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Due to Hurrican Ivan(?) we ended up having to play 24 games in 22 days or something like that. Hawkins also really sucked if my memory serves me correctly.[/quote Yes, especially in that 4 game Cinci series. I went to the game, and after he blew it I came how and changed my user name to "Hawkinsruined2k4" for a few months.

Hey what was that joke circulating earlier in the year about both the Cardinals and the Cubs have never won the World Series in their current stadium? Whoops

No, its because of a combination of things. This is just the last straw. The 'Cards were well on thier way to starting a good streak of post-season futility themselves (25 years), and they're now on the verge of winning it all. The Sox won it all last year. TThe Red Sox the year before, and the spectacular Cubs collapse the previous year. When is it our turn to win it all? And now, the team has a new problem. Suppose we win it all one year. We will keep hearing the mantra of "Ooo. 1 WS victory in 125 years!" (FYI, I think the Cubs futility streak goes on for 25 more years), unless the Cubs become a dominant force for years to come. I could care less what they say. If the Cubs won the World Series, nothing could damage the moment

Get used to them flaunting around their WS champion shirts all year. If you get sick of them, turn your attention to White Sox fans still wearing their WS champions shirts from last year.

Same thing with me except late Summer 2004. At least you had playoff baseball to enjoy you jerk

This is the worst 2 years of my life as a sports fan. Seriously I cant even crack a smile right now....this is just bad. Honestly, I really really honestly feel like there is someone upstairs just pointing down at me and laughing and devising more ways to make me feel miserable. Every time I feel like we've hit rock bottom as Cubs fans, something else happens. It's unbelievable. And through it all, I can't not continue to be a Cubs fan. This is a sick and horrible joke. We are the disgrace of baseball folks, I hope you all realize that.

Wow the Bears didnt make John Clayton's First and 10 article which analyzes the top 11 games of the weekend. I know its a mismatch, but games like the Jets and Browns and Steelers and Raiders are on there. http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/columns/story?columnist=clayton_john&id=2639109

Here is how I view the choices: 1. Contract Wiki: Cool idea, it would be a great reference for the users of this site as well as other sites. It would definitely be something that would seperate us from other message board/fan sites. 2. Blogs: I like this idea a lot too. I don't speak for the others on this site, but I don't think its necessary to give bloggers a share of the revenues of the site. I would think that most people would rather the revenues go towards keeping NSBB running strong and what not. If you do blogs, be sure to encompass a lot of different varieties and opinions. For instance there are a lot of technical posters on this site, but there are also a lot of funny, less serious posters. Each bring different angles to the forum, as they should to the blogs. 3. Stats: I like this idea if you can get it running fluidly. It might be difficult to update current stats regularly unless you have someone dedicated to updating and whatnot (if you are choosing to use season in progress stats instead of just past stats) 4. Transactions: I think this is decent, but it seems like there are many sites up there that keep others up to date about transactions, even on the minor league level. Perhaps resources could be better used then this. Just my opinion. 5. Players: This is pretty cool. I like some of the other suggestions better, but I would like something like this to be featured 6. Scouting: Just my opinion, but wouldn't it make more sense to just open a "Scouting Forum" on NSBB and let posters submit their scouting? just seems like it would be taking away from the forum aspect of the site to have a scouting wiki. While we are on the topic of the site, I noticed you making some improvements on the searching. Is there any chance that the archives will be posted somewhere for viewing/searching? Do you even still have them or are they gone for good? Keep up the good work!

He's probably on the bench because he hit .199 after the All Star Break in 146 ABs

The coaching list is looking a lot like the "Look again" POY candidates

I'm suprised he hasn't said stuff like "I don't think Pudge and Placedo are doing that well because it's been too damn cold all series. They aren't used to playing in this rediculously cold weather. If they were smart, they would have activated Chris Shelton for this series and moved Brandon Inge back to catcher."

Winslow is probably the best TE outside of the big 4 (Gates, Shockey, Gonzalez, Crumpler) even though Cleveland's passing game sucks. Jordan is pretty useless right now, but if he's your backup TE, it can't hurt

It's pretty obvious that if Joe didn't get the Cubs job, he was going to hold out for the Yankees. I bet he either got assurances that Torre is on a short rope, or he just concluded it himself and is waiting it out a season to get that job.

Jon have you heard anything about the NFL emailing youtube users who upload NFL action telling them to remove the videos? http://boards.chicagobears.com/forums/thread/117589.aspx

I dunno...individual teams can only appear on prime time 5 times during the season. The Bears will already have 4 (Seattle, Arizona, New York, and St Louis). NBC might want to save that potential 5th game for the last one of the season in case the Bears have a shot at 16-0 or (and probably more importantly in their eyes) Favre retires and it's his last game. I have never heard the 5 game limit thing before. You sure it's true? I've heard the limit is 5, but up to 2 teams can have a 6th game

:shock: Can't say I'm real excited about that... WTH? Are you serious? Who is he going to be announcing with?

move to california. I'm definitely considering it at this point. Every Cardinals hit makes me hate the Cubs even more

Look I understand the Cubs are never going to win the World Series or ever appear in it, thats fine, whatever. Just give me a World Series where I don't have to care about who wins. I hate this crap...if I have to look at a mixed crowd of people wearing Cardinals World Series Champions shirts mixed with people wearing White Sox World Series Champions shirts, I might gouge my eyeballs out because I don't want to see it anymore.

the Cards will lose tonight, Carpenter has been mortal in the postseason. I predict a 6-3 Tigers win

All I know is that some of Michigan's nicest wins have come against Penn State. Who can forget Judgement Day 97 :) I am still mad that PSU scored in the 4th to become the first opponent to score in the 4th quarter against Michigan.

Now just keep my fingers crossed that the Eagles keep losing and the Bears-Pats game gets moved to SNF as well. I need more time to tailgate and drink before the game to deal with all the stupid Pats fans :)

Speaking of Vegas, the Bears are a ridiculous 16 1/2 point favorite this weekend. I've never seen a line favoring the bears that high. I remember for the 1994 playoff game against SF, the Bears were 15 point underdogs, so maybe this is payback

Yay 4-8!!!

People on the Bears message board are saying that the Bears will be wearing their Orange Unis this Sunday.