XZero771679666304
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Once again, the Illini can't escape State College unmolested.
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Paul/Maniscalco airball coming up?
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Myers Leonard's gonna be a lottery pick. I'm sure he'll add to the colorful history of 7 foot white guys in the NBA You really have no idea what you're talking about.
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Fixed.
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It's been a lot of shitty play, but the refs have been pretty awful as well.
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LOL
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They overlook that stuff in State College.
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I counted at least three times Leonard had position in the post or a clear path to the rim prior to Paul chucking up that airball in the last possession. On one of them Maniscalco stared right at him before pulling the ball back out.
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Really awful post feeds?
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Oy vey.
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How much do you want to bet Weber blames Leonard first if we lose?
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offense should be in quotes I was just about to edit them in, lol all they have to do is pass it to leonard every time down and they win the game I know, it's maddening. This offensive scheme runs so contrary to the strengths of the players we have that it boggles my mind. I'm pretty sure I played in a more effective and complex offensive scheme in junior high school. I'm starting to come around to illiniguy's school of thought.
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offense should be in quotes I was just about to edit them in, lol
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Watching this team "run" their "offense" makes me want to break something.
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Yeah, Clevenger is who I am expecting to be the backup. -
Well his teeth look like he just ate charcoal. http://i531.photobucket.com/albums/dd358/Cloudstrife219/charcle.jpg
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LaCoste. and those Douchebags could by your freaking town. Being rich certainly doesn't preclude one from being a douchebag.
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I have no idea what to make of the Hawkeyes. When they're not upsetting ranked teams, they look absolutely, positively awful. What a bi-polar team.
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Per rotoworld. UGH I hate the Marlins. The Marlins were always going to be the biggest obstacle to landing Cespedes, imo. Even before all the madness at the winter meetings. It makes too much sense for them, trying to draw fans in that market.
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Negatives: - He presided over the only cancelled postseason in baseball history, the same year his wildcard playoff expansion was supposed to go into effect. It's a bit disingenuous to mention this and not point out the 17+ years of unprecedented labor peace (in recent history, anyway) that has followed. MLB was contentious labor mess for a long, long time leading up to 1994 (including the 1994 strike, there were 8 work stoppages in the space of 22 years, and none since), and has been relatively harmonious since the end of that debacle. You have to give Selig huge credit for that. It's not disingenuous to point out negatives in a post literally titled "Negatives". But that he presided over the 1994 strike is almost incidental. He inherited a hot, volatile mess (that wasn't really his), and has done a largely remarkable job repairing and rebuilding the sport. I don't believe that most thinking people in any way ascribe blame to Selig for the 1994 strike, or that they associate it strongly (negatively) with him.
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If we're being honest, the business of baseball should be of paramount importance. If things had kept going the way they did from 1972 to 1994, god only knows what kind of dire shape the sport would be in right now. I understand where you're coming from with your traditionalist preferences, but unfortunately I think the sport has had to "evolve" to stay competitive in our short attention span world. And I do think the DH either needs to go or become universal. I'd prefer the former to the latter, but I can see some logic in adopting in the NL. And more playoff spots equals more meaningful games down the stretch and more people watching and talking about baseball. Interleague play has encouraged more people to watch to see matchups they wouldn't see otherwise. There are things he has done that are frustratingly stupid, like the blackout restrictions, highlight gestapo, ASG deciding home field, etc. But I think that if you enumerate (objectively) the things he's done, you'll find the positives far outweigh the negatives, though a few probably stick in your craw enough that they color your overall perception.
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Negatives: - He presided over the only cancelled postseason in baseball history, the same year his wildcard playoff expansion was supposed to go into effect. It's a bit disingenuous to mention this and not point out the 17+ years of unprecedented labor peace (in recent history, anyway) that has followed. MLB was contentious labor mess for a long, long time leading up to 1994 (including the 1994 strike, there were 8 work stoppages in the space of 22 years, and none since), and has been relatively harmonious since the end of that debacle. You have to give Selig huge credit for that.
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I don't think your ratio is accurate, and even if it were, the good things have been much better than the bad things have been bad. I have to agree with this. While I don't care some of the things he's done, at the end of the day Selig's tenure as commissioner has been very good for baseball.
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Cespedes: (age 25): .333/.424/.667, 33 HR in 354 AB Jose Abreu (age 24): .453/.597/.986, 33 HR in 212 AB :shock: Sweet Jesus. Get It done, Theo and Jed. Were those numbers put up in the same league that Cespedes plays in? Why hasn't there been any talk of this guy during the offseason? Probably because you can't just go into Cuba and sign anyone you want.
