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I don't think there's any debate.... Lets just offer Marshall, Gallagher and Cedeno to the Braves for Teix. -
I saw this posted on the OH forum and it made me laugh AM = MacPhail PA = Angelos
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Repost :)
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I remember that game so vividly, I was winning by 5 points going into Monday night for my fantasy game. I only had Rex Grossman, he had no players left. So I can safely expect to win, right? Wrong He scores -6 points so I lose by 1 point and miss the playoffs by 1 game to the guy that beat me in that game. Ouch, thats a good fantasy story. I probably would have pulled him from the game, but I don't think anyone expects to get -6 points Prior to the game Rex had been tearing up the league though. Exactly, but in H2H if you already have a win, why bother to play other players on Monday night? Sure Total points is the tiebreaker, but a W is also a pretty good tie breaker. But like I said, up by 5 points, I would never expect Rex to get -6 points in that situation and would play him.
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I remember that game so vividly, I was winning by 5 points going into Monday night for my fantasy game. I only had Rex Grossman, he had no players left. So I can safely expect to win, right? Wrong He scores -6 points so I lose by 1 point and miss the playoffs by 1 game to the guy that beat me in that game. Ouch, thats a good fantasy story. I probably would have pulled him from the game, but I don't think anyone expects to get -6 points
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Yay? So what your telling me is that Roberts to Chicago is close? Oh boy I am so excited.
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Again, I'm not saying the Sox have a great shot to be good. I am just saying they have a lot of pieces that if play up to reasonable (but optimistic) expectations, they can compete for at least a Wild Card. You're right, Gavin Floyd is no longer highly rated. I am not expecting him to be an all star or anything, but he could be a decent 5th starter. If they need to make a move they can probably pull one off at the deadline. Mostly I'm speaking out again people who think the White Sox are destined for 68 wins or something. They are much better than a sub-70 win team. I expect them to have at least 75 wins, but if everything breaks right, up to 90 wins.
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No rickrolls. Please read the board's guidelines -- linked in my sig. Thank you. I'm confused? The post was obviously a huge farce. I don't think he deceived anyone with his link.
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Please Pryor come to Michigan. I don't care about any other recruits.
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:shock: For which professional sport? 'cause it won't be baseball. Sounds like someone is forgetting 2005. Of course you are going to say 2005 was a tremendous fluke and you can't base your opinion on that, and you may be right. But like I've been saying all offseason, I think they have a shot. Not a very good one, but they have one. Their staff can either be really bad or really good. Floyd and Danks have to play to their potential, but if they do, their offense is good enough to lead it to a wild card.
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It may be polically incorrect but it is spot on. That's why I want mods to determine it's fate. It's spot on? I am not going to be a part of a fiery political debate, I just try not to get involved in those, and I'm sure you know this already but there are obviously other reason than these for why someone would vote for Obama. Which is why I said that I enjoy your humor, but its misguided.
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2006 - Cardinals have a 20-3 lead, collapse and lose the the Bears 23-20 on Monday Night Football 2007 - Oklahoma has a 7 point lead with under 2 minutes left in the Fiesta Bowl and loses by 1 point in OT 2008 - The Patriots have a 4 point lead with 2:42 left as the Giants come back to beat the Pats by 3 Man, some big collapses in big games in the new University of Phoenix Stadium
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I love your humor, however misguided it is.
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Can we now get back to what's really important?
UMFan83 replied to tubbfan's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
9 days until pitchers and catchers report! -
This thread will allow me to test the new smilies: :clapping: :confused: :blush: :rotfl: :blink: :blackeye: :lol: :shock: :scratch: :glare: :banghead:
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Ty Cobb ....oh wait, he's already in there (just playing OMC)
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Any updates today? Edit: Shameless attempt at 160
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Why is that hard to believe? They were 6th in the based on record last season, and 2 teams were within 2 games of them. Some teams have improved, while some Cubs fans believe that the rotation really overachieved last season and is bound to regress. They were also 2 games from having the 3rd best record, pythag-wise. We can debate progression/regression for every team until the end of time, but the Cubs were relatively easily among the Top 8 teams last year, and they've improved the roster. It's irrationally pessimistic to have them as low as 8th. And I think its irrationally optimistic to have them as high as 3. I know I'm the boards (mostly) sane pessimist, but I really don't think its irrational to htink the Cubs will be the 8th best team in the NL this year. Your point about teams being bunched together between 3rd and 8th only proves that there are a lot of teams that are in that 87-80 win range. A couple flukey wins here and there and a 3rd best team becomes an 8th place team. If someone looks at a team like the Dodgers, who won 80 games last year and the Brewers who won 83 and sees them both improved more than the Cubs, thats not irrational.
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Why is that hard to believe? They were 6th in the based on record last season, and 2 teams were within 2 games of them. Some teams have improved, while some Cubs fans believe that the rotation really overachieved last season and is bound to regress.
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2 weeks ago this news would have upset me.
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Also as someone mentioned in the thread that never ends, PECOTA projects BRob's WARP at 6.6, which would be the highest on the Cubs and would give the Cubs a 3.3 WARP boost over DeRosa. Maybe we need to get this guy.
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Something to get you through a snowy February day...
UMFan83 replied to UMFan83's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
best moment i've ever had at a sporting event...simply electric. That was the best moment I've had at a sporting even until.... last September when the Cubs entered the 9th down by 2 to the Reds and Aramis Ramirez roped that game tying double followed by Mark DeRosa's game winning single. I think the Barrett moment was cooler, but the situation behind the Reds game was a lot more dramatic. The Cubs entered the day 1 game up on the Brewers, and at the time of the 9th inning, the Brewers had already won. What a feeling. -
Quite odd PECOTA is projecting the Cubs to have a slight better offense, and the Brewers to have better pitching. I would have thought it was the other way around.
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Not sure if Spring Training Parks count, but I will include them ALW Los Angeles Angels X (Fenway) Oakland Athletics X (Cell) Seattle Mariners X (Cell) Texas Rangers X (Memorial Stadium - Baltimore, Ho Ho Kam) ALC Chicago White Sox WX (Wrigley, Comiskey, Cell, Chase Field) Cleveland Indians X (Comiskey) Detroit Tigers X (County Stadium, Clearwater Park in Florida) Kansas City Royals X (Fenway) Minnesota Twins ALE Baltimore Orioles X (Memorial Stadium, Camden Yards) Boston Red Sox WX (Fenway, Cell, Wrigley) New York Yankees X (Cell) Tampa Bay Rays X (Fenway) Toronto Blue Jays W NLW Arizona Diamondbacks WX (Wrigley, Chase Field) Colorado Rockies WX (Wrigley, Chase Field) Los Angeles Dodgers W (Wrigley) San Diego Padres WX (Jack Murphey Stadium, Wrigley) San Francisco Giants W NLC Chicago Cubs WX (Wrigley, Chase Field, Cell, Miller Park) Cincinnati Reds W Houston Astros W Milwaukee Brewers WX (Wrigley, Miller Park) Pittsburgh Pirates W St. Louis Cardinals W NLE Atlanta Braves WX (Some stadium in Florida for Spring Training, Jack Murphy Stadium Florida Marlins WX (Some stadium in Florida for Spring Training, New York Mets W Philadelphia Phillies WX (Wrigley, Clearwater Stadium in Florida) Washington Nationals W And for the heck of it... Montreal Expos WX (Olympic Stadium) Looks like the only Major League baseball team that I am not sure if I've seen in person is the Twins.
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I don't know about you guys, but I'm going to actually feel disappointed if this issue gets resolved one way or another anytime soon. I honestly can't imagine my life without this thread.
