UMFan83

Obviously doesn't apply to you, but in Chicago I think they put it on another channel until the game is over.

FYI, if anyone wants to go to game 5, I've started pulling up tickets on ticketmaster.com. I just bought a pair in the 300 level ($70 tickets), but so far have only been able to pull up a few singles. But I'm sure more will be getting released soon either tonight or tomorrow morning.

If he gets Adam Greenberged, you should just ban yourself.

the BA prospect handbook mentioned specifically that he hits breaking pitches well. they said he usually takes the first one from a pitcher he hasn't seen and then attacks the next. That's exactly what he did in that AB too. Nice!

Awww Theriot didn't quite make it on his oppo attempt.

I love how Len and Bob were having this ongoing discussion about whether Castro could hit breaking balls and then BAM, 3 run homer off a breaking ball.

HE WENT JASON HEYWARD ON THE REDS

Silva hit a double once That's only because he actually hit a home run and was too winded to finish his trot and decided it was in his best interest to just stay at 2B.

I expect a barrage of goalie interference penalties to be called. Any Hawk that even brushes against Luongo will be called on it. That's the bad thing about it. The Hawks scored a goal that should have been disallowed, even though it was probably meaningless to the game and now I feel like the refs will be out to make up for that call. This will be a tough one to take.

Game 2 - Vancouver dominated the first 10 minutes badly. The Hawks barely belonged on the ice. However the last 50 minutes seemed to be dominated by the Hawks save a minute or two here and there. Game 3 - Vancouver played a pretty decent game. They had a ton of good chances in the 1st period, and I think they outplayed the Hawks but not as badly as game 2. They also in my estimation outplayed the Hawks in the 2nd period, as the Hawks looked stagnant. The 3rd period the Hawks outplayed Vancouver.

I'll be really happy if we win tonight, but not too disapointed if we lose. Vancouver is too good of a team to be disapointed about splitting 2 games up there. If this was the last round and we were up 2-1, I'd set myself up for disapointment if we lost. In my opinion, the Canucks win tonight but the Hawks take game 5. Originally I think in the back of my mind I had Canucks in 7, and while I won't deny that this is still a possible result, I think I'll change it to Hawks in 6. I reserve the right to change it again if the Canucks dominate tonight. So basically don't even bother listening to my predictions.

Obsession? It's a minor business transaction. I've seen a couple headlines, but have not read an article about it, I suggest you do the same. All I see in the red eye is "Ricketts complains about approval process", "Ricketts threatens to not invest in Wrigley if sign not approved". Everytime I open the redeye on the way to work theres something on it. Anytime I turn on CSN Chicago for Sportsnight or Chicago Tribune live they are discussing it. It's annoying mostly because it pisses me off that people are actually so opposed to it. Anyways we're getting off topic. It just happened to be on my mind when I made that post, so lets leave it at that.

If he puts up a .700 OPS with much better range/overall defense than Theriot, I am perfectly fine with the move.

Yes but is firing Hendry midseason Ricketts' M.O.? Oh wait, he's busy trying to get a stupid sign approved. Yes, I'm sure a man who made his billions in the trading business is incapable of juggling the impossible duel tasks of getting approval for a sign and making personnel decisions. There isn't much likelihood of a midseason move unless the team truly tanks. I'm just making a comment about his obsession for getting this sign. I want the sign but I'm sick of reading about it.

I don't think anyone could have predicted that Kelly Johnson would put up the numbers he's put up so far.

Nice find. I don't know if this is rushing him or whatever, but at least this gives me something to look forward to with Cubs games for awhile. I have had a hard time watching them for more than a few minutes lately. Good luck Starlin!

Yes but is firing Hendry midseason Ricketts' M.O.? Oh wait, he's busy trying to get a stupid sign approved.

maybe you can't tell from watching the gamecasts on yahoo or whatever, but something is clearly ailing him. Looks like a lower leg thing, to me, but i'm no doctor. I've been watching every game - I don't notice anything... I don't get why you have to mention it in every post. A more appropriate reference would have been Lee's chair explosion. that's certainly good news. it's time like these i wish we had an inside source that could just get on here and say one way or the other whether or not they'd heard or knew something. Oh well, back to speculating, i guess. Who needs an inside source? If he was hurting it would be noticable by now. He's a center fielder, so it would be hard to mask a lower leg injury if it was any sort of serious. Your eyes have decieved you. So again, why is this being brought up in every thread?

I think its slightly different with Chicago than LA or Boston. We are talking about Michael Jordan, universally proclaimed GOAT, just about every player in the NBA today grew up idolizing him. And we're talking about LeBron James, easily the best player in the NBA today and many people talk of him as someone who could potentially usurp MJ as GOAT. We're not talking about Kevin Garnett, as good as he is, coming to play in Boston under the shadow of Larry Bird or Bill Russell, both top 10 all time players. Someone in the stratosphere like LeBron is already thinking about their legacy. He already knows he will go down as an all time great, that's not a big issue for them. He wants to be up in that rare air, if not better than Michael, his right hand man on the NBA pyramid (sorry for stealing Bill Simmons terminology). If he comes to Chicago, the only way he will be judged, not only by Bulls fans but by all basketball fans is how he does compaired to MJ. And it would be hard to live up to Jordan's standards in Chicago. If he doesn't win 6+ championships in Chicago, he will never be considered greater than Jordan as fair or unfair as it is. If we doesn't win at least 3 he won't be anywhere near the discussion. He won't get a statue outside the UC for less than that. Meanwhile, if he stays in Cleveland, he can bask in the glory of being the hometown hero. He will be forever immortalized by Cleveland fans regardless of how many titles he brings in. He still stands a chance of being compared to MJ even if he doesn't win 6 titles. Maybe LeBron, being the ego driven superstar he is, won't shy away from a challenge like Chicago. But my guess about great NBA players is, deep down they are insecure about their place in history. Everyone needs a source of motivation to get great and stay great. After money is no longer a source, after status among active players is no longer a source, and after winning a championship is no longer a source, place in history remains. Just one man's opinion.

If I was a Red Wings fan, I'd be so frustrated that they couldnt have held at least 1 of those 3rd period leads in games 1-2. Imagine if this series was 2-2 right now.

Wells ERA for the year up to 4.73 gah.

That's not really that bad a roster back then. I guess every roster during that time period seems shitty to me because they didn't have Jordan and Pippen.

Lidstrom and Hossa were also playing hurt No Hossa is just an unclutch choking loser who is cursed right? right?

Good now everyone shut up about it.

Maybe he is heading for better times, but I am more inclined to believe that the Cubs' bats were simply horrible last night, as they have been prone to be many times this year. But, maybe that's not the case. I don't really know. From what I read today, he was decidedly better last night. More strikes, more getting ahead of the batter. I would suggest that possibly he wasn't scared of challenging us like he was with other teams. We need to intimidate the opposing pitcher more. Maybe we should use that mascera that they use in Semi-Pro to scare the opponent.