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Remember when they said he'd be ready by mid-May?............. Hey at least we got him for the stretch run
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I don't think this is true at all. Even the Maris family has said that if Howard hits 62 they acknowledge him as the champ Bonds, Sosa, and McGuire have never failed a test. Now, maybe they used materials/suplements that were legal at the time (Andro), or that were just difficult to test for. However, their testing record is just as clean as Howard's is. What makes everyone so sure that Howard isn't using materials/supplements that are difficult to test for, or that are legal now? The simply answer is we can't be sure. We believe the others are guilty because we want to believe it. We believe Howard is innocent because we want to believe it. The record has no asterisk...apologies to the Maris family. McGwire took the 5th when asked if he took illegal performance enhancing drugs by Congress, which is everything but admitting his guilt and cheating. Bonds testified that he "unknowingly" took illegal performance enhacing drugs to a grand jury, also admitting his guilt and cheating. Sosa's guilt can not be pinpointed so easily. The only arguments you can make for him involve a level of assumption. He is a known cheater (cork) and basically broke down when steroid testing began. I'll give you Sosa (barely), but I refuse to accept McGwire and Bonds' records as legit
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I don't think this attendance drop means anything for the trib, and I would go so far as to say they were downright expecting it. If you look at yesterday's game box, it says that yesterdays attendance was the lowest since 2002 when they drew 20,000 in September of that year, when the Cubs were almost as hopeless as they are now. They know that if the Cubs are bad, attendance is going to suffer in April and September. But they also know how many millions of Americans make Wrigley their vacation destination between May and August. They know that no matter what Wrigley is a virtual sell out all of those games played in those months. This does nothing for the Tribune company but affirm that the 2003 NLCS boom is over.
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I don't think this is true at all. Even the Maris family has said that if Howard hits 62 they acknowledge him as the champ
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I cant believe how much the story of Ryan Howard is lost among the national media. Everyone knowingly admits that they think the 3 men who broke the HR record (Bonds, McGwire, Sosa) were cheaters. Therefore the unspoken HR record is 61 still. Howard is on pace to eclipse this IN HIS FIRST FULL SEASON. Of course there are several factors that could explain this outburst: -The weakness of the NL -HGH? Ok, I have nothing else. But for a kid with less then 200 games under his belt to come out and potentially slug 63 HR and 157 RBI (projected numbers) is just mind boggling to me. No other rookie or second year player can touch those numbers. Yes there are weaknesses in his game (18 doubles for a power hitter seems really low), but for a sport whose fans are obsessed with raw power, this story needs to get more attention.
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Week 1: Bears @ Green Bay - Sunday Sept. 10th, 3:15 pm CST
UMFan83 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
Its a good thing wins and losses arent decided on paper by 'the experts' -
I like Adewale Ogunleye better
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Paul Sullivan: Get your facts straight.
UMFan83 replied to YearofDaCubs's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I saw that before they corrected it. Stupid Phil Rogers -
Week 1: Bears @ Green Bay - Sunday Sept. 10th, 3:15 pm CST
UMFan83 replied to CaliforniaRaisin's topic in Other Sports
The guy that writes this article is a moron. He just implied that the Bears should go out and trade for Brett Favre. http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=whitlock/060907 -
With all due respect to Scott Moore and his potential...God I hope not. They use him as leverage, and Aramis laughs all this way to Anaheim or some place.
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Ronnie Brown, getting my fantasy team off to a good start! I really wish Dante could get the ball to Chambers more though.
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I don't remember mine...but probably because I was 2. That reminds me, I need to send my dad a nasty email sarcastically thanking him for making me a Cubs fan
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Unfortunately, his last comment to Cubs.com caused him to disguise his name and move to Arizona, but make no doubt, this is him. Ladies and gentlement, the world's only remaining Dusty Baker backer (from the Paul Sullivan mailbag):
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Glad you enjoyed your first game at Wrigley. Too bad the team sucks and no one went. Thats a sweet video btw.
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Agreed. And I have no idea who could replace him. But I hear Dusty Baker may be desperate for a job this winter. Hey! Jim Hendry used to manage at the college level! I think we just killed two birds with one stone! That would be a Cubslike move. Team can't hit, lets switch Sarge and Gene's positions to make it look like things are changing!
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Booooo Offtopic, but does anyone ever ask themselves why Boo is universally accepted as a sign of distate. In reality it's just a silly sound. All of the world's knowledge can be found on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Booing Which leads you to: http://www.slate.com/id/2141597/?nav=tap3
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Anyone who can define OBP and explain its relative importance to the game of baseball is fine by me. Extra credit to anyone who can discuss the disadvantage of 'selling low'
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Dusty is probably thinking: "Crap, I killed baseball on the north side of Chicago"
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Good call. Thats not interesting, thats predictable.
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At least hes challenging hitters like he wanted to...
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Thats my Cubs!
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hahhahahaha how do we lose to this team so often, look at their defense!
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Jerry Hairsto- I mean SCOTT MOORE!
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This is the third time in the last 4 days that I completely forgot a Cubs game was on until 45 minutes after it started
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You still have time to turn your back on the Cubs. Heed our advice
