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  1. Soul
    It started out as a hypothetical discussion that the Bears would be the 8th should they win on Sunday. :wink: Oh, I see now 8-) Actually, given NHL attendance this year we might have to add Arena league to the discussion considering they might outdraw the NHL
  2. Soul
    I don't know. I'm not sure why you'd say take them out... The Yankees and Lakers championships seem like forever ago too. They still count. Plus, right now, Chicago sports are in pretty good, if not great, shape. The Bulls, Bears, and (dare I say) Cubs all could conceivably be playing for their championships at the end of their respective seasons this year (one, obviously, already is)... It doesn't hurt that things aren't looking quite so up for the Sox anymore, either. I don't mean to really "take out" the Bulls championships. I'm just saying they seem like a long time ago and since then it's been the White Sox and that's it. Who's got the 8th championship since '91 anyway? Bulls had 6. White Sox had 1. Cubs, Sox, Bulls, Hawks, Bears----nothing other than those. That's 7, not 8. Are we counting the Rush?
  3. Soul
    Yeah but take out those Jordan championships (which seem like forever ago for me), and Chicago's not doing all that great
  4. Soul
    It's not just Helton in a vacuum; it's adding him to an already pretty darn good hitting lineup. I'm jealous of Boston too.
  5. Soul
    The problem is he doesn't have any accomplishments. Yup. 2003 was crap. So was 2004. He accomplished to construct an 88 and then an 89 win team, that in the end accomplished nothing more than one playoff series win. So, I guess that's what we have in the accomplishment category, one playoff series. 4 years, one series win. A sub .500 record. Yay for lowered expectations. So the A's didn't accomplish anything until recently? Right on. The A's also did managed their accomplishments in a tougher league, with payrolls under consistently under 60 million dollars. Why is context so difficult? Who cares about context? Just win the damn series. Cardinals won it with 83 wins and a couple boxes of band aids for their ailing lineup. Why does it matter that they did it in an easy division? They're the Champs....and the A's aren't. That's what matters.
  6. Soul
    Simmons has had us losing a ton of games this year-----the fact that he picks against us is a positive.
  7. Soul
    Rex Grossman's biorythm for 02/04/2007 http://gdserv.care2.com/bior/image.html/0/1/08/23/1980/400/300/14/02/04/2007 Peyton Manning's biorhytms for 02/04/2007 http://gdserv.care2.com/bior/image.html/0/1/03/24/1976/400/300/14/02/04/2007 We're screwed. I'm sure you're joking around, but just in case you aren't: Grossman's biorhythm on 10/29 (49ers game, one of his best of the year): http://gdserv.care2.com/bior/image.html/0/1/08/23/1980/400/300/14/10/29/2006 10/1, the Seattle game (high profile game, Rex played well): http://gdserv.care2.com/bior/image.html/0/1/08/23/1980/400/300/14/10/1/2006 Biorhythms don't work.
  8. Soul
    Sounds like good news on Wallace: http://www.hoopsworld.com/article_20589.shtml
  9. Soul
    Hey everyone, Bob Brenly lives at 2234 Cactus Road, right near the Loop 101. His home security is lax, but please don't steal his stuff :-s
  10. Soul
    Because Helton is very good at baseball. So are Mark Prior and Kerry Wood - and they don't have ridiculous contracts. Edit: Actually Helton's played in a lot more games than I thought. but his back is still horrible. It's not going to suddenly get better. dude's power has really disappeared. With the Red Sox, they value his OBP over his power. They have power with Ortiz and Manny. Drew has some power of his own. While Helton's power has declined, his OBP has remained higher than 400 in every season since 1999. If the Rockies eat some of this contract, they'd better be getting something very good in return or it's going to be a rape.
  11. Soul
    I'm not suprised at being laughed at a little on this (I'm a big boy I can take it). I seriously think this is one of those things that nobody will speak about, but has the potential to have an impact if one of the teams gets too lose down there. It's happened before... when did it happen before? I remember very distinctly when that Atlanta situation happened, all of a sudden the only thing that was being talked about was how he was caught with a hooker, and what would the team do to him, etc. etc. That was the only thing anyone was talking about after that---the only thing the team heard until up to game time. I think it became a HUGE distraction for the Falcons.
  12. Soul
    My God, I think one reporter asked Moose if he wants to win the game. You have got to be kidding me :lol: This is wall-to-wall Bears tonight, since Indy doesn't arrive until tomorrow.
  13. Soul
    I think that was Jaws' team too, right? He said something about that today---that they were in strict lockdown and it didn't make any difference they still lost. If the guys go out tonight and maybe tomorrow and live it up a little, I don't think it's going to matter. I just don't want to get to Thursday and hear someone got bailed out of jail, or players have been showing up late for meetings or that kind of crap. I actually don't want it to happen for either team. You win that Super Bowl and the rest of your life you can party. lol, why are you making such a big deal of this? I highly doubt what they do at night will really matter. I'm not suprised at being laughed at a little on this (I'm a big boy I can take it). I seriously think this is one of those things that nobody will speak about, but has the potential to have an impact if one of the teams gets too lose down there. It's happened before...
