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  1. Soul
    As a matter of fact most of the viewers didn't understand why this former HS phenom/current NBA star was talking about baseball instead of basketball. Based on the half segment that I saw, Morely Safer didn't understand any of it. Well, to be fair to 60 minutes, the segment was 3rd in the lineup, which is their "human interest" segment. The basic idea is to heap praise on someone for their accomplishments and give everyone a nice "feel good" story. I think they accomplished that -- they focused on his former life as a security guard, put a "rags to riches" spin on it. Made everyone feel good. They rarely go into technical details in one of these segments, so I doubt Morley really prepped himself for that side of the story.
  2. Soul
    So, last year it was (estimated) 10 extra HD games per week (I'm basing that off of just seeing that there was usually 1 extra game on HD that you couldn't get anywhere else, sometimes 2 on the weekend). 40 per week is a massive upgrade. That's well worth 50 bucks IMHO.
  3. Soul
    Wow, lots of people out there already, 3 hours before gametime. Sure looks like Opening Day at Wrigley to me You know, I've never been to an opening day. I'll have to make a point of it some year. i've been to one. I think it was about 25 degrees and Frank Castillo was the pitcher (against the Padres maybe? I'll have to look it up on Baseball Reference) EDIT: I think it was 1996 w/ Jaime Navarro toeing the rubber Yeap. That's why I've never been. The weather is almost always going to be cold this time of year. One of these years I'll tough it out. Actually if it does make it up to 50+ degrees today it'll be on the warmer side for opening days.
  4. Soul
    Wow, lots of people out there already, 3 hours before gametime. Sure looks like Opening Day at Wrigley to me You know, I've never been to an opening day. I'll have to make a point of it some year.
  5. Soul
    Sign me up. All this time and I've never started a game thread.
  6. Soul
    Wow, lots of people out there already, 3 hours before gametime.
  7. Soul
    Here we all go, setting our hearts up to be blown away once again. Ahh, spring time. :D
  8. Soul
    Should be freeview for everyone the first week. That's how they getcha, see. I'll probably cave in and buy EI this year. Looks like DirecTV is going to have a ton of HD channels. Last year they only had 1 or 2, now it's potentially most games that are on.
  9. Soul
    Let it be known that I'm the first to say it in '08: SEASON OVER. :P
  10. Soul
    bada-bing!
  11. Soul
    I wonder how itchy they'll be on the trigger finger with this weather thing. Accuweather says tomorrow will not be as rainy (but, colder than today).
  12. Soul
    Agreed! It's actually an informative article that goes year by year, giving details of each season -- something you won't find many other places. Are we angry because someone wrote a truthful article about a team that doesn't care enough about its fans to put a winner on the field for an entire century? Or should be angry at the team instead? Just something to think about.
  13. Soul
    Well, considering we haven't won in 100 years.... :lol: Oh, a wise guy eh? :D
  14. Soul
    I'm officially worried. There hasn't been a time I can remember when everyone predicts us to win, and we actually do.
  15. Soul
    Yep.
  16. Soul
    I'll be working :cray: ...but watching, on Gameday. GO CUBS, dammit.
  17. Soul
    From what it sounds like, the Cubs wouldn't have pursued A-Rod no matter their cash reserves. It was a position problem rather than lack of available cash. Now you can say that's a horrible move to not consider moving him back to SS, and you'd at least have a pretty good case. I just don't think the Soriano signing and the lack of interest in A-Rod had anything to do with one another. Well, you can say that the Cubs wouldn't have gotten past the position thing and I might agree. But I guarantee the Soriano signing had an awful lot to do with the Cubs not being interested in going after a $25M/yr player this winter. Other factors were also in play, such as the unstable ownership situation.
  18. Soul
    no.
  19. Soul
    Yeah this will likely really suck for the thousands of out-of-towners who are counting on a 3-day weekend in Chicago capped off with a Cubs game. Not everyone who goes to Cubs games are from the city and can just take another day off work.
  20. Soul
    I'd like to see a replay on that. Looked like Ronny might have gotten in.
  21. Soul
    Point taken. Sorry 8-) Maybe we'll get lucky and they won't show it anymore.
  22. Soul
    "Being careful is very important to me. Because I have genital herpes." "And I don't." Yeah. Seems a little strange to me. Plenty of fish in the sea buddy, she's not worth that kind of risk. But hey, to each his own I guess. :-k I love the way they drop the "Because I have genital herpes" in the commercial. I never pay attention to commercials but that line always catches my ear and I do a double take. Oh it definitely catches my ear every time I hear it too. I just can't get past the idea of going out with someone who has it, and being like "we're trying to be careful." Being careful would be finding someone who doesn't have it.
  23. Soul
    "Being careful is very important to me. Because I have genital herpes." "And I don't." Yeah. Seems a little strange to me. Plenty of fish in the sea buddy, she's not worth that kind of risk. But hey, to each his own I guess. :-k
  24. Soul
    Yes. Genital Herpes and baseball. They go together like nothing else =D>
  25. Soul
    Would be nice to not suck in our last ST game.
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