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  1. soccer10k
    It worked so well he got fired! That was my first thought as well.
  2. soccer10k
    Wonder if it hits 10 games then BB and Len will switch facial hair like they promised... Wait, what? I didn't hear about this, please explain.
  3. soccer10k
    If there's one argument I hate hearing right now (and will have to hear about for at least 3 or 4 more weeks - at least through the Western Conference finals) is that the NBA should reseed the teams. Now, I don't necessarily hate reseeding (though I wouldn't implement it), rather I just hate the reasoning some people are using. I've heard a couple times how horrible it is that the Suns and Spurs are playing in the conference semifinals and should be playing in the conference finals. Now, this isn't like Dallas and San Antonio playing in the conference semifinals last year after having the two best records in the Western Conference. The Suns and Spurs are the #2 and #3 teams and would have played anyway had Dallas beaten Golden State. Had Dallas advanced, nobody would be saying a single word about how it is a shame that San Antonio and Phoenix had to play in the conference semifinals. Also, the other reason why I don't want reseeding is it wouldn't be fair to the underdog. Hey, guess what #7/#8 seed, you just beat the #2/#1 seed in the first round and do you know what your reward is? The #1/#2 seed. Have fun. :thumleft: If a big underdog like the Warriors this year can actually pull off a huge upset like that, they shouldn't be penalized for it - which is essentially what would happen by making them play the Spurs instead of the Jazz (in GS's case this year).
  4. soccer10k
    I caught that too. Since when is a 2.82 ERA merely decent?
  5. soccer10k
    Wouldn't the Cubs have had to keep Hamilton on the MLB roster the whole year if they had kept him on the team. I'm guessing not too many people would have been pleased with that going into the year considering nobody had any idea he would hit like this.
  6. soccer10k
    Well they did win the World Series last year which means they should have a bunch of all stars.
  7. soccer10k
    Aside from Eyre and Cherry, the pen has been great. The strange thing about Cherry is that he's got the second best WHIP (1.07) by a Cub reliever this year - only Demp is better. Three of the four runs Ohman's given up came in the Cubs' 12-4 win over the Padres. Howry has been solid as well. Cotts, Wuertz, and Dempster have been great.
  8. soccer10k
    You can go a long way towards 90+ wins just by beating up on the crap teams and playing 500 against the good ones. Especially in the NL where there's an abundance of crap, and not a lot of the goods. agreed. Back to the old saying, "beat the teams you should". Last year's team sucked at that. It doesn't work when you're one of "the teams you should beat" I bet if somebody did a simulated matchup on a video game to predict the outcome of a game pitting the 2006 Cubs against themselves, the game would crash.
  9. soccer10k
    With no head-to-head games between the two teams, this will be tough to do but I would LOVE to see it happen. I'd be satisfied with the gap closing by a couple games.
  10. soccer10k
    really really glad I traded Carlos Lee for Andruw Jones and Jake Peavy. Stupid Astros fans :o :shock: Wow. I can't believe you pulled that one off.
  11. soccer10k
    come on, you know it will be. It seems like it always is. I think Bonds has already gone on the record stating that if he's close to the record while on a road trip he will wait until the Giants return to SF to eclipse the HR record. Classic weasel that he is, he won't have to be showered with "boo's" and instead be serenaded by the delusional SF fans. I'll be in the bleachers for one of the Giants games in July. Hopefully he won't be close so he plays and we can all deride him for the loser that he is. That's not surprising. I'm sure there's a ton of pressure by the Giants management because they brought him back this year for Bonds to break the record in San Francisco. The only other place I could see Bonds breaking the record is in Oakland. Other than Oakland and SF, I don't see him breaking it anywhere else.
  12. soccer10k
    Didn't someone go through Jason's game log for last year and determine he would have had a lot better numbers except for a handful of real stinkers? Granted, I certainly didn't want him on the Cubs and I'm not quite ready to step on the bandwagon just yet, but he has shown to be an effective pitcher at times in the past, even if it was 1/3 of an inning at a time. :D I certainly like what he's done so far. And I won't complain if he keeps it up. Well, he had the two starts where LaRussa basically left him out to dry because the bullpen was completely taxed from the game before. On June 20, Mulder only went 2 1/3 and the Cards lost 20-6 to the White Sox. The next day Marquis pitched and gave up 13 runs in 5 innings. On July 17, Weaver only went 4 innings and the Cards lost 15-3 to the Braves. The next day Marquis went 5+ and gave up 12 runs. If you take those two starts out of the equation, he ends up with an ERA of 5.13. If he only gives up 5 runs in each of those starts in the same number of innings pitched, he has an ERA of 5.33. While these ERA's certainly aren't great by any means, they're a hell of a lot better than the 6.02 he put up. BTW, as an extra little stat I didn't notice before, Marquis game scores for these two games were -11 and -7 for the two games.
  13. soccer10k
    Stupid Nationals.
  14. soccer10k
    I'll probably tune in via MLB.TV while I work on a feature. This is the longest Cubs winning streak since July 8 to July 15, 2005 (All Star Break in between) which was also five games. Of course, that 5 game winning streak was preceded by an 8 game losing streak. If the Cubs win, it will be the longest streak since they won 7 in a row from May 27 to June 2, 2005.
  15. soccer10k
    Well, you're officially on the hook for the loss.
  16. soccer10k
    Same here. I mean, how often do you see anybody get sent down directly from the MLB level to single A when their not injured? I'm guessing not too often.
  17. soccer10k
    he do your girlfriend or something? Quite an assumption you're making there Derwood saying that he actually has a girlfriend.
  18. soccer10k
    Damn.
  19. soccer10k
    Game 1 going down the the wire here. Jazz up 2 with 1:14 to go.
  20. soccer10k
    Warriors-Jazz should be starting in a few minutes.
  21. soccer10k
    That was Jermaine O'Neal.
  22. soccer10k
    I didn't know Transmogrified Tiger was playing.
  23. soccer10k
    If you're the Bulls and, in the fourth quarter, your leading scorer A) has 13 points and B) is Ben Wallace, you aren't going to win too many games.
  24. soccer10k
    Stupid Sharks.
  25. soccer10k
    Stupid Bulls.
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