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Random question: how much do you think it would cost to lure Jaramillo away? I'd probably rather have him that Bradley lol

Yeah but you followed the Cubs all of last year so you know DeRosa made a change to his swing. How do you know Miles didn't change anything? I bet Indians fans are wondering if DeRosa's season was a fluke last year too because they didn't hear anything about a step being added to his swing.

Yeah I'd imagine this would definitely end the Peavy sweepstakes.

I just don't get why Minnesota is still not sold out yet. I've always thought their fans were good, but this is mind boggling. I know that Minnesota in general doesn't have as many people, and I believe their local economy is not as strong as Chicago's, and they have less corporate possibilities (although they do have Target, 3M, etc), but I can't believe they can't find another 3,000 people to spend $80-160 on tickets. In Chicago, people would die to only pay $160 for a home playoff game. Maybe I've underestimated the state of Minnesota's economy or perhaps I've underestimated the avidness of their fans.

That's what she said.

But all he needs is consistant time on the ice!

Yeah we're not better than the Red Wings. I still think we are a top 4 team in the west, but there is no way we are better than the Wings and that sucks.

I just got around to checking this out. This is a fantastic resource. Should be awesome to use during the season.

Someone should tell the NHL that calling all these ticky tack penalties that stop play and make the game really drawn out is not a good way to entice casual fans. I'm not saying they should overlook obvious penalties but let them play a little bit.

I'm in! I got on early this time! I expect my start to be in April 2010

It was pretty awesome to see those jets fly by and then to look out my window and see them buzz right over my place.

We all said the Cubs free spending ways would come back to bite us, and it has big time this offseason.

Just because the deal is alive, it doesn't mean that its going to happen or that this move had any bering on a Peavy trade.

From the ESPN.com article about the DeRosa/Miles moves: So in terms of next year's team, we just traded DeRosa and Marquis for Bradley and Miles

ya think. Yeah its just too bad that parts a and b are disasterous without part c.

David Kaplan just reported the Cubs are very close to a deal for Bradley on CSN.

Sweet, but seriously keep DeRosa unless you have a decent backup. Actually we might get some really good value for Dero. We all rip JH for not trading when their value is the highest, and if you can get some good prospects for him, thats a really high value for a 34 year old utility man.

Again for future reference, what is a successful season? There are varying degrees, but I can't call non-playoff seasons a success. For some teams it's improvement, but not success. Was the Pats 11-5 non-playoff season a success or is that an extremely unique scenario?

I want to get mad that Philly beat Dallas to go with Oakland beating Tampa Bay, but its really hard to say weather Philly would have come out with any fire if they knew before the game that they were done

The running backs aren't bad. The defensive line is probably straddling the line between the top half and the bottom half. A good defensive draft and this team wins 11+ games next year. Forte is very good. Peterson isn't what I really have in mind as his primary backup. The Bears should do better there. The defensive line cannot generate a pass rush to save its life. It showed it can defend the run well but was inconsistent at that as well. I think we should go pass rusher or wide receiver in the first round of the draft. They need a change of pace back to backup Forte. Peterson is like an 80% version of Forte. But that's fine, this year was about finding a RB. Now we have one, go out and get a physical back that can pickup those tough yards

The running backs aren't bad. The defensive line is probably straddling the line between the top half and the bottom half. A good defensive draft and this team wins 11+ games next year. The defensive line is night and day between pass rush and rush d. The rush d is fine, the pass rush is laughably pathetic considering we are paying big money to Ogunleye and Harris and pretty good money to Alex Brown too.

Well that Eagles/Cowboys game will decide a playoff spot. That's fun.

BTW, if we would have avoided the squib kick in Atlanta, we would have already clinched a playoff spot.

Seattle fans say hi. Chicago is one of the best sports cities in Chicago and each team except the Blackhawks have been successful this decade. It's just been a miserable year with the Cubs and Bears in 2008. Maybe successful in terms of making the playoffs I guess Bulls have made the playoffs in 3/8 seasons this decade and have won 1 playoff series Cubs have made the playoffs in 3/8 seasons this decade and have won 1 playoff series Bears have made the playoffs in 3/8 seasons this decade and have won 2 playoff series and advanced to one championship game Blackhawks have made the playoffs in 1/8 seasons this decade and won 0 playoff series So Chicago teams are 10/32 in making the playoffs and are 4/14 in winning playoff series this decade and have advanced to 1 title game and won 0 championships this decade. That's far from a successful decade by any measure. Who cares about the playoffs? It's about championships. We know about the Cubs. The Bears have one 1 championship in like 40 years The Sox have one 1 championship in like 50+ years The Blackhawks haven't win since...I don't know because I don't really follow them...but its been a long while. Thank goodness for MJ. The Cubs haven't won in 100 years (longest drought in the MLB) The Bears have won 1 championship in the last 45 years (and its been 23 years since their last) The Sox have won 1 championship in the last 91 years. The Blackhawks haven't won in 47 years (longest drought in the NHL) The Bulls haven't won in 10 years

LOL Tommie was trying to jump the snap. When times were going well like in 2006, he would have gotten it perfectly timed and sacked the QB, but it just looks embarrassing now.