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Neifi Perez and Glendon Rusch would be required to make the ASG every single year.

Self explanatory. On one hand we have a Cy Young pitcher. On the other hand we have a rookie pitcher that has made 5 career starts.

Pedro = The Winner

I voted for Slappy for basically the same reason. Neifi doesn't deserve to be traded, he should be DFA so I couldn't vote for him.

Nope. What happened? it's a good example of how incredible soccer can be. And I only saw highlights. It was an excellent game. Brazil finally looked like the team everybody expected them to be. And don't be fooled by Japan's goal, it was their first shot of the game and it came after Brazil had already made the Japanese keeper make a couple good saves. I knew it was all a matter of time before Brazil put a couple in. I didn't expect 4 though. EDIT: Oh yeah, and there were only 2 yellow cards handed out in the entire match. It's amazing what happens when a referee let's the teams play. And believe me, there were a couple hard fouls that other referees would have given cards for but this referee didn't.

When they come sprinting back on the field two minutes are they were rolling around on the ground for two minutes, give them a card. You don't see how impossible that is to enforce? You can't determine how hurt a player is and then do something as serious as card them for it. How about the player cannot come back onto the field for 15 minutes? That would discourage the diving and stretchers. 15 minutes is a little steep for me. I would suggest 5 minutes because that is enough time to give the opposing team the advantage for a little while. I definately wouldn't be opposed to a rule like this though.

Not Wood. Please do not include Wood in the plans for next year. And this is not just directed at you srbin, but everybody, that includes you, Jim Hendry. I'm not necessarily saying to not resign Wood, just don't include him in the plans for next year. We've depended on his health for far too long and it's time to stop. He should be done with the Cubs, but that another thread altogether.

Time to post the games for Friday June 23. We will have the final group stage games for both Groups G and H. Here are the current standings: Group G Team W D L P GS GA GD Switzerland 1 1 0 4 2 1 2 South Korea 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 France 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 Togo 0 0 2 0 1 4 -3 France v Togo 12 PM PT ESPN Switzerland v South Korea 12 PM PT ESPN 2 Switzerland wins the group with a victory or a tie and a France loss or tie but will advance will a loss and a France loss or tie. South Korea wins the group with a victory but will advance with a tie or a loss and a France loss or tie (for both cases). France advances with a victory and either a Switzerland or South Korea loss. Togo has been eliminated. If Switzerland ties South Korea and France wins there will be a three way tie for first place and I have absolutely no idea what would happen. Group H Team W D L P GS GA GD Spain 2 0 0 6 7 1 6 Ukraine 1 0 1 3 4 4 0 Tunisia 0 1 1 1 3 5 -2 Saudi Arabia 0 1 1 1 2 6 -4 Saudi Arabia v Spain 7 AM PT ESPN Ukraine v Tunisia 7 AM PT ESPN 2 Spain has already advance but can win the group with a victory or a tie or a loss and a Ukraine loss or tie. Ukraine can advance with a victory or a tie and a Saudi Arabia loss or tie or with a loss and a Saudi Arabia loss or tie. Tunisia can advance with a victory and a Saudi Arabia loss or tie. Saudi Arabia could advance with a victory and either a Tunisia victory or a Ukraine tie but that would be on goal differential. The winner of Group G will play the runner up of Group H (and vice versa) in the Round of 16.

Final Group F Standings Team W D L P GS GA GD Brazil 3 0 0 9 7 1 6 Australia 1 1 1 4 3 3 0 Croatia 0 2 1 2 3 3 -1 Japan 0 1 2 1 2 7 -5 Brazil and Australia advance.

HAHAHAHA. On Saturday the Cubs will be facing a guy named Boof. Is it his first start? I've heard a lot about him. Nope. Link

Who cares, the confusion was entertaining. I agree. Tommy Smyth is hilarious.

"How many cards can you get unless it's Christmas time or something?" - Tommy Smyth after Simunic got what seemed to be his third yellow card of the match.

Simunic should be out of there. He received a yellow card in the 62 minute and just got another one.

Red card for Croatia followed a couple minutes later by a red card for Australia. Both were second yellow cards and both were deserved. Croatia nearly became the first team to score with 10 men on the field in this year's World Cup.

Figures, I drop Ronaldo from my fantasy team and he gets two goals. Either way he's now tied for total career goals in the World Cup.

And another "bulge in the old onion bag" from Tommy Smyth.

ESPN says Prior on Friday and Marmol on Saturday but cnnSI has the same thing as Cubs.com which is the opposite of ESPN.com.

HAHAHAHA. On Saturday the Cubs will be facing a guy named Boof.

Actually, based on paper, most prognosticators thought they'd win the division, didn't they? They're about where I expected them to be right now, actually. I know they'd have rough stretches. There is a guy that you might have heard of that was the big reason behind this. His name is Pujols. Not sure if you've heard of him.

It's all in the context in which it was used. Cubbyvirus, you calling your friends that name is a lot different than Guillen calling Mariotti that word. They are your friends so they know you don't mean it in a nasty way. The last time I checked, Guillen and Mariotti aren't friends at all. It's different. I'm not condoning the usage of the word, I'm just saying that one must look at the context in which the word was used before one can determine how mean it is.

Horrible play by the Australian goalie there. He easily should have saved that. That's just horrid goalkeeping.

Juninho puts Brazil up 2-1 as the Japanese keeper should have made that save.

He's really fleet of foot and nimble. The last time the country of Japan was hurt by something of that size, they needed Gamera to save them. HAHAHA. Ronaldo almost tied Gerd Muller as that shot went just wide.

Guillen equated homosexuals and child molestors while in New York last year. Not sure about the context but Guillen did it. I've heard this referenced several times, not just here, but also by national sources like Jim Caple. My question is...Why didn't this make bigger news last year? or is my memory just getting that bad? I don't remember it either. It didn't make bigger news because it's just Ozzie being Ozzie.

Ronaldo finally strikes and gets his 13th total World Cup goal. 1-1 now.