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  1. UMFan83
    It's kinds funny that for years all the talking heads said about the bears was that they were missing a qb and should do ANYTHING possible to get a qb. Seriously it got to the point that whenever the bears were mentioned on ESPN they immediatly brought up the qb issues, even if they were discussing something about the Bears D. Now the detractors of this trade are saying "who cares who the qb is? They have so many other holes." So annoying.
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    When is the last time our bullpen didn't give up a bunch of runs? Has to be like 2 weeks ago...
  3. UMFan83
    Ahh the last game of the Cactus League for another year. After this is off to NY for a pair, a day off Sunday and then the season starts!!
  4. UMFan83
    From Jayson Stark chat:
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    What happened to last years Rule 5 pick? I think his name was Evan Meek. We sure had fun pounding him around last April.
  6. UMFan83
    Ouch....sounds like a personal attack :)
  7. UMFan83
    Ummm....horrible April Fools joke! 0-0 in the 2nd
  8. UMFan83
    I'm not disappointed. I would never hope for an injury to be serious. Call it old school, but I'm in the "beat them when they are at their best" camp for whatever reason.
  9. UMFan83
    It's a good thing the Blackhawks were absolutely awesome for a decent part of the season, because if we had to win games right now to stay in the playoff race, we'd be in deep trouble.
  10. UMFan83
    I don't think you are the only one. Check out how long NSBB's game threads are for spring training games this year vs. last year. I think only one thread last year went less than 2 pages, and a lot of them 4-5 pages. Now this year a majority of them are less than 2 pages. Either less people are posting at NSBB, or there has been a remarkable reduction in interest between last spring and this spring. I tend to believe part of it is that Cubs fans in general now look forward to October more than April. We've done all we can do from April-September, and now we want to succeed in October. Doesn't mean we won't follow the Cubs in the regular season that much less, or our sphincters won't get tight when Gregg is on the mound with a runner in scoring position protecting a 1 run lead. It just means in general, Cubs fans (at least not insane ones like some of us) see the bigger picture. Of course as always, feel free to dig up this post and send it to me after the Cubs first 3 game losing streak.
  11. UMFan83
    Anyone pick up playoff tickets this morning? For some reason I thought they went on sale at 11 AM, not 10 AM so when I got on, there aren't any seats left for game 1, and scattered seats for the other games of round 1.
  12. UMFan83
    Meh, personally I think it's dumb to wear the jersey of a team that's not playing in the game you are going to, especially if its a rival of the home team, but that's just me.
  13. UMFan83
    Yeah if anyone is up for a mini-NSBB meet, we can definitely try to meet up. I will be with a couple of my buddies also going to the game. Not sure which establishment we will be frequenting yet though.
  14. UMFan83
    Remember that Rich is behind the others in terms of gearing up for the season. He also might be saving his shoulder from throwing full speed until the season starts.
  15. UMFan83
    Blasphemy! I know...he completely misspelled "gets even more awesome" and somehow confused the words "possibility" and "certainty"
  16. UMFan83
    Also 14 days 2 hours and 6 minutes until the first home game of the year. And 11 days, 4 hours and 6 minutes until the first quasi-home game of the year.
  17. UMFan83
    Yep because we were getting above average quality Major League production at 2B, C, CF. For at least two of those positions, the jury is still out on how they will perform. Plus although Lee wasn't giving us adequate offensive production, he still gives us presumably much better defense at first than Hoff would. Neither Fontenot, Soto, nor Johnson have shown us any indication that they wont be able to produce this season. My point is that DeRosa having a .860 OPS and Edmonds doing what he did was giving the Cubs above average production at lesser offensive positions negating the fact that Lee was one of the worst offensive 1B for a large part of last year. There is no indication that their replacements won't produce, but will they produce as well as the numbers they are replacing to offset a Lee injury or ineffectiveness?
  18. UMFan83
    Yep because we were getting above average quality Major League production at 2B, C, CF. For at least two of those positions, the jury is still out on how they will perform. Plus although Lee wasn't giving us adequate offensive production, he still gives us presumably much better defense at first than Hoff would.
  19. UMFan83
    I'm pretty sure that BCB's discussion threads are more heavily moderated than this site. Is it really a big deal either way if you can swear or not? Does swearing really help you present your thoughts and insights more effectively?
  20. UMFan83
    Started with Buff punching Luongo in the face. No exaggeration. The guys all got together and it looked like it would calm down. Then someone from VAN came rushing in, Eager and Bieksa and Burish and Burroughs squared off and went. Eager walloped Bieksa pretty good. It was actually pretty dangerous looking because their helmets were off and they were slamming each other to the ice. I can't WAIT for the playoffs :)
  21. UMFan83
    Sounds like I missed a good fight...stupid girlfriend watching Shark Week on Animal Planet.
  22. UMFan83
    Derosa with a 2 run homer in the first. Cleveland up 2-0
  23. UMFan83
    THE AUDACTIY OF THE GUY. BOO THIS MAN BOO!!!! He should be signing autographs until he develops carpal tunnel. :roll: Was it only one fan there? If so, is it really that time consuming to sign a single autograph for a kid? I'm not ripping on him for not doing it, but I don't think "having a baby a few days ago" is a good enough excuse for not signing one autograph.
  24. UMFan83
    I feel like 95 times out of 100 where a team needs to go down court in less than a second, the they usually throw the hail mary and the ball is easily deflected away without the inbounding team even controlling the ball. Maybe they thought a guaranteed chance of taking a 3/4 court shot was better than the slim chance of throwing it across the court and taking some sort of off balanced shot.
  25. UMFan83
    I don't....the current Bulls with Gordon isn't enough to compete in the East, and it might hamper our 2010 chances. He'd go over it for Bosh though...
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