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  1. UMFan83
    Here is a little schedule analysis I did: April: 3 +500, 21 -500 May: 16 +500, 12 -500 June: 12 +500, 14 -500 July: 13 +500, 13 -500 August: 11 +500, 18 -500 Sept/Oct: 12 +500, 17 -500 April: 11 H, 13 A May: 16 H, 12 A June: 12 H, 14 A July: 14 H, 12 A August: 15 H, 14 A Sept/Oct: 13 H, 16 A Longest Homestand: July 15-25 (10 games, 11 days) Longest Road Trip: May 31-June 10 (9 games, 11 days), September 9-20 (9 games, 12 days) Tough stretch: May 10 - 30 3 vs. FLA 3 vs. PIT 2 vs. COL 2 @ PHI 3 @ TEX 3 vs. LAD 3 vs. STL July 8-Aug 1 4 @ LAD (ASB) 4 vs. PHI 3 vs. HOU 3 vs. STL 3 @ HOU 3 @ COL September 13-26 3 @ STL 3 @ FLA 3 vs. SF 3 vs. STL
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    Interleague is weird. Didn't we just play a series @ TEX in 2007? Shouldn't that mean they come to Wrigley? Ouch...breakdown of our last 22 games: 6 at home, 16 on the road
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    BUMP This is on Wednesday. FJM will be editing Deadspin.
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    A miracle playoff challenge would help my Bears angst a lot. That said, I'm not even considering the possibility until the Cubs are lets say 4 games out of a playoff spot.
  5. UMFan83
    Last year when the Packers ran all over the Bears at Lambeau because McCarthy tried to expose the Bears who were trying to shut down the passing game it was brilliant, but this time it was stubborn and horrible?
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    DLee is now 8th in baseball and 5th in the NL in OPS at .966. It just keeps going up. If you took only his post-April numbers and compared them to everyone's full season numbers, his OPS (coming into today) would be 1.032, putting him 3rd in baseball. However, with his night tonight he might have jumped over Mauer for 2nd behind Albert.
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    He was closer to the 2005 Urlacher than the 2006-2008 Urlacher. He was the healthiest he had been in years. Listen to the first 15 secs of this clip. In what category were the Bears fifth in defense? 30th in yards, 16th or so in points last year. Anyone who watched last season saw how bad the defense was. http://espn.go.com/blog/nfcnorth/post/_/id/3260/replacing-urlacher Weren't we in 5th in yards against the run? Or maybe turnover differential or total turnovers? That's my best guess. Or if they are using advanced metrics, Football Outsiders statistics generally favor our style of defense statistically.
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    Didn't realize we were only 7 games out of the Wild Card. It's funny I haven't checked the standings for a week...someone asked me last night how far the Cubs are out, and I told him I thought there were like 12.5 out of the division and 9 out of the Wild Card. Whoops.
  9. UMFan83
    Cubs win! 74-68, 84.5 win pace
  10. UMFan83
    5 of Marmols first 7 pitches are balls.
  11. UMFan83
    If the Cubs can win this one, they will be 2 games ahead of their 2007 pace (72-70) Of course back then, that got them 1 GB first place. This year it gets people calling for Hendry's head (not stating whether or not it's deserved)
  12. UMFan83
    Wow Counsell swings at the second pitch Marmol throws after throwing a ball with the first...that's surprising.
  13. UMFan83
    did Urlacher get a flag on that hit in your gif, because he needed to. Nope. It looked pretty clean last night but looks worse watching the Gif over and over again. He did lead with his shoulder into his chest. Not to go too much more off-topic but he'll probably get fined for that hit, which is deserved but another twist of the knife for Urlacher.
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    Buckle your seatbelts, Marmol is comin in!
  15. UMFan83
    Darn, looks like something happened again. :)
  16. UMFan83
    I feel like everytime I start to think the Cubs can win a 1-0 game, something happens and we don't.
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    Cardinals winning again.
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    You people who live close to Wrigley make me sick. I would love to go to a Cub game again. Not to sound like the millionaire who bitches about not being able to buy his third house in Miami, but I only enjoy it when the Cubs are good. When they are mediocre or suck, all I see is no parking spots and horrible traffic before and after the game. I've gotten used to planning my trips out of the house around Cubs games. But I totally know I take it for granted. I'll miss it when I eventually move someday. Let's face it, you're pretty miserable about it when the Cubs are really good too. Yeah, I guess you're right. But it's more bearable for sure.
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    Do you guys think the NL Cy Young will end up being Lincecum or Suppan? I have a feeling playing in the small Milwaukee metro is going to hurt him.
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    You people who live close to Wrigley make me sick. I would love to go to a Cub game again. Not to sound like the millionaire who bitches about not being able to buy his third house in Miami, but I only enjoy it when the Cubs are good. When they are mediocre or suck, all I see is no parking spots and horrible traffic before and after the game. I've gotten used to planning my trips out of the house around Cubs games. But I totally know I take it for granted. I'll miss it when I eventually move someday.
  21. UMFan83
    Wow first 10k get a Cubs deck of cards tomorrow, is that worth the $4 I can spend on a ticket from scalpers or should I just buy them for $3 at 7-11 down the street?
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    I dont watch tennis all the time but that was a enjoyable match. I'll have to watch more often.
  23. UMFan83
    Random question during a tense moment for tennis fans, but what is the farthest that you've ever seen someone come back from being at championship (or game) point and ending up winning?
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    I don't agree with most of that, but I do agree with the Urlacher comment. This is not 2005 Brian Urlacher the Bears are losing. It sucks because he is the "QB on defense". However, He has lost a step or two. Watching him last night showed me that and watching him in the Pre Season game against the Giants watching him trying to tackle Jacobs showed me that as well. He's not the best LB on his own team, losing Briggs would be a bigger loss. Don't get me wrong, its a bad loss, but he can be replaced. A lot of Bears fans were expecting big things from Urlacher based on the things that were said in the preseason about his dedication and the lack of pain he was feeling. How much of that was fluff, I don't. It's not unheard of to see performance dip during a career and then rise back to a similar level, though it's definitely not normal. Ray Lewis is probably the benchmark for that. I think a lot of people expected a good year from him, and watching his first half didn't do anything to lower those expectations. That's part of the reason why this sucks so much.
  25. UMFan83
    Lopez, 2B Counsell, SS McGehee, 3B Fielder, 1B Cameron, CF Gerut, RF Kendall, C Catalanatto, LF Suppan, P Brewers sure have changed since the last time we've seen them, which feels like 10 years ago. Theriot, SS Fukudome, RF Lee, 1B Ramirez, 3B Soto, C Fox, LF Baker, 2B Fuld, CF Dempster, P
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