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Same, and if not for my homer pick I'd have an intact Sweet 16. Ugh. I can't even pretend to be smart. I don't know much about college ball so I'm relying on favorites a little more than I probably should but it's worked out so far.

Well, not doing as bad as I thought. I didn't pick many upsets but I did take St. Mary's so not bad. 5 of 7 so far w/ the St Mary's win.

Damn that was pretty.

That kids mouth piece seems WAY bigger needs to be.

I would pretend to be upset that I'm only 2-4 so far. But I barely follow College Basketball so I'll survive. Also, would've been pretty Cool if RM could have pulled that off.

Oh for the love of God.

Couldn't they have picked a company that wouldn't have made the jokes so damn easy? Really though, this isn't a bad thing, imo.

I'm not saying a man had to be a great hitter to instruct it. But I DO question the choice of such a one demensional type hitter to be chosen over all others, especially concidering the obvious controversy. If you could just take a second to explain to me how a "one dimensional hitter" racks up a career OBP of almost .400 that'd be spectacular. Pretty easy...being pitched around and intentional walks...is he gonna teach 'em how to get intentional walks? He DAM sure can't teach them how to shorten up to push runners over, or how to drag bunt for a hit. Tell me again why he will be a better hitting coach than say, Sandberg or Hernandez. If you take away the 150 IBB he received in his career he'd still have a .374 career OBP. Pretty DAM good for a "one dimensional hitter." As a matter of fact, that's a full 30 points higher than Sandberg's career OBP of .344. Which, by the way, if you take out HIS IBB, drops all the way down to .333. Oh, and as for the "going the other way" thing, while he was very much a "pull" hitter in his career: I Split G PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI I Pulled-RHB 870 1160 1150 600 78 0 233 518 I Up Mdle-RHB 981 1409 1387 496 61 0 194 449 I Opp Fld-RHB 442 499 488 112 18 2 28 85 I Unknown Loc 754 1135 1105 247 66 0 76 209 Sandberg wasn't much different: I Split G PA AB H 2B 3B HR RBI I Pulled-RHB 736 1042 1037 502 81 1 111 250 I Up Mdle-RHB 888 1529 1515 498 63 13 70 248 I Opp Fld-RHB 392 459 453 146 21 7 2 49 I Unknown Loc 621 1003 977 184 60 14 9 109

I'm not saying a man had to be a great hitter to instruct it. But I DO question the choice of such a one demensional type hitter to be chosen over all others, especially concidering the obvious controversy. If you could just take a second to explain to me how a "one dimensional hitter" racks up a career OBP of almost .400 that'd be spectacular.

That's spectacular.

Yes! Very rarely can I watch a complete video without pausing it to let it load. And I have a very quick internet connection, there's no reason for it.

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slug=jp-stairs031210&prov=yhoo&type=lgns Cool little article on Yahoo sports about stairs. If he makes the it onto the Padres roster this year it'll be his 12th big league team. The most of any position player ever. Oh, and apparently he's dropped some serious weight. Personally, I think he's a clubhouse cancer. Anyone who's been on THAT many teams...well, there's got to be something to it.

Damnit. Why put the 9:05 game on instead of the 2:05 game? Screw you, stupid TV.

Now there's a good reason for Hendry to give up this year already. Replacing Theriot with someone with better defense and the potential to be a better hitter is giving up on the year? You implied that the Cubs should go ahead and put Castro on the team since you didn't have much faith they can win, anyway. I thought that was ridiculous enough to be pointed out this morning. I didn't say they should based on my opinion. My opinion is that it would be a good thing. Why does this upset you? Upset him? You have a pretty liberal definition of being "upset"

Rose is done for the night.

Soft? I challenge you to get fouled hard by Dwight Howard and come crashing down onto the hardwood and not end up with something sprained. (that's the official word on Rose, BTW. Sprained wrist, questionable return) I'm not talking about just tonight, it seems to happen all year with Rose. I know being fouled by Howard proves Rose is tough, but how about sending Howard a message and deliever a hard foul back at him? We don't have a player like that. That might have something to do with teh fact that we don't have a player with that kind of physical size.

Soft? I challenge you to get fouled hard by Dwight Howard and come crashing down onto the hardwood and not end up with something sprained. (that's the official word on Rose, BTW. Sprained wrist, questionable return)

Hahaha. Howard made that look easy. This is gonna be a big night for him.

Yay. Time to watch the bulls get annihilated by the magic.

It really sucks how injuries screwed up his career. The day the Cubs traded for him was one of the most exciting days I've ever experienced as a Cubs fan. I wish him the best.

Yes. And it'd be foolish of them not to for Vitters' sake, if they really want Ramirez. You don't hold spots open for prospects, especially prospects who haven't seen a AA pitch yet. Not directed at anyone in particular, but it's funny how every time the big league club's fortunes take a dip, people start latching onto prospects and writing out lineups five years in advance. How's that Kelton/Montanez/Choi infield working for us? This is true. I was thinking more towards the end of this year though. Assuming Vitters plays in AA this year (and does well, which i suppose is no guarantee), I was wondering if they would really sign a player like Ramirez to a 3 year deal when they have their young sensation only about a year away from the big leagues.

102? The article I read said he topped out at 100. Regardless, I have no doubt he'll be good (assuming Dusty doesn't ruin him), but at the same time I wouldn't take anything from today's performance. It was the Royals and hitters are still probably a bit behind a high-speed fastball at this point in the spring.

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HOW did that not go in