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Week 3 Bears (2-0) @ Steelers (0-2) 7:30 CST Sun NBC/780
XZero771679666304 replied to UMFan83's topic in Other Sports
Also, if someone absolutely can't avoid Twitter (or the internet in general) for a few hours, that person might need some kind of intervention. The "record BB, watch the game" option seems like a total no brainer. -
Rick Renteria Named New Cubs Manager
XZero771679666304 replied to Hawk4Hall's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I would be. He's the guy who has been speculated about in the past that I wanted as manager the most. I don't hate Sveum, but he's not exactly a Mensa candidate. I don't think you have to be particularly smart in order to be a good manager, but it sure can't hurt. And it's be refreshing to have a manager who doesn't sound like he's just taken a sharp blow to the head or is drunk when he speaks to the media. It's been a while. -
They are.
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I was in high school when he was at Iowa, and being an Illini fan in the IC area, I used to have all kinds of debates with my friends about who was the better of he and Garris. And yes, realizing how long ago that was is depressing.
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I am not sure that is totally right. Wasn't Aramis still very cheap at the time that we traded for him? And while Hill had pretty much lost all of his luster, I thought Choi was still pretty highly regarded at the time of his trade? Choi was still fairly well regarded, iirc, but some of shine had come off for sure. In 300 PA he hadn't shown much other than good plate discipline. It was a small sample, but not completely insignificant, either. I seem to recall the consensus being that he had been exposed as having a terminal case of "gaping hole in his swing". Still, I had hope for him and was not happy to see him dealt, which was obviously more sentimental than analytic.
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I may have asked this before, but are any of the Illinois boards out there better than Loyalty? I lurk on Loyalty, and it can be great because of the handful of posters that have seemingly solid inside info, but my god, 80% of the posts on there are awful. They all are just so so at best, in my opinion. Yeah, the composition he described is how it is on just about every Illini board I've been to: a few "insiders", a few good-great posters, and a slew of mouthbreathing idiots (Scout is the one I lurk on the most). I guess you could say that about most sports forums in general, give or take the insiders.
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If those three are in Iowa when they travel to Albuquerque, it'll give me a good excuse to attend some Isotopes games.
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I wanted to see Upton signed by the Cubs, but he has been absolutely brutal from day one this year, and now I'm kind of glad we didn't get him.
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All of this. I really hate how much this seems to add up. What doesn't add up is why Theo Epstein would sign up for this [expletive] sandwich It's quite possible that this isn't what he signed on for (or thought he signed on for).
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Yeah, I said to my wife that it sounded like Ric Flair and his family were in attendance.
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I would love nothing more than to sweep them and push the back in the standings so I can listen to the Cub hating Brennamans whine and cry.
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He's such a big dude, it seems unfathomable that he would be such a pierre at a plate for so long. Are we supposed to be upset if he's in our Opening Day lineup next year? I've got no clue what to think about him. I won't be upset at all. I don't think it's unrealistic to expect that he, if healthy, could post 2-4 WAR. He's done it before, and if he's finally tapping into some of the power that was always expected of him, he could be a nice asset. Plus his defense isn't too shabby. I wouldn't go all SCS, but I wouldn't be at all bothered to see him signed to a 2/5-6 deal. Even if things don't go as well as they could, you could do worse finding a fourth OF.
