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This is the brilliant analysis for which ESPN has come to be known.

Can't take it anymore, MARQUIS YOU SUCK!!!

Pence wins it!!

Outside of Tejada, Berkman, and El Caballo, I really don't like the Stros lineup. Bourn looks horrible, in particular. You could literally walk to 2nd base on Kendall. He didn't even try.

That is a hideous comparison. I don't remember anyone ever painting educators with a broad brush like some people do the military. Maybe not on a broader scale, but certainly w/in communities it can happen. In my hometown, a teacher was busted several years ago for illicit affairs w/ a couple students....ALL teachers are suspect in the eyes of parents there, and I don't see it going away anytime soon. I can't figure out which is more sad -- a teacher who preys on children or the mainstream public in that town who are apparently unable to take cases on an individual basis. Both will lead to more unjustified victimization of the innocent.

He probably wouldn't have if he would have demonstrated some control earlier. There was really only one pitch that I honestly thought was definitely a strike.

Damn. Caballo swinging too much for a pitcher who clearly had no control. Tie game, heading to extras. 'Nother blown save for the juice master.

Gagne blows the save!

3-2, Crew are really barking about the ump calls.

2-0 to Berkman.

Tejada is walked. Bases juiced, Berkman up.

3-1 to Tejada. Good hitter's count here.

Gagne has worked himself to bases loaded, 1 out in the 9th.

Lou and Dusty share very little in common as managers.

It's much more than semantics in this case. MLB hosing Zell is one thing. Hosing the 19,000 employees of the Tribune is quite another. I'm assuming what is good for Zell is good for the shareholders in this case. Both would want the best price for their stock, no? I agree. Which is why I think MLB is in a tough spot if it denies a significantly higher bid from Cuban. The ownership complicates the situation for MLB in favor of Cuban's bid, particularly when many of those shareholders have a direct voice in the media. Imagine the political fallout if we find out that Cuban bid $1 bil. and MLB accepted Canning's bid for $700 mil.? Significant fallout. Especially given the tone Zell is using when speaking with Tribune employees: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/sam-zell-chicago-tribune,1,6025237.column He's talking about the very survival of the business. I would think both Zell & the shareholders would take the idea of a cut in price for their most prized asset very, very harshly. Especially since, let's face it, we're talking about satisfying the vanity & ego of other MLB owners here. If I'm in control, I'm going crazy over the idea of losing millions of dollars because some idiot owner of a MLB team doesn't want to deal with a person who isn't part of their little "boys club."

Seeing Fontenot and "OPS 1.312" in the same line is fun.

Funny :) It was good to see the real Kyle Lohse show up yesterday. Here's hoping the real Cardinals show up for the rest of year.

It's much more than semantics in this case. MLB hosing Zell is one thing. Hosing the 19,000 employees of the Tribune is quite another. I'm assuming what is good for Zell is good for the shareholders in this case. Both would want the best price for their stock, no?

He can't sue over that, it's not an open auction. It's a private, non-regulated club, Zell can sell to whoever he wants. And you should hate Reinsdorf for lots of reasons, #1 being the '94 strike. He definitely has an interest in keeping a charismatic owner taking over the Cubs and making them even more popular in this city than they already are. Reinsdorf is pure evil. Zell doesn't own the Tribune or the Cubs. He's chariman and CEO. If we want to argue semantics of ownership that's fine, but Zell is the primary player like it or not.

Zell is the kind of guy who want sell to Selig's guy Canning, just because Selig whispers "sweet nothing" is Sam's ear. Zell will definately take the best offer, period, I don't see how Canning will make anything Cuban offers. I'd like to be a fly on the wall if Cuban's offer comes in the best, and Selig tries to tell Zell he can't take it. Think those press conferences were profanity-laden? Oh, mama.

Glaus is not close to this good. Ridiculous.

I'll take your cap, stomp on it, tear it into about 50 pieces, and then burn it.

Wow, double post city.

Crap. 6-3. Here we go. We're gonna blow this.

How many 6 run leads have we blown this year?