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Does anyone else get sick of seeing an NFC East matchup on primetime every weekend? Don't get me wrong these are mostly good teams and their rivalries are really good, but it's like every week its Dallas/NYG or NYG/PHI or PHI/WAS and I don't know I just get sick of it. It doesn't help that 3 of the 4 teams are like the same team in my mind, every week its a 7-6 team playing an 8-5 team or something. From a casual fans view these 3 teams (PHI/NYG/DAL) all seem the same. They all have good but not elite QBs, they all have their share of solid WRs and RBs, their defenses are good enough but not elite. The worst thing about it is, IMO none of the 3 teams is good enough to get to the conference title game. So I could care less about watching these NFC East matchups every week. I want to see out of division and out of conference matchups once in awhile.
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Re: Cubs Step up pursuit of Byrd
UMFan83 replied to Sever82's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Nutshell, meet Jim Hendry's offseason. I gave Jim Hendry the benefit of the doubt last year with the ownership change and desperate economic conditions. This offseason is inexcusable. Rich Harden and Milton Bradley turned into Carlos Silva and maybe Marlon Byrd. Read that last sentence again. Kinda like how Jim Edmonds and Mark DeRosa turned into Milton Bradley and Aaron Miles last off season right? -
I think that wins should be a novelty stat that is simply a representation of a team's record when that starter starts. So whether you pitch 0.1 innings and get ejected for throwing at someone with a 5-0 lead, or pitch 12 innings and give up 1 run and lose, you deal with the consequences. What is the point of relievers getting wins and losses? Does any care that Carlos Marmol went 2-4 last year, or do they care about his ERA, WHIP, K/9, BB, etc.? I would only approve of this change if everyone whose anyone in baseball agreed to not place one iota of importance on wins and losses as it pertains to a pitcher's worth. I am pretty sure that people in hockey could care less about W-L for a goalie, and a goalie's W-L might be more indicative of a goalie's value than a pitcher's value (although still with significant flaws). If this was the case, here is how our starter's W-L would be last year Zambrano 18-10 (really 9-7) Harden 13-13 (9-9) Dempster 13-18 (11-9) Wells 14-13 (12-10) Lilly 16-11 (12-9) Marshall 2-7 (2-5) Gorzelanny 4-3 (4-2) Hart 3-1 (3-1) Samardzija 0-2 (0-2)
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What do you mean give him a chance? None of us are going to prevent him from playing. But the guy sucks. There's no good reason to give guys a clean slate when they have a track record that tells you how much of a disaster they are. I might, but keep it on the dl in case I pull it off.
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From what I heard the Mariners had no interest in taking Bradley until the Lee trade came about. Now they are more willing to take him aboard since they expect him to be another piece to help them contend. If that makes sense.
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I can just see a phone call being made from Hendry to Byrd: "Hey Marlon, hows it going? Oh man I got some good news for you. Do me a favor and don't sign that contract I faxed you yet, I got $6 million more to throw on there!"
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Seriously look at the comments in this blog entry. I would kill to be this ecstatic at the prospects of my team and GM: http://www.lookoutlanding.com/2009/12/18/1207452/quick-thoughts-on-the-bradley#comments
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Meanwhile, Lookout Landing is ecstatic about this trade. It is funny to see them say things like "We can fix him" and "We have a tight knit clubhouse that can handle a malcontent". Soon it will be "He's saying all the right things, I think he really wants to fit in here"
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This trade is fun bad. Like I am actually enjoying being this riled up about something.
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Seriously...Taj really is a poor man's Tyrus Thomas with probably less athleticism. I was really looking forward to seeing what Tyrus had in store this year. If you remember, he had a period the second half of last year where he really came on strong. A lot of people forget that. I was hoping he'd improve on that this year and finally prove he's a decent player and one worth resigning, although that ship may have sailed who knows.
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Thank you for not saying Super Bowl XLI and making me relive the pain. Actually maybe I'd have rather you said that game cause at least then the game would have been closer.
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And that same site lists the Bears o-line as 26th/32. There are problems all over the field. I have the opinion that a good offensive line can make receivers better than good receivers can make an offensive line.
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Sweet, DePaul lost at home to American tonight, who is rated 335th out of 347 in D1 RPI. This might be the worst loss in DePaul history.
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Re: Cubs Step up pursuit of Byrd
UMFan83 replied to Sever82's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
He's not going to take Mike Fontenot and turn him into Chase Utley or anything, but I think he will help with the hitter's consistency, quickly finding flaws in their swings and adjusting it before it turns into a prolonged slump. Will be interesting to see what he can do with Soriano and Fukudome, 2 hitters that have been known to fall badly away from their swing mechanics from time to time. -
That was the first thing that popped into my head after hearing about this. Between their coordinator's wife and this, there is a lot of outside forces working with the Bengals this year.
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I did notice that... I bet you the PP scoreboard was malfunctioning or something. They do that in the NBA when the shot clock is down.
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Nice productive 1st period. I thought the Blues started out strong, and then about 8 minutes in the Hawks just took over and were able to get on the board a couple times. And hey look our offensive minded defenseman finally scored a goal
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They are saying he fell out of the back of the truck during a domestic dispute?? Edit:
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OMG. I'll pray for Chris Henry. Hope he makes it.
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"My school is a better party school than yours" is one of the dumbest arguments around. Every Big Ten school save Northwestern has a great party scene. Whether it be bars, house parties, frats or a combo, you go to any of those 10 schools and you're gonna find yourself a great time.
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That's what they said? They did mention it was won in penalties.
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Yeah I honestly don't know if the Big Ten would even consider Chicago for a title game location. Not only because of the weather factor, but also because the capacity of Soldier Field is so small (smallest venue in the NFL IIRC). As much as I'd absolutely love it here, I don't know if they'd do it.
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I can't think of one. And I agree. A lot of people said that about Penn State but that turned out well. Trouble is they shouldn't add a school like Missouri. Penn State football was a huge addition. Syracuse basketball and Notre Dame football are the only additions that will mean anything to the conference. Exactly. If Notre Dame were willing to come I would be all for it. Adding Rutgers or Mizzou doesn't really do much besides get you a football championship game. Yeah there's the NY/NJ market (and to a lesser extent KC/STL) but do they really care that much? Let's just drop Northwestern and have a round robin schedule in football and basketball. Adding Rutgers for the NYC market is like the Big East adding DePaul for the Chicago market. If hardly anyone cares, do you really gain anything?
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Re: Cubs Step up pursuit of Byrd
UMFan83 replied to Sever82's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
I disagree for one reason: He won't end up a value because Hendry always overpays for his man. -
Re: Cubs Step up pursuit of Byrd
UMFan83 replied to Sever82's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Looking at Byrd's stats he doesn't look that bad. .800+ OPS for the last three years at CF? I would take that. Sure he wouldn't be a huge upgrade over Bradley, but considering defense and the fact that Fukudome would move back to RF, I wouldn't be against signing him for a reasonable contract. What makes you think he's gonna have an .800+ OPS outside of Arlington? And crossing into his mid-30's?
