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Tech in the redzone, 4:30 left
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Texas takes the lead, 35-31, 2 minutes into the 4th. aTm is going to beat Baylor, up 10 with 2 mins left after Goodson broke a long TD run.
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So MLS doesn't weight away goals then?
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Will they make a bowl if they go 6-6? The ACC can't have that many bowl tie-ins.
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What other Freshman QB would be competing with him? I haven't heard much of anything questioning McCoy.
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Tech with a TD to push it's lead to 31-21. 24 seconds left in the first half
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Texas strikes again to make it 24-14. In other "Ranked Big XII teams from Texas playing on the road against another Texas school" news, aTm leads Baylor 21-14 at the half.
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UL Monroe with an early TD against Arkansas and they just picked off Mustain. EDIT: Nevermind, they just snapped a punt over the punter's head and about 50 yards downfield.
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I remember being laughed at for believing defense played a major role on your chances of winning. This world series showed why defense is very important. First of all, that doesn't really answer what I said at all. Secondly, of course defense is important to winning, it's a sizable part of a baseball game. The thing is, everyone in MLB is pretty good at playing defense on the whole. The difference is not worth sacrificing in other areas.
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my hatred for the Big XII grows further Should've seen that coming, OSU took aTm to OT last week playing at home, and that was mostly without Reid. If the Cowboys hold on, next week's Mizzou-Nebraska game is basically a Big XII North championship game. That's kind of like being the smartest kid in remedial classes Whatever makes you feel better.
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my hatred for the Big XII grows further Should've seen that coming, OSU took aTm to OT last week playing at home, and that was mostly without Reid. If the Cowboys hold on, next week's Mizzou-Nebraska game is basically a Big XII North championship game.
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Let me see if I have this right. Good pitching wins in the playoffs, except this year when worse pitchers pitch better than the good ones. But that's because they weren't clutch enough and made errors. Maybe, just maybe, sometimes good pitching beats good hitting, and sometimes good hitting beats good pitching. That's why it's good to aim for both, because when you make the playoffs and your season comes down to 4-7 games you can't really plan for short cold streaks from either.
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My goodness there is some terrible logic in this thread.
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Oklahoma State wins the award for worst commercial pimping your school. Nothing like Garth Brooks telling you to go to OSU because "you'll have the most fun".
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I'm pretty sure this has been the worst 24 hours of my sports life. Mizzou is better than they played today.
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WS: Cardinals vs. Tigers
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UK1679666180's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
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WS: Cardinals vs. Tigers
Transmogrified Tiger replied to UK1679666180's topic in Fred Hornkohl Game Thread Forum
Inge just threw himself to the ground, terrible attempt at catching that throw. -
38% of games against a lefty starter? That seems awfully high. I would think that we'd face a lefty every 5 or 6 days, or 30-40 times total per year. When I was trying to find out how much a Jones/Alou platoon would put up, I found that the Cubs faced about 2 RH for every LH, which is pretty close to 38%. I was surprised it was that high too.
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Exactly, I've been hoping for a Daisuke + Padilla/Lilly type or a Schmidt/Zito + Kuroda/Saito combination of SP acquisitions.
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Essientially, yes 4-5 million is a lot for a platoon guy. But Jones makes 5 million and if Alou signed for 5 million, then 10 million is alotted for RF. You'd find it hard to get a slugger at 10 million who would give you the combined production of Alou + Jones. Don't look at it as paying 5 million for a platoon player, but instead paying 10 million for all-star level production from RF. Something to keep in mind is that Jones and Alou both had their best platoon numbers in this past season. Jones put up an .886 OPS this year, but was only .826 the previous 3 years. Alou was nearly 1.100 this year, and the last three years is just under 1.020. I don't think that platoon is any type of guarantee for a .900 OPS(and it will be an OPS carried by SLG at that). At 10 million I'd rather go after Drew with a similar OPS that's OBP driven that will play better defense.
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Enhancement ideas for NSBB
Transmogrified Tiger replied to Tim's topic in North Side Baseball Issues & Suggestions
I like your order and agree because the scouting aspect seems the most open-ended and biggest. The contract wiki has already got a start thanks to what you and TT did earlier, so it'd be an easier one to keep going. I'm disappointed to point out that due to the previously mentioned time constraints, and the general malaise the Cubs suckitude has brought upon me, a lot of the information I had is now out of date. Over the summer I had a brief run of inspiration and got a little bit squared away, but there's a good deal of work to get the information updated even before this offseason. My laptop screen crapping out on me this morning isn't helping matters either. However, with Tim back in a more active role I'm going to try to make more of an effort to get it back to where it was(after the '04 offseason I was pretty sure I had mostly all the correct info for just about everybody). -
Bridges were burned with Alou's departure from the Cubs. Even though MacPhail, Baker, and Stone are gone, I have a hard time seeing him having interest in coming back unless there's an extreme difference in his other offers.
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eyre & howry
Transmogrified Tiger replied to mg420's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
You're joking right? So you would rather have Julian Tavarez pitching in the 9th rather than Papelbon? No, what he's saying is that if he's winning by 1 run in the bottom of the 8th, he'd rather bring in his closer to face the heart of the team's order, then save a worse reliever for a lesser part of the order and give us a chance to increase the lead. He's saying put your best relievers in the highest leverage situations. Sometimes that's in the 9th, sometimes it's the 7th. -
eyre & howry
Transmogrified Tiger replied to mg420's topic in MLB Draft, International Signings, Amateur Baseball
Eyre wasn't good, and he was terrible for his contract. Erye was great before his injury in August. He got progressively worse as the season went along. April/May: 27 IP, 1.18 WHIP June/July: 21 IP, 1.38 WHIP Aug/Sept: 13.1 IP, 2.25 WHIP And you can't say that he performed admirably for his contract and then try to excuse poor performance due to injury. His performance is what it is. Even if you're saying he should improve because he was hurt, then it takes me back to the point that he's 35 next year, and the weight/conditioning/injury concerns aren't going to go away, and his quotes on the matter don't inspire much confidence of him improving upon it
