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  1. Transmogrified Tiger
    You really think Mizzou looked more impressive than Clemson, BC, or Georgia Tech? No idea, I didn't see any of them play. I was half-kidding anyway, hence the grumbles.
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    Argh, Clemson, BC, and Georgia Tech leapfrog Mizzou to keep them out of the Top 25. Stupid media respect for FSU and Notre Dame, grumble, grumble, grumble.
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    Not in the slightest. Some fans are patient enough that they could tolerate a decent season falling short of the playoffs if it meant a philosophical turn around that led to the team being a perennial pennant contender in the future. Some people have a more macro-minded view than others. Let's say the Cubs miss the playoffs. Which is more likely to be the response from Hendry: "We need to change our philosophy and get better hitters especially in the outfield" or "That's what happens when you rely on young players in a pennant race" or "If Soriano hadn't gotten injured...." The people who would hope for missing the playoffs are hoping that it's something like: "I respect [new owner]'s decision and wish them the best of luck in the future.
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    Not in the slightest. Some fans are patient enough that they could tolerate a decent season falling short of the playoffs if it meant a philosophical turn around that led to the team being a perennial pennant contender in the future. Some people have a more macro-minded view than others.
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    This reminds me of the cliche about a player "who doesn't get cheated up there at the plate".
  6. Transmogrified Tiger
    Fuld's not on the 40-man. I wonder if this is it for him in the organization.
  7. Transmogrified Tiger
    Uh, Wednesday is tomorrow now.
  8. Transmogrified Tiger
    There's a discussion about Japanese FA's mostly centering around Fukudome here.
  9. Transmogrified Tiger
    Do you boo your waiter if he drops a plate of your food? Z obviously realizes he didn't pitch well, which means booing just boils down to the fans trying to make themselves feel better. No, but in some cases customers might ask to speak with the manager if they are dissatisfied with their food or service. In our case with the Cubs, we can't speak directly to the players or management, so booing is the clearest way to express displeasure. That's where the analogy breaks down. Like I said, everyone realizes that Z/the team isn't doing well in that situation. No one is enlightened by the booing, it's only for the boo-er's benefit.
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    And those Yankee fans were correctly labeled idiots by most of the rational world. Do you think Cubs fans are idiots for boo'ing Z? Z has done nothing close in the Majors to compare at all to what Arods done. Not idiots, but definitely selfish like Z said. I think people have a right to be selfish when they are spending their money to see a game. I suppose it's also selfish of me to hope a movie is good when I spend $8 to go to the theater. And it's selfish to expect good food when I go to a restaurant. Consider us all selfish! Do you boo your waiter if he drops a plate of your food? Z obviously realizes he didn't pitch well, which means booing just boils down to the fans trying to make themselves feel better.
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    And those Yankee fans were correctly labeled idiots by most of the rational world. Do you think Cubs fans are idiots for boo'ing Z? Z has done nothing close in the Majors to compare at all to what Arods done. Not idiots, but definitely selfish like Z said.
  12. Transmogrified Tiger
    And those Yankee fans were correctly labeled idiots by most of the rational world.
  13. Transmogrified Tiger
    You know who's 100% right? Carlos Zambrano
  14. Transmogrified Tiger
    Alright, one more outing for Samardzija and Hernandez.
  15. Transmogrified Tiger
    I really, really wish Thomas had been promoted to Peoria with Smith and Wright.
  16. Transmogrified Tiger
    They'll need it. All 3 of us have home series followed by a long stretch on the road(where we're the only one of the three that is any good). If we're still up more than a game by Friday then I say we're up 4 games on everyone by the end of our trip to StL.
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    Courtesy of Viva El Birdos: http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/DIMPHardcore/phillipsdp1.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/DIMPHardcore/phillipsdp2.jpg http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h243/DIMPHardcore/phillipsdp3.jpg
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    I don't think you can definitively say that Benn is better than Franklin. Even then that statement is misleading with Mizzou's TEs, and statements like "Leman was the best defensive player on the field on either side"(Pig Brown ftw, literally) can also work for "Daniel + Coffman" and "offensive". That brings me to Leman. I know he's a great player, but was yesterday really a shining moment for him? Every 3rd down and short/medium was a guaranteed pass to Coffman in the middle of the field and he caught every single one of them. Like I said earlier, being there I didn't have the benefit of replay, but there were a ton of inside slants that chewed up yardage in what seemed to be Leman's territory. Whatever though, we're not going to convince each other either way on something so subjective.
  19. Transmogrified Tiger
    Should be yeah. K-State should be decent but not great. I'm not expecting much out of Iowa State and Kansas, and I have no idea what to expect out of Colorado this year. KU will be in the top 3 in the North. And we always have a shot at beating you clowns. so they'll be third in the North? We'll beat Nebraska at home. If we played you in Lawrence and not KC, I'd bet on us against you, too. We're not that much worse than Mizzou, and our coach isn't an idiot of epic proportions. The Big XII north is weak enough where we have a chance to compete. What does KU bring back this year? I know the RB(lost his name, the Canadian) graduated, but that's as far as I go since I'm separated from my copy of Phil Steele's Preview at the moment.
  20. Transmogrified Tiger
    Any self-respecting middle infielder would put you in the hospital with the velocity and distance that the situation provides. You slide for several reasons. Courtesy, since you're already out; self-preservation, because several instances this year have shown that baseballs meeting skulls is not a positive result for anybody; and tactical, because you're going to do a better job breaking up the DP by banging the infielder in the legs than you are by risking your life to get in his line of sight.
  21. Transmogrified Tiger
    Floyd's Post-ASG OPS is pretty close to starting with a 6.
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    Ryan Braun
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    I'm game for that.
  24. Transmogrified Tiger
    What a dumb thing for Pujols to do. It's totally worth it to risk your career/life to intimidate Brandon Phillips in an attempt to turn a DP into a FC.
  25. Transmogrified Tiger
    Karenmac would be the person who's seen his moves the most. As far as Ryno's potential to be a Major League manager, I found that most of his opinions from his brief Yahoo! writing career made me horrified that he could potentially manage the Cubs.
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