH-what? (the funny thing is, in about 5-10 years that will be a legitimate statement from someone in their early 20's)
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    Lingering WWII resentment?
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    I'm not sure why they are this bad.
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    There was another report I believe that said that there were a gap between the winner and everyone else. If that's the case, and the Jays bid between 40-50 million, it doesn't look very good for the Cubs bid. Still holding out hope that like 90% of information from 'sources' this is BS
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    Nice work Leddy to set up Bolland! 3-0
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    Hawks absolutely hosed out of a goal. For the 2nd game in a row we are playing with a handicap
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    Hawks are getting screwed out of a goal again
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    How are the Ducks so bad this year? John Scott does the only thing he does well...kicking ass
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    WGN Not WGN America. Doesnt surprise me with it being a preseason game.
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    Yay Hawks winning
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    WGN
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    Cubs DVDs

    UMFan83 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    You have a really weird idea of fun. Now that we are beyond that era its kind of funny to watch how stupid we were and how far we've come in terms of philosophy.
  17. UMFan83
    Prince Fielder video of the day: I dont remember seeing this when it originally happened. "I wanna handle my [expletive] business"
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    Cubs DVDs

    UMFan83 replied to David's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk

    That 2005 game is fun if only because you see Neifi and Enrique Wilson at 1-2 for the Cubs. And because Jon Koronka was the starter. If they were going to choose a Derrick Lee game to commentate that season, I'm surprised they didn't choose the 6-6 game at Wrigley against the Marlins.
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    Yeah but no one knows the Cubs bid. And thats the only way they could possibly know is by knowing what the other teams bid. I'm pretty sure that the identities of the teams that made the individual bids are kept hidden so that the Japanese team doesnt even know what team its selection when it chooses the highest bid. I'm pretty sure I read that somewhere yesterday. Unless I am missing some information that you've seen leaked, I think the Cubs are definitely in play here still.
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    After 31 games last year, the Hawks had 35 points. This year after 31 games, 44 points. Nice
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    How much were people expecting Darvish to get posted for pbefore this process started? I thought I remember seeing something between $30-50 million. Yesterday they were saying that one team bit extremely high and the Nippon team was really excited when they saw it. If that's all true, and the Jays offered between 40-50 mil, then the Cubs either blew that away with their offer, or their offer was well short of what Toronto bid. I'm sure Theo had a great feel for what range other teams were going to offer. I don't think he would make an offer just to say he made an offer. Or make an average offer and hope that the market was exaggerated. I could be wrong though. I honestly think this was his main target in the offseason, and I think the Cubs might have won this. All based on a lot of speculation and twitter garbage though, so I could be way off.
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    ha
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    17-0 Falcons. Not that I expected the Jags to win and not that I expect the Bears to miraculously make the playoffs but its depressing that its looking like the Bears will basically have to beat the Packers or the Falcons will have to lose out to make the playoffs.
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    Retweeted by Ace Maybe I'm just stating the obvious but my thought was he was talking about the chances of getting theo when the GM search process started. But then if he's saying that, he's saying the Cubs have a better than 2% chance of getting Darvish?
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    It's amazing, I've started to get that 'this is a bigger game than normal feeling' whenever the Hawks have a game on Versus. They've done a good job overall. I enjoy their studio show more than the NHL Networks (although theirs is not that bad). And I'm not sure how people in general feel about Emrick, but I enjoy games that he broadcasts. Part of it is nostalgia from 2010, but its also the overall excitement he brings to the broadcast.
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