UMFan83

I am going to this one.....yay? Oh well, Sunday Night Games are fun regardless of how bad the team is.

Flacco just pulled a Cutler

Whoops, Browns have 24 points in the first quarter....story of my life

I'm strangely considering picking up Detroit's defense (against Cleveland) and starting them tomorrow. Am I completely stupid? I need someone to tell me to use my common sense, or tell me it's not a horrible idea. In a 3 week span, the Bears gave up 45 points against Cincinnati, and 41 against Arizona. The week inbetween they gave up just 6 points to Cleveland. They are that bad. I think I can get points for lack of points given up and maybe a turnover or two.

As long as we are still able to sign mediocre middle relievers for $4 million a pop.

Again, I don't think the 1 year on the contract is a huge deal for a couple reasons: 1) The Cubs wouldn't trade for Halladay unless they intended to have the resources to resign him 2) I cannot think of a player that played well for the Cubs and didn't want to resign here if all offers are equal. I understand a team like the Yankees or Red Sox or Mets could come in and blow him away with an offer, but most likely Halladay would fall in love with the Cubs by the spring and he might not even make it to the offseason without being resigned. 3) The Cubs would most likely try to extend him upon making the trade (a la Santana), and I can't see him turning that down assuming the offer is fair, all caught up in the hype of going to one of baseball's "cornerstone" franchises, and to a team likely to contend for a title with him in the rotation. Yes I can buy an argument that it's not guaranteed he'd resign, but I guess it just doesn't bother me because I think he will.

Do you think a division rival like the Brewers or Cardinals will get involved in the mix? I don't think the Cardinals would, but maybe the Brewers if they can discuss an extension. The Brewers seem to be looking in the 2nd tier of FA starters this offseason, but if they can get one with the money they were going to give to Sabathia last offseason they might be willing to throw part of what is left in their farm system.

Page 1! But seriously, you gotta think the Cubs could take on the money for an impact player if they really had to. This is certainly an impact player. Bottom line is, the Cubs don't have a dominant ace pitcher or a dominant middle of the order hitter. It doesn't mean they don't have very good pitchers or hitters, but still. So is that important to have? I don't know, did Cliff Lee help this Phillies this year? I would accept arguments of the contrary, but I think if you have an opportunity to get one of the top 3 hitters or pitchers in baseball, and they come to YOU asking about it, you have to pull out all the stops to do it. Maybe they ask for too much and you don't want to mortgage your long term plan (wait this is the Hendry led Cubs were talking about, there's no long term plan), but at least you can rest easy knowing you offered all you are willing to give for a player like Halladay. This isn't Peavy we're talking about, who is a top tier pitcher in his own right. Halladay puts up ridiculous numbers in a tougher league, a much much tougher division and a tougher ballpark to pitch in (mostly). If you were in the running for Peavy, you without a doubt have to be in the running for Halladay. All we have to do is not sign a bunch of MRPs for 3+ million dollars a year and we can find a space for him (WHOOPS). As for him being a FA after next year, I am assuming they would try to work out an extension as a precursor for a trade, and if not, I don't know too many (white) ballplayers that don't want to be Cubs after playing here for a year. Edit: If he can put up a 2.79 ERA in the AL East, I can only imagine how much better that would look in the NL Central. I know it doesn't always work like that but still.

At least they got 3. If that was the Bears drive, it would have ended in an INT.

The backlash for this incident is incredible. I just can't imagine the backlash being this bad if it occured at a US sporting event. And we are a country known for overblowing things. I read an editorial article in the Telegraph that suggested that Henry should be banned from the World Cup for his handball/goal. Are you serious? Henry not only admitted the handball to the ref but also went out in public and suggested a replay would be fair. Can you imagine if Derek Jeter went out of his way to admit to an ump that Jeffery Maier touched that fly ball that was called a home run in the ALCS? And then afterward telling the media they should replay that game? And then having people suggest Jeter should be banned from the World Series for his actions? Should they have replayed Game 6 of the 85 World Series because the ump blew that call at first? It just seems weird to blame Henry for a refs mistake, and even weirder to suggest that they replay a game based on a bad call by an official. I guess I've just learned that bad calls are part of the game and you have to live with them.

