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  1. Soul
    I don't buy that a player of Lebron's calibre would "always live in the shadow of Jordan's statue" or whatever. Lebron in Chicago would be big enough to warrant another statue, right next to Jordan's. I think that's a false negative. Lebron's not going to feel like he can't escape the ghost of a superstar from 10+ years ago. He's too big for that.
  2. Soul
    At 4-2 I was about ready to turn off the game and declare it a win in the name of an extra 20-30 minutes of sleep. Then that goal happened, and it was just the icing on the cake. I didn't stick around for the refs decision. Maybe it wasn't meaningless, but it wasn't worth watching whether it would be scored a goal or not, IMHO. For Canucks fans to fixate on that goal is pretty silly. They lost the game before that.
  3. Soul
    I agree, but didn't ESPN try to make the LT name stick with Tomlinson? I can see how it would transfer, but I do think it's strange. I'm not a big fan of just using initals for a nickname anyway. It seems lazy.
  4. Soul
    That just sounds like another off-the-cuff remark that he probably doesn't even really believe. It would be nice if he got a handle on that kind of stuff because many times people won't interpret or consider hyperbole. They'll just take what you say literally and assume that it's at the core of your beliefs.
  5. Soul
    If they can just calm him down for 5 months or so, he might dazzle. That's always the hope -- just get him to a place where he feels comfortable enough and starts to perform. For the record, I hope he takes the help and turns everything around. I'm just skeptical of it happening, that's all. I'll be happy if he proves me wrong.
  6. Soul
    And a pimp was involved? Someone is guilty of this. The girl was beaten. If it's LT, he can look forward to telling his HOF stories to fellow inmates for a good long time.
  7. Soul
    It's really great how much Buff gets under their skin. For large parts of the season it seems he barely shows up. Then it's the Vancouver series and BAM -- Buff is a primary factor.
  8. Soul
    Hopefully Ricketts is beginning to realize that coasting with the status quo isn't going to cut it. Maybe a nice, big, ugly losing season is better for this franchise in the long run.
  9. Soul
    I think we need to figure out how to kick off another season long fluke like 08
  10. Soul
    Have you ever considered that 2008 was a massive fluke year? All of them, fluking for an entire year?
  11. Soul
    2 years after tearing up the league these same hitters can't touch the likes of Morton? Age can't account for that.
  12. Soul
    Nothing like cub suckage to make people love each other
  13. Soul
    Yeah. I'm OK tonight though. I can afford to get up a tad later tomorrow morning for work.
  14. Soul
    That's a really weird stance. Nobody's making you pay any attention to Bradley. You misunderstand. I'm projecting Bradley to other, real, situations I've experienced in my life.
  15. Soul
    I just very much dislike people like Bradley. They demand all your attention, and it never ends. I hate when someone expects me to jump in order to attend to their latest drama episode. It's like being sucked into a Black Hole. If the Mariners are that intent on making Milton feel at home, then go for it. It's probably going to take a full time person to continually "help him cope" though. I wonder who that will be. I imagine people like Wakamatsu have much more important things to worry about on a daily basis than Bradley's meltdowns.
  16. Soul
    Owning car dealerships, for one. He had one in Iowa City for years that was bought out a couple of years ago. I'm not sure how much the deal was worth, but I don't believe he's necessarily hurting for money. I believe he also owns a technology consulting firm, which is successful. Sometimes he likes to pop off. I think he's just like that. I don't think it necessarily means he spends every moment of his life being bitter. Some guys just like to go off on a rant sometimes.
  17. Soul
    I'd be all for adding a dart gun option. Fill that thing up with animal sedative. Hunt him down like you would an escaped monkey.
  18. Soul
    I think the bases loaded strikeout was with 1 out, Griffey ended up striking out after him also. You are correct, and I'm not sure how I forgot about Griffey's ugly at bat. Griffey's strike out was way more pathetic than Bradley's. 3 straight pitches, with the last one being in the dirt and Griffey swinging and missing by a mile on all 3. I watched a bit of that game and saw Jack Wilson's 2nd error of the ballgame -- a blatant one -- which drew a chorus of boos. There's definitely more going on there than just Bradley.
  19. Soul
    I haven't checked statistically, but maybe he just doesn't do well when he expects, or the team expects, he's going to be this big producer for them. I know the Cubs were certainly expecting big things from him. Texas? Perhaps the expectations were much lower. Just a random thought.
  20. Soul
    Impossible to say. Right now I'm pretty glad we don't have yet another ultra expensive contract on our books though.
  21. Soul
    Other options: A few solid knocks to the skull with a club Pepper spray to the face at point blank range Hire Farnsworth to perform the takedowns
  22. Soul
    Well, he must be lobbing pitches up to the plate so swinging would seem to be appropriate. He's allowed 31.9% LD percentage so far and 35% of his fly balls given up have been for home runs (which translates to teams batting .384 off of him and him giving up 3.26 HR/9 so far). His K/BB ratio is actually pretty decent but he's still getting pounded. Cool. Let's see how it plays out.
  23. Soul
    Hate to say it, but it's probably a good thing he didn't stick around to talk to reporters after that. Probably would have made things even worse.
  24. Soul
    I wish he would just go away somehow. But that's probably not going to happen.
  25. Soul
    Cubs know he's been struggling. Hence, Cubs will swing at everything. Hence, Cubs will make him look better than usual.
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