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  1. soccer10k
    Personally, that makes it better for me because each game means something. If you lose one game, you're likely out of the National Title hunt. In the NFL you can lose a few games and still qualify for the postseason. So a loss isn't devastating. In college football, every game is important. You can't have a let down. Personally, I like that. I understand how somebody wouldn't but it works for me and entertains me. To each his own I guess. But it's not really true, because if your team has a rich history you stand a good chance of remaining high in the polls, and again, championships are determined by polls, and not games played. A rich history means nothing if that school has a loss and there are two major conference teams in front of them that don't have a loss. Last year Penn St. was 10-1 but had no shot at the National Title game because Texas and USC were undefeated. That loss to Michigan was Penn St.'s season last year.
  2. soccer10k
    Yesterday during the Cardinals-Padres game they were hyping up the Yankee game later on and referred to Jeter as "Captain Clutch". I almost threw up.
  3. soccer10k
    http://espn-ak.starwave.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/5337.jpg 12-9, 4.32 ERA vs http://espn-ak.starwave.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7172.jpg 14-13, 4.12 ERA Hopefully the A's can just close the series out here. I get the feeling they won't though. GO A'S!!
  4. soccer10k
    Jon Miller has been over-excitable during the parts of the game I listened to. I try not to get mad or bothered by Jon Miller when he's talking solely because I know that if he is talking, Joe Morgan isn't. I downloaded the video that somebody posted of Barrett's GS against the Cards in April. You know what the second best part of the video is after the actual home run? Joe Morgan didn't say a word in that 45 second clip. ETA: But he has been getting really excited over routine plays in the playoffs so far.
  5. soccer10k
    Go Pads.
  6. soccer10k
    So much for my prediction of a Yankee sweep.
  7. soccer10k
    Personally, that makes it better for me because each game means something. If you lose one game, you're likely out of the National Title hunt. In the NFL you can lose a few games and still qualify for the postseason. So a loss isn't devastating. In college football, every game is important. You can't have a let down. Personally, I like that. I understand how somebody wouldn't but it works for me and entertains me. To each his own I guess.
  8. soccer10k
    What ESPN baseball broadcast would be complete without a wonderful conversation about Derek Jeter and the New York Yankees?
  9. soccer10k
    Hey, what's the first letter in ESPN stand for? That's right, entertainment. Oh and this is for Dusty being on ESPN: :pukel:
  10. soccer10k
    Pick one. Just don't follow the strive for mediocrity and sooner or later you'll catch lighting approach of the MacPhail era. I'd set a flexible payroll budget. Flexible in the sense that you spend AFTER developing young players when you've got a foundation and a real shot at winning the thing. The Cubs could spend $70 mil, $90 mil., and $120 mil. over the next three years and win the thing, and spend less than the $100 mil., $105 mil., $110 mil. they're likely to spend. The Marlins, Diamondbacks, Braves, Dodgers, and Mets have all bumped payrolls during contending periods and reduced payroll during rebuilding periods. CFP I wouldn't say "pick one". Infact you do BOTH!! IE you smartly use both assets. An example would be Playing Theroit at SS, Pie in CF. And get rid of jones and sign or trade for a big bopper at RF and 2B. You smartly use your money. But an increase in payroll is never a bad thing. If you use the money wisely, you'll win. I'd like a raised payroll. It can never hurt. But it's not necessarily going to improve the team at all without the money being spent in the right ways.
  11. soccer10k
    !#&*^%#!&*%$!&^%#!*&$ DON'T BLOW THIS OAKLAND
  12. soccer10k
    I want to see this series be over in 3 games.
  13. soccer10k
    Yes. Yes he did.
  14. soccer10k
    The only problem I see is that "overhaul" was one Hendry too short. He's still our GM with no plan. Or at least none to speak yet. That's true. But at the very least this has to be a big time wake-up call to Hendry and should tell him that the club will not hesitate to move in another direction if he doesn't do the job.
  15. soccer10k
    The Cubs should have a list prepared of candidates they want. If they deem Girardi to be the best candidate they should move quickly before somebody else hires him. But a mid-November timetable for hiring a new manager is just unacceptable.
  16. soccer10k
    I agree. Just firing Baker wasn't good enough for me and like you said, hopefully this is a sign of the organization realize major changes have to take place.
  17. soccer10k
    IMO making sure ARam doesn't leave is the first priority with getting a new manager being a very close second.
  18. soccer10k
    Well, I guess we get to hear all about how the playoff teams had their horses all season, and how the veteran players are the reason each team made it to the playoffs. -sigh- Please not ESPN. Don't allow him to bring Baseball Tonight down any more. And Washington can have him next year.
  19. soccer10k
    http://espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/5368.jpg 11-9, 4.89 ERA vs http://espn.go.com/i/mlb/profiles/players/65x90/7766.jpg 7-6, 4.22 ERA GO A'S. Although, as we all know, the A's don't usually have a problem winning some combination Games 1-3. It's Games 4 and 5 that give them fits.
  20. soccer10k
    I said it before the series (right when they lost to the Royals on Sunday) and I'll say it again. The Tigers are going to be swept.
  21. soccer10k
    Hey, don't you know that the eleventh commandment is 'Thou shalt not dismiss the talent of Albert Pujols'? I saw it on the history channel one day on a show called "Secrets of Christianity". No seriously. It's true.
  22. soccer10k
    Pretty sure, though I don't have it offhand. I would say he might have given up a few more inherited runners, but he also was saved by others preventing his runners from scoring. You come in and strike out 1, walk 1, and then give way to somebody else who gets 2 outs, and it looks like you did a great job. But you allowed half the runners you faced to reach base. BP estimates he kept 2 more runs from scoring than expected, but that the relievers behind him saved him about 7 and a half runs... nearly twice as many as the next guys. In other words, he was pretty good at keeping inherited runners from scoring, but the rest of the pen was even better at keeping his from scoring. Interesting stats. I guess the 11 HR's he gave up this year didn't help his OPSA much either.
  23. soccer10k
    I'm in. Burrell will likely put up a higher SLG than Jones and a MUCH higher OBP.
  24. soccer10k
    I predict Albert Pujols wins this series 3 games to 1.
  25. soccer10k
    Thanks for the info.
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