I know it....being a Chicago sports fan I really don't have many opportunities to watch a team I root for completely own another.

What did they get for Gasol again? For the longest time I thought his name was Paul Gasol. Mostly salary cap relief (headlined by Kwame Brown). I think the Memphis GM even admitted there were much better offers out there in terms of talent coming back to Memphis, but all he wanted was cap relief, and the Lakers were the best match for them. They also got Pau's brother Marc Gasol, who has turned out to be a decent piece, although clearly not the talent of Pau

It's annoying, but at least he's getting to the rim. You'd have to think the shots would eventually fall

I guarantee you that Flames fans absoultely HATE the Blackhawks. To steal a phrase from Pedro, we are their daddies.

Decent first quarter for the Bulls, who are obviously in over their heads in talent against the Lakers. Unfortunately, the Bulls kinda fell apart the last 2 minutes of the quarter and they now trail by 6.

Haha, the Hawks have outscored the Flames 12-1 in the 4 periods following the Flames taking a 5-0 1st period lead on the Hawks last time out.

He should really think about what he says before he says it because his statement is a walking contradiction. And seriously, he's worried about HFA for the All Star game? Who cares. I know it "counts", but no small/mid market team is planning it's rebuilding plan around a year when their league has HFA for the All Star game so they have a .00000001% better chance of getting an extra World Series game at their stadium. With interleague play, everyone has pretty much played in every ballpark so is there really an advantage?

The ASG in Fenway was in 1999...not the 100th anniversary. And when they gave that game to Boston, it had been 38 years in between All Star games at Fenway. It was 31 years in between ASGs at Yankee Stadium when they had it last year. It will only have been 24 years in between ASGs for Wrigley. I hope they get it, but I'm not holding my breath. If Ricketts/Kenny can sell Selig on this "Wrigley 2014" project with the ASG being the centerpiece/showcase for the plan, maybe they'd have a decent shot.

ESPN's MLB Trade rumors is reporting this from an interview Marmol had with a Dominican Republic newspaper. Here is the article somewhat translated in English: http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fbit.ly%2F10hpGc I don't know if something was lost in the translation but I can't imagine why the Cubs would tell Marmol they were going after Pedro. Also, he says the Cubs told him that he would be the 2010 closer.

I think we got this one. The Eagles are 0-7 all time on NBC's Sunday Night Football.

"AND HE HITS THE DAGGER" (after a made jump shot with 6 minutes left in the game and a 6 point lead)

Why is Millwood so inconsistent? Good year last year, mediocre/horrible year the 3 years prior, and led the league in ERA the year before that

I'm with those who liked Funk on the radio but can't stand him on TV. In fact, I worshipped Funk on the radio. A link to the title teams, a good radio voice imo. Strangely enough, the Swirsk (who I greatly enjoy as well) has a voice better suited for TV. They really need to get Funk and Bill back on the radio and Swirsky and King together on the tv. Anything is better than broadcasts headlined by Tom Dore or Wayne Laravee though. I don't mind Wayne doing college football, but Bulls basketball I can't stand him.

For whatever reason he seems to have taken a bit of a step back so far. He's not getting to the hoop with any consistency, he hasn't really had periods where he just takes over the offense like he would do occasionally last year. His passing has been good, but he's turning the ball over a lot. Jumper is slightly improved from last year. Defense is slightly better IMO. He isn't getting killed nearly as much as he was last year so far. For the most part he hasn't played as many minutes as he did last year likely because of the injury, but when he is in, it's obvious that frequently the offense isn't running through him. Sometimes he's just plain invisible out there.

Man hockey is so fun.