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  1. UMFan83
    NSBB, help me decide on a movie to watch. I am surfing through On Demand and have seen way too many of these movies. I have narrowed it down to 3 choices. 1. Taken - Not really in the mood for a thriller, but the trailer looked decent. 2. The Rocker - Didn't get good reviews on Rotten Tomatoes, but I am in the mood for a comedy and I would be interested to see Rainn Wilson outside of The Office. 3. Monty Python's Life of Brian - I've been wanting to see this for awhile...I am a pretty big fan of Monty Python from what I've seen (Holy Grail, quite a few of the Flying Circus sketches, And Now for Something Completely Different, and The Meaning of Life). Is this movie as good as Holy Grail, or is it more like And Now For Something Completely Different, which had its moments (and I think is mostly reused sketches), but wasn't comedy gold. I am leaning towards this one, but while I enjoy their work, there are some bits that tend to be dull in my mind and I'm not sure I can handle that. So..any suggestions?
  2. UMFan83
    He sounded absolutely pained to say that Pierre's arm is weak. He was like "Well I GUESS he doesn't have the best arm...."
  3. UMFan83
    Just for fun...prominent Cubs players by OPS Fukudome .952 Koyie Hill .863 Scales .843 Hoffpauir .821 Theriot .810 Soriano .787 Johnson .778 Bradley .748 Lee .734 Fontenot .717 Soto .611 Miles .515
  4. UMFan83
    I just realized that Eric Milton is a notorious fly ball pitcher who gives up a crapload of HRs, who is pitching with the wind blowing in.
  5. UMFan83
    I think I finally accepted that its going to happen to any cursed team in any situation when I saw them bring out the "Cleveland Sports Misery" chart at the end of yesterday's Cavs game.
  6. UMFan83
    I wish the wind was blowing out...but I think its blowing pretty heavily in. The only way we come back is if we are swinging the bats particularly well. Who knows though, this could end up like the Brewers-Cubs game back in 2007 when the Brewers scored 5 runs in the first off Rich Hill, and were shutout the rest of the game as the Cubs slowly crawled back. Finally, with the wind blowing way in all game, Aramis Ramirez crushed a 2 out HR in the 9th to win it.
  7. UMFan83
    Did anyone else see the Gatorade machine run and hide in a corner when Marshall was making his way back into the dugout?
  8. UMFan83
    Well Marshall has been awesome this season for the most part and for his efforts Lou has all but sent him to the pen after this start. I wonder if that's affecting him at all mentally.
  9. UMFan83
    This looks like a flip back every once in awhile while I watch a movie type of game. My girlfriend will be pleased.
  10. UMFan83
    Oof...4-0 on the first hard hit ball of the game.
  11. UMFan83
    C'mon Marsh, get ahead in the count, induce the ground ball and lets get out of this down 3. We can come back from 3-0.
  12. UMFan83
    Unbelievable.
  13. UMFan83
    Boy Marshall is taking his demotion to the pen well.
  14. UMFan83
    First 3 reach. C'mon Marshall, I really planned my Sunday night around this game.
  15. UMFan83
    Damn, 2 grounders hit perfectly and Marshall is in big trouble already.
  16. UMFan83
    Joe Morgan basically calling Juan Pierre as good as Manny Ramirez. I think I'm putting this on mute.
  17. UMFan83
    Why is the performance impossible to equal?
  18. UMFan83
    Scales can play adequate defense while they aren't sure about Fox yet. Lou doesn't underrate defense.
  19. UMFan83
    He was very good in 03 before the injury. He had one hot month and was already coming back down to earth when he got hurt. He had a .216/.278/.284/.562 line in the 24 games before he got hurt, while having a .328/.348/.593/.941 before that 24 game stretch dropping his OPS from .941 to .839.
  20. UMFan83
    haha 6 combined runs scored in the first 2 games of this series.
  21. UMFan83
    Just can't have a 1-2-3 inning can ya Gregg?
  22. UMFan83
    Blanco has to resort to that crap to try to get on and still looks awful doing it.
  23. UMFan83
    We might hold the Dodgers to 3 runs combined in the first 2 games and lose them both.
  24. UMFan83
    Our boys are in trouble. I'll leave it up to you to decide if I mean just today or long term.
  25. UMFan83
    What do the last 100 years have to do with this one? Do you really think that fans operate in some vortex? If people were born within a year, loved the Cubs then died within that year you might have a point. But people live 65+ years, and experience the long droughts of this pathetic franchise. The goal is to win the world series. Until the Cubs do, they will have that stigma, and so will the fans. That's the perception. Still doesn't answer why I shouldn't be positive about this team because the Wrigley family/Tribune Co. was too cheap to spend money on good players in the 80s and 90s for example.
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