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The minor league season in review
XZero771679666304 replied to biittner77's topic in Cubs Minor League Talk
It's hard for me to call Jackson a disappointment from this time last year. From what we saw of him last season, I was fully prepared for what happened with him this season, even if I was hoping it wouldn't. My biggest disappointment would have to be Paniagua. All the anticipation and he flat out sucked. I'm not remotely giving up hope, but it was an inauspicious start, to be sure. My biggest surprise was Alcantara, but I also was surprised by Baez. I didn't expect him to be bad or anything, but I did expect him to struggle a bit with AA like he did when promoted last year (he did, but for like five seconds), and I certainly didn't expect him to demolish the league like he did. I feared it might take a prolonged period of extreme struggles to make him adjust his approach, but it didn't. That's not to say he doesn't have more adjustment to make, but it's encouraging that he has made change, even amidst success. -
Well, yeah, my wife's cousin lets her kids stay up past midnight and they'll sleep in until as late as noon somedays. There aren't many schools that adjust to kids with that sleep schedule though, and it's pretty important to have little ones on a decent schedule, so 99% of the people I know are in the same situation. Actually recent sleep research shows that it's healthier for kids in their tweens and into adolescence to sleep later, and some schools are experimenting with unconventional school days because of it. But yeah, these are currently in the extreme minority and most people with kids (especially little ones) are stuck with the regular routine. But I like fall Sundays because I roll out of bed, take a shower and eat some breakfast and sit down just in time for the early games (about 11 a.m. my time).
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There's no immutable law of adulthood that says you have to get up early in the morning. I work full time, do graduate work, have a kid and pets and get up before 10 a.m. only a couple days a week. Of course the caveat is that I don't really get much more sleep than anyone else (6-7 hours most days, less on others), but the world isn't as strictly "first shift" as it used to be.
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I'd be pretty upset to see Rizzo become like Grace the person He hit on my 15-year-old sister when we asked for an autograph in a restaurant during ST about 20 years ago while my dad sat a few feet away. Fun times. There's little question that Grace is/was a total scumbag POS. That said, he was a damned good (though not great) baseball player.
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Grace was good for 36 fWAR during the 90's, and I'm not sure I wouldn't take that from Rizzo over the next ten years.
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Maybe I'm an NFL nerd, but that's a pretty easy quiz. And to your point, pretty crazy how many starting QB's are relatively recent draft picks. There was a dearth of QB talent, sans Brady and Manning, in the early-mid 2000's. I got everyone but the FSU pick from this year. Yeah, I'm not anywhere near being an NFL nerd and that was pretty easy. Took awhile for Tannehill to come to me, though.
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If a team bids 70, I'll be stunned. Also, if the Cubs bid that much, I'd be twice as stunned. I don't think the purse strings are remotely loose.
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Fixed. Things look promising with Snider, but I'm still quite doubtful on Alexander. Neither are a given.
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Of course there are those (and they're not all that new), but they're not by any stretch the only options for kids to get on a field and play competitive ball, and I think that's what we're talking about here.
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Our junior high didn't have a team, but there were three different leagues that were cheap and accessible. It definitely helped if you could invest in your own equipment, but all that was required was a glove and a modest-moderate (depending on the league) fee. And the the same was true of just about every town in our area. Unless you were absolutely terrible or in abject poverty, you could find a spot on a team. Football opportunities were more limited, for sure.
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I'll disagree with this. I've always liked baseball, but didn't really get fully into it until more of the stats stuff became mainstream and it really appealed to the scientific side of my brain. I think it does take a certain mindset to enjoy it though, especially if you didn't play a lot growing up. I agree with this. I think you have to be at list a little bit cerebral to be a really involved baseball fan. It's not as appealing to the casual sports fan as much as the faster paced, instant gratification sports like football and basketball.
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I was indoctrinated into baseball and Cubs fanhood pretty much since birth. Growing up, my friends were almost all huge baseball fans, and we all played from a very early age. Consequently, baseball is far and away my favorite sport, though I played football, basketball, golf and ran track as well. Baseball is followed by college basketball and the NFL, with the NBA and NHL way, way, way back in the distance, as I only have the most passing interest in those two leagues. Soccer doesn't even register.
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badminton? cycling? Bowling, baby. If you aren't socialized into it from a young age, baseball is just about the worst sport in history. I disagree. I can easily understand how someone can find baseball much less than exciting, but if you're not indoctrinated into it, soccer is the absolute worst. I really can't think of something more interminably, painfully, brain rottingly boring than a low scoring soccer match. I actually find it fun to play, but watching it? No thanks.
