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I don't really care about the White Sox that much and definately don't consider them to be our rivals. I did pull for the Astros in the World Series last year but that was because of the AJ Pierzynski situation more than anything but also because they beat the Red Sox. I also didn't want their drought to end. But if the Sox played the Cards in the World Series this year I would pull for the Sox no questions asked.
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My thoughts excatly. Same happens to me. This is the reason why I don't want to trade with them unless we get an arm or a leg. Whenever a Sox fan talks smack to me, I just want to sock them in the face. That's how much I hate their fans. I also hate Cardinals fans. They are the most obnoxious people ever. Wanting to punch somebody who talks smack to you? About baseball no less? I'm no shrink but that's neither healthy nor normal. I want to sock people in the face all the time, but the fact that I have the self control not to makes me both healthy and normal. What is the situation though? Somebody verbally harassing you is one thing but somebody making jokes about your baseball team is completely different.
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Wow. I have to agree with Marcelo Balboa. Neither of Lucic's two yellow cards were warrented. Both were fouls but he shouldn't have received either one. Maybe the first one, but definately not the second card. This game is over as Germany is up 2-0 and playing 11 v 10. Welcome to the second round.
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Is anybody really surprised that Pujols went 4-4 with a HR yesterday? I'm not.
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Going to Wrigley on Wednesday - Looking for Sign Suggestions
soccer10k replied to bobbyd20's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
"Got OBP?" with a picture of the bases empty. "Cubs Suck" because it's true. "Fire Dusty" because it should happen. I'll say that sometimes the most simple signs are the best signs. Not always true, but try not to overthink it. -
The end of the whole world? (Murton soon to be in AAA)
soccer10k replied to RegulusBlue's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I hope this doesn't happen but with the return of Derrek Lee, I think it will. It might end up being better for Murton anyway. -
Only the British. :D
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Germany will likely have to get by Argentina first, which I'm not sure they'll do. A Brazil-Spain second round matchup could be entertaining as well.
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2-0 Germany.
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My biggest fear is that Landon Donovan, at 24, has peaked as a soccer player because he refuses to go play in Europe. He is stunting his growth as a player by playing in the MLS and will never become the player he could be. If he grows some balls and goes back to Europe he has the potential to be a world class player and one that can take over a game. My fear is that if he stays in the MLS then what we saw in the World Cup this year is about the best we are going to see.
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Only 7 pages in premium and yes it is a new record. That's 3 days in row a new record has been set for shortest game thread.
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My thoughts excatly. Same happens to me. This is the reason why I don't want to trade with them unless we get an arm or a leg. Whenever a Sox fan talks smack to me, I just want to sock them in the face. That's how much I hate their fans. I also hate Cardinals fans. They are the most obnoxious people ever. Wanting to punch somebody who talks smack to you? About baseball no less? I'm no shrink but that's neither healthy nor normal.
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Phillies' Brett Myers arraigned for allegedly beating wife
soccer10k replied to Chocolate Milk's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
I don't know if any of you have heard of a rapper named Murs but... "I know a man's not a man if he has to beat his woman." Amen to that line. -
Agreed. I think it's just the shadows in the picture.
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Here is the Round of 16 schedule. All games times are listed in Pacific Time. The winners of each game on one day will play eachother in the Quarterfinals (i.e. Germany/Sweden v Argentina/Mexico). Saturday June 24 Germany v Sweden 8 AM on ABC Argentina v Mexico 12 PM on ESPN Sunday June 25 England v Ecuador 8 AM on ABC Portugal v Netherlands 12 PM on ESPN Monday June 26 Italy v Australia 8 AM on ESPN Switzerland v Ukraine 12 PM on ESPN * Tuesday June 27 Brazil v Ghana 8 AM on ESPN Spain v France 12 PM on ESPN * * I'm not comletely sure on which channel these two games are being televised. On soccernet it doesn't list a channel but on ESPN.com's tv listings it says both are on ESPN. EDIT: Here is an actual bracket for the remainder of the tournament so you can see potential games.
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I looked online and it appears that South America would host the 2014 World Cup (likely Brazil). I couldn't really find anything after that though.
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Final Group G Standings Team W D L P GS GA GD Switzerland 2 1 0 7 4 0 4 France 1 2 0 5 3 1 2 South Korea 1 1 1 4 3 4 -1 Togo 0 0 3 0 1 6 -5 Switzerland and France advance. I'll post Round of 16 matchups and dates later tonight.
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10 of the 18 World Cups have been played on European soil so it's likely that the US will (assuming they qualify) play 2 World Cups in Europe by 2026. I agree that Bruce Arena has been extremely important to US soccer in the past but I believe that the phrase is "what have you done for me lately?" Bruce Arena was perfect for the team in the past but I don't think he is right now. While I agree the draw was very tough, I think the main problem was the US's #5 (and #4 at one point) FIFA world ranking. I know it's not their fault that they were ranked higher than they were. But it's the media's fault for misinterpreting this. The media saw the high ranking and assumed that the US was good enough to make it out of this group and made it seem like a foregone conclusion. The media ignored the fact that the FIFA rankings take into account a countries previous 8 years of internation competition. This will be dropped to the previous 4 years in July 2006 though. Had the US been accurately ranked, likely somewhere in the teens and therefore behind Italy, there wouldn't have been nearly as much hype surrounding the team. EDIT: I agree that a 2-8 record wouldn't help a ton, it would be much better than beating up on CONCACAF teams all the time. That doesn't help us either.
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It's just FIFA attempting to stick up for it's referees. Just like FIFA saying that the referees have been right in handing out all the yellow cards. It's ridiculous and everybody knows it but FIFA.
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Link So they're trying to tell us that a blatent elbow to the face is only worth one more game than a hard slide tackle? Please. FIFA needs to pull their heads out of their rears and learn how to call a game and hand out suspensions. De Rossi shouldn't be available for the rest of the tournament. Written apology or not, he shouldn't be available to play in a World Cup until 2010. As for Mastroeni, that shouldn't have even been a red card let alone a three game suspension. This is such a joke. If the US-Italy match would have been refereed by the same guy that did the Brazil-Japan match, I guarantee the USA would have played the whole second half up a man. Pope wouldn't have received his first yellow and Mastroeni would have only received a yellow. FIFA is full of so much crap it's not even funny. And I am now furious.
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Final Group H Standings Team W D L P GS GA GD Spain 3 0 0 9 8 1 7 Ukraine 2 0 1 6 5 4 1 Tunisia 0 1 2 1 3 6 -3 Saudi Arabia 0 1 2 1 2 7 -5 Spain and Ukraine advance. It turns out the Ukraine isn't that weak after all.
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Normally I would say, why even fire the manager during a lost season, but in Baker's case we should. If he is allowed to have a couple more months with the young Cubs players, he can only ruin them even more. Hendry needs to fire him as soon as he's made the decision. Obviously if it was up to people on this board Baker would be fired already but we aren't Hendry.
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I thought I said something like this earlier in this thread but couldn't find it. But that's beside the point. I couldn't agree with you more on this point. The US team obviously has a problem playing in Europe. So what do you do when you have a problem getting better at something? You practice more. The US can't win in Europe so play more games in Europe. It's a simple solution. I don't care about all that travel from the US and all of that BS. You just tell the players that if they don't agree to show up for a certain number of matches, that they won't be eligible for the next World Cup. I'm sure there will be teams looking to have friendlies right before Euro 2008 so the US should schedule those. Play the role of Morocco to Italy and Germany. The only good team in CONCACAF is Mexico, but playing them all the time isn't going to help because they don't play the same style as the European teams and, since we see them all the time, there are no surprises. Something has to change and it has to change now. I would much rather go 2-8 in friendlies in 2007 with every game played in Europe than go 8-2 and not play any European teams in Europe. It's called gaining experience.
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Lots of Bynum and Neifi!!! Oh boy!!! Hopefully that will mean Cedeno on the field as well though. Lineup (in no particular order just the players) 1B Todd Walker 2B Tony Womack 3B Neifi Perez SS Ronny Cedeno LF Freddie Bynum RF Jacque Jones CF Juan Pierre C Hank White DH Phil Nevin
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Which Twins pitcher is more likely to shut us out?
soccer10k replied to soccer10k's topic in Chicago Cubs Talk
Is there a way I can edit my poll to include this option?