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  1. UMFan83
    That's pretty much impossible at this point. Obviously its pretty unlikely if they are just not talking to other bidders, but if Ricketts does indeed buy the team (I still think this is the overwhelming case...I think I remember reading that Ricketts had a much better offer than the other bidders, so they aren't going to get nearly as much money from the other bidders), they seem to be so far apart that it doesn't seem likely that either side is going to concede in time to get the owners to approve and allow Ricketts to take over, run the numbers, give a new budget to Hendry and have him negotiate a trade or trades in what 5 weeks?
  2. UMFan83
    Not exactly a bold statement, but I think it's safe to say the 2002 World Cup was a peak in USMNT history and not a stepping stone to better things. We will never be organized enough or develop enough talent to be amongst the top few teams in the world. I can't see us ever competing for championships in international tournaments that involve European and South American teams. Hopefully I'm wrong though...the country certainly has a large enough population to produce professional soccer players from the scraps left by baseball, football, basketball and hockey.
  3. UMFan83
    What did Hawk mean after Soriano's hit when he said "Folks, you saw the same thing we did" or something to the effect?
  4. UMFan83
    its pretty bad, i love it though. If you plan on watching this service though, i doubt it would last an entire game on a full charge. I watched the last three innings and it killed 40% of my battery. For a typical three hour game, your battery will die. Yeah, its more of a "follow the game on Gameday and switch over to video for big situations" kinda feature. The quality looks great though. I guess it auto adjusts the video quality depending on whether you are streaming from Wifi or 3G. Now I just need to find a way to get past the blackout restrictions.
  5. UMFan83
    I wonder how they managed to find heart between yesterday and today.
  6. UMFan83
    the cubs playersvin the dugout looked like they had no clue how to celebrate such an offensive feat.
  7. UMFan83
    the sox have more hard hit balls in this inning than the cubs have had this entire homestand.
  8. UMFan83
    We scored a run!!!!!!!! When u see Lee make horrible contact and ground it right to the 2b, and you see that even that allowed a run to score in that situation, you wonder how we manage to screw that up almost everytime
  9. UMFan83
    nice to see an IF with some range.
  10. UMFan83
    Gross Normally I'd agree but I cannot wait to see Cutler in a Bears uniform. 5 minutes after that I'm with ya.
  11. UMFan83
    sweet we get Cliff Lee tomorrow
  12. UMFan83
    hey guys, when does baseball season start?
  13. UMFan83
    Yet its strange that HR numbers went down sharply when they started to test for steroids. Only not. The new policy was handed down in 2005, but the differences in the home run rates pre-2005 and post-2005 are not particularly telling of anything, especially if you think of steroids as having flourished in baseball starting in the mid-90s. To say the numbers have gone down sharply is incorrect. Yeah I couldn't find the stats before I posted that. What has gone down though is the number of HRs the top HR hitters are hitting. Hitting 40 HRs was almost a prerequesite to be called a power hitter a few years back. Now you might win a HR title with 40 HRs.
  14. UMFan83
    Yeah I downloaded the NCAA Tournament app that streamed Tourney games and the quality and speeds were great. I had no problems playing games on WiFi, and althought they didn't allow you to stream video on 3G, I read that it was an issue of bandwidth from AT&T, not because they couldn't stream properly.
  15. UMFan83
    Yet its strange that HR numbers went down sharply when they started to test for steroids.
  16. UMFan83
    OK, one more stat. The Cubs lead Major League baseball in least runs allowed this season (ok tied with the Dodgers) with 249 RA. Unfortunately, they are 28th in baseball in runs scored with 254 (11 ahead of Seattle). 1st and 28th averages to around 14th, meaning the Cubs are about an average team...one game under .500 makes sense.
  17. UMFan83
    Absolutely unbelievable that this sale is going on its third year. It hadn't really hurt the actual team until this year, but this is just ridiculous. The Padres got sold over the offseason. I know the Cubs being what they are is a much more complex deal but geez.
  18. UMFan83
    Another bizarre stat for the Cubs. Alfonso Soriano (our leadoff hitter), leads the team with just 28 RBIs. How bad is that? Well, take a look at how it compares to other teams RBI leaders: (The first number is how many hitters have more than 28 RBIs, the second number is how many RBIs the leader has) ARI - 2, 45 ATL - 3, 35 BAL - 4, 44 BOS - 4, 63 CHW - 3, 41 CIN - 3, 43 CLE - 4, 49 COL - 4, 47 DET - 3, 42 FLA - 5, 43 HOU - 3, 40 KAN - 2, 30 LAA - 4, 51 LAD - 5, 44 MIL - 4, 63 MIN - 5, 55 NYY - 5, 55 NYM - 2, 39 OAK - 3, 38 PHI - 6, 59 PIT - 3, 34 SDG - 2, 43 SFO - 3, 39 SEA - 3, 40 STL - 3, 58 TAM - 5, 59 TEX - 4, 46 TOR - 6, 47 WAS - 4, 46 Some interesting things pulled from that - Every team has at least 2 guys with more RBIs than the Cubs best RBI guy - The Phillies and Blue Jays each have 6 GUYS with more RBIs than the Cubs leader. The Jays actually have a 7th hitter, who is tied with Soriano with 28 RBIs. 7/9 hitters have as many or more RBIs than the Cubs best guy - Every team but 3 in the league has at least one guy with 10 more RBIs than Soriano - All in all, 107 different players have more RBIs than Soriano's 28. Unbelievable Crazy stats...
  19. UMFan83
    Here's what I would do for the next few games to shake things up. 1) Sit Soriano for the rest of the week (4 games) and let him clear his head and give whatever injury he might have a rest 2) Play Jake Fox in LF for the next 4 games 3) Play Andres Blanco at SS 4) Play Theriot at 2B (Fontenot staying at 3B) 5) Move Fukudome to leadoff and tell him to concentrate on getting on base whatever way possible New Lineup: Fukudome (L) Theriot ® Bradley (S) Fox ® Lee ® Fontenot (L) Soto ® Blanco (S) Not ideal, but about as good as it gets. Blanco isn't exactly a great offensive option, but it gets Miles out of the lineup.
  20. UMFan83
    0 home runs, 4 walks, and 8 total runs in the first 4 games of the homestand. That's an average of 2 runs, 1 walk and 0 home runs per game. Not gonna win a ton like that. Overall, over the last 25 games, we've scored just 72 runs, an average of 2.88 runs per game. So for almost 1/6th of the season we've averaged less than 3 runs per game. I also heard on the radio that the Cubs have scored 1 run or less in 10 of the last 25 games they've played. Unbelievable.
  21. UMFan83
    The thing that bothers me is that there was no one phase of the game that was even remotely as awful as the Cubs offense right now. In 2007 we had issues everywhere but other than mental errors there was nothing glaringly wrong. On the positive side, if the Cubs can in fact correct their offense they are in a much better spot than the 07 team.
  22. UMFan83
    and if they had won today everyone would have said they looked like they have a ton of heart out there.
  23. UMFan83
    Haha, what? Haven't they won a couple in a row? The makings of a hot streak. They aren't great teams but they do get hot and cold like everyone else.
  24. UMFan83
    Lou just said that it's getting to the point where he's gonna have to make some tough decisions regarding the lineup. Bench Soriano, Fontenot, Soto, MILES?
  25. UMFan83
    Brewers and Cardinals look to be getting hot. Cubs better watch out or they'll be out of the race before they realize it
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