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  1. Soul
    Really? I watched the early parts of this game on MLBN, and Demp looked very shaky to me.
  2. Soul
    Won't take them long to put the glasses on if he succeeds. Won't take them long to boo the crap out of him if he falters.
  3. Soul
    Miles, agreed. 2nd choice? Sorry, but I'd have to say Fukudome, at least at this particular moment in time. My desire to undo the deletion of Mark DeRosa will be heavily dependent on both the number of games Bradley is able to play, and his performance when he does play.
  4. Soul
    It's really been the Suton show in the 1st half. He's everywhere. If it wasn't for him MSU would be getting killed. Lucas has been awful, especially defensively.
  5. Soul
    What do you have in mind? Seems like his value to the team right now is as a very solid bench player.
  6. Soul
    Yeah, Deng is a source of much angst. What the hell happened.
  7. Soul
    Unbelievable. She's a total con woman.
  8. Soul
    lol. "i can run all day with ya." What's the point of this? That they're showing everyone Gillespie wouldn't comment? Who cares? I wouldn't comment either.
  9. Soul
    Not everyone has to get married. As long as he isn't hurting anyone else, who cares if he drinks everyday? probably the employer that is paying him millions of dollars a year, since he's also a very public face for that employer. and i know it's cool for people in their 20s to say "gettin drunk and gettin laid, what's wrong with that"... but if you're still living that life in your late 40s, you're kind of a creep. Being married or not has nothing to do with that.
  10. Soul
    I just read the Morrissey article. Yeah -- that's pretty much just stupidity. Took him 4 paragraphs to wheel out his clinching statistic: Cutler's only 17-20 as starter!! The end. You lose. My goodness. Orton doesn't say anything because he knows he's lucky to be starting anywhere. Who on earth decides to draw comparisons between a shaky starter who will be lucky to be in the league in a couple years, and a star QB who just put up 4,500 yards with a %60+ completion rate??
  11. Soul
    Cassel may have had a good year in a good system, but I still think it's close to idiocy for McDaniels to want to dump Cutler for him -- especially since there's no way he could possibly have known enough about Cutler to make that kind of sweeping judgement that early on. Plus, if you're being hired for the first time as coach into a system that already has a franchise QB, it's pretty much up to you to make it work. The franchise guy is not going to up & leave kindly. And fans aren't going to accept it. McDaniels' moves on this were just all kinds of wrong. Cutler may have cried about it too much, but this is on McDaniels IMO.
  12. Soul
    Tastes good though.
  13. Soul
    Yeah, you really run the risk of people bashing you for predicting big things for one of the best players on the team. He's getting bashed, just not the bashing that he thought he'd get :P
  14. Soul
    Hehe. Yeah, this made me chuckle a bit :)
  15. Soul
    Last time I was at ST, Corey Patterson was as kind and accomodating as I think any fan could expect from a ballplayer. It was nice, but.... ....I'll still take the guy who can actually hit.
  16. Soul
    if pedro doesn't get in first ballot because he doesn't have 300 wins, everyone who didn't vote for him should be lined up and kicked in the crotch. As usual, you are far too kind.
  17. Soul
    Perhaps, they've been interested all along and now it's public. I can't see why Angelo wasn't all over this, after the season did he not babble on about the need for a QB? He did, but then he changed his tune. I still think he's been interested in Cutler since the story started. The lack of public, "we're in love with him" proclamations means nothing. according to the article, it would have been tampering if the Bears were public about their interest. I have no idea how the Jets get away with it here then Lovie and Jerry have both commented that it would be tampering. The Jets stories, that I know of, don't consist of their people being quoted about wanting Cutler. Right. So just leak it through a 3rd source that certain reporters know have a line to the relevant people. Tampering problem solved.
  18. Soul
    You'd probably have to take the most technically sound good soldier type WR if the Bears are going to make it work. Anybody who might give off the impression of dogging it a bit, or freelancing too much, or being a little "head strong", is going to run into issues with the Bears. WR tend to be unique characters, and the Bears don't do well with that. Throw one of 'em first round bonus money, and the odds for failure with the Bears are probably as high or higher than any other team in the league. Yep, that's another reason why I'd prefer to wait til the 2nd. It's pretty bad when you're hoping that your team waits until a later round for a player because they might not be able to handle their own expectations. LOL.
  19. Soul
    One thing that is nice -- I'm pretty much convinced a solid WR prospect will be there for us @ 18. Like Goony says though -- there's no evidence at all the Bears can bring in a WR prospect and successfully develop him. And there's plenty of evidence they wont' take kindly to him if he struggles, and just write him off. Kind of like they did with Bradley. So it's scary. I wish we had more of track record of developing offensive players. But we just don't.
  20. Soul
    Yeah, he got hurt fairly consistently at Florida. He's an incredible talent with terrific speed and surprisingly good strength, but he was on and off the field quite a bit at UF. That said, I think he's well worth the risk durability-wise. As I said, he's a terrific athlete. I do wonder, however, if he'd be the best pick for the Bears. He's a more polished, stronger receiver than Hester, but they both have very similar styles. I would think a DHB, Nicks or Britt type would be better since you already have Hester. I've heard questions about DHB & Britt's hands. If that's true, there's nothing that can kill a WR prospect faster than dropping the ball. Harvin: I don't know, I guess it depends on the level of injury concern we're talking about. Will he never play? Or will he just miss a couple games a year? Hard to say.
  21. Soul
    Yeah. He actually said, "I'll have speaks with the umpire." That game had everything a Cub fan could possibly ask for, and beyond.
  22. Soul
    Yes, I have heard durability is a concern with Harvin. Also a pretty cocky dude, though I'm not sure if I'd call that a bad thing as long as he knows when to cut it out and play football.
  23. Soul
    I think Schilling is in because: A) His numbers might not be the most dominant ever, but they're pretty solid. B) He won 1 World Series against the glow of Yankees fever, and then won a 2nd World Series in the glow of Red Sox redemption -- both of which garnered huge amounts of press and added acknowledgment of his accomplishments. In short, he won his championships with the most favorable concentration of press coverage imaginable. B -- it might not be right, but the HOF is based on votes. And recognition is the first part of getting a vote. Schilling, above all, is highly recognized.
  24. Soul
    Nah, I like it. You've made this thread far more interesting to me.
  25. Soul
    It's interesting how this draft went from a "must draft OT in the first" situation, to a "kid in the candy store" situation, with the pickup of a stop-gap RT :)
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