  14. Soul
    DirecTV HD subscribers: turn on channel 95. NFL Network crew is doing their first show from Miami in HD. Urlacher interview was just on. Wow---lots of background questions: where are you from, what was it like as a kid, what's it like being in the same line of linebackers as Butkus and Singletary, etc. Lots of stuff you would expect from reporters who haven't covered football very much.
  15. Soul
    We should win some of these WC games coming up. It's not like we're facing every top team out there. It's the Clippers, Seattle, Utah, Portland, Sacramento, Golden State, Phoenix. Most of these clubs are under .500 No excuses this time, Big Ben or not.
  16. Soul
    I think we can now say it's officially Super Bowl week 8-) My goodness, this is going to be crazy!
  17. Soul
    I just find it funny that cable has no problem providing studios and facilities so Joe and his cavalcade of freaks can put on a local-access show whenever they're sober enough, but MLB and the NFL? Let's keep them far away from paying customers. LOL.......ahhhhhh, cable. I do not miss thee 8-)
  18. Soul
    I think that was Jaws' team too, right? He said something about that today---that they were in strict lockdown and it didn't make any difference they still lost. If the guys go out tonight and maybe tomorrow and live it up a little, I don't think it's going to matter. I just don't want to get to Thursday and hear someone got bailed out of jail, or players have been showing up late for meetings or that kind of crap. I actually don't want it to happen for either team. You win that Super Bowl and the rest of your life you can party.
  19. Soul
    If that was the deal-breaker, then shame on the cable guys. My goodness, kick off some of those atrocious local-access channels if you have to. That's just stupid =D> Cable pulled this same rigamarole with the NFL Network too. Then they convinced the buying public it was the NFL's fault they weren't going to see their team play on Thursday night. With DirecTV we've had the NFL Network as part of one of the basic packages forever. Yeah----don't be too quick to blame only DirecTV. Look at the entire picture. Cable has a long, long history of being unable to get out of its own way.
  20. Soul
    Yeah---then there was that Atlanta CB who got picked up with a hooker :lol: Sorry I'm not remembering names very well today. I'd very much just like to get to the game with both teams intact and focused, ready to play. That way it becomes about the football game instead of some weird off-the-field issue.
  21. Soul
    I'd rather have a good pitcher :wink: True. My feeling is that if you have a pitcher on a one-year deal who sucks, the team is more willing to DFA him than a pitcher on a three-year deal. If Marquis sucks, but Marshall or Guzman is doing well in Iowa, the Cubs are still likely to stick with Marquis due to the longer financial commitment. If you had a pitcher, ala Weaver, on a one year deal under the same scenario, the team is more willing to cut bait and go with the youngster. Nightmare scenario. Yeah, that would be bad. Larry's tied to this one----he's the guy who said he "found something and it's correctable." Alrighty then, do your "magic" Larry. We're watching. :)
  22. Soul
    I know. Every time we play those guys we lose a player. Jesus, it was bad enough when the Heat were winning. Now they suck and still beat us up. :?
  23. Soul
    I doubt this will make any difference whatsoever. Its not so much on when they choose their gameplan, but what they gameplan their plays to be. And we'll see their ability to execute on Sunday. I suppose. Wasn't there a player who never showed for the actual game last time the Super Bowl was in Miami? I'll always worry about that kind of stuff. Young guys, on top of the world---temptation can derail someone double quick.
  24. Soul
    Wow, thats actually pretty lame. All he did was point back. Who really made a big deal about the taunting? Christ. I mean 5,000 to Reggie Bush is pocket change, but its still pretty ridiculous. If he had another year of eligibility, he'd be able to go back to college and make up that money in no time. We'll see how nonchalant Reggie is when they strip the Heisman from his mantle. The innocent, good-guy days of Mr. Bush are about to come to an end. He's was whoring himself out against NCAA rules for his entire college career. Why the Reggie hate? I hate to break it to you, but he's not the only player in College Football getting paid. What hate? Just because I'm pointing out facts about the guy that show him in a less-than-favorite light doesn't mean I hate the guy. As for the "everyone's doing it" theory, I'll never buy into that. Strip anyone who's caught of their eligibility. I'm not on a Reggie-only crusade.
  25. Soul
    Wow, thats actually pretty lame. All he did was point back. Who really made a big deal about the taunting? Christ. I mean 5,000 to Reggie Bush is pocket change, but its still pretty ridiculous. If he had another year of eligibility, he'd be able to go back to college and make up that money in no time. We'll see how nonchalant Reggie is when they strip the Heisman from his mantle. The innocent, good-guy days of Mr. Bush are about to come to an end. He's was whoring himself out against NCAA rules for his entire college career.
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