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The Americans weren't favored to medal. The U.S. Hockey brains completely turned over the roster from the Tkachuk/Modano/Chelios crew to the Parise/Kane/Miller crew, and they played pretty damn well. This bodes well for 2014. yup. going into the olympics, picking the US for the bronze was considered a bold pick. not only did they win a silver, but you could argue that they had the best tournament of any team.
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from what i have seen (most games), nash and toews were the 2 best forwards in the olympics.
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pretty much worst possible scenario. crosby is now the hero despite being garbage the entire tournament. and it's a shame for it to end on such a soft goal allowed by miller after he had been so good in the tournament
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has your opinion on miracles changed? NO!
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lolol roenick is so stoked
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btw, whoever it was that said that crosby has been invisible is right. he is a complete non-factor right now (knock on wood)
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i was kind of disappointed to see bruce take a shot at bradley while talking about byrd's good attitude
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if slovakia hangs on, all 6 blackhawks will win a medal pretty awesome
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was it a surprise that the chargers didn't tender sproles?
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before tonight he had a .394 FG% with the bucks
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but when he uses the term "anti-bradley" to describe how he might be viewed if he were white, that implies that people are making him out to be bradley because he's black... as opposed to people just drawing comparisons. i don't know if he actually meant it that way, but that's kind of how it reads.
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that's what i'm trying to figure out. the article (and lee's quotes) make it sound like some people are afraid byrd might be like bradley because of race, which is absurd. ui haven't seen a single person think that way. I think the usage of the word "compare" has confused you. People are actually contrasting the two. What Lee is implying is that if Byrd were white, there wouldn't be any discussion of his personality vs. Bradley's. i'm fully aware of what lee was implying.
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that's what i'm trying to figure out. the article (and lee's quotes) make it sound like some people are afraid byrd might be like bradley because of race, which is absurd. ui haven't seen a single person think that way.
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Isn't that the point of the article? that was the point of the second article, yes. the second article is the opposite of the original article. that's a quote from lee, obviously implying that people are making some kinds of comparisons of byrd/bradley based on the fact that they're both black. so i'll ask again. where are these people who are saying byrd might be like bradley because they're both black?
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i asked who is comparing the two in the light that lee is talking about. that's an article basically saying how different they are. it evens calls him "the anti-bradley"
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that article is like the opposite of what lee was talking about
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For everyone's sake, really. Hopefully valuable lessons were learned from the whole Corey Patterson debacle that ensure the same mistakes will never be made again. I dont think Patterson was rushed. I think a certain manager tried to make him something he was not. If they would have just left him alone and let him bat 6 or 7th he probably would have been fine. Of course I think his expectations were higher then his reality also. That being said I think Castro should be in AA this season. I am one who usually is all for bringing players up. In this case I dont see the rush as long as we have Theriot playing average SS. Part of what you say is true, however Corey was also brought up and then spent long stretches on the bench, hindering his development. when? for 59 games in 2001? that's the only time he was in the majors and not a full time player. starting in 2002 (age 22) he got the chance tio play every day until his time with the cubs was up. rushed? maybe. but it wasn't a pie situation where he didn't get a chance to play every day.
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Saw this headline on the front page of espn.com http://sports.espn.go.com/chicago/mlb/news/story?id=4952014 I don't get it. Who is comparing Byrd to Bradley, and it what way? People are comparing them because theyre both black? Or because they both came from the Rangers? I haven't heard any kind of comparisons from anybody, other than a few people talking about the fact that they both benefited from hitting in Texas.
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in like 150 ABs
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didn't see his comments, but if he was DQ'd (and he should have been), then it's ridiculous that the canadian dude who won wasn't DQ'd also. his was way worse
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that is some hard hitting analysis
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canada got out chanced 12-3 in the 3rd period? wow
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i'm really starting to question canada's mental toughness.
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seriously canada, bring that weak [expletive] on sunday afternoon and see what happens i feel like this canada team has choke written all over them
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thoroughly unimpressed with canada's performance tonight if they play like this again, USA will win.