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  1. UMFan83
    I don’t care how the game is going, you don’t take 3 points when you can get 7 against Alabama. Lmao he missed a 20 yard FG. Pain
  2. UMFan83
    Not sure if this Duke-NU game looks worse for Northwestern or for Nebraska
  3. UMFan83
    I have to say that while I know we traded away a ton of bullpen talent at the deadline, I thought at least 1 solid reliever would emerge from what was left. Not that it matters at this point but this bullpen is a horrific disaster 7 innings of 1 hit 0 ER pitching from Smyly, pen comes and and 0.2 IP later its 4-2 with 2 runners in scoring position.
  4. UMFan83
    3rd round pick Velus Jones is doubtful after not practicing all week. 5th round pick DE Dominique Robinson is questionable after getting a full practice today. That's it for the injury report.
  5. UMFan83
    Perfectly fine with this
  6. UMFan83
    Meanwhile the pen still sucks
  7. UMFan83
    Not including Seiya's 2-4 with a HR today, he has a .356/.433/.525/.958 line over his last 17 games. BABIP is over .400 so getting a bit lucky but still great to see
  8. UMFan83
    Kind of how I feel too. Despite reading nothing but articles about the Bears being terrible this year, I can still kind of talk myself into thinking that if things go right and coaching is competent and fields takes a leap they can be a surprisingly decent team. Don’t get me wrong, we’re talking about 7-10 or 8-9 instead of 4-13 but that seems so much more satisfying and enjoyable. Probably just a homer trying to have hope against all odds but who knows. I just hope they aren’t unwatchable bad like some of those Fox era teams. Give me something to look forward to each week even if it’s Fields making strides
  9. UMFan83
    1 run on 12 hits. Good stuff
  10. UMFan83
    Reminds me of when Grichuk was sucking so badly the Cardinals sent him to the minors but always seemed to recall him when a Cubs series was coming up.
  11. UMFan83
    Certainly shares the same political views.
  12. UMFan83
    Im not shocked. In non-NFL markets they often choose games starring prominent regional college players (like Fields). I remember back when Favre was playing, the southern part of Mississippi always seemed to have the Packers game on.
  13. UMFan83
    I found this interesting: https://www.sportsmockery.com/chicago-bears/why-matt-eberflus-ryan-poles-finally-gave-the-real-reason/ (Yes sports mockery but its not reporting, its taking pieces from an Athletic story: https://theathletic.com/3570776/2022/09/07/ryan-poles-bears-general-manager/) Not sure why its all caps but whatever. So basically he wants to rebuild a Lovie style Bears team with maybe a good QB this time?
  14. UMFan83
    wtf is going on with them? They've been so bad except the one match that I'm like disappointed that my lowly Everton could only produce a scoreless draw against them.
  15. UMFan83
    That sounds like Close not wanting to sound like a pushover and does nothing for Freeman at all. It would once again be an agent acting in his own best interest over his client's. Most likely yes, but there's probably shades of gray. What if in my example it's actually 1 AM on Day X that the final offer comes from Atlanta, as one hypothetical. The idea is that in order for Close to reflect his client's wishes(in this case on decision timing), he may have to create ultimately arbitrary limits to ensure all the logistics are in order, and that creates room for there to technically be a time where Atlanta sends an offer(whether that's a detailed contract or a text message with years/dollars) that is after that limit but before Freeman deciding or signing with LA. Or maybe he's getting a kickback from the Dodgers. I'm mostly just thinking out loud. Now Gottlieb is completely retracting his report.
  16. UMFan83
    2 hitless innings by Wesneski so far, Happ and Seiya have homers. Cubs up 5-3
  17. UMFan83
    That’s what I said. When I saw people posting about it on Twitter I assumed they were an opening act for someone else
  18. UMFan83
    I didn't have too much of an issue with the comments. It sounds like he understands the importance of analytics and data, he just doesn't want people in the dugout dispensing that advice as he'd prefer that he and his coaching staff discern the info and distribute it. BUT while I understand it, I don't agree with his take on it. As mul21 said, there's just no way that a manager or their coaching staff can absorb all that information and make sure it gets to the players. Easy to be lost in translation or forgotten altogether. But this doesn't necessarily seem like an attack on analytics, just about the role of the manager in today's game. It's not an insane opinion, it just seems to go against the direction baseball is headed. You had a very solid career Joe, but it sounds like your managerial days are over.
  19. UMFan83
    Apparently this is a new strain created 3 years ago that is designed to withstand cold weather. Yea I ended up going down the rabbit hole of this yesterday, but it seems like even these new strains top out around I-70 as a N/S divider. I don't think it's uncommon for them to do one re-sodding, but the first three home games gets them through October. 4th home game is 11/6, with two in a row. So that grass either gets them through November (first 5 games) or is only for the first 3 games. But even if they got 5 games before transitioning to a cool weather grass they're re-sodding in mid November? Yeah interesting point. Their home schedule is very back heavy. So maybe they are experimenting with this during a lighter portion of the schedule and can resod and still have their normal grass for a majority of the schedule. Who knows
  20. UMFan83
    Entire Bears open letter: Are they trying to remain noncommittal on building at Arlington Park because the deal is not closed yet and/or on the off chase that the city blows them away with an offer to remain in the city?
  21. UMFan83
    Warm weather grass in Chicago. Bold move. I know they'll resod at some point regardless, but seems odd. Apparently this is a new strain created 3 years ago that is designed to withstand cold weather.
  22. UMFan83
    Bears release renderings for development within Arlington Park, but I'm guessing are leaving the stadium reveal for Thursday's meeting. Edit: Also important https://twitter.com/CEmma670/status/1567214646070808578?s=20&t=E9jx_0Vd5T4G3BFghJAAUg What do they mean by partnering with 'various governmental bodies to secure additional funding'? Isn't that the same thing as public funding?
  23. UMFan83
    These last two seasons he’s been a Hall of Fame bat and an All-Star pitcher in the same body. It’s unbelievable what he’s doing. It’s even more unbelievable that the Angels have ridden a healthy Ohtani and Trout to a 59-76 record this year. Just 2 1/2 games better than the Cubs. More: Ohtani is the Angels qualified leader in BA, HR, RBI, OBP, RBI, Wins, ERA and Strikeouts
  24. UMFan83
    This was reported a few weeks ago but at least they are re-sodding it as soon as they can after last nights Rammstein concert. Wonder if Bermuda grass will make any difference
  25. UMFan83
    Or why Ross was outsmarted to having a lefty face Pujols. He hits like Zach McKinstry against righties and…well prime Albert Pujols against lefties. And then starting him out with 2 high fastballs was just asking for trouble
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