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  1. UMFan83
    Jim Hendry 1st Base Checklist: 1. Proven 830+ OPS hitter.................................[ ] 2. Adequate defender......................................[ ] 3. Stats that translate favorably to NL/Wrigley...........[ ] 4. Under 30...............................................[ ] 5. Good plate discipline..................................[ ] 6. Consistent performance.................................[ ] 7. Left Handed............................................[X] Good enough for Hendry.
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    LaRoche has only had 1 season with a better than .850 OPS in his career and that was 4 years ago. Last year he had a .788 OPS in 615 PA.
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    lol Dammit we only won 89 games this year, we suck. Well our payroll is only at $170 million, maybe we should go after Adrian Gonzalez and Carlos Beltran. Do you think that will help?
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    Not too bad. We're goin to be missing a lot of scoring punch for a bit. Now I get to go around telling all the people I work with who are Blackhawks fans that Kane is out for the year to see their reactions. And then tell them that by the year I mean the year 2010. He'll be back in January.
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    Agreed. Winners just win. It's just like in baseball. You would obviously much prefer a pitcher that's 20-10 with a 5.67 ERA over a pitcher who is 6-19 with a 1.21 ERA because the first pitcher makes the pitches needed to get wins games for his team.
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    Found ESPNs new power rankings. Not much to discuss. Bears get jumped by GB and fall to 8th, which is reasonable given the results of the games last weekend. Jets drop from 3 to 6. I would think losing by 42 points would give you a larger drop but nope. http://espn.go.com/nfl/powerrankings/_/year/2010/week/14
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    lol that would be the funniest thing ever if it happened.
  8. UMFan83
    I pretty much agree with your post jersey but I wanted to point out that the Jets did beat the Pats earlier this year.
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    What site are you looking at? The one below says the Jets dropped to 6th, the Bears 8th and the Giants 10th. http://www.usatoday.com/sports/sagarin/nfl10.htm Oh wait I wasn't looking at the predictor scores, just the sagrin rating my bad.
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    This is from a Sully article in today's Trib. I hope to God that we didn't back out of a possible AGon deal solely because we refused to trade Cashner. I'll be more pissed if we refused to trade Cashner and plan on wasting him as a setup man his entire career. Indirectly a good point. If Cashner is considered 'untouchable', then the Cubs have to have intentions of him being more than a setup guy. That said, I am not sure how the Cubs planned on getting a deal done without including Cashner or Castro. Not that I mind holding onto those guys.
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    Speaking of the weather....the forecasted temps for Sunday are a high of 23, low of 0 with snow showers and wind. Given that the game is a late afternoon game and the sun will be setting, I'd expect temps to some somewhere in the high to mid teens.
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    The thing about NBA officiating that I've noticed is that if I watch a game and watch the Bulls get jobbed on a bunch of blatent foul calls, I get heated until I read what the other team is saying about the game and they are pissed off about a bunch of blatent foul calls on the other side of the court. Bottom line is: NBA officiating sucks. And while people bitched about the officials before, it really started becoming a mainstream issue after the Tim Dougnahy scandal. Now everyone thinks their refs have bet on the other team and are tying to cover the spread by calling fouls against your team. Every call in every game is now scrutinized. Add that to the fact that it's basically an unwritten but often discussed rule that superstars get calls that other players don't get, and you can start to see why everyone thinks the officials are out to get their team. I personally think it's getting to be a big problem that needs to be addressed by the NBA. All that said, Derrick Rose leads the league in most shot attempts per FTA. And he scores over 30% of his points inside the paint. There's something wrong there.
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    I think it has to do with jealousy over Michael Jordan, deep dish pizza and bittery cold weather.
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    This has to worry the Cubs a lot. Cubs convention was a no brainer sellout every year. Raising the price $60 is absolutely ridiculous, but that is how much they were going for in the secondary marketplace a couple of years ago. Either fans are bored of the concept of Cubs convention or everyone is really blah about the Cubs. I tend to think its more of the latter. Edit: I just looked it up. I thought you meant the price of the tickets went up $60 more than whatever it was before. But what you meant was the price of the tickets went up to $60. That's a lot more reasonable. What were they in the past? $40-50?
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    After the game: Makes sense. Well yeah I didn't expect either team to blow out the other. And as I noted in the OP there were benefits to either team winning. There were just more benefits in my mind to the Jets winning.
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    I can't chalk this up as a loss just yet. Again we have a lot going for us: home game, short week for them, emotional Monday night win. Pats are a great team but according to the rankings so are the Packers and Eagles and wr found a way to beat them. Your concerns about the short passing game are legit. Martz is gonna have to mix it up a bit. The offensive line cannot have a game like last weeks. It must be at least average to protect cutler enough to connect on some intermediate passes. As good as these Pats are, they found a way to get blown out by a mediocre Cleveland team. They can be beaten but it has to be a combo of catching them off guard, good game planning, and good execution.
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    Sorry to inturrupt. I like that the Pats blew out the Jets tonight. For one it exposed the Jets a little bit. For another, people are going to jump on the Pats bandwagon this weekend. As we discussed there is a definite opportunity for a letdown on a short week for the Pats. Also, I expect basically every person in the media to pick the Pats this weekend. The Bears tend to play better when they think they are being disrespected. The Pats are a damn good team, but there are a lot of factors that are going in the Bears favor so far. Maybe we'll get a snow storm on Sunday. Who would that benefit more?
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    Sanchez > Cutler
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    So the bears beat the number 1 and 5 teams and lost to the 23 and 30 teams.
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    Let's talk about who we want to win tonight. I have a couple of theories. I don't think either team winning really effects our chances more than slightly but... If you root for NE...a NE victory in such an emotional game would most likely provide some sort of letdown effect next weekend against the Bears. It's just hard not to. Then again, Belichick should have them ready to play regardless. Also, NE would only be up 1 game on the Jets, and tied the head to head so its not like the division is locked up with a win. They still have a ton to play for. If you root for the Jets...a Jets victory gives them a huge leg up in the division race. They would have basically a 2 game lead on the Pats due to having a 2-0 head to head record. Why is this important? Two reasons. While it makes the NE game tougher most likely, it also probably ensures their game against GB is more of a must win. Also, the Bears play the Jets in week 16. It's possible the Jets will have locked up the #1 seed at that point if they win today and could have nothing to play for. I think rooting for the Jets is a much better option as far as the Bears are concerned.
  21. UMFan83
    You guys are all boring me with this discussion. /waits for someone to suggest that we start talking about power rankings
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    sure they aren't.
  23. UMFan83
    Looks like its beyond just preliminary talking and instead has heated up. http://sports.espn.go.com/los-angeles/mlb/news/story?id=5892211 For the record, I would do that trade in a heartbeat if I was LA. And as a Cubs fan I hope that trade goes through (assuming we cant get fielder).
  24. UMFan83
    Now Loney is talking about being included in a trade for Prince Fielder. Brewers would get Broxton and Loney, the Dodgers Fielder. i'm gonna start a thread for ti though.
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    Looking at him like "Hey! That's the guy that hit that grand slam against us in the playoffs" I don't like that dude. Or looking at him as a potential acquisition? Because if so, just kill me now. I've read too many articles from dodgers fans about how he has historically low power numbers for a first baseman.
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