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A 3rd and a 4th. How did the Bears not jump on that? They probably wanted at least 1 draft pick this year. If you think about out, in that scenario we'd trade our first 4 picks in the draft for what amounts to Jay Cutler and Boldin. 2 solid players, but doesn't help us address a ton of needs. Also you have to consider that it wasn't Cutler for this years first, it was last years and this years first plus orton plus a 3rd or whatever it was. So 4 draft picks would get us 1/5th of the Cutler trade and Boldin (and a dead guy)
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Don't worry. According to Deadspin, no one has been murdered in Newark since February. It's close to a record. I'm not joking.
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We win and for another day stay alive.
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See its not all doom and gloom in Chicago sports! The Bulls won too.
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Seriously. That was an excellent game by him. The defense as a whole looked really good tonight, at least from the 3rd period on, which is when I started watching.
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Hawks win! Great 2 points tonight! I feel like that makes up for the Philly game that we blew.
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Wow Niemi great job of getting the leg out. One more save here for win
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CSN just said this game was the first game in the entire NHL since 2001 where no penalties were called all game.
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I've never seen both teams have so few offensive chances in a 4 on 4 OT. The Hawks in particular have gotten absolutely no chances in OT
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It would be so Hawks to give up a goal in the last 26 seconds.
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YES!!!
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I have summer hours too, but they don't start until Memorial Day.
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Cubs should have money come the trade deadline
UMFan83 replied to shnsajax's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
This is the quote I read addressing that: -
Don't worry Fred, fake baseball will be over soon. The world of Soriano stealing bases and Silva pitching scoreless baseball will be a memory by next week.
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Since the demand for the Cubs here is no longer enough to get individual game threads, all comments from game threads from 3/28 until the last ST game on Saturday should be here. Cubs won 2-0 today on a 2 run home run from Soriano. Good to see that.
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I'm still rather annoyed about Brown getting released. Can someone please give me one reason why he needed to be cut for nothing in return?
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Side note but, who would have ever guessed 3 years ago that we'd be saying stuff like "according to _____'s FB page, (legitimate news) "
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It was somewhat believable. Dropped below Colvin in the Cubs OF depth chart, the Cubs looking for a taker for a player who is a AAAA player at the moment and can't get enough ABs to prove himself. Going to the Yankees was the only questionable part.
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Do you consider the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry
UMFan83 replied to cardslesson101's topic in General Baseball Talk
Probably bigger than Red Sox-Yankees at this point due to recent playoff battles. Red Sox-Yankees is just a traditional rivalry anyways. -
Capitalize on our futility! Who would do such a thing??
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Do you consider the Cubs-Cardinals rivalry
UMFan83 replied to cardslesson101's topic in General Baseball Talk
The first week of the season last year was on Sunday Night baseball. It was the game in Milwaukee where Reed Johnson robbed Prince Fielder of a grand slam in a game the Cubs would win. In 2008, on opening day on Monday, in Wrigley, vs Sheets. Yeah he said Sunday night though, which is more significant in prestige because it's the only game actually going on at the time and its their designated "game of the week" -
I don't see why it's that outrageous to pick the Reds to win the Central with all their young talent. Imagine if Cueto pitches all year like he's shown flashes, Volquez is healthy and picks up where he left off in 08, Chapman comes up and pitches well, Jay Bruce plays like a he has in every other level of baseball he's been in, Votto doesn't have any anxiety disorders, Rolen provides solid defense and slightly revitalized hitting. That's a lot of ifs, but I don't think any of those are really outrageous. You also have to accept the premise that people get bored of picking the Cardinals to win and want to go out on a limb for their prediction. I would say that the Reds are just about as likely as the Cubs to win the division IMO.
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Yes they could but don't discount the fact that the Astros are never sellers, and if they are within 10 games of .500 they will probably make moves at the deadline to fight for 4th or 5th place. The Pirates on the other hand, will definitely sell if they are in that position, not caring if they finish last again as long as they stay on their rebuilding plan.
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We actually win! 101 points! A nice decisive win in the arena were this whole crap started back in January.
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Also, if anyone wants to feel better, I noticed today that the Red Wings went through a stretch at almost the same juncture of the 07-08 season where they went 1-8-2 (I'm sure people remember this). How did they recover? By winning the Stanley Cup. Now we don't have years of playoff successes to keep our confidence high, but we do have the experience of making the WCF last year to motivate the team and keep their confidence high through a horrid stretch. The more I actually think about it, the more optimistic I get.
