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Fergie Jenkins open letter about Big Mac
Soul replied to OleMissCub's topic in General Baseball Talk
Your friend and you don't: -Have the bodies of professional athletes -Have the training regimens of professional athletes -Have acces to the type of drugs a professional athlete does. There's really no comparison between what you guys did/felt and what a pro athlete would. Yeah, plus there are so many varieties out there now. Hard to compare personal experience to anything someone else is doing; even from one player to another. -
When I think about Nomar, I think about a guy who could have been HOF worthy but was injured too much. I can't see it.
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What will the reaction be when McGwire hits Wrigley?
Soul replied to Magdal's topic in General Baseball Talk
90% of the crowd won't even see him. They'll be too focused on the game, or too focused on getting drunk, or too focused on their girlfriends. Those that do would look pretty stupid booing McGwire when Sosa was right there with him most of the time. It's time to leave Big Mac alone and play some baseball. -
WGN games aren't in HD for me anyway. I just would like to not pay for EI this year. Trying to keep costs under control.
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Another part of my childhood dies. I know MLB has rules and such governing broadcasts on superstations, but listening to Harry and Steve and watching 154 games a year on WGN was one of the best memories of my childhood. The crappy thing is I live JUST out of the range of CSN. If I were 15 miles further south I could get it in my cable package. I still credit a large part of my being a Cub fan to watching games after school on WGN. Me too.
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Read this article on the plane yesterday: http://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2010-01/taking-guesswork-out-baseball-stats I didn't realize this was happening. It doesn't mention if it will be installed everywhere, or just in a select few places. There's much more detail in the printed article.
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I do remember last year the Hawks went into a similar "funk" They came out of it and did very well I'm kind of glad it is happening now. Let's get it out of the way and gear back up in time for the playoffs
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As I mentioned before also, Dick Vermeil said the guy is amazing. Look, he has a reputation for being tough on people who don't work hard. Sometimes that rubs people the wrong way. Know what? TOO BAD. Get your work done and there won't be any reason for him to ride your ass.
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Trent Green was just on the SCORE saying Mike Martz is wonderful to work with and is the perfect match for Cutler. I'll take the opinion of the guy who actually worked with him over pseudo-experts who never played football, thanks.
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Just followed the score periodically from lovely Dayton OH. I watched Wisc/MSU instead. Looks like that turned out to be a good thing.
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Interesting. I didn't think they would do this. I don't hate it but doesn't this take away any and all halfway decent clubs for the NIT? I can imagine that tourney folding in a few years.
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I think this is the hire that makes the most sense given the landscape.
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I'd trade Theriot. Wouldn't bother me at all. Depends on the return, of course.
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I thought Prior didn't like the Cubs anymore precisely because we wouldn't keep giving him money to not pitch.
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With all this talk of OC, the DC seems to have been pretty much put on the back burner. I'm hearing that the assumption is that Marinelli will do the job. As much as Angelo appears to have been reluctant to see Lovie hire another one of his friends, I wonder if he will be happy with a Lovie pal just slipping in to the DC role too. It doesn't seem like there will be the kind of change at the defensive coordinator position that would lead me to believe the defense will experience a large jump in production, unless they do pick up the search again. However, a full season of Urlacher would help by default, IMO.
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And in most cases, you need two big-ticket guys (or at least a 1b big-ticket guy). We only need 1 more then. To me Rose is big ticket right now. Imagine what he would be with Bosh.
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He did it the last playoff game last year. He did. And that's the hope I'm holding on to. But when I look at Huet, I see a weakness on the team. Sorry, but unless I see something better from him I'm not changing that opinion. If he's great in the playoffs, then that's awesome. I'll love it. But right now, I don't think he's very strong.
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I'll also be interested in how they spin the hiring, if they do go with him. They knew he was interested weeks ago and just now got around to interviewing him? I don't see how they could stand up there with a straight face at the press conference and tell everyone that they got the right guy and are really excited to have him on board. They will, but most people should be able to see through the bs. BS or not, they will surely just say they wanted to do a complete interview process with multiple candidates before making a hire.
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The Pro Bore
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Someone needs to make a decision.
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He took his share of the blame for the Bears' OLine woes last year. I'm sure if there's good talent he can work with it, but I for one am glad he was fired. I don't think the Bears had a great OLine and he ruined it, but at times last year--especially early in the year--the line wasn't even prepared to play. It took until well into the season for even average play to show up. That's too long. I don't blame Heistand for everything, certainly. But he had a share in it. I'm not a fan.
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Losing in the first round might be a stretch, but there's no doubt that goaltending remains a concern for this team. The Hawks have Cup aspirations and everything is in place for that kind of run, except the goalie play. They could still do it, but that's the most likely breaking point and that's why so many people in the media and in general keep bringing it up. That said, this was still a solid road trip overall.
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I can't even believe this is happening. Please don't wake me up.
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OK. But I can't deny that I'm glad to see him gone. Emotionally.
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I would have taken Carpenter's revival over Kerry's, since Kerry had to change roles to make it work. Sorry Kerry. I'd take Ted Lilly's improvement over Mark Mulder's combustibly exploding. I'd take Randy Well's level head over Rick Ankiel's losing his damn mind. I'd take Ryan Dempster's living over Daryl Kile's dying. OK. I'd still take Chris and his magical healing skills, and the resultant WS championship, over any of that stuff